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[[Image:TransformersTheGame 2007 consolecovers.jpg|right|400px|thumb|One of these things is not like the others...]]
The console version of [[Transformers The Game]] follows several of the movie's robotic characters through an approximation of the movie's plot. The game has two campaigns, one for each faction. The [[Activision]]-published game was developed by [[Traveller's Tales]], with cinematic cut scenes animated by [[Blur Studio]].

==Versions==
*'''PlayStation 2'''
**The PS2 version is the highest-reviewed, despite limitations on draw distance, physics and damage persistence. In this version, Blackout, Starscream and Barricade start missions 1, 2 and 4 of the Decepticon campaign in their altmodes, while for some reason the PS3 version has them start as robots. Reviews noted it suffers from fewer frame rate issues than other versions.

*'''Nintendo Wii'''
**The Wii version is very similar to the PS2 version, with the addition of motion-sensor gimmicks that [http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/transformersthegame?q=transformers reviewers were resoundingly unimpressed by].

*'''Xbox 360'''
**The PS3 and 360 version featured improved graphics, more persistent environmental damage, and more physics objects, including ridiculous clouds of rubble that eject themselves from buildings if you so much as look at them funny. The latter is generally annoying, since they get in the way when driving.

**The 360 version, as might be expected, also features Achievements, though calling them that is somewhat of an exaggeration. There's one for pressing the "transform" button once. This version suffers less from frame rate issues and has better lighting then the PS3 version.

**It was also available in a limited "Cybertron Edition" that featured exclusive packaging art, a "Making Of" DVD, codes that unlock the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] level and [[Movie Prequel issue 1|issue 1 of the ''Transformers'' movie prequel comic]] by [[Simon Furman]], [[Don Figueroa]] and [[Josh Burcham]]. It was exclusive to Gamestop/EB stores.

**For 500 Microsoft points, players can download an add-on that unlocks everything in the game. While this does not disable Achievements like the cheat codes do, a message that reads ''"This item has been unlocked by a downloadable content pack"'' appears below any bonus features that have not been earned through gameplay.

*'''PlayStation 3'''
**The PS3 version suffers from more frame rate issues than the 360 version, typical of lazy porting. For some reason, this includes frame rate issues in the FMV cinematics when the console itself ''isn't doing anything''.

**[[Cybernet Space Cube|SixAxis motion control]] is also added for Decepticons with aircraft altmodes [Blackout, Starscream and Megatron]. It's disabled by default.

*'''PC DVD-ROM'''
**The PC version is exactly like the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions.

==Synopsis==
It can be surmised that the writers for the game had not seen the script for the movie. Or been allowed on the same continent as it.

[[Image:VGBlackoutE1M1intro.jpg|right|180px|thumb|[[Universal greeting|"You said they'd reciprocate!"]]]]
===Decepticons===

'''Mission 1: SOCCENT Military Base'''

[[Image:VGBlackoutE1M3Intro.jpg|thumb|left|"Time for a delicious, cool...What? Pepsi?!"]]
[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] started things off by shooting down an MH-53; confusingly, this happened in [[Qatar]] right near the military base, rather than in Afghanistan as might reasonably be expected. At [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] command, he then proceeded to the local puny human military base to wreck it because that's just how Starscream rolls.

[[Image:VGBlackoutE1M4Intro.gif|right|180px|thumb|"Damn it Scorponok, that is NOT my [[Powerlinx]] plug!"]]
Sadly, his plan to wreck stuff up all day was foiled by some human communication vehicles, and rather than destroy them himself he deployed [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], as the slower, less powerful Decepticon would be much better equipped to deal with the situation. Blackout busied himself destroying some communication arrays in the meantime, hoping to steal their <s>vending machines</s> mainframes and grab some data.

Scorponok, having succeeded in destroying the communications trucks, returned to Blackout, whereupon Starscream revealed he had in fact failed to do that and some human reinforcements were on the way to make Blackout's life miserable. Blackout instead made their lives miserable, and the end of level screen helpfully explained the entire level had been pointless.

No, really.

'''Mission 2: The Hunt For [[wikipedia:Red October|Sam Witwicky]]'''

[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade's]] protoform landed near a local donut store, and he promptly copied the nearby Saleen S281 (a police car near a donut store, see what they did there?) and got in contact with Starscream. Starscream informed him he was there to find [[Sam Witwicky]], for some reason forgetting he was only supposed to know Sam's [[eBay]] username at this point. By finding Sam, Barricade would be able to get hold of a pair of glasses he owned that held the key to the [[AllSpark (Movie)|end of the game]]. You're better off forgetting about this conversation entirely, it'll prevent later [[Legion|sanity loss]].

[[Image:VGBarricadeE2M2Intro.jpg|right|180px|thumb|This is what is technically known as a bad idea.]]
Starscream's plan to find Sam's location entailed Barricade driving to a more or less random part of town, where he was set upon by [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot]] [[Dropkick|Drones]], then driving to a different random part of town where he was set upon by [[Swindle (Movie)|Autobot]] [[Dropkick|Drones]] [[Longarm (Movie)|again]]. This incredibly important objective fulfilled, Barricade promptly teleported to a location he couldn't possibly get to during the actual mission, and was told to head to the power plant in order to find [[Frenzy (Movie)|an irritating little abomination]]. Upon arrival, Barricade found himself faced with humans armed with rocket launchers, so immediately did the most sane and sensible thing and hid behind a line of propane tanks, which for some reason actually worked. Finding himself dealing with a magic [[Sector Seven]] SUV which could somehow hide itself inside buildings, Barricade was forced to tear down all the nearby buildings in his search for Frenzy as the small Decepticon's energy decreased, which, presumably, meant the humans were torturing (?!) him. In an SUV. In a building.

After repeating this several times and watching the SUV at one point burst out of a non-existent building next to the local police station, Barricade cornered Frenzy's captors at the [[Metroplex (G1)|local shopping mall]], destroying the entire building and letting the cutscene gloss over how the hell Frenzy got out from under hundreds of tons of collapsed masonry. From this he determined that a human named Sam was in possession of a "pair of ocular lenses." Which both he and Starscream knew at the start of the level. Argh.

[[Image:VGBarricadeE2M4Gameplay.gif|left|180px|thumb|This is what you'll be doing for approximately 90% of the time you're in [[Tranquility]], so get used to it.]]
[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] then showed up heading for the police station, forcing Barricade to brave his abysmal driving controls in order to stop the Autobot. The heroic Bumblebee then resorted to using a ridiculous shockwave attack that destroyed a huge area of town every time he did it. Unperturbed by this inexplicable display of Autobot villainy, Barricade vanquished Bumblebee, then chased him down to the local [[Ruined FOREVER|Bay Demolition]] site, where he was ambushed by Swindle drones and Dropkick drones that were [[FIRRIB|blue in the cinematic, despite being red]]. Despite having no reason to stay there and every reason not to, Barricade defeated all of them.

This led him back to the Police Station, which had impishly decided to reassemble itself since being destroyed in the second mission, as police stations are noted to do from time to time. Here he cornered Sam, but failed to walk the required two steps straight forward before Bumblebee smacked into his legs, picked up Sam and [[Mikaela Banes|Mikaela]] and drove off. And then drove back or something, since the mission started with him in robot mode three hundred yards directly in front of Barricade.

Barricade fought with Bumblebee. Then Bumblebee drove off, Barricade followed, and they did it again. This happened several times, with Barricade at one point somehow ambushing Bumblebee despite the Autobot getting there before he did. After entirely too many identical fight sequences, Bumblebee lay defeated, Barricade recovered the glasses, and Sam, Bumblebee and Mikaela were surrounded by Sector Seven vehicles. It is again a good idea to forget that the Autobots no longer have the glasses and so have no idea where the All Spark is, as the game will forget this shortly.

'''Mission 3: A Gathering <s>Farce</s> Force'''

Starscream was next to take the reins, attacking a secret human airbase where Bonecrusher and Brawl had decided to hide out in a somewhat ill-advised manner. After discovering that he couldn't understand what the hell Frenzy was saying either, Starscream realised his radar was jammed by the local human communications equipment. A quick bout of destroying things later, this problem was solved, allowing him to locate Bonecrusher.

[[Image:VGStarscreamE3M4Gameplay.jpg|right|180px|thumb|"Brawl! You're a tank! Use your tank parts!" "I can't, I'm shy." "What?!"]]
[[Image:VGStarscreamE3M3Intro.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"None shall stand in my way!" "Your talking privileges are hereby revoked, Bonecrusher."]]
Bonecrusher had stealthily hidden himself in the middle of a road surrounded by turrets firing weird electrical stuff at him, and proceeded to take a route through the airbase which cunningly didn't avoid any of the handful of checkpoints containing such turrets. Starscream, rather than reprimanding him for this idiocy, destroyed the checkpoints and escorted him onto the runway, then proceeded to a point near the runway for his next mission...Only to find himself standing next to Bonecrusher on the runway again. This somehow led to a mission to destroy drone aircraft, which upon careful inspection (which consisted of shooting down the aircraft, falling to the ground, picking it up and then throwing it away) had actually been made using technology based on Megatron's vehicle mode. Realizing this, Starscream no doubt viewed destroying these vehicles as useful practice.

Following on from this (somehow), Bonecrusher and Brawl moved out... Right into human gun batteries firing weird electricity. Since they had somehow forgotten what all their weapons were for, Starscream was once again called upon to do everything himself, flying back and forth using his strange rocket launcher to save his rather apathetic comrades from self-imposed doom. Since neither appeared to do anything in the game after this mission, you have to wonder why he bothered at all, really.

This was followed by an extended cutscene in which Starscream and Blackout arrived at the [[Hoover Dam]] and started trashing it, releasing [[Megatron (Movie)|Frank Welker's voice]] which declared they should probably stop screwing around and get to [[Mission City]] where the next mission was.

'''Mission 4: City of the Machines'''

Autobot forces arrived in Mission City despite having no idea of where the All Spark was (and Sam had it despite being arrested by Sector Seven), so, wary of stepping in any more plot holes, Megatron sent his Decepticons ahead of him. Except Starscream (who would not participate except at the very last battle in a cutscene), Brawl and Bonecrusher, who seemed to have gotten lost along the way.

[[Image:VGBlackoutE4M3Gameplay.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"I didn't touch anything!"]]
Barricade found [[Jazz (Movie)|a redshirt]] protecting Sam and Mikaela, and found, moreover, that he lacked a stupid attack that made him invincible, making him easy prey. However, he reckoned without the Autobot unleashing the most horrifying weapon in his arsenal, the dreaded '''checkpoint race!'''<ref>No, seriously, this actually happens.</ref>

[[Image:VGMegatronE4M4Guitar.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Megatron prepares to unleash his impression of [[Soundwave (Animated)|someone else]].]]
Somehow surmounting this horror, Barricade defeated Jazz again, leaving him dying at the foot of the large monument the race may or may not have ended somewhere near but probably didn't. Since Scorponok can't drill under roads and drilling is more or less his only ability, he was a clear logical choice to take over from the undamaged Barricade, and so did this, scuttling to [[Central Park]] (slowly) to kill a group of [[Energon drone|silly robotic crickets]] who were causing chaos, violence and confusion. Because that would interfere with the Decepticons' plans of causing chaos, violence and confusion. This somehow led him to Sam, who was about to hand over the All Spark when [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] rather uncharitably kicked Scorponok into the monument (which the dead Jazz had vanished from in the interval). Blackout was understandably angered by this mistreatment of his adorable pet evil robot, and vowed to give Ironhide the honor of dying by his blade.

Ironhide pulled out everything he had: every drone type except [[Mixmaster (Movie)|Mixmaster]] and [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] showed up to ruin Blackout's day, and Ironhide himself used the dastardly tactics of being invincible for most of the battle, unleashing a never-ending torrent of rockets which Blackout could do nothing about whenever he approached Ironhide too closely, ordering his troops to get stuck on the scenery behind him so they'd be impossible to reach, and making sure every energy-bearing human helicopter crash-landed on the roof of a building where Blackout couldn't get to it. Despite this, Blackout finally defeated him, allowing Megatron to return from whatever the hell he was doing all this time and commence the final battle. The penultimate final battle, as it turned out.

This consisted of Megatron trying to coax Optimus out of hiding by destroying things at random, which would make the brave Autobot leader not appear in person as was expected, but made some drones appear, Megatron destroying them at random, and then this cycle repeating, with Megatron being forced to move to sectors of the city which had not been previously destroyed by his reign of terror and destroying those buildings in what seemed to last forever. 80 (!) drones later, Megatron finally got fed up with this and climbed the tallest building in the city, whereupon the programmers realised they'd driven the player character to suicide and hurriedly ended the level.

'''Mission 5: Day of the Machines'''

Having been affected by the same Apathy Radiation from the All Spark that kept Megatron from doing anything in the previous mission, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Peter Cullen's voice]] finally got off his tin backside to have a final confrontation with Frank Welker's voice, just like the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|good old days]]. Logically, Optimus had decided the best way to confront the Decepticon leader was to wait for on top of the tallest building in Mission City.

Back on the ground, the battle began. This largely consisted of Optimus fighting Megatron for a while, then running away while Megatron fought some drones, then hiding while Megatron flew around in circles and a not-even-slightly-explained timer counted down, while Megatron tried desperately to quickly find the Allspark while dodging the buildings which had been coated with an unknown substance that made him automatically revert to robot mode. After an alarmingly large number of repetitions of this, Optimus finally keeled over out of sheer frustration, allowing Megatron to absorb the All Spark.

Megatron decided that the Lincoln Memorial would make a fine throne ([[Atlantis, Arise!|again]]) as Brawl (who had been absent previously), Starscream and Barricade joined together to watch the eradication of the human race. Feeling tired after such a long battle, Megatron sent his Decepticons to finish the planet, since he <s>never wanted to play again</s> felt like saving his strength for his glorious return to Cybertron. Barricade felt like doing more work (in preparation for his amazing role in the final battle of the actual movie) and promptly got up while the others watched.

'''Mission 6: Cybertron'''
It was now time for Megatron's triumphant return to Cybertron, which apparently consisted of fighting a bunch of Autobot drones in a big arena while the plot hid in a corner and pretended it wasn't there. Fans can hope that future game designers will have a more G1 inspired look for Cybertron, as this level doesn't even resemble the opening cinematic or the scenes from the movie. [[Transformers: War for Cybertron|Maybe next time.]]

===Autobots===
'''Mission 1: The Suburbs'''

A [[Bumblebee (Movie)|mysterious meteor]] crashed down to [[earth]], scanned a yellow Camaro, and was contacted by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|his leader]], who told him to find an artifact, but warned him to beware [[Decepticon]] drones. The car, Bumblebee, zoomed off and defeated the drones, [[Scrapper (Movie)|Scrappers]] and [[Dropkick]]s.

[[Image:Shockwave_movie.jpg|thumb|Logic, etc etc.]]

Suddenly he saw [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindles]] and a Dropkick headed for [[Bobby Bolivia]]'s car shop. He stopped them and was purchased by [[Sam Witwicky]]. The next day [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] attacked Sam, but Bumblebee stopped him while racing from one place to another, defending Sam. When Barricade was defeated Bumblebee had to destroy Decepticon radio towers preventing the [[Autobot]]s from landing and clear a landing site. However, it seemed the Autobots had realized the highly explosive site they had chosen was not a good landing zone, so in the cinematic they all landed elsewhere.

'''Mission 2: More Than Meets the Eye'''

After a very brief explanation of what was going on, [[Sector Seven]] found the Autobots. In his new alt mode, Bumblebee took Sam and [[Mikaela Banes]] to safety, while [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] distracted S7. Showing total disregard for human life, Jazz drove like a mad-bot, zipping from destination to destination, distracting S7 by destroying gas stations and oil tankers all across the city. The casualties were not calculated.

Suddenly, Decepticon drones attacked. Jazz was damaged/held captive and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] had to rescue him. Then Jazz thanked his comrade and drove away, only to be attacked two more times.

Bumblebee was suddenly captured by a horrible human invention called the "net". A S7 helicopter paraded him around the city while Optimus desperately tried to follow in vehicle mode. Getting close enough, Optimus jumped and caught Bumblebee. Just as Optimus Prime was about to rescue his comrade however, a meteor knocked him off the dreaded net.

The meteor revealed itself to be the Decepticon [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. Finally, some real fighting. Finding Shockwave in his artillery mode, Optimus realized the city would soon be reduced to rubble if he could not stop the Decepticon. He tried in vain to shoot him but then gave up and threw cars around in frustration. Eventually enough cars hit and damaged Shockwave and the Decepticon transformed into his monstrous robot mode. They fought... and then Shockwave transformed and flew away, getting back to destroying the city. Optimus followed, damaged him some more... and then Shockwave flew away. Eventually Optimus killed him. Awesome.

'''Mission 3: Bumblebee in Hoover Dam'''

In Hoover Dam, Bumblebee was being held in a forcefield box, when it suddenly disappeared. While exploring, Bumblebee discovered the Allspark hidden behind a ridiculous laser grid. Commanded by Prime to shut off this annoyance, Bumblebee broke open the command center doors. But before he could continue, he had to stop some security robots from sounding an alarm. Apparently, an alien lifeform escaping his cage does not set off an alarm, but someone breaking down one of three doors to a computer room does. Bumblebee killed three waves of these and entered the command center. After destroyed a console, it was revealed that only SOME of the laser grid had been turned off. Now he had to destroy cooling fans. Little did Bumblebee know that destroying these fans would cause massive explosions, which he had to frantically run away from. Finally, he was instructed by Prime to destroy some generators. Gaining access to the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]], Bumblebee shrunk it down while fighting off [[Energon drone]]s and [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

'''Mission 4: The Last Stand'''

Finally the war was coming to an end in [[Mission City]]. Ironhide rescued Bumblebee from the energon drones and Jazz killed [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]. Suddenly, [[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]] killed the small Autobot. Ironhide took revenge, however, by killing Brawl. Finally, Bumblebee killed Barricade. Conveniently enough, Megatron chose this moment to appear and effortlessly flicked Bumblebee aside. Before he could get to Sam and Mikaela, though, Optimus Prime showed up, conveniently enough.

'''Mission 5: The Ultimate Doom'''

Megatron and Optimus Prime throw down in the Mission City park. After a long and repetitive final showdown, Optimus killed Megatron... or did he? As Sam was handing the cube to Optimus, Megatron lept towards the heroes. Grabbing Megatron's flail, Optimus pulled the Decepticon towards him and shoved the cube into his chest, killing him.

That's one heck of a lot of killing.

Afterward, Optimus gave a speech about stuff while Bumblebee, Ironhide and Ratchet listened (Since the fighting was over, Ratchet had come out of hiding, just in time to get animated for another cinematic).

'''Mission 6: Cybertron'''

But the fighting wasn't over. Returning to Cybertron, Optimus needed to take out the remaining trash. The final Autobot mission consists of fighting various drones, including Shockwave, although this time he doesn't transform and is basically just a normal drone with more health. Victory at last!
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==Bonus Features==
===Unlocking===
Bonus features are separated in three sections: Movie clips (mostly commercials for the 2007 movie), character skins and an image gallery. These are unlocked by doing any of the following:
* Collecting 15 glowing yellow cubes (100 hidden per level). Technically some levels do contain only 95 cubes however, when playing the level 'A Gathering Force' the player is automatically awarded 5 cubes.
:Note: One does not need to collect 15 cubes in a single level to unlock a bonus feature, the game counts total cubes found and once 15 are collected, a bonus feature is unlocked. This explains why there are 100 cubes in each level even though bonus features are only unlocked ever 15 cubes.

* Collecting a hidden Autobot or Decepticon faction symbol (5 hidden per level)
* Completing a mission
* Completing a sub mission
* Completing a skill (the skills are: Heroic (for Autobots), Evil (for Decepticons), Protect (for Autobots), Destruction (for Decepticons), Speed (when in land vehicle mode), Throw, Jump (when in land vehicle mode) and Slide (when in land vehicle mode).

===Features===
====Character skins====
* Several toy-inspired "skins" can be unlocked, these include: [[Jazz (Movie)#Deluxe Class toys|Generation 1 Jazz]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Voyager Class toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime]] (minus flames) and [[Starscream (Movie)#Voyager Class toys|Generation 1 Starscream]] (minus the resculpted head).
* Similarly, one can unlock Generation 1 [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], replacing their movie counterparts with new 3D models (unlike the previous skin recolors). Optimus Prime converts into his original truck mode, but [[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|fires from his fists]] rather than using his trademark [[ion blaster]], and Megatron cannot transform into his gun mode (instead he starts flying in robot mode when the "transform" button is pressed).

==Response==
The game's Metacritic scores [http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/transformersthegame?q=transformers hover] [http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/transformersthegame?q=transformers around] [http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/transformersthegame?q=transformers fifty-five] [http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/transformersthegame?q=transformers percent]. It was criticised for poor driving controls, blocky graphics, repetitive missions and dull combat; the only thing generally praised was the random destruction. So the Decepticons won.

==Technical errors and oddities==
* Transformer Protoforms have to [[Trans-scan|scan]] their altmodes after landing as per the movie; however, drones have an Earth vehicle altmode the instant they land; presumably, so does Shockwave, since Tranquility is a little light on purple Apaches or purple howitzers.
*In the second mission of the Autobot campaign, Swindle drones are ''walking down the street'' to Sam's house. '''WHY''' they even bother to have altmodes is not clear.
* The residents of Tranquility are apparently capable of rebuilding a power station's gas tank farm within less than an hour, then rebuilding the entire tank farm and three of the chimneys ''again'' within less than six.
* Autobots still have the "Destruction" unlock gauge appear, but it crosses out faction symbols rather than having them appear. If it's filled, a large red X goes to the left side of the screen instead of a faction symbol; however, whether by accident or design, this doesn't actually do ''anything'', and the Autobots are free to be as destructive as the Decepticons. It doesn't help that this gauge is filled by causing damage to ''any'' scenery and has to be maxed out multiple times while destroying, for example, the clamps that hold the All Spark.
* The final Autobot mission in Hoover Dam's depiction of the defrosting Megatron is all kinds of screwy:
**Before the mission is triggered, he's shown covered in a layer of ice.
**In the pre-mission cutscene, there's suddenly not a hint of ice on him at all.
**As the mission starts, he's encased in ice again, save his left arm which is shifted to the left (his left) of the section of ice that should be around it, which is just kind of hanging there.
**When the cutscene plays during the mission, Megatron breaks the ice surrounding his left arm, and there's clearly none on his face.
**When gameplay resumes, there's ice on his face again.
**In the end of mission cutscene, he's suddenly defrosted right down to his hips.
**[[B.O.T. (episode)|Argh.]]
* The PS2 version sometimes features a bizarre error; in the opening cinematic to Barricade's first mission in Mission City, after Jazz's door slams there is no further post-recording sound work. This means Barricade's voice is completely unaltered. [http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=4526629173767058122 He sounds like Sideshow Bob]. The Wii, PS3, and Xbox360 versions have the effects added correctly.
* In the final mission of Chapter 3 for the Decepticons, it's just this side of entirely possible to be ''[[Sky Lynx (G1)|too good]]'' at it. If the final set of gun turrets facing Bonecrusher is destroyed too fast, he'll reach the last checkpoint before Brawl does and transform. Unfortunately, the turrets' ability to actually take damage is pretexted on ''Brawl'' transforming, so all you can do is stand around waiting for Bonecrusher to drop dead. Bonecrusher hates poor bug testing.
* In Decepticon Chapter 4, mission 2's intro cinematic has Scorponok firing from a Gatling gun in his tail. This weapon doesn't exist (although he can use it for melee attacks).
* Because the end of mission "mission complete" screens follow straight on from the game play, some very strange things can happen in them. A good example is the above mission; if Scorponok ends the mission firing at the ground in front of the statue at one end of the park, the "mission complete" screen will show ''his own bullets hitting him''.(The same thing can happen anywhere in the game.)
* Before the final battle in the Autobot campaign, spark drones are ''just lying around on the street'' waiting to be brought to life by the All Spark.
* Other cars are like cardboard. Jazz can ram in to a truck, and it will go ''flying in the air ''. However, Bumblebee, which should be much heavier doesn't knock them over with such ease.
* Guns are absolutely useless in this game. Anything that can be shot at can be destroyed five times faster if you punch it, throw something at it or whack it with a random piece of debris.
* Starscream sounds a lot like [[wikipedia:Grover|Grover]].
* Scorponok is the only playable character that can't jump, climb or pick up debris. This means that there are several Decepticon insignias and glowing yellow cubes that are unattainable when playing as him.
* In the opening cinematic for Blackout, the entire army personnel fires at him, without any consequence whatsoever. However, when playing as any character in Tranquility or Mission city, police officers with standard pistols can damage you.
* In the final level of Chapter 4 right before reaching the tallest building in Mission City, Megatron speaks in Starscream's voice. Maybe they switched bodies.
* Since ''Generation 1'' Optimus Prime is a skin of Optimus Prime, many would think ''Generation 1'' Megatron would be a skin of Megatron. Instead, he has Optimus Prime's moves and guns and even features a blue Autobot shield instead of a red Decepticon one, making him more like Optimus Prime who can fly. Weird

==Notes==
* The Autobots ''really'' like transforming into robots. Optimus likes it so much, he jumps thirty feet into the air every time he does it.
* Rather than do the sane thing and pan away, we get to watch a robot-mode protoform Bumblebee grow kibble after scanning the Camaro. This looks roughly twice as ridiculous as what you're currently imagining.
* Punching your enemies in the face repeatedly is "heroic" when Autobots do it, but "evil" when Decepticons do it. Sounds like a double standard!
* Blackout is [[Show-accuracy|toy accurate]] in the game, in that his main rotor is his melee weapon, rather than his tail rotor as in the movie.
* Tranquility features a large number of Generation 1 references, with adverts for "[[Hound (G1)|Hound]]'s Hotdogs," "[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]]'s Fish and Chips," a [[Tranquility Mall|local mall]] called "[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]" and a fast food restaurant named "[[Chip Chase|Chip Chase's]]". As a more recent reference, there is also a building site belonging to "[[Bay Demolition]]".
* One Autobot isn't explicitly killed in the Decepticon campaign: Ratchet. Three Decepticons aren't killed in the Autobot campaign: Bonecrusher, Scorponok and Frenzy. The only character who dies in ''both'' campaigns is, unsurprisingly enough, Jazz. Even when every other bit of movie canon is thrown out the window he still can't make it out alive.
* Bumblebee uses some kind of [[axe]] when he fights with a three-punch combo.
* Ratchet, Bonecrusher, Brawl, and Frenzy aren't playable.

==Differences between the Game and Movie==

[[Image:VG-E3Allspark.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The Quarterspark.]]
* All plotlines relating to humans have been removed; the game has nothing involving [[William Lennox|GI Joes]] (replaced by a communication truck), [[Seymour Simmons|agents]] (replaced by guests [[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] and [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]]), or [[Glen Whitmann|comic relief]] (replaced by the cutscenes). Even Sam himself has barely any role beyond "holder of the MacGuffins."
* Video game Bumblebee breaks free inside Hoover Dam and has to deactivate a silly laser grid to get to the All Spark. Sam turns up at the end of the mission just in time to leave.
* The game's All Spark is tiny, only four or five times taller than Bumblebee as opposed to the movie's city block-sized cube. It's housed in the same room as Megatron (great idea, guys!) who's shoved into a little alcove rather than freestanding in his own room.
* Barricade is present at the Mission City battle. Same for Scorponok, in the Decepticon Campaign.
* In the Autobot campaign, Brawl kills Jazz after Jazz kills Blackout and beats the hell out of Starscream. In the Decepticon campaign, Barricade kills Jazz. Either way, Megatron doesn't.
* Autobot Campaign: Bumblebee kills Barricade in Mission City. In the movie, Barricade's fate is uncertain.
* Autobot Campaign: Optimus, rather than Sam, kills Megatron with the All Spark.
* Decepticon Campaign: Shoving the All Spark cube into his ''own'' chest does not kill Megatron, apparently.
*Decepticon Campaign: Evil wins!

==References==

<references/>

==External links==

*[http://www.transformersgame.com Official website for Transformers: The Game]

{{nav-movie}}

[[Category:Movie video games]]

Neil Armstrong

2011-09-30T17:43:05Z

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[[Image:NeilArmstrong DOTM teaser trailer.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Good luck, Mister Gorsky.]]
'''Neil Alden Armstrong''' (born [[August 5]], [[1930]]) is a [[NASA]] astronaut and commander on the [[Apollo 11]] mission.

==Fiction==
===''Ghosts of Yesterday''===
Armstrong trained hard for his chosen field of work, and was one of the three astronauts of Apollo 11 when its Saturn V rocket launched from [[Kennedy Space Center]] in [[1969]]. After successful launch, he reported back to Mission Control that they were on course for the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Unknown to anyone involved, at the same time the far more advanced spacecraft ''[[Ghost 1]]'' was being launched from the [[Sector Seven High Arctic Base]] in the north [[Arctic]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Don Jeanes]] (English), [[Atsushi Miyauchi]] (Japanese-language dub voice), [[Octavio Rojas]] (Latin American-Spanish-language dub voice)

After a disturbance on the Moon, Neil and his team were selected to investigate the situation, using the cover story of being the manned expedition to the Moon. While on the Moon, the Apollo mission feigned a period of interrupted [[radio]] communications. This gave Neil Armstrong and [[Buzz Aldrin]] twenty-one minutes to investigate [[Ark (DOTM)|a wrecked spacecraft of alien origin]] without the knowledge of the general public. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Neil Armstrong|Neil Armstrong]] at Wikipedia.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Armstrong, Neil}}
[[Category:Dark of the Moon humans]]
[[Category:Movie humans]]
[[Category:Real people]]

Africa

2011-08-23T17:44:56Z

MadmanFoidart: added Dark of the Moon info

'''Africa''' is one of [[Earth]]'s largest continents, second only to [[Asia]]. Most of north Africa is covered in the massive [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and contains countries such as [[Egypt]] and the [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]. In contrast, the middle of Africa has plenty of deep jungles and rainforests, and is where you can find [[Kenya]]. Southern Africa, which has a fairly varied terrain, contains [[Zambia]], [[Namibia]] and [[South Africa]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
The [[Decepticon]]s set up a [[Solar Needle]] somewhere in the center of Africa. En route to stop this plot, the [[Autobot]]s had to shoot a lot of vegetation out of the way. {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

The [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]] was located on the northern Mediterranean coast of Africa. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
The Decepticons used bombs to force wild animals in Kenya into stampeding. They were eventually stopped by the Autobots. {{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}}

===Generation 2 Marvel Comics===

The Decepticons invaded North Africa, leading to intense fighting. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

===''Generation 2'' Annual===
After planting a spaceship on [[Table Mountain]] in Africa, the Autobots tricked the Decepticons into entering it, after which the Autobots shot the vessel into space. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

===Beast Wars===
The [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]] and [[Darksyde]] appeared to have crash-landed somewhere in Africa at the beginning of the Beast Wars. The [[Maximal|Maximals']] alternate forms are all native the continent; [[Cheetor (BW)|cheetahs]], [[Rhinox (BW)|rhinos]], [[Rattrap|rats]] are all found there, and [[Optimus Primal|gorillas]] are exclusive to Africa. Likewise, the [[human|human race]] emerged from Africa, making it the likely candidate for the location of the valley which the Predacons attacked in their first attempt to change history. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

However, since both the Maximals and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were capable of relatively quick long-distance travel {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}, it is not entirely clear where all events of the Beast Wars took place.

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cybertron cartoon====
[[Vector Prime]] and the kids travelled to an area in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]] in search of the [[Omega Lock]]; they were then pursued by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. The Lock turned out to be a fake {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}.

===Movie continuity===
After a sighting of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in Zambia, [[NEST]] sent a team of Autobots to investigate. Battles with the Decepticons ensued. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Alliance'' comic====
{{stub}}

====Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics====

Bloemfontein, [[South Africa]] held both a NEST maximum security prison and the 2010 [[World Cup]]. By law of narrative, the Decepticons broke free of the prison at the same time the cup final was taking place, causing mayhem and forcing the Autobots to let the Decepticons leave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

====Dark of the Moon====
Weakened after his defeat at the hands of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the death of [[The Fallen]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] escaped with Starscream, [[Igor]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] to Africa, where he operated from a makeshift base in secret.

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Africa''' (アフリカ ''Afurika'')

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[[Category:Continents]]
[[Category:Beast Wars locations]]
[[Category:Earth]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Generation 2 locations]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce locations]]

Apollo 11

2011-07-20T22:03:21Z

MadmanFoidart: It's not much, but it's a good start to a much needed page.

'''Apollo 11''' was the spaceflight that landed the first [[human|humans]] on [[Earth]]'s natural [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. On [[July 20]], [[1969]], the [[United States of America|U.S.]] astronauts [[Neil Armstrong]], [[Michael Collins]] and [[Buzz Aldrin]] were the first humans to leave their homeworld of earth and land on another celestial body, something that other, more advanced species may take for granted but is considered a major accomplishment in the history of human space exploration.

===Live-action ''Transformers'' movie continuity===
====''Ghosts of Yesterday''====
The Apollo 11 mission contained the first manned human craft to reach the moon. Unknown to most people, this also served as an elaborate cover for the secret launch of ''[[Ghost 1]]'', a far more advanced spacecraft reverse-engineered from [[Transformer|alien technology]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

====''Dark of the Moon'' film====
At one point, the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]] crashed on the Moon, with [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and other Autobots aboard. This event was detected by the United States government and investigating this was deemed important enough to send a manned crew to the moon, with the excuse of beating the Russians as a cover story for the true objective of investigating the alien ship.{{storylink|Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Apollo 11|Apollo 11]] at Wikipedia.

1900

2011-03-31T17:51:05Z

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{{yearofthe|1900}}
The year '''1900''' (MCM) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by eighty-four years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===Events===
* [[Theodore Joseph Wells|Agent Theodore Wells]] of [[Sector Seven]] is sent by [[President of the United States|President McKinley]] to Tianjin, [[China]] to retrieve an ancient scepter from a mysterious cult and use it to defeat something called "the [[Shangdi]]". Unfortunately he gets caught up in the [[Boxer Rebellion]] and only escapes when he is rescued by [[Lou Hoover|Lou]] and [[Herbert Hoover]]. {{storylink|Irreplaceable}}

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1935

2011-03-31T15:29:44Z

MadmanFoidart: /* Live Action Movie Continuity */

{{yearofthe|1935}}
The year '''1935''' (MCMXXXV) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by forty-nine years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Fiction==
===G.I.Joe vs. the Transformers===
* [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] become involved in the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. <ref>[[G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2]]</ref>

===Live Action Movie Continuity===

* Preparations are made at the [[Sector Seven]] facility at the [[Hoover Dam]] to receive the [[Megatron (Movie)|Mega-man]], to be transported from the group's [[Arctic]] base by fall of the year at the latest. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Movie Prequel #3}} Some delays ensue, and the outbreak of [[World War II]] pushes plans even further back{{storylink|Weapon (issue)|Weapon}}, meaning the alien is ultimately not moved until [[1969]]. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===Births===
====May====
* [[May 30]] — [[Lee Gunther]]

====June====
* [[June 9]] — [[Peter Renaday]]

====July====
* [[July 15]] — [[Alex Karras]]

==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1941

2011-03-31T15:26:26Z

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{{yearofthe|1941}}
The year '''1941''' (MCMXLI) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by forty-three years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}
==Fiction==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====December====
The [[United States Navy]] Vessel, the [[USS Nerus]] disappears. The ship is later seen by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in [[2009]] when the[[ Decepticon]] enters the [[Bermuda Triangle]].

==Non-Fiction==
===Births===
====February====
*[[February 12]] — [[Hiroya Ishimaru]]

====March====
*[[March 19]] — [[Carmen Sheila]]

====July====
*[[July 28]] — [[Peter Cullen]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

1947

2011-03-31T15:22:42Z

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{{yearofthe|1947}}
The year '''1947''' (MCMXLVII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by thirty-seven years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Non-Fiction==
===Events===
* [[Kenner|Kenner Products]] is founded in [[Cincinnati]], [[Ohio]].

===Births===
* ???? — [[Arthur Burghardt]]

====January====
* [[January 26]] — [[Ryōichi Tanaka]]

====March====
* [[March 22]] — [[Tony Pope]]

====May====
* [[May 5]] — [[Sanryō Odaka]]
* [[May 16]] — [[Jan Spitzer]]

====June====
* [[June 3]] — [[Shuki Levy]]
* [[June 16]] — [[Tom Wyner]]

====August====
* [[August 31]] — [[Mona Marshall]]

====November====
* [[November 2]] — [[Show Ryuzanji]]
* [[November 6]] — [[Masashi Hirose]]
* [[November 12]] — [[Banjō Ginga]]

====December====
* [[December 4]] — [[Robert J. Walsh]]

[[Category:Lists]]
[[Category:Real-world events by year]]

MediaWiki:TFWiki.net 2011 Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions/Entries

2011-03-29T17:47:04Z

MadmanFoidart:

This is the page for the '''TFWiki.net Transformers Hall of Fame Auditions''' entries. The rules are as follows:

#You must pick your top five ''Transformers'' characters, from any era. They must actually '''be''' Transformers; sorry, but no humans, non-Transformer aliens, non-Transformer robots, or anything else of the sort are being considered for the Hall of Fame. Any votes for such entities will '''not''' be tabulated. It is the sole discretion of the contest organizers to decide what does and does not count.
#Take your top five list and '''put it in alphabetical order'''. Order of preference does not matter. Feel free to denote the character's franchise of origin, although these distinctions may not figure into the final results.
#You '''cannot''' pick a specific version of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Starscream, Dinobot, Ironhide, Ratchet, or Soundwave. They've already been inducted or soon will be!
#Only one entry per user.

Please put your characters of choice and user name below in the following manner:

*Bulkhead, Emirate Xaaron, Side Swipe, Waspinator, X-Brawn --(four tildes)

Poll entry period ends '''[[April 6]], 2011'''. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:44, 28 March 2011 (EDT)

==Poll entries==
* Grimlock, Hot Shot, Ravage, Shokaract, Waspinator --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 14:46, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Laserbeak, Omega Supreme, Springer, Waspinator --[[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 14:51, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Bludgeon, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Jazz, Prowl --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 14:54, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Barricade, Devastator, Laserbeak, Ravage, Sideways --[[User:LV|LV]] 14:54, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blitzwing, Ironfist, Straxus, Waspinator, Wreck-Gar --[[User:HunterCham|HunterCham]] 14:57, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blaster, Nightbeat, Perceptor, Shockwave, Wheeljack --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 14:58, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Grimlock, Laserbeak, Ravage, Wreck-Gar --[[User:Wednesday|Wednesday]] 14:59, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blackarachnia, Laserbeak, Sentinel Prime, Ultra Magnus, Wreck-Gar --[[User:Monty Prime|Monty Prime]] 15:02, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Battletrap, Jazz, Kup, Rhinox, Skywarp -- [[User:Zadok Rox|Zadok Rox]] 15:01, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Hot Rod, Laserbeak, Ultra Magnus, Unicron -- [[User:Thecrookedman|Thecrookedman]] 15:07, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Jazz, Ravage, Shockwave, Skywarp -- [[User:Riddlerj|Riddlerj]] 15:07, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Buzzsaw, Megatron (BW), Ravage, Sideways, Waspinator --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] 15:09, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Rampage (Beast Wars), Strika, Tarantulas, The Fallen, Waspinator -- [[User:Darth Shadow 91|Darth Shadow]] 19:19, 28, March 2011 (EDT)
* Chromedome, Midnight Express, Override (Cybertron), Ultra Magnus, Victory Saber --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] 15:11, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Bruticus, Dirge, Grimlock, Rhinox, Tracks -- [[User:Lumpy|Lumpy]] 15:11, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Lugnut, Sentinel Prime, Sky-Byte, Waspinator --[[User:Dan|Dan]] 15:14, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Jazz, Nightbeat, Shockwave, Skids, Springer -- [[User:Danja|Danja]] 15:15, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Nightbeat, Prowl, Rhinox, Shockwave --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] 15:21, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Hot Rod, Nightbeat, Scorponok, Shockwave - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 15:22, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blackarachnia, Jetstorm (BM), Rampage (BW), Tarantulas, Waspinator [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 15:27, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blaster, Grimlock, Rhinox, Scorponok, Tarantulas [[User:Chip|Chip]] 15:31, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Grimlock, Jazz, Shockwave, Waspinator --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 15:32, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Bulkhead (Animated/Prime), Lugnut (Animated/G1), Megatron (Beast Wars), Nightbeat (G1), Waspinator (Beast Wars) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 15:49, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Bludgeon, Grimlock, Hot Rod/Rodimus, Jazz --[[User:Trixter|Trixter]] 15:59, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Hot Rod (G1), Kup, Slog, Tarantulas -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 16:02, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Hot Rod/imus, Jazz, Prowl, Sideways, Wheeljack -- [[User:TCBot|TCBot]] 16:05, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Bulkhead, Rhinox, Shockwave, Sky-Byte --[[User:Abates|abates]] 16:10, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] --[[User:G1MarvelBlaster|G1MarvelBlaster]] 16:28, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Grimlock, Jazz, Optimus Primal, Ravage -- [[User:SFH|SFH]] 16:37, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Lugnut, Rotorstorm, Signal Lancer, Sixshot, Waspinator --[[User:Apoc|Apoc]] 16:48, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Ironfist, Kup, Scorponok (G1), Sunstreaker, Swindle -- [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 16:52, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Devastator, Grimlock, Omega Supreme, Primus, Shockwave -- [[User:Alientraveller|Alientraveller]] 16:54, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Barricade, Flamewar, Prowl, Swindle, Wildrider -- [[User:Nitrostreak|Nitrostreak]] 16:56, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Barricade, Impactor, Rattrap, Tarantulas, Waspinator [[User:Hooper X|-hx]] 17:03, 28 March 2011 (EDT) (can I vote AGAINST Shockwave?)
* Barricade, Inferno (BW), Shockwave, Tarantulas, Waspinator --[[User:Gizen|Gizen]] 17:26, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Blackarachnia, Grimlock, Perceptor, Shockwave --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 18:10, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Rattrap, Shockwave, Waspinator --[[User:NicholasPrime|NicholasPrime]] 18:15, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Arcee, Bulkhead, Grimlock, Shockwave, Waspinator --[[User:Bobpiecheese|Bobpiecheese]] 18:33, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Galvatron, Ravage, Shockwave, Silverbolt (BW), Sky-Byte --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] 18:54, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Barricade (Movie), Blitzwing (Animated), Devastator (G1 or Movie), Magnaboss, Shockwave (Any)[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 23:21, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Hot Rod(G1), Jazz (Animated),Omega Supreme (WFC),Springer (G1), Ultra Magnus (G1) --FranciscanAutobot - 0:20, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Alpha Trion, Grimlock, Ratbat, Ravage, Waspinator - [[User:MaliciousHero|MaliciousHero]] 23:53, 28 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blitzwing, Shockwave, Sideways, Swindle, Waspinator ~Gearshift (logged out)
* Blackarachnia, Jazz, Sentinel Prime (Animated), Tarantulas, Waspinator -- [[User:Karhukjnsi|Karhukjnsi]] 05:48, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Jazz, Scorponok, Shrapnel, Waspinator [[User:Blackjack|Blackjack]] 06:18, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blades, Gears, Punch/Counterpunch, Smokescreen (G1), Swerve [[User:Antimatter|Antimatter]] 06:29, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Grimlock, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Jazz, Laserbeak, Skywarp - [[User:Poweredconvoy|Poweredconvoy]] 07:14, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Hot Spot, Mindwipe, Searchlight, Silverbolt, Quickmix, Windcharger - [[User:Ironhold|Ironhold]] 09:49, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Bulkhead (Animated/Prime), Ravage, Scrounge, Swindle, Waspinator --[[User:Awa64|Awa64]] 11:49, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Devastator (G1), Grimlock, Jazz, Ultra Magnus (RID), Wheeljack (G1) [[Special:Contributions/68.147.45.66|68.147.45.66]] 11:57, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Jazz, Megatron, Prowl, Starscream, Waspinator - [[User:Timmyformers0001|Timmyformers0001]] 29 March 2011
* Blackarachnia (Beast Era), Cheetor (Beast Era), Ginrai, Megatron (Beast Era), Optimus Primal. -- [[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] 13:06, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Bulkhead(Animated), Optimus Primal, Shockwave, Swindle, Waspinator (BW) --[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 13:41, 29 March 2011 (EDT)
* Blackarachnia (Beast Era), Jetstorm (Beast Machines), Rampage (ROTF), Tarantulas (Beast Era), Waspinator (Beast Era) -- [[User:MadmanFoidart|MadmanFoidart]] 13:47, 29 March 2011 (EDT)


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Africa

2011-02-10T14:32:25Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

'''Africa''' is one of [[Earth]]'s largest continents, second only to [[Asia]]. Most of north Africa is covered in the massive [[Sahara Desert]], and contains countries such as [[Egypt]] and [[Carbombya]]. In contrast, the middle of Africa has plenty of deep jungles and rainforests, and is where you can find [[Kenya]]. Southern Africa, which has a fairly varied terrain, contains [[Zambia]] and [[South Africa]].

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
The [[Decepticon]]s set up a [[Solar Needle]] somewhere in the center of Africa. En route to stop this plot, the [[Autobot]]s had to shoot a lot of vegetation out of the way. {{storylink|Changing Gears}}

The nation of [[Carbombya]] was located on the northern Mediterranean coast of Africa. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
The Decepticons used bombs to force wild animals in Kenya into stampeding. They were eventually stopped by the Autobots. {{storylink|Panic! Protect the Wild Animals!!}}

===Generation 2 Marvel Comics===

The Decepticons invaded North Africa, leading to intense fighting. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

===''Generation 2'' Annual===
After planting a spaceship on [[Table Mountain]] in Africa, the Autobots tricked the Decepticons into entering it, after which the Autobots shot the vessel into space. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}

===Beast Wars===
The [[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]] and [[Darksyde]] appeared to have crash-landed somewhere in Africa at the beginning of the Beast Wars. The [[Maximal|Maximals']] alternate forms are all native the continent; [[Cheetor (BW)|cheetahs]], [[Rhinox (BW)|rhinos]], [[Rattrap|rats]] are all found there, and [[Optimus Primal|gorillas]] are exclusive to Africa. Likewise, the [[human|human race]] emerged from Africa, making it the likely candidate for the location of the valley which the Predacons attacked in their first attempt to change history. {{storylink|Code of Hero}}

However, since both the Maximals and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] were capable of relatively quick long-distance travel {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}} {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}, it is not entirely clear where all events of the Beast Wars took place.

===Unicron Trilogy===
====Cybertron cartoon====
[[Vector Prime]] and the kids travelled to an area in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]] in search of the [[Omega Lock]]; they were then pursued by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. The Lock turned out to be a fake {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}}.

===Movie continuity===
After a sighting of [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] in Zambia, [[NEST]] sent a team of Autobots to investigate. Battles with the Decepticons ensued. {{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

====''Alliance'' comic====
{{stub}}

====Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics====

Bloemfontein, [[South Africa]] held both a NEST maximum security prison and the 2010 [[World Cup]]. By law of narrative, the Decepticons broke free of the prison at the same time the cup final was taking place, causing mayhem and forcing the Autobots to let the Decepticons leave. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.13|Inside Out!}}

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[[Category:Beast Wars locations]]
[[Category:Generation 1 locations]]
[[Category:Generation 2 locations]]
[[Category:Masterforce locations]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]
[[Category:Earth]]

Time (episode)

2011-02-10T14:31:33Z

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{{disambig2|the ''Cybertron'' episode|the concept of time|time}}
{{episode
|series=Cybertron
|ep=9
|series2=Galaxy Force
|ep2=10
|title="Time"
|japanese=ベクタープライムの決断
|romaji=Vector Prime no Ketsudan
|translation=Vector Prime's Decision
|image=Cyb ep9 time slip.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Aichi]], [[we've|We've]], [[Tōkyū Agency]]
|writer=[[Hiro Masaki]]
|director=[[Tsuyoshi Masui]]
|animation studio=[[GONZO]]
|airdate=[[March 12]], [[2005]] (Japanese) [[August 13]], 2005 (English)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline|Unicron Trilogy cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The quest for the Omega Lock forces Vector Prime to take the greatest of risks!'''

==Synopsis==

[[Image:Cyb_ep9_laser_loggins.jpg|left|thumb|220px|"You love the plane'arium! To not be at the plane'arium causes you great pain!"]]

[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] return from their most recent excursion to the [[Autobot]] base, where [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] inform them that [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]] have left with [[Vector Prime]] and the [[Recon Mini-Con Team]], ostensibly to search for the [[Omega Lock]]. This so-called "search" has led them to a tropical island, where Bud and Coby frolic in the surf and Lori relaxes in the shade (not being a fan of the whole "nature" thing), while Vector Prime and [[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] actually do all the work. Safeguard scans an [[Atlantis Pattern]] on some ruins just off the island shore, but it turns out to be another dead end. As the kids discuss how the Atlantis Pattern has pervaded popular culture, leading to copies all over the world, they ask Vector Prime to tell them more about the Omega Lock and [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, and he treats them to a holographic history lesson. After a brief interruption by a passing shepherd and his flock, Vector Prime continues to explain that the Omega Lock contains a map to the location of the four colony worlds where the Keys are located. Vector Prime grows frustrated as he recalls Megatron's theft of his map, perpetually putting the Decepticons one step ahead.

[[Image:Cyb ep9 hotshot vs redalert.jpg|right|thumb|220px]]

And speak of the devil...[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] has successfully divined the location of the second planet to hold a Cyber Planet Key. While he studies this "[[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]]" from afar, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] search for more leads in west [[Africa]], but find only a blue crate.

Meanwhile, on [[Velocitron]], [[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] and [[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] help tune up [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] in preparation for the race for the [[Planet Cup]]. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alet]] once again accuses Hot Shot of racing for his own ego, leading to a big argument between the two that almost degenerates into a fistfight until Brakedown breaks it up and kicks Red Alert out of the workshop.

Back on the island, the kids start grilling Vector Prime on his powers over space and time. As Vector Prime tells them that his abilities are not what they once were, Safeguard emerges from the sea and reports that unfortunately, the island is definitely a dead end. Bud searches up some more information on Atlantis on his laptop, and the group heads for the location of another pattern in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]]. Jolt puts in a call to Autobot headquarters for a little assist, and Jetfire and Optimus Prime roll out to join them.

On Velocitron, the tuned-up Hot Shot hits the road for a test drive, but when he activates his [[Cyber Key]], he once again skids out of control and almost crashes through the guard wall. Acting quickly, Clocker transforms to robot mode and blasts a hole the wall, allowing Hot Shot to careen safely through the gap. Brakedown deduces that they have made Hot Shot too light, and Hot Shot hopes they can fix it, as he is willing to do anything to defeat [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] and save the universe.

[[Image:Cyb ep9 meteor attack.jpg|left|thumb|220px]]

In the Sahara, Optimus and Jetfire arrive as Vector Prime is using his jets to blow away sand and excavate some ruins. Jetfire uses his Turbine Wave to finish the job quickly, revealing the remains of some grand amphitheatre...and what appears to be the Omega Lock itself! Just as the two Primes begin to lift it, however, Starscream and Thundercracker arrive, having following the kids from the island, and a battle erupts. Megatron himself soon arrives to join the fight, and with the added power of their leader, the Decepticons are able to overpower the Autobots, even Super Mode Optimus Prime. The Mini-Cons urge the kids to get to safety, leaving them to defend the Omega Lock alone, and the children regretfully comply. Megatron is highly amused and charges his body with flaming energy before hurling himself at the Mini-Cons. Vector Prime is unable to stop Megatron's meteoric descent, and the Decepticon leader impacts violently, causing a huge explosion that destroys the Mini-Cons.

[[Image:Cyb ep9 phoney lock.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Shame there's probably no water in the Fire Dimension, that's a lovely vase.]]

The horrified Vector Prime blames himself for leaving the Mini-Cons to protect the Lock alone, and he calls upon his long-neglected powers to rewind time to before the Mini-Cons' destruction. All the combatants realise that time has slid backward, and this time, the Mini-Cons and kids get to safety together. Unfortunately, this means that while the Autobots are occupied tending to the exhausted Vector Prime, who collapses after exerting himself to such an extent, Megatron and Starscream are able to seize the Omega Lock and prepare to take it through a portal to the Jungle Planet. When Optimus Prime takes off after them, Thundercracker tries to shoot the Autobot leader from behind...but at the last second, Prime swerves out of the way of Thundercracker's blast, which hits the Omega Lock and reduces it to so many fragments. Megatron is calm in defeat, however: Thundercracker has inadvertently discovered that this "Omega Lock" was actually an imitation, as the genuine article could never have been destroyed with such ease. Megatron and Starscream pull out for Jungle Planet, while Thundercracker escapes over the horizon, leaving the Autobots to pick up the pieces of their defeat.

A little later, as the sun begins to set, Vector Prime awakens to the concerned faces of the Autobots looking down at him. Despite all this concern from his comrades, Vector Prime is not happy, lamenting his initial failure to protect the Mini-Cons, his dangerous use of his own power, and the fact that Megatron has discovered the location of the second planet. But the kids find the silver lining: With both Megatron and Starscream busy on Jungle Planet, the Autobots can search Earth and find the Omega Lock first.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] (2)
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] (3)
*[[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] (4)
*[[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] (5)
*[[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] (9)
*[[Vector Prime]] (10)
*[[Safeguard (Cybertron)|Safeguard]] (11)
*[[Reverb (Cybertron)|Reverb]] (12)
*[[Six-Speed]] (13)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (17)
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]] (18
*[[Clocker (Cybertron)|Clocker]] (19
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (20)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (14)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] (16)
|h3=[[Human]]s
|c3=
*[[Bud Hansen]] (6)
*[[Coby Hansen]] (7)
*[[Lori]] (8)
}}

==Quotes==
"Discussion of my butt aside, we were talking about the lock and keys." 
:—'''Vector Prime'''

"Stop. Don't give Bud any ideas. He might disrupt history altogether." 
"I guess they do say that in every single sci-fi movie ever made in the world." 
:—'''Lori''' and '''Bud'''

"Seems awful elaborate just for a takeoff. Ah, light at the end of the tunnel." 
"This elevator can use a window. First floor—housewares." 
:—'''Jetfire''' and '''Optimus Prime''' comment on the use of stock footage.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Galaxy Force''===
*''Cybertron'' inserts a few beats of new music into the opening seconds of the episode, which were otherwise entirely silent in ''Galaxy Force''.
*In ''Galaxy Force'', Vector Prime explicitly notes that his powers over time have weakened due to the black hole's effect upon the fabric of reality. A limitation is also imposed that ''Cybertron'' leaves out: He can only rewind time by exactly one minute, lest the distortion of which he speaks come to pass.
*In ''Cybertron'', Jolt jokes that he is able to stop time, while in ''Galaxy Force'', he is claiming that stopping time is an ability Vector Prime still has.
*''Cybertron'' notes that Starscream and Thundercracker follow Vector Prime and company to the Sahara after hacking into Bud's laptop and discovering their intended destination. In ''Galaxy Force'', it's apparently just coincidence.

===Animation and/or technical glitches===

[[Image:Cyb ep9 no shading.jpg|right|thumb]]
*In the opening scene of the episode, as Scattorshot and Landmine speak to each other, they are both missing most, if not all, of their shading and texture effects. It's like an ''[[Energon (cartoon)|Energon]]'' flashback!
*When Starscream lands in the forest, he is ''crazy'' out of [[scale]] with his surroundings. The trees only come up to his ''ankles''!
*When Safeguard emerges from the water, Vector Prime greets him unusually: "Still nothing...thank you thank you, Safeguard." While the line does match the lip-flap animation, it ''sounds'' very much like two different recordings spliced together.
*As Clocker leaps down to join Hot Shot after the latter skids off the track, he shouts "Clocker, transform!" ...except he had already transformed about twenty seconds beforehand.
*Optimus Prime's mouth doesn't move when he says "Laugh at this!" (because he doesn't speak in ''Galaxy Force'').
*The blast Optimus fires at Megatron is a huge blue beam as it departs his cannon, but when the angle changes to Megatron swatting it away, it's thin and red.

===Continuity errors===

*What in the blue fudge is the deal with the crate Starscream and Thundercracker find? They track a signal to Africa, and...it's a crate. Why? There's no explanation in either version of the show.
*When Thundercracker prepares to sneak-attack Optimus Prime at the end of the episode, he's in jet mode. When he activates his Cyber Key Power, however, he's in robot mode. And then, he's in jet mode again as he taunts Optimus and flees!
*If Vector Prime reversed time, how does anyone aside from him know it happened? They never experienced it!

===Transformers references===

* Hot Shot's accident, which almost repeats itself this episode, occurred in "[[Speed]]".

===Real-world references===

* "All in all, it's just a break in the wall!" Clocker cries as he shoots out the guard wall, paraphrasing the lyrics of Pink Floyd's ''The Wall''.
[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

===Trivia===
* Optimus' growling expression as he says "Laugh at this!" has teeth, a departure from ''Cybertron''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s usual G1-esque mouths. Toothed expressions will be seen again in [[Ambush]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Galaxy Force'' — Vol. 03 ([[Victor Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Cybertron'' — The Ultimate Collection ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]])

[[Category:Cybertron episodes]]

Orb of Sigma

2011-02-10T14:30:52Z

MadmanFoidart: corrected link

:''The Orb of Sigma is an ancient [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] artifact from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Orb of Sigma.jpg|right|250px|thumb|New Zealand? That's near South Africa, isn't it?]]
The '''Orb of Sigma''' was part of a system required to locate and activate [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. To find and activate the Orb requires the use of seven [[O-Part|O-Parts]]. The Orb itself indicates the location of [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], who is able to power-up Fortress Maximus. It is a sphere, roughly a metre in diametre, with a map of the Earth inscribed on it.

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
[[Image:Peril Past Kojiorb.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Is that... supposed to be the UK?]]
The Orb of Sigma was hidden at the top of a [[pyramid]] in a cavern deep beneath the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and [[X-Brawn]] entered the pyramid by using a glowing orb formed from the O-Parts, within which was trapped [[T-AI]]. Once they reached the Orb of Sigma, the glowing orb merged with it, cutting off their ability to communicate with T-AI.

[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons soon arrived and fought the Autobots, but when Megatron attempted to take the Orb, he triggered a booby trap which paralysed and shocked him. The Orb was snatched from Megatron's hand by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] who escaped from the cavern while under heavy fire from the Decepticons. The cavern itself collapsed, but there was still enough power stored in the pyramid to rebuild Megatron as Galvatron.

The Orb was returned to the Autobot base, where they managed to extract T-AI, who reported that the Orb pointed to the location of Cerebros. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

==Notes==
* Any relationship between the Orb of Sigma and [[Vector Sigma]] (who also exists in the ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' continuity and is also spherical) was never established.

[[Category:MacGuffins]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise]]
[[Category:Transformer culture]]

Peril from the Past

2011-02-10T14:30:17Z

MadmanFoidart: corrected link

{{episode
|series=RiD
|ep=32
|title="Peril from the Past"
|japanese=最後の鍵? さよならアイ
|romaji=Saigo no Kagi? Sayonara Ai
|translation=The Final Key? Farewell, Ai
|image=Peril from the Past Megatronpedestal.jpg
|caption=Don't you need a bag of dirt for this?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Studio Gallop]]
|written by=[[Tadashi Hayakawa]] (Japanese) [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)
|director=[[Yoshiaki Tsutsui]]
|animation studio=Studio Gallop
|airdate=[[November 8|8 November]] [[2000]] (Japanese) [[November 17]], [[2001]] (English)
|continuity=
}}
'''T-AI and O-Parts merge''' 
'''Locate the Orb of Sigma''' 
'''Saharan ruins'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Peril from the Past Keysphere.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A perfect replica of Earth!]]
[[T-AI]] believes if she merges with the [[O-Part|O-Parts]], she will be able to extract the information they need. Though [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus]] expresses his concerns, they go ahead, and the O-Parts form into a glowing sphere. T-AI is able to report the sphere is the key to the [[Orb of Sigma]], which is hidden in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], but finds herself unable to extract herself. She suggests that if the sphere is taken to the Orb of Sigma they might be able to get her out. Optimus and the [[Autobot Brothers]] head for [[Egypt]], with [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] hitching a ride with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]].

The group makes their way through the desert, with [[X-Brawn]] taking a minor detour to rescue [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] and drop her off at an oasis. The Autobots are being tracked from space by [[Movor]], who reports to the [[Megastar]]. Although [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] both ask to lead the mission, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] insists he'll lead, feeling some great destiny awaits him.

[[Image:Peril from the Past Optimussphere.jpg|right|200px|thumb|This is a souvenir I got from Naboo.]]
Optimus is unimpressed that Koji has tagged along, and leaves him in Side Burn's care. He, X-Brawn and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] enter a tunnel under the ruins, finding a huge door which opens when he holds up the key sphere. On the surface, the Predacons and Decepticons arrive and attack Side Burn until the ground collapses and he and Koji fall into the hole.

Optimus's group has located a [[pyramid]] and they ride a moving platform to the top, where the Orb of Sigma sits on a pedestal. The key sphere floats over and begins to merge with it—T-AI tells the Autobots that they need to get the Orb back to base, and then they lose all contact with her. Unfortunately, before they can grab the Orb, the Predacons and Decepticons arrive.

[[Image:Peril from the Past Megatronorb.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Amazing, a booby trap that actually captures boobies.]]
The brothers super-charge and begin throwing the Decepticons about, but Megatron kicks Optimus over the side of the pyramid and grabs the Orb. As he does so, its pedestal lowers into the ground and he is seized by powerful lightning. The ground begins to shake as the whole cavern begins to collapse. Side Burn and Koji finally arrive, with the Autobot snatching the Orb of Sigma right out of Megatron's hand and high-tailing it back towards the surface. Sky-Byte and the Decepticons pursue (with ''everyone'' running over Sky-Byte in the process) but are hampered by the other two brothers and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. Scourge calls a general retreat, with the Decepticons ignoring despite Sky-Byte as he points out Megatron is still in danger.

Megatron and Optimus both burst out of the ground, locked in combat, and Ultra Magnus takes the opportunity to "lend a hand". [[Omega Prime]] and Megatron dive back into the ground, crash next to the pyramid, and unleash their strongest attacks. A massive explosion tears through the sand above... and only Omega Prime emerges.

[[Image:Peril from the Past Galvatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Behold! Robo-turkey!]]
The Autobots return to base with the Orb of Sigma, and manage to extract T-AI's program. She reports that the Orb shows the location of Cerebros, the key to Fortress Maximus, leaving the Autobots to wonder if that's a good thing or not.

Beneath the Sahara, the Predacon trio manage to dig themselves out of the rubble, finding the pyramid's energy still crackling away and Megatron nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, they find their power being drained out by an unknown force! The three of them collapse... as Megatron arises in a new form, crackling with energy, and declares himself to be ''Galvatron''!
{{-}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[T-AI]] (1)
*[[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[X-Brawn]] (5)
*[[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] (7)
*[[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] (8)
*[[Omega Prime]] (21)

|h2=[[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Dark Scream]] (10)
*[[Gas Skunk]] (11)
*[[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] (12)
*[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (13)
*[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] (14)
*[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron/Galvatron]] (15)
*[[Mega-Octane]] (16)
*[[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] (17)
*[[Movor]] (18)
*[[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] (19)
*[[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] (20)

|c3=
*[[Koji Onishi]] (2)
*[[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] (6)
*[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"I never should have signed up for that discount vacation. Next time it's first class all the way."
:—You'd think with all those sports cars, '''Kelly''' could afford not to skimp on her travel.

"Here we go again. The [[Sky-Byte (RID)|flying fish]] and the [[Side Burn (RID)|master of disaster]]." 
"Same thing every time. Gets pretty boring, you know?" 
"Why didn't we just ''shoot''?"
:—'''Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream''' lampshade the villain/hero banter

"I think your side's going to get burned, bot boy."
:—'''Gas Skunk''''s banter needs work.

"If we go down there, are we going to come out in China?"
:—'''Koji''' has a shaky grasp of geography.

"Stand aside, Optimus Prime! *backing away ''very quickly''* That treasure and all its secrets belong to the mighty Megatron! I shall protect it with every alloy in my body, every last spark of --"
:—'''Sky-Byte''' says one thing and does another

'''Gas Skunk:''' What does it mean when the ground shakes? 
'''Slapper:''' Ain't good. 
'''Dark Scream:''' What do you think we should do? 
'''Gas Skunk:''' I think we should leave!
:—The Predacons have their first good idea all episode.

"You're not getting away!" 
"There he goes again, my hero. Always gets his man!"
:—This must be a different, more competent '''Sky-Byte''' whom '''Slapper''' is talking about.

"Did anyone get the license number of that... oh wait, I think I know who it was."
:—'''Sky-Byte''', having been run over by X-Brawn, Prowl, Scourge, Mega-Octane, Armorhide and Rollbar, would probably find it harder working out who ''didn't'' just hit him.

"''NO MERCY!''" 
"''NONE GIVEN!''"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Omega Prime''' finish it

"The power, the infinite POWER! ''Give it to me! Ahahahahaaa!'' Energy is flowing through me ''as it never did before''! ''MY DESTINYYYY''! Look at me, tremble with fear! '''I AM GALVATRON'''!"
:—'''Galvatron''' certainly knows how to make an entrance.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Car Robots''===

===Transformers references===
* After 32 episodes, Optimus Prime ''finally'' gets to break out his iconic "[[Roll out|Transform and roll out!]]" catchphrase.
* This is, of course, [[Galvatron (G1)|not the first time]] a Megatron has metamorphosed into a Galvatron, and it certainly [[Megatron (Armada)|wouldn't be the last]], either.
* Presumably the last O-Part was also located in the Sahara, since Kelly's still wandering around there.

===Trivia===
* Koji spends the whole episode being ''very'' concerned about T-AI, almost crying at one point. If this hasn't spawned a romance ship yet, it's only a matter of time.
* Despite the fact that Movor seems to need help getting into space in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]" and time to get back down again, here he's just hanging around in orbit and quickly joins the other Decepticons in Egypt.
* Somehow, Kelly's lost (crashed?) the jeep she had from [[A Friendly Contest|just an hour or so earlier]].
* Ultra Magnus, meanwhile, seems to be trying to rival Kelly in the "wildly coincidental appearance" stakes; despite having refused to be an official part of Optimus Prime's Autobot team and maintaining no contact with them, he nevertheless seems to always be hanging around their current mission destination, whether that be in the city, underground or slap-bang in the middle of the world's largest desert. Very handy.
* Optimus is going to find the all-important Orb of Sigma, and he only took the Autobot brothers as backup? Seriously?
* Galvatron makes his appearance in his griffin form, an alternate mode that Megatron did not have. This both quickly indicates Galvatron's new and greater power ''and'' [[To sell toys|flogs the new toy]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''Transformers: Car Robots'' — Vol. 8 ([[Pony Canyon]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Three-Disc Box Set: Part 2 of 2 ([[Maximum Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Season Two (Maximum Entertainment) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' — Ultimate Collection (Maximum Entertainment)

==External links==
*[http://www.ridforever.info/transformers-transcripts/rid-episode-32-peril-from-the-past.php "Peril from the Past" transcript on RiDForever.info]

[[Category:Robots in Disguise episodes]]

Unicron Trilogy cartoon timeline

2011-02-10T14:29:30Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

A timeline for the events of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] cartoon universe. Significant differences between the English and Japanese continuities are highlighted.

==The Dawn of Time==
The universe is created. [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] come into being, and their war begins.

Whether the Autobots colonized planets at the dawn of time in this continuity depends on the Unicron Singularity.

==Prehistory==
[[Image:Original13.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Don't yell "Fire!" in a crowded illustration.]]
Nine billion years ago, Primus becomes [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and creates the [[thirteen original Transformers]], including [[Vector Prime]]. Following Unicron's defeat, the Transformer race expands, and peace settles in. Vector Prime withdraws from the linear universe, observing the passage of time across the [[multiverse]] from outside of the timeline. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

The specifics of the early days of Transformer civilization are murky. At some point, the race splinters into the [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] factions, and some degree of enmity forms between the two sides. It is unclear if any formal warfare is waged, but at least ''some'' fighting between the factions is recorded. Eventually, however, the two sides attain a peaceful co-existence, but they never manage to re-integrate into one aligned faction and continue to wear their individual [[Insignia|insignias]]. <ref>Transformers from this period such as Omega Supreme, the Maximus combiners and those who travelled on the four starships wear the Autobot and Decepticon symbols and recognise and ally themselves with their respective factions after re-emerging in the modern day. The hatred between the Maximus combiners (two Autobot, two Decepticon) and the mural in the Super Energon Shrine proves there was conflict between the factions in the past, but the eventual rise of peace is demonstrated by the joint ventures that both sides participated in, such as the colonisation program, and the Maximus combiners guarding Super Energon together.</ref>

The Transformers attempt to establish a colonisation program, using four massive starships to transport groups of Cybertronians across the galaxy to four selected worlds, with the intention of using [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]] imbued with the power of Primus to reshape them and connect them via a [[space bridge]] network. However, as the result of some unspecified incident, the plan fails, and contact with the four colony worlds of [[Velocitron]], [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], [[Gigantion]] and [[Earth]] is lost. As time rolls on, they become forgotten by Cybertron at large. The four worlds evolve their own Transformer societies, whose descendants are likewise unaware of Cybertron, considering it a legend at best. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

Unicron attacks Cybertron once more<ref>Though the Energon episode "[[Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme]]" simply says that Omega Supreme fought Unicron while searching for Energon, the [[Superlink]] version of the episode explains that Omega Supreme and ''Primus'' fought Unicron in this era.</ref>, but is defeated by the legendary warrior, [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Subsequently, Omega and the four "Maximus" combiners enter hibernation beneath the surface of Cybertron, with the combiners guarding a [[Super Energon Temple|reservoir]] of [[Super Energon]].

==10,000,000 years ago==
Unicron disguises his dormant body as Cybertron's moon, hiding in plain sight.

Around this time, peace between the Autobots and Decepticons finally collapses, and the millennia-long Cybertronian civil war begins. <ref name="timeline">Date for this period from [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/table.html timeline] on Takara's website.</ref>

==4,000,000 years ago==
Unicron implants some of his cells inside Cybertron, where they gestate and become a new race of diminutive robots called [[Mini-Cons]]. However, an encounter with a group of time-displaced human children mere moments after their creation plants the seeds of sentience within the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

[[Image:Exodus-game.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Just paint a bullseye on Earth already.]]Just as the chaos-bringer had planned, the emergence of the Mini-Cons only causes the Transformers' war to escalate, as both sides vie for control of the power-enhancing abilities that the Mini-Cons possess. At least one account notes that Cybertron underwent some undetermined form of "cataclysm" shortly before the emergence of the Mini-Cons—presumably, this accompanied Unicron's implantation of his cells within the planet. {{storylink|Prehistory|Prehistory}}
Eventually, thanks to their experience with the human children, the Mini-Cons attain true sentience and decide to choose their own destiny, intending to head for the planet Earth. The Autobots aid the Mini-Cons in escaping Cybertron aboard the spaceship ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'', but the Decepticons attack in the midst of the escape attempt. As the ''Exodus'' warps away, it is struck by a blast and crippled, and when it emerges from the portal in the Sol system, it scrapes across the surface of Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and is torn in two. The bulk of the craft remains on the lunar surface, but a portion of it tumbles to Earth, scattering its Mini-Con passengers—sealed in stasis panels—across the planet. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

==8000 years ago==
[[Image:E27 rodimussodreamy.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Cheese it!]]
In the midst of the civil war on Cybertron, an Autobot commander named [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]] tires of the endless conflict and gathers up [[Rodimus's crew|a group of like-minded Cybertronians]], leading them into space to escape the corrosion of war without end. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}} Both Autobots and Decepticons accompany him, laying down their arms and working together to mine [[Energon (Energon)|energon]]. Rodimus leaves them to this new life they have chosen, and continues on his interplanetary voyage of peace. The miners are transformed by the power of energon into [[Omnicon]]s. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

Optimus Prime rises to prominence as a great leader after Rodimus's departure. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}}

==Indeterminate millennia/centuries ago==
On Earth, many ancient human civilizations come into contact with the Transformers living on the planet. The colony ship that came to this world, the ''[[Atlantis]]'', inspires the legend of the sunken city when it malfunctions and falls from the sky. {{storylink|Ship}} The Decepticons from the ''Atlantis'' inspire many legends in their own right, becoming the basis for most of Earth's monster myths. They are captured by [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]] and sealed in stasis deep beneath the Earth's surface in the Arctic. {{storylink|Trap}}

In later centuries, Mini-Con stasis panels are discovered by various cultures, and whether by ironic coincidence or Unicronian design, they produce violence and conflict wherever they are taken. At some point, an unknown civilization acquires the three panels that make up the mighty [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] sword, but they use its power to wage war on another culture, who strike back with the power of the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]]. The energies released cause the city to sink beneath the ocean, and the six Mini-Cons are again lost. {{storylink|Ruin}} Epochs later, in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]], the mysterious influence of the panel containing [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] allows for the creation of a vastly technologically-advanced temple, full of futuristic mechanical traps, in which the panel is sealed. {{storylink|Palace}}

==6th Century==
In a parallel dimension, the warmongering inhabitants of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] open a wormhole and pull the colony world Gigantion through to their universe, intending to strip it of its resources. <ref name="timeline">Date for this period from [http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products/TF/table.html timeline] on Takara's website.</ref> The Gigantions use the power of the Cyber Planet Key to enlarge themselves and their planet to fight back, forcing Planet X to employ its mightiest weapon, only to wind up destroying itself in the process. {{storylink|Challenge}}

Two Planet X survivors, [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], seek out Unicron, and ally themselves with him in return for the chance to claim revenge on Gigantion. <ref>"Planet X" write up on ''Cybertron'' Soundwave's toy packaging.</ref>

==2000==
On Earth the [[Decepticon]] [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] was captured and imprisoned by [[Crosswise (Cybertron)|Crosswise]].<ref>In the episode "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]" set in 2030, Thunderblast mentioned having been imprisoned for 30 years.</ref>

==2010==
{{note|While ''Armada'' takes place in 2010, its Japanese counterpart, ''Micron Legend'', is dated by recent timelines to 2003, the broadcast year of the series in Japan. With the ten year gap between ''Armada'' and ''Energon'' consistent in both countries, ''Super Link'' is subsequently dated to 2013, while ''Energon'' takes place in 2020.}}
Exploring the caves outside their hometown, [[Rad White]] and [[Carlos Lopez]] discover that they are, in fact, the cavernous remains of the ''Exodus''. They inadvertently reactivate the ship's systems, and Mini-Con stasis panels begin reactivating all across Earth. A signal relaying this fact is beamed across the galaxy to Cybertron, and the evil [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] promptly leads a small team of Decepticons to Earth via warp gate in order to gather up the Mini-Cons for themselves. [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] pursues him with his own contingent of troops, and these Autobots befriend Rad, Carlos and their friend [[Alexis Thi Dang]], who have developed a telepathic bond with the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

[[Image:Hotshotstarsaber.jpg|left|150px|thumb|The Star Saber sword, the most powerful artifact in the universe... until the next one.]] As both sides of the conflict steadily gather Mini-Cons all over Earth and more troops arrive from Cybertron, Sideways arrives on Earth to manipulate the conflict to Unicron's ends. {{storylink|Gale}} The components of the Star Saber and Skyboom are located and the weapons are re-formed, only to both fall into Decepticon hands thanks to Sideways's side-switching machinations, {{storylink|Credulous}} but before long, he arranges for the Autobots to obtain the Skyboom. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}} Eventually, however, his schemes are discovered by Megatron, and he is ousted from the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|Detection}} The arrival of the massive Decepticon battleship [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] coincides with the Autobots' successful formation of the final Mini-Con weapon, the [[Requiem Blaster]]. {{storylink|Desperate}} Using the power-hungry [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] as a go-between, Sideways orchestrates a plan that allows the Decepticons to acquire the Requiem Blaster, {{storylink|Sacrifice}} while at the same time betraying [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who takes the Star Saber and joins the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} After the successful liberation of the Decepticons' captive Mini-Cons, {{storylink|Rescue}} however, Starscream is convinced to rejoin Megatron's forces, bringing the Star Saber and Skyboom with him, finally putting all three weapons in the Decepticons' hands. {{storylink|Crack}} Using them, they create the [[Hydra Cannon]], but Optimus Prime dies stopping the weapon from destroying Earth. {{storylink|Crisis}}

[[Image:StellaCar.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Meanwhile, boobies.]]
While this conflict plays out, various other Mini-Cons activate across Earth, including the [[Super Stunt Mini-Con Team|Super Stunt Team]], who form a bond with the human [[Stella Holley]]. Joining with their fellow Mini-Cons, the [[Sonic Assault Mini-Con Team|Sonic Assault Team]], against the evil Unicron-aligned [[Speed Chaser Mini-Con Team|Speed Chaser]] and [[Aqua Raider Mini-Con Team|Aqua Raider]] Teams, the Mini-Cons' adventures lead them to discover the "[[Master Key]]" program, which they use to unlock the full power of all the Mini-Cons on Earth. {{storylink|Linkage (comic)|Linkage}} As the Decepticons head back to Cybertron, they are pursued by the Autobots, now under the leadership of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and the fully-empowered Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Depart}} The Mini-Cons use their new powers to resurrect Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Miracle}} and to transform the bodies of several Autobots and Decepticons into new "Powerlinx" forms after they are injured in battle with another of Unicron's minions, [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Puppet}}

[[Image:ArmadaUnicron02.jpg|left|150px|thumb|You'll get tired of me very soon.]]
The Transformers subsequently return to Cybertron, where Sideways and Thrust steal the Mini-Con weapons {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}} and use them to reactivate Unicron's dormant body. {{storylink|Portent}} The Mini-Cons' origins as Unicron's creations are revealed, and Rad, Carlos and Alexis are sent back in time by [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] to the moment of the Mini-Cons' birth, completing the circle. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} As the evil demi-god attacks Cybertron, Starscream sacrifices himself to convince the Autobots and Decepticons to ally against him. {{storylink|Cramp}} Although Unicron brings the Mini-Cons back under his control again, the bond between them and the kids allow them to overcome his influence, and the Mini-Con weapons are liberated, deactivating Unicron once more. {{storylink|Origin}} With Unicron apparently defeated, however, Megatron (now Galvatron) challenges Optimus Prime to one final battle, only for the hatred embodied by their conflict to reactivate Unicron once more. Galvatron opts to perish rather than live in an age of peace and plunges into Unicron's jaws. With this act bringing about the end of the Cybertronian war, there is no longer any force to sustain Unicron, and he vanishes in a flash of light. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

In the wake of this battle, Optimus Prime no longer considers himself worthy of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and embarks on a soul-searching space voyage. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

==2010 to 2020==
''The relative chronological placement of these events is uncertain.''

At some point, Optimus Prime returns to Cybertron and reclaims leadership of the unified Autobot and Decepticon forces.

Peace between the Autobots and Decepticons does not come easy, with determined villains such as the brothers [[Shockblast (Energon)|Shockblast]] and [[Six Shot]] attempting to renew the hostilities, even to the point of attacking Decepticons themselves. They are eventually imprisoned. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

Unbeknownst to the Transformers, Unicron has survived his apparent destruction, and continues to consume planets in the far reaches of the universe. Attacking the world known as [[Planet Q]], Unicron is badly damaged when the planet self-destructs, and he is knocked offline. However, the spark of the planet's ruler, [[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]], still lives within Unicron. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}}

===2012===
[[Image:Energon ep1 Autobot jerks.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The lights were left off between series to conserve Energon.]]
A delegation of humans, including the Autobots' existing human allies, [[Dr. Brian Jones]] and his son [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]], comes to Cybertron to establish friendly relations between Mankind and the Transformers.<ref>The [[Transformers Energon Official Guidebook]] indicates Kicker was 8 when he first visited Cybertron, and 16 when [[Energon (franchise)|Energon]] began.</ref> Kicker is terrified of the Transformers and flees, stumbling into an underground chamber and reawakening Primus. Primus bestows upon Kicker the ability to sense energon, leading to the discovery of the mineral in various locations on Earth, on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] and in the asteroid belt. Massive "[[Cybertron City (city)|Cybertron Cities]]" are constructed at these sites, where [[Omnicon|Omnicons]] mine the energon as part of a "clean energy" program for Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

==2020==
[[Image:AlphaQ1.jpg|left|150px|thumb|KICKER KICKER OUR PLANETS KICKER]]
Seeking to use the power of energon to recreate Planet Q, Alpha Q creates the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] out of Unicron and sends them to attack the Cybertron Cities and gather the mineral for his plan. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} The Autobots fight back using the new combination powers given to them by Primus, and in retaliation, Alpha Q creates [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] and the [[Energon Sword]] in order to turn the Decepticons to his side. {{storylink|Scorpinok}} {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}} The plan works, but soon, Megatron—his body trapped within Unicron's dormant husk—steals enough of Alpha Q's energon to engineer his own resurrection. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} Megatron continues Alpha Q's plan to gather energon, this time with the intention of repairing Unicron and using him as a weapon. Alpha Q escapes in Unicron's head and uses what little energon he has left to resurrect Starscream to act as his minion, {{storylink|Megatron Raid}} but Megatron uses Unicron's powers to wipe Starscream's mind and turns him into a Decepticon once more. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}}

After protecting Earth with an [[energon grid]], {{storylink|Energon Grid}} the Autobots embark aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'' to stop Megatron and destroy Unicron. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}} They are joined by Rodimus, who helps them understand Alpha Q's true objective, and Kicker is able to convince the alien to join with the Autobots in fighting the Decepticons. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} The Autobots lure Unicron into their space bridge, teleporting the giant to the vicinity of Cybertron, but Megatron uses this opportunity to reveal to the Decepticons on Cybertron that he still lives, turning them on the Autobots. Shockblast is liberated from prison and joins Megatron's army, but quickly makes plans to take over. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

[[Image:Unicron eats blizzard.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Unicron 2: The Search for More Money]]
At the height of a battle in the skies above Cybertron, Alpha Q initiates a reaction between Unicron's energon and the energon of Earth, tearing a fissure in space and recreating many of the planets Unicron has destroyed. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}} In this new region of space, Megatron and the Decepticons attack the newborn planets and gather up enough energon to re-energize Unicron. To aid the Autobots, Primus and Dr. Jones reawaken Omega Supreme, {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} who combines with Optimus Prime to combat a Unicron-possessed Shockblast. {{storylink|The Power}} When Shockblast is ultimately destroyed, Megatron too falls victim to possession by the dark god, and to combat the threat, Primus super-charges "Optimus Supreme", enlarging him to planet size and enabling him to destroy Unicron's body once and for all. {{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}

Unicron's consciousness continues to exist within Megatron, and drives him to uncover the reservoir of Super Energon, which transforms him into Galvatron again. In the process, Galvatron awakens the "Maximus" combiners; [[Superion Maximus]] joins the Autobots, while [[Constructicon Maximus]] and [[Bruticus Maximus (Energon)|Bruticus Maximus]] side with the Decepticons, just as the villains are joined by Shockblast's younger brother, Six Shot. {{storylink|Wishes}} Using Six Shot's technical skills, the Decepticons shroud Cybertron with energon gas and move the planet back into Alpha Q's star system. {{storylink|Formidable}} There, Galvatron uses the Super Energon to enlarge himself to planet-size, at which point Unicron takes over his body once more. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}} As Galvatron struggles for control, Primus uses the Super Energon to create a new sun for Cybertron, and Galvatron, preferring to die than be a servant, plunges himself into the sun, containing Unicron's spark within it. Starscream follows his leader into the sun. {{storylink|The Sun}}

==2020 to 2030==
For unexplained reasons, the Autobots withdraw from Earth entirely. All record of their existence is suppressed, and among humans, stories of them become, at best, urban legend.

Most of the Mini-Cons relocate to Cybertron's moons, establishing colonies where they can finally live in peace. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}}

Jetfire vacations on the planet [[Nebulos]], picking up [[Accents|the local accent]].<ref>Jetfire's Cyber Key Code information, on Hasbro.Com</ref>

==2030==
{{note|Japanese timelines date the events of ''Galaxy Force'' to only one year after ''Super Link''. Conversely, [[Hasbro]]'s "Ask Vector Prime" website feature identified the time between ''Energon'' and ''Cybertron'' as ten years. In addition, ''Galaxy Force'' was only incorporated into the Micron Trilogy timeline after it had finished its run, which leads to some... interesting... continuity issues.}}

[[Image:Unicronsingularity.jpg|left|150px|thumb|ssssuuuuuuck]]
Primus’s sun eventually collapses in upon itself, becoming a colossal [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] so powerful that it disrupts the fabric of reality. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}} With Cybertron in crisis, Vector Prime emerges from beyond time to inform the Autobots of the lost Cyber Planet Keys, which hold the power to close the black hole. Megatron and Starscream are also restored, and Megatron seeks the power of the keys to accelerate the universal degeneration caused by the black hole and remake the cosmos in his own image. The populace of Cybertron is relocated to Earth, where Optimus Prime’s elite Autobot team befriend [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] and [[Bud Hansen]] and their friend [[Lori]], who aid them in locating the [[Omega Lock]], the focusing device for the Cyber Planet Keys’ power. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}} With new "Cyber Key Powers" awakened in them, the Transformers search for the Lock on Earth, while Hot Shot and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] head for Velocitron, competing in the planet's grand racing championship to win the key from planet leader [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]. {{storylink|Space}}

While Prime's team follows Vector Prime's directions, other Autobots are dispatched to the four corners of the universe to search for the keys the hard way. A team commanded by [[Longrack (Cybertron)|Longrack]] investigates the planet [[Combatron (planet)|Combatron]], where they clash with a Decepticon unit led by [[Brushguard]]. {{storylink|Force of Habit}}

[[Image:Unicroncybertron.jpg|right|150px|thumb|And baby makes three.]]As the search for the keys progresses, Vector Prime reports on the Autobots’ progress to [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] on Cybertron. During one such trip, however, the planet comes under attack from two of Unicron’s heralds, [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] and [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]], who intend to destroy the under-protected Primus with the [[Dead Matrix]]. Alpha Trion uses the spatial instability caused by the Unicron Singularity to summon [[Sentinel Maximus]] from another dimension, and together, he and Vector Prime battle the heralds, and are able to successfully defeat them with help from another interdimensional guest, [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act}} The Dead Matrix, however, is stolen by Planet X's Soundwave, who casts it into the Unicron Singularity, freeing Unicron’s spark. Infesting the planet [[Yst]], Unicron destroys the planet from within and is reborn in a new (much smaller) body. {{storylink|Revelations Part 3}}
Shortly after the Omega Lock is located on Earth in the bulk of the crashed spaceship the ''[[Atlantis]]'', {{storylink|Ship}} [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Overhaul]] heads for the Jungle Planet, where the power of its Cyber Planet Key reformats him into [[Leobreaker]]. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} Megatron ingratiates himself with Jungle Planet ruler [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], while at the same time, Starscream, working towards his own goals, teams up with the returned Sideways. {{storylink|Honor}}

[[Image:BudBlackboard.jpg|left|150px|thumb|You get the basic idea.]]
Ultimately, the Autobots succeed in acquiring the Keys of both Velocitron and Jungle Planet, at which point the existence of Earth's own Cyber Planet Key is revealed. {{storylink|Trap}} Starscream makes his power play and overthrows Megatron, stealing the Omega Lock and all three keys from the Autobots and using them to grow in size and power. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} Their forces bolstered by the ancient Autobots from Earth and the arrival of [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]], who combines with Optimus Prime, the Autobots fight their way through a vengeful Megatron and defeat Starscream {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} - but the battle is not without casualties, as Hot Shot, Red Alert and [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] are gravely wounded and rebuilt into the even more powerful "[[Cybertron Defense Team]]". {{storylink|Critical}} At the same time, on Cybertron, news reaches the Autobots there of a war that has erupted between the two factions of Mini-Cons living on the planet’s moons. Offering to help, the Autobots join the conflict, but before long, Unicron also enters the fray, intending to terminate his rebellious creations. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} Simultaneously, Optimus Prime’s Autobots return to Cybertron and use the Omega Lock and Cyber Planet Keys to awaken the spirit of Primus, causing Cybertron to transform into the god's body. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} This awesome sight brings the battle on the moons to a screeching halt, and Unicron flees. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

[[Image:Starscream Vs Primus.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Take it outside, boys-- oh, right.]]
Starscream attempts to tap the power of Primus and grows to planetary size, only to be defeated by Primus himself. {{storylink|Titans}} Soon, the Autobots identify the location of Gigantion, while the Decepticons have to be led there by Soundwave. {{storylink|Warp}} Bested by the planet's leader [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]], {{storylink|Giant}} Megatron taps the key's power to become Galvatron yet again, {{storylink|Fury}} and blasts Starscream, Sideways and Soundwave into another dimension to acquire the Lock and Keys for himself. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} and the five planet leaders confront Galvatron within the black hole and defeat him. With all the Cyber Planet Keys now in his possession, Primus uses their power to finally seal the black hole, ending its threat. {{storylink|End}} As the planet's various civilizations attempt to return to life as normal, Galvatron attacks the Autobots for one final time. Without any troops to call his own, Galvatron engages Optimus Prime in a one-on-one duel, and is finally destroyed for good. {{storylink|Unfinished}} With this final victory, Optimus Prime begins a new space bridge initiative, and the Transformers set sail for the four corners of the universe, and new adventures. {{storylink|Beginning}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Chronologies]]
[[Category:Unicron Trilogy]]

Emissary (RID)

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:''The Emissary is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Cerebros combined RiD Cartoon.JPG|right|301px|thumb|Emissary of light, Cure [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]!]]
The '''Emissary'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s only purpose is to transform and combine with [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] to form [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]'s head. As such, he only appears when Maximus transforms to or from robot mode. When Maximus is not in robot mode, the Emissary remains with him in a sort of boxy alternate mode.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Brave'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
The Emissary's first appearance came when Fortress Maximus transformed in the middle of [[Metro City]]. After the giant was stopped by [[Koji Onishi]], the Emissary detached in order to release Cerebros, and followed Maximus into the ground. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}} Later, in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]], the Decepticons made a bid to control Maximus, and the Emissary was briefly seen again as Maximus transformed to robot mode, and again when he sank into the sand after the Autobots were able to stop him. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Another attempt to control Fortress Maximus was made in a jungle. The Emissary combined with Cerebros to form Maximus's head so that [[Karl]] could attempt to control the titan. Afterward Maximus sank into the ground once more, and the Emissary followed him. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

The final appearance by the Emissary as a separate unit was during the last battle between the Autobots and the Decepticon/Predacon forces. The heroic actions of the Autobots inspired Cerebros to combine with the Emissary to activate Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} After the Predacons and Decepticons were defeated, Fortress Maximus transported them to the asteroid prison colony in starship mode. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Toy}}
===Car Robots===
* '''Brave Maximus''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-027'''
**''Accessories:'' Brave's Mini Laser Rifle

: An accessory to [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Brave Maximus]], Brave is a [[redeco]] of the [[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]] toy and transforms into Brave Maximus's head. Brave's own head is formed by the [[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]] toy, and he can also take the shape of a "communications tower" when Maximus is in city mode.

: This mold was also redecoed as [[Grand]], and the Brave version was re-released as [[Zebres]] when Brave Maximus was released as "Cybertron Base" in the [[Robot Masters (franchise)|''Robot Masters'' toyline]].

==External links==
* [http://tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/BraveMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm The Emissary (and Fortress Maximus) at TFU.info]

[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise Autobots]]

Hightower (RID)

2011-02-10T14:27:46Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

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{{disambig3|Hightower}}
{{picsneeded}}
:''Hightower is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Hightower RiD Cartoon.JPG|right|301px|thumb|HI-KEEBA!]]
'''Hightower''' is a member of the [[Build Team]], and their best marksman. Oddly, his particular weapon of choice is the rather imprecise flamethrower. He's a bit of a fanboy to [[Wedge]], acting as both a bodyguard and advisor to the team leader.

{{bigquote|Stay alert; danger is everywhere.|[[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]]'s motto}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Build Cyclone'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Keith Anthony]] (English), [[Masami Iwasaki]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Wedge's Short Fuse Buildteamtrio.jpg|left|200px|thumb|From right to left: Anger, Anger, Dull surprise]]
When the [[Autobot Brothers]] encountered the Build Team in an unfinished tunnel, Hightower enthusiastically promoted Wedge's tunnel building abilities. When Wedge secured the team a chance for combat, he played up Wedge's future as a warrior, and almost got into a fight with [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] as a result. Once Wedge had been captured by the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]], Hightower wasn't keen on letting [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] turn over the disk with the space bridge plans on, but knew it was the only way to get Wedge back. They subsequently ended up chasing a penguin which had snatched the disk — fortunately the disk turned out to be a decoy. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Landfill Hightower.jpg|right|200px|thumb|WHOOSHY ANIME ACTION LINES WHOO]]
After the completion of the Arctic link, Hightower followed Wedge off to combat practice, leaving Grimlock to enter the data into the control computer. When the Decepticons subsequently sabotaged the space bridge, Build Team was called to the computer terminal and Hightower quickly found the reprogrammed computer bank. The space tunnel now fixed, Build Team combined into [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] to fight off [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] from the north energy research facility. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

After [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacons attacked the [[CGA Tower]], Wedge helped to hold it up but the rest of the Build Team were forced to stay back. They defended the tower against Scourge's attack and formed Landfill in order to dig a new foundation for the tower, allowing the safe release of the hostages. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:Test of Metal Hightower.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Swapping video cards is easy with Windows Vista!]]
On discovering that the [[Commando|Commandos]] had been attacking construction equipment, the Build Team decided to face the Decepticons alone, and Hightower sabotaged the space bridge using the same technique as the Decepticons a few episode before, resulting in the other Autobots being sent to random locations. The Build Team themselves confronted the Commandos but were overwhelmed by the fighting prowess of their opponents. Build Team regrouped and formed Landfill, eventually narrowly defeating [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. Afterward they enjoyed a soothing oil bath with Team Bullet Train. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

Hightower and the Build Team helped test the space bridge (even though they obviously knew it would work). {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}}

Sent to dig at a site beneath [[Metro City]] where they'd been before, the Build Team began to hear strange noises, and Hightower nervously suggested they stop digging. Soon they experienced hallucinations as they had the last time and Hightower quickly succumbed. Eventually they broke through to a cavern containing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and formed Landfill to fight the Decepticons who then arrived. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Hightower and the rest of Build Team subsequently hid Fortress Maximus in a huge building in the middle of the city. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:A Friendly Contest Hightower.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's smirking and you can't see his hands.]]
With Doctor Onishi recovered, the Build Team and [[Autobot Brothers]] began a race to locate the last five [[O-Part|O-Parts]]. Hightower hoisted up Wedge on his crane to recover the third O-Part which unfortunately ended up in the hands of the Autobot Brothers anyway. When Wedge was furious at [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] for taking the O-Part, Hightower reminded him it was only a game. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

The Build Team accompanied the Autobot Brothers on a mission to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] beneath an ancient temple. This was fortunate, as the Decepticons caved the temple in on top of them, and the Build Team were able to dig the Autobots out. They subsequently helped to guard Fortress Maximus. To no one's surprise, the Decepticons attacked, and Build Team formed Landfill to help see them off. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

When Scourge made a second attempt to control Maximus in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]], the Build Team and Team Bullet Train picked up a large number of children and took them to the site via the global space bridge. There the children were able to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

When the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base, the Build Team was called to a predetermined location with the rest of the Autobots to spring a trap on their foe. When the ''[[Megastar]]'' joined the fight, they formed Landfill, who was promptly blown apart by the battle station's firepower. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

After the defeat of the ''Megastar'', Landfill was formed again to fight the Decepticons while [[Omega Prime]] engaged in combat with Galvatron. Galvatron unleashed his cyber-bats, causing Prime to call a retreat, and the Autobots found themselves trapped in a space bridge tunnel rapidly filling with molten lava. Although they escaped, Galvatron soon had them at his mercy again. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

As Galvatron attempted to attack Optimus Prime, Landfill and the other Autobots blocked his attack and were paralysed by Galvatron's power. They remained in this state until Omega Prime was able to defeat Galvatron in the Earth's core. Afterward, just for fun, the Build Team did some more work on the space bridge. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise''===

[[Image:RID Hightower Toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|(Insert Witty Comment Here)]]
*'''Hightower''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-021'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol, crane-cannon

: Hightower transforms into a red crane truck. His crane-boom detaches to form a massive cannon with flip-out barrel, and his small hand-held pistol stores in his boom-operator's compartment. Hightower can form both arms (simultaneously) or either leg of [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]].

: This mold was also used to make the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Decepticon [[Hightower (Universe Ultra)|Hightower]].

*'''Build King''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-022'''

: In Japan, the entire Build Team set of [[Wedge]], [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], Hightower and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] was made available. The toys included were identical to the individual Takara releases.

*'''Landfill''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A mainly-yellow [[redeco]] of the entire Build Team was released as a [[Wal-Mart]] [[exclusive]] in November of 2003, as a multi-pack released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]", the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly overcrowded shopping day of the year. The set cost considerably less than four individual deluxes.

{{--}}

==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Hightower/hightower.htm Hightower at TFU.info]

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise Autobots]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Grimlock (RID 2001)

2011-02-10T14:26:58Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

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{{disambig3|Grimlock}}
:''Grimlock is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Rid grimlock.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Everybody samba!]]
'''Grimlock''' is the second-in-command of the [[Build Team]], and a seasoned warrior. Though harsh-looking, he is rather calm and upbeat, and is actually the team's best tactician.

{{bigquote|Respect builds great warriors.|Grimlock's motto}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Build Hurricane'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Wyner]] (English), [[Hiroki Takahashi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Wedge's Short Fuse Grimlockvehicle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Who wants sno-cones?]]
When the [[Autobot Brothers]] encountered the Build Team in an unfinished tunnel, Grimlock was slightly chagrined at his teammates' enthusiastic endorsement of team leader [[Wedge]]. When Wedge secured the team a chance for combat, Grimlock similarly warned [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] not to get Wedge's hopes up before the young bot had even gotten into battle. On arriving at the site where the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] were trying to steal diamonds, he and [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] helpfully began transporting the goods. After the Predacons captured Wedge, Grimlock warned Heavy Load that turning the disk containing the space bridge map over would be treason and subsequently ended up chasing a penguin which had snatched the disk — fortunately the disk turned out to be a decoy. The Build Team were triumphant! {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Landfill Grimlockcomputer.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Me Grimlock fix computer.]]
After the completion of the Arctic link, Wedge was spoiling to do some more combat practice, and sent the more-diligent Grimlock to program the data into the main space bridge terminal computer. Unfortunately he was tracked by [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]], who led the rest of the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] to the terminal. Once the space bridge was fixed, he and the rest of the Build Team combined into [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] in order to chase off [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] from the north energy research facility. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

After [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacons attacked the [[CGA Tower]], Wedge helped to hold it up, but the rest of the Build Team were forced to stay back. They defended the tower against Scourge's attack and formed Landfill in order to dig a new foundation for the tower, allowing the safe release of the hostages. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

On discovering that the [[Commando|Commandos]] had been attacking construction equipment, the Build Team decided to face the Decepticons alone, and Hightower sabotaged the space bridge to keep the other Autobots away. On confronting the Decepticons, Grimlock grappled unsuccessfully with [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. Build Team soon formed Landfill and eventually narrowly defeated [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. Afterward they enjoyed a soothing oil bath with [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

Grimlock and the Build Team helped test the space bridge (even though they obviously knew it would work). {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}}

[[Image:Fortress Maximus Grimlockwedge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Grimlock?! What happened to you?" "Me Grimlock not know, but me Grimlock think beer, 3 hookers, and a midget were involved."]]
Sent to dig at a site beneath [[Metro City]] where they'd worked before, the Build Team began to experience hallucinations as they had last time. Grimlock tried to reason with Wedge, but soon fell prey to the hallucinations himself. Eventually they broke through to a cavern containing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and formed Landfill to fight the Decepticons who then arrived. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Grimlock and the rest of Build Team subsequently hid Fortress Maximus in a huge building in the middle of the city. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:A Friendly Contest Grimlockmegaoctane.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Supermegahyperultra Robo Headsmash Attack of Doom, go!]]
With [[Doctor Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] recovered, the Build Team and [[Autobot Brothers]] began a race to locate the last five [[O-Part|O-Parts]]. Grimlock successfully dug up the second O-Part. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

The Build Team accompanied the Autobot Brothers on a mission to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] beneath an ancient temple. This was fortunate, as the Decepticons caved the temple in on top of them, and the Build Team were able to dig the Autobots out. They subsequently helped to guard Fortress Maximus. To no one's surprise, the Decepticons attacked, and Build Team formed Landfill to help see them off. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

When Scourge made a second attempt to control Maximus in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]], the Build Team and Team Bullet Train picked up a large number of children and took them to the site via the global space bridge. There the children were able to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

When the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base, the Build Team was called to a predetermined location with the rest of the Autobots to spring a trap on their foe. When the [[Megastar]] joined the fight, they formed Landfill, who was promptly blown apart by the battle station's firepower. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

After the defeat of the Megastar, Landfill was formed again to fight the Decepticons while [[Omega Prime]] engaged in combat with Galvatron. Galvatron unleashed his cyber-bats, causing Prime to call a retreat, and the Autobots found themselves trapped in a space bridge tunnel rapidly filling with molten lava. Although they escaped, Galvatron soon had them at his mercy again. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

As Galvatron attempted to attack Optimus Prime, Landfill and the other Autobots blocked his attack and were paralysed by Galvatron's power. They remained in this state until Omega Prime was able to defeat Galvatron in the Earth's core. Afterward, just for fun, the Build Team did some more work on the space bridge. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise''===
{{anchor|DeluxeGrimlock}}
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-019'''
**''Accesories'': Hoe-claw

[[Image:RID Grimlock Toy.JPG|right|250px|thumb|If you squint real hard I almost look like a dinosaur...]]
: Grimlock transforms into a green backhoe which, in contrast to his teammates, has relatively realistic proportions. His shovel arm is articulated at the connection joint to the body and the bucket itself, while his cabin can be rotated. In robot mode, Grimlock is armed with his shovel arm, which has a flip-out pincer claw. Combined with his team, he can form either the upper body (and arms) or one of the legs of Landfill.

: He was initially released as part of the [[Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line as Build Hurricane. The [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' version adds several small [[Paint operation]]s to him for detail.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Scavenger (Universe Ultra)|Scavenger]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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*'''Build King''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-022'''

: In Japan, the entire Build Team set of [[Wedge]], [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] and Grimlock was made available. The toys included were identical to the individual Takara releases.

{{-}}{{anchor|Landfill}}

*'''Landfill''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A mainly-yellow [[redeco]] of the entire Build Team was released as a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] in November of 2003, as a multi-pack released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]", the day after Thankgiving, the most hellishly overcrowded shopping day of the year. The set cost considerably less than four individual deluxes.

==Notes==
*This is the only ''Transformers'' character named "Grimlock" who does not transform into a carnivorous [[Dinosaur|death lizard]].

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise Autobots]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Wedge (RID)

2011-02-10T14:26:12Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

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{{disambig2|the Build Team leader from ''Robots in Disguise''|the Autobot from ''Animated''|Wedge Major}}
:''Wedge is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Wedge.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Run away. Trust me.]]
"Boy genius" '''Wedge''' is leader of the [[Build Team]] and chief architect and designer of [[Earth]]'s subterranean [[Global Space Bridge]]. He and his team have never once missed a deadline, and are so devoted to their jobs maintaining and expanding the tunnels that they may go prolonged periods of time underground, totally unseen by either Autobots or [[Decepticon|Decepticons]].

However, Wedge and his team also feel a need to prove themselves as warriors, which drives Wedge to be somewhat gung-ho about charging into battle. He's the definition of a hot head, and he'll ask to be put into battle at any chance he gets - especially when his pride as a builder and an Autobot are on the line. This can put him in harm's way, and also be somewhat obnoxious to his fellow Autobots, but [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] believes he can be hardened into a capable warrior.

When his team merges to form [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]], Wedge has total mental control over their combined form, lending him new destructive power to back up his usual bravado.

Just how this inexperienced kid came to lead a team full of far more seasoned Autobots is anyone's guess.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Build Boy'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Reisz]] (English), [[Yukiko Tamaki]] (Japanese)

When the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] attacked a diamond mine in Antarctica, [[Prowl (RID)|the]] [[Side Burn (RID)|Autobot]] [[X-Brawn|Brothers]] were sent through the [[Global Space Bridge]] to stop them. The heroes were delayed, however, when they tried to go through a part of the bridge that was still being built by the [[Build Team]]. Wedge, the leader of the Build Team, said they would build a link to Antarctica on one condition: They got to go on assignment. [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] agreed, and [[T-AI]] sent them off to the mines.

[[Image:Wedge's Short Fuse Wedgemarch.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Strike a running-esque position!]]
When the Build Team arrived, the Predacons mistook them for normal construction vehicles that [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] had sent to help carry out the diamonds. For some odd reason, Wedge and the others were all too happy to help. The Preds soon realized their mistake, and the two teams began to fight. Wedge repeatedly tried to fight, and was repeatedly thrashed; at one point, Sky-Byte grabbed Wedge in his mouth and bit the young Autobot hard enough to make him scream, which caused his teammate [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] to beg for mercy on his behalf. Wedge was only released after the Predacons were tricked into exchanging him for what they thought was a map of the spacebridge tunnels, but which actually was a map of the sewers.... in Antarctica. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Landfill Wedgerapidrun.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I'll wager three hundred on the train bot.]]
After completing work on the Arctic link, Wedge decided that the team needs some battle practice and sent [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] to upload the link data into the space bridge computer. A short time later, the space bridge begin malfunctioning and depositing Autobots at random locations, leading to Wedge getting into an argument with [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] — Wedge's contention being that the problem was not the bridge but the Autobots using it. Finally Wedge realised that the Decepticons had tampered with the Global Space Bridge programming, and the problem was quickly repaired.

The Build Team headed for the energy facility facility where [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] were attempting to plunder energy, with Wedge insisting to the other Autobots that the Build Team should deal with the foe as a matter of honor. Forming Landfill, they soon chased off Megatron and Scourge, and there were apologies exchanged for the earlier heated tempers. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

The Build Team were called in to help stabilise the [[CGA Tower]], when Sky-Byte and the Predacons endangered it by damaging the foundations. Although Sky-Byte wouldn't let the rest of the Build Team near, Wedge helped to hold up the tower, pleading with the Predacon not to harm the hostages. With Optimus on the way with the [[O-Part|O-Parts]], Wedge managed to persuade Sky-Byte to let his hostages go and formed Landfill with the rest of the Build Team in order to dig a new foundation for the tower. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:Test of Metal Wedgemegaoctane.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Yeah right. Mega-Octane doesn't have elbows!]]
After the Decepticon [[Commando|Commandos]] raided a power station, the Build Team arrived while they were fighting [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] and promptly siphoned off their stolen energy. Enraged, the Decepticons began destroying construction vehicles in an attempt to draw the Build Team out, but Optimus kept it from Wedge and the rest of the team. On finding out, Wedge was enraged and demanded that they be sent into battle, but Optimus told them to keep away. After [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] sabotaged the space bridge, the Team confronted the Decepticons anyway.

The fight did not go well, and Landfill was no match for [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] in combat. Damaged, Landfill began digging furiously, creating a tunnel which began filling with crude oil. Ruination suggested they call a truce until they could get to safety, but Wedge dismissed those fears and deliberately fired his weapon. Everything exploded and his teammates were set on fire. Thankfully, Optimus was nearby, and was able to put the fire out. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

Wedge and the Build Team helped test the Global Space Bridge (even though they obviously knew it would work). {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}}

During an excavation under [[Metro City]], the Build Team experienced strange hallucinations, seeing each other as Predacons, and abandoned the site. They were later called back to that area when information from [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]'s chip pointed to the area as possibly containing a Cybertronian artifact. Wedge boasted that this time they would not let the hallucinations fool them again.

[[Image:Koji Gets His Wish Wedgeheavyload.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You may notice a pattern emerging in these images]]
While digging at the site, the hallucinations began again, disrupting their work. Eventually they broke through to a cavern containing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and formed Landfill to fight the Decepticons who then arrived. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}}

Later, as Ruination fought Rail Racer in the middle of Metro City, Wedge spied on them and felt the urge to join in the battle, but was prevented by the more sensible [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]]. The Build Team were busy enacting Optimus' plan to hide Fortress Maximus in the city, within a large fake building. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:A Friendly Contest Megatronwedge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|OK, that's just wrong]]
With Doctor Onishi recovered, the Build Team and [[Autobot Brothers]] began a race to locate the last five O-Parts. Wedge and Side Burn engaged in a rivalry over which team would collect the most, and it was Wedge who located the last O-Part under the top-cap of a pyramid, winning the contest. Megatron and the Decepticons soon arrived, with a ill-timed attack from Wedge resulting in the 'bot being taken hostage by Megatron. The Predacon leader demanded the O-Parts in exchange for Wedge's life, but ended up releasing him anyway, after Sky-Byte messed up the exchange. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest|A Friendly Contest}}

The Build Team accompanied the Autobot Brothers on a mission to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] beneath an ancient temple. This was fortunate, as the Decepticons caved the temple in on top of them, and the Build Team were able to dig the Autobots out. They subsequently helped to guard Fortress Maximus. Even though the Decepticons were able to activate Maximus, Wedge pointed out that the giant didn't have a will of his own, and would only obey orders. To take out Scourge, who he appeared to be taking orders from, the Build Team formed Landfill, though in the end it turned out that Maximus wasn't obeying Scourge anyway.

After Maximus sank into the ground, the Build Team searched fruitlessly for him. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

When Scourge made a second attempt to control Maximus in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]], Wedge, the rest of the Build Team and Team Bullet Train picked up a large number of children and took them to the site via the Global Space Bridge. There the children were able to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

[[Image:Surprise Attack Wedge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I've HAD IT with being inappropriately grabbed!"]]
When the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base, Wedge was called to a predetermined location with the rest of the Autobots to spring a trap on their foe. When the [[Megastar]] joined the fight, Wedge announced the formation of Landfill, who was promptly blown apart by the battle station's firepower. This didn't diminish Wedge's urge to fight, and he once again charged the Megastar, insisting to Galvatron that he'd never ever defeat the Autobots, only to be blown back by laser fire. His courage was enough to inspire Cerebros to activate Fortress Maximus, resulting in the destruction of the Megastar. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

Although Galvatron was down, he wasn't out as Wedge believed. Soon Landfill was formed again to fight the Decepticons while [[Omega Prime]] engaged in combat with the Decepticon leader. After Galvatron unleashed his cyber-bats, Prime called a retreat, and the Autobots found themselves trapped in a space bridge tunnel rapidly filling with molten lava. Although they escaped, Galvatron soon had them at his mercy again. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

As Megatron attempted to attack Optimus Prime, Landfill and the other Autobots blocked his attack and were paralysed by Galvatron's power. They remained in this state until Omega Prime was able to defeat Galvatron in the Earth's core. Afterwards, just for fun, Wedge and the Build Team did some more work on the space bridge. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise''===
[[Image:RID Wedge Toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Bonecrusher never talked again to his son after he came out of the closet as an Autobot.]]
*'''Wedge''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-018'''
**''Accesories'': Double-beam guns

:Wedge transforms into a small orange bulldozer with slightly "[[super deformed]]" proportions. He is also one of the smallest Deluxe-class toys ever made. Wedge can move his shovel up and down in this mode. In robot mode, he is armed with a double-barrel laser cannon. He forms the upper torso and chest of [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]].

: He was initially released as part of the [[Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line. The [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' version adds several small [[Paint operation|paint applications]] to him for detail.

: This mold was also used to make ''Universe'' [[Bonecrusher (Universe Ultra)|Bonecrusher]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Wedge/wedge.htm More information on Wedge at TFU.info]''

{{-}}

*'''Build King''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-022'''

: In Japan, the entire Build Team set of Wedge, [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]], [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] was made available. The toys included were identical to the individual Takara releases.

{{-}}
*'''Landfill''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A mainly-yellow [[redeco]] of the entire Build Team was released as a [[Wal-Mart]] [[exclusive]] in November of 2003, as a multi-pack released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]", the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly-overcrowded shopping day of the year. The set cost considerably less than four individual deluxes.

==Notes==
*Despite being prominently displayed on his chest, Wedge's Autobot symbol is typically rendered in a very basic fashion in the cartoon.

*During the [[stock footage]] of Wedge's transformation to robot mode, Landfill's head is briefly visible when Wedge's own head flips out.

[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise Autobots]]
[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Palace

2011-02-10T14:25:28Z

MadmanFoidart: corrected link

{{episode|
|series=Armada
|ep=8
|prev=Carnival
|next=Confrontation (episode)
|title="Palace"
|japanese=神殿 (たから) - palace
|romaji=Shinden [Takara]
|translation=Temple (Treasure)
|image=Palace-Stone Panel.jpg
|caption=NOT this [[Wikipedia:Kingdom Hearts (series)|world's Keyhole]].
|production code=TF: A-08
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]]
|writer=[[Akira Okeya]]
|director=[[Takashi Sano]]
|animation studio=[[Actas Inc.]]
|airdate=[[October 18]], [[2002]] (English) [[February 28|28 February]] [[2003]] (Japanese)
|continuity=[[Unicron Trilogy]]
}}

'''The Autobots detect a desert Mini-Con.'''

:''Polish title:'' "'''Pałac'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Palace-Minicon Panel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Arabian Nights]]
Following up on an old tale, the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] have arrived in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] to attempt to locate a Mini-Con. [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] lays in ambush and fires on a passing helicopter which turns out to be an indignant [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], who reports no success in locating the [[Mini-Con]]. After complaining about the ubiquitous sand, Cyclonus takes off again, the wash from his rotors covering Demolishor with sand. The tank Decepticon is further put out when the ground begins falling away.

The Mini-Con alarm also sends the [[Autobot|Autobots]] with their three young human friends to the desert, where [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] immediately discovers that his tires don't get much in the way of traction. They prepare to search the desert on foot, but before they get the chance, Demolishor shells them. While the kids and their Mini-Cons scatter, the Autobots take cover and attempt to locate the source of the weapons fire. Hot Shot combines with [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to attempt to return fire, and is almost blasted but [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus]] knocks him out of the way.

[[Image:Palace-Exploring.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Strangers in the night…]]
[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] spots Demolishor, but before the three kids can execute a diversion, the panicked Decepticon begins sinking into the sand. As [[Rad White|Rad]] shouts a warning, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] also falls into the growing hole and is grabbed by [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]]. Demolishor calls out to [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] as he disappears beneath the sand and, up on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] reports the SOS to their leader. The kids all begin sinking into the pit, too, and Rad releases [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to fetch help.

Meanwhile the Autobots have realised that the kids are missing, and begin looking for them. They quickly locate Laserbeak in the sand but their search is interrupted by the arrival of Megatron, Cyclonus and Starscream.

The kids recover to find themselves in a mysterious ruined ancient palace in a cavern beneath the desert. They explore in the hopes of finding a way out, and find the Mini-Con [[Insignia|symbol]] carved into a ceiling. After a discussion on what it might mean, Alexis warns the others to watch out for Decepticons, who'll be hunting for the Mini-Con as well.

Topside, the Autobots and Decepticons fight. Megatron enquires what they've done with Demolishor, but Optimus naturally doesn't know.

[[Image:Palace-Security Eyes.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Uhmm... Want some Clear Eyes?]]
In the ruin, Carlos sees a glowing eye symbol appearing on the wall and believes he's seeing things. He joins his friends only to realise that there are a couple dozen glowing red eye symbols floating in the air ahead of them. They find themselves surrounded by terrible metal spider-like creatures. The kids are within a hairbreadth of death, but Demolisher is not far from them and, hearing their cries, begins breaking through walls to find them. He soon locates the three kids and their Mini-Cons. Demolishor is promptly attacked by the mechanical spiders, unwittingly saving Rad and his friends.

Above ground, the battle still rages on. Megatron wonders again where Demolishor's gotten to.

[[Image:Palace-Reeeeeaaaach!.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You don't wanna know what's going on below.]]
While Demolishor deals with the spider-robots, the kids go farther and arrive in a splendid and stately throne room. They stumble on a large statue-lined chamber, at the end of which is the [[Mini-Con storage panel]] they've been searching for. After admiring the sight for some time, Carlos steps forward and triggers a trap and Rad has to save him from a huge falling boulder. Demolishor turns up, having disposed of the mechanical spiders, and heads for the Mini-Con panel as well. As the kids move to block him, the floor begins caving in, cutting them off from both Decepticon and Mini-Con. Demolishor manages to cling to the side, climbing back up and running along the floor as it collapses behind him. To add to his troubles, the statues begin firing energy pulses at him as well. The three Street Action Mini-Cons combine into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] in order to save Rad and Carlos from another falling boulder. Finally Demolisher is able to grab the Mini-Con and begins making for the surface in tank mode.

[[Image:Hotshotarmada.jpg|left|180px|thumb|ThE DiRt TaStEs LiKe JaAm!]]
Up above, the warring Transformers are startled when the ground begins falling away. Demolishor climbs out of the growing pit to report success in obtaining the Mini-Con. As Hot Shot jumps into the pit, Demolishor activates the new Mini-Con, [[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]], and begins firing on the Autobots. Megatron orders a withdrawal as they've obtained the Mini-Con and the Decepticons teleport away. Hot Shot soon emerges from the sand carrying Perceptor and the three kids.

Back on the Moon, Megatron demands that Demolishor hand over the Mini-Con to him. The Decepticon objects, but Megatron forces him to obey. Starscream witnesses the scene, lacking his usual fiendish delight; though he's not a friend of Demolishor, he understands that Megatron treats him unjustly.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] (9)
*[[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] (10)
*[[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] (17)

|c2=
*[[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] (2)
*[[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] (4)
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] (15)
*[[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] (16)

|c3=
*[[Rad White]] (5)
*[[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] (6)
*[[Carlos Lopez]] (7)

|h4=[[Mini-Con|Mini-Cons]]|c4=
*[[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]] (1)
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (11)
*[[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] (12)
*[[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] (13)
*[[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] (14)
*[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] (18)
*[[Bonecrusher (Armada)|Bonecrusher]] (19)
}}

==Quotes==
[[Image:Palace-Dusty Demolishor.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Wait, but aren't you a desert tank?]]
"I tell ya, I got sand in my mouth, sand in my joints; I even have sand in places I'd rather not mention, but no Mini-" 
"Well, keep looking!"
:—'''Cyclonus''' and '''Demolishor''' hate sand.

"You think any mole-like dudes live down here?" 
"Boy, Carlos, with your imagination, you should write comic books. You are one strange guy."
:—'''Carlos''' and '''Rad''' explore the ruined palace.

[[Image:Palace-Demolishor smug.jpg|right|200px|thumb|SaY, dIrT ''dOeS'' tAsTe LiKe JaAm!]]
"Hey you, what did you do with the kids?" 
"I ate them. And they were quite tasty, too."
:—'''Hot Shot''' talks about the kids, but '''Demolishor''' is only concerned with food.

"But that isn't fair, sir!" 
"Not fair? Why I'll show you what's not fair." 
"Well, actually sir, you really don't have to." 
"No no no, really, I insist. I said I was going to show you what's not fair and so I shall show you what's not fair. Why don't you come a little closer, Demolisher, so I can give you a hands-on demonstration, [[Megatron (BW)|yesss]]."
:—'''Demolisher''' and '''Megatron'''.

==Notes==
===Differences with ''Micron Legend''===
===Animation/technical errors===
*Hot Shot calls Jolt "Grindor".

===Transformers references===
* Ruins under the Sahara Desert were also seen in the ''[[Robots in Disguise (cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' episode "[[Peril from the Past]]".
* [[David Kaye]] was able to fit a nice long "yes" into the dialogue, a staple from his earlier [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].

===Real world references===
[[Image:Palace-Treasure.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"That belongs in a museum!"]]
*Carlos makes a reference to [[Harrison Ford]] in relation to [[wikipedia:Indiana_Jones|archaeology]].

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2003 — ''Transformers: Micron Legend'' — Volume 2 ([[Columbia Music Entertainment]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2004 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Season One: Part One ([[Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Vol:03 ([[Universal]]) 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2005 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Triple Collection (Universal) 
[[Image:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers: Armada'' — Volume One ([[New KSM]]) — English and German audio.

[[Category:Armada episodes]]

Ro-Tor (RID)

2011-02-10T14:24:45Z

MadmanFoidart: corrected link

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{{disambig3|Ro-Tor}}
:''Ro-Tor is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commando]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Ro-TorRID01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"The samurai of sincerity!"]]
Sneering from his place in the sky, '''Ro-Tor''' literally and figuratively looks down on everyone else. Smarmy and arrogant, he enjoys sniping the largely ground-based [[Autobot]]s with both words and plasma fire, almost as much as he enjoys taking a nice, hot, open-air bath with a good view. He forms half of the Decepticon [[Commando|Commandos]]' air force, though he'd probably say he's the only ''good'' part of it.

:''Japanese name'': '''Hepter''' (ヘプター ''Heptā'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Kaplan]] (English), [[Masao Harada]] (Japanese)
[[Image:Commandos Movor RoTor firing.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
Ro-Tor was originally one of a group of Autobots led by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], who travelled to [[Earth]] in a [[protoform]] state. Their ship crashed, and years later was dug up by a group of [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s under [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s leadership. Taken to [[McKinley Army Base]], the Predacons scanned army vehicles as Megatron infused them with his spark energy. [[Dark Scream]] had Ro-Tor's protoform scan a helicopter, to give their forces some air support. Though the newly born-Decepticons were ready to fight, Megatron ordered them to retreat so they could re-power. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} The new troops' first mission was to destroy a dam, allowing Ro-Tor to utilise his sting blades. They planted [[pulsar bomb]]s on [[Sherman Dam]], however when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] took control of the bombs, preventing them from firing, the ground-based Commandos blasted a hole in the dam and ended up grappling with the freed [[Autobot Brothers]]. Ro-Tor and [[Movor]] attempted to provide air support, but were attacked by the newly-arrived [[Team Bullet Train]]. When the trains formed [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]], the Commandos responded by forming [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], however the combined power of the Autobots was too much for them and they were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Commandos}}

The Commandos unsuccessfully fought against the [[Spy Changer]]s on [[Montrose Island]] {{storylink|Volcano}} after which they substituted Movor for a real space shuttle, shooting the Decepticon into orbit so he could try to find the Autobots' secret base. Although Ro-Tor was pleased at the brilliance of the plan, they had little success. Eventually Movor sent the Commandos to [[Pier 7B]], where the Autobots sprung a trap. Things went downhill from there. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:TheTest Rollbar RoTor sweeping.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Toy accurate and helpful around the house!]]
The next cunning plan was to try to make the Autobots think that the Decepticons were defecting. The Autobot Brothers tested them by forcing them to do various menial tasks, which they threw themselves into in an attempt to lull the Autobots into a false sense of security. Ro-Tor went along with the plan, announcing happily he could sweep the forest all day long, and that beautifying [[Metro City]] was hugely rewarding. His efforts were all for naught, as Scourge lost his temper at the last minute, giving the game away and resulting in [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] chasing the Decepticons off. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}} The Decepticons later interrupted one of Sky-Byte's plans, and Ro-Tor was able to snatch a disk which appeared to be a map to the [[Global Space Bridge]] system. Unfortunately when they used it, it turned out to be a map of the local ''sewer'' system, and the Decepticons found themselves on the business end of Optimus's blizzard storm. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

When once again, [[X-Brawn]] slipped through the Decepticons' fingers using the Global Space Bridge, Ro-Tor was able to track [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]], one of the [[Build Team]], to the space bridge control center. The Decepticons broke into the center and Scourge sabotaged it to send the Autobots to random locations. Soon Ro-Tor was trashing a rail bridge somewhere Metro City, in an attempt to lure the Autobots into using the space bridge. It wasn't long before the Build Team realised what had happened, defeated the Commandos and repaired the space bridge. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}} Later the Decepticons attempted to intercept Optimus Prime, who they believed was taking the [[O-Part]]s to Sky-Byte, however even combining into Ruination didn't help them and the Autobot leader was barely slowed down. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:TestOfMetal Heavyload slams RoTor.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This happens in lots of anime, but the offending chest is usually much softer.]]
After their raid on the [[East Power Station]] was foiled by the Build Team, the Commandos resolved to get their revenge on the Autobots. To this end, they started attacking construction sites in an attempt to goad the Build Team into fighting them. Eventually they drew the Build Team out and engaged them in combat. [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] was able to pin Ro-Tor to the ground, however [[Mega-Octane]] took [[Wedge]] hostage, turning the battle in the Decepticons' favour. At least until Landfill led Ruination into an oil-filled cavern and ignited it, blasting the Commandos into the ocean. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

A later raid on an oil refinery went better—while the Autobot Brothers did turn up, they were prevented from stopping the Decepticons by the arrival of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. Still, the Decepticons only got a portion of the fuel and, at Megatron's orders, set up a trap for the Autobot Brothers. Instead they got Ultra Magnus, whose fighting skills outclassed theirs. Even forming Ruination didn't help, and the Decepticons were forced into a retreat with the arrival of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Back in the ''[[Megastar]]'', they watched the fight between Optimus and Ultra Magnus, as Movor spied on it from orbit. Though Optimus lost, he was taken by the other Autobots to an island to recuperate, and Megatron and his troops went there to finish the job. Despite the Commandos forming Ruination, they were no match for [[Omega Prime]], the combined form of Optimus and Ultra Magnus, and retreated hastily. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:PowerToBurn Movor RoTor airattack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
During a meeting between Sky-Byte and Ultra Magnus, Ro-Tor fired a net at the Autobot Brothers, and missed. Luckily [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] was able to pick up the slack and capture the three Autobots, but you can bet Ro-Tor was hearing about it for a long while afterward. With the Autobot Brothers captive, the Decepticons and Megatron were able to inflict some punishment on Optimus and Rail Racer, who were unable to fight back. Unfortunately Ultra Magnus rescued the three brothers, and Megatron's forces were soon in retreat once again. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Scourge attempted to get Ultra Magnus to join him in destroying Optimus, but Magnus turned him down, resulting in the Decepticons springing a trap on the Autobot. Though [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] attempted to help Magnus, the renegade Autobot promptly left them to it, and they were little match for Ruination. Of course, the arrival of Optimus and return of Magnus turned things pretty firmly back in the Autobots' favour, and the Decepticons retreated once again. {{Storylink|Power to Burn!}}

More information was gleaned from the captured [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]'s mind—there were strange ruins beneath Metro City which emanated powerful energy. The Decepticons set out to find the ruins and promptly ran into the Spy Changers. While [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] and Rollbar were left to take care of them, the rest of the Decepticons went on and ran into [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] in a subway tunnel. Movor and Ro-Tor stayed to keep them pinned down while Scourge and Mega-Octane continued on, however Ultra Magnus turned up and accidentally flooded the tunnel. The two Decepticons found themselves being washed away along with Team Bullet Train, eventually being flushed into the cavern containing the ruins where they were reunited with the other Decepticons. They combined into Ruination to fight the Autobots while Scourge headed for the ruins, unleashing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Chased off by Fortress Maximus's defense systems, the Commandos formed Ruination to keep Rail Racer busy while Scourge made a second attempt to access Maximus. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:FriendlyContest RoTor and Movor.jpg|thumb|left|200px| "Movor is such a dork he... He's behind me isn't he?]]
With the hunt for the O-Parts on, the Decepticons confronted the Autobot Brothers and Build Team, who had found an O-Part, and demanded they hand it over. The Autobots promptly disappeared through the Global Space Bridge, starting a game of cat and mouse. The Decepticons eventually cornered them in [[Egypt]], however Sky-Byte's bungling made recovering the O-Parts impossible. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Spying from space, Movor spotted the Autobots in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and Megatron and the Decepticons arrived in time to attack Side Burn. Venturing into the subterranean ruins, they found the Autobots had located the [[Orb of Sigma]], and the Decepticons fought them while Megatron went for the Orb. Ultimately they were unsuccessful and, with the loss of Megatron, the Decepticons retreated back to the ''Megastar''. {{Storylink|Peril from the Past}}

Without Megatron's leadership, the Decepticons had a lot more freedom to do what they wanted. They tracked the Autobots to an old temple, where they were able to snatch [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to controlling Fortress Maximus, away with the help of the Predacons. Rollbar and Ro-Tor were able to locate Maximus himself in Metro City and, despite the Autobots attempting to defend the giant, Scourge was able to use Cerebros to activate him. The Commandos combined into Ruination during the following battle, however Scourge's lack of ability to contol Maximus and the return of Megatron as Galvatron resulted in the Decepticons retreating. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:SurpriseAttack RoTor attackcopter.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
A second attempt in the desert to control Maximus, with Ruination providing backup, didn't go any better {{storylink|The Human Element}} and during a third attempt, Scourge's treachery was revealed to Galvatron. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} This resulted in Galvatron forcibly reprogramming all of the Decepticons to obey his will, and putting them under the command of Sky-Byte for an assault on Autobot headquarters. Pursuing the fleeing Optimus Prime, the Decepticons and Predacons were led into a trap, though the arrival of the ''Megastar'' and Fortress Maximus rendered them superfluous anyway. They watched as Maximus defeated the ''Megastar'', and Galvatron fell lifeless to the ground. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron was not out, however, and the Decepticons defended him while he drained energy from Fortress Maximus. He sent Ruination and Scourge into the Global Space Bridge after the retreating Autobots, before himself flooding the tunnel with lava by rupturing the tunnel wall. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} They survived the lava, only to be swiftly defeated by the Autobot forces. After Galvatron's defeat, they were shipped off to the [[asteroid prison colony]] with Galvatron and the Predacons. {{Storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Universe===
As part of Ruination, Ro-Tor and the Decepticons were sent by [[Unicron]] along with [[Reptilion]], [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] and [[Perceptor (Universe)|Perceptor]] to intercept some extra-dimensionals Unicron wanted for the [[Cauldron]]. Ruination's group was successfully fought off by the [[Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Ro-Tor''' (Basic, 2000, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-009'''

: A [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] toy, Ro-Tor transforms into a Kaman Aerospace SH-2G Super Seasprite helicopter. He has a pair of large, non-firing cannons that clip onto the back end of his copter mode, plus a pistol that becomes a nose-mounted gun. As the toy uses the [[Scramble City]] style of connection, he can form any limb to any combination of similar robots, though naturally, he normally forms a limb to the combined robot [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]].

: He was first released as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line in 2000. In 2001, [[Hasbro]] released the toy as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' series. There are quite a few differences between the two versions. The Takara Hepter uses metallic blue plastic with a bright white "underbelly" paint spray, plus has the old [[Commando|Combatron]] symbol. The Hasbro version uses a darker, matte blue plastic, drops the white, adds red arrow marks to the sides of the copter mode, plus uses the Decepticon sigil.

: This mold was also used to make [[Target Hawk]].

*'''Baldigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-011'''

: In Japan, Ro-Tor/Hepter was also made available as part of a complete team multi-pack with his teammates [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], [[Mega-Octane]], [[Movor]], and [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]]. All toys were identical to their individual Japanese releases, but the set only came with a bio card for the combined form.

*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2003)

: The entire Commando team was redecoed in various shades of gray with "urban camo" patterns as part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] gift set, oddly released well after the end of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line.

===Universe===
*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2004)

: The entire Ruination team was redecoed ''again'' to make ''another'' Wal-Mart exclusive set, this time with a unified "desert camo" theme under the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' banner. It came out at the same time as five ''other'' Wal-Mart ''Transformers'' exclusives, which led to a glut. Ruination seemed a particularly slow mover in this batch.

==Notes==
* Ro-Tor has the most He-Manny/Go-Bottish name in Transformersdom.

* Hasbro stock photography of Ro-Tor shows red paint applications on his rotor blades that are not on the final product.

* Like his previous G1 incarnation, Vortex, Ro-Tor's rotor can be removed. Only this time, it renders his name utterly pointless.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Ro-Tor/ro-tor.htm Ro-Tor at TFU.info]

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Omega Prime

2011-02-10T14:24:11Z

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:''Omega Prime is an [[Autobot]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''
[[Image:Omega Prime official.jpg|thumb|300px|He can get any girl he wants... Even ''your'' girlfriend.]]

Due to the greed of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] was forced into a combination with his brother. Ultra Magnus merely wanted the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] for himself, thinking that a combination would let him access that power. The result of their combination is '''Omega Prime''', a seemingly unique individual who not only combines the best of his component parts abilities but adds a considerable amount of power to the total. His importance in the fight against evil cannot be over-estimated, stretching beyond even his own universe.

:''Japanese name:'' '''God Fire Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]] (English), [[Satoshi Hashimoto]] (Japanese), [[Mauro Ramos]] (Brazil)
[[Image:Omega Prime closeup.jpg|thumb|200px|right|He's neither making a list, nor checking it twice!]]
Convalescing on an island after a brutal fight with Ultra Magnus, Optimus was attacked by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and the [[Decepticon]]s. Ultra Magnus showed after having followed [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] via a hidden tracking device. Feigning compassion and understanding his brother's heavy burden in carrying the Matrix, Ultra Magnus pretended to offer Prime his helping hand, only to seize it and force the two of them to combine. What he didn't expect, though, was that Optimus had as much control over their new body as Magnus did. His plan to steal the power of the Matrix backfired and he had to cooperate with Prime to defeat the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Despite this setback from Magnus's point of view, the pair would regularly combine, issuing Megatron and his men with a string of defeats until Omega Prime was able to definitively defeat the Predacon leader in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} However [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] was able to activate [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and Megatron returned in a new form as Galvatron. Even Omega Prime's great power was unable to overcome such odds. Luckily, the human boy [[Koji Onishi]] was able to stop Fortress Maximus's rampage. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:MistakenIdentity Omega Guns stock.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Can one ever truly have too many guns?]]
A rematch saw Omega Prime pitting his arsenal against Maximus in a desert without leaving a scratch on the gigantic Transformer, {{storylink|The Human Element}} but he proved more than capable for seeing off Galvatron and Sky-Byte. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} When Galvatron brought the ''[[Megastar]]'' to a battle, Omega Prime attacked it and was promptly "blown away like a tumbleweed on the prarie", as X-Brawn put it. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

After the defeat of the ''Megastar'', Omega Prime attempted to confront Galvatron, but the evil Decepticon unleashed hordes of [[cyber-bat]]s which took control of the world's children. Prime was forced to call a retreat. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} Optimus managed to persuade Magnus to combine with him one last time. Omega Prime challenged Galvatron to a duel at the Earth's core, and the power of [[Burning Justice|Earth's children]] provided him with the [[Matrix Blade]], with which he was able to defeat Galvatron for good. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{--}}

===''Universe'' comic===

In the core of Cybertron, [[Primus]] and [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] summoned Omega Prime to help [[Optimus Primal]] in his struggles against [[Unicron]] and the [[Cauldron]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (issue)|Homecoming}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"In you go, Side Burn!" ''"You suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-"'']]
As the battle against Unicron continued, Omega Prime fought alongside Autobot and Maximal alike against the Chaos-Bringer's generals. When the Cauldron suddenly began dissipating, Omega Prime did his best to guide as many Children of Primus as possible through the vortex home. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

On his own journey, however, he was swept up in an inter-dimensional matter interlink by the former Mini-Con named [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]], deposited on a Cybertron threatened by a gigantic black hole which marked Unicron's passing. Omega Prime arrived in time to use his boot of justice to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]] from using the [[Dead Matrix]] to revive Unicron. {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}}

Omega Prime later joined [[Sentinel Maximus]], [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], and [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] in fighting the [[Mini-Con Civil War]], on the asteroid colonies surrounding Cybertron. {{storylink|Revelations Part 4}} Gatling lasers, rocket storms, Omega arsenal blasts...all proved fruitless when Unicron himself joined the fray. {{storylink|Revelations Part 5}} Omega Prime and Sentinel Maximus did their best to hold off the Chaos-Bringer, until Primus himself emerged from the core of Cybertron, transforming his planetary form into a robot mode. Unicron fled, and Optimus and Magnus joined Sentinel Maximus in pursuing him through space. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

==Toys==
===Car Robots===

[[Image:Omega Prime toy.jpg|thumb|right|TIIIMBERRRR!!!]]
* '''Super Fire Convoy''' and '''God Magnus''' (2000)

: Simply a combination of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus, this toy was available in a two pack of the two smaller robots. However, the two-pack was short-lived and the easiest way to get it was to buy the two separate toys individually.

*'''God Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Accessories:'' Matrix Blade

: Released on November 23, 2000 as a Toys'R'Us Japan [[exclusive]], the God Fire Convoy set featured Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus cast in metallic speckled translucent plastics with colour changes. The main draw card of the set is the [[Matrix Blade]], which was a redeco of the [[Master Sword]] from the Japanese version of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] with a new (floppy) long handle.

===Universe===
* '''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' (Sam's Club exclusives, 2003)

: Redecos of the first toys, the red on Prime was replaced with yellow, and much of Magnus's lighter blue was replaced with a very dark blue, often confused as black.

===Cybertron===
* '''Optimus Prime''' and '''Ultra Magnus''' (CostCo Exclusive, 2006)

: This set used Prime's ''Robots in Disguise'' deco with one paint change and Magnus's ''Universe'' deco packaged in a single gigantic box. In the [[United States]], it was only available in CostCo for slightly less than the two individual figures. In [[Australia]], it was carried by Myer, costing less than two leader class ''Cybertron'' figures, but slightly more than the cost of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime and ''Robots in Disguise'' Ultra Magnus at 2001 prices.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/OmegaPrime/omegaprime.htm Omega Prime at TFU.info]
*[http://www.mykooltoyz.com/godfireconvoy.html God Fire Convoy gallery at MyKoolToyz.com]

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Fortress Maximus (RID)

2011-02-10T14:23:39Z

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{{disambig3|Fortress Maximus}}
:''Fortress Maximus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Bravemax giant.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Friend to all children! But not a giant turtle.]]
'''Fortress Maximus''' is a colossal Autobot guardian hidden on [[Earth]] to protect the planet from evil. Immense in strength, unmatchable in firepower and impregnable in durability, Fortress Maximus's only weakness is his compassion for children.

Fortress Maximus does not appear to be sentient in and of himself, but rather, is controlled by [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]]. Even Cerebros himself does not make his own decisions, instead operating on a tri-lateral recognition program that defines the actions he will take. Cerebros on his own will only respond to an Autobot energy signature, and when combined with Fortress Maximus, will react only to the bio-energy of human beings. To prevent his power being used for evil, his recognition program operates on "harmonic resonance," which allows him to sense the intentions of those that would command him. He will not follow commands of an evil or self-serving nature; consequently, due to their worldly innocence, human children are particularly adept at controlling him.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Brave Maximus'''
:''Spanish name (Latin America):'' '''Fortaleza Máxima'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Masayuki Kiyama]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Bravemax city.jpg|left|180px|thumb|...Well, actually, if he keeps sitting in green liquid, he might become a giant turtle.]]
Fortress Maximus was hidden on [[Earth]] eons ago in order to protect the planet, slumbering in stasis beneath the surface of the planet, where [[Metro City]] would come to be built. The various keys that would enable his reactivation—the [[O-Part]]s, the [[Orb of Sigma]] and his [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] component, Cerebros—were scattered across the globe and sealed within ancient structures, suggesting that ancient human civilizations had some hand in the process. Although his existence went on to slip into the realm of legend amongst most of the populace on Cybertron, certain high-ranking Autobots and Predacons were well aware of the truth behind the story, and, in the mid-20th century, a team of six Autobots were sent to Earth to reactivate Maximus, only for their ship to crash into the mountain that would come to be known as [[Castle Peak]], trapping them all in stasis. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

Around the beginning of the 21st century, the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] leader [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was dispatched to Earth by the Predacon Council to acquire Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Attacking the National Scientific Symposium, he captured archaeologist [[Doctor Kenneth Onishi]], whose research had led him to discover the trail that led to Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} The Predacons' battles with their [[Autobot]] enemies steadily led to the discovery of several O-Parts, which fell into Autobot hands; the Autobot craft in Castle Peak, however, was uncovered by Megatron and the Autobots within co-opted into [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], led by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]].
[[Image:Bravemax head.jpg|right|200px|thumb|And I'll form the head!]]
While tunnelling beneath Metro City, the [[Build Team]] found themselves affected by a strange energy field that caused them to hallucinate and fight amongst each other, eventually forcing them to withdraw. Investigating, the Autobots discovered that the cavern beneath the city containing Fortress Maximus, and that the energy field was a defense mechanism designed to keep away any intruders. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Exposure to Maximus's energies reawakened Scourge's memories of his original mission to reawaken the fortress, but his Decepticon programming twisted the mission, and he now sought to acquire Maximus's power for himself. As [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] held him off, the Build Team relocated Maximus—in his city mode—to a concealed structure in the middle of Metro City, hiding him from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

During this battle, Doctor Onishi was freed from the Predacons, and equipped the Autobots with tracking devices that allowed them to quickly and easily track down all the remaining O-Parts. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} United, the O-Parts led to the Orb of Sigma, resulting in a battle that ended with Megatron's disappearance. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} The Orb in turn led to Cerebros, who the Decepticons and Predacons—now led by Scourge—were able to capture. Having discovered the hiding place of Fortress Maximus, Scourge utilised the Autobot portion of his energy-signature to activate Cerebros, who then brought Fortress Maximus online. Maximus, however, then proceeded to run wild, stomping his way through Metro City unheeding of Scourge's commands, until the Autobots' human ally [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] called out for him to stop, and he obeyed. Transforming back to city mode, Maximus vanished beneath the Earth, and the villains absconded with Cerebros once more. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

Realising that Koji had been able to control Fortress Maximus because he was human, Scourge amplified the portion of his bio-signature that was [[Kelly (RID)|human]] to seize control of Maximus once more when the city reappeared in the [[Sahara|Sahara desert]], only for the Autobots to gather a mass of human children together to override his command. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Deciding that he required a human of his own to control Maximus for him, a case of mistaken identity led Scourge to kidnap Koji's friend [[Karl]]; nevertheless, Maximus was successfully activated and piloted by Karl when he resurfaced in a jungle. By this point, Megatron had returned—having been upgraded to Galvatron by the power of the Orb of Sigma's pyramid—and Scourge chose this moment to reveal his treachery, ordering Fortress Maximus to crush his former leader. However, Karl's selfish desire to defeat the villains himself and show up Koji caused Maximus to power down, and the Autobots arrived in time to save him and finally take possession of Cerebros, as Maximus vanished once more. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Bravemax megastar.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Clash of the Really Big Hands]]
With the Autobots having acquired a full understanding of Fortress Maximus's activation protocols thanks to Cerebros, their base was then attacked by the Predacons and Decepticons, the latter having been reprogrammed back to loyalty by Galvatron. In the midst of the battle, [[Wedge]]'s determination to defeat Galvatron resonated with Cerebros, and he summoned and activated Fortress Maximus. Galvatron combined with his ship, the ''[[Megastar]]'' and battled with Maximus, but was defeated when Maximus unleashed his Maximum Firepower attack and blew the ship to smithereens. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

[[Image:Bravemax finalburn.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Ka-BOOM!]]
Galvatron survived the barrage, however, and restored his strength by affixing himself to Maximus and draining the giant robot's energy, supercharging himself. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} [[Omega Prime]] proceeded to challenge Galvatron to a final battle at the Earth's core. Koji, meanwhile, contacted as many children as he could, instructing them to send their energy to Fortress Maximus to re-power him; Maximus absorbed and re-channeled the energy to Omega Prime in the form of the [[Matrix Blade]], which Prime used to finally defeat Galvatron. With the Predacons and Decepticons at last beaten and captured, Fortress Maximus transformed to starship mode and transported the villains to the [[asteroid prison colony]]. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

{{note|''Car Robots'' has been established into being part of the Japanese Generation 1 animated continuity, with a large number of story expansions and tie-ins centering on Brave Maximus. This does not apply to the American version of either series, however, which remain separate continuities.}}

===''Robot Masters''===
{{note|As this fiction takes place in a different [[continuity family]], "Brave Maximus" will be used to refer to the character.}}
After taking the Predacons to prison, Brave Maximus returned to Earth. When construction of [[Autobot City]] began in 2003, Maximus formed the core of the fortress. Later, in 2004, Maximus (also known as "Cybertron Base" at the time) had his central systems re-written to comply with the new [[Solitarium]]-based enhancements made to the [[Scramble City]] project.

===''Kiss Players''===
{{note|As this fiction takes place in a different [[continuity family]], "Brave Maximus" will be used to refer to the character.}}
[[Image:KPMaximus1.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Continuity, shmontinuity.]]
[[Image:KPBraveMax.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"Kiss Players? Oh slag, there goes the planet."]]
In 2007, after a year-long anti-Transformer campaign by the [[Earth Defense Command]], Brave Maximus played a part in the goodwill campaign to repair human-Transformer relations by serving as a performance stage for the singing group, the [[Kiss Players (singing group)|Kiss Players]]. During one of their shows, the mysterious [[Sparkbot]]s suddenly appeared and demanded that the human group members kiss them. When they complied, they and Maximus were all whisked away on a whirlwind tour of time and space, with Maximus serving as their transport and base as they collected fragments of the so-called "[[Allspark]]" from famous Autobot and [[Maximal]] leaders through Transformer history. Notably, he did not demonstrate any signs of intelligence or independence during the journey.

Near the end of the adventure, while being piloted in pursuit of a mysterious golden hand that had taken several Allspark fragments, Maximus accidentally struck the "Wall of Time". With its passengers scattered across dimensions, Maximus was hurled back in time four million years and crash-landed on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. His planetfall was observed by a group of Cybertronians who had migrated there, and their leader, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]] used the technology of Brave Maximus to refine his own "Headmaster" theory, creating [[Transtector]]s, including his own gigantic one, Battleship Maximus.

Meanwhile, after briefly adventuring in the [[Unicron Trilogy]] universe, the Kiss Players returned to their home dimension and accompanied [[Primus]] back through time to prehistoric [[Earth]]. There, it was revealed that they had not been collecting fragments of the Allspark, but portions of the scattered lifeforce of [[Unicron]]. Resurrected by the Sparkbots, the resurrected Unicron was then destroyed by Primus and his lifeforce was sealed deep within the planet. The heretofore unknown origin of Brave Maximus was then revealed when Primus created him to serve as the eternal guardian of Unicron's lifeforce. {{storylink|Kiss Players (radio drama)|Kiss Players}}
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==Toys==
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===Car Robots===
* '''Brave Maximus''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-027'''
**''Accessories:'' Plasma Headmaster unit, Brave large Headmaster unit, Brave's Mini Laser Rifle, Radar Scope

: Brave Maximus is an extensive [[redeco]] of ''Generation 1'' [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], essentially replacing much of Fortress's lighter colors with darker ones. Due to marketing campaign concerns, Brave Maximus was never released with all of Fortress Maximus' accessories, missing his two hand guns, [[Cog (G1)|Cog]]'s components, and the two [[Master Sword|Master Swords]]. These parts were later offered as campaign and lucky draw prizes by [[Takara]].

: Despite this, Brave Maximus retains all of Fortress' functionality, being able to transform from his 2 foot tall robot mode to battleship mode to city mode and back again. In city mode he features a rotating radar, a jail cell, a working elevator that leads to a button-activated car launcher, and two manual car launchers on his arm-ramps. The [[Spy Changers]] are the only figures from the toyline that interact with him particularly well, although his two arm-ramps can also launch the Autobot Brothers. In particular, the Spy Changer toy of Scourge fits in the robot's control room perfectly, allowing you to replicate the scenes from the cartoon, as well as actually providing an "evil" figure to lock in the jail cell. (Of course, Spychanger Scourge wasn't part of the ''Car Robots'' toyline, and Maximus wasn't part of ''Robots in Disguise''! Still, Japanese fans were eventually able to buy chibi-Scourge the way they buy many US-"exclusive" toys, as a "US Edition" in its American packaging.)

: The back of Maximus's instruction leaflet features a color play mat that the city connects to for use with other ''Car Robots/Robots in Disguise'' toys.

: This mold was also used to make [[Grand Maximus]] and Cybertron Base.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/BraveMaximus/fortressmaximus.htm More information on Brave Maximus at TFU.info]''

===Robot Masters===
*'''Cybertron Base''' (Contest prize, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' Zebres Headmaster unit, Master large Headmaster unit, Brave's Mini Laser Rifle, Radar Scope

: First Prize in a ''Robot Masters'' contest where only 10 were awarded, Cybertron Base is completely identical to the retail-release ''[[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Car Robots]]'' Brave Maximus toy, down to what accessories are lacking from the other incarnations of the mold, coming only with the two head-robots, a radar dish and the gun for the mid-robot. His head modules are renamed [[Zebres]] and [[Master (RM)|Master]] - fictionally speaking, whether or not these are just renamed versions of the Emissary and Cerebros, or if they were replaced by these new robots, is unknown.

: Cybertron Base was shipped in a fairly plain white box, and came with newly-printed instructions. He ''also'' came with the exact same paperwork packet as ''Car Robots'' Brave Maximus, including unchanged instructions, a ''Car Robots'' catalogue, and the Brave Maximus bio card.

==Notes==
* According to the toy's profile card, Brave Maximus's robot mode is 350 meters tall (1,148 feet).

* In 2002, [[Hasbro]] began to solicit a United States release of Brave Maximus as ''Robots in Disguise'' Fortress Maximus. The toy was to be an exclusive to the retailer FAO Schwartz. However, it was later canceled due to the toy's failure of [[For safety reasons|standard industry drop tests]].

* The figure was released in Korea by [[Sonokong]] in 2003, identical to the Takara version save for one detail—the Autobot [[insignia]] sticker on the city's central tower was upside-down.

*Most websites list [[Steve Kramer]] as Fortress Maximus due to the fact that he provided the voice of Cerebros, but from the small number of lines he actually speaks, it does not appear to be Kramer behind the microphone.

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Kelly (RID)

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{{disambig3|Kelly}}
:''Kelly is a very unfortunate [[human]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:KellyRID2.jpg|right|238px|thumb|Do you have any idea how much doing that Anime Waterfall Tear thing hurts your eyes?]]
'''Kelly''' was most likely born on a Friday the 13th underneath both a ladder and an open umbrella inside a house and possibly within close proximity of numerous black cats. To put it lightly, her luck ''sucks''. On the bright side, Kelly appears to be fabulously wealthy (or at least has great insurance policies). So while her many sports cars typically wind up destroyed during Transformer battles (into which she inadvertently steps ''all the time'', no matter where on the globe she travels in order to get away from "the talking cars"), she can just buy a new one.

Kelly is also quite boy-crazy, always on the lookout for a good man. However, thanks to her bad luck, the only man to ever show any interest in her is [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], who, unbeknownst to her, is actually macking on the red sports cars she drives.

''Poor, rich Kelly.''

{{bigquote|It's not happening, it's not happening, it's not happening, I'm going to sleep...|Kelly, after watching flying [[Prowl (RID)|police cars]] and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|fire trucks]], along with a swimming [[X-Brawn|van]]|"[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]"}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Junko''' (ジュンコ)

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Philece Sampler]] (English), [[Chieko Higuchi]] (Japanese)

[[Image:KellyRID1.jpg|left|180px|thumb|WAAAAAH-HOO-HOO-HOOEYYY!!!]]
Kelly's first encounter with those strange, talking cars from another planet happened when her new sports utility vehicle ([[X-Brawn]] to his friends), came to life in response to a call from [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. Not wanting to lug her into battle, X-Brawn apologized in advance and then launched her violently through his sunroof. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

Her second talking car encounter introduced her to Side Burn, whose advances on her red sports car she misinterpreted as an interest in her. Shortly after this, she took delivery of another red sports car at the docks. Unbeknownst to her, the car contained a bomb planted by terrorists which was coveted by the Predacons, and the car was destroyed when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] retrieved said device. She was saved from injury by [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

Other modes of transport proved to be just as much of a problem: [[Team Bullet Train|bullet trains]] in [[Metro City]] had a habit of abandoning their carriages, {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} and her boating trip was spoiled by police cars and fire engines falling from the sky. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}}

It wasn't long before Kelly was seeking therapy for her constant visions of talking cars and giant robotic animals, and her doctor suggested a quiet, restful walk in some ruins. The tranquility of the ruins was soon ruined by the arrival of Side Burn and a pair of guided missiles. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

Perhaps out of desperation she turned to driving X-Brawn again, only to have him once again ditch her for a mission (At least that time it wasn't through the roof). {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} Other encounters with various talking cars led her to attempt a holiday in Europe, where [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] turned her new hat into roadkill. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Towline Goes Haywire Kellyxbrawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|And believe it or not, this is actually a good day.]]

Perhaps assuming that her previous problems were just bad luck, Kelly went for a calming trip in the forest in X-Brawn, only for him to be randomly towed away by a [[Tow-Line (RID)|talking tow truck]]. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

Another holiday, this time in [[China]], was also ruined by Side Burn. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Kelly's next attempted vacation took her to America, where her hike in the American wildness was interrupted by the arrival of Optimus Prime and the [[Autobot Brothers]], and a subsequent earthquake as the Predacons uncovered an Autobot spaceship. However it wasn't a total loss, as she was rescued by some cute soldiers and taken back to their army base.

[[Image:The Decepticons Kelly.jpg|left|200px|thumb|This is almost her default expression]]

Of course, her luck didn't last, as the base was soon attacked by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and his Predacons, who had obtained six [[Protoform]]s and were looking for [[alternate mode]]s for them to scan. Attempting to flee in a truck full of rocket fuel (Kelly was a trained truck driver), she almost drove the rig into a crater but was saved by Optimus Prime, shortly before all three of them were scanned to create the Decepticon [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]'s form. Scourge's bio-signature was, as a result, partially human. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} This would later allow him to pass himself off as human enough to briefly control [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

Returning to civilisation, Kelly tried her luck at a casino, only to be interrupted by a power cut caused by the destruction of [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Commandos}} She went on to a Caribbean resort on [[Montrose Island]], and enjoyed the hot pools. So much so she stayed in them when the volcano's increased activity heated them up to an abnormally high temperature, almost broiling her. {{storylink|Volcano}}

Perhaps deciding that vacations were more stressful than relaxing, Kelly returned to Metro City where she found being chased by Side Burn was becoming a regular feature of her day. Even the malls weren't safe after she was almost run down by [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]], who'd been deposited there by a malfunctioning space bridge. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

[[Image:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Kelly.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Praying to God to make it all stop.]]

Her trip to the opening of the [[CGA Tower]] similarly ended in disaster when it was unexpectedly attacked by Predacons. Fortunately the tower was saved when the Predacons helped the Autobots stabilise it, and everyone inside was able to cheer on Sky-Byte. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

Kelly's problems continued, although at one point it looked promisingly like all the talking cars were being hauled away on a [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|car carrier]]. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Then the talking cars started inexplicably changing colours. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}} And there was the encounter with the giant singing shark in the subway. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:Peril from the Past Kelly.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Her life really is a cartoon.]]

She opted to take another holiday, this time in the remote [[Sahara|Sahara desert]]. Her drive through the desert in a red jeep was interrupted by the arrival of the Decepticons. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Then an attempted camel ride resulted in her becoming lost in the desert. Fortunately she was picked up by X-Brawn, who dropped her off at the nearest oasis. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

Returning to Metro City once again, Kelly found even reading a book while sitting on a park bench was dangerous, as Scourge and [[Mega-Octane]] showed up to cause trouble. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} A ride in a pedal-powered swan boat on the lake was similarly interrupted when a massive battle between the two opposing forces of giant robots broke out nearby, and Kelly was forced to swim for her life. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

When last seen, Kelly was, once again, being pursued in her red sports car by Side Burn. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{-}}

==Notes==
[[Image:DWArmada8_Kelly.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Dreamwave Armada issue 8|''Transformers: Armada'' issue 8]]]]
* Like all the girls in the ''[[Alternators|Binaltech Asterisk]]'' line, the character of [[Junko Shiragami]] was inspired by an existing female human from a past ''Transformers'' series. Kelly was her inspiration, if you couldn't guess. Since ''Asterisk'' is a Japanese toyline, and Takara has stated that ''Car Robots'' (''Robots in Disguise'''s Japanese name) belongs to the Generation 1 continuity now, they might ''conceivably'' be the same character, but no concrete ties exist.

* Kelly's name was never once spoken during the series. Rather, it was only ever made known through a casting sheet released online at the time of the show's premiere.

* Kelly made a cross-continuity [[Easter egg]] cameo in [[Dreamwave Armada issue 8|issue #8]] of the [[Armada (Dreamwave comic)|''Armada'' comic]]. She was nearly mowed down by the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] when they responded (against their will) to a [[Mini-Con]] recall signal.

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O-Part

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:''O-Parts are frim-frams with flibberty-jibberts from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Oparts.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Free prize in every box!]]
The seven '''O-Parts''' are [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] artifacts designed as part of a complex system for reactivating the [[Autobot]] battle station, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]].

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
The O-Parts were sent to [[Earth]] at the same time as Fortress Maximus; Optimus would remark that he had not seen their like since the [[Golden Age]] of Cybertron. While the dormant fortress was buried beneath the surface of the Earth, the keys to his reactivation were scattered all across the Earth. The seven O-Parts and the other items necessary for the process were sealed away — although it was never explained who did this, they would eventually be found within atypical ancient monuments such as statues and pyramids, suggesting that the ancient civilizations of Earth may have had a hand in hiding them.

In the course of his work, archaeologist [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]] happened upon the trail that led to Fortress Maximus, and mapped the locations of the O-Parts. When [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] leader [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] came to Earth seeking to acquire Fortress Maximus’s power for his own, he kidnapped Onishi, and used the [[psycho-probe]] to wrench from his mind the secrets of the O-Parts.

Information from Onishi’s mind led the Predacons to the [[Cave of the Dragon]] in [[China]], where a movie was being filmed at the time. The special effects employed had convinced the Predacons that some form of super robot was active in the area — a belief that the Autobots used to send them into retreat by posing as that same robot. After the battle, as the Autobots surveyed the statues that lined the cave, a slight seismic disturbance jarred one of the figures loose, and the jewel imbedded in its forehead was dislodged. Picking up the "gem," [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] recognised it as one of the O-Parts. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}

Some time later, when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] attempted to ransom a tower of human hostages to the Autobots in exchange for the O-Parts, Optimus Prime indicated that they had more than one in their possession. Although the Autobots were never shown acquiring this second O-Part, Prime had previously indicated that [[Montrose Island]] was somehow involved in the O-Parts mystery, perhaps suggesting that it had been found on the island after the Transformers’ recent battle there. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

Later still, after the dormant form of Fortress Maximus was discovered beneath [[Metro City]], Sky-Byte’s attempts to learn more caused Doctor Onishi to be set free. Reunited with his son, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]], who had become an ally of the Autobots, Onishi was able to resolve the O-Parts situation very quickly, giving the Autobots [[O-Part detector|scanners]] that would allow them to track down the remaining five. The Autobots made a game out of it, with the [[Autobot Brothers]] competing against the [[Build Team]] to see who could acquire the most, but the Predacons and Decepticons soon got involved as well, with Scourge using his special ability to personally detect the O-Parts, and Sky-Byte using dummy parts to fool everyone. Eventually, the Build Team came out on top, at which point Megatron himself attacked, only for Sky-Byte’s fake parts to become mixed up with the real ones, causing enough confusion that [[Omega Prime]] was able to see the villains off. At last, all seven O-Parts were in the Autobots’ possession. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

[[Image:Peril from the Past Keysphere.jpg|right|250px|thumb|They are the world.]]
When brought together, the O-Parts generated a holographic globe of Earth, with each of the continents represented by one of the parts. [[T-AI]] merged with the globe to scan its data, and discovered that it led the way to the [[Orb of Sigma]], the next link in the chain to awaken Fortress Maximus. Unfortunately, T-AI became trapped within the globe, and the Autobots headed to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] and unearthed the Orb of Sigma from the subterranean pyramid it lay within, in hopes that bringing the two spheres together would free T-AI. In fact, the O-Parts merged with the Orb of Sigma, putting T-AI’s continued existence in danger, particularly since the Predacons and Decepticons then arrived to steal the orb. Megatron almost got his hands on it before [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] snatched it away, leaving Megatron to be trapped in the collapsed remains of the pyramid. The orb was reconnected with the Autobot base computer, liberating T-AI, while the energies that had been released within the pyramid by its formation transformed Megatron into Galvatron. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

The unified Orb of Sigma was itself another map, pinpointing the location of [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster component]] of Fortress Maximus and the key to reawakening the sleeping giant. The Autobots freed Cerebros from his resting place within a statue inside some ancient ruins, and Fortress Maximus was reactivated. The O-Parts… uh, got tossed into a closet, or something, because they never appeared again. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

==Notes==
*The O-Parts derive their name from the real-world cryptozoologist term, [[wikipedia:OOPArt|OOPArt]], an acronym for "Out Of Place Artifact," used to describe just that - archaeological artifacts found in unusual locations, which sums up ''RiD'''s O-Parts to a tee.

*The story of the O-Parts was thoroughly skewed by ''RiD'''s disrupted airing schedule in the US. Although the first O-Part appeared in ''The Ultimate Robot Warrior'', they were not referred to again until their name was revealed and they played a key role in ''Sky-Byte Saves the Day''... which was not shown in the US (due to post-9/11 sensitivity, what with the collapsing tower and all in the episode), leaving quite the hole. With the absence of this episode, US viewers were suddenly dropped into the O-Parts story with little build-up, and no real explanation. In what would appear to have been some attempt at explaining that the object from ''The Ultimate Robot Warrior'' was an O-Part, the scene from that episode featured in the clip show ''[[Hope for the Future]]'' (which was itself shown much later than it chronologically falls, airing right in the midst of the O-Parts story), was re-dubbed with completely different dialogue that had the object identified as an O-Part on the spot.

*A number of characters are familiar with them, either personally or by reputation (Optimus can recognise them on sight). The Predacon Trio and Sky-Byte, however, have never even heard of them, let alone know their mission on Earth is related to them. This could both indicate the Preds were 'born' ''after'' the Golden Age and that Megatron has not bothered to tell his men basic knowledge. This is probably a result of the dub; in-universe, we can assume Megatron just doesn't trust them (would ''you''?).

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Scattorshot (Cybertron)

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:''Scattorshot is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ScattorshotPromo01.jpg|right|234px|thumb|He's a little bit country and a lot techno.]]
A former computer-game programmer, '''Scattorshot''' quickly became [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s go-to bot for computer work. But the nervy robot not only doesn't think he's cut out for battle, but believes the mere fact that he's done as well as he has ''in'' battle is just a big setup. He's convinced his good luck will run out on him, and run out at the worst possible moment.

As such, Scattorshot has developed a thing about guns. He likes altmodes with a ''lot'' of them. Maybe with enough firepower, he can prolong that whole karma thing. His companions find him to be a bit pessimistic, but far from hopeless... he may make a great soldier someday if he can just get over that nervousness.

Since gaining a new body and joining the [[Cybertron Defense Team]], Scattorshot has gained more confidence and lost some of his pessimism, now that he has two brothers in arms watching his back. That, and the fact his new body has enough weaponry for him to make his own 'luck'.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Backpack''', '''Backguild''' (Vanguard Team)
:''Hungarian name'': '''Sörét''' ("Lead Shot")
:''Russian name'' : '''Пулемёт''' (Machine gun)

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' cartoon===
''Voice actor:'' [[Richard Ian Cox]] (English), [[Tarusuke Shingaki]] (Japanese)

When [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] appeared inside the Autobot base, Scattorshot charged him but was quickly knocked away. Later he attempted to attack Megatron from behind but hit [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] instead. With the Autobot defeat he accompanied Optimus Prime to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

When Optimus Prime and Scattorshot arrived on [[Earth]], the latter scanned his vehicle mode off of a billboard advertising a war movie. To Prime's surprise, it was a conspicuous military half-track, and Prime berated him for his choice of a disguise. Scattorshot sassed back that Prime's own vehicle mode of a gigantic fire truck armed with huge cannons sure is a good disguise. Then he pretended that Prime had disappeared for the moment, as he was so good at blending in. He finally laid out the advantages of a half-track, such as off-road, all-terrain capability, relatively high speed in difficult conditions and that nobody would ever think to give him a parking ticket. Prime merely replied "Well... a fire truck is bigger." Scattorshot responded "Wanna race?" before quickly driving off. {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep3_base_hologram.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Turn left at the next intersection, my rear. No more using Mapquest.]]
Once on Earth, Scattorshot showed the Autobots a hologram of their new base, but then changed it due to [[human]] criticism. During the building of the base, he noticed the Decepticons approaching. He then organized the Autobots and humans in the process of hiding the base. {{storylink|Haven}} From Earth he witnessed [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]'s attempt to close the [[Unicron Singularity|black hole]] near [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He then picked up an [[United States Air Force|Air Force]] communication locating [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Optimus went out to investigate first but when Megatron also showed up Scattorshot arrived as backup. {{storylink|Hidden}} In the search for the Omega Lock, Scattorshot believed they needed to gather information. During another Decepticon attack, he used [[Cyber Key]] Power to attack [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]].

[[Image:Cyb_ep5_in_space.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Where we're going we won't need...roads]]
Scattorshot told Bud that he couldn't travel into space, but was eventually convinced by [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]. He then took Bud on the [[Space bridge]] up into the sky. Afterward he continued the tour by floating in space inside a giant bubble. A blast then knocked both him and Bud further into space. They were then hit by a satellite and knocked back into Earth's atmosphere. Beginning to burn up, they luckily entered a warp gate created by [[Vector Prime]] and ended up back at the base. {{storylink|Space}} During another encounter with the Decepticons, Scattorshot warned the Autobots that humans were approaching. {{storylink|Speed}} When an earthquake struck, Scattorshot got a fix on its epicenter under a nearby mountain. He then followed Optimus Prime to help the humans while keeping a tab on the collapsing mountain remotely. When the Autobots decided to collapse the mountain safely, he blew open the mine shaft. After Optimus sucked up the underground water preventing collapse, he shot the interior of the mountain to finally collapse it. {{storylink|Collapse}}

Scattorshot wasn't enthused about the idea of needing to find the [[Omega Lock]] so he stayed at the base. He then received [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]'s message for help in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]]. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}} He continued to receive transmissions at base and got Red Alert's from [[Velocitron]]. When [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]] attacked, Scattorshot was one of the first to deploy against him, using [[Cyber Key]] power to fire grenades at the Decepticon. Thundercracker later returned and Scattorshot then used [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s cannons to scare him off again. Afterward, Scattorshot received a transmission from an Autobot refugee that claimed to have found the lost seal of [[Atlantis]]. {{storylink|Search}} He located the signal as coming from the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. Once arriving at a nearby coast, he was afraid to go into the ocean, but once Optimus dived in he wasted no time following. Along with Optimus Prime and Landmine, he found he had trouble in the water until being taught how to swim by [[Bud Hansen|Bud]]. Once on the ocean floor he assisted Optimus in clearing away debris from the symbol. Once Megatron arrived he charged at the Decepticon leader but was easily knocked away. When Atlantis exited the water, he was carried by Optimus Prime into the air. {{storylink|Deep}} Atlantis disappeared, amazing Scattorshot and the others. He came to the conclusion that Atlantis was a Cybertronian ship and helped the Autobots search around Earth for it. Once Optimus deduced that it was behind the moon, the Autobots went to meet the Decepticons and fought them in space. {{storylink|Ship}}
[[Image:Cyb_ep19_scattorshotcicle.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Was a jolly happy soul.]]

Scattorshot watched Hot Shot's race from headquarters. He though he needed an oil change after Hot Shot and Prime's combined jumping stunt. {{storylink|Race}} He then watched the second race {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} and continued to monitor the Autobot teams on [[Velocitron]] and [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]]. {{storylink|Savage (episode)|Savage}} After the victorious Autobots returned from [[Velocitron]], Scattorshot was present when [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] added the Cyber Planet Key to the [[Omega Lock]]. He then processed the data that began emanating from it, leading to a set of coordinates on Earth. {{storylink|Champion}} He then went out with the team toward the coordinates up by the north pole. He stated that he felt cold even before heading out. When the Decepticons arrived he slid across the ice and confronted Starscream [[Mudflap (Cybertron)|Mudflap]]. He transformed and drove directly into Mudflap's chest before getting hit by Starscream's water ball and freezing up. Mudflap then pummeled him while he was frozen until the other Autobots arrived. After thawing out he was welcomed to planet Earth by [[Lucy Suzuki]]. {{storylink|Ice}}

After leaving the arctic for some reason, he conversed with the Autobots about Jungle Planet. He agreed with Jetfire that that kids should not be able to travel there. {{storylink|Honor}} When the situation on Jungle Planet heated up, Scattorshot appeared out of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]'s newly created space bridge and helped surround [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}} Back on Earth, Scattorshot readied the equipment for the entry of the next Cyber Planet Key. He received energy readings going off the chart and was first to notice the Mini-Cons as they were being used as a medium for [[Primus]]. He then kept contact with the team of Autobots who went again to the north pole. {{storylink|Trap}} After Starscream unleashed his Decepticon army, Scattorshot watched as they flew over Earth from the base. He questioned [[Vector Prime]]'s idea of starting a battle with such a large enemy force, but eventually took off to join the battle. {{storylink|Invasion}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep25_god_mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Beaten by a deus ex machina. How embarrasing!]]
Scattorshot was at the Autobot base when he found out that there were many [[Fandom|suspicious people]] on the internet. He later traveled via the space bridge away from Earth. While on the bridge, he shot at Starscream, but was defeated. {{storylink|Retreat}} Scattorshot was one of the initial Autobots to meet Colonel Franklin. Later, when Jetfire encountered Thunderblast, Scattorshot locked onto her until she disappeared behind camouflage. When the Autobot base's lights went out, he was the main worker to get them back on. Afterward he noticed Megatron opening a new warp gate on Earth. When the Decepticons invaded, he triple teamed Megatron with Hot Shot and Red Alert, but was critically damaged by Megatron's new Cyber Key weapon. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Scattorshot laid heavily damaged, but remained conscious while Vector Prime pulled him away from the battle. He kept thinking it was all over until he was transferred to a nearby military base. There the base personnel attempted to fix him with Coby's help. When the kids said they would never give up, the power of Primus came down from the sky and healed all three of the injured Autobots as well as powering them up. Scattorshot then took a new alternate mode and joined up with the rest of the Autobots who were still battling the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attacked Megatron, he decided to attack Scourge instead. {{storylink|Critical}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep26_machine_gunned.jpg|thumb|left|250px|ARROWED!]]
Scattorshot assured the kids and the Mini-Cons that they would be able to hold down the fort at the Autobot base. He then continued battling Megatron and his forces. After Megatron retreated, he followed to aid Optimus Prime at the volcanic island. He focused his attacks on Scourge with the rest of the Cybertron Defense Team. Afterward he was sent to Cybertron as part of a team to slow down the black hole. He had Coby create a space bridge from the volcanic island to Cybertron for the journey. {{storylink|Assault}} On the way to Cybertron, the team encountered a meteor shower. Scattorshot blasted his way through, stating he would have the most points due to shooting the most obstacles. Upon returning to Cybertron and finding it swarming with [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]], he attacked them, but was quickly dogpiled upon with [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} He continued fighting off Scrapmetal, {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} until the rest of the Autobots arrived as backup. Scattorshot watched as Optimus Prime presented the Omega Lock then kept track of the status of Cybertron as it appeared to be falling apart. He drove via a spacebridge to the moon to finish watching Cybertron's transformation into [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}} Afterward he set up a connection to talk to Primus. Later, when Red Alert was analyzing [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]]'s mind, Scattorshot was the first to notice Starscream approaching. He directed a volley toward the Decepticon and then fought against the Decepticon onslaught. {{storylink|Balance}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_cyb_def_team.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Cue spaghetti western music]]
Scattorshot joined Vector Prime to help track down the missing kids and Mini-Cons. He wondered why Coby was not using the communicator that had been provided to him. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} He continued to use the Autobot base computers to scan for some trace of their missing allies. Once they finally picked up a signal, Scattorshot followed in a warp gate created by Vector Prime. They appeared in space near the ''[[Atlantis]]'' only to see it warp away. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

Scattorshot broke the news to the other Autobots that [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] had returned to Cybertron with a nice surprise: a [[Ogygia|spaceship]] they could travel to [[Gigantion]] in. {{storylink|Warp}} On board he ran a tracking program to find Bud, but the trail went cold. Instead, he found Gigantion. Upon landing, he deduced the air was breathable for the kids. Splitting up into groups, Scattorshot found himself transmitting from the ship and noticed sound eminating from underground. Later in a skirmish with the Decepticons, he battled [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]]. {{storylink|Giant}} Scattorshot was easily defeated by [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], but recovered. He piloted the Autobot ship and found the Atlantis hiding in a crevasse. {{storylink|Fury}}

Scattorshot watched as Optimus battled [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]], then followed Hot Shot to go find Bud. He realized that Starscream was powering up the ''[[Atlantis]]'''s guns to unleash it on the city. Later he admitted to helping Coby build his robot suit out of a Scrapmetal. When the Autobots split up into search teams, he and the rest of the Cybertron Defense Force formed team three. {{storylink|City}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep41_rarely_seen_rifle.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Have gun, will travel]]
They ran into Sideways and [[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]] while searching for the Cyber Planet Key. He listened to Soundwave's story of [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]] and was then surrounded by [[Laserbeak (Cybertron)|Laserbeak]]'s smoke. The enigmatic marauders immediately capitalized on their foes' limited visibility, leading to Scattorshot being hit by Hot Shot, who thought he was Sideways. The confused Autobot then had the dilemma of seeing two Hot Shot arms emerge from the smoke, each encouraging him to take their hand and decrying the other as a fake.

To figure out who to trust, Scattorshot got sneaky. He asked the closest Hot Shot a question about what [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] did before they travelled through space. The Hot Shot answered wrong and Scattorshot fired into that part of the smoke, bringing down Laserbeak and dispersing the bird-drone's fog. With the smoke clearing, he fired upon Soundwave and kicked Sideways down (after tricking his way past the villain's cloning ruse). He then powered up using his Cyber Key and helped the rest of the squad blast a pillar upon Soundwave and Sideways. {{storylink|Challenge}}

Scattorshot and his team looked for a downward passage when they ran into Galvatron and Menasor. After a brief skirmish, they used the [[triangle formation|triangle attack]] to take Menasor down. Then they battled Galvatron at full strength, but were once again beaten down. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}} He slowly got to his feet, and after recovering made his way down to the inner part of Gigantion to jion the rest of the Autobots in shooting Galvatron. {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}}

He watched as [[Vector Prime]] inserted the final Cyber Planet Key into the [[Omega Lock]]. Afterward he updated the team on the status of the black hole. When Galvatron arrived, Scattorshot was defeated with the rest of the Autobots. While Optimus Prime and the other flying Autobots were intercepted by Soundwave and Sideways, Scattorshot opened fire from the ground. {{storylink|Showdown (episode)|Showdown}}

He later thought it hopeless to build a [[space bridge]] without the Omega Lock, until he realized that they had three starships at their disposal. When feral denizens from Planet X came through the bridge, he unsuccessfully tried to shut it down. Later while in space he timed Vector Prime's reversal of time so they knew when to enter the warp gate. After clearing the tunnel he resynchronized with the normal timestream. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}} As the Autobots returned to [[Primus]], Scattorshot noticed he was low on energy. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} In the battle he made fun of [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], sending the oversized Decepticon into a fit. {{storylink|End}}

Scattorshot came up with an idea on how to move [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]] back into its orbit, then kept a status on the movement of the planet. In doing so he noticed the damage to one the of the rockets when Galvatron attacked it. When Galvatron and Optimus Prime began their battle, Scattorshot ran to help repair the rocket. He took control in the command center with Red Alert surveying the whole situation. When the repair failed, he joined the rest of the Autobots in manually changing the planet's trajectory. After the planet was saved, he joined the rest of the Autobots to assist Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Unfinished}} While the first [[Intergalactic Peace Conference]] was going on, Scattorshot met with Wing Saber right before he left. Later he shared a heartfelt moment as the Cybertron Defense team was splitting up, with him and Red Alert joining Optimus Prime on his mission to the stars. {{storylink|Beginning}}

===Cyber Key Code content===
Scattorshot didn't just program video games on Cybertron, he also played them. A LOT. Unlike most gamers, his polygon addiction actually came in handy as he used his knowledge of strategy games to help Optimus make plans for fighting the Decepticons.

===''TransTech''===
Scattorshot served as an [[Axiom Nexus]] tour guide for [[Jackpot]] and [[Hubcap (G1)|Hubcap]]. {{storylink|Gone Too Far}}
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==Toys==
===Cybertron===
[[Image:CybScattorshot toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|The goggles, in fact, do nothing.]]
*'''Scattorshot''' (Scout-class, 2004/2005)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-06'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles, double-barreled gun, Earth Cyber Key

: Scattorshot transforms into a anti-aircraft halftrack of made-up model. In either mode, he can fire two pressure-launched missiles. When a [[Cyber Key]] is inserted in either mode, a (non-firing) missile rack opens up on his primary weapons turret. He also comes with a secondary double-barreled blaster accessory.

:He also comes with an [[Earth]]-style Cyber Key; the [[Hasbro]] version has the [[Cyber Key Codes|Key Code]] "'''s67k'''" on the back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/Scattorshot/scattorshot.htm More information on Scattorshot at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:CD Scattorshot toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Overcompensating?]]
*'''Cybertron Defense Scattorshot''' (Voyager-class, 2005/2006)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''GC-20'''
**''Accessories'': 2 missiles, rifle, Cybertron Autobot Cyber Key

: Cybertron Defense Scattorshot transforms into a [[wikipedia:TOS-1|TOS-1 Buratino]] multiple-launch rocket system. The halves of the (non-firing) launcher end up on his arms in robot mode. In either mode, inserting a Cyber Key in each half reveals a new weapon: one side has a pull-out double spring-loaded missile launcher, while the other has a flip-out non-firing blaster barrel. He also comes with an extra long blue hand-held rifle that can be mounted in tank mode thanks to his [[Mini-Con]]-compatible [[Powerlinx]] plugs. Thanks to some clever engineering, despite splitting in half the launcher turret is capable of full 360 degree rotation in at least one direction.

: [[TakaraTomy|Takara's]] ''Galaxy Force'' "Backgild" release has slightly different/additional [[paint operation]]s on his robot mode chest, the top, sides and front of the launcher and on the handle of the (non-opening) hatch door in vehicle mode. The barrel of the flip-out launcher cannon is painted in ocher whereas the Hasbro version's barrel retains its gray base plastic color (both versions have the tip of the barrel molded in ocher plastic), the Takara version's treads are painted in glossy instead of flat black, with the front half of the treads painted from ''both'' sides (the Hasbro version has the ocher base color show on the inside), and the Cybertron Defense/Vanguard Team symbol [[tampograph]] is smaller and in a different position on the launcher.

: He comes with a [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]-style Cyber Planet Key; the Hasbro version has the Key Code "'''v4kt'''" on the back.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Dropshot (Universe)|Dropshot]] and [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]] along with ''[[Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Flak (G1)|Flak]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/CDScattorshot/scattorshot.htm More information on Cybertron Defense Scattorshot at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2003)===
*'''Scattorshot''' (Scout, 2007)

: The original Scattorshot toy was one of several ''Cybertron'' Scout-class toys also made available on ''[[Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' cardbacks, and sold through discount chains like Kay-Bee Toy Works. This version is unchanged from the ''Cybertron'' release.

===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:UniverseWarriorsFromThreeWorlds.jpg|thumb|300px|Celebrating the 25th anniversary of ''Transformers'' by re-releasing three unchanged toys from three years ago? Well, it's still better than celebrating the 20th anniversary with the [[Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' cartoon]]...]]
*'''Warriors From Three Worlds''' 3-pack (Multi-pack, 2009)
:This pack of three Scout class figures contains unchanged [[Ransack (Cybertron)|Ransack GTS]], [[Repugnus (Cybertron)|Repugnus]] and Scattorshot figures. This three-pack has been sighted at Family Dollar and Walgreens stores in the United States, in Sainsburys stores in the United Kingdom and in Canadian Tire stores in (where else?) Canada for the 2009 holiday period. In late 2010 it reappeared in the United States at [[Toys R Us]] stores.
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==Notes==
[[Image:CDScattorshotColorGuide.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Enhanced by an all-new [[mold]].]]
*"Scattorshot" was a name Hasbro had apparently been intending to use for quite some time: Early information from the official Transformers website featured it as a working name for both [[Blight (Energon)|Blight]] and [[Six Shot]] at different points.
* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at [[BotCon 2006]], the reason both versions of Scattorshot came with extra blue guns was because both versions had a little more left on the "per item" budget than the normal plans called for, so they added the guns for a little more value.
* In the opening-credit roll call of the Cybertron cartoon series, Scattorshot's name is spelled "Scattershot". This is also the spelling used on his Cyber Planet Key content.
* According to Cybertron Defense Scattorshot's color guide, he was originally supposed to sport a blue head, like the Scout Class version. However, there was no room left on the [[sprue]] for the blue parts, hence the head was moved to the sprue for the other parts instead. And since the budget for [[paint operation]]s had already been used up, it couldn't be painted over in blue either.

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Scourge (RID)

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{{disambig2|the evil, black Optimus Prime clone from ''Robots in Disguise''|the other evil, black Optimus Prime clones|Nemesis Prime (disambiguation)}}
:''Scourge is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Black Convoy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I see a red truck and I want it painted black.]]
A [[protoform]] scanning mishap resulted in a [[Decepticon]] protoform attaining attributes of [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] yet retaining the Decepticon programming. This protoform became '''Scourge'''. Scourge is arguably [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s second in command, leading the new Decepticon forces, a much more effective unit than [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]'s [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]].

He is a ruthless and cunning warrior who contains all of Optimus Prime's strengths and skill, but none of his compassion and mercy. He's also a very ''ambitious'' warrior, with plans to dethrone Megatron!

Scourge's greatest strength is also his weakness—his temper. Fearless and furious, he charges into battle wildly hacking his [[Sword of Fury|broadsword]] as his [[trailer]] combat deck launches missile barrages overhead. Yet his rage also makes him impatient, petulant, and easily provoked; it also scares the heck out of his subordinates.

Naturally, Sky-Byte sees Scourge as a threat on just about every level. For once, he's right.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Black Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Barry Stigler]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese), [[Fabrizio Vidale]] (Italian)

[[Image:Rid8.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Duffman is thrusting in the direction of the problem. Oh yeah!]]
The robot who came to be named Scourge was originally one of a crew of six [[Autobot|Autobots]] sent to [[Earth]] to reactivate the legendary Autobot battle station, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. As leader of the expedition, Scourge was equipped with the ability to detect the unique energy signatures of the [[O-Part|O-Parts]], the [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] components that held the key to reawakening Maximus. However, Scourge never had the opportunity to use that ability in the service of the Autobots, when the team's craft malfunctioned and crashed on Earth in the mid-20th century. Having been in [[protoform]]-state with [[Stasis pod|stasis pods]] for the duration of their voyage, the six Autobots were entombed in their crashed ship.

In the early days of the 21st century, archaeologist and energy expert [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]]'s work eventually led him to find the various links in the chain of Fortress Maximus—he located the fortress itself beneath [[Metro City]], mapped the location of the O-Parts, and discovered the location of the crashed Autobot spaceship. However, when the evil [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] came to Earth with the intent of harnessing Maximus's power, he captured Onishi, and through mental scans, discerned the location of the Autobots' ship. Stealing the six protoforms, Megatron took them to a nearby military base to scan vehicle modes for them, infusing them with a part of his own spark energy to turn them to the side of evil. The first five became the [[Commando|Commandos]], but when Megatron targeted a tanker truck to scan as the alternate mode of the final protoform, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] leapt into action in order to save the truck's [[Kelly (RID)|human driver]], and as a result, the tanker, Prime ''and'' the human were all scanned. With an infusion of Megatron's spark energy to complete the concoction, Scourge was born, emerging from his pod as a dark twin of Optimus Prime, who proved that Megatron's programming had over-ridden any Autobot goodness within him. Appointing himself leader of the new "[[Decepticon|Decepticons]]", he quickly established himself as a force to be reckoned with. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

[[Image:Commandos Scourge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I look more like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] than [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] does!]]
To prove the effectiveness of the new troops, Scourge led them on a mission to attack [[Sherman Dam]] and made short work of the [[Autobot Brothers]], tossing them into the lake behind the dam. Once the dam was mined with bombs, he attempted to detonate it, only to find that the bombs had been tampered with—Sky-Byte and the Predacons, annoyed at being pushed down in rank by the new arrivals, had taken control of the bombs in order to prove their own effectiveness to Megatron. The arrival of more Autobots in the form of Optimus and [[Team Bullet Train]] caused Megatron to call off the mission with only minor damage to the dam. {{storylink|Commandos}}

The next mission saw Scourge and the Commandos on guard duty, perhaps as a punishment for their previous failed mission, while the Predacon trio dug under a volcano. Scourge and Sky-Byte both fought Optimus when the Autobot leader arrived with the [[Spy Changer]]s, although the shark appeared to regard Scourge as just as valid a target. When a flow of lava was unleashed, Scourge unleashed a Barrage Attack on the Spy Changers who were attempting to stop it, little caring that Sky-Byte and the Predacons were in the blast area. His amusement when the lava soon chased the Predacons into the water was almost palpable. {{storylink|Volcano}}

After [[Movor]] was shot into orbit, Scourge grew steadily impatient with the shuttle's hopeless attempts to guide the rest of the Decepticons to the Autobot base and threatened much bodily injury. Movor was tricked by the Autobots into leading the Decepticons into a trap. While Scourge grappled with Optimus, Movor attempted to help by firing on Optimus from space, but only succeeded in hitting Scourge, who promised to turn the shuttle into "metal confetti". {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:Scourgecar.jpg|left|200px|thumb|But I always cut the crusts off!]]
As part of a new ploy, Scourge interrupted Sky-Byte's attack on an oil rig and chased off the Predacon. Seeing this, Optimus Prime believed that the Decepticons had begun to experience a resurgence of their Autobot sparks. Scourge was disgruntled with [[Mega-Octane]]'s plan, believing lies and deceit to be unworthy of a warrior, but went along with it. The Decepticons successfully gave the appearance of changing sides to the Autobots and underwent various tests such as cleaning a forest, with Scourge holding his temper barely in check the whole time. The appearance of Sky-Byte (who'd been kept ignorant of the plan) gave Scourge an opportunity to blow off some steam, but his attack endangered the life of a [[Kelly (RID)|passerby]]. When Optimus told him to stand down, Scourge exploded and ended up giving the whole plan away, forcing the Decepticons to retreat under the full force of Optimus' rage. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

Scourge presented the increasingly impatient Megatron with a new plan which involved attacking power plants. The Autobots were hampered by the misguided assistance of Sky-Byte, but seemed to repel most of the Decepticon assaults. {{storylink|The Fish Test}} Scourge and the Decepticons subsequently butted in on one of Sky-Byte's plans, stealing a disk supposedly containing the plans to the Autobots' [[Global Space Bridge]] which the Predacons were trying to obtain. Unfortunately it was an Autobot trick, and both the Decepticons and Predacons ended up in a sewer. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

Annoyed by the Autobots constant escapes through the space bridge, Scourge had [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] track one of the [[Build Team]] to the space bridge control center. The Decepticons broke in and Scourge sabotaged the controls, resulting in the space bridge sending any Autobots who used it to a random destination. Once chaos was established, Scourge and Megatron attacked the North Energy Research Center, but were unable to achieve much before the Autobots repaired the space bridge and arrived to chase them off. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

[[Image:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Scourge Battle Station.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Say hello to my leetle friend]]
Scourge and [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]] attempted to intercept Optimus on his way to taking the O-Parts to Sky-Byte, who had taken some humans as hostage. Ruination was swiftly disabled by the Autobot, but Scourge was only wounded and trailed Optimus to the site of the [[CGA Tower]] attack. He again fought Optimus in an attempt to take the O-Parts, but his threatened attack on the tower itself was thwarted by the Build Team. Optimus was able to chase Scourge off so that the tower could be saved. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:Ultra Magnus Scourge Megaoctane.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Do NOT 'step on the gas'.]]
After a semi-successful attempt to raid an oil refinery, Scourge and Mega-Octane leaked a transmission ordering Sky-Byte to look for O-Parts in order to lead the Autobots into an ambush. However instead of the expected Autobots, they were confronted by [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. They attempted to fight the newly-arrived Autobot warrior, but retreated after Optimus Prime arrived to lend a hand. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Back at [[Megastar|base]], they watched Movor's surveillance of Ultra Magnus beating down Optimus, and Megatron demanded of Scourge to know why one Autobot had done what the Decepticons had failed to do so many times. They were able to track Sky-Byte to the island on which Optimus was recuperating after the battle and mount an attack, but were chased off once again when Optimus and Ultra Magnus merged into [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

The Decepticons interrupted another of Sky-Byte's plans in order to kidnap the Autobot Brothers. With the three brothers as hostages, the Decepticons led Optimus into a trap and fought the Autobot leader savagely. They were again seen off after Magnus rescued the brothers. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Sensing an opportunity, Scourge met with Ultra Magnus to try to persuade the Autobot to join him against both Optimus Prime and Megatron. When Magnus turned him down, Scourge and the Commandos turned on him, only to end up fighting the three Autobot Brothers instead. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Fortress Maximus Scourge.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I've got the power!]]
With information extracted from Doctor Onishi, Scourge and the Decepticons were able to find a huge cavern beneath Metro City housing some ruins. Although the Autobots were on hand to try to fight them off, Scourge attempted to approach the ruins, and his proximity caused Fortress Maximus to rise. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} The exposure to the battle station's energies awakened memories of his original Autobot mission to find and reactivate Maximus and, twisted by Megatron's reprogramming, he became determined to take control of the huge Autobot in order to take over leadership of the Decepticon/Predacon forces and eventually the Universe. With Ruination fighting the Autobots as a distraction, Scourge set out to find Maximus, fighting with Optimus Prime and eventually breaking into the cavern to find that Maximus was gone. Upon retreating, Scourge also discovered that Sky-Byte had freed Doctor Onishi, but covered for him with Megatron so that the Predacon would owe him. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

As the race began to locate the remaining O-Parts, Scourge rediscovered his ability to sense them, part of his original mission as an Autobot. The attempts by Scourge and the Decepticons to stop the Autobots finding the O-Part were hampered by Sky-Byte's misguided attempts to find the O-Parts himself, and eventually the Autobots were able to collect them all. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Movor was soon able to locate the Autobots in the [[Sahara]], and Megatron himself led the Predacons and Decepticons there to take the [[Orb of Sigma]] from them. With the loss of Megatron, Scourge and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Scourge.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Behold my insignias! They are pretty!]]
With Megatron gone, Scourge took command of the ''[[Megastar]]'', much to the Predacons' dismay. They were able to successfully capture [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] from the Autobots, and Scourge was able to use the Autobot part of his bio-signature to dupe the robot into activating Maximus. However he soon found he was unable to control the giant robot, who ran amok until the Autobots' human ally, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]], was able to stop it. Additionally the arrival of Galvatron, Megatron's reborn form, during the battle, also meant that Scourge had lost his new leadership. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}} Realizing that humans could control Maximus, Scourge then amplified the human part of his bio-signature and succeeded in taking control of the giant, until he was overridden by a large group of human children. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Seeking to use Koji himself for the process, a case of mistaken identity resulted in the Decepticons capturing his best friend, [[Karl]], instead, but when Karl proved able to activate Fortress Maximus, Scourge dropped his façade of loyalty and ordered Maximus to destroy Galvatron. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

The revelation of his betrayal brought about a punishment most severe—Scourge and the Decepticons had their autonomy stripped by Galvatron, turned once again into loyal servants so absolutely dedicated to their leader that they continued to do his will even after he attempted to kill them with molten lava as a belated punishment. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} With Galvatron's ultimate defeat at the hands of Omega Prime, Scourge was captured and taken aboard Fortress Maximus for imprisonment with the other villains. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:UltraMagnustotheRescue_Scourge.jpg|thumb|right|150px|What do you think of my breast-reduction surgery?]]
Sent by Megatron to help Sky-Byte steal an experimental nuclear generator from a facility in [[Arizona]], he and the Predacon bickered at length, until the arrival of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. After an unsuccessful attempt to engage Magnus in combat, during which he was slammed against the building, he realised that the Autobots' concern for the humans would be their downfall. Threatening the nearest human with his sword, Scourge commanded the two Autobots to surrender.

When Sky-Byte protested that this wasn't part of the mission, Scourge accused him of becoming soft. Magnus and Prime, after a brief discussion, agreed to surrender. Scourge raised his sword to strike them down, however he was interrupted by the Predacons making their escape with the nuclear generator. The distraction allowed Prime and Magnus to simultaneously punch Scourge in the face, and he and his Decepticons set out in pursuit of the Predacons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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==Toys==
===Car Robots===
*'''Black Convoy''' (Destronger, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-012'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword, gun, 5 discs, 10 small missiles, 2 large missiles

:A [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of the Laser [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Optimus Prime]] mold, Black Convoy is a black Western Star 4964EX truck with teal paint apps, and darkish pink windows. His trailer is chrome, and he lacks all of Laser Prime's stickers. The toy lacks all of Laser Prime's electronics, to keep costs down. However, the arms still are restricted in motion, to prevent breaking the wires that no longer exist in the toy.

:Due to the molded ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbols on the discs Black Convoy's launcher has, [[Takara]] made Black Convoy's faction symbol the ''Generation 2'' Autobot one, but upside down.

===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Scourge''' (Decepticon, 2002)
**''Accessories:'' [[Sword of Fury]], gun, 5 discs, 10 small missiles, 2 large missiles

[[Image:RID Scourge toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|This toy almost makes the black repaint craze worth it.]]
:The Hasbro release of Black Convoy, sold exclusively at [[Toys"R"Us]]. Specimens sold at retail were very similar to Black Convoy. Notable changes were that red translucent plastic replaces all the pink; the stickers are now a flat light gray with Decepticon logos instead of glossy silver with "negative-Autobot" logos; the sword was blunted; and the discs were remolded to make them blank, removing the faction symbol. The only change in paint is that Scourge has Decepticon sigils tampographed on his doors, while lacking Black Convoy's teal "stripe" along the cab's nose. The license plate sticker on the tanker now states "SCOURGE D-012".

:An early wave of Scourges sold on the Toys"R"Us website had the American-styled stickers but retained the Japanese cab paint applications and pink plastic.

:This version of the mold was later reused by [[Sonokong]] as ''Car Robots'' Black Convoy in the South Korean market, with Hasbro's paint decos and darker red plastic, but with Black Convoy's stickers, as well as for Takara's reissue of Laser Optimus Prime.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/Scourge/scourge.htm More information on Scourge at TFU.info]''

*'''X-Brawn / Scourge''' (Basic, 2002)
[[Image:Spychanger_scourge.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Sword-less fury!]]
: The only new mold for this character, Spychanger Scourge was only available in a 2 pack with a Spychanger version of [[X-Brawn]]. Like most Spychangers, he features high speed axles and can roll very well across smooth surfaces, but lacks the weight to propel him quickly.

: As with most of the new ''Robots in Disguise'' releases, the X-Brawn / Scourge pack was available in Japan as a 'USA Edition' mass-released toy.

: Ironically, this mold was later redecoed '''both''' as ''Generation 1'' Spychanger [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe_.282003.29|Optimus Prime]] in the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toyline and as "Movie" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys|Optimus Prime]] for a Japanese pack-in DVD exclusive.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/ScourgeGobot/scourge.htm More information on Spy Changer Scourge at TFU.info]''

*'''Destructicon Scourge''' (Deluxe, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, 2 missiles

[[Image:Scourgedestructicon.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It's me again!]]
:Released as a Kay-Bee Toys exclusive, [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicon]] Scourge is a black redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#HeroOptimusPrime|Hero Optimus Prime]]. In either robot mode or tanker mode, he carries a missile launcher that fires when its air silo is squeezed. Scourge comes with two rubber-tipped missiles which can store on his back in robot mode.

:By the time this toy was released, its tooling had degraded somewhat since Hero Prime's original production run. As a result, neither robot nor vehicle mode held together very well on many specimens. Keeping his missiles stored was difficult, as they liked to pop out from their storage clips involuntarily. Additionally, initial shipments appear to have been missing a certain part that allowed the waist to ratchet, instead letting it spin freely.

::* ''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Scourge/scourge.htm More information on Destructicon Scourge at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* Scourge's color scheme pretty much set the tone for the [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|parade]] [[Grand Scourge|of]] [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|evil]] [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|clones]] that would follow for the next five years and up. Granted, it's a pretty color scheme, but it's been [[Nemesis Breaker|overused]] by now.

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Rollbar (RID)

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:''Rollbar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commando]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RollbarRID.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"If you look into his eyes real hard, you can see your own death!"]]
'''Rollbar''' is a member of the [[Commando]]s, the team that combines into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. Though just as dedicated to fighting [[Autobot]]s as the rest of his team, he's more restrained, especially in comparison to his fellow land-based Decepticon, [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], though this is not hard. He's a practitioner of both [[Crystalocution]] and [[Metallikato]], as well as jujitsu and other forms of Earthen Martial Arts. Curiously, he enjoys sauna baths and rainy days.

Also, he sounds vaguely Southern.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Greejeeber''' (グリジバー ''Gurijibā'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Michael Lindsay]] (English), [[Riki Kitazawa]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Commandos XBrawn grabs Rollbar.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Awww, someone needs a hug]]
Rollbar was originally one of a group of Autobots led by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], who travelled to [[Earth]] in a [[protoform]] state. Their ship crashed, and years later was dug up by a group of [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s under [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s leadership. Taken to [[McKinley Army Base]], the Predacons scanned army vehicles as Megatron infused them with his spark energy. For Rollbar's protoform, [[Gas Skunk]] selected a jeep, on the grounds its cannon would "make scraplets out of the Autobots". Though the newly born-Decepticons were ready to fight, Megatron ordered them to retreat so they could repower. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} The new troops' first mission was to destroy a dam, during which Scourge described Rollbar as "all-terrain terror". They planted [[pulsar bomb]]s on [[Sherman Dam]], however when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] took control of the bombs, preventing them from firing, [[Mega-Octane]], Armorhide and Rollbar blasted a hole in the dam. This released the [[Autobot Brothers]] from their watery prison, and Rollbar was grabbed by [[X-Brawn]]. The subsequent arrival of [[Team Bullet Train]] led the Commandos to undergo their first merging into Ruination, tangling with [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]]. The combined power of the Autobots was too much for them, however, and they retreated. {{storylink|Commandos}}

The Commandos unsuccessfully fought against the [[Spy Changer]]s on [[Montrose Island]] {{storylink|Volcano}} after which they substituted [[Movor]] for a real space shuttle, shooting the Decepticon into orbit so he could try to find the Autobots' secret base. Eventually he sent the Commandos to [[Pier 7B]], where the Autobots sprung a trap. Mega-Octane ordered the Commandos to form Ruination, but Rollbar rightly pointed out that they were a man down. Things went downhill from there. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:TheTest Rollbar RoTor sweeping.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
The next cunning plan was to try to make the Autobots think that the Decepticons were defecting. The Autobot Brothers tested them by forcing them to do various menial tasks, which they threw themselves into in an attempt to lull the Autobots into a false sense of security. Having to act positive all the time was getting on Rollbar's nerves by the time they came to cleaning up a canal, and he told his teammates to can the act, as the Autobots wouldn't be able to hear them anyway. Despite all their hard work, Scourge ended up giving the plan away at the last minute, and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] fought them to a retreat. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

Scourge, Mega-Octane, Armorhide and Rollbar attacked a power plant, only for Sky-Byte and his three sidekicks to show up disguised as Autobots, followed by the actual Autobots. Attacks at several other power plants didn't go much better, despite Megatron lending a hand. {{storylink|The Fish Test}} The Decepticons later interrupted one of Sky-Byte's plans, and obtained a disk which appeared to be a map to the [[Global Space Bridge]] system. Unfortunately when they used it, it turned out to be a map of the local ''sewer'' system, and the Decepticons found themselves on the business end of Optimus's blizzard storm. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Landfill Rollbar crouch.jpg|thumb|left|200px|It's a little known fact that some episodes of Robots in Disguise were animated by Dreamwave.]]
When once again, X-Brawn slipped through the Decepticons' fingers using the Global Space Bridge, the Decepticons tracked down the space bridge control center. Rollbar was a proponent of the idea to sabotage the Global Space Bridge computer and accused Armorhide of having a "half-track mind" when his fellow displayed enthusiam for simply blowing it up. He admitted smashing a wall down is one way to get into a room, but "I myself woulda used the door". Once the space bridge was sabotaged, the Commandos caused havoc in [[Metro City]] to trick the Autobots into using it, but [[Build Team]] soon realised what had happened, defeated the Commandos and repaired the space bridge. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}} Later the Decepticons attempted to intercept Optimus Prime, who they believed was taking the [[O-Part]]s to Sky-Byte, however even combining into Ruination didn't help them and the Autobot leader soon defeated them. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

After their raid on the [[East Power Station]] was foiled by the Build Team, the Commandos resolved to get their revenge on the Autobots. To this end, they started attacking construction sites in an attempt to goad the Build Team into fighting them. Eventually they drew the Build Team out and were able to dominate them in combat, at least until Landfill led Ruination into an oil-filled cavern and ignited it, blasting the Commandos into the ocean. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

A later raid on an oil refinery went better—while the Autobot Brothers did turn up, they were prevented from stopping the Decepticons by the arrival of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. Still, the Decepticons only got a portion of the fuel and, at Megatron's orders, set up a trap for the Autobot Brothers. Instead they got Ultra Magnus, whose fighting skills outclassed theirs. Even forming Ruination didn't help, and the Decepticons were forced into a retreat with the arrival of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Back in the ''[[Megastar]]'', they watched the fight between Optimus and Ultra Magnus, as Movor spied on it from orbit. Though Optimus lost, he was taken by the other Autobots to an island to recuperate, and Megatron and his troops went there to finish the job. Despite the Commandos forming Ruination, they were no match for [[Omega Prime]], the combined form of Optimus and Ultra Magnus, and retreated hastily. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:TwoFacesUltraMagnus Rollbar vehiclemode.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Are ya feeling lucky, punk?]]
After Rollbar captured the Autobot Brothers in a net, the three Autobots were held captive, allowing the Decepticons and Megatron to inflict some punishment on Optimus and Rail Racer, who were unable to fight back. Unfortunately Ultra Magnus rescued the three brothers, and Megatron's forces were soon in retreat once again. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Scourge attempted to get Ultra Magnus to join him in destroying Optimus, but Magnus turned him down, resulting in the Decepticons springing a trap on the Autobot. Though [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] attempted to help Magnus, the renegade Autobot promptly left them to it, and they were little match for Ruination. Of course, the arrival of Optimus and return of Magnus turned things pretty firmly back in the Autobots' favour, and the Decepticons retreated once again. {{Storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Fortress Maximus Rollbarskybyte.jpg|thumb|left|200px|I didn't think it was possible, but Armorhide just got even uglier.]]
More information was gleaned from the captured Doctor Onishi's mind—there were strange ruins beneath Metro City which emanated powerful energy. The Decepticons set out to find the ruins and promptly ran into the Spy Changers. Armorhide and Rollbar were left to do battle and easily dispatched the six Autobots, before rejoining the other Decepticons in a tunnel dug by the Build Team. As they neared the source of the power, Rollbar started hallucinating Armorhide was Sky-Byte and accused him of being send by Megatron to spy on them. Scourge settled the matter by swatting Rollbar in the head, freeing him from the illusion. Finally they reached the ruins, and combined into Ruination to fight the Autobots. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Chased off by Fortress Maximus's defense systems, the Commandos formed Ruination to keep Rail Racer busy while Scourge made a second attempt to access Maximus. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

With the hunt for the O-Parts on, the Decepticons confronted the Autobot Brothers and Build Team, who had found an O-Part, and demanded they hand it over. The Autobots promptly disappeared through the Global Space Bridge, starting a game of cat and mouse. The Decepticons eventually cornered them in [[Egypt]], however Sky-Byte's bungling made recovering the O-Parts impossible. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Spying from space, Movor spotted the Autobots in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and Megatron and the Decepticons arrived in time to attack Side Burn. Venturing into the subterranean ruins, they found the Autobots had located the [[Orb of Sigma]], and the Decepticons fought them while Megatron went for the Orb. Ultimately they were unsuccessful and, with the loss of Megatron, the Decepticons retreated back to the ''Megastar''. {{Storylink|Peril from the Past}}

[[Image:MaximusEmerges Rollbar Armorhide stocktransform.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Please ignore the floating tree.]]
Without Megatron's leadership, the Decepticons had a lot more freedom to do what they wanted. They tracked the Autobots to an old temple, where they were able to snatch [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to controlling Fortress Maximus, away with the help of the Predacons. Rollbar and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]] were able to locate Maximus himself in Metro City and, despite the Autobots attempting to defend the giant, Scourge was able to use Cerebros to activate him. The Commandos combined into Ruination during the following battle, however Scourge's lack of ability to control Maximus and the return of Megatron as Galvatron resulted in the Decepticons retreating. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:SurpriseAttack Rollbar laseroptic.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
A second attempt in the desert to control Maximus, with Ruination providing backup, didn't go any better {{storylink|The Human Element}} and during a third attempt, Scourge's treachery was revealed to Galvatron. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} This resulted in Galvatron forcibly reprogramming all of the Decepticons to obey his will, and putting them under the command of Sky-Byte for an assault on Autobot headquarters. Pursuing the fleeing Optimus Prime, the Decepticons and Predacons were led into a trap, though the arrival of the ''Megastar'' and Fortress Maximus rendered them superfluous anyway. They watched as Maximus defeated the ''Megastar'', and Galvatron fell to the ground. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron was not out, however, and the Decepticons defended him while he drained energy from Fortress Maximus. He sent Ruination and Scourge into the Global Space Bridge after the retreating Autobots, before himself flooding the tunnel with lava by rupturing the tunnel wall. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} They survived the lava, only to be swiftly defeated by the Autobot forces. After Galvatron's defeat, they were shipped off to the [[asteroid prison colony]] with Galvatron and the Predacons. {{Storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
Rollbar along with Armorhide was assigned to help Scourge steal an experimental nuclear generator from a facility in [[Arizona]]. As they stormed the base, he accidentally stood on [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]'s tongue. After Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus turned up, his warning to Armorhide came too late, as Magnus peppered his comrade with laser fire. Rollbar himself was then delivered an "ultra kick" to the head which put him out of action for the rest of the confrontation, until Scourge ordered his men to pursue the Predacons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

===Universe===
As part of Ruination, Rollbar and the Decepticons were sent by [[Unicron]] along with [[Reptilion]], [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] and [[Perceptor (Universe)|Perceptor]] to intercept some extra-dimensionals Unicron wanted for the [[Cauldron]]. Ruination's group was successfully fought off by the [[Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Rollbar''' (Basic, 2000, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-006'''

: A [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] toy, Rollbar transforms into an FMC XR311 combat support vehicle. He has a pair of non-firing weapons that form a gun turret for his vehicle mode. As the toy uses the [[Scramble City]] style of connection, he can form any limb to any combination of similar robots, though naturally, he normally forms a limb to the combined robot [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]].

: He was first released as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line in 2000. In 2001, [[Hasbro]] released the toy as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' series. There are quite a few differences between the two versions. The Takara Rollbar uses dark green plastic, black windshield paint, has a white star with the letters "GV" on the hood, and an old [[Commando|Combatron]] symbol. The Hasbro version uses a lighter, more camo-green plastic, has a tan spray-wash on the hood rather than lettering, a silver windshield, and the Decepticon sigil.

: This mold was also used to make [[Leyland]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Rollbar/rollbar.htm Rollbar at TFU.info]''

*'''Baldigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-011'''

: In Japan, Rollbar/Greejeeber was also made available as part of a complete team multi-pack with his teammates [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], [[Mega-Octane]], [[Movor]], and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]. All toys were identical to their individual Japanese releases, but the set only came with a bio card for the combined form.

*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2003)
: The entire Commando team was redecoed in various shades of gray with "urban camo" patterns as part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] gift set, oddly released well after the end of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line.

===Universe===
*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2004)

: The entire Ruination team was redecoed ''again'' to make ''another'' Wal-Mart exclusive set ([[To sell toys|why?]]), this time with a unified "desert camo" theme under the ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' banner. It came out at the same time as five ''other'' Wal-Mart ''Transformers'' exclusives, which led to a glut. Ruination seemed a particularly slow mover in this batch.

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Armorhide (RID)

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:''Armorhide is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commando]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ArmorhideRID.jpg|right|244px|thumb|"Damn it, Lupin!"]]
'''Armorhide''' is a member of the [[Commando]]s, the team that combines into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. Like your typical weapon-wielding army vehicle, he favors active aggression over elaborate planning. He is often partnered with the comparatively more easy-going [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]].

After battle, he looks forward to a nice sand bath.

:''Japanese name'': '''Danger''' (ダンガー ''Dangā'', pronounced \ˈdaŋ-gər\)<ref>Armorhide's Japanese name is... complicated. It doesn't ''seem'' to be the English word "danger", as that is usually rendered in katakana as デンジャー (''denjā''). At best ''guess'', his Japanese name is meant to be a pun on "tanker" (タンカー, ''tankā''), as the symbols "da" and "ga" are just "ta" and "ka" with additional markings; this would fit with the other Combatron names all being based on corruptions of their vehicle modes (Greejeeber = green jeep, etc). This wordplay is difficult to retain in English, as there is no easy way to delineate the pronunciation \ˈdaŋ-gər\ from \ˈdān-jər\ in text.</ref>

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Richard Epcar|Richard Epcar]] (English), [[Takayuki Kondō]] (Japanese)
[[Image:Commandos SideBurn grabs Armorhide.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"Why no, I've never seen David Cronenberg's ''Crash''. Why do you ask?"]]
Armorhide was originally one of a group of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], who traveled to [[Earth]] in a [[protoform]] state. Their ship crashed, and years later was dug up by a group of [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s under [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s leadership. Taken to [[McKinley Army Base]], the Predacons scanned army vehicles as Megatron infused them with his spark energy. For Armorhide, [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] scanned a tank, claiming it would make a great Decepticon. Though the newly born-Decepticons were ready to fight, Megatron ordered them to retreat so they could re-power. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} The new troops' first mission was to destroy a dam, giving Armorhide the chance to use his plasma mortars. They planted [[pulsar bomb]]s on [[Sherman Dam]], however when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] took control of the bombs, preventing them from firing, [[Mega-Octane]], Armorhide and [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] blasted a hole in the dam. This released the [[Autobot Brothers]] from their watery prison, and Armorhide ended up tussling with [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. The subsequent arrival of [[Team Bullet Train]] and their combination into [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] led the Commandos to undergo their first merging into Ruination, but the combined power of the Autobots was too much for them and they beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|Commandos}}

The Commandos unsuccessfully fought against the [[Spy Changer]]s on [[Montrose Island]] {{storylink|Volcano}} after which they substituted [[Movor]] for a real space shuttle, shooting the Decepticon into orbit so he could try to find the Autobots' secret base. The most Armorhide found during the search was a comb and an old cola bottle. The Commandos were eventually lured to [[Pier 7B]], where the Autobots sprung a trap. Armorhide suggested forming Ruination, missing the fact that Movor was still in space, and things subsequently didn't go too well. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:TheTest Armorhide RoTor seated.jpg|thumb|right|200px|"Worst thing of the Gulf war?, those camel spiders, freaking things crawled between my tracks, Gross!"]]
The next cunning plan was to try to make the Autobots think that the Decepticons were defecting. The Autobot Brothers tested them by forcing them to do various menial tasks, which they threw themselves into in an attempt to lull the Autobots into a false sense of security. Armorhide went along with it, complaining whenever he felt he could get away with it, but at the last minute, Scourge snapped, giving the game away and resulting in [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] chasing the Decepticons off. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

Scourge, Mega-Octane, Armorhide and Rollbar attacked a power plant, only for Sky-Byte and his three sidekicks to show up disguised as Autobots. Armorhide used his armor blast on Sky-Byte, setting the Predacon alight, but the Decepticons didn't have as much luck against the real Autobots. Attacks at several other power plants didn't go much better, despite Megatron lending a hand. {{storylink|The Fish Test}} The Decepticons later interrupted one of Sky-Byte's plans, and obtained a disk which appeared to be a map to the [[Global Space Bridge]] system. Unfortunately when they used it, it turned out to be a map of the local ''sewer'' system, and the Decepticons found themselves on the business end of Optimus's blizzard storm. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Landfill Armorhide firing.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
When once again, [[X-Brawn]] slipped through the Decepticons' fingers using the Global Space Bridge, Armorhide complained that they really needed to find a way to blow it up. They eventually did find the control center for the space bridge, and Armorhide was ready to go in and trash the place, but Scourge decided to go with Rollbar's plan to sabotage the controls instead. Soon Armorhide and the other Commandos were causing havoc across [[Metro City]] in a attempt to lure the Autobots into using the space bridge. The [[Build Team]] soon realised what had happened, defeated the Commandos and repaired the space bridge. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}} Later the Decepticons attempted to intercept Optimus Prime, who they believed was taking the [[O-Part]]s to Sky-Byte, however even combining into Ruination didn't help them and the Autobot leader once again defeated them. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:Test of Metal Armourhidestomp.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Stompy stompy!]]
After their raid on the [[East Power Station]] was foiled by the Build Team, the Commandos resolved to get their revenge on the Autobots. To this end, they started attacking construction sites in an attempt to goad the Build Team into fighting them. Armorhide appeared to take particular relish in stomping on construction machinery. Eventually they drew the Build Team out and were able to dominate them in combat, at least until [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] led Ruination into an oil-filled cavern and ignited it, blasting the Commandos into the ocean. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

A later raid on an oil refinery went better—while the Autobot Brothers did turn up, they were prevented from stopping the Decepticons by the arrival of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. Still, the Decepticons only got a portion of the fuel and, at Megatron's orders, set up a trap for the Autobot Brothers. Instead they got Ultra Magnus, whose fighting skills outclassed theirs. Even forming Ruination didn't help, and the Decepticons were forced into a retreat with the arrival of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Back in the ''[[Megastar]]'', they watched the fight between Optimus and Ultra Magnus, as Movor spied on it from orbit. When Megatron demand to know why the Decepticons hadn't been able to defeat Prime, Scourge claimed that a recurring problem was Armorhide's periodic inability to fly. Though Optimus lost, he was taken by the other Autobots to an island to recuperate, and Megatron and his troops went there to finish the job. Despite the Commandos forming Ruination, they were no match for [[Omega Prime]], the combined form of Optimus and Ultra Magnus, and retreated hastily. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:Power to Burn Magnusrollbararmorhide.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
Some time later, the Decepticons were able to take the Autobot Brothers captive, allowing the Decepticons and Megatron to inflict some punishment on Optimus and Rail Racer, who were unable to fight back. Unfortunately Ultra Magnus rescued the three brothers, and Megatron's forces were soon in retreat once again. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Scourge attempted to get Ultra Magnus to join him in destroying Optimus, but Magnus turned him down, resulting in the Decepticons springing a trap on the Autobot. Though Side Burn and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] attempted to help Magnus, the renegade Autobot promptly left them to it, and they were little match for Ruination. Of course, the arrival of Optimus and return of Magnus turned things pretty firmly back in the Autobots' favour, and the Decepticons retreated once again. {{Storylink|Power to Burn!}}

More information was gleaned from the captured [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]'s mind—there were strange ruins beneath Metro City which emanated powerful energy. The Decepticons set out to find the ruins and promptly ran into the Spy Changers. Armorhide and Rollbar were left to do battle and easily dispatched the six Autobots, before rejoining the other Decepticons in a tunnel dug by the Build Team. As they neared the source of the power, Rollbar started hallucinating that Armorhide was Sky-Byte, which seemed to irritate Armorhide no end. Finally they reached the ruins, and combined into Ruination to fight the Autobots. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Chased off by [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]'s defense systems, the Commandos formed Ruination to keep Rail Racer busy while Scourge attempted to access Maximus again. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:FriendlyContest Armorhide stockattack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
With the hunt for the O-Parts on, the Decepticons confronted the Autobot Brothers and Build Team, who had found an O-Part, and demanded they hand it over. The Autobots promptly disappeared through the Global Space Bridge, starting a game of cat and mouse. The Decepticons eventually cornered them in [[Egypt]], however Sky-Byte's bungling made recovering the O-Parts impossible. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Spying from space, Movor spotted the Autobots in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and Megatron and the Decepticons arrived in time to attack Side Burn. Venturing into the subterranean ruins, they found the Autobots had located the [[Orb of Sigma]], and the Decepticons fought them while Megatron went for the Orb. Ultimately they were unsuccessful and, with the loss of Megatron, the Decepticons retreated back to the ''Megastar''. {{Storylink|Peril from the Past}}

Without Megatron's leadership, the Decepticons had a lot more freedom to do what they wanted. They tracked the Autobots to an old temple, where they were able to snatch [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to controlling Fortress Maximus, away with the help of the Predacons. Maximus himself was soon located and, despite the Autobots attempting to defend the giant, Scourge was able to use Cerebros to activate him. The Commandos combined into Ruination during the following battle, however Scourge's lack of ability to control Maximus and the return of Megatron as Galvatron resulted in the Decepticons retreating. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:HumanElement Armorhide Rollbar driving.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
A second attempt in the desert to control Maximus, with Ruination providing backup, didn't go any better {{storylink|The Human Element}} and during a third attempt, Scourge's treachery was revealed to Galvatron. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} This resulted in Galvatron forcibly reprogramming all of the Decepticons to obey his will, and putting them under the command of Sky-Byte for an assault on Autobot headquarters. Pursuing the fleeing Optimus Prime, the Decepticons and Predacons were led into a trap, though the arrival of the ''Megastar'' and Fortress Maximus rendered them superfluous anyway. They watched as Maximus defeated the ''Megastar'', and Galvatron fell to the ground. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron was not out, however, and the Decepticons defended him while he drained energy from Fortress Maximus. He sent Ruination and Scourge into the Global Space Bridge after the retreating Autobots, before himself flooding the tunnel with lava by rupturing the tunnel wall. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} They survived the lava, only to be swiftly defeated by the Autobot forces. After Galvatron's defeat, they were shipped off to the [[asteroid prison colony]] with Galvatron and the Predacons. {{Storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
Assigned to help Scourge attack an energy research facility in [[Arizona]], Armorhide sat around in tank mode until the arrival of Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. Then he was shot repeatedly by Magnus, and that was pretty much his contribution to the operation until Scourge ordered the Decepticons pursue the Predacons, who'd snatched the nuclear generator they were after. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

===''Universe'' comic===

As part of Ruination, Armorhide and the Decepticons were sent by [[Unicron]] along with [[Reptilion]], [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] and [[Perceptor (Universe)|Perceptor]] to intercept some extra-dimensionals Unicron wanted for the [[Cauldron]]. Ruination's group was successfully fought off by the [[Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Armorhide''' (Basic, 2000, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-007'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol, large cannon

: A [[Redeco|redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] toy, Armorhide transforms into a Leopard 1 MBT. He has a large non-firing double-barreled blaster that attaches to the back of his vehicle mode. As the toy uses the [[Scramble City|Scramble City]] style of connection, he can form any limb to any combination of similar robots, though naturally he normally forms a limb to the combined robot [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]].

: He was first released as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line in 2000. In 2001, [[Hasbro|Hasbro]] released the toy as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' series. Armorhide is the most drastically-changed of all the Commandos between the two releases. The Takara version uses tan plastics with dark brown and black "desert camo", brown-gray treads and inner robot parts, plus has an old [[Commando|Combatron]] sigil. The Hasbro version instead uses light blue plastic with black and white camo (in the exact same layout), a more blue-gray tread/robot plastic, and a Decepticon sigil.

: This mold was also used to make the ''[[Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' Decepticon [[Sandstorm (OC)|Sandstorm]].

*'''Baldigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-011'''

: In Japan, Armorhide/Danger was also made available as part of a complete team multi-pack with his teammates [[Mega-Octane|Mega-Octane]], [[Movor|Movor]], [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]. All toys were identical to their individual Japanese releases, but the set only came with a bio card for the combined form.

*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2003)

: The entire Commando team was redecoed in various shades of gray with "urban camo" patterns as part of a Wal-Mart [[Exclusive|exclusive]] gift set, oddly released well after the end of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line.

===Universe===
*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2004)

: The entire Ruination team was redecoed ''again'' to make ''another'' Wal-Mart exclusive set (why?), this time with a unified "desert camo" theme under the ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' banner. It came out at the same time as five ''other'' Wal-Mart ''Transformers'' exclusives, which led to a glut. Ruination seemed a particularly slow mover in this batch.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Armorhide/armorhide.htm Armorhide at TFU.info]

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Movor

2011-02-10T14:18:36Z

MadmanFoidart: corrected link

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:''Movor is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commando]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:MovorRID01.jpg|right|242px|thumb|"Curse those pesky power-brats!"]]
'''Movor''' is a member of the [[Commando]]s, the team that combines into [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. With [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]], he is one half of the Decepticons' aerial strike force, though his aim leaves something to be desired. He's a somewhat sarcastic character who likes observing things from high above the ground and making pop culture references.

Curiously, he prefers baths in lukewarm water.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Shuttler''' (シャトラー ''Shatorā'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Robert Axelrod]] (English), [[Hidenori Konda]] (Japanese)
[[Image:Commandos Movor RoTor firing.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Get them! Uh, I mean, seize them!]]
Movor was originally one of a group of [[Autobot]]s led by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], who travelled to [[Earth]] in a [[protoform]] state. Their ship crashed, and years later was dug up by a group of [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]s under [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s leadership. Taken to [[McKinley Army Base]], the Predacons scanned army vehicles as Megatron infused them with his spark energy. While attempting to choose a vehicle mode for the protoform to scan, Sky-Byte tripped and set off the scanner. The beam nearly hit an eagle (which would have made him a Predacon), but instead, it hit a low flying space shuttle. Though the newly born-Decepticons were ready to fight, Megatron ordered them to retreat so they could re-power. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} The new troops' first mission was to disrupt the [[human]]s by attacking [[Sherman Dam]]. They planted [[pulsar bomb]]s on the dam, however when [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] took control of the bombs, preventing them from firing, the ground-based Commandos blasted a hole in the dam and ended up grappling with the freed [[Autobot Brothers]]. Ro-Tor and Movor attempted to provide air support, but were attacked by the newly-arrived [[Team Bullet Train]]. When the trains formed [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]], the Commandos responded by forming Ruination, however the combined power of the Autobots was too much for them and they were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Commandos}}

[[Image:AttackFromSpace Movor attackmode.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hey, I think my tailfin perspective is screwed.]]
The Commandos unsuccessfully fought against the [[Spy Changer]]s on [[Montrose Island]] {{storylink|Volcano}} after which the Decepticons came up with a new plan—take a space shuttle hostage and replace it with Movor. Once in orbit, Movor attempted to track numerous Autobots (including [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], and [[X-Brawn]]) with the intention of finding the Autobots' hidden base, but ultimately, he found himself wasting time watching them go about their everyday activities. Once he set his sights on [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], who was in the process of chasing [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]'s red convertible (yet again), Movor began leading the other Decepticons to numerous erroneous locations, which were all destroyed.

The Autobots caught wise to the scheme, and lured Side Burn—and by extension, the Decepticons—to [[Pier 7B]]. The other Decepticons were led into an ambush while Movor remained high in orbit. When the shuttle attempted to help his comrades, he inadvertently shot Scourge (twice!) while trying to take out [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], making the whole plan a bust. Once it was over, Movor was knocked out of orbit by a satellite. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:TheTest Rollbar Movor seated.jpg|thumb|left|200px|...It was a BIG rock!]]
The next cunning plan was to try to make the Autobots think that the Decepticons were defecting. The Autobot Brothers tested them by forcing them to do various menial tasks, which they threw themselves into in an attempt to lull the Autobots into a false sense of security. Movor had misgivings, expecting Scourge's temper to be their undoing. Sure enough, Scourge ended up giving the plan away at the last minute, and Optimus Prime fought them to a retreat. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}} The Decepticons later interrupted one of Sky-Byte's plans, and obtained a disk which appeared to be a map to the [[Global Space Bridge]] system. Unfortunately when they used it, it turned out to be a map of the local ''sewer'' system, and the Decepticons found themselves on the business end of Optimus's blizzard storm. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

When the Decepticons located the control center to the Global Space Bridge and sabotaged it so that the Autobots would be sent to random locations, Movor joined in causing havoc in [[Metro City]]. The [[Build Team]] soon realised what had happened, defeated the Commandos and repaired the space bridge. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}} Later the Decepticons attempted to intercept Optimus Prime, who they believed was taking the [[O-Part]]s to Sky-Byte, however even combining into Ruination didn't help them and the Autobot leader soon defeated them. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:TestOfMetal Movor landing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
After their raid on the [[East Power Station]] was foiled by the Build Team, the Commandos resolved to get their revenge on the Autobots. To this end, they started attacking construction sites in an attempt to goad the Build Team into fighting them. Eventually they succeeded in drawing the Build Team out and were able to dominate them in combat, at least until [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] led Ruination into an oil-filled cavern and ignited it, blasting the Commandos into the ocean. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:MagnusForcedFusion Rotor and Movor.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Why are our heads so small?]]
A later raid on an oil refinery went better—while the Autobot Brothers did turn up, they were prevented from stopping the Decepticons by the arrival of [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. Still, the Decepticons only got a portion of the fuel and, at Megatron's orders, set up a trap for the Autobot Brothers. Instead they got Ultra Magnus, whose fighting skills outclassed theirs. Even forming Ruination didn't help, and the Decepticons were forced into a retreat with the arrival of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Movor quickly went back into orbit in order to do some more spying. He was able to observe Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus fighting and, when Optimus subsequently lost, Movor was able to track Sky-Byte, who had found the hiding place Optimus had chosen to recuperate in. He returned from orbit to join the other Decepticons, as they launched an attack on the Autobot leader in order to finish the job. Despite the Commandos forming Ruination, they were no match for [[Omega Prime]], the combined form of Optimus and Ultra Magnus, and retreated hastily. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:PowerToBurn Movor RoTor airattack.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]]
Some time later, the Decepticons were able to take the Autobot Brothers captive, allowing the Decepticons and Megatron to inflict some punishment on Optimus and Rail Racer, who were unable to fight back. Unfortunately Ultra Magnus rescued the three brothers, and Megatron's forces were soon in retreat once again. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Scourge attempted to get Ultra Magnus to join him in destroying Optimus, but Magnus turned him down, resulting in the Decepticons springing a trap on the Autobot. Though Side Burn and Prowl attempted to help Magnus, the renegade Autobot promptly left them to it, and they were little match for Ruination. Of course, the arrival of Optimus and return of Magnus turned things pretty firmly back in the Autobots' favour, and the Decepticons retreated once again. {{Storylink|Power to Burn!}}

More information was gleaned from the captured [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]'s mind—there were strange ruins beneath Metro City which emanated powerful energy. The Decepticons set out to find the ruins and promptly ran into the Spy Changers. While [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]] and [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] were left to take care of them, the rest of the Decepticons went on and ran into [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] in a subway tunnel. Movor and Ro-Tor stayed to keep them pinned down while Scourge and [[Mega-Octane]] continued on, however Ultra Magnus turned up and accidentally flooded the tunnel. Movor and Ro-Tor found themselves being washed away along with Team Bullet Train, eventually being flushed into the cavern containing the ruins where they were reunited with the other Decepticons. They combined into Ruination to fight the Autobots while Scourge headed for the ruins, unleashing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Chased off by Maximus's defense systems, the Commandos formed Ruination to keep Rail Racer busy while Scourge attempted to access Maximus again. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:FriendlyContest Movor stockattack.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]
With the hunt for the O-Parts on, the Decepticons confronted the Autobot Brothers and Build Team, who had found an O-Part, and demanded they hand it over. The Autobots promptly disappeared through the Global Space Bridge, starting a game of cat and mouse. The Decepticons eventually cornered them in [[Egypt]], however Sky-Byte's bungling made recovering the O-Parts impossible. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Spying from space, Movor spotted the Autobots in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and Megatron and the Decepticons arrived in time to attack Side Burn. Venturing into the subterranean ruins, they found the Autobots had located the [[Orb of Sigma]], and the Decepticons fought them while Megatron went for the Orb. Ultimately they were unsuccessful and, with the loss of Megatron, the Decepticons retreated back to the ''[[Megastar]]''. {{Storylink|Peril from the Past}}

Without Megatron's leadership, the Decepticons had a lot more freedom to do what they wanted. They tracked the Autobots to an old temple, where they were able to snatch [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to controlling Fortress Maximus, away with the help of the Predacons. Maximus himself was soon located and, despite the Autobots attempting to defend the giant, Scourge was able to use Cerebros to activate him. The Commandos combined into Ruination during the following battle, however Scourge's lack of ability to control Maximus and the return of Megatron as Galvatron resulted in the Decepticons retreating. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:SurpriseAttack Movor firing.jpg|thumb|right|200px|So how many pictures of me shooting at things off-screen can we fit on this page?]]
A second attempt in the desert to control Maximus, with Ruination providing backup, didn't go any better {{storylink|The Human Element}} and during a third attempt, Scourge's treachery was revealed to Galvatron. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} This resulted in Galvatron forcibly reprogramming all of the Decepticons to obey his will, and putting them under the command of Sky-Byte for an assault on Autobot headquarters. Pursuing the fleeing Optimus Prime, the Decepticons and Predacons were led into a trap, though the arrival of the ''Megastar'' and Fortress Maximus rendered them superfluous anyway. They watched as Maximus defeated the ''Megastar'', and Galvatron fell to the ground. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron was not out, however, and the Decepticons defended him while he drained energy from Fortress Maximus. He sent Ruination and Scourge into the Global Space Bridge after the retreating Autobots, before himself flooding the tunnel with lava by rupturing the tunnel wall. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} They survived the lava, only to be swiftly defeated by the Autobot forces. After Galvatron's defeat, they were shipped off to the [[asteroid prison colony]] with Galvatron and the Predacons. {{Storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
{{--}}

===Universe===

As part of Ruination, Movor and the Decepticons were sent by [[Unicron]] along with [[Reptilion]], [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] and [[Perceptor (Universe)|Perceptor]] to intercept some extra-dimensionals Unicron wanted for the [[Cauldron]]. Ruination's group was successfully fought off by the [[Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Movor''' (Basic, 2000, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-008'''

: A [[redeco]] of the [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]] [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] toy, Movor transforms into a Space Shuttle. He has a pair of large non-firing cannons that clip onto the back of his shuttle mode or on the pegs under his wings. As the toy uses the [[Scramble City]] style of connection, he can form any limb to any combination of similar robots, though naturally he normally forms a limb to the combined robot [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]].

: He was first released as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line in 2000. In 2001, [[Hasbro]] released the toy as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' series. There are a couple of [[Paint operation|paint application]] differences between the two releases; the most immediately noticeable being that the Hasbro version uses Decepticon sigils instead of the old [[Commando|Combatron]] ones. The Hasbro version also uses silver paint for the windshield rather than Takara's metallic purple.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'' [[Shuttle Gunner]].

*'''Baldigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-011'''

: In Japan, Movor/Shuttler was also made available as part of a complete team multi-pack with his teammates [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], [[Mega-Octane]], [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]. All toys were identical to their individual Japanese releases, but the set only came with a bio card for the combined form.

*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2003)

: The entire Commando team was redecoed in various shades of gray with "urban camo" patterns as part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] gift set, oddly released well after the end of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line. Movor was also slightly [[Retool|retooled]], blunting his nosecone significantly.

===Universe===
*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2004)

: The entire Ruination team was redecoed ''again'' to make ''another'' Wal-Mart exclusive set (why?), this time with a unified "desert camo" theme under the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' banner. It came out at the same time as five ''other'' Wal-Mart ''Transformers'' exclusives, which led to a glut. Ruination seemed a particularly slow mover in this batch.

==Notes==
* According to [[Aaron Archer]] at [[BotCon 2002]], Movor's name is simply indicative of the fact he... moves. Move-or. Yes, really. Shut up.

* The episode "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", which featured Movor's bumbled attempts at orbital bombardment, was not aired on Fox Kids, due to post-September 11 sensitivity.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Movor/movor.htm Movor at TFU.info]

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[[Category:Universe Decepticons]]
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Heavy Load (RID)

2011-02-10T14:17:53Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

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:''Heavy Load is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Heavyloadrid.jpg|right|250px|thumb|We're 2 seconds away from a fully-realized pelvic thrust.]]
'''Heavy Load''' is as bulky as his name implies. His thick armor intimidates even the toughest [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], but his bulk does not inhibit his movement. To the contrary, he's studied martial arts and can move as gracefully as the most lithe of Transformers. Heavy Load is the most powerful of the [[Build Team]] (not to mention the loudest) and is always quick with a joke. He tends to play mentor to the team's young leader [[Wedge]].

:''Japanese name:'' '''Build Typhoon'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daran Norris]] (English), [[Yoshikazu Nagano]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Heavy Load RiD Cartoon.JPG|right|301px|thumb|And now we're one second away from a fully-realized pelvic thrust...]]
When the [[Autobot Brothers]] encountered the Build Team in an unfinished tunnel, Heavy Load was a mite boastful about the team's tunneling prowess. He was even more enthusiastic when Wedge secured the team their first combat mission. Once they got to the site where the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] were trying to steal some diamonds, he and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] helpfully began transporting the goods. The Predacons swiftly realised what was up and captured Wedge. Heavy Load cunningly offered them a disk which he claimed held the plans for the global space bridge (but in reality were plans for a sewer). Despite his protests, he and the rest of the team ended up chasing a penguin which had stolen the fake disk, and later admitted to his fellow Autobots that the disk they'd been chasing was bogus. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

With the completion of the Arctic link, Heavy Load took the opportunity to play up Wedge's role as foreman with [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. Wedge was not enthusiastic about Heavy Load's suggestion they could start on the south route, opting instead for combat training. Heavy Load was not keen, but followed anyway, leaving Grimlock to program the space bridge computer. Unfortunately, this led to the space bridge being sabotaged, and he had to help break up an argument between Wedge and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]]. After the space bridge was fixed, the Build Team combined into [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] to repel [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] from the north energy research facility. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

After [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the Predacons attacked the [[CGA Tower]], Wedge helped to hold it up, but the rest of the Build Team were forced to stay back. They defended the tower against Scourge's attack and formed Landfill in order to dig a new foundation for the tower, allowing the safe release of the hostages. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

[[Image:A Test of Metal Heavyload.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Pinhead]]
Heavy Load intercepted a transmission meant for the [[Autobot Brothers]] indicating that the [[Commando|Commandos]] had been attacking construction equipment. The Build Team decided to face the Decepticons alone, and Hightower sabotaged the space bridge to keep the other Autobots away. The battle did not go well, and Heavy Load began to think their plan wasn't such a good idea. After regrouping, Build Team formed Landfill and eventually narrowly defeated [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. Afterward, they enjoyed a soothing oil bath with [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

Heavy Load and the Build Team later helped test the space bridge (even though they obviously knew it would work). {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}}

[[Image:Fortress Maximus Heavyload.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Heavy Load likes to call himself on his videophone, because no one else bought one.]]
When the Build Team were assigned to work in an area under [[Metro City]] where they'd worked before, Heavy Load brought up the fact that last time they were there, they'd experienced disturbing hallucinations. He agreed with Wedge's resolve to carry out the job anyway. When the hallucinations started again, he contacted headquarters and was told to persuade the rest of his team to continue. Evidently, he succeeded, as the Build Team soon broke through to a cavern containing [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] and formed Landfill to fight the Decepticons who then arrived. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Heavy Load and the rest of Build Team subsequently hid Fortress Maximus in a huge building in the middle of the city, although Heavy Load had to stop hot-headed Wedge from going to fight at least once. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

With [[Doctor Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] recovered, the Build Team and Autobot Brothers began a race to locate the last five [[O-Part|O-Parts]]. Wedge was taken captive by Megatron after the O-Parts were all collected, and Heavy Load turned the three his team had found over to Optimus for the exchange, although in the end, it turned out to be unnecessary. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

The Build Team accompanied the Autobot Brothers on a mission to find [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] beneath an ancient temple. This was fortunate, as the Decepticons caved the temple in on top of them, and the Build Team were able to dig the Autobots out. They later helped to guard Fortress Maximus. To no one's surprise, the Decepticons attacked, and the Build Team formed Landfill during the resulting battle. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

When Scourge made a second attempt to control Maximus in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], the Build Team and Team Bullet Train picked up a large number of children and took them to the site via the global space bridge. There the children were able to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|The Human Element}}

When the Decepticons launched an attack on the Autobot base, the Build Team was called to a predetermined location with the rest of the Autobots to spring a trap on their foes. When the ''[[Megastar]]'' joined the fight, they formed Landfill, who was promptly blown apart by the battle station's firepower. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

After the defeat of the ''Megastar'', Landfill was formed again to fight the Decepticons while [[Omega Prime]] engaged in combat with Galvatron. Galvatron unleashed his cyber-bats, causing Prime to call a retreat, and the Autobots found themselves trapped in a space bridge tunnel rapidly filling with molten lava. Although they escaped, Galvatron soon had them at his mercy again. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

As Galvatron attempted to attack Optimus Prime, Landfill and the other Autobots blocked his attack and were paralysed by Galvatron's power. They remained in this state until Omega Prime was able to defeat Galvatron in the Earth's core. Afterward, just for fun, the Build Team did some more work on the space bridge. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise''===

[[Image:RID Heavy Load Toy.JPG|right|300px|thumb|....and the pelvic thrust is gone.]]
*'''Heavy Load''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-020'''
**''Accessories'': Dump-claw

: Heavy Load transforms into a yellow dump truck. In robot mode, his dump-bed becomes a large hand-held claw weapon. He can form either leg or both arms to the team's combined mode [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]].

: He was initially released as part of the [[Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line. The [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' version adds numerous [[Paint operation|paint applications]] to him, including an Autobot sigil and "dirt-wash" paint on his dump bed.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Long Haul (Universe Ultra)|Long Haul]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/HeavyLoad/heavyload.htm More information on Heavy Load at TFU.info]''

*'''Build King''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-022'''

: In Japan, the entire Build Team set of Wedge, Heavy Load, [[Hightower (RID)|Hightower]] and [[Grimlock (RID)|Grimlock]] was made available. The toys included were identical to the individual Takara releases.

*'''Landfill''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

: A mainly-yellow [[redeco]] of the entire Build Team was released as a [[Wal-Mart]] [[exclusive]] in November of 2003, as a multi-pack released on "[[Black Friday (event)|Black Friday]]", the day after Thanksgiving, the most hellishly-overcrowded shopping day of the year. The set cost considerably less than four individual deluxes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/HeavyLoad/heavyload.htm More information on Wal-Mart Heavy Load at TFU.info]''

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[[Category:Wal-Mart exclusives]]

Grindor (Armada)

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MadmanFoidart: added link

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{{disambig3|Grindor}}
:''Grindor is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AGrindor01.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Skate Or Die III: Board's Revenge]]
During the era of [[the Unicron Battles]], '''Grindor''' was the Mini-Con partner to [[Carlos Lopez]], allowing him to shred in style. Wicked!

They seem to have eventually drifted apart, as Grindor spent much of his time around [[Kicker Jones]] in later years.

He combines with his fellow [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] members to form [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]].

:''Japanese name'': '''Bank''' (''Armada''), '''Runway''' (''Energon'')
:''Russian name'': '''Жернов''' (''Armada'')

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
Grindor was among the earliest Mini-Cons created from [[Unicron]]'s cells. He was present in the distant past when the time-traveling Earth children made contact with High Wire, and awakened the Mini-Cons' capacity for independent thought. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

Millions of years later, Grindor, along with [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], was discovered inside the crashed Mini-Con ship on Earth by [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and his human friends. He was activated when [[Carlos Lopez]] made contact with his storage panel, apparently creating a link between the two. Despite this, he was initially rather unresponsive to Carlos, but they soon formed a friendship after Grindor scanned Carlos's skateboard as his new alt mode. The kids and Street Action Team were having a wild time playing together when [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and the Decepticons appeared to capture them. Luckily, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots stepped in to protect the smaller robots. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}}

At school, Carlos pretended Grindor was an old school thrash board from the 80's when [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] questioned them about their new vehicles. Back at the Autobot base inside the Mini-Con ship, Grindor and the other Mini-Cons agreed to help the Autobots find the Mini-Cons and keep them out of Decepticon slavery and control. {{storylink|Base}}

On their first Mini-Con hunt, Grindor and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Grindor and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of "Tag" inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to "tag" the kids for him. Grindor and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, Grindor helped Rad and the kids bring supplies up to the Autobot base. He and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

One day, High Wire and Grindor went out to a carnival with Rad and Carlos. Hijinx ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}} Out on a desert mission, Grindor was trying to get the drop on Demolishor when he and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. Grindor and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}

When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, Grindor and his friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, Grindor and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Grindor and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

Grindor and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}} Sometime later, Grindor and High Wire went camping with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. {{storylink|Vacation}} When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, Grindor and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, Grindor's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Soon after, Grindor and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the "enemy" Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}

When a computer virus named [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

After the Autobots rescued [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]'s Mini-Con panel, Grindor and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}

Grindor and Sureshock joined the kids in the cheering section as Jetfire beat [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in arm-wrestling three out of three times. {{storylink|Detection}} When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, Grindor and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He cowered behind Rad when Grindor and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}

Grindor was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, Grindor and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Grindor was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], Grindor and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis}}

Grindor and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attempted to leave the kids behind, however, the Street Action Team formed Perceptor and organized a mutiny of the Mini-Con troops. They passively took over the bridge and made it clear by speaking in English for the first time that the humans were coming along...or else. {{storylink|Depart}}

The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. Grindor and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, Grindor helped organized the Mini-Cons on-board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle}}

Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, Grindor immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a "surprise" for the Autobots. When the Autobots confronted Galvatron's Decepticon armada, the Mini-Cons assembled once more, creating illusions to disguise the ''Axalon'' amidst a horde of duplicate ships. As the power of the black hole became stronger and stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. Grindor and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising}}

After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]] for Unicron, High Wire recognized the place where Hot Shot was searching for the traitor, and so the kids and the Street Action Team made their way underground to join the search party. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This led to a fight with Thrust and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, Grindor and the others watch on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, Grindor and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}

With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that comprised the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}

In Unicron's heart, Grindor and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to Grindor and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, Grindor and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====

[[Image:Energon KickerGrindor Ep5.jpg|thumb|right|175px|Forget what we said in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the movie]] hoverboards will be a common thing in 2020 ''not 2006''.]]

Evidently the [[Earth Federation]] [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] Space Station does not allow its crew members to own hoverboards, so ownership of Grindor has been transferred to [[Kicker Jones]].
He was fat that time.

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====''Cybertron'' comic====
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Alongside High Wire, Sureshock and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Grindor lay dormant near present-day [[Lincoln]] for a million years after the crash of the Mini-Con [[Exodus (Armada)|escape vessel]]. One day, [[Rad White]] stumbled upon their wrecked piece of the ship and reactivated them along with all other Mini-Cons on Earth. After repairing themselves, Grindor and the others quickly befriended Rad and his buddies, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and even built them a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Unfortunately, not even a day passed before the [[Decepticon]]s tracked the Mini-Cons to Earth, and they had to explain to their human friends that they were involved in a war. The Street Action Team scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and escaped to a canyon, where they ran into a team of [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} Grindor and his friends were briefly captured by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but eventually the Mini-Cons and Autobots joined forces and chased the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

Later, the Street Action Team was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} After rescuing Rad from a [[Billy (Armada)|bully]], Grindor and the others were driving around with their friends when the [[Mini-Con Ark]]'s beacon struck. The Street Action Team stopped responding and started driving mindlessly towards the Ark with their passengers still on them. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Grindor and the other Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|fortress]] where they could live in peace forever. This saddened Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock, who would rather live on Earth with their human friends. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Fortunately for them, the moonbase had to be evacuated following a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After returning to Earth, Grindor listened to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s pro-Mini-Con independence speeches. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} He wasn't seen again until the Autobots learned that [[Unicron]] was targeting [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], at which point all Mini-Cons gathered in order to fight him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team returned to their home planet and joined the other Mini-Cons in pouring their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years later, Grindor, High Wire and Sureshock learned that the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were attacking Earth cities. Worried about their old human friends, they volunteered to travel to Earth and fight this new threat in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They were assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team in [[Los Angeles]], which they defended against a huge swarm of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Overwhelmed by the number of Terrorcons, Perceptor and the rest of the team quickly began to run low on energy, but they were saved when Rad showed up in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] and sprayed them with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
Back when Cybertron was peaceful, Grindor enjoyed entertaining his friends with extraordinary feats, such as lifting heavy metal boxes. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}

After escaping from Cybertron, Grindor and several other Mini-Cons crashed on [[Earth]], where they woke up four million years later. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} While they initially refused to get involved with the Autobot-Decepticon war again, the Mini-Cons changed their minds after witnessing [[Rad White]]'s displaying great amounts of courage in order to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. Grindor raced into battle and fired on Megatron to little effect, but the distraction allowed Optimus Prime to summon Autobot reinforcements. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} After spending some time as [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]]'s racing vehicle, Grindor and his friends on the Street Action Team were sent to recover a [[locator log]] from the wrecked Mini-Con ship. When they found it, they were suddenly attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who trapped Grindor under some debris. He offered his blaster to Rad, urging him to destroy the locator log before the Decepticon got it, but Rad thought of a plan to take out both the log and Demolishor. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}

The Street Action Team subsequently began watching their human friends from the shadows in order to learn how to fit in on Earth. As he witnessed Carlos trying to impress his friends with skating tricks, Grindor helped out by using his rocket-powered skateboard mode to let Carlos loop, grind and even fly. Unfortunately, Carlos was not pleased with his "help", as he now had to explain those crazy moves to his friends. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} Some time later, the Autobots tried to send Grindor and the other the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron to keep them safe, but the plans fell through. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} The Street Action Team went back to playing around with their human friends, but were suddenly targeted for capture by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. While the humans went to get help, Grindor combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with the Decepticon. They were nearly defeated by their enemy, who was wielding [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], but Optimus Prime arrived to save the day. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}}

When the Decepticons planned to wipe the Autobots out with missiles fired from the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], the Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy their friends some time. The Decepticons happily accepted, and Grindor and the others were stuffed aboard a [[solar barge]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} As [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] pulled the barge towards the Moon, the Mini-Cons promptly broke out, beat him up, and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===Something Robotic This Way Comes===
The three Mini-Cons were unable to grasp the explanation which Alexis, Carlos and Rad gave them about [[Halloween]], so the three kids invited them along Trick-or-Treating with them. Grindor was confused when Rad said something about soaping the windows on a house if they didn't give out candy. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
Grindor was with the kids when they talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for Mini-Con crystals... and seemingly didn't actually go along with them. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

Grindor did, however, participate in a mini-con race the kids had that also involved Sureshock and High Wire. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MM-01'''

:Grindor transforms into a rocket-powered skateboard. He was available as a three pack with team mates High Wire and Sureshock, and can [[Combiner|combine]] into Perceptor, with Grindor forming the chest. Due to the combining process, Grindor has a Mini-Con plug on his back, making him a rare instance of a Mini-Con that can [[Powerlinx]] with another Mini-Con. Kinky.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Grindor (Universe)|Grindor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on Grindor at TFU.info]''

*'''Street Action Micron Anime Color''' (CD w/ toy, 2003)

: These [[redeco]]es of the Street Action Team was available only with the CD single of the first ''Micron Legend'' [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]]. The toys were decoed to be more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Grindor's case, he is colored a different shade of blue and has a more detailed [[paint operation]]s on his face.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDBank/bank.htm More information on Anime Color Bank at TFU.info]''

*'''Bank''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Part of the first assortment of [[Kabaya]] [[Change Micron]]s, this [[candy toy]] version of Grindor is almost identical to the original toy, but was actually made using an all-new mold. He came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMBank/bank.htm More information on Change Micron Bank at TFU.info]''

[[Image:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (2003)

:An [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] redeco of the Street Action Mini-Con Team was packaged only with the Toys "R" Us Japan [[exclusive]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MagnaConvoyDX|Magna Convoy DX]] toy. Grindor was given a mainly dark teal, black and red color scheme.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XBank/bank.htm More information on X-Dimension Bank at TFU.info]''
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===Energon===
*'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SC-09'''

: ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' Grindor is a new mold, transforming from a hovercraft into a stubby, funny looking robot. He can combine with his pack-in partners High Wire and Sureshock to form ''Energon'' Perceptor, except this time he forms the legs.

: This mold was also used to make [[Kickflip|Filter]] and [[Screw]] in the same toyline.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on ''Energon'' Grindor at TFU.info]''

===Universe (2003)===
*'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2005)

:The ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Street Action Team is a repack of ''Energon'' Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron-toy_Grindor.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]
*'''Scrap Iron vs Grindor''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)

: ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Grindor is a redeco of ''Energon'' Grindor in teal paint job. He can combine with both ''Cybertron'' High Wire and Sureshock to form ''Cybertron'' Perceptor. He came packaged with [[Scrap Iron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Grindor/grindor.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Grindor at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*In Japan, Bank (Grindor) is the only member of the Street Action Team not named after a Generation 1 character.

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Sahara

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MadmanFoidart: all the time I have for now, will work on this more later

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Located in [[Africa]], the Sahara is the [[Earth]]'s largest dry desert.

==Notable Locations==
* [[Pyramid|Orb of Sigma pyramid]]

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===
The Beast Wars appeared to have taken place in the Sahara, which would have been a much less arid in the prehistoric time of the Beast Wars than it is today.{{storylink|The Low Road}}

The [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]] is a kingdom located near the in the Sahara Desert. It's exact location cartography-wise is currently unknown.

===Robots in Disguise===
[[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Commando|Commandos]] were led by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] to the Sahara in an attempt to prevent [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot Brothers]] from finding the rest of the [[O-Part|O-Parts]]. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Despite entering the pyramid in which the [[Orb of Sigma]] was stored, they were unable to prevent the Autobots from making off with it, and Megatron himself was lost. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

===Unicron Trilogy===
Out on a mission, [[Sureshock]] was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when she, [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], [[Rad White|Rad]] and the rest of the [[Street Action Team]] were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the Sahara long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. The group were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground. They escaped without harm but Demolishor obtained the Minicon. {{storylink|Palace}}

[[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] travelled to the Sahara to uncover what they believed to be the [[Omega Lock]], but was in fact a fake. {{storylink|Time}}

==External links==
*[[wikipedia:Sahara|The Sahara at Wikipedia]]

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High Wire (Armada)

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MadmanFoidart: added link

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:''High Wire is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Armada Highwire art.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ohh, it's a deep burn! Oh, it's so deep! Oh, I can barely lift my right arm 'cause I did so many.]]

'''High Wire''' is a bike. Motivational, intelligent, yet ego-free, he believes unwaveringly in the power of teamwork, and though he wouldn't admit it, he is great at leadership.

He combines with his fellow [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] members to form [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. On [[Drift (episode)|at least one occasion]] he has demonstrated a limited ability to manipulate time.

:''Japanese name'': '''Wheelie''' (''Armada''), '''Hopper''' (''Energon''))
:''Russian name'': '''Wire''' (''Armada'')

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Terry Klassen]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese)

High Wire and the Mini-Cons were created countless millennia ago, spawned from with the cells of Unicron. Outwardly innocent and yet extremely powerful, the Mini-Cons' purpose was to engineer a power struggle between the Autobots and the Decepticons, creating conflict which would feed Unicron. Due to a time loop, however, High Wire encountered three children from 21st century Earth -- [[Rad White]] and his friends [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]]. Contact with Rad somehow weakened Unicron's conditioning, giving High Wire and the other Mini-Cons the ability to think for themselves. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

A million years ago, a ceasefire was called between the [[Autobot]]s and the [[Decepticon]]s, during which it was decided to banish the Mini-Cons from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so they would never be used as tools of war again. High Wire was among the Mini-Cons who were placed in stasis inside [[Mini-Con storage panel|Mini-Con storage panels]] on board the starship ''[[Exodus (Armada)|Exodus]]'' for the long journey into deep space. Remembering his long-ago contact with Rad White, High Wire aimed the ''Exodus'' towards the planet Earth, where he knew Rad would one day be waiting for him.

However, during the launch of the ''Exodus'', the Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] betrayed the ceasefire and attacked, hoping to take all the Mini-Cons for himself. The Autobots managed to hold off the Decepticons long enough for the ''Exodus'' to make it to a warp gate and leave Cybertron behind forever. After drifting through space for countless years, the Mini-Con ship collided with Earth's moon and broke apart, half of it remaining on the moon while the rest crash-landed on the planet's surface.

Thousands of years later, Rad White and his friend Carlos were exploring the caves under the local [[Cosmoscope Research Center|observatory]] when they discovered the remains of the ''Exodus''. Rad was drawn to the glowing, green Mini-Con panel in the darkness, and when he touched it, the systems of the ''Exodus'' reactivated and sent a signal back to Cybertron. Now the Transformers knew what had become of the Mini-Cons. After Rad and Carlos exited the caves and met up with Alexis, they were confronted by Megatron himself. In his fear, Rad stumbled and dropped the Mini-Con panel, which activated and released High Wire. High Wire was shocked to see Megatron and scanned Rad's bicycle to enable the escape for his new friends and liberators. However, Megatron managed to stop them and demanded the humans turn over High Wire. Fortunately for all concerned, the Autobot leader, [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], arrived to confront the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

As more Autobots and Decepticons arrived and began grappling with each other, High Wire and the humans fled back into the mountain caves to avoid getting trampled. High Wire led the children deep into the mountain where the Mini-Con ship was buried, and located his two inoperative friends, [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]]. When Carlos and Alexis touched their Mini-Con storage panels, they came to life just like High Wire, and the trio were reunited. Eager to try out the new Earth modes they scanned, the Street Action Team went racing through the countryside with their new human companions, crossing over rivers and straight up mountainsides. Reality soon caught up with them, though, as Megatron and the Decepticons tracked them down. Fortunately, Optimus Prime and his Autobots stepped in again to save the Mini-Cons from entrapment and slavery. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}}

After the Decepticons were driven off, the collected Autobots, Mini-Cons and humans retreated back into the mountain-ship to get to know one another. High Wire asked Optimus Prime if the Autobots would force the Mini-Cons to fight, but Optimus assured him that only the Decepticons treated Mini-Cons like slaves, and the Autobots would allow them to make their own decisions. Satisfied that their freedom would be respected, High Wire and his fellow Mini-Cons agreed to join forces with the Autobots. As the new alliance was forged, Mini-Con panels began to come on-line all over the globe, ensuring the Autobots would have plenty of work to keep them busy. {{storylink|Base}}

On their first Mini-Con hunt, High Wire and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. High Wire tried to get a higher vantage point by standing atop of Prime's foot. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}

High Wire and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of "Tag" inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to "tag" the kids for him. High Wire and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, High Wire helped Rad gather supplies for the kids to use while freeloading at the Autobot base. He and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

One day, High Wire and Grindor went out to a carnival with Rad and Carlos. Hijinx ensued. {{storylink|Carnival}} Out on a desert mission, High Wire was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when he and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. High Wire and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}

When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, High Wire and his friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, High Wire and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, High Wire and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

High Wire and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}} Sometime later, High Wire and Grindor went camping with Red Alert, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and the boys. {{storylink|Vacation}} When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, High Wire and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, High Wire's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Soon after, High Wire and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the "enemy" Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}

When a computer virus named [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

After the Autobots rescued [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]'s Mini-Con panel, High Wire and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}

When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, High Wire and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He dove out of the way when High Wire tried to tackle him, and cowered behind Rad when High Wire and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}

High Wire was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, High Wire and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], High Wire was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], High Wire and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis}}

Following the death of Optimus Prime in stopping the Hydra Cannon, the Autobots were preparing to follow the Decepticons into space and prevent them from using the cannon aganst Cybertron. Although Hot Shot and Red Alert made it clear the kids wouldn't be coming along on such a dangerous mission, High Wire knew it was their destiny to do so. He began speaking to Rad in English, and in his dreams, compelling him to seek his destiny out in space. When the kids declared their intention to join the mission, High Wire and the Street Action Team converted into Perceptor and organized the united Mini-Cons on the side of the kids. With pressure from the Mini-Cons, Hot Shot was forced to allow the humans to accompany them. {{storylink|Depart}}

The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. High Wire and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, High Wire organized the Mini-Cons on-board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle}}

Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, High Wire immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a "surprise" for the Autobots. When the Autobots confronted Galvatron's Decepticon armada, the Mini-Cons assembled once more, creating illusions to disguise the ''Axalon'' amidst a horde of duplicate ships. As the power of the black hole became stronger and stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. High Wire and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising}}

After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]] from Galvatron, Hot Shot joined forces with the Decepticons [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]] and Starscream to hunt him down. When he reported his position in the underground caverns of Cybertron to the ''Axalon'', High Wire recognized it as the place where the Mini-Cons were first created. The kids and their Mini-Cons went down to help with the search, but got caught in a stand-off between Thrust and Starscream. High Wire unleashed his hidden power just as Thrust turned the Requiem Blaster on Starscream, somehow creating the temporal loop that sent the kids back to the Mini-Cons' creation in the first place. When time reset itself, the Street Action Team had a few extra moments to form Perceptor and distract Thrust, saving Starscream. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

The search continued and led to a fight with Thrust and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, High Wire and the others watch on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, High Wire and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}

With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that comprised the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}

In Unicron's heart, High Wire and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to High Wire and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, High Wire and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon''====
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
When the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con ship]]broke up and crashed on Earth a million years in the past, near High Wire ended up in a cave under present-day [[Lincoln]] alongside Grindor, Sureshock and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]. A fateful day, a human named [[Rad White]] fell into the cave and accidentally awakened the Mini-Cons, who soon befriended him and his companions, [[Carlos Lopez]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang]]. High Wire and the others built the humans a [[Project Supernova|hovercraft]] and asked them to be their guides as they searched for other Mini-Cons on Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} Unfortunately, their fun and games stopped when they were tracked to Earth by the [[Decepticon]]s, and the Mini-Cons were forced to explain their war-torn past to the kids. High Wire and the others then scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and used them to run from the Decepticons until they ran into the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} After the Decepticons were driven off by the Autobots and another group of Mini-Cons, the Street Action Team allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

High Wire was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} He later rescued Rad from [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] by menacing the bully with a wheelie, so Rad explained to him that not ''every'' dangerous situation requires saving. As the Street Action Team drove around town with their human friends, the [[Mini-Con Ark]]'s summoning beacon reached them, and they started driving mindlessly towards [[Kansas]]. After all the Mini-Cons on Earth were gathered around the Ark, they entered it, and it took off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] where their race could live in peace forever. High Wire and his teammates were against this, as they'd much rather live on Earth with Rad, Carlos and Alexis. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} They awaited help from the Autobots, but were in a way saved by the ''Decepticons'' when they attacked the base and deactivated the energy field keeping the Mini-Cons behind bars. All residents of the moonbase subsequently evacuated it. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

After returning to Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Later, High Wire joined a team of Mini-Cons who traveled to the Decepticons' base at [[Silver Ridge]] in search of [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]'s [[null-reality pod]]s, which were needed to bring back the lost [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} They successfully infiltrated the base, but were forced to hide from the three [[Heralds of Unicron]] who were stomping around inside. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} The team located the null-reality pods, and High Wire watched as Sparkplug, Over-Run and [[Comettor]] used them to traverse dimensions and retrieve Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}} Prime returned with news that [[Unicron]] was coming to devour their dimension's [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], so all Mini-Cons had to return to their homeworld and fight against him. After saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] on Cybertron and poured their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed Over-Run to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon''====
Ten years later, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock learned that the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] were assaulting various cities on Earth. Worried about their old human friends, they volunteered to return to Earth and fight this new threat in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} They were assigned to [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]'s team in [[Los Angeles]], where they battled against thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The team was vastly outnumbered and quickly began to run low on energy, but High Wire and the others were saved when Rad showed up in the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] and used it to power them up with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

====Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comics====
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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], High Wire was a chemist of sorts, and once developed a nice and clean way of processing waste fuel. Unfortunately, his attempts to save the environment were for naught, as the Decepticons soon "turned the skies black with smoke" anyway. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} He later left his home planet alongside most of the Mini-Con population, and ended up crashing on [[Earth]] and laying dormant for four million years.

High Wire was the first Mini-Con to meet [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] after they accidentally reactivated the Mini-Cons onboard their crashed ship in a cave. He helped Rad and Carlos out of the cave and tried to explain that he had come in peace, but hadn't picked up much English yet. Fortunately, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] showed up to translate for him. ''Un''fortunately, Megatron was there to capture the Mini-Cons and conquer Earth. High Wire scanned Alexis's bike for an [[alternate mode]], then transformed and carried the three kids to safety while Megatron was distracted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. He met up with the rest of the awakened Mini-Cons, but they refused to help Optimus Prime against Megatron, as them getting involved with the war again would only end badly. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} Rad, disgusted by their cowardice, went off to save Prime by himself. High Wire realized that he couldn't let the human go alone, then raced after Rad, saving him just before Megatron could stomp on him. He ended up being punched by Megatron in the process, but was pulled out of danger by [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}

After the battle, High Wire and the rest of the Mini-Cons joined the Autobots. He spent some time racing with his new human friends, but they were soon sent by Optimus Prime to recover the [[locator log]] from the Mini-Cons' ship. They found it, but came under attack from [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who quickly took High Wire and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] out with a single blast. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} In order to learn more about life on Earth, High Wire began following Rad around during his daily routines. While watching Rad during a chemistry class at school, he witnessed [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] messing up his experiment. Remembering his own experiments on Cybertron, he pulled the two troublemakers out of the window and avenged Rad by giving them a beating. Rad felt that this would only get him into trouble, and took High Wire to his other friends, who had similar "help gone wrong" experiences with their Mini-Con friends. High Wire was embarrassed, but Rad promised to guide him through proper human behavior. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}

Some time later, High Wire almost returned to Cybertron when the Autobots decided to keep the Mini-Cons safe by sending them home. In the end, they remained on Earth due to various circumstances. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Home!}} The Street Action Team were racing with Rad, Carlos and Alexis again when they came under attack from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to get himself some Mini-Con upgrades. High Wire threw Rad off of him and told him to get help, then combined with his teammates into Perceptor and did battle with Starscream. After Optimus Prime showed up and saved the day, High Wire hi-fived with Rad and explained that they had kept Perceptor a secret as sometimes, the less people know about Mini-Cons the better. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Sword}}

When the Autobots were threatened by Decepticon warheads fired from the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], High Wire and the other Mini-Cons offered to surrender themselves in order to buy the Autobots time to prepare. They were subsequently imprisoned on a [[solar barge]] which was then pulled towards the Moon by [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} After breaking out, High Wire and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] activated their [[magno-clamp]]s and walked out on the barge's hull, where they disconnected it from Cyclonus. Sparkplug was knocked into space in the process, but High Wire told [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to save him, and everyone returned safely to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===Something Robotic This Way Comes===
After Alexis, Carlos and Rad failed to adequately explain [[Halloween]], they invited the Mini-Cons along with them while Trick-or-Treating. High Wire was the first to catch on, but was confused by Rad mentioning that if they didn't get candy, they could t.p. the house. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
High Wire participated in a Mini-Con race the kids had that also involved Sureshock and Grindor. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Mini-Con Team, 2002)

:''Armada'' High Wire transforms into a tiny BMX bicycle with turning pedals. His robot mode is adorable. He can combine with Sureshock and Grindor to form Perceptor, becoming the head and back of the gestalt form.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[High Wire (Universe)|High Wire]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on High Wire at TFU.info]''

*'''Street Action Micron Anime Color''' (CD w/ toy, 2003)

: These [[redeco]]es of the Street Action Team were available only with the CD single of the first ''Micron Legend'' [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]]. The toys were decoed to be more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in High Wire's case, he has more detailed [[paint operation]]s for his face and his Perceptor head [[kibble]] is a lighter blue.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Anime Color Wheelie at TFU.info]''

*'''Wheelie''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Part of the first assortment of [[Kabaya]] [[Change Micron]]s, this [[candy toy]] version of High Wire is almost identical to the original toy, but was actually made using an all-new mold. The most obvious change is his face, which is now painted with a red [[mouthplate]] and no eyes. High Wire came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on Change Micron Wheelie at TFU.info]''

[[Image:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Multi-pack, 2003)

:An [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] redeco of the Street Action Mini-Con Team was packaged only with the Toys "R" Us Japan [[exclusive]] [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#MagnaConvoyDX|Magna Convoy DX]] toy. High Wire was given a red and black color scheme.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XWheelie/wheelie.htm More information on X-Dimension Wheelie at TFU.info]''
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===Energon===
*'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2004)

:''Energon'' High Wire transforms into a dirt bike that doesn't hold together very well. His robot head can be used as a kickstand in this mode. Once again, he can combine with Sureshock and Grindor to form Perceptor. For some reason, it's hard to tell what side of his head is actually his face.

:This mold was also used to make ''Energon'' [[Breakage|Brake]] and [[Axle]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on ''Energon'' High Wire at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:Energon Kicker HighWire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He will crush the other Mini-cons under his gargantuan feet!]]
*'''Energon Kicker with High Wire''' (Deluxe, 2005)

:High Wire is a much larger, near Basic-sized version of ''Energon'' High Wire. He is an all-new design with increased detailing and some minor design changes, but unfortunately is out of scale of the [[Kicker Jones|Kicker figure]] he is packed with. He has a [[spark crystal]] on his chest rather than a Mini-Con powerlinx port.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on large ''Energon'' High Wire at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2003)===
*'''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2005)

:''Universe'' Perceptor is a repack of ''Energon'' Perceptor, with no changes to the contents within.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron HighWire toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I'll never have normal hands, will i?]]
*'''Blastcharge vs High Wire''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)

:''Cybertron'' High Wire is a redeco of ''Energon'' High Wire. His vehicle mode's paint scheme is based upon [[wikipedia:Evel_Knievel|Evel Knievel]]'s various American flag-themed motorcycles. He retains his ability to combine with Sureshock and Grindor to form a patriotically-coloured Perceptor.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/HighWire/highwire.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' High Wire at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
* The Energon Kicker with High Wire set was not "mech-designed" or engineered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employees, a rarity for normal-series ''Transformers'' toys.

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Prowl (RID)

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:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RIDProwlanime.jpg|right|225px|thumb|A complete and total wankus.]]
'''Prowl''' lives life "by the book," and wants to make sure everyone else does too. He's proud to be a police officer and works to maintain discipline both among humans and his fellow Autobots. Prowl usually speaks in a clipped firm manner as he informs all around him of what they have recently done wrong. His strict reliance on the rulebook often hinders him from thinking creatively, and he can also be so impressed by seeing someone else stick firmly to procedure that he won't analyze whether they're actually being helpful.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Mach Alert'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Wankus]] (English), [[Takayuki Kondō]] (Japanese), [[Luigi Ferraro]] (Italian)

[[Image:Explosive Situation Prowl.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"...wait, Wankus?!"]]
When contacted by [[T-AI]] and informed that [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] was attacking [[New York City|New York]], the first thing Prowl did was fetch his younger brother [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], who was chasing red sports cars as usual. Joining [[X-Brawn]], they used the [[Global Space Bridge]] to reach New York, where they engaged the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] in combat. Prowl proved particularly effective against [[Gas Skunk]], but the battle ultimately ended with Megatron abducting [[Koji Onishi|Koji]]'s father, [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

The [[Autobot Brothers]] were later assigned to intercept the Predacons, who were prowling [[Metro City]] and stealing batteries from cars. Prowl again interrupted Side Burn's red sports car hunt to point out that he was supposed to be patrolling. The pair soon spotted [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] attacking the very sports car Side Burn had just been chasing and Prowl ended up rescuing [[Kelly (RID)|the driver]] after the car was destroyed. Once X-Brawn retrieved the explosive device which Sky-Byte had been after, Prowl told him to take it to the top of the tallest structure in the city. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

Assigned to protect the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train, the Autobot Brothers found themselves tangling with the Predacons who were trying to blow up a rail bridge on the train's path. Ultimately they were unable to save the bridge, but the train was saved by [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} Together with [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], the brothers protected the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] from the Predacons. They escorted the generator as it was transported across the city the next day, with Prowl becoming increasingly exasperated by Side Burn's endless complaining. They were brought to a halt by a traffic jam engineered by [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. Fortunately the [[Spy Changer|Spy Changers]] were able to lend a hand and the Autobot Brothers got to sit back and watch the Predacons' defeat. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Prowl vehicle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I can't tell if I'm going fast or just in front of anime streaks!]]
On another mission, Optimus joined the Autobot Brothers at the end of the Global Space Bridge, which was terminated some distance short of a ship under attack by Predacons. Prowl used his jet boosters in vehicle mode in order to try to jump out to the stricken vessel, but fell somewhat short and spent most of the battle reaching the target location. Once there he gave the repaired ship the final nudge to return it to an even keel. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}}

When Megatron and the Predacon trio attacked Metro City, T-AI discovered that X-Brawn and Prowl were both busy out hunting for Side Burn, who was exploring some ruins with Koji. The pair eventually reached the ruins and were in time to stop Sky-Byte making off with a box, which turned out to contain Doctor Onishi's microchip. This held much valuable information and would help the Autobots greatly in the struggle to follow. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Prowl disguise.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Robots in disguise!]]
After having to stop Side Burn from chasing red sports cars (...again), Prowl became concerned when his brother disappeared. As it turned out, Side Burn had been captured by the Predacons. Optimus, despite the remaining two brothers' protests that it was an obvious trap, went in and was captured as well. X-Brawn and Prowl heavily disguised their vehicle modes in order to creep close enough to get the drop on the Predacons, allowing them to rescue their comrades. At the beginning of the resulting battle, Prowl used his "Jet Boosters" attack... and threw his only weapon at Megatron. That was pretty much all he did for the whole fight. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

The brothers were assigned to protect "[[Grandpa]]", an aging steam train. In the end Team Bullet Train did most of the work protecting Grandpa, but Prowl and X-Brawn were busy stopping Side Burn from chasing red sports cars anyhow. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}} Prowl unsuccessfully attempted to catch [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], a recently arrived Autobot, during the [[Europa 400]]. Skid-Z had scanned a racing car and become possessed by the urge to compete in races. All three brothers volunteered to enter the [[International Grand Prix]], which it was believed Skid-Z would compete in—Prowl enjoyed the scenery, but not the difficult driving conditions. He, Optimus and the other two brothers found themselves holding up a huge rock dropped onto them by Megatron. Fortunately Skid-Z himself turned up and destroyed the rock, allowing them to chase Megatron off. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Tow-Line Goes Haywire Prowl towline.jpg|right|200px|thumb|And thus the student became the master.]]
Another new arrival, [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] was also in the law enforcement business, so Prowl took him under his wing. Unfortunately Tow-Line was over-zealous with his towing and caused Prowl no end of headaches with his antics. Finally Prowl spotted Tow-Line towing [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] and realised something was seriously wrong. He lured Tow-Line by parking in the middle of an intersection, and he and Optimus found that the Autobot had been tampered with by the Predacons. After some repairs, Tow-Line led them to the three hijacked Autobots and they chased off the Predacons. Later on, as Prowl enjoyed being washed by Koji, he was suddenly towed away by Tow-Line for illegal parking... {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

When the Predacons became convinced that the "[[Cave of the Dragon]]" harboured a powerful Transformer, X-Brawn and Prowl guarded it. All three brothers employed their acting skills to try to make the Predacons think that the disguises Optimus and Team Bullet Train were wearing were a giant transforming robot, and got fired on by [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] for their trouble. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Called in to the Autobot Base, Prowl and the rest of the Autobots watched footage of their old adventures and speculated on where the Predacon base might be located. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

[[Image:Commandos Prowl.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"You're jaywalking, citizen."]]
Optimus and the Autobot brothers went to [[Castle Peak]] to investigate what turned out to be a crashed Autobot spacecraft. Unfortunately they were unable to prevent Megatron stealing the six protoforms inside and taking them to a [[McKinley Army Base|nearby military base]] where the protoforms were reformatted into [[Decepticon]] warriors. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} Sent to [[Sherman Dam]] to investigate X-Brawn's disappearance, Prowl and Side Burn encountered the Decepticons and were both tossed into the lake behind the dam, at the bottom of which they were reunited with X-Brawn. The trio were freed when the Decepticons blew a hole in the dam and, in the ensuing fight, they aided [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] in fighting off [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. {{storylink|Commandos}}

After the Decepticon [[Movor]] was shot into space, he tracked Prowl in an attempt to locate the hidden Autobot base. Unfortunately Prowl was busy chasing a criminal along with a bunch of identical police cars, and Movor lost track of which one was the Autobot. After returning to base, Prowl was briefed on what was happening, and the Autobots used Side Burn, who Movor was presently tracking, to lead the Decepticons into a trap. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Test Side Burn Prowl.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Yep, forgot to shave this morning...]]
[[Mega-Octane]] met with Optimus claiming that the Decepticons had rediscovered their Autobot sides. Although the Autobot brothers were sceptical, they babysat the Decepticons who were forced to do all manner of menial tasks. The brother finally admitted that perhaps the six Decepticons were honest after all. Of course, it wasn't long before the plot was revealed and the brothers were alerted to a brawl between Optimus, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and Ruination. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

The three brothers were called to a power plant where they chased off Sky-Byte and the Predacons. Later X-Brawn was told by Sky-Byte that the Decepticons were going to raid the [[Bayshore power plant]]. The brothers rushed there, only to be told by T-AI that the Decepticons had actually attacked the [[Crestline power plant]] instead. They proceeded to the correct plant to find the Decepticons had already been seen off by Rail Racer. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

Sent to a diamond mine, the three brothers were brought up short by an incomplete space bridge, and were introduced to the [[Build Team]]. Keen to prove themselves in battle, the Build Team took over the mission at the mine. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} Using the Global Space Bridge some time later, Prowl found himself landing up in wet concrete and had to ask for assistance getting out. He was able to rendezvous with the other Autobots in the [[Arctic]], where they watched [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] fight off Megatron. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

After being duped out of stolen oil by the Build Team, the Decepticons began attacking construction equipment. The Autobots attempted to stop them without involving the Build Team, but had little success. A final attempt to confront the Decepticons had the three Autobot Brothers turn up in the middle of nowhere—the Build Team had sabotaged the space bridge so they could confront the Decepticons themselves. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:Ultra Magnus Prowl.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Dead or alive, you're coming with me.]]
While attempting to stop the Decepticons raiding an oil refinery, the three brothers were interrupted by a [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|mysterious Autobot car carrier]], who insulted them as the Decepticons escaped. Later they encountered the Autobot again and this time he scrambled their circuits and deposited them in a junk yard. Once they'd recovered, Optimus called them back to base for a systems check. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Optimus confronted the Autobot named Ultra Magnus himself and was soon overpowered. The Autobot Brothers rescued him from the battlefield and took him to an island to recuperate. A short time later, Optimus was attacked by the Decepticons, and the brothers found the portal at the end of the space bridge had been blocked by Sky-Byte. They eventually broke through only to witness Optimus and Ultra Magnus combining into [[Omega Prime]] for the first time. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:Two Faces Prowl powerup.jpg|right|200px|thumb|BURNING JUSTICE!]]
Tracking Ultra Magnus, the Autobot Brothers spied him talking with Sky-Byte and assumed he was betraying them. The trio soon found themselves captured by the Predacons and were promptly freed by Magnus, who informed them he was pretending to defect in order to gain information. Returning to help Optimus against the Predacons, the three brothers found themselves being beaten on by Megatron. All three of them received a sudden power boost which was somehow channelled through Magnus, powering them up and enabling them to fight off the Predacons, with a little help from Omega Prime. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Prowl and Side Burn went out looking for Ultra Magnus and soon found him. Tailing the Autobot, they saw him talking with Scourge and confronted him, only for him to flee and leave them to fight Scourge and Ruination. Although the two brothers powered up for battle, they began to experience an odd energy drain and had to be rescued by Optimus and X-Brawn. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Koji Gets His Wish Prowl koji.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hey look, a Pokémon!!]]
The Autobot Brothers were sent to guard the subway below Metro City as the Build Team was searching for some mysterious ruins. The trio were confronted by the Decepticons, come to find the same ruins, and left them to the tender mercies of Team Bullet Train. Wandering further, they encountered Ultra Magnus and Side Burn was distracted by a hallucination of red sports cars, leading the group to the ruins themselves. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} To their surprise the ruins turned out to be [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], whom the Autobots set about concealing in Metro City. While patrolling to ensure the operation wasn't uncovered, the Autobot Brothers stumbled on Sky-Byte talking to Koji and confronted the shark. Koji discovered that the pod Sky-Byte had been carrying contained his abducted father and interrupted the fight to tell the Autobots that Sky-Byte had rescued his dad. The three brothers apologised to Sky-Byte, who realised his huge blunder and fled in panic. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

Doctor Onishi and T-AI quickly worked out a way to locate the remaining [[O-Part|O-Parts]] needed and the Autobot Brothers and the Build Team had a competition to find the most of the artefacts. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Back in the Autobot base, T-AI merged with the O-Parts. She soon sent Optimus and the Autobot brothers, with Koji tagging along, to a remote part of the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] in search of the [[Orb of Sigma]]. The foursome located the Orb under the desert and fought Megatron and the Decepticons for possession of it, eventually returning it to base with their prize. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

With information extracted from the Orb, the brothers and Build Team visited a temple from which they extracted [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the control robot for Fortress Maximus. They were confronted on exiting the temple by the Decepticons and Predacons who stole Cerebros. The Autobots were forced to go on the defensive against the Decepticons and guard Maximus' hiding place. Scourge managed to activate Maximus anyway, and the giant was only stopped by the intervention of Koji Onishi. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:Mistaken Identity Scourge Prowl.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Never ending fight, between black and white...]]
Scourge attempted to control Maximus in the desert by magnifying the human portion of his bio-signature. Again Optimus and the Autobot Brothers rushed there. While Side Burn looked after Koji and his dad, X-Brawn and Prowl charged Ruination, who swiftly defeated them. Maximus was subsequently halted by the arrival of the Build Team and Team Bullet Train with a thousand children. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Having thwarted one attempt by Scourge and Mega-Octane to kidnap Koji, the brothers were assigned to guard him. Koji wasn't keen on being guarded and swapped clothing with his friend [[Karl]], leading to Karl being kidnapped by the Decepticons in another attempt to control Maximus. Optimus and the Autobot Brothers were able to rescue Karl and retrieve Cerebros into the bargain. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Prowl.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Prowl fights the urge to start chasing his brother.]]
When the Decepticons located and attacked Autobot headquarters, the Autobots led them into a trap and engaged them in a fierce battle. The arrival of Galvatron's ''[[Megastar]]'' turned the tide in the Decepticons' favour, until the Autobots were able to activate Fortress Maximus and destroy the battle station. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron, however, was not through and began to drain energy from Fortress Maximus. The brothers attempted to shoot him down without success. After Galvatron managed to use [[cyber-bat]]s to control Earth's children, Omega Prime called a retreat, but the Autobots were followed into the Global Space Bridge by the Decepticons. Galvatron saw this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and flooded the tunnel with molten lava. The Autobots, with the help of some urging from Koji, were able to escape the lava and confront Galvatron once more. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The Autobots soon found themselves on the losing end of the battle, and shielded Optimus long enough for their leader to find Ultra Magnus and form Omega Prime. During the final confrontation between Galvatron and Prime, the rest of the Autobots were all held paralysed but provided Prime with moral support.

After Galvatron's defeat, Prowl resumed his duties stopping Side Burn from chasing red sports cars. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
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===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:DWSummerspecial RID Autobrothers Megs.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Worst panel ever? Probably.]]
When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] led an attack on [[Arizona]] to drain the energy out of a vague and nondescript building in the middle of the desert, [[T-AI]] tried to call upon the Autobot brothers to help, but Prowl, [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[X-Brawn]] were busy tangling with [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] in [[Oregon]].

Megatron eventually fled the battle, and Prowl arrived to help Optimus, only to find the conflict resolved. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is not a dignified withdrawal procedure!]]
Eventually, both [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and Prowl ended up fighting in the [[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]] conflict, where [[Omega Prime]] had already joined [[Optimus Primal]]'s [[Children of Primus]] against the [[Minions of Unicron]]. In the final battle against [[Unicron]], the Chaos Bringer began to dissolve below them just as the Children of Primus' victory was achieved. To save themselves, Primal led his troops (presumably) back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through a transwarp portal. Side Burn and Prowl were personally thrown by Omega Prime through the portal. However, some Children of Primus, like Omega Prime, did not return to their intended destination, but an alternate timestream. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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==Toys==
===Car Robots/Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:RID Prowl Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Boob Patrol.]]
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-003'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles

: ''Robots in Disguise'' Prowl transforms into a Lamborghini Diablo police highway pursuit vehicle. As with the original [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], he is painted in Japanese police ministry colors. He also has rubber tires over silver vacuum-metalized wheels; RID being one of the last Transformers lines with both of these things.

: In robot mode, Prowl is armed with two pressure-launch missile launchers with two flame-shaped projectiles. These launchers are mounted upon his right arm in robot mode, but can also be mounted on his sirens, to form a sort of jetpack. In vehicle mode, they can be mounted on two pegs located on his spoiler.

: Early versions of Mach Alert (the [[Takara]] release) used an almost completely transparent colorless plastic for its windows and flame missiles, with semi-transparent paint on the flames. Later releases used a darker clear-plastic with brighter, more opaque flame-paint. This version was used by [[Hasbro]] for their release, but made the additional change of adding an Autobot [[faction symbol]] to his hood.

:This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Prowl/prowl.htm More information on Prowl at TFU.info]''


*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-025'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles

: Prowl got a US-police-inspired [[redeco]] as a "[[super mode]]". Now with extensive blue [[Spontaneous recoloration|paint]] across his body and blue-and-red lights on his lightbar (and in his shoulders), Prowl also features English "POLICE" text instead of Japanese, with "MACH ALERT" underneath. The toy retains all of its gimmicks from the first version.

: The Hasbro and Takara versions are nigh-identical, except that the Hasbro version yet again adds an Autobot symbol to the hood. While this version of the toy was simply called "Prowl" again with no modifier to denote his new "super mode" coloration, in Japan he was called "Super Mach Alert".

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/SuperProwl/prowl.htm More information on Super Prowl at TFU.info]''


*'''Super Car Robo 3-Brother Set (Clear Version)''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-025S''' (Prowl only)
**''Accessories'': Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles

: Prowl and his brothers [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[X-Brawn]] were cast in mostly colorless-clear plastics (some of the [[unpaintable plastic]] "structural" bits remained opaque), given much of their normal super-mode deco (Prowl lost his car-mode blue), and sold in an [[exclusive]] three-pack. The set was first available at the Toys Land Osaka toy show on September 24th, then again at Super Festival on October 9th, both times for 6000 yen. The set was limited to 1500 pieces total between the two shows.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearMachAlert/machalert.htm More information on Clear Prowl at TFU.info]''



[[Image:Prowl2 RID toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I am no one. And everyone.]]
*'''Side Swipe & Prowl 2''' (Basic 2-pack, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Rifle

: Originally an unreleased ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] mold, Prowl transforms into a police car based on the 1995 Chevrolet Caprice Interceptor (although some details are closer in similarity to the same year's Chevrolet Impala). He has through-axle construction to allow for super-fast rolling in car mode, and is compatible with many "Hot Wheels" and "Matchbox" racetracks. Like his fellow "new"-mold teammates, his rifle stores under his car mode. He was available in a two-pack with [[Side Swipe (RID)|Side Swipe]]. This set was unique to the Hasbro line, and was never available in Japan.

: This mold was used to make the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Prowl (G1)|Generation 1 Prowl]] ''and'' the ''Universe''-original [[Prowl (Spychanger)|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Prowl2/prowl2.htm More information on Prowl 2 at TFU.info]''



*'''Prowl 2''' (Tiny Tins, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Rifle, carrying tin

: Prowl 2 was one of several ''Robots in Disguise'' toys to be sold as an individual in a [[Tiny Tins]] release, with a pocket-sized carrying case. The actual toy is unchanged from the two-pack version.

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===Universe (2003)===
*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Left & right thrusters, 2 "flame" missiles, CD

: The original Prowl toy was [[Repaint|repainted]] as one of a half-dozen Wal-Mart ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' exclusives put out in 2004. The robot mode is almost completely identical to the original deco. The vehicle mode uses the same base colors and black "Japanese police" lower deco, but all the police markings have been removed. Instead, his doors are adorned with stylized dragon [[Tampograph|tampographs]], his hood has a ''massive'' Autobot symbol, a large "1 0 5" crosses the top of his windshield, and random red boxes dot his spoiler and lower portion of the doors. Wow.

: He also came with an ''[[Universe CD-ROM|interactive CD-ROM!!!]]'' with all sorts of content.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/TFUProwl/prowl.htm More information on ''Universe'' Prowl at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Given that the original Prowl toy's [[bio]] talks about his "new spark engine" and the enhanced attributes it gave him, while the bio of his super mode toy merely describes his personality and abilities, it seems that the two were accidentally swapped at some point in production. The same thing happened to Side Burn.

* Based on Prowl's law enforcement activities in car form, he appears to have official standing in the Metro City police (or at least his car mode does). This is especially notable in "[[Attack from Outer Space]]", where he joins a police chase, announces his callsign as "unit 3", and calls in a request for further back up.

* Prowl's strict, by-the-rulebook persona is in amusing contrast with his English voice actor [[Wankus]]'s um... profession. Ahem. Well, he doesn't do anything ''illegal'', but some folks probably want it to be.

* The "[[Prowl 2]]" toy is wrapped up in some headache-inducing character ambiguity that has some excessively convoluted thing to do with an offhanded shout-out in the ''[[Alternators|Binaltech]]'' story, ''Car Robots'' being [[Retcon|retroactively]] brought into the Japanese Generation 1 uber-timeline, and probably the ''[[Beast Wars Sourcebook]]'' too, and the non-''Car-Robots'' Spy Changers' lack of Hasbro bios.

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Lori JimÃ©nez

2011-02-09T19:31:23Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

:''Lori is a [[Human]] from the [[Cybertron (franchise)|''Cybertron'']] portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Continuity family]].''

[[Image:Lori.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A [[T-AI|cranky]] [[Alexis Thi Dang|female]] annoyed by her [[Side Burn (RID)|immature]] [[Rad White|male]] [[Carlos Lopez|companions]]. I discern a trend.]]
'''Lori''' is an adolescent female [[human]] who assists the [[Autobots]] during the search for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]]. Raised in the city, her family recently moved to rural [[Colorado]], a place she hates. While she certainly outshines her friends [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Coby Hansen|Coby]] in the social arena, she is not perfect, and more often than not, she can be reduced to immature shouting matches with Coby. She has a very intense... rivalry with Coby.

During the battle to save [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from the [[Unicron Singularity]], Lori befriended [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] (Override being "Big Sister" and Lori "Little Sister") and [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]], leaders of [[Velocitron]] and the [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]]. She also quickly developed a deep and abiding hatred of the female [[Decepticon]] "floozy" [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]].

Lori is a particular influence on the powerful Scourge; a constant and disquieting reminder to the dictator of his onetime desire to protect the weak that lay at the root of his quest for power... and that strength is more than merely physical.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====Cybertron cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Sarah Edmondson]] (English), [[Chiara Zanni]] (English, "[[Retreat]]", "[[Revelation (episode)|Revelation]]" and "[[Inferno (episode)|Inferno]]" only), [[Rika Morinaga]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Cyb_ep1_lori_vs_coby.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Moments after stealing the sandwich right out of his mouth.]]

Lori was not happy when her [[Ernesto|father]] moved her entire family from the big city to the sleepy rural town of [[Rockville]], [[Colorado]]. Having grown up in the city, Lori was used to its hustle and bustle and found she couldn't stand boring country life, so she took out her frustrations on local boy [[Coby Hansen]], developing quite an antagonistic relationship with him.

One ordinary, boring day, Lori was trying to complain to a friend of hers back in the city over the phone, when the roar of the Hansens' dirtbikes denied her even that little bitter luxury. She promptly stomped over to the picnicking grounds where most of the town was enjoying themselves to chastize Coby, but Coby's brother [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] temporarily defused the argument by offering Lori a cup of orange soda. Suitably calmed, Lori went walking with the two boys, but it wasn't long before she and Coby started arguing again about the most petty of things: ice-cream flavors. They were stunned into silence, however, when the heavens lit up, and a large object came falling to the ground nearby. Investigating, the shocked kids discovered the body of the [[Autobot]] [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep1_cleaning_landmine.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Your creepy smile is making this more awkward than it needs to be, Landmine."]]

While Coby and Bud made arrangements to haul the damaged robot from his impact crater, Lori quickly ran home to change clothes so that she could help clean and repair him. As the kids worked, Landmine explained that he and his fellow Autobots had come to [[Earth]] to escape the threat of a [[Unicron Singularity|colossal black hole]] that was threatening their home planet of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Unfortunately, the Autobots' enemies, the [[Decepticon]]s had followed them, and one of their number, [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]], soon appeared to attack Landmine and the kids. Fortunately, his attack drew the attention of the other Autobots, who saw Thundercracker off and introduced themselves to the kids. The [[Mini-Con]] [[Jolt (Cybertron)|Jolt]] squeaked in shock when he saw the symbol on the shirt Lori had borrowed from her brother; what Lori had thought was merely an image from an album cover, [[Vector Prime]] explained, was in fact the symbol of the [[Omega Lock]], the control device for the legendary [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, whose power was needed to stop the black hole. {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}}

[[Image:Cyb ep3 you go less.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"The target area is only two meters wide. It's a small thermal exhaust port."]]

The Autobots' first order of business on Earth was setting up a secret headquarters, and Lori presented them with a plot of land that he father had originally intended for a housing development, until the market went bad. During the blasting that preceding construction, Vector Prime discovered that Lori and the boys were able to hear the [[Omega Frequency]], the trans-sonic signal given off by the Omega Lock that was inaudible to the Autobots, which would make them invaluable in the search. Lori subsequently designed their base when [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]]'s layout proved far too cold for her tastes, and helped apply its [[stealth beam coating]] just in time to protect it against detection by Decepticon leader [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Haven}} The next order of business was helping the civilian Autobot refugees integrate themselves into human society; in addition to teaching the Autobots traffic laws, Lori was responsible for choosing [[Signal Lancer]]'s unconventional lamp-post alternate mode, and got a ribbing from Coby for the decision. {{storylink|Hidden}} With these essentials taken care of, the Autobots returned to the mystery of Lori's shirt, and began searching the planet for more example of the strange symbol, which was known as the "[[Atlantis Pattern]]". Lori and the boys accompanied the Autobots to [[Mexico]] in pursuit of a lead, and were protected from a Decepticon attack by Landmine, who had come to consider Earth just as important as Cybertron, thanks to his friendship with the kids. {{storylink|Landmine (episode)|Landmine}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep8_sad_story.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Dammit, what does Bella '''see''' in Edward?"]]

With the location of the first Cyber Planet Key determined to be the planet [[Velocitron]], Lori and the boys were left with little to do on Earth, save worrying. {{storylink|Space}} {{storylink|Rush}} After going to a horror movie, the three kids suggested that Jolt would be able to join them next time by passing himself off as a cosplaying fanboy. That night, while staring at the stars with her father, Lori tried to tactfully broach the subject of the Autobots, but was prevented by the sudden appearance of the Atlantis Pattern in the sky. She informed the Autobots of the strange phenomenon, but when they investigated, it turned out to be just a Decepticon trick. {{storylink|Speed}} Bored over their lack of recent activity, the kids decided to take the Mini-Cons to their homes for a "play date" of sorts. Lori took [[Six-Speed]] to her house, where the Mini-Con got emotional reading "The Little Match Girl". That night, the kids and Mini-Cons helped the Autobots save the town when an earthquake threatened to cause the nearby [[Mount McDermott]] to collapse. {{storylink|Collapse}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep9_searching_for_atlantis.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"Have you heard the Good News?"]]

Returning to the search for the Omega Lock once again, Lori went with Coby, Bud, the Mini-Cons and Vector Prime to follow a lead on a tropical island, where Lori contentedly sunned herself while the boys frolicked in the surf. When the search turned up nothing, they moved on to the next location in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], where a brief battle with the Decepticons erupted over what turned out to be nothing more than a duplicate of the Lock. {{storylink|Time (episode)|Time}} A solid lead was finally uncovered when the civilian Autobots were brought in to help search, {{storylink|Search}} and Lori went with the Autobots to the [[Bermuda Triangle]] to investigate the Atlantis Pattern found there. At the bottom of the ocean, they discovered the ancient Cybertronian starship ''[[Atlantis]]'', and in order to keep it out of the Decepticons' hands, Vector Prime activated the craft and teleported it away with only himself, the kids and Mini-Cons aboard. {{storylink|Deep}} With the ''Atlantis'' safely hidden in the shadow of the moon, Lori joined the others in searching through its labyrinthine corridors, and eventually discovered the Omega Lock in the bowels of the ship. {{storylink|Ship}}

[[Image:Cyb ep14 kids meet suzuki.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"I'm sorry children, but I've sold you to this scientist for experimentation."]]

With Coby helping [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] on Velocitron, {{storylink|Race}} Lori and Bud were assigned a special mission by Vector Prime: searching out and examining strange archaeological artifacts that appeared to be of Cybertronian origin. Lori was thrilled when their search for one of these objects took them back to the city, but there was no time to take in the sights, as their quest took them to a university. Evading a security guard, the pair encountered ditzy scientist [[Lucy Suzuki]], and managed to fool her into thinking they were doing research for a school paper. The object the kids were searching for, it turned out, was in Suzuki's own collection of strange artifacts, which the doctor herself believed to be of alien origin. After examining it and learning all they could, Lori and Bud quickly departed and head off in pursuit of the next object on Vector Prime's list. {{storylink|Race}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep19_hotspring.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Unfortunately, the girls were shocked to find that Coby was under the impression that it was a nude, co-ed hotspring.]]

Lori spent much of the time that followed watched transmissions from Velocitron, as Hot Shot raced for possession of the world's Cyber Planet Key. {{storylink|Detour (episode)|Detour}} {{storylink|Savage (episode)|Savage}} When he successfully won the key, Lori watched as it was added to the Omega Lock, causing the release of an energy wave that pointed the way to something hidden in the Arctic Circle. {{storylink|Champion}} Lori joined the Autobots in traveling to the Arctic to search, but along the way, realized they would be needing some heavy winter clothes. Grudgingly permitting the boys to use her emergency credit card to buy some parkas, Lori had them stop at a store, only to find that it wouldn't take credit. As luck and grand cosmic coincidence would have it, Lucy Suzuki was also in the store, picking up supplies for a government scientific survey she was helping to conduct. She bought the kids the parkas they required, and was convinced to let them accompany her on her survey as "assistants". Lori came to trust Lucy, and ignoring Coby's warnings, ultimately told her all about the Autobots. {{storylink|Ice}}

[[Image:Cyb ep21 scourge meets lori.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Oh my god, it's adorable! Can I keep it?"]]

While this aspect of the trip went over well, the Autobots failed to uncover the object of their search, and returned to base, where Lori petitioned [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] to allow her to go to [[Jungle Planet (Cybertron)|Jungle Planet]], home of the second Cyber Planet Key. [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] agreed to take Lori with her, beginning a strong friendship between the pair. {{storylink|Honor}} With Coby's dirtbike helmet for a good luck charm, Lori proved her bravery on Jungle Planet by stepping forward to challenge the "might makes right" credo of the planet's ruler [[Scourge (Cybertron)|Scourge]]. Subsequently defeated in battle by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], Scourge relinquished ownership of the Cyber Planet Key, and departed to ruminate on Lori's words. {{storylink|Primal}} When the Decepticons attacked soon after, attempting to steal the key, Lori tried to convince Scourge to help the Autobots, but he only heeded her pleas when the battle endangered his temple. {{storylink|Trust (Cybertron)|Trust}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep25_lori_cries.jpg|left|thumb|200px|T_T]]

The addition of the second Cyber Planet Key to the Omega Lock once again pointed the way to something in the Arctic, which was at last discovered to be a subterranean chamber holding an army of [[Ancient Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|Trap}} Freed by the rebel Decepticon [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], these ancient warriors swarmed the globe in search of the third Cyber Planet Key, and Lori, Coby, Bud and the Mini-Cons attempted to help the Autobots in battle as best they could. However, no sooner had they departed the Autobots' base than they were accosted by [[Colonel Franklin]] and taken into custody along with their parents. {{storylink|Invasion}} Franklin attempted to pry information on the Transformers from the kids, but they played dumb, while Lucy Suzuki freed the Mini-Cons, then joined them in rescuing the kids and escaping. They returned to the Autobots' base, where Optimus Prime informed them that the Autobots were going to leave Earth with the third key in order to draw the Decepticons away. Lori sadly accepted this decision, but before the Autobots could leave, Starscream attacked. Unable to defeat Prime in battle, Starscream opened fire on Lori and the other humans, forcing Prime to throw himself in the path of the blast, and allowing Starscream to escape with the Omega Lock and all the Cyber Planet Keys. {{storylink|Retreat}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep27_lori_tells_off_redalert.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Exquisite dead guy 
Outside my highrise apartment 
Exquisite dead guy 
Hanging from a skyhook
]]

Both the Autobots and Megatron's Decepticons proceeded to go after Starscream to regain the key, but during a battle at [[Niagara Falls]], Hot Shot, Scattorshot and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] were grievously wounded. {{storylink|Revelation (episode)|Revelation}} Colonel Franklin (who turned out to be on the Autobots' side) had the injured Autobots brought to a military base for repairs, and Lori, Coby and Bud all pitched in. Red Alert was resigned to his inevitable demise, but Lori refused to take any of his guff, and accusing him to giving up in the face of a challenge. Galvanized by Lori's words, the three Autobots tapped into the power of the Omega Lock, and were reformatted into powerful new bodies as the [[Cybertron Defense Team]]. {{storylink|Critical}} Lori, Coby and Bud then returned to the Autobots' base, and both helped co-ordinate their attack on Starscream's island base, {{storylink|Assault}} and charted a space bridge course back to Cybertron for the Cybertron Defense Team. {{storylink|Starscream (episode)|Starscream}} After Optimus Prime finally defeated Starscream {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} and apparently destroyed Megatron, Lori, Coby and Bud were all brought to Cybertron, where the power of the Lock and Keys was used to transform the planet into the body of Transformers' god, [[Primus]] himself. {{storylink|Cybertron (episode)|Cybertron}}

[[Image:Cyb ep34 communicator.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]

When Megatron reappeared in a mysterious ghostly form, the side-switching [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] exploited the distraction to capture the Mini-Cons, intending to pry the location of [[Gigantion]], home of the final Cyber Planet Key, from Jolt's memory. {{storylink|Balance}} Lori and the boys leapt through Sideways's warp field as he teleported away, finding themselves back in the ruined hulk of the ''Atlantis'', which Starscream and Sideways were using as a hideout. {{storylink|Darkness (episode)|Darkness}} Braving the dangers of the ship's maintenance shafts, the kids were able to get one over on Sideways and free their Mini-Cons friends {{storylink|Memory}} and then made contact with the other Autobots to arrange a rescue. Unfortunately, while Lori, Coby and Six-Speed made it out, Bud's escape pod did not make it out of range before the ''Atlantis'' warped off into the depths of space. {{storylink|Escape (episode)|Escape}}

[[Image:Cyb ep36 parents dont believe.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

With Bud in danger, Lori and Coby realized that it was finally time to tell their parents about the Transformers. Unsurprisingly, however, the parents didn't believe a word of their story, until the Autobots themselves descended out of the sky and proved the truth of the children's words. With Prime's promise to protect the children, the parents allowed Lori and Coby to go into space with the Autobots, and Lori's mother did her part by providing a bag of food and a change of clothes. {{storylink|Family}} After helping to make preparations, {{storylink|Titans}} Lori joined the Autobots in traveling through the rift in time and space that led to the parallel universe where Gigantion rested. {{storylink|Warp}} Once on the so-called "Giant Planet," Lori and Coby instigated the Autobots' first meeting with the towering locals, albeit by running into the middle of a construction site and having to be saved from a falling i-beam by the planet leader, [[Metroplex (Cybertron)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Giant}} Lori and Coby almost met their end at the hands of Megatron, who had been powered up by the Gigantion Cyber Planet Key into Galvatron, but were saved at the last minute by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Fury}}

[[Image:LoriPissed.jpg|left|thumb|Coby sure is a lucky man.]]

After rescuing Bud from the ''Atlantis'', {{storylink|City}} the Autobots split into four teams to explore below the planet's surface for the Gigantion key; Lori was partnered with Override and [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]. In the middle of their search, the trio were ambushed by Scourge and [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]], and Lori immediately started railing against Scourge for continuing to hang around with the Decepticons after everything she had tried to teach him. When Thunderblast then butted into the argument, Lori went over the edge, and challenged the Decepticon to fight. With Wing Saber's help, Lori lured Thunderblast into a trap at a nearby harbor, and crushed her under a number of cranes. Override and Scourge had begun battling in Lori's absence, but when the girl returned, she was inadvertently nearly crushed by debris knocked loose by Scourge. Ashamed, Scourge made a "tactical withdrawal", and Lori kicked the wall in anger, only to wind up accidentally hitting a hidden button that activated a holographic replay of Gigantion's history, including its war with [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. {{storylink|Ambush}}

[[Image:Cyb ep44 secret passage.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Abbot and Costello Meet the Autobots]]

After meeting up with Optimus Prime's team and relaying what she had learned, {{storylink|Challenge}} Lori accidentally found ''another'' hidden button when she leant on a wall, opening up a secret passage that sent Bud and the Mini-Cons tumbling into a hidden Mini-Con city. While enjoying himself in this little city, Bud ran into Scourge, and managed to do what Lori could not by finally convincing him that fighting was not always the way. Lori then watched as the enlightened Scourge allowed himself to be defeated in battle by the Autobots, and hoped that someday, he could join their ranks himself. {{storylink|Scourge (episode)|Scourge}}

Although the Autobots were able to obtain the Gigantion key, {{storylink|Optimus (episode)|Optimus}} it was subsequently stolen by Galvatron, and the Autobots were left trapped on Gigantion. {{storylink|Showdown (episode)|Showdown}} Vector Prime resolved to use his powers over time to reopen the space-time tunnel that would allow the Autobots to return to their home universe, but it was revealed that the exertion would kill him. Bud could not properly comprehend this, so Lori tearfully explained that they would not be able to see him again, but that he would always be watching over them. This explanation seemed enough for Bud, and everyone then watched with heavy hearts as Vector Prime sacrificed himself to give them the chance they needed. {{storylink|Guardian (episode)|Guardian}}

[[Image:Cyb_ep49_lori_gives_orders.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]

Back in their universe, the Autobots returned to Cybertron and assembled for the ultimate battle with Galvatron. {{storylink|Homecoming (episode)|Homecoming}} Lori, Coby, Bud and the Mini-Cons accompanied the five planet leaders into the heart of the black hole, and watched as the heroes took Galvatron down. Defeated, Galvatron hurled the Omega Lock and Keys at the core of the black hole, but Lori and the others were able to help the planet leaders track their trajectories, allowing them to reclaim them. With all five divine objects back in Autobot hands, Primus's power was finally restored, and he sealed the black hole, then transformed back into Cybertron. {{storylink|End}}

After briefly returning to Earth for a reunion with the parents, Lori, Bud and Coby were brought to the new Cybertron, which now incorporated aspects of all the four colony worlds. Lori could tell that Optimus Prime was still worried by Galvatron's continued threat, and before long, his concerns proved genuine: just as the Autobots were moving Jungle Planet back to its rightful place in space, Galvatron attacked. He and Optimus battled on Cybertron's moon, while Lori and the boys helped all the other Transformers repair the damage Galvatron had done to the planetary engines being used to move Jungle Planet, safely returning Jungle Planet home. They then headed to the moon, and watched as Optimus finally destroyed Galvatron once and for all. {{storylink|Unfinished}}

[[Image:Cyb ep51 aaawwww.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]

In the wake of Galvatron's destruction, a peace conference between the five worlds was called, and it was decided that a new space bridge program would be initiated to colonize more planets in the depths of space. Many preparations for the voyage then had to be made, which included the appointing of a new leader for Jungle Planet, if Scourge was to go on the mission. Lori cheered for her friend as he took on all comers to decide who would take his place, but ultimately, no-one could beat him, so he stayed on as leader and designated Leobreaker to go in his place.

[[Image:CobyLoriWedding.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Everyone smile and say...OH MY GOD WHAT IS THAT BEHIND YOU?!]]

A little later, on Earth, Lori was with Coby when he resolved to build a spaceship and join the Autobots in the stars, and she hoped aloud that there would be room for two aboard. Realizing what she had said, Lori immediately tried to backpedal, but with this admission, a long-blooming relationship finally began between the two young people. The following day, Lori and all the Autobots' other human allies gathered to watch as their alien friends departed for the stars, and new adventures.

In the years that followed, Lori and Coby's relationship continued, and they eventually became engaged. Coby accomplished his dream of building a spaceship, and Lori her dream of joining him in space, and while in space together, they watched a television broadcast of Bud winning an Oscar. Eventually, the young lovers were married, in a ceremony attended by their families, their Mini-Con friends, and Optimus Prime himself. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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====Fun Publications Cybertron comics====
Early in the search for the Cyber Planet Keys, when Vector Prime was returned to Earth following his battle on Cybertron with [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]], [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] showed an image of the venerable Autobot examining some ruins bearing the Atlantis Pattern with Lori, Bud and Coby. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

Several months later after their adventures ended, Lori, Bud and Coby traveled to Cybertron with Optimus Prime and his crew. There they met up with several Autobots who had been dealing with other problems, such as the revival of [[Unicron]], and Lori shook hands with [[Anti-Blaze]]. {{storylink|Revelations Part 6}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===

[[image:GalaxyForceMangaStupidLori01.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Japan: Always no less than 30 years behind in women's lib.]]

Driving cross-country on an unsupervised roadtrip with Coby and Bud, Lori showed signs of anger when Coby's car broke down and gently kicked the vehicle in the tire. Coby responded by yelling at her, as he felt she was "hurting" his car. Lori sighed and reminded Coby that "there's no such thing as Transformers" and that his car most certainly ''wasn't'' one. As the argument progressed, an ''actual'' Transformer ([[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]]) just happened to fall out of the sky and crash into a smoking crater in the nearby forest.

As Coby made an effort to "heal" the injured robot, he cast Lori in the role of his "nurse". Unfortunately for Lori, she was a girl, so she didn't understand manly words like "wrench" (as a matter of fact, she was so unfamiliar with Coby's sophisticated technical jargon that it all sounded like incomprehensible gibberish to her ears). Bud helped her out, though.

Landmine was eventually repaired when [[Vector Prime]] showed up, but Lori and her friends soon came under fire when Megatron showed up, too. Luckily, Optimus Prime wasn't far behind and punched the Hell out of Megatron until he retreated. Along with her friends, Lori thanked Prime for his bravery.{{storylink|Touchdown! Optimus Prime}}

{{storylink|The Devil's Dogfight! Coby's Courage}} {{storylink|Intense Race Planet! Velocitron}} {{storylink|Deep Sea Discovery! Vector Prime}} {{storylink|The Temple of Hell! Overhaul}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.7}} {{storylink|Galaxy Force Mission.9}}

{{charstubfiction}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Early galaxy force flyer 1.jpg|right|thumb|200px]]
* According to TV Aichi's ''Galaxy Force'' webpage, Lori is 13 years old at the start of the cartoon series.
* Early ''Galaxy Force'' promotional materials depicted a Lori with short, blonde hair. Her outfit was similar to the final Lori, only without the vest.

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Megatron (RID)

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:''Megatron is the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons']] (later also the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]') [[Six Changer]] [[Emperor of Destruction|leader]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]]. He later upgrades into '''Galvatron'''.''

[[Image:RIDMegatronGrippy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Let's see, I conquered Care-a-lot, Ponyville, Sesame Street, Shining Time Station, that planet Gumby came from...]]
'''Megatron''' is the leader of the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]]. He claims to have decimated numerous planets during his campaign for Predacon supremacy before coming to [[Earth]] in search of the megaweapon [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. He appears to have come into conflict with [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s numerous times before.

Although Megatron is a great and powerful warrior, he typically leaves the fighting to his Predacon lackeys, such as [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], preferring to stalk around his HQ the [[Megastar]] and berate his underlings when they inevitably fail. Upon his conversion to '''Galvatron''', he is a ''lot'' more active and effective. His primary attack seems to be his [[Cutter Beam]] technique. As Galvatron, he can increase his power by draining the life energy of other beings!<ref>Bio in the R2 DVD, reflecting the original ''Car Robots'' Devil Gigatron.</ref>

:''Japanese name:'' '''Gigatron''' (Megatron), '''Devil Gigatron''' (Galvatron)

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Daniel Riordan]] (English), [[Yōichi Kobiyama]] (Japanese), [[Luiz Carlos Persy]] (Brazilian Portuguese dub)

[[Image:Megatron hand.jpg|left|200px|thumb|''He wants the whole world, in his hand...'']]
Megatron arrived on Earth in search of Fortress Maximus {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} with a cover story of plundering Earth's energy. His first appearance was at the International Scientific Symposium in [[New York]], during which he and the Predacon trio fought [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot Brothers]]. Although the battle did not go well, Megatron was able to abduct [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]], an energy expert and archaeologist. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}} Doctor Onishi was subjected to the [[psycho-probe]] which was proving to be slow work in extracting information. In the meantime, Megatron sent his minions out to steal energy to refuel the ''Megastar'', only occasionally venturing out himself to help them.

Attempting to provide a distraction for Sky-Byte's mission to some ruins, Megatron and the Predacon trio attacked [[Metro City]], fighting [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}} Another plan to trap Optimus Prime started off well — Megatron disguising himself as a red sports car proved to be an effective method to trap the Autobot [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and they were soon able to trap Optimus as well. Megatron took great pleasure in punishing the Autobot leader until the rest of the Autobots mounted a rescue and the Predacons were forced to flee. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

[[Image:Explosive Situation Angry Megatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I DO NOT NEED ANGER MANAGEMENT!]]
With little information forthcoming from the psycho-probing of Doctor Onishi, the Predacons stole a disk left by the doctor, leading them to attack a steam train under the mistaken assumption it was a weapon of some sort. This did not help Megatron's temper. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}} Nor did the destruction of his [[Mega-Laser Cannon]] by the Autobots. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}} In an attempt to destroy their foe, Megatron and Sky-Byte entered the International Grand Prix which the Autobots had also entered in an attempt to find one of their number who'd gone rogue. Megatron managed to trap Optimus and the three brothers under a huge rock, but the rogue Autobot, [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], turned up in time to rescue them and Megatron was sent packing. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Commandos Megatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Are you saying that there's [[Megatron (Movie)|a Decepticon who stole my name, crash-landed here and got frozen a hundred years ago and is secretly being hidden inside this dam while humans steal his technology for themselves]]? DO YOU REALIZE HOW STUPID THAT SOUNDS?!]]
After several more failed missions, the interrogation of Dr. Onishi finally saw results in the discovery of a crashed Autobot spaceship in America. Megatron was able to snatch six protoforms from the ship and took them to the nearby McKinley Army Base where he imbued them with energy from his spark and gave them new forms as Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} Eager to test his new troops, he sent them to destroy Sherman Dam and hacked into the primitive human television transmissions in order to extort the humans in the nearby city of [[Los Bogus]] into surrendering. Unfortunately, things did not go well and Megatron was left looking embarrassed in front of all the humans. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Megatron largely stayed back at base after these incidents until the Commandos were able to sabotage the Autobot [[Global Space Bridge]]. With the Autobots unable to reach specific destinations, Megatron and Scourge attacked an energy facility near the North Pole. Unfortunately for them, the Autobots were able to get the space bridge repaired in time for Megatron to be seen off by [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]]. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

[[Image:Forced Fusion Megatron Ruination.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dragon-back rides were the hit of the fair!]]
Megatron was especially interested in the arrival of a new Autobot, [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], who had an intense rivalry with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} After Magnus badly damaged Prime in a fight, causing the latter to retreat to an island to recuperate, Megatron saw his chance and personally led the attack on Optimus Prime. The attack might have succeeded if it weren't for the arrival of Ultra Magnus, who merged with Optimus to form the powerful [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

After the capture of the three Autobot brothers, Megatron again ventured out and was able to successfully fight Optimus, who was unwilling to fight back while the three brothers were under threat. Even after the brothers were freed, Megatron attempted to stomp the trio, only to have them fight back after they supercharged under the influence of mysterious energy channelled through Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}

Finally, information obtained from Dr Onishi led the Decepticons to discover the location of Fortress Maximus and the fulfilling of Megatron's quest. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} Although the Autobots hid Fortress Maximus, Megatron had his men try to track down the rest of the [[O-Part|O-Parts]]. The Autobots again got there first, but Megatron was able to take [[Wedge]] hostage, offering him back in exchange for the O-Parts. The exchange was ruined by Sky-Byte, which didn't exactly endear the Predacon to his master. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

[[Image:Peril from the Past Galvatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Arise, Chooktimus Prime]]
The Decepticons subsequently tracked the Autobots to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], Megatron leading the mission himself. By the time they caught up to the Autobots, Optimus had already located the [[Orb of Sigma]], the key to finding Fortress Maximus' commanding entity [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], in a deep cavern. Megatron attempted to take the Orb, but was caught in a booby trap which seized him in a powerful energy field. Soon he and Optimus were locked in combat, resulting in Megatron disappearing in the collapsing cavern. In the aftermath, the three beast Predacons pulled themselves out of the rubble, only to have their energy drained. Megatron was back with a new form and name—Galvatron. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Skybytegalvatron.jpg|right|200px|thumb|...wait, that's ''proper [[scale]]''. What are they playing at in Japan?!]]
Galvatron rejoined his troops as Scourge attempted to take control of Fortress Maximus in the heart of Metro City. He proclaimed Megatron dead and he himself to be an entirely new person. Though the attempt to control Fortress Maximus was unsuccessful, Galvatron seized Cerebros during the retreat. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

Scourge's second attempt to control Maximus failed as well, leading the Decepticons to try and capture [[Koji Onishi]], the Autobots' pet human. Instead they got hold of Koji's friend [[Karl]], but Galvatron accompanied Scourge and Sky-Byte to Maximus's location. Once Karl had taken control of the titan, Scourge turned on his master, ordering Karl to destroy Galvatron. With the attempt a failure, Galvatron stunned his minion and retreated. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

Galvatron used one of his new abilities to seize the traitorous Decepticons in an energy field and forcibly reprogram them to serve him. Placing them under the command of Sky-Byte, he then sent them to attack the Autobot base. Although the Decepticons and Predacons were led into a trap by the Autobots, Galvatron brought the ''Megastar'' to the battle, growing in size to join with the battle station as its right hand. After Fortress Maximus destroyed the battle station, Galvatron fell, apparently lifeless, to the ground. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Not finished yet, Galvatron used his new vampiric powers to drain energy from Maximus. When confronted by Omega Prime, Galvatron demonstrated another new ability, releasing from his mouth thousands of [[Cyber-bat|cyber-bats]] which took control of Earth's children. The Autobots were forced to call a retreat.

{{note|In the original ''Car Robots'', he was draining energy from children via his bats; in the dub, this was changed to him merely taking control of them to force the Autobots to back down.}}

[[Image:The Final Battle Omegagalvatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Have at thee!]]
Galvatron sent his Decepticon forces in after the Autobots, intending to kill two birds with one stone—he used his Striker Lance to rupture the wall of the Global Space Bridge, flooding it with lava. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The Autobots soon escaped, but Galvatron was able to swiftly seize them in an energy field, only losing Optimus Prime when the other Autobots shielded their leader from Galvatron's energies. Optimus and Ultra Magnus again combined into Omega Prime to confront Galvatron, leading him through the space bridge to Earth's core for a final confrontation.

When [[Omega Prime]] used the [[Matrix Blade]] to destroy Galvatron's Striker Lance, the resulting explosion (and apparent release of Galvatron's absorbed energies) was enough to defeat the villain. He was last seen being exiled to the Asteroid Prison Colony, swearing that he would return to seek revenge. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
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===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:DWSummerspecial RID Autobrothers Megs.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Megatron's seventh "Ugly Drawing" mode was impossible to hold back.]]
Annoyed at the Predacons' inability to steal energy, Megatron ordered Scourge and Sky-Byte to undertake a joint operation to an energy research facility in [[Arizona]], while he and several of the other Decepticons kept the Autobots busy. Megatron was soon struggling with the Autobot Brothers in [[Oregon]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

===Toy bios===

While still a Predacon, Megatron now claims to be a Decepticon out of arrogance. His new form is designed to be a substitute Emissary for the [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Autobot's secret defense fortress]], allowing him to finally achieve universal domination! {{storylink|Toys|Megabolt Megatron bio}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:RID Megatron toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|It sorta looks like a bat, right?]]
*'''Megatron''' (Ultra, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-001'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles, 2 missile launchers

: The ''only'' new-mold badguy from the ''Car Robots'' line, Gigatron has six different configurations: robot, jet, bat, two-headed dragon, giant hand (''awesome''), and roadster. His hand mode actually has a spring-loaded "gripping" gimmick (''oh hell yeah''). He comes with a pair of pressure-launch missile launchers that can double as swords, or be combined to form a single naginata-like weapon.

: For the [[Hasbro]] ''Robots in Disguise'' line, Megatron was released using the later "Devil Gigatron" version of the mold, meaning it was capable of transforming into four more forms, though these were never advertised. The blades of his missiles were also rounded off a bit more to comply with [[For safety reasons|safety standards]].

: The Hasbro version of this mold was also used to make [[BotCon 2005]]'s [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2001/Predacon/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:RIDGalvatron2.jpg|right|200px|thumb|..., six little alt-modes. Seven little, eight little, nine little alt-modes. Ten little modes has he.]]
*'''Galvatron''' (Ultra, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-013'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles, 2 missile launchers

[[Image:RIDGalvatron.jpg|left|200px|thumb|One little, two little, three little alt-modes. Four little, five little...]]
: [[Redeco|Redecoed]] into a color scheme more traditionally associated with "dead" in Japan, "Devil Gigatron" was also [[Retool|retooled]] to allow four more configurations, making him the Transformer with the most official alt-modes in a single body. Aside from the original six configurations, he can now also turn into a mammoth, a hydroplane "transport", a winged griffin, and a one-headed dragon.

: This retool was used for all Hasbro-released incarnations of the mold.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Galvatron/galvatron.htm More information on Galvatron at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:RID MegatronMegabolt toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Transforms into a [[Predator (alien)|Predator]] mask!]]
* '''Megatron Megabolt''' (Deluxe, 2002)
**''Accessories:'' Missile

: Originally developed for the ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' toy line but shelved, it finally saw release as a [[KB Toys]] [[exclusive]]. Megatron Megabolt transforms into a head-shaped spider tank, based on the [[Grand Mal]] design. A gear-wheel mechanism moves the legs up and down as the tank mode is pushed along. Pressing the [[spark crystal]] on the tank's top opens its jaw and fires a spring-loaded missile. In robot mode, this swings the entire cannon assembly up over the robot's head, along with a "battle mask".

: The bio has it that this toy can combine with [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. It looks okay on top of the socket to Fortress Maximus's main body, but the legs kind of get in the way.

: This mold was also used to make [[Megabolt]], and for ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)#2005 (Beast Wars Returns)|Beast Wars Returns]]'' it was redecoed as "[[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megahead Megatron]]", the character it was intended to be.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/MegaboltMegatron/megaboltmegatron.htm More information on Megatron Megabolt at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroesprimemegatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|If it's so bad to be jolly, he doesn't want to be good!]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' / '''Megatron'''
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==Notes==
*In ''Car Robots'', each of Gigatron's alternate modes not only have their own voice, but their own personality. Hooray for leaders who're even crazier than [[Galvatron (G1)|Generation 1 Galvatron]]!

* According to the first ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, Gigatron and his Destrongers "passed through a rift in dimensions" to appear on 21st-century Earth, with Fire Convoy/Optimus Prime's Autobot "Dimensional Patrol" following them. This seems to have been only vaguely alluded to in the Japanese version of the show—Fire Convoy proclaimed in the first episode that he would follow Gigatron wherever he went, "even if it's to the edge of the universe"—but does not seem to have played a large part of the main story, to the extent that the ''Robots in Disguise'' dub was able to omit it entirely. It gets a mention in a Megatron character profile on the [[United Kingdom|R2]] DVD boxsets, which refer to "rumours" that he comes from [[Another Time and Place|another time and place]]. [[Chris McFeely|The author]] claims that, at the time, he was just willfully screwing with people by including it, since back then it was more rumor in the fandom than the cited fact it is now.

* The first ''Car Robots'' catalog also stated that Fire Convoy and Gigatron were once "[[:Image:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|childhood friends]]" that became eternal rivals. We don't really have any idea how that was supposed to work.

* The CG illustrations on ''Car Robots'' Gigatron and Devil Gigatron's packaging were done by [[Tamotsu Shinohara]], a designer at [[Toei]] who mainly does creature design for live-action ''tokusatsu'' series such as "Kamen Rider" and "Super Sentai". {{fact}}

* Megatron was left out of the [[BotCon 2010]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] video tribute to Megatron(s).

* The name 'Gigatron' was later used for [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron]]'' figure. It [[wikipedia:SI_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes|literally]] means 'one thousand Megatrons'.

==References==
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[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:KB Toys exclusives]]
[[Category:Predacon leaders]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise Predacons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers with multiple modes]]
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Slapper (RID)

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:''Slapper is a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SlapperAnime.jpg|right|270px|thumb|Gene Simmons, eat your heart out.]]

'''Slapper''' is a dim-witted thug, even by Predacon standards. He's just about smart enough to have a cruel sense of humor, enjoying the failures and injuries inflicted on his own teammates. Slapper manages to combine stealth and stupidity; his prowess in amphibious assaults makes it easy for him to sneak up on foes, but he's so gullible that once he gets there, he can just about be talked out of fighting.

His official role is Marshland Trooper<ref>R2 DVD bio</ref>, in a campaign that never once went to a marsh.

:''Japanese name'': '''Guushar''' (グッシャー ''Gusshā'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Lurie]] (English), [[Ryō Naitō]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Explosive Situation Slapper.jpg|left|200px|thumb|A sweating toad...don't lick him now!]]

[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] invited the Predacon trio to the battlefield in New York, where they fought over who was going to defeat [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. When the [[Autobot Brothers]] arrived, Slapper attempted to fight [[X-Brawn]] and was told to measure his tongue while the Autobot ascended to the top of a building and strafed him from above. Once [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] was in Megatron's grasp, the trio were blown into the sky by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]'s missile. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

When the Predacons brought back a pile of small batteries to use as energy, Megatron was not impressed and put [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] in charge of them on a mission to retrieve an explosive device. The trio found the car and prepared to take it to Megatron, but Sky-Byte destroyed the car and took the bomb. The shark was himself intercepted by X-Brawn, who inadvertently activated the device, causing the three Predacons to flee. Back at base, they observed Sky-Byte trying to work out how to understand humans by reading their literature. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

Slapper destroyed a freight train and found himself mocked by Sky-Byte for being useless. Sky-Byte aimed to attack the super-advanced [[Linear RFG]] train instead. To that end, Slapper and [[Gas Skunk]] planted a [[pulsar bomb]] on a bridge on the bullet train's course, and found themselves fighting both the Autobot Brothers and Optimus Prime. Although they were eventually chased off, they succeeded in destroying the bridge, forcing the Autobots to save the train. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Spychangers to the Rescue Slapper.jpg|right|200px|thumb|OK, OK, "Throw axe at ogre".]]

After a failed attempt to steal the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] from a building, the Predacon trio tried again while the generator was being transported by truck. Slapper hacked into the traffic control computer and caused a city-wide traffic jam. After chasing off the truck drivers, Slapper and Gas Skunk picked up the generator (and [[Dark Scream]]) and made off with it. They ended up on the beach where the [[Spy Changer]]s ran rings around them. Sky-Byte turned up and managed to blast the Spy Changers, allowing Slapper and Gas Skunk to spirit away the generator (lamenting that Sky-Byte never seemed to do the heavy lifting himself). Unfortunately when they got back to base, it turned out that the generator had been switched with a statue. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

Slapper and Gas Skunk worked on tapping some deep-sea power lines, with Slapper spoiling for a fight. As it turned out, when the Autobots turned up to foil their plan, Slapper didn't get to do any fighting anyway. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} To distract the Autobots from Megatron's real plan, the Predacon trio attacked [[Metro City]] and kept [[Team Bullet Train]] busy. Slapper's suggestion for Gas Skunk to use his acid breath backfired when [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] ignited the acid and Slapper and Dark Scream got flambéed. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

After [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] was captured by Megatron, Sky-Byte and the Predacon trio ended up guarding the Autobot. Slapper asked Side Burn about his affection for red sports cars, and was suckered in by the Autobot's tall tales. Unsurprisingly he was also fooled by the vehicle disguises worn by [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and X-Brawn when they arrived to rescue Side Burn. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

The three Predacons investigated a laboratory pointed to by information extracted from Doctor Onishi and Slapper stole a disk with his tongue. The disk contained information which the Predacons interpreted to indicate that [[Grandpa|a steam train]] was some sort of weapon and set about trying to steal the locomotive. Slapper jumped on the train after the failure of his two comrades, and was promptly jumped and pummelled by [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]], who had formed an attachment to "Grandpa". After the train was successfully stolen, Slapper and Gas Skunk redirected it via a secondary rail line towards Megatron. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

[[Image:Mirage's Betrayal Slapper ruby.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Wa'th tha'? 'Umething on my 'ongue?]]

Although the Spy Changers managed to foil the Predacons' attempted theft of a ruby, Gas Skunk managed to sneak a bug onto [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]]. The Predacons listened keenly as Mirage appeared to fall out with the other Autobots and convinced Megatron that they should let Mirage join them. Unfortunately, the defection turned out to be a ruse anyway. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

The Autobots entered the Great Race to locate one of their comrades who'd gone missing. The Predacon trio attempted to drop a rock-slide on the Autobot forces, and were taken aback when Optimus leapt from boulder to boulder to reach the cliff-top they were on. The trio swiftly fled. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Slapper beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|I slapp'a you good!]]

After spying new Autobot [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] and his overzealousness in towing illegally parked vehicles, the Predacon trio captured the Autobot and set about trying to brainwash him. Slapper attempted to hypnotise Tow-Line with a swinging pendant, but only succeeded in putting himself to sleep. Gas Skunk recommended using a metronome... which also put Slapper to sleep. Eventually they managed to brainwash Tow-Line with a disc, and sat back while he began abducting Autobots from around the city. Unfortunately a malfunction meant Tow-Line dropped off the captives at the wrong location, and by the time the Predacons located him, Optimus Prime and Prowl had already cured him of the rogue programming. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

The Predacons were again misled by information obtained from Doctor Onishi, leading them to think there was a transforming statue. Slapper attempted to get a statue to transform, but was chased off by the Autobots. Sky-Byte and the Predacon trio found the Cave of the Dragon finally, and were frightened off by a ruse of the Autobots to make them believe that the transforming robot was hostile. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}

[[Image:Optimus Slapper04.JPG|left|200px|thumb|I AM NOT OPTIMUS PRIME, BUT I DID STAY AT A HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LAST NIGHT!]]

Not all of Doctor Onishi's information was unhelpful. The Predacons were sent to [[Castle Peak]] in America, where they began digging and unearthed a crashed Autobot spaceship. After Megatron retrieved the six [[Protoform|protoforms]] from inside it, he impressed the Predacons with his plan to imbue them with code from his own spark, although Slapper got somewhat ''too'' carried away with the adjectives. The Predacons began scanning new vehicle modes for the protoforms, creating the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} Unfortunately this development left the Predacons as second-stringers to the new troops. Sky-Byte came up with the idea to disguise themselves to get the Decepticons and Autobots to destroy each other. With typical finesse all four of them picked Optimus Prime to dress up as, but the Decepticons and Autobots ended up fighting anyway. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Digging under the volcano on [[Montrose Island]], the three Predacons were first assaulted by some bats, then chased by molten lava. They eventually reached the ocean, and were forced to dive when the lava followed them over the cliff. {{storylink|Volcano}} On a later mission, Sky-Byte had the trio attempt to draw Megatron's face in the ground to indicate a rendezvous point. They did get to fight X-Brawn though. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Fish Test Slapper Side Burn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|When I told the barber to leave the side burns, that's not what I meant!]]

Slapper caught Sky-Byte hogging the computer to do on-line fish tests, and pointed out that frogs eat jellyfish (to which the retort was that sharks eat brainless toads). Sky-Byte's latest plan involved the Predacons disguising themselves as Autobots so Slapper disguised himself as Side Burn. When this plan failed, Slapper jokingly suggested Sky-Byte should tell the Autobots where the Decepticons were planning to attack, and was taken seriously. The Autobots distrusted Sky-Byte, naturally, until Slapper got the shark to do the "Universal Greeting Dance". Although the new plan ultimately failed as well, Slapper decided it was worth it to see Sky-Byte bark like a seal. Gas Skunk ventured the opinion that he needed to get a life. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

Sky-Byte and the three Predacons raided a diamond mine in Antarctica in order to lure the Autobots into a trap. The [[Build Team]] turned up instead of the expected [[Autobot Brothers]], but Sky-Byte took their leader, [[Wedge]] captive. The Build Team tried to exchange him for a disk with a map of the [[Global Space Bridge]] and, after a chase with a penguin, the Predacons obtained their prize. Unfortunately it turned out to just be a map of some sewers. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Slapper.jpg|left|200px|thumb|LIGHT RASER! RIGHT RASER! Ah, just die, Autobot!]]

Sucked into another of Sky-Byte's plans to attack the [[CGA Tower]], the Predacon trio instead found themselves holding the building up after the shark had an abrupt change of plans and insisted everyone save the hostages. Much complaining ensued. In the end the tower was saved, but the Predacons realised they still hadn't gotten the [[O-Part]]s Sky-Byte was after. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

The Predacon trio were put in charge of guarding the Autobot Brothers after their capture. They didn't last very long when the newly-arrived [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] came to the Autobots' rescue. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}

Hiding in some bushes, the Predacons observed the failure of one of [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]'s plans and observed that he was still Megatron's favourite. They attempted to join the battle only to flee when Optimus and Ultra Magnus merged to become [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Friendly Contest Slapper.jpg|right|200px|thumb|eeeeeexellent...]]

During the Autobots' hunt for the O-Parts, Slapper helped Sky-Byte attempt to hide fake O-Parts. The toad was not of a lot of help, not being able to tell the fake ones from the real ones. He asked if he could keep the fake ones anyway, since they were kinda cool. He sensibly sat out the rest of the plans and let Sky-Byte make a fool of himself on his own. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

The Predacon trio accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons to the [[Sahara]] to recover the [[Orb of Sigma]]. Their main contribution was to attempt to flee when the cavern in which the Orb was located began to collapse, and subsequently became buried under rubble. They were able to dig themselves out, only to find their energy being drained by a mysterious force. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} This didn't seem to slow them down, as they were hanging out with Sky-Byte again soon after the Autobots found [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], and were able to snatch the 'bot while the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy. Although they turned up to the battle in Metro City to claim [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], their contribution to the fight was minimal. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

With the Decepticons' treachery taking them out of favour with Galvatron (as Megatron had become), the Predacons found themselves moving up in the hierarchy finally. They took part in the attack on the Autobot base, and were lured into a trap by Optimus Prime. The trio wisely took shelter once the Megastar turned up to add its fire-power to the fight, but the battle station was soon destroyed by Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} They continued to contribute little to the ongoing battle, and ended up following Sky-Byte into the space bridge when he and the Decepticons pursued the retreating Autobots in. Thus they were subsequently also trapped when Galvatron flooded the tunnel with molten lava. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} Fortunately for them, they survived and went on to face the Autobots again (and were swiftly trampled into the dirt).

After the defeat of Galvatron and his Decepticons, Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream were rounded up and shipped off to an asteroid prison colony on board Fortress Maximus. As all the other villains argued and shrieked vengeance from within their ''Phantom Zone''-like prison cells, the Predacon trio lamented that Sky-Byte had been left stranded on Earth; a fate they considered worse than incarceration. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:UltraMagnustotheRescue_SkyByte_haiku.JPG|left|200px|thumb|]]
When Megatron ordered Sky-Byte and Scourge to steal an experimental nuclear generator from the humans, it became a competition between the Predacons and Decepticons to see who could grab the glory for the mission. Despite this, Slapper still managed to be rather bumbling, letting his tongue out too far for other 'Cons to step on or trip over. Once the Autobots arrived, at battle was joined, but Slapper's swollen tongue was no match for Optimus Prime. Eventually, Scourge called off the fight by threatening an innocent human life dangling from a ledge. Not wanting to see innocents hurt, Sky-Byte ordered Slapper and Gas Skunk to "innocently" carry the generator past Scourge at a critical moment, spoiling his aim and giving Prime and Ultra Magnus a chance to punch his clock. Slapp then flew off on Sky-Byte's fin, the Predacons having successfully stolen the generator while Scourge was fooling around with the Autobots. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

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===3H comics===
Slapper was part of the coalition army that fought back the [[Quintesson]] invasion of the recently reformatted [[technorganic]] [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. He and [[Stampy]] leapt onto an escaping dropship and planted bombs on it, leaping to safety before the bombs exploded and brought the ship back down to the surface. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

==Toys==
[[Image:RID Slapper Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I live to serve you, Magneto!]]
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Guushar''' (Basic, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-004'''
**''Accessories'': Tongue-mace

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], Slapper transforms into a monstrous techno-organic toad. His beast mode tongue acts as a hand-held flail weapon for robot mode. He also has a flip-up claw on his toad back.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/Slapper/slapper.htm More information on Slapper at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:RID-toy_Pred3pack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"Hey, do you guys have Battletoads?"]]
*'''Dark Scream / Gas Skunk / Slapper''' (Mega 3-pack, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Tongue-mace

: For his [[Hasbro]] release, Slapper was only available in a Mega-level 3-pack with his fellow stooges, [[Dark Scream]] and [[Gas Skunk]]. There are no noteworthy differences between the Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions.

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==Notes==
[[Image:SlapperWrecker.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Amusingly enough, his Robots in Disguise fate was more dignified than what he would have had as a Wrecker.]]
*According to the ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, [[Dark Scream]], [[Gas Skunk]] and Slapper make up a subgroup known as the "3 Metal Beast Brothers" (メタルビースト３兄弟 ''Metaru Bīsuto 3 Kyōdai''). Apparently, [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s intent was to have them parallel the deluxe "Three Car Robot Brothers" (as [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], and [[X-Brawn]] were called in Japan). Similarly, according to [[Fox Kids]]'s (now defunct) website, the name of Slapper's, Dark Scream's, and Gas Skunk's three-member team is the "Predacon Field Squadron".<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20020124195705/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/transformers/characters.asp</ref> All that's known about it is that Slapper is its third member, meaning Gas Skunk and Dark Scream are the first and second (but exactly who is the first and who is the second is not known). However, neither name was used in either broadcast version of the cartoon.

*In England, "Slapper" is a very rude thing to call a woman, having the same meaning as "[[Slag (G1)|Slag]]". Unlike Slag, Slapper's name has continued to see use [[Slapper (Animated)|as recent as 2010]], but it probably won't last if a new toy is made.

*Hasbro considered using the name "Wartoad" for Slapper before release.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20010907070945/media.hasbro.com/release.cfm?release=17 Toy Fair 2001 Press Release]</ref>

* In the Japanese version, Slapper speaks with a Kansai dialect, sort of the Japanese equivalent of "old-fashioned, backwoods goofus". Think hillbillies with a fixation on money.

* Early plans for the ''[[Wrecker|Wreckers]]'' comics called for Guushar to join their ranks. However, these plans pre-dated the importing of ''Car Robots'' to the West, and when those plans were made known, [[3H Productions|3H]] replaced Guushar with the original version of the toy mold, [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]]. This also mandated a hasty change to the coloration of the promotional group-shot. Traces of the original coloration can still be seen in the final version, such as Spittor's hands being a lighter blue than the rest of his arms. Ultimately, Slapper ''did'' make an appearance in ''Wreckers'', though not as part of the title group.

* Slapper's [[tongue]] is 42 feet, 3 inches long. He measured it himself in "[[Battle Protocol!]]".

==References==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise Predacons]]
[[Category:Sea specialists]]
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X-Brawn

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:''X-Brawn is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:XBrawnModel.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Function: Autobot Cowpoke.]]
The eldest of the three [[Autobot Brothers]], '''X-Brawn''' is also the toughest and most adventurous. A rugged outdoorsman and cowboy type, he loves driving off-road... and uphill, and underwater, and on staircases. He's not easily impressed by fancy firepower, preferring straightforward guts. He's chivalrous enough to apologize to women drivers before he ejects them through his sunroof.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Wildride'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bob Joles]] (English), [[Masahiro Shibahara]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Battle Protocol XBrawn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|And then he thought, "Screw the straightforward guts, EAT LEAD, PUNK!"]]
When contacted by [[T-AI]] during [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]]'s attack on [[New York City]], X-Brawn was acting as [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]'s SUV. He swiftly ejected her through his sunroof and joined the other two brothers at the [[Global Space Bridge]]. On arrival in New York, he saved [[Koji Onishi]] from being buried under rubble and proceeded to engage [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] in combat. Said combat involved asking Slapper to measure the length of his tongue, while X-Brawn drove to the top of a building so he could strafe Slapper from above. The battle ultimately ended with Megatron abducting Koji's father, [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

[[Image:Explosive Situation XBrawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Give me back my purse!]]
The Autobot Brothers were later assigned to intercept the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]], who were prowling [[Metro City]] and stealing batteries from cars. X-Brawn scaled a tower in an attempt to spot the enemy and subsequently turned up late after [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] retrieved an explosive device from a car. He was able to steal the device from Sky-Byte with his grappling hook but accidentally triggered its detonation sequence. Proceeding with all haste, he swung from building to building with his grappling hook and carried the device to the top of a radio tower where he tossed it as high as he could. [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]'s power stream sent the device into orbit where it exploded without destroying anything (anything important, anyway). {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

Assigned to protect the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train, the Autobot Brothers found themselves tangling with the Predacons who were trying to blow up a rail bridge on the train's path. Ultimately they were unable to save the bridge, but the train was saved by [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} Together with Optimus, the brothers protected a [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] from the Predacons. They escorted the generator as it was transported across the city the next day, but were brought to a halt by a traffic jam engineered by Slapper. Fortunately the [[Spy Changer]]s were able to lend a hand and the Autobot Brothers got to sit back and watch the Predacons' defeat. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid XBrawn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Yep, looks like we got a leak."]]
X-Brawn was watching a Motocross race when T-AI told him to report to the Global Space Bridge as a ship was under attack by Predacons. Optimus joined the Autobot Brothers at the end of the space bridge, which was terminated some distance short of the troubled vessel. After a few attempts by his fellows to jump the distance, X-Brawn jumped into the water in vehicle mode and carried [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] out to the ship. While Optimus battled Sky-Byte, X-Brawn successfully repaired the ship, which returned to an even keel. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}}

When Megatron and the Predacon trio attacked Metro City, T-AI discovered that X-Brawn and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] were both out hunting for Side Burn, who was exploring some ruins with Koji. The pair eventually reached the ruins and were in time to stop Sky-Byte making off with a box, which turned out to contain Doctor Onishi's microchip. This held much valuable information and would help the Autobots greatly in the struggle to follow. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Prowl XBrawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The sad part is this actually worked.]]
X-Brawn was once again acting as Kelly's car when he was assigned to quadrant 5, and had to unceremoniously dump her out a second time. As it turned out, Side Burn had been captured by the Predacons. Optimus, despite the remaining two brothers' protests that it was an obvious trap, went in and was captured as well. X-Brawn and Prowl heavily disguised their vehicle modes in order to creep close enough to get the drop on the Predacons, allowing them to rescue their comrades. During the ensuing battle, X-Brawn gave Side Burn a piggy-back ride to climb up a pile of junk. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

The brothers were assigned to protect "[[Grandpa]]", an aging steam train. In the end Team Bullet Train did most of the work protecting Grandpa, but X-Brawn was busy stopping Side Burn from chasing red sports cars anyhow. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}} All three brothers volunteered to enter the [[International Grand Prix]] in order to try and find [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], a recently arrived Autobot who had scanned a racing car and become possessed by the urge to compete in races. X-Brawn reveled in the mountainous terrain, but he, Optimus and the other two brothers found themselves holding up a huge rock dropped onto them by Megatron. Fortunately Skid-Z himself turned up and destroyed the rock, allowing them to chase Megatron off. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:X brawn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Canyonerooo! <WHIP!>]]
X-Brawn was the first Autobot to be towed away by [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] after the latter was reprogrammed by the Predacons. He used his grappling hook to try to get free, but only succeeded in jarring Tow-Line's circuits, confusing the tow truck into taking him to the wrong place and dropping him down a pit. He was joined by Side Burn and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]], and the trapped trio made some unsuccessful attempts to escape before they were rescued by a repaired Tow-Line and fought the Predacons once more. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

When the Predacons became convinced that the "[[Cave of the Dragon]]" harboured a powerful Transformer, X-Brawn and Prowl guarded it. All three brothers employed their acting skills to try to make the Predacons think that the disguises Optimus and Team Bullet Train were wearing were a giant transforming robot, and got fired on by [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] for their trouble. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Called in to the Autobot Base, X-Brawn and the rest of the Autobots watched footage of their old adventures and speculated on where the Predacon base might be located. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

Optimus and the Autobot brothers went to [[Castle Peak]] to investigate what turned out to be a crashed Autobot spacecraft. Unfortunately they were unable to prevent Megatron stealing the six [[protoform]]s inside and taking them to a [[McKinley Army Base|nearby military base]] where the protoforms were reformatted into Decepticon warriors. {{storylink|The Decepticons|The Decepticons}} While subsequently on patrol near [[Sherman Dam]], X-Brawn stumbled on the Decepticons and opened fire, only to be tossed into the lake behind the dam by [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. Proving unable to swim, he sank to the bottom and was eventually joined by his two brothers for a game of underwater "I Spy". The trio were freed when the Decepticons blew a hole in the dam and, in the ensuing fight, they aided [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] in fighting off [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. {{storylink|Commandos}}

X-Brawn was enjoying a spot of off-roading on a fine, sunny day when he stumbled on Sky-Byte and his three Predacon cohorts drawing a huge Megatron image in the ground. Outnumbered, he hastily returned returned to base. There, T-AI had just discovered that a recently-launched space shuttle was actually [[Movor]]—the Decepticon was tracking Autobots in the hope one of them would lead him to the Autobot base. X-Brawn contacted Side Burn, currently in the process of being tracked, and told him the red sports car he was chasing was at [[Pier 7B]]. When Side Burn arrived at the pier with the Decepticons on his tail, the Autobots were ready to pounce. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Test XBrawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
[[Mega-Octane]] met with Optimus claiming that the Decepticons had rediscovered their Autobot sides. Although the Autobot brothers were skeptical, they babysat the Decepticons who were forced to do all manner of menial tasks. The brother finally admitted that perhaps the six Decepticons were honest after all. Of course, it wasn't long before the plot was revealed and the brothers were alerted to a brawl between Optimus, Scourge and Ruination. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

The three brothers were called to a power plant where they chased off Sky-Byte and the Predacons. Later X-Brawn was once again acting as Kelly's mode of transport when he was "bushwhacked" by the four Predacons, who surrendered the information that Scourge was going to raid the [[Bayshore power plant]]. Rushing there with his brothers, X-Brawn was soon notified by T-AI that the Decepticons had actually attacked the [[Crestline power plant]] instead. The three brothers rushed to the correct plant to find the Decepticons had already been seen off by Rail Racer. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

[[Image:Landfill XBrawn Vehicle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Can you name the truck with four-wheel drive, smells like a steak, and seats thirty-five?]]
Sent to a diamond mine, the three brothers were brought up short by an incomplete space bridge, and were introduced to the [[Build Team]]. Keen to prove themselves in battle the Build Team took over the mission at the mine. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} Shortly afterwards, X-Brawn had another narrow escape from the Decepticons, nipping into the space bridge at the last moment. This event drove the Decepticons to locate the control system for the space bridge and sabotage it - the next time X-Brawn tried to use it, he ended up on the top of a building. A second attempt deposited him in the middle of a desert. The Global Space Bridge was eventually repaired, and X-Brawn arrived in the Arctic, where [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] fought off Megatron. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

[[Image:Test of Metal XBrawn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!]]
After being duped out of stolen oil by the Build Team, the Decepticons began attacking construction equipment. X-Brawn turned up to one such attack only for the Commandos to leave as soon as he arrived. A second attempt to confront the Decepticons had the three Autobot Brothers turn up in the middle of nowhere — the Build Team had sabotaged the Global Space Bridge so they could confront the Decepticons alone. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

While attempting to stop the Decepticons raiding an oil refinery, the three brothers were interrupted by a [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|mysterious Autobot car carrier]], who argued with them as the Decepticons escaped. Later they encountered the Autobot again and this time he scrambled their circuits and deposited them in a junk yard. Once they'd recovered, Optimus called them back to base for a systems check. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Optimus confronted the Autobot named Ultra Magnus, himself and was soon overpowered. The Autobot Brothers rescued him from the battlefield and took him to an island to recuperate. A short time later, Optimus was attacked by the Decepticons, and the brothers found the portal at the end of the space bridge had been blocked by Sky-Byte. They eventually broke through only to witness Optimus and Ultra Magnus combining into [[Omega Prime]] for the first time. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:Two Faces Magnus XBrawn powerup.jpg|left|200px|thumb|He blinds everybody with his super-high beams. He's a skunk-squashin', frog-smackin' drivin' machine!]]
Tracking Ultra Magnus, the Autobot Brothers spied him talking with Sky-Byte and assumed he was betraying them. The trio soon found themselves captured by the Predacons and were promptly freed by Magnus, who informed them he was pretending to defect in order to gain information. Returning to help Optimus against the Predacons, the three brothers found themselves being beaten on by Megatron. All three of them received a sudden power boost which was somehow channelled through Magnus, powering them up and enabling them to fight off the Predacons, with a little help from Omega Prime. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Some time later X-Brawn was sent to join his two brothers who were suffering an odd power drain and on the losing end of a fight with the Decepticons. X-Brawn joined in by kicking Ruination in the head. Once Optimus arrived, X-Brawn was able to carry his exhausted brothers to safety. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

The Autobot Brothers were sent to guard the subway below Metro City as the Build Team was searching for some mysterious ruins. The trio were confronted by the Decepticons, come to find the same ruins, and left them to the tender mercies of Team Bullet Train. Wandering further, they encountered Ultra Magnus and Side Burn was distracted by a hallucination of red sports cars, leading the group to the ruins themselves. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} To their surprise the ruins turned out to be [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], whom the Autobots set about concealing in Metro City. While patrolling to ensure the operation wasn't uncovered, the Autobot Brothers stumbled on Sky-Byte talking to Koji and confronted the shark. Koji discovered that the pod Sky-Byte had been carrying contained his abducted father and interrupted the fight to tell the Autobots that Sky-Byte had rescued his dad. The three brothers apologised to Sky-Byte, who realised his huge blunder and fled in panic. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:Peril from the Past XBrawn Kelly.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kelly, eject. Operation: Lose the Comic Relief.]]
Doctor Onishi and T-AI quickly worked out a way to locate the remaining [[O-Part]]s needed and soon the Autobot Brothers were locked in competition with the Build Team to find the most of the artefacts. Side Burn was particularly competitive and, when he was depressed at losing the competition, X-Brawn cheered him up by pointing out an approaching red car. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Back in the Autobot base, T-AI merged with the O-Parts. She soon sent Optimus and the Autobot brothers, with Koji tagging along, to a remote part of the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] in search of the [[Orb of Sigma]]. The foursome located the Orb under the desert and fought Megatron and the Decepticons for possession of it, eventually returning it to base. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

With information extracted from the Orb, the brothers and Build Team visited a temple from which they extracted [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the control robot for Fortress Maximus. They were confronted on exiting the temple by the Decepticons and Predacons who stole Cerebros. T-AI was unimpressed at the loss and berated X-Brawn at length. The Autobots were forced to go on the defensive against the Decepticons and guard Maximus' hiding place. Scourge managed to activate Maximus anyway, and the giant was only stopped by the intervention of Koji Onishi. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

Scourge attempted to control Maximus in the desert by magnifying the human portion of his bio-signature. Again Optimus and the Autobot Brothers rushed there. While Side Burn looked after Koji and his Dad, X-Brawn and Prowl charged Ruination who swiftly defeated them. Maximus was subsequently halted by the arrival of the Build Team and Team Bullet Train with a thousand children. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Having thwarted one attempt by Scourge and Mega-Octane to kidnap Koji, the brothers were assigned to guard him. Koji wasn't keen on being guarded and swapped clothing with his friend [[Karl]], leading to Karl being kidnapped by the Decepticons in another attempt to control Maximus. Optimus and the Autobot Brothers were able to rescue Karl and retrieve Cerebros into the bargain. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Side Burn XBrawn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Here we see the Super Car-io Bros. in their Fire Flower costumes.]]
When the Decepticons located and attacked Autobot headquarters, the Autobots led them into a trap and engaged them in a fierce battle. The arrival of Galvatron's ''[[Megastar]]'' turned the tide in the Decepticons favour, until the Autobots were able to activate Fortress Maximus and destroy the battle station. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron, however, was not through and began to drain energy from Fortress Maximus. The brothers attempted to shoot him down without success. After Galvatron managed to use [[Cyber-bat|cyber-bats]] to control Earth's children, Omega Prime called a retreat, but the Autobots were followed into the space bridge by the Decepticons. Galvatron saw this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and flooded the tunnel with molten lava. The Autobots, with the help of some urging from Koji, were able to escape the lava and confront Galvatron once more. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The Autobots soon found themselves on the losing end of the battle, and shielded Optimus long enough for their leader to find Ultra Magnus and form Omega Prime. During the final confrontation between Galvatron and Prime, the rest of the Autobots were all held paralysed but provided Prime with moral support.

After Galvatron's defeat, X-Brawn treated himself to some off-roading. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:DWSummerspecial RID Autobrothers Megs.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Car Brothers and Megatron are too busy trying to escape the art.]]
When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] led an attack on [[Arizona]] to drain the energy out of a vague and nondescript building in the middle of the desert, [[T-AI]] tried to call upon the Autobot brothers to help, but [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and X-Brawn were busy tangling with [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] in [[Oregon]].

Megatron eventually fled the battle, and X-Brawn arrived to help Optimus, only to find the situation resolved. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:RID X-Brawn Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Sadly, his oh-so-famous driver is not included.]]
*'''Wildride'''/'''X-Brawn''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-002'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right running-rails/missiles, brushguard/knuckle

: X-Brawn transforms into a Mercedes-Benz ML320 SUV. His right arm contains a spring-loaded missile launcher; the lower "running rails" detach and serve as ammunition, or can be held in his left hand. The chromed front brushguard also detaches to form a knuckle-blade weapon. In vehicle mode, X-Brawn features opening doors and a hood that reveals his engine block.

: There are several small but significant differences between the original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] release (Wildride) of the toy and [[Hasbro]]'s later release. Hasbro's added the Autobot sigil to his vehicle-mode hood, rounded the "blade-missile" a bit more [[for safety reasons]], and modified the lamps to make him less blatantly a Mercedes and avoid licensing fees.

: This mold was used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ratchet (Universe)|Ratchet]]. It was briefly planned to be used by [[3H Productions|3H]] as [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]], but that never materialized.

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/X-Brawn/x-brawn.htm More information on X-Brawn at TFU.info]''



*'''Super Wildride'''/'''X-Brawn''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-024'''
**''Accessories'': Left & right running-rails/missiles, brushguard/knuckle

: A "[[Super Mode]]" [[redeco]], this version of X-Brawn features rally-deco [[Spontaneous recoloration|paint]] that is very similar to the deco that was used in Toyota's World Rally cars. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Toyota_Celica_rally.jpg] The Hasbro release uses the same tooling modifications as the above, naturally.

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/SuperX-Brawn/x-brawn.htm More information on Super X-Brawn at TFU.info]''



*'''Wildride / Mach Alert / Speedbreaker''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Left & right running-rails/missiles, brushguard/knuckle

: A [[BotCon Japan 2000]] [[exclusive]], this three-pack contains clear-plastic versions of all three Car Brothers that still use their Super Mode detail paint (but not the car-panel base-paint).

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearWildRide/wildride.htm More information on Clear Wildride at TFU.info]''



*'''X-Brawn & Scourge''' (Basic, 2002)
[[Image:Spychanger_xbrawn.jpg|right|230px|thumb]]
: A very simplified, [[Spy Changer]]-styled version of X-Brawn's larger toy, he was only available in a Basic-class package with a similarly-styled version of [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. This toy is noteworthy for being one of the very few ''totally'' new molds designed for Hasbro's ''Robots in Disguise'' line (most of the others that had not been released previously were designed for other earlier lines but cancelled).

: This mold was used to make one version of ''Universe'' [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]].

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/X-BrawnGobot/x-brawn.htm More information on Spychanger X-Brawn at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
* According to [[Aaron Archer]], the "X-" part of his name was not there for [[trademark]] reasons, as many fans hypothesized. They just thought adding it to "Brawn" sounded cooler at the time.

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Dark Scream

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:''Dark Scream is a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:DarkScreamAnime.jpg|right|230px|thumb|Someone's in the kitchen with Daaaaaaaaaark Screeeeeeeeeam!]]
Like the rest of the Predacon Trio, '''Dark Scream''' is a bumbling oaf. And of course, he's evil. But apart from that, he's really not so bad. He has an almost innocent sense of humor, enjoys singing, and actually attempts to help out his commander, [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] (though he'll join [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] and [[Gas Skunk]] in heckling him from time to time).

A self-designated "Forest Swordsman" who likes to think of himself as a samurai warrior<ref>R2 DVD bio</ref>, Dark Scream tries to help his teammates in battle with his sword and central freeze ray—but while he's got ''some'' skill with that sword, he's not strong enough to be a real threat to most opponents. He's basically useful for aerial transport and reconnaissance—but even there, his flight skills are rather poor. If it weren't for his willingness to obey orders to attack shipping vehicles and plant bombs in major civilian centers, he'd be about as inoffensive as a Predacon can get.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Guildo''' (ギルドー ''Girudō'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Hiroki Takahashi]] (Japanese), [[Romeu D'Angelo]] (Brazil)

[[Image:Battle Protocol Dark Scream.jpg|left|200px|thumb| Like a vast predatory flying squirrel doesn't have the same ring to it...]]
[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] invited the Predacon trio to the battlefield in New York, where they fought over who was going to defeat [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. When the [[Autobot Brothers]] arrived, Dark Scream managed to scratch [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]'s paintwork and was rewarded with a missile, which chased him until Megatron made off with [[Doctor Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. The missile finally exploded, sending the three Predacons into the sky. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

When the Predacons brought back a pile of small batteries to use as energy, Megatron was not impressed. He put Sky-Byte in charge of them on a mission to retrieve an explosive device. The trio found the car and prepared to take it to Megatron, but Sky-Byte destroyed the car and took the bomb. The shark was then himself intercepted by X-Brawn, who inadvertently activated the device, causing the three Predacons to flee. Back at base, they observed Sky-Byte trying to work out how to understand humans by reading their literature. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

As part of a plan to attack the Linear RFG train, Dark Scream destroyed the control systems for the bullet train before joining his Predacon cohorts at a bridge they were attempting to destroy. Although they were eventually chased off, they succeeded in destroying the bridge, forcing the Autobots to save the train. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}}

After a failed attempt to steal a plutonium energy generator from a building, the Predacon trio tried again while the generator was being transported by truck. After chasing off the truck drivers, Dark Scream jumped on top of it, leaving Slapper and Gas Skunk to pick it and him up. They ended up on the beach where the [[Spy Changers]] ran rings around them. Sky-Byte turned up and managed to blast the Spy Changers, allowing the Predacons to flee with the generator. Unfortunately when they got back to base, it turned out that the generator had been switched for a statue. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Secret of the Ruins Darkscream.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Not "pew, pew, pew!", "Bween, bween, bween!"]]
When a civilian ship turned up while the ''[[Megastar]]'' was underwater at the Black Pyramid, Dark Scream and Sky-Byte attacked it. Autobot ally [[Koji Onishi]] was on board to call in the Autobots. Optimus made short of Dark Scream shortly after arriving. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} To distract the Autobots from Megatron's real plan, the Predacon trio attacked [[Metro City]] and kept [[Team Bullet Train]] busy. Dark Scream found himself fried by Gas Skunk's acid breath, which had been ignited by [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]], and then frozen by his own freeze beam which [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] deflected back at him. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

After [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] was captured by Megatron, Sky-Byte and the Predacon trio ended up guarding the Autobot. Dark Scream practised his supervillain gloating on their captive. After the inevitable failure of the plan, Sky-Byte managed to deflect the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream, and Megatron announced the pair would be punished severely. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

[[Image:Secret Weapon D5 Dark Scream coal.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I've been working on the railroad, all the live long day!]]
The three Predacons investigated a laboratory pointed to by information extracted from Doctor Onishi and Slapper stole a disk with his tongue. The disk contained information which the Predacons interpreted to indicate that a steam train was some sort of weapon and set about trying to steal the train. After landing on "Grandpa", Dark Scream was subjected to a smoky ride through a tunnel before falling off and subsequently being flattened by Team Bullet Train. Once the train had disgorged its passengers, Dark Scream simply hopped aboard and began stoking the furnace, successfully stealing the locomotive. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

Although the Spy Changers managed to foil the Predacons' attempted theft of a ruby, Gas Skunk managed to sneak a bug onto [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]]. The Predacons listened keenly as Mirage appeared to fall out with the other Autobots and convinced Megatron that they should let Mirage join them, although to Gas Skunk's annoyance, Sky-Byte managed to take the credit again. Unfortunately for them, the defection turned out to be a ruse anyway. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

[[Image:Darkscream beast.gif|right|200px|thumb| Darkscream immediately starts looking for the sniper rifle on the new map.]]
The Autobots entered the Great Race to locate one of their comrades who'd gone missing. The Predacon trio attempted to drop a rock-slide on the Autobot forces, and were taken aback when Optimus leapt from boulder to boulder to reach the clifftop they were on. The trio swiftly fled. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

After spying new Autobot [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] and his overzealousness in towing illegally parked vehicles, the Predacon trio captured the Autobot and set about trying to brainwash him. After some failed attempts at hypnotism, they managed to brainwash Tow-Line with a disc, and sat back while he began abducting Autobots from around the city. Unfortunately a malfunction meant Tow-Line dropped off the captives at the wrong location, and by the time the Predacons located him, Optimus Prime and Prowl had already cured him of the rogue programming. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

The Predacons were again misled by information obtained from Doctor Onishi, leading them to think there was a transforming statue in the [[Cave of the Dragon]]. Sky-Byte and the Predacon trio found the cave eventually, and were frightened off by the Autobots disguised as the statue. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}

[[Image:Optimus Darkscream03.JPG|left|180px|thumb|I AM OPTIMUS PRIME!]]
Not all of Doctor Onishi's information was unhelpful. The Predacons were sent to [[Castle Peak]] in America, where they began digging and unearthed a crashed Autobot spaceship. After Megatron retrieved the six [[Protoform|protoforms]] from inside it, the Predacons began scanning new vehicle modes for the protoforms, creating the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} Unfortunately this development left the Predacons as second-stringers to the new troops. Sky-Byte came up with the idea to disguise themselves to get the Decepticons and Autobots to destroy each other. With typical finesse all four of them picked Optimus Prime to dress up as, but the Decepticons and Autobots ended up fighting anyway. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Digging under the volcano on [[Montrose Island]], the three Predacons were first assaulted by some bats, then chased by molten lava ("It's alive!"). Once they reached the open, Dark Scream was able to glide above the lava, which chased his two companions into the ocean. {{storylink|Volcano}} On a later mission, Sky-Byte had the trio attempt to draw Megatron's face in the ground to indicate a rendezvous point. They did get to fight X-Brawn though. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Fish Test Dark Scream X-Brawn.jpg|right|170px|thumb|Wait, no, I'm X-Brawn! I'm so confused.]]
Dark Scream managed to discover what the Decepticons were up to - raiding power plants, which gave Sky-Byte the idea for another plan. This resulted in Dark Scream getting dressed up as X-Brawn. The plan failed anyway, and Dark Scream's subsequent information about which power plant was going to be attacked next turned out to be incorrect, leading to problems when Sky-Byte leaked the information to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

Sky-Byte and the three Predacons raided a diamond mine in Antarctica in order to lure the Autobots into a trap. The [[Build Team]] turned up instead of the expected [[Autobot Brothers]], but Sky-Byte took their leader, [[Wedge]] captive. The Build Team tried to exchange him for a disk with a map of the [[Global Space Bridge]] and, after a chase with a penguin, the Predacons obtained their prize. Unfortunately it turned out to just be a map of some sewers. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Sky-Byte Saves the Day Dark Scream.jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[wikipedia:Mazinger_Z|BURESTO FAIYAA!!!]]]]
Sucked into another of Sky-Byte's plans to attack the [[CGA Tower]], the Predacon trio instead found themselves holding the building up after the shark had an abrupt change of plans and insisted everyone save the hostages. Much complaining ensued. In the end the tower was saved, but the Predacons realised they still hadn't gotten the [[O-Part|O-Parts]] Sky-Byte was after. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

The Predacon trio were put in charge of guarding the Autobot Brothers after their capture. They didn't last very long when the newly-arrived [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] came to the Autobots' rescue. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}

Hiding in some bushes, the Predacons observed the failure of one of [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]'s plans and observed that he was still Megatron's favourite. They attempted to join the battle only to flee when Optimus and Ultra Magnus merged to become [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Dark Scream beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
The Predacon trio accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons to the [[Sahara]] to recover the [[Orb of Sigma]]. Their main contribution was to attempt to flee when the cavern in which the Orb was located began to collapse, and subsequently became buried under rubble. They were able to dig themselves out, only to find their energy being drained by a mysterious force. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} This didn't seem to slow them down, as they were hanging out with Sky-Byte again soon after the Autobots found [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], and were able to snatch the 'bot while the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy. Although they turned up to the battle in Metro City to claim [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], their contribution to the fight was minimal. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

With the Decepticons' treachery taking them out of favour with Galvatron (as Megatron had become), the Predacons found themselves moving up in the hierarchy finally. They took part in the attack on the Autobot base, and were lured into a trap by Optimus Prime. The trio wisely took shelter once the ''Megastar'' turned up to add its firepower to the fight, but the battle station was soon destroyed by Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} They continued to contribute little to the ongoing battle, and ended up following Sky-Byte into the Global Space Bridge when he and the Decepticons pursued the retreating Autobots in. Thus they were subsequently also trapped when Galvatron flooded the tunnel with molten lava. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} Fortunately for them, they survived and went on to face the Autobots again (and were swiftly trampled into the dirt).

After the defeat of Galvatron and his Decepticons, Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream were rounded up and shipped off to an asteroid prison colony on board Fortress Maximus. As all the other villains argued and shrieked vengeance from within their ''Phantom Zone''-like prison cells, the Predacon trio lamented that Sky-Byte had been left stranded on Earth, a fate they considered worse than incarceration. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Dreamwave Summer Special===
[[Image:UltraMagnustotheRescue_DecepticonsPredacons.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Dark Scream and the Predacons participated in an Arizona raid on a human research plant, looking to steal an experimental nuclear generator. The Predacons and Decepticons were both on the mission, and the bickering between Scourge and Sky-Byte put the two groups at odds with each other. When Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus arrived, a battle broke out, but Scourge forced a stalemate by threatening some innocent humans. The Predacons managed to stop him from hurting innocents, and Dark Scream then flew off with his friends, successfully carrying the generator behind him. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:RID Dark Scream Toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Nuts to ME! Please.]]
*'''Guildo''' (Basic, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-003'''
**''Accessories'': "Dark Sword"

: A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] [[Maximal]] [[Night Glider]], Dark Scream transforms into a techno-organic monstrous flying squirrel. His tail acts as a scabbard for his sword accessory.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/DarkScream/darkscream.htm More information on Dark Scream at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:RID-toy_Pred3pack.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Dark Scream / Gas Skunk / Slapper''' (Mega 3-pack, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Sword

: For his [[Hasbro]] release, Dark Scream was only available in a Mega-level 3-pack with his fellow stooges [[Gas Skunk]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. There are no noteworthy differences between the Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions.

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==Notes==
*According to the ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, Dark Scream, [[Gas Skunk]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] make up a subgroup known as the "3 Metal Beast Brothers" (メタルビースト３兄弟 ''Metaru Bīsuto 3 Kyōdai''). Apparently [[Takara]]'s intent was to have them parallel the deluxe "Three Car Robot Brothers" (as [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], and [[X-Brawn]] were called in Japan), but both the Japanese and American versions of the cartoon ignored them having any sort of familial relationship.

*According to [[Fox Kids]]' (now defunct) website, the name of Dark Scream's, Gas Skunk's and Slapper's three-member team is the "Predacon Field Squadron" <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20020124195705/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/transformers/characters.asp</ref> Where this name came from is unknown, as it wasn't used in the ''Robots in Disguise'' TV series dub at all. All that's known about it is that Slapper is its third member, meaning Gas Skunk and Dark Scream are the first and second (but exactly who is the first and who is the second is not known).

==References==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise Predacons]]

Gas Skunk (RID)

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:''Gas Skunk is a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:GasSkunkAnime.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I just love those little boats!]]

'''Gas Skunk''' is one of the Predacons under the command of [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] who has come to [[Earth]] to rob it of energy and perform other evil deeds. He is most often seen with his fellow Pred stooges [[Dark Scream]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. He's the smartest of the trio—and while that doesn't take much, he actually is pretty clever. A Special Operations man<ref>Region 2 DVD bio</ref>, he's a skilled inventor able to create new weapon technology when needed, and also has extensive knowledge of Cybertronian law and computer programming. But he's not as smart as he thinks he is: he tends to mangle large words he tries to use (and some not-so-large ones), and sometimes tends not to ''think'' about whatever he's doing beyond the very-short-term. Plus, he's a bully and a craven coward at heart, and as soon as he's up against a show of force, that aspect of his personality comes screaming to the forefront while he goes screaming to the rear of the battlefield.

Gas Skunk and his fellow stooges are also pretty good at shifting blame for the trio's failures onto their commander [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]...though he definitely shares Sky-Byte's hatred of the new [[Decepticon]] forces, who are a real threat to their jobs!

In battle, his bicep-mounted "Left Laser" blaster and serrated tail can do impressive damage. In both modes he can also cough up huge, billowing clouds of foul-smelling smoke that blind and disorient opponents and can corrode structures. Unfortunately for Gas Skunk and his fellow Predacon stooges, [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] discovered that this gas is rather flammable.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Gaskunk'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Jerry DeCapua]] (English), [[Norio Imamura]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Battle Protocol Gas Skunk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|No! I'm NOT surrendering! those are my beast mode legs!]]

[[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] invited the Predacon trio to the battlefield in New York, where they fought over who was going to defeat [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]]. When the [[Autobot Brothers]] arrived, Gas Skunk reflected on how a nice day can "turn into such a bummer" after feeling [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]]'s fusion flame. [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] was captured by Megatron, but the trio were seen off with a missile. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

When the Predacons brought back a pile of small batteries to use as energy, Megatron was not impressed. He placed Sky-Byte in charge of them for a mission to retrieve an explosive device. The trio found the car and prepared to take it to Megatron, but Sky-Byte destroyed the car and took the bomb. The shark was himself intercepted by X-Brawn, who inadvertently activated the device, causing the three Predacons to flee. Back at base, they observed Sky-Byte trying to work out how to understand humans by reading their literature. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

After Gas Skunk destroyed a freight train, he was mocked by Sky-Byte for being useless. Sky-Byte, on the other hand, was aiming to attack the highly-advanced Linear RFG train. To that end, Slapper and Gas Skunk planted a [[pulsar bomb]] on a bridge ahead of the train, and found themselves fighting both the [[Autobot Brothers]] and Optimus Prime. Although they were eventually chased off, they succeed in destroying the bridge, forcing the Autobots to save the train. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}}

After a failed attempt to steal a plutonium energy generator from a building, the Predacon trio tried again while the generator was being transported by truck. After chasing off the truck drivers, Slapper and Gas Skunk picked up the generator (and Dark Scream) and made off with it. They ended up on the beach where the [[Spy Changers]] ran rings around them. Sky-Byte turned up and managed to blast the Spy Changers, allowing Slapper and Gas Skunk to spirit away the generator (lamenting that Sky-Byte never seemed to do the heavy lifting himself). Unfortunately when they got back to base, it turned out that the generator had been switched for a statue. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Secret of the Ruins Gas Skunk.jpg|right|200px|thumb|His worst idea ever? yes.]]

Slapper and Gas Skunk worked on tapping some deep-sea power lines, though Gas Skunk was convinced Sky-Byte would take the credit for the victory. Sure enough, when the Autobots turned up to do battle, Sky-Byte was around to stick his fins in. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} To distract the Autobots from Megatron's real plan, the Predacon trio attacked [[Metro City]] and kept [[Team Bullet Train]] busy. Gas Skunk attempted to use his acid breath, which backfired when [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] ignited the acid and he ended up frying Slapper and Dark Scream. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

After [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] was captured by Megatron, Sky-Byte and the Predacon trio ended up guarding the Autobot. Gas Skunk took the opportunity to take out a few frustrations by kicking their captive. After the inevitable failure of the plan, Sky-Byte managed to deflect the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream and Megatron announced the pair would be punished severely. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

[[Image:Secret Weapon D5 Gas Skunk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|What do you mean, too anime-ish, Oni-chan?!]]

The three Predacons investigated a laboratory pointed to by information extracted from Doctor Onishi and stole a disk. The disk contained information which the Predacons interpreted to indicate that a steam train was some sort of weapon and set about trying to steal the train. Gas Skunk's contribution was an ion beam weapon capable of disrupting electrical systems—it was extremely effective against the Autobots, but against "Grandpa", not so much. After it was successfully stolen, Slapper and Gas Skunk redirected the steam train via a secondary rail line towards Megatron. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

Gas Skunk's next invention was a combination tracker/bugging device which he slipped onto [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]] when the Spy Changers foiled the theft of a ruby. The Predacons listened keenly as Mirage appeared to fall out with the other Autobots and convinced Megatron that they should let Mirage join them, although to Gas Skunk's annoyance, Sky-Byte managed to take the credit again. Unfortunately for them, the defection turned out to be a ruse anyway. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}}

The Autobots entered the Great Race to locate one of their comrades who'd gone missing. The Predacon trio attempted to drop a rock-slide on the Autobot forces, and were taken aback when Optimus leapt from boulder to boulder to reach the cliff-top they were on. The trio swiftly fled. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Ultimate Robot Warrior Gas Skunk beast.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Dude... My hands are HUGE!]]

After spying new Autobot [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] and his overzealousness in towing illegally parked vehicles, the Predacon trio captured the Autobot and set about trying to brainwash him. After Slapper's attempt failed, Gas Skunk recommended using a metronome... which also put Slapper to sleep. Eventually they managed to brainwash Tow-Line with a disc, and sat back while he began abducting Autobots from around the city. Unfortunately a malfunction meant Tow-Line dropped off the captives at the wrong location, and by the time the Predacons located him, Optimus Prime and Prowl had already cured him of the rogue programming. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

After Doctor Onishi revealed something about the [[Cave of the Dragon]] to the Predacons, Gas Skunk saw a report on television about a statue transforming into a dragon (in reality a movie effect), which led them to try to find the cave. Sky-Byte and the Predacon trio found the Cave of the Dragon finally, and were frightened off by a ruse of the Autobots to make them believe that the transforming robot was hostile. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}}

[[Image:Optimus GasSkunk02.JPG|left|200px|thumb|I AM OPTIMUS PRIME...tee-hee!]]

Not all of Doctor Onishi's information was unhelpful. The Predacons were sent to [[Castle Peak]] in [[America]], where they began digging and unearthed a crashed Autobot spaceship. After Megatron retrieved the six [[protoform]]s from inside it, the Predacons began scanning new vehicle modes for the protoforms, creating the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Decepticons|The Decepticons}} Unfortunately this development left the Predacons as second-stringers to the new troops. Sky-Byte came up with the idea to disguise themselves to get the Decepticons and Autobots to destroy each other. With typical finesse all four of them picked Optimus Prime to dress up as, but the Decepticons and Autobots ended up fighting anyway. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Digging under the volcano on [[Montrose Island]], the three Predacons were first assaulted by some bats, then chased by molten lava. They eventually reached the ocean, and were forced to dive when the lava followed them over the cliff. {{storylink|Volcano}} On a later mission, Sky-Byte had the trio attempt to draw Megatron's face in the ground to indicate a rendezvous point. They did get to fight X-Brawn though. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Fish Test Gas Skunk Prowl.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Why he even wants to follow Sky-Byte's orders is a mystery.]]

Roped into another of Sky-Byte's plans, Gas Skunk disguised himself as Prowl in another attempt to get the Decepticons and Autobots to fight. The plan did not go well, nor did the next plan, to let the Autobots know where the Decepticons were going to strike. Gas Skunk's retort to Slapper's assertion that it was worth it to see Sky-Byte "bark like a seal" was simply to tell him to get a life. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

Sky-Byte and the three Predacons raided a diamond mine in Antarctica in order to lure the Autobots into a trap. The [[Build Team]] turned up instead of the expected Autobot Brothers, but Sky-Byte took their leader [[Wedge]] captive. The Build Team tried to exchange him for a disk with a map of the [[Global Space Bridge]] and, after a chase with a penguin, the Predacons obtained their prize. Unfortunately it turned out to just be a map of some sewers. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

Sucked into another of Sky-Byte's plans to attack the [[CGA Tower]], the Predacon trio instead found themselves holding the building up after the shark had an abrupt change of plans and insisted everyone save the hostages. Much complaining ensued. In the end the tower was saved, but the Predacons realized they still hadn't gotten the [[O-Part]]s Sky-Byte was after. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

The Predacon trio were put in charge of guarding the Autobot Brothers after their capture. They didn't last very long when the newly-arrived [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] came to the Autobots' rescue. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}}

Hiding in some bushes, the Predacons observed the failure of one of [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]'s plans and observed that he was still Megatron's favourite. They attempted to join the battle only to flee when Optimus and Ultra Magnus merged to become [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Maximus Emerges Darkscream gasskunk.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]

The Predacon trio accompanied Megatron and the Decepticons to the [[Sahara]] to recover the [[Orb of Sigma]]. Their main contribution was to attempt to flee when the cavern in which the Orb was located began to collapse, and subsequently became buried under rubble. They were able to dig themselves out, only to find their energy being drained by a mysterious force. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} This didn't seem to slow them down, as they were hanging out with Sky-Byte again soon after the Autobots found [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], and were able to snatch the 'bot while the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy. Although they turned up to the battle in Metro City to claim [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], their contribution to the fight was minimal. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

With the Decepticons' treachery taking them out of favor with Galvatron (as Megatron had become), the Predacons found themselves moving up in the hierarchy finally. They took part in the attack on the Autobot base, and were lured into a trap by Optimus Prime. The trio wisely took shelter once the ''Megastar'' turned up to add its fire-power to the fight, but the battle station was soon destroyed by Fortress Maximus. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} They continued to contribute little to the ongoing battle, and ended up following Sky-Byte into the space bridge when he and the Decepticons pursued the retreating Autobots in. Thus they were subsequently also trapped when Galvatron flooded the tunnel with molten lava. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} Fortunately for them, they survived and went on to face the Autobots again (and were swiftly trampled into the dirt).

After the defeat of Galvatron and his Decepticons, Slapper, Gas Skunk and Dark Scream were rounded up and shipped off to an asteroid prison colony on board Fortress Maximus. As all the other villains argued and shrieked vengeance from within their ''Phantom Zone''-like prison cells, the Predacon trio lamented that Sky-Byte had been left stranded on Earth; a fate they considered worse than incarceration. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Dreamwave Summer Special===
[[Image:UltraMagnustotheRescue_DecepticonsPredacons.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Gas Skunk and the Predacons went looking to acquire an experimental nuclear generator under the bickering leadership of Scourge and Sky-Byte. Their efforts were interrupted first by Optimus Prime, then by Ultra Magnus who sent Gas Skunk flying. After a brief exchange of blows, Scourge halted the fight by threatening the nearby human workers. Sky-Byte wasn't in favor of killing innocent humans, though, and he sent Slapper and Gas Skunk to get in Scourge's way at a critical moment. The humans were saved, the Decepticons were left beaten and empty-handed, and the Predacons were able to return to Megatron with the generator in tow. All was right with the world. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

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==Toys==
[[Image:RID Gas Skunk Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|"Stinkbomb is the preferable name" is a phrase we thought we'd never say...]]
===Robots in Disguise===
*'''Gas Skunk''' (Basic, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-002'''

: A [[repaint]] of the ''[[Beast Wars (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Transmetal 2]] [[Maximal]] [[Stinkbomb]] (they use the same base plastic colors), Gas Skunk transforms into a techno-organic monstrous skunk. His tail features a separate swinging scissor-blade at the tip. He has a hidden [[spark crystal]] in his right rear leg in beast mode (left bicep in robot mode) revealed by a simple flip-up panel.

: This mold was likely supposed to be used for the unreleased ''[[Beast Machines (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Spiketail]] toy.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/GasSkunk/gasskunk.htm More information on Gas Skunk at TFU.info]''

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*'''Dark Scream / Gas Skunk / Slapper''' (Mega 3-pack, 2001)

: For his [[Hasbro]] release, Gas Skunk was only made available in a Mega-class 3-pack with [[Dark Scream]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]]. There are no notable differences between the Hasbro and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] versions of any of the three in the set.

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==Notes==
*In the Japanese version, Gas Skunk speaks in effeminate Japanese. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

*According to the ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, [[Dark Scream]], Gas Skunk and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] make up a subgroup known as the "3 Metal Beast Brothers" (メタルビースト３兄弟 ''Metaru Bīsuto 3 Kyōdai''). Apparently [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s intent was to have them parallel the deluxe "Three Car Robot Brothers" (as [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], and [[X-Brawn]] were called in Japan), but both the Japanese and American versions of the cartoon ignored them having any sort of familial relationship.

*According to [[Fox Kids]]'s (now defunct) website, the name of Gas Skunk's, Dark Scream's, and Slapper's three-member team is the "Predacon Field Squadron" <ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20020124195705/http://www.foxkids.com/tvshows/transformers/characters.asp</ref> Where this name came from is unknown, as it wasn't used in the the ''Robots in Disguise'' TV series dub at all. All that's known about it is that Slapper is its third member, meaning Gas Skunk and Dark Scream are the first and second (but exactly who is the first and who is the second is not known).

* In "[[Wedge's Short Fuse]]", Gas Skunk reveals that the diamond is his birthstone (which should mean he was "born" in [[April]]; how this works for Cybertronians isn't entirely clear).

==References==
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[[Category:Robots in Disguise Predacons]]

Optimus Prime (RID)

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:RIDPrime02.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Ironically, filled with [[Burning justice|blazing justice.]] ]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is a stern and serious commander, devoted to protecting freedom and innocent life. He has seen the galactic path of conquest and destruction already burned by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] and swears it will not include [[Earth]]. Optimus Prime often finds himself in the role of "straight man" to the more comic stylings of the other Autobots and [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]], and tends to treat their humorous exaggerations or personality quirks as statements of straightforward fact. His subordinates view him as a great leader, if stubborn and much too prone to long speeches. Optimus Prime's greatest weakness is his sense of nobility. If an adversary claims to have had a change of heart and discovered inner goodness, Prime will fall for it every single time. But once he finds out he's been had, they'd better watch out!

:''Japanese name'': '''Fire Convoy'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Neil Kaplan]] (English), [[Satoshi Hashimoto]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese)
[[Image:BattleProtocol Prime gun.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Firearms are the right of all sentient beings.]]
Optimus Prime was created, along with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], by [[Alpha Trion (RID)|Alpha Trion]] during the [[Golden Age]]. The two of them were raised together, and thus, saw each other as brothers. However, this relationship was torn apart after the Cybertron Civil Wars, whereupon the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] chose Optimus Prime to command the Autobots in stopping the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] leader [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] from ravaging the universe in his quest for energy. Ultra Magnus left Cybertron that same day, bitter and spiteful of his brother. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Prime soon struck up command on [[Earth]], where he took the form of a fire truck. Operating out of a secret base in [[Metro City]], he and his fellow Autobots were more than ready to face Megatron and his Predacons. The conflict began when Megatron appeared in New York, attempting to kidnap the famous scientist [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Kenneth Onishi]]. Optimus struck up a friendship with Onishi's son, [[Koji Onishi|Koji]], and despite not being able to save the boy's father, vowed that he would help rescue him. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

[[Image:BulletTrainRescue Prime through window.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Armour Digivolve!]]
Optimus later took Koji to see the Autobot base, during a series of Predacon attacks on trucks around Metro City. New Predacon [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] turned out to be after a terrorist device hidden in a sports car. With the bomb on the verge of exploding, Optimus converted to his [[Super Mode|battle mode]] and used his power stream to blast the shark and the bomb safely into space. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}} The launch of the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train was also a clear target for the Predacons, and Optimus ordered the Autobots to provide an escort. Sure enough, the Predacons destroyed a bridge ahead, and Optimus aided [[Team Bullet Train]] in stopping the train before disaster occurred. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}}

Together with the [[Autobot Brothers]], Prime prevented the Predacons from stealing the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] stored in a Metro City warehouse. When the generator was later moved, the Predacons made a second attempt, but Prime was content to sit back and watch the [[Spy Changer]]s go to work in foiling the quartet. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

{{quote|Your imagery is derivative. It lacks semiotic cohesion. And the hapless foe is you!|Optimus Prime, critiquing Sky-Byte's poetry|"The Hunt for Black Pyramid"}}

A distress call from Koji sent Optimus and the Autobot Brothers to a location in the sea near Metro City. Using the [[Global Space Bridge]], the Autobots made the leap out to a stricken ship, which was under attack by the Predacons. Prime fought with Sky-Byte, discovering that the shark had the edge while underwater. Once the ship was righted, the Autobot Leader quickly beat the Predacon into a withdrawal with his Fist of Steel. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} Prime suspected that an attack by Megatron and the Predacon trio in the middle of Metro City was a diversion, and this was confirmed by an SOS from Side Burn, who was exploring [[Payuma ruins|Native American ruins]]. After Prime had traveled to the ruins and fought off Sky-Byte, the Autobots found a [[Doctor Onishi's microchip|microchip]], hidden there by Doctor Onishi. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[Image:SecretWeaponD5 TAI Prime thoughtful.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Something about the upper chassis design?]]
Following Side Burn's kidnapping by the Predacons, Prime responded to the ransom request... by turning up alone and promptly being captured himself. Megatron began beating on the bound Optimus, until [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], [[X-Brawn]] and the Spy Changers mounted a stealth rescue. The prisoners freed, the Autobots turned on the Predacons and chased them off. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} When Koji reported a Predacon attack on the [[Grandpa|D-512 Stanwich Steamer]], Optimus coordinated the Autobot defense from home base. After [[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]]'s last minute rescue of the train, Optimus held Koji up so that the boy could film the steam engine. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

[[Image:SkidZsChoice Prime dynamic stock.jpg|thumb|right|200px|I hope you like this shot, cos you'll be seeing it a lot!]]
Optimus was not very worried about Mirage having apparently defected, stating that he was an Autobot and a member of the elite Spy Changers. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}} Optimus has the Autobots all enter the [[International Grand Prix]] in order to try and find [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], a recently arrived Autobot who had scanned a racing car and become possessed by the urge to compete in races. Unfortunately the Predacons decided to enter the race too, and partway through, Optimus and the Autobot Brothers found themselves holding up a huge rock dropped onto them by Megatron. Fortunately Skid-Z himself turned up and destroyed the rock, allowing them to chase Megatron off. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

Another new recruit, [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]] went rogue and began towing away random Autobots to an unspecified location. Prowl and Optimus finally managed to track Tow-Line down, correcting the damage to his circuits done by the Predacons, and rescuing their fellows. A rousing battle ensued, with inevitable defeat for the Predacons. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}} A Predacon investigation of the [[Cave of the Dragon]] lead Optimus and Midnight Express to dress up as a huge statue to chase them off. The ruse worked, and Optimus discovered that the cave did contain something of interest — an [[O-Part]]! {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Concerned at recent Predacon activity, Optimus called the Autobots back to HQ to review previous missions. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

[[Image:TheDecepticons Prime missile launchers.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Why my shoulders hurt?]]
Lead by Doctor Onishi's microchip to [[Castle Peak]], Prime and the Autobot Brothers found the Predacons digging up a derelict Autobot spacecraft. The ship contained six [[protoform]]s, which Megatron promptly stole, whisking them away to nearby [[McKinley Army Base]] to be formatted into [[Decepticon]]s. During the fight at the base, [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] attempted to flee in a fuel tanker, and was saved by Optimus from plunging into a crater. The last protoform scanned Optimus and the tanker at the same time, resulting in [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], a Decepticon resembling a twisted clone of the Autobot leader. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} The Decepticons' first mission was to attack [[Sherman Dam]], during which Optimus managed to stop them from detonating explosives planted on the dam, and clashed with Scourge. {{storylink|Commandos}}

[[Image:Volcano Prime battle mode stock.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
More activity lead Prime and the Spy Changers to [[Montrose Island]], where they clashed with the Decepticons and Sky-Byte. With the volcano in danger of erupting, Optimus froze the crater with his Blizzard Storm attack, but was occupied fighting Scourge to do any more. He pinned [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], allowing the Spy Changer to use their [[Inferno Blast]] to divert the erupting lava to the sea. {{storylink|Volcano}} The Decepticons had [[Movor]] fired into space to try and locate the Autobot base from orbit, by observing Autobot movements. Optimus had Side Burn go to [[Pier 7B]], where an ambush had been arranged. Prime's battle with Scourge was largely won by the fact that Movor kept firing on the pair from space and accidentally hitting Scourge. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

Prime hoped that Scourge and his fellow Decepticons would one day be restored to their true Autobot selves, and in fact at one point [[Mega-Octane]] met with Optimus Prime, claiming that the Decepticons wanted to defect. Just as Optimus was about to show the Decepticons to the Autobot base, Sky-Byte attacked. Scourge's strike at the Predacon would have incurred a human casualty, had Optimus not deflected the sword blow with his [[Flying Fist]], and the trick was revealed. Enraged with disappointment, Optimus [[Burning justice|glowed with power]] as he fought off the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

[[Image:WedgesShortFuse Prime Blizzard Blast.jpg|thumb|left|200px|This image conjures some uncomfortable imagery...]]
Optimus took part in countering a series of attacks on power plants, {{storylink|The Fish Test}} and arrived in [[Antarctica]] in time to help the [[Build Team]] defeat the Decepticon and Predacon forces. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} He also helped the Build Team reach the space bridge computer after the Decepticons sabotaged it. During the subsequent battle in the Arctic, he was content to let [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] face Megatron alone, as a matter of honor. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

Sky-Byte and his Predacons attacked the [[CGA Tower]] during its opening, apparently holding the humans inside hostage and demanding that Optimus Prime bring him the O-Parts. Optimus headed for the scene, but was cut off by the Decepticons. His haste resulted in him speedily dispatching Ruination with one shot from his Blaze Blaster, before hurrying to the tower. After a further battle with Scourge, Optimus helped stabilise the tower so that Landfill could create a new foundation for it. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}} After the Decepticons began a vendetta against the Build Team, Optimus ordered the Build Team not to get involved — but they did anyway, battling Ruination underground. Prime reached the location after Landfill had defeated the Decepticons in a huge fireball, and extinguished the four Autobots. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:Forced Fusion Optimusbattlestation.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]
Matters escalated when Ultra Magnus appeared on Earth, making his desire to take the Matrix from Optimus Prime known to his "brother". Optimus confronted Magnus, inviting the Autobot to join his team, but Magnus refused and challenged Prime to a duel. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Optimus refused to fight Magnus, and was thus mercilessly fired upon, until [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]], [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], and [[X-Brawn]] arrived to carry him away. Prime took refuge on a deserted island, but the Decepticons, Megatron, and Magnus all tracked him there. In the midst of the battle, Magnus forcibly activated their ability to combine into [[Omega Prime]], intending to use it to drain Prime of his energy so he could take the Matrix, but Optimus managed to take control and use their combination to stop the Decepticons. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Optimus took time out to review footage of the Autobots' recent missions. {{storylink|Lessons of the Past}} After the Decepticons captured the Autobot Brothers, Optimus confronted them, but was unable to fight back under threat of the brothers being killed. Despite being pounded on by the Decepticons, Optimus was fit enough to combine with Ultra Magnus once the three brothers were freed. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Optimus came to the Autobot Brothers' rescue himself when they experienced an odd power drain during battle. He fought Ruination and Scourge alone until Ultra Magnus arrived to lend a hand. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:KojiGetsHisWish Optimus firing at Scourge.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
During the search for some ruins under Metro City, Optimus Prime monitored things from base. He joined his men when they found [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]] hidden in the ruins, and helped fight the Decepticons off. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} While the Build Team concealed Fortress Maximus, Optimus kept Scourge busy, fighting the Decepticon beneath the city. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}} He turned up in the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] after the rest of the Autobots had collected all of the O-Parts, in time to fight off Megatron. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}}

[[Image:MaximusEmerges Optimus and Magnus.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Christian side-hug.]]
Combined into an orb, the O-Parts lead Optimus and the Autobot Brothers back to the Sahara, and a pyramid located in a cavern beneath the sands. There they battled with Megatron and the Decepticons over the [[Orb of Sigma]]. Once again, Omega Prime was formed in order to battle Megatron, and at the end of the battle, only the Autobot was still standing. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} Though the Autobots gained the location of [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the key to activating Fortress Maximus, Cerebros was snatched from their grasp by the Decepticons. Optimus lead his men in attempted to protect the titan, but Scourge managed to succeed. Fortress Maximus proved impossible to control, and began rampaging across the city. The return of Megatron, in a few form as Galvatron, complicated the battle, and even Optimus and Ultra Magnus combined into Omega Prime were unable to stop the devastation, until Koji managed to command Maximus to stop. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:SurpriseAttack Optimus carries Cerebros.jpg|thumb|200px|left]]
Clashes with the Decepticons and Fortress Maximus in a desert {{storylink|The Human Element}} and a forest were largely unsuccessful, but internal ructions in the Decepticon ranks eventually resulted in the Autobots managing to gain control of Cerebros. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}} When the Decepticons discovered the location of the Autobot base and mounted an attack, Optimus took Cerebros, leading the Decepticons through Metro City to an ambush in a more remote location. Prime and Magnus combined into Omega Prime once again, but found they were ineffective against the power of Galvatron's ''[[Megastar]]'', and were forced to sit back and watch as Fortress Maximus dealt with the battle station. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

Galvatron had survived the confrontation and began draining power from Fortress Maximus. When Omega Prime confronted him, he responded by using [[cyber-bat]]s to enslave and threaten the world's children. Prime was forced to call a retreat through the space bridge, which gave Galvatron the opportunity to trap them there and flood the tunnel with lava. As Optimus was overcome by the lava, Koji's words inspired him to escape and confront Galvatron once more. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}}

Though Galvatron seized the rest of the Autobots in an energy field, Optimus escaped and combined with Ultra Magnus. Omega Prime challenged Galvatron one-on-one at the Earth's core. He was seemingly no match for the Decepticon leader, until Fortress Maximus sent his power, which energized the Matrix, forming the giant weapon, the [[Matrix Blade]]. Galvatron was defeated, and with that, the Autobots' mission on Earth was finished, and Prime resolved to return to Cybertron—but not before "one last look around" with Koji and the rest of his team. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:UltraMagnustotheRescue Optimus Prime.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
With the other Autobots all engaged in other fights around the world, Optimus Prime alone was available to answer T-AI's battle protocol at an experimental nuclear generator in Arizona. His opening plan was to lure the Predacons and Decepticons away from the humans to battle them at a safe distance, but his wayward brother Ultra Magnus intervened, confronting the villains head on in the middle of the generator plant. As Prime chastised Magnus for his rash action, Scourge overheard and seized on the idea to threaten the humans if the Autobots didn't stand down. Despite his anger at Optimus, Ultra Magnus remembered his Autobot training and reluctantly laid down his weapon. At the proper moment, though, the brothers managed to attack a distracted Scourge and save the humans. The Predacons and Decepticons escaped with the generator, but the humans were safe. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[Image:TFUjailbreak.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Here I am, kept in this tiny room, forced to be kept merged to this dude who hates me.]]
After turning in Galvatron to the proper authorities, Optimus Prime enjoyed the time following by studying various lifeforms and their environments on other planets throughout the universe. During this vacation, his weapons systems were upgraded considerably.

However, his skills were inevitably needed once again on Earth when evil threatened the planet. He formed the [[Dimensional Patrol]] from the ranks of the Autobots who had stayed behind on Earth, as well as additional experts in transwarp technology, to defend the planet from those who would do it harm via the "temporal and spatial nexus" in Earth's proximity. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and several members of the Dimensional Patrol were abducted by [[Unicron]]. Here they were to battle each other in the [[Cauldron]], where their energy would feed and repair the shattered body of the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1}}

As Omega Prime, Prime and Magnus escaped this fate in a jail-break set into motion by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]]. They left Unicron for their home universe via a portal created by [[Optimus Primal]] and [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]], {{storylink|Escape (issue)|Escape}} but shortly thereafter they were once again called into service by [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Homecoming (issue)|Homecoming}}

{{note|It is unclear whether the change to a yellow color scheme accompanied the weapons systems upgrade or if these colors were visited upon him by the [[Unicron virus|corrupting energies]] of the [[Pit]]. Since his colors had returned to "normal" by the end of the Universe conflict (see below), the latter seems most likely.}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:OptimusPrimeRIDprimuschamber.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Prime picked this trick up from watching ''BASEketball.'']]

During the final battle with the [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]] in the [[Pit]], Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus (as Omega Prime) were fighting alongside the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]] when the corrupt pocket universe began to collapse around them. Omega Prime and the others fled through a dimensional portal, but the powerlinxed brothers were diverted by the former [[Mini-Con]] [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] into another reality, just in time to stop [[Nemesis Prime (Universe 2003)|Nemesis Prime]] from unleashing the [[Dead Matrix]] inside the Spark Chamber of [[Primus]]. The evil clone was vanquished, and the brothers hooked up with [[Sentinel Maximus]] and his comrades as they attempted to fortify Cybertron against the [[Unicron Singularity]].

Working relatively behind the scenes while that reality's [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew searched for the [[Cyber Planet Key|Cyber Planet Keys]], Optimus Prime and his brother found themselves moderating an internal dispute among the Mini-Con colonies in Cybertron's debris field, and were engaged with a Cybertronian-sized version of [[Unicron]] himself when Primus first transformed due to an infusion of Cyber Key Power. Some months later, after the final battle with the Cyber Key empowered [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]], Optimus Prime first met his local counterpart, and they exchanged information on their endeavors over the last few months. With the newly reformed Unicron on the loose after their last encounter, Optimus chose to join Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Maximus in hunting him down. The final fate of their mission, and whether the brothers ever returned to their home reality, remains to be seen. {{storylink|Balancing Act}}
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==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
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*'''Optimus Prime''' (Super, 2000, 2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''C-001'''
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime transforms into a Japanese Hino Brandlier fire truck. Harkening back to Generation 1 toys, he features chromed wheels with rubber tires. The forward section of his truck detaches to become his standard robot mode. His '[[trailer]]' can be reconfigured into a sort of battle station. The station can then be disassembled and attached around the robot to form his Battle Mode. His standard robot can combine with [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] to form [[Omega Prime]].

: The original [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' release differs from the [[Hasbro]] version in that it has a darker, metallic-flake plastic, and has no Autobot symbols tampo-printed on the shoulder pads. Obviously, the voice clips used for the Japanese toy are also different, although the English clips are essentially translations of the Japanese ones (with the Hasbro toy incorrectly proclaiming that Optimus Prime's transformation into super mode uses the code-phrase "maximize"). Additionally, the Hasbro version has the unfortunate tendency for its rubber tires to split down its molding connection. Furthermore, Fire Convoy's missiles are of a different mold on the Japanese toy. The toy’s ladder features a trigger that flips all four of his missile launchers forward into firing position when pressed. On Fire Convoy, pressing this trigger causes all four missiles to immediately launch (if by "launch" you mean "be-flung-up-into-the-air-and-fall-to-the-ground-instantly") when they flip forward, whereas the Hasbro toy removes the auto-fire feature, allowing them to be launched one-at-a-time via individual triggers. Unchanged from the Takara release, the tires feature the name "FIRE CONVOY" instead of "OPTIMUS PRIME".

: By some bizarre twist of fate, the standard robot mode has four [[Mini-Con]] ports on his arms ''before'' they were used in ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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*'''Black Super Fire Convoy ''' (Super, 2000/2001)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: Also known as "Super Fire Convoy Black Version" and "Dark Super Fire Convoy", this [[black repaint]] of the Optimus Prime figure featured a golden chrome chest, and clear sirens. It was available only as a prize in several contests held by Takara: 15 units were avaialble as prizes in a raffle held in [[TV Magazine]] in July; 400 were raffled off in a drawing that involved sending in coupons that came with the ''Car Robots'' DVDs (200 from October to December 2000, and 200 more from March to May 2001); and an undetermined amount were offered in a scratch-card contest also held by TV Magazine.

:This figure was also sold in a giftest with a black version of Ultra Magnus as "Black God Fire Convoy", noted below.
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*'''Clear Super Fire Convoy''' (Super, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: Clear Super Fire Convoy is, as his name suggests, constructed primarily of translucent plastic, and like the Black Version of the figure, was only available as a contest prize. An unknown number of units were raffled off as part of the "Convoy Car Robots Campaign" between June and July 2000, while 15 were avaialble at drawings held at Tokyo's Seibu Department Store between the 15th and 28th of August.

:This figure was also sold in a giftest with a translucent version of Ultra Magnus as "Clear God Fire Convoy", noted below.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearSuperFireConvoy/superfireconvoy.htm More information on Clear Super Fire Convoy at TFU.info]''
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*'''Black God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)
:This two-figure giftset includes the Black Super Figure Convoy figure, plus a black version of the Ultra Magnus figure (itself exceptionally rare), who together combine to form Black God Fire Convoy. It was ''ludicrously'' limited in its availablity, with the only ten units known to exist being offered as prizes in a scratch-card contest that TV Magazine run until early November 2000.
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*'''Clear God Fire Convoy''' (Giftset, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Matrix Blade
:This two-figure giftset includes the Clear Super Figure Convoy figure, plus a clear version of the Ultra Magnus figure not available anywhere else, who together combine to form Clear God Fire Convoy. The set also included the Matrix Blade sword, which had previously been available only through various contests and raffles.

:The giftset was exclusive to Japanese [[Toys"R"Us]] stores. Released in November 2000, it was limited to 3000 pieces; reportedly, only 100 TRUs carried the set, and limited customers to one purchase on the day of release.
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[[Image:Spychanger RIDPrime toy.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Tiny BURNING JUSTICE]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Basic, 2002)

: This is a smaller, simplified version of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime made for the Spy Changer/Basic class in the ''Robots In Disguise'' toyline. It has no standard robot mode and parts do not detach. Oddly, all promotional images of this figure depicted it colored in ''orange''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrimeGobot/optimusprime.htm More information on Spychanger Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''

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===Universe===
[[Image:Universe2003toy-OptimusPrimeSuper.jpg|right|250px|thumb|LEMON-FLAVORED BURNING JUSTICE]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Supreme, 2003)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles

: A Sam's Club [[exclusive]], the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' release of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime basically swapped out all of his red plastic for a yellow-orange color. He came packed in robot mode in an upright display package, which featured a sticker on the front with a hilariously mistransformed Omega Prime, advertising the toy's combining ability with the simultaneously-released, slightly-redecoed Sam's Club exclusive ''Universe'' release of ''Robots In Disguise'' Ultra Magnus.

: For some reason, the Autobot symbol on his chest in Battle Mode is left unpainted.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Autobot/TFUOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:TFU03-toy OptimusWMSpychanger.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Tiny LEMON-FLAVORED BURNING JUSTICE with donut chaser]]
*'''Optimus Prime and Prowl''' (Basic, 2003)

: One of a half-dozen Wal-Mart exclusive ''Universe'' toys to hit in the span of a few short months in 2003, this version of Prime is a yellow [[redeco]] of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Spy Changer]] Prime (with an oddly-unpainted face), based on the Sam's Club version of the larger toy. He was only available in a Basic-pricepoint two-pack with [[Prowl (Spychanger)|Prowl]].

:This toy was later [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as an [[Optimus Prime (Universe Spychanger)|alternate universe version of Optimus Prime]] by the [[OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/TFUOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Spychanger Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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===Cybertron===
* '''Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime''' (Multi-pack, 2005)
**''Accessories'': Pistol, 4 missiles
{{note|''Cybertron'' comic Optimus Prime was [[repurposing|repurposed]] from [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys#PrimeMagnus2pack|Ultra Magnus & Optimus Prime]].}}
:This Costco exclusive is a redecoed Super ''[[Robots in Disguise (toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Optimus Prime toy. He was sold with [[Ultra Magnus (Cybertron)|Ultra Magnus]], a repackaged Super ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. He transforms into a Japanese Hino Brandlier fire truck. Harkening back to Generation 1 toys, he features chromed wheels with rubber tires. The forward section of his truck detaches to become his standard robot mode. His 'trailer' can be reconfigured into a sort of battle station. The station can then be disassembled and attached around the robot to form his '''Battle Mode'''.

: The bio that accompanied this set indicates that these toys are new versions of the [[Unicron Trilogy]] characters.

:In Australia, this set was released as a Myer exclusive.
===Titanium Series===
[[Image:Titanium RIDPrime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|METAL BURNING JUSTICE]]
* '''Optimus Prime''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2006)
**''Accessories'': Display stand, nameplate

: ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Optimus is a six-inch tall [[die-cast]] metal and plastic version of ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime. In vehicle mode the ladder rotates at its base and the nozzles flip out of the end of the ladder, but the ladder cannot extend. As he is much simplified compared to the larger toy, the (largely hollow) front of the vehicle cannot separate and form the standard robot mode, nor can the rear of the vehicle form the battlestation. Instead, the entire fire truck transforms into a simplified version of the super robot Battle Mode.

: This mold was also used to make ''Titanium Series'' [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Zone]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/TitRIDOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Optimus Prime at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers DX===

[[Image:Rid_prime_kabayakit1.jpg|right|225px|thumb|Puny BURNING JUSTICE]]

*'''Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Accessories:'' Pistol
:As part of [[Kabaya]]'s first collection of ''Robots in Disguise''-themed [[candy toy]]s, Optimus Prime was one of three pre-assembled transforming figurines packaged with lemon candy. Capable of transforming into only the cab portion of his vehicle mode, Prime's robot mode could also be upgraded into his Super Mode by attaching several additional armor pieces (two boots, two gauntlets, two arm-cannons, two shoulder guards, a head, a chest piece and a ladder), some of which came packaged with Prime himself, and the rest of which were split between the other two figures in the line, [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]] and [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]].
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===Transformers Gum===
[[Image:Rid_prime_kabayakit2.jpg|right|225px|thumb|[[Scale|Out of scale]] BURNING JUSTICE]]

*'''Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 1
**''Accessories:'' Pistol
:Part of the second wave of Kabaya's ''Robots in Disguise'' candy toys, this version of Prime is a diminutive non-transforming model kit packaged with a stick of gum. Split across two plastic sprues, the kit is made of metallic silver and translucent red pieces with some painted details, which must be cut off their sprues and assembled by the buyer.

*'''Super Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 2
:Also part of the second Kabaya candy toy wave, this version of Prime is likewise non-transforming, silver and translucent red, and packaged with gum.
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===Trans Kit===
[[Image:Rid_prime_kabayakit3.jpg|right|225px|thumb|White Chocolate, Blueberry, and Cherry (not pictured) BURNING JUSTICE]]

*'''Super Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 1
:Part of the third and final wave of Kabaya's ''RiD'' candy toys, this non-transforming Prime model kit is cast entirely in one color of plastic, but was available in either grey, blue or red. It came packaged in a two-piece box with candy-coated chocolates.

*'''Fire Convoy''' (2000)
**''Japanese ID number:'' 2
**''Accessories:'' Pistol
:Like his larger self, this version of Prime was also available in grey, blue and red plastic.
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* '''Ai-chan''' (KT Figure Collection, 2004)

[[Image:AI PVC.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
: This figurine was produced by [[KT Figure Collection]], and included in a set of four others. It is notable in that not only is this the only non-[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] PVC in the entire set, but Ai-chan is portrayed bathing in a hot spring, and is thus completely nude, aside from her hat. A [[super deformed]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Super Fire Convoy]] is seen peeking over the side, and a miniature [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] bath toy is in Ai-chan's hands.

: Yes, it's creepy. And you may find her face is familiar, BECAUSE the figure is designed by [[Yūki Ōshima]], who did the [[Kiss Players (franchise)|creepiest thing]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] ever.
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===Robot Heroes===
* '''Optimus Prime''' / '''Megatron'''

[[Image:Robotheroesprimemegatron.jpg|right|300px|thumb|ADORABLE BURNING JUSTICE with [[Megatron (RID)|lazy madman]]]]
:Robot Heroes Optimus Prime is based on his "Battle mode" look, and is available with Megatron.

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==Notes==
* According to the first ''Car Robots'' toy catalog, Optimus and his Autobots are part of a "Dimensional Patrol" that followed the Predacons from another dimension. This seems to have been only vaguely alluded to in the Japanese version of the show—Fire Convoy proclaimed in the first episode that he would follow Gigatron wherever he went, "even if it's to the edge of the universe"—but does not seem to have played a large part of the main story, to the extent that the ''Robots in Disguise'' dub was able to omit it entirely. However, the [[3H]] supplemental materials for the ''Universe'' series re-established the idea, presenting the "Dimensional Patrol" as a post-cartoon organization.

* The first ''Car Robots'' catalog also stated that Fire Convoy and Gigatron were once "[[:Image:MangaYoungDeathyStarSaber.jpg|childhood friends]]" that became eternal rivals. We don't really have any idea how that was supposed to work.

* Fans in Japan joke that Optimus Prime is an Autobot [[Emperor of Destruction]] rather than an Autobot [[Supreme Commander]], due to his actions in the ''Car Robot'' anime.

* For this incarnation of Optimus, voice actor [[Neil Kaplan]] specifically impersonated the voice of the original [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Peter Cullen]]. ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime is one of the few Optimuses (two [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|as of 2008]]) whose English voice actor isn't Cullen or [[Garry Chalk]]. At conventions, Kaplan refers to himself as "the [[wikipedia:George_Lazenby|George Lazenby]] of Optimus Primes".<ref>This would presumably make [[David Kaye]] the [[wikipedia:Daniel_Craig|Daniel Craig]] of Optimus Primes.</ref>

* ''Cybertron'' "Multi-Pack" Optimus Prime's on-package [[bio]] seems to indicate he's ''Unicron Trilogy'' Optimus Prime. However, his (and Magnus') deco was later used in the [[Fun Publications]] ''Cybertron'' fan club magazine comic as ''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime having traveled to the ''Unicron Trilogy'' universe.

* Optimus Prime's [[Super Mode]] chest resembles the chest of EnRyu from ''[[Brave|King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]'', another Takara series. EnRyu also transforms into a fire truck with a similarly positioned "ladder cannon".

*This is the first incarnation of Optimus not to be [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|killed off]] at any point during his series. Possibly due to the fact that he is not intended to be [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]] in the original ''Car Robot'' series.

*Optimus was left out of the [[BotCon 2010]] [[Transformers Hall of Fame]] video tribute to Optimus Prime(s).

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Side Burn (RID)

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:''Side Burn is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SideBurnAnime.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ladies...]]
'''Side Burn''' is an adolescent speedster and turbo-revving young punk. His brain development has yet to catch up with his ego and robo-hormones, and if he gets bored or preoccupied he'll wander away from his assignment or get in the way of someone else's without a second thought. This is particularly annoying to his law-abiding brother [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and the fussbudget Autobot computer known as [[T-AI]]. Even the more easygoing [[X-Brawn]] can grow tired of his antics. They're no fun anyway, and he can always outrun them. He can outrun just about everybody and everything except his own foolishness.

His greatest folly is his fixation on red cars. Transformer or not, sentient or not, he can't resist chasing after a pretty little thing of the red persuasion, proclaiming loudly and often his libidinous designs. This is usually a bad idea, and occasionally a ''very'' bad idea, like that one time the red car turned out to be [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] in drag. Yikes. His "super" redeco was red. It's best not to think about it.

Side Burn is a good talker as well as a good racer. He can tell a real tearjerker of a story if he's in the mood. Ask [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]] about it some time.

:''Japanese Name:'' '''Speedbreaker'''

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Wally Wingert]] (English), [[Punch UFO]] (Japanese), [[Francesco Prando]] (Italian)

[[Image:Battle Protocol Side Burn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"That's one good synopsis of Battle Protocol, alright."]]
As usual, Side Burn was chasing a red sports car when Megatron attacked [[New York City]]. So engrossed was he that Prowl had to interrupt him to answer T-AI's summons to the [[Global Space Bridge]]. The three brothers reached New York where Side Burn commented that he'd forgotten how ugly the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] were, and proceeded to see off [[Dark Scream]] with a missile. The battle ultimately ended with Megatron abducting [[Koji Onishi|Koji's]] father, [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. {{storylink|Battle Protocol!}}

The [[Autobot Brothers]] were later assigned to intercept the Predacons, who were prowling [[Metro City]] and stealing batteries from cars. Prowl again interrupted Side Burn's red sports car hunt to point out that he was supposed to be patrolling. The pair soon spotted [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] attacking the very sports car Side Burn had just been chasing and his heart was broken when the car was subsequently destroyed. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

Assigned to protect the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train, the Autobot Brothers found themselves tangling with the Predacons, who were trying to blow up a rail bridge on the train's path. Ultimately they were unable to save the bridge, but the train was saved by [[Team Bullet Train]]. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} Together with [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]], the brothers protected a [[Plutonium Energy Generator]] from the Predacons. They escorted the generator as it was transported across the city the next day, with Prowl becoming increasingly exasperated by Side Burn's endless complaining. They were brought to a halt by a traffic jam engineered by Slapper. Fortunately the [[Spy Changer]]s were able to lend a hand and the Autobot Brothers got to sit back and watch the Predacons' defeat. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

[[Image:Hunt for Black Pyramid Sideburnchicken.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Side Burn IS Spider-Man!]]
On another mission, Optimus joined the Autobot Brothers at the end of the Global Space Bridge, which was terminated some distance short of a ship under attack by Predacons. Side Burn was the first to attempt to jump out to the ship... but chickened out at the last moment. After Prowl and Optimus made their attempts, Side Burn hitched a ride with X-Brawn and provided protection while his older brother repaired the stricken ship. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}}

To help cheer Koji up, Side Burn took the boy on a visit to the [[Payuma ruins]]. The pair soon found themselves tangling with Sky-Byte, who was also exploring the ruins, and were forced to get higher in order to radio the other Autobots to alert them to the problem. Side Burn's brothers stopped Sky-Byte escaping with a box which turned out to contain [[Doctor Onishi's microchip]]. This held much valuable information and would help the Autobots greatly in the struggle to follow. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[Image:Sideburn's Obsession Sideburngasskunkdarkscream.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Once Zed arrives, the party can begin.]]
The Predacons finally hatched a trap—Megatron disguised himself as a red sports car and lured Side Burn to a junk yard where the Autobot was captured and tied up by the other Predacons. Slapper asked him why he liked red sports cars, and he spun a tale of lost love when he was just a young tricycle. Unfortunately the kidnapping lured Optimus Prime to the car crushing plant where Side Burn was being held, and the Autobot leader was also captured. The pair were soon rescued by X-Brawn, Prowl and the Spy Changers, and fought off the Predacons. Though Side Burn announced he'd learnt his lesson, a few minutes later he was chasing another red sports car. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}}

The brothers were assigned to protect "[[Grandpa]]", an ageing steam train. In the end Team Bullet Train did most of the work protecting Grandpa, but Prowl and X-Brawn were busy stopping Side Burn from chasing red sports cars anyhow. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}} All three brothers volunteered to enter the [[International Grand Prix]] in order to try and find [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]], a recently arrived Autobot who had scanned a racing car and become possessed by the urge to compete in races. Side Burn attempted to chat up a red sports car at the starting line, only to realise it was Sky-Byte when it talked back. Once the race began, Skid-Z failed to show up—but the Predacons did, and Optimus and the three brothers found themselves holding up a huge rock dropped onto them by Megatron. Fortunately Skid-Z himself finally turned up and destroyed the rock, allowing them to chase Megatron off. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Tow-Line Goes Haywire Side burn.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Ooooh, kinky!]]
Side Burn was parked happily ogling a red sports car in a showroom when he was abruptly towed away, protesting the whole time. Once Prowl had released him, he was introduced to the tow truck—the recently arrived Autobot [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]]. A few hours later, Side Burn was back ogling cars (though disappointingly the red car had been replaced with a yellow one) and was towed again by Tow-Line. This time, however, the other Autobot had been brainwashed by the Predacons and was carrying out their bidding. Side Burn found himself dumped into a pit at a power plant along with X-Brawn and [[Rapid Run (RID)|Rapid Run]]. The trapped trio made some unsuccessful attempts to escape before they were rescued by a repaired Tow-Line and fought the Predacons once more. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}}

When the Predacons became convinced that the "[[Cave of the Dragon]]" harboured a powerful Transformer, the three brothers employed their acting skills to try to make the Predacons think that the disguises Optimus and Team Bullet Train were wearing were a giant transforming robot, and got fired on by [[Railspike (RID)|Railspike]] for their trouble. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Called in to the Autobot Base, Side Burn and the rest of the Autobots watched footage of their old adventures and speculated on where the Predacon base might be located. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

Optimus and the Autobot brothers went to [[Castle Peak]] to investigate what turned out to be a crashed Autobot spacecraft. Unfortunately they were unable to prevent Megatron stealing the six [[protoform]]s inside and taking them to a [[McKinley Army Base|nearby military base]] where the protoforms were reformatted into [[Decepticon]] warriors. {{storylink|The Decepticons|The Decepticons}} Sent to [[Sherman Dam]] to investigate X-Brawn's disappearance, Prowl and Side Burn encountered the Decepticons and were both tossed into the lake behind the dam, at the bottom of which they were reunited with X-Brawn. The trio were freed when the Decepticons blew a hole in the dam and, in the ensuing fight, they aided [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] in fighting off [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. {{storylink|Commandos}}

[[Image:Attack from Outer Space Side Burn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Sideswipe is a guy?!]]
After the Decepticon [[Movor]] was shot into space, he tracked the Autobots in an attempt to locate the hidden Autobot base. Side Burn was, of course, doing some tracking of his own—[[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]]'s sports car to be exact—and led the Decepticons on a merry chase. Informed by X-Brawn that the love of his life was waiting at [[Pier 7B]], Side Burn raced there to find the other Autobots waiting to spring a trap on the Decepticons who were still tailing him. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Mega-Octane]] met with Optimus, claiming that the Decepticons had rediscovered their Autobot sides. The Autobot brothers were skeptical, so Side Burn came up with the bright idea of testing their honesty by forcing them to do all manner of menial tasks. After watching them all day, the brothers finally admitted that perhaps the six Decepticons were honest after all. Of course, it wasn't long before the plot was revealed and the brothers were alerted to a brawl between Optimus, [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and Ruination. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

The three brothers were called to a power plant where they chased off Sky-Byte and the Predacons. Later X-Brawn was told by Sky-Byte that the Decepticons were going to raid the [[Bayshore power plant]]. The brothers rushed there only to be told by T-AI that the Decepticons had actually attacked the [[Crestline power plant]] instead. They proceeded to the correct plant to find the Decepticons had already been seen off by Rail Racer. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

[[Image:Landfill Sideburncrash.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"T-AI! Don't scream over the comm like that!" "That wasn't me, X-Brawn."]]
Sent to a diamond mine, the three brothers were brought up short by an incomplete Global Space Bridge, and were introduced to the [[Build Team]]. Keen to prove themselves in battle, the Build Team took over the mission at the mine. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}} Using the space bridge some time later, Side Burn ended up first on an island in the middle of a lake, and then in the middle of an indoor go-kart track, due to Decepticon sabotage. He was eventually able to rendezvous with the other Autobots in the Arctic, where they watched [[Landfill (RID)|Landfill]] fight off Megatron. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

After being duped out of stolen oil by the Build Team, the Decepticons began attacking construction equipment. The Autobots attempted to stop them without involving the Build Team, but had little success. A final attempt to confront the Decepticons had the three Autobot Brothers turn up in the middle of nowhere—the Build Team had sabotaged the space bridge so they could confront the Decepticons themselves. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

[[Image:Ultra Magnus Forced Fusion Side Burn.jpg|left|200px|thumb| Few know that the bathing T-AI toy was originally intended for Side Burn. Hope Prime's not peeking over the rocks.]]
While attempting to stop the Decepticons raiding an oil refinery, the three brothers were interrupted by a [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|mysterious Autobot car carrier]], who insulted them as the Decepticons escaped. Later they encountered the Autobot again and this time he scrambled their circuits and deposited them in a junk yard. Once they'd recovered, Optimus called them back to base for a systems check. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Optimus confronted the Autobot, named Ultra Magnus, himself and was soon overpowered. The Autobot Brothers rescued him from the battlefield and took him to an island to recuperate. Side Burn kept Optimus company for a while, and learned that Magnus was the Autobot leader's brother. A short time later, Optimus was attacked by the Decepticons, and the brothers found the portal at the end of the space bridge had been blocked by Sky-Byte. They eventually broke through only to witness Optimus and Ultra Magnus combining into [[Omega Prime]] for the first time. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

[[Image:Two Faces Ultra Magnus Side Burn powerup.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Kaioken times me!]]
Tracking Ultra Magnus, the Autobot Brothers spied him talking with Sky-Byte and assumed he was betraying them. The trio soon found themselves captured by the Predacons and were promptly freed by Magnus, who informed them he was pretending to defect in order to gain information. Returning to help Optimus against the Predacons, the three brothers found themselves being beaten on by Megatron. All three of them received a sudden power boost which was somehow channeled through Magnus, powering them up and enabling them to fight off the Predacons, with a little help from Omega Prime. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Prowl and Side Burn went out looking for Ultra Magnus and soon found him. Tailing the Autobot, they saw him talking with Scourge and confronted him, only for him to flee and leave them to fight Scourge and Ruination. Although the two brothers powered up for battle, they began to experience an odd energy drain and had to be rescued by Optimus and X-Brawn. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

The Autobot Brothers were sent to guard the subway below Metro City as the Build Team was searching for some mysterious ruins. The trio were confronted by the Decepticons, come to find the same ruins, and left them to the tender mercies of Team Bullet Train. Wandering further, they encountered Ultra Magnus, and Side Burn was distracted by a hallucination of red sports cars, leading the group to the ruins themselves. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} To their surprise the ruins turned out to be [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], whom the Autobots set about concealing in Metro City. While patrolling to ensure the operation wasn't uncovered, the Autobot Brothers stumbled on Sky-Byte talking to Koji and confronted the shark. Koji discovered that the pod Sky-Byte had been carrying contained his abducted father and interrupted the fight to tell the Autobots that Sky-Byte had rescued his dad. The three brothers apologised to Sky-Byte, who realised his huge blunder and fled in panic. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:Sideburnhearts.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Tuxedo Mask is sooooo dreamy!"]]
Doctor Onishi and T-AI quickly worked out a way to locate the remaining [[O-Part]]s needed and soon the Autobot Brothers were locked in competition with the Build Team to find the most of the artefacts. Side Burn and [[Wedge]] were especially competitive and Side Burn was depressed when his team lost. At least until X-Brawn pointed out the approaching red jeep driven by Kelly. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Back in the Autobot base, T-AI merged with the O-Parts. She soon sent Optimus and the Autobot brothers, with Koji tagging along, to a remote part of the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] in search of the [[Orb of Sigma]]. The foursome located the Orb under the desert and fought Megatron and the Decepticons for possession of it, eventually returning it to base. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

With information extracted from the Orb, the brothers and the Build Team visited a temple from which they extracted [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]], the control robot for Fortress Maximus. They were confronted on exiting the temple by the Decepticons and Predacons who stole Cerebros. The Autobots were forced to go on the defensive against the Decepticons and guard Maximus' hiding place. Scourge managed to activate Maximus anyway, and the giant was only stopped by the intervention of Koji Onishi. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:Human Element Side Burn vehicle.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cruisin' on the fast track to <strike>Fox Kids</strike> <strike>The Fox Box</strike> <strike>4Kids TV</strike> <strike>The CW4Kids</strike> Toonzai... wait, I mean <strike>Fox Kids</strike> <strike>ABC Family</strike> <strike>Jetix on ABC Family</strike> <strike>Jetix on Toon Disney</strike> Disney XD... oh whatever, forget it.]]
Scourge attempted to control Maximus in the desert by magnifying the human portion of his bio-signature. Again Optimus and the Autobot Brothers rushed there. At Koji's insistence, Side Burn carried the boy closer to try to command Maximus to stop, but Koji was unable to override Scourge's control. Maximus was subsequently halted by the arrival of the Build Team and Team Bullet Train with a thousand children. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Having thwarted one attempt by Scourge and Mega-Octane to kidnap Koji, the brothers were assigned to guard him. Koji wasn't keen on being guarded and swapped clothing with his friend [[Karl]], leading to Karl being kidnapped by the Decepticons in another attempt to control Maximus. Optimus and the Autobot Brothers were able to rescue Karl and retrieve Cerebros into the bargain. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Galvatron's Revenge Side Burn.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Side Burn ponders if he could chase and harrass himself.]]
When the Decepticons located and attacked Autobot headquarters, the Autobots led them into a trap and engaged them in a fierce battle. The arrival of Galvatron's ''[[Megastar]]'' turned the tide in the Decepticons' favour, until the Autobots were able to activate Fortress Maximus and destroy the battle station. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Galvatron, however, was not through and began to drain energy from Fortress Maximus. The brothers attempted to shoot him down without success. After Galvatron managed to use [[Cyber-bat|cyber-bats]] to control Earth's children, Omega Prime called a retreat, but the Autobots were followed into the space bridge by the Decepticons. Galvatron saw this as an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, and flooded the tunnel with molten lava. The Autobots, with the help of some urging from Koji, were able to escape the lava and confront Galvatron once more. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The Autobots soon found themselves on the losing end of the battle, and shielded Optimus long enough for their leader to find Ultra Magnus and form Omega Prime. During the final confrontation between Galvatron and Prime, the rest of the Autobots were all held paralysed but provided Prime with moral support.

After Galvatron's defeat, Side Burn returned to chasing red sports cars and being told off by Prowl. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
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===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:DWSummerspecial RID Autobrothers Megs.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"I've got the strangest feeling I'm being turned into something vague and nonsensical!"]]
When [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] led an attack on [[Arizona]] to drain the energy out of a vague and nondescript building in the middle of the desert, [[T-AI]] tried to call upon the Autobot brothers to help, but [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]], Side Burn and [[X-Brawn]] were busy tangling with [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] in [[Oregon]].

Megatron eventually fled the battle and Side Burn arrived to help Optimus, only to find the conflict resolved. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}
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===''Universe'' comic===
Some time after the defeat of Galvatron, Optimus Prime formed the [[Dimensional Patrol]] from the ranks of the Autobots who had stayed behind on Earth (apparently including Side Burn and Prowl), as well as additional experts in transwarp technology, to defend the planet from those who would do it harm via the "temporal and spatial nexus" in Earth's proximity. Unfortunately, Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, and several members of the Dimensional Patrol were abducted by [[Unicron]]. Here Side Burn and the others were to battle each other in the [[Cauldron]], where their energy would feed and repair the shattered body of the Chaos Bringer. {{storylink|The Official Transformers Collectors' Club Magazine issue 1}}

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Image:Optimusprimaluniverseend.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Side Burn loves a good game of multiversal cornhole.]]
Eventually, both Side Burn and Prowl ended up fighting in the [[Universe (2003 franchise)|Universe]] conflict, where [[Omega Prime]] had already joined [[Optimus Primal]]'s [[Children of Primus]] against the [[Minions of Unicron]]. In the final battle against [[Unicron]], the Chaos Bringer began to dissolve below them just as the Children of Primus' victory was achieved. To save themselves, Primal led his troops (presumably) back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through a transwarp portal. Side Burn and Prowl were personally thrown by Omega Prime through the portal. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}

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==Toys==
{{picsneeded|Good photos of the toys not depicted here, and a good, non-mistransformed photo of the original Sideburn.}}
===Robots In Disguise===
[[Image:RID Side Burn Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Now where'd my little red sportscar get to?]]
* '''Speedbreaker'''/'''Side Burn''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-004'''
**''Accessories:'' Rear fender/missile launcher, tailpipe/missile, gun/knife

: Side Burn transforms into a blue hot rodded [[Wikipedia:Dodge Viper|Dodge Viper]] with flame decos on the hood. Side Burn is essentially a [[shellformer]], with very little of his car mode pieces being incorporated into his robot limbs and is notorious for being difficult to transform, even for adult collectors. His missile launcher is formed from his rear fender, and the projectile launched is his vehicle mode tail pipe. His small silver gun/knife can be held in two different positions (depending on what weapon one wants) and can be stored in both modes via a peg on his back.

: This mold was [[Retool|retooled]] to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] and [[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/Sideburn/sideburn.htm More information on Side Burn at TFU.info]''
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* '''Super Speedbreaker'''/'''Side Burn''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-026'''
**''Accessories:'' Rear fender/missile launcher, tailpipe/missile, gun/knife

: [[Spontaneous recoloration|Fire-red]] [[redeco]] vaguely resembling [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], the main difference between [[Super mode|Super]] Speedbreaker and Side Burn, aside from the Autobot emblem, is a small official Dodge Viper logo which has been added for [[Licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensing reasons]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/SuperSideburn/sideburn.htm More information on Super Side Burn at TFU.info]''
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* '''Super Clear Speedbreaker''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' Rear fender/missile launcher, tailpipe/missile, gun/knife

: A clear version of Super Speedbreaker, exclusively available at Osaka Toys Land Show and Super Festival 19 as part of a three-pack with clear Super Wildride and Super Mach Alert.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Cybertron/ClearSpeedbreaker/speedbreaker.htm More information on Clear Speedbreaker at TFU.info]''
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* '''Daytonus & Side Burn''' (Basic, 2001)
**''Accessories:'' Tailpipe/gun

[[Image:RID Side Burn Spychanger Toy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I don't feel like myself at all.]]
: Side Burn's Spychanger mold was initially planned for the ''[[Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]] sub-line before it ended. His gun can fit in his underside in car mode. Side Burn was packaged with [[Daytonus]].

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Jazz (G1)/toys|Autobot Jazz]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Autobot/SideburnGobot/sideburn.htm More information on Spychanger Side Burn at TFU.info]''
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===Universe (2003)===
* '''Side Burn''' (Deluxe, 2004)
**''Accessories:'' Rear fender/missile launcher, tailpipe/missile, gun/knife

: A Wal-Mart exclusive, ''Universe'' Side Burn is the exact same toy as Super Side Burn, however black paint was added over the red on the car mode parts (though the bumpers are still red), and a fiberglass pattern was added to the hood, along with a giant Autobot insignia on the car roof. The gun/knife was also dechromed and was cast in silver plastic. Also, the Dodge Viper logo was added to the front of the car, as it had been for both Shadow Striker and Roulette. The differences between both figures stopped there.

: This toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as "[[Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]" [[Side Burn (SG)|Side Burn]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Autobot/SideBurn/sideburn.htm More information on ''Universe'' Side Burn at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
* Side Burn's original Japanese name, "Speedbreaker", is a synonym for [http://www.delhitrafficpolice.nic.in/speed-breaker.htm "speed bump"]. It's unknown if the irony was intentional. What was certainly unintentional, however, was the accidental use of the name in Side Burn's first ''Robots in Disguise'' toy's bio.

* Given that the original Side Burn toy's [[bio]] talks about his "new spark engine" and the enhanced attributes it gave him, while the bio of his super mode toy merely describes his personality and abilities, it seems that the two were accidentally swapped at some point in production. The same thing happened to Prowl.

* He pursues a woman for hours and hours wherever she goes, despite her clear objections. Thinking about this for more than two seconds will make you feel all dirty inside, and you just have. (Just think, a different show and this would [[Silverbolt (BW)|be presented as romantic]].)

* The alternate mode of Side Burn seems to be downgraded in horsepower, since there are eight exhaust pipes connecting to his engine block (which are clearly seen whenever he is in robot mode), indicating that his power comes from an eight cylinder engine, rather than the V-10 engine all regular [[wikipedia:Dodge_Viper|Dodge Vipers]] have. Which is probably why he can never catch [[Kelly|Kelly's]] little red sportscars.

* In the "[[Bee in the City]]" script-reading at [[BotCon 2008]], ''[[Beast Wars (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] mistakenly calls ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] "Side Burn", as part of a running gag where the kid-appeal 'bot is called by various other kid-appeal-bot names from the ''Transformers'' franchise's long history.

* Super Speedbreaker/Side Burn's vehicle mode served as an inspiration for the Earthen car design adopted by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] in the [[Devastation (IDW)|Devastation]] segment of the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW continuity]].

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Carlos Lopez

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{{disambigr|Carlos|the comic book artist|Carlos Magno}}

:''Carlos is a [[human]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Carlos.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Holy frijoles!]]
'''Carlos Lopez''' is a typical kid. He goes to school, he likes to [[Grindor (Armada)|skateboard]], he hangs around giant transforming alien robots, fantasizes about holographic dead girls, and happily propagates ethnic stereotypes.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Matt Hill]] (English), [[Yukie Maeda]] (Japanese), [[Leo Hallerstam]] (Swedish), [[Yoan Sover]] (French)

One day, Carlos and his best friend [[Rad White|Rad]] went exploring into the caverns deep beneath [[Cosmoscope Research Center]]. Inside, they found the curious remains of a clearly artificial construction, seemingly far in advance of human technology. Rad discovered a [[Mini-Con storage panel]] half buried in the rubble, and against Carlos' advice, his friend was drawn towards the strange object. Touching it, the entire structure began to shake, suddenly springing to life as thousands of computers lit up the walls.

At home, [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] felt the tremors and used her computer to pinpoint the epicenter of the apparent earthquake as the mountain caverns that Rad and Carlos were exploring. Similarly, the scientists and researchers at the observatory were baffled by the sudden movement of the Earth. As Rad and Carlos made their escape with the artifact, a bright light engulfed the chamber they were in, simultaneously shutting down all electronic equipment in Licoln, as well as emitting three distinctly coloured distress signals beams into the sky.

[[Image:Firstenclight.JPG|200px|left|thumb|Had a toy been made, Rad would have been Carlos' Mini-Con.]]
One beam, green, reached an [[Exodus (Armada)|ancient starship wreck]] on the dark side of the moon, causing it to fire hundreds of smaller beams of green light at the [[Earth]]. The two remaining signal beams, coloured red and purple, continued deep into space until it reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Emerging from the cave with Rad, Carlos turned to see a huge glowing purple sphere of pulsating energy floating in mid-air, which soon solidified into a huge robot. This being was [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], supreme leader of the evil [[Decepticon]]s. As he tried to take the object Rad had found, which had now revealed itself to be [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], a sought-after [[Mini-Con]], suddenly another massive robot ordered Megatron to stand down. He was [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the heroic [[Autobot]]s. As the pair grappled, Rad mused that somehow this was all his fault. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

The kids attempted to flee on High Wire, but were stopped by the arrival of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. Demolishor tried to grab the boys, but they were saved by the arrival of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Rad fled back into the cave, calling Carlos and Alexis after him. High Wire led the three into a smaller room, to Alexis's further distress; Rad and Carlos, however, assured her that they'd be safer there.

While in this room, High Wire activated a hidden storage panel, revealing [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]]; Grindor bonded the Carlos, and Sureshock to Alexis. They took their new friends out to play in the woods, but ran into Megatron. The timely arrival of Optimus Prime initially seemed to Rad and Carlos to make things worse, but when Alexis trusted the big Autobot, the boys did as well.

[[Image:Metamorphcontact.JPG|200px|right|thumb|[[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|(N.B.)E]].T]]
Optimus Prime took them into his cab and sped off to a distant location, where he set them down. Unfortunately, Megatron had followed close behind, and so Optimus had to combine with his [[trailer]] to fight him off {{storylink|Metamorphosis}}.

The commanders' battle caused a landslide to fall on the kids, but they were shielded by Hot Shot. They then dug up some more Mini-Cons, but two of those were stolen by Cyclonus.

The Decepticons retreated, and so the kids and robots made proper introductions. The kids offered to help the Autobots in their mission, and introduced them to the custom of bumping fists.

The next day at school, [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] grilled them over recent earthquakes; Rad and Carlos played dumb, while Alexis pointed out that if there was an earthquake, it would have been mentioned on the news. When Billy asked where he'd gotten his new skateboard, Carlos claimed his dad had owned it in the eighties and passed it down to him. He and Rad went on up to the mountain; on the way, they et up with Alexis, who chewed them out for nearly blowing their cover.

Up at the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime gave them [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to help in their reconnaissance efforts. Right then, another Mini-Con was detected, {{storylink|Base}} and Carlos recognised the location as the [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]]. The kids ran out with the Autobots, getting spiffy new adventure suits on the way.
[[Image:Comrade Autobotuniforms.jpg|200px|left|thumb|]]

When they got to the canyon, Carlos hopped into Red Alert. He had a good time off-roading, but after a while Red Alert decided it was time to get serious, and they continued on foot. They got lost, then found the others again just as the Decepticons arrived. Optimus Prime claimed the Mini-Con - who turned out to be his old partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] - and the kids helped dig up Hot Shot form where he'd gotten himself buried. {{storylink|Comrade}}

[[Image:Soldier dumpCarlos.jpg|200px|right|thumb|Hot Shot's popularity increased quite a lot once he dumped Carlos in the [[Antarctica|Antarctic]].]]
Later, they played tag with Hot Shot, which got him in trouble with Optimus Prime as he was supposed to be helping Red Alert install some equipment. They then went to find a new Mini-Con in [[Antarctica]], where Rad and Alexis rode in Red Alert while Carlos went with Hot Shot. Carlos and Hot Shot came under attack from Starscream, but were saved by Red Alert's quick thinking and advance preparation. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

When the next Mini-Con was detected in a forest, Carlos found a path that had been cut down by illegal loggers, prompting Rad to make a speech about how important it is to protect the environment. When the Decepticons started a fire, he helped get the animals to safety, but this had the unfortunate effect of letting Starscream get his hands on the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Jungle}}

[[Image:Carnival-Heavy Wrench.jpg|200px|left|thumb|[[Sari Sumdac|Sari]] [[Operating Table|handled this a lot better.]]]]
Back at the base, the kids tried to work out how to activate the dormant Mini-Con they'd found in Antarctica. When High Wire explained it was sleeping, Carlos tried to think of ways to wake it up, while Alexis thought it best to leave it alone so it could awaken in its own good time. Carlos and Rad fell for the old "pass me that spanner that's clearly too big for your species to lift" joke and, seeing there was nothing they could do to help, decided to take High Wire and Grindor to a local carnival, followed by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]].

At the carnival, the boys were initially concerned that bringing five alien robots to a crowded area might blow their cover, but quickly came up with the idea of telling everyone they were supre-advanced [[human]]-developed robots that would be available for purchase in the future. After a while, the boys tried to take the robots home, but it turned out that Billy and Fred were also at the carnival, and got suspicious. They tried to capture one of the Mini-Con, causing the entire situation to descend into slapstick farce.

They were saved by the timely arrival of Hot Shot, Sureshock, and Alexis, who managed to get things under control, swore Billy and Fred to secrecy, and gave the lads a good scolding. As punishment, Rad and Carlos had to clean up their quarters back at the base. Carlos thought he saw something happen with the dormant Mini-Con panel, but nothing more happened. {{storylink|Carnival}}

[[Image:Palace-Exploring.jpg||200px|right|thumb|"Okay, go ahead and say it." "Holy [[Frijole]]s!"]]
The kids later accompanied the Autobots to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and fell into a sand pit after an altercation with Demolishor. They found themselves in an ancient temple, where they were attacked by ancient guardian robots, but fortunately Demolishor was there to blow them up. Further into the temple, they found a Mini-Con storage panel; Carlos accidentally activated a trap, and Rad knocked him out of the way. After that, the floor collapsed, but Perceptor was able to rescue them. Demolishor got the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Palace}}

The next day, back in America, Billy and Fred pursued the three to the Autobot base. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis all tried to outrun them, but soon had to split up when Cyclonus attempted to capture them.

The three met up again at the Autobot base, but Laserbeak (along with Billy and Fred) had been kidnapped by Cyclonus. They tracked Laserbeak to a ghost town, where the kids tried to rescue the bullies, but all ended up being captured by Megatron, who demanded Optimus Prime hand over all their Autobots' Mini-Cons in exchange for the humans' lives. Optimus Prime went through with it, but Megatron, naturally, refused to hand them over. However, Rad was able to use Laserbeak to free all the other humans, and Hot Shot was able to rescue Rad with Fred's surprising help. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

The day after that, the three sought out a Mini-Con in a subway system, while being followed by a disguised [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]]. Carlos personally pulled the Mini-Con storage panel out of a rock face. Right at that point, Smokescreen attacked them, forcing them to flee deeper into the tunnels.The kids fled deeper into the tunnels, and holed up in a convenient cave. They were found by the Decepticons, but Smokescreen came to the rescue, seeing that these fleshlings must be the good guys if Megatron was their enemy. Unfortunately, Cyclonus managed to get the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Underground}}

A while after that, the Autobots received a transmission from [[Atlantis]] and took the kids with them to search for yet another Mini-Con. Carlos was somewhat disappointed when he heard about their objective, as he was hoping to rescue the girl from the transmission.

At the ruins of Atlantis, while the Autobots fought the Decepticons, the kids went inside to look around. A [[Hologram|holographic]] display activated, and Carlos chased after the hologram of [[Amphitrite]]; Rad and Alexis followed. 'Amphitrite' gave them a canned history of Atlantis, focusing on how its inhabitants used the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] to dominate the world, and were eventually defeated by another civilisation who wielded the [[Skyboom Shield]]. Despite this warning of the danger of the Mini-Cons' power, the kids decided to find the Mini-Con in Atlantis anyway, but it was claimed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] for the Decepticons. Dejected, the kids left with Optimus Prime; Carlos initially tried to take Amphitrite with him, apparently forgetting she was just a recording. {{storylink|Ruin}}

He accompanied the Autobots to a volcanic island when they searched for the next Mini-Con, and looked for it alongside Rad and Alexis while all the Transformers present fought each other.

After that adventure, the trio decided to give Billy and Fred a tour of the Autobot base, but were separated when the Decepticons attacked. Since the bullies were in danger of the automatic defenses, said defenses were shut off, allowing the Decepticons to penetrate deeper into the base that anyone would have liked. However, after a battle, the Star Saber was reassembled and in the hands of Hot Shot, so the day ultimately turned out all right. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

The next day, Carlos and Rad tried to sort out the human quarters on the base while Alexis and Sureshock were out shopping. For some reason, the fridge was full of tools. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

Carlos would disagree with Billy that Hot Shot was the most powerful Transformer in the universe because he possessed the Star Saber. Alexis soon tracked down another Mini-Con, and the trio, plus Billy and Fred, rushed off with the Autobots to cheer them on; Rad and Carlos rode in Hot Shot.

Hot Shot let the boys out so that he could focus on fighting Cyclonus, at which point [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] arrived, carrying Billy. Alexis arrived momentarily.

The battle went on, with Smokescreen finally claiming the Mini-Con. Back at the base, Carlos translated [[Spiral]]'s offer to give Fred a ride, while Rad and Alexis discussed their misgivings regarding Sideways. Speaking of Sideways, the treacherous motorcycle soon took Hot Shot to the moon in order to deliver the Star Saber into Decepticon hands. While Hot Shot was missing, Carlos was certain he'd return safely, but the Autobots and the rest of the humans were, understandably, not so sure. {{Storylink|Gale}}

With Hot Shot feeling naturally depressed about this disaster, all five kids tried to cheer him up by making silly faces. They also accompanied the Autobots on their search for the next Mini-Con, and managed to find it at the same time as [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], and after a scuffle, it was taken by Scavenger for the Decepticons. Soon after, however, Scavenger came over to the Autobots, and revealed he had been a double agent all along. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

In the aftermath of Sideways' betrayal, the trio weren't exactly eager to trust Scavenger. He seemed to be more interested in sleeping than mentoring Hot Shot, but when the kids tried to raise this with Optimus Prime, his explanation was cut short by the detection of still another Mini-Con. The Autobots warped off to somewhere with a lot of snow, while the kids observed from back at base. Scavenger heroically saved Optimus Prime's life, very nearly plunging to his own [[death]], and so the kids (and Smokescreen) apologised to him for their earlier suspicions when he got back, Scavenger accepted with characteristic stoicism. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Some time after that happened, the boys went on a camping trip, though forgot to tell Alexis about it. Rad tried to catch a fish while the others splashed around in the water, joined by a little boy named Shaun.

That evening, in spite of an earlier forecast for nice weather, a fierce storm blew in. The boys and Autobots tried to get back to base; however, a landslide trapped carlos and Shaun inside Red Alert beneath a huge pile of mud. The other Autobots came to the rescue while Rad and Laserbeak distracted the reporters in the area, and everybody headed back to the Autobot base as soon as Red Alert was dug up. Everybody warped back to the Autobots' base, where Alexis was waiting on tenterhooks. The boys taunted her for being concerned for their lives, leading Alexis to chase Carlos around the corridors {{storylink|Vacation}}.

All five kids were present at the battle in which [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] made his first appearance. They tried to make friends with the new arrival, but he turned out to belong to the monosyllabic loner school of heroism. Carlos and Billy pressed the issue, and nearly got blown up for their troubles. However, Blurr did mellow out a little when his refusal to work as a team led to the Decepticons getting their servos on [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], so it mostly turned out all right. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

The next day, Blurr and Hot Shot trained together while the kids watched. They also congratuated Smokescreen for succeeding in a test where Hot Shot failed, even though Hot Shot only failed because he was competing with Blurr in addition to trying to dodge the obstacles.

This session was interrupted when Megatron challenged all the Autobots to a final, decisive battle. Due to the danger, the kids were left at the base to watch the proceedings from afar. Megatron would have won if Optimus Prime hadn't managed to get his hands on the Skyboom shield, and when the Star Saber was used against the shield, a mighty light was released which Rad and Alexis recognised as the same one that they had seen whe High Wire was awoken. This light streaked off into space, to awaken [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Despite this victory, the Optimus Prime decided the situation was too dangerous for the kids and barred them from the base. Frustrated, they wandered off, but were soon joined by the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]], who had received a transmission from the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons on the Moon. While Rad and Fred went to tell Optimus Prime, the rest of the kids went with the Mini-Cons to the warp gate. Carlos was almost crushed by Megatron's suddent arrival, and then saw the Decepticon leader teleporting away with Rad, Fred, and four of the Autobots. Carlos then accompanied Alexis, Billy, and the Mini-Cons back to the Autobot base to try and establish contact. They did, with the end result that the Autobots gained several new Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Vow}}

After that adventure, the kids were allowed back into the base again, but were no longer taken on missions. As a result, Carlos quickly got bored, while Alexis got stroppy with him and Rad tried to keep the two from each other's throats. Despite not being at the front of the action, the war would still impinge on their lives when Sideways hacked the Autobots' computer system. Despite Rad and Alexis' best efforts, Sideways' virus quickly took control of the base and projected himself into it. Faced with no other options, the trio resorted to physically smashing the terminals, which granted them a brief reprieve.

However, this relief proved to be short-lived when Sideways sucked the minds of the kids as well as their partner Mini-Cons into a cyberspace landscae of his own devising. Rad and Carlos actually enjoyed the lack of gravity in this new realm for a while before Sideways' digital avatar appeared to them and tried to claim their Mini-Cons.

Back at the base, Billy and Fred tried to wake the trio up. Meanwhile, in cyberspace, the kids and Mini-Cons fled Sideways, and discovered that all they saw was just an elaborate illusion. Sideways managed to capture Sureshock, but then Alexis realized that since he had gone to so much effort, he clearly wasn't in control of this illusion - and also that he couldn't really harm them.

At this, Sideways panicked and made a desperate bid to take the Mini-Cons, but the kids' lack of belief in the world they saw put paid to that plan. At that point, a massive force of evil manifested in cyberspace - Unicron, the one entity Sideways feared! The kids fled back to the meatspace through a portal opened by Red Alert, leaving Sideways to his master's mercies. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

When Fred tried to tell the others about strange lights seen recently in space, Carlos just thought he was being silly. All the kids expressed relief when Sideways appeared on the battlefield during the next Mini-Con related skirmish, as this meant he couldn't hack their system again. The Autobots won this battle, bringing [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] into the fold, and the kids were all there to welcome him when they took him back to base. {{Storylink|Tactician}}

In a subsequent battle, Optimus Prime was seriously injured, forcing Jetfire to take command. None of the kids were impressed by the new guy's constant boasting. They also got a brief history lesson on battles the Autobots had lost due to Thrust's tactical genius; while Carlos was confident that Jetfire could easily counter Thrust, the others weren't so sure.

As it turned out, the kids were right about Jetfire, as his overconfidence nearly led to the Autobots losing the next Mini-Con to surface. To his credit, Jetfire was contrite, saying he had learned his lesson and would be more cautious in future. {{storylink|Linkup}}

The next day, the kids watched Jetfire and Smokescreen arm wrestling; Carlos was confused, as Alexis cheered for both. They also filled in Jetfire on what Sideways had gotten up to. Jetfire then displayed his cunning side by showing the kids a photo of Sideways shooting down Cyclonus, which cast doubt on the turncoat's allegiance to the Decepticons. The kids tried to figure out what Sideways' deal was, while the Autobots went to obtain yet another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Detection}}

While the Autobots were dealing with [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], two Mini-Cons were detected in addition to the one the Transformers were at the time specifically fighting over - one on the Moon, and the other right in the Autobot base! The kids and Street Action Mini-Cons rushed off to look for the one on Earth, locating it when Fred fell through a rotten floor. This Mini-Con revealed itself as [[Sky Blast]] before shooting High Wire and running off. {{storylink|Awakening}} The kids gave chase, and Sky Blast eventually came round, having just been scared. In order to complete the Requiem Blaster, Red Alert took Alexis, Rad, and Carlos to the beach where the factions' main forces were duking it out; while Alexis alerted the other Autobots to the situation, Rad and Carlos sought out [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]].

After some fighting, Sky Blast walked off and played a melody which awoke both Payload on the beach and [[Astroscope]] on the moon; the three Mini-Cons came together and did indeed form the Requiem Blaster, which Optimus Prime obtained and used to obliterate the Decepticons. {{storylink|Desperate}}

In the light of this, the kids became concerned about the rights of the Mini-Cons, and so took the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out to a remote farmhouse where they could be safe. They were floowed by Thrust, but he got caught in a set of traps the kids had rigged up which allowed Optimus Prime to come by and save the day. After an impassioned discussion as to why the Mini-Cons should not be viewed as mere weapons, the kids and Mini-Cons both returned to base. {{storylink|Runaway}}

All three kids were present when [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] made his rather eager appearance at the base, but they weren't terribly impressed and went off to play a video game {{storylink|Past}} at which Alexis beat all comers. {{storylink|Past II}}

Later, the kids stayed at the base with Red Alert when the Autobots went out to counter a Decepticon attack. However, this attack proved to be nothing more than a distraction posed by Starscream, while the rest of the 'Cons attacked the Autobot base in search of the Requiem Blaster. The kids ran for hiding before the Autobots warped back, and bore witness to Megatron obtaining the Blaster and using it on Smokescreen, apparently killing him. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} However, things would soon improve somewhat when the Starscream joined the ranks of the Autobots. Though the kids were initially suspicious, they eventually welcomed him when they saw his attendant Mini-Cons genuinely looked up to him. {{storylink|Regeneration}} Despite this display of camaraderie, Starscream dismissed them, as he was only concerned with defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Rescue}} Undeterred, the kids asked Starscream to bring them back a souvenir when he and Jetfire travelled to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in search of a Mini-Con panel. In spite of his rude, lone-wolf demeanor, Starscream brought back a mysterious green rock for the kids, thus earning him a place in their hearts. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

In return for his kindness, the kids threw Starscream a surprise party, sewing a large [[Chamois of Friendship]] out of several smaller rags. Starscream was touched by this, but unfortunately abandoned the gift ten minutes later when he was duped into returning to the Decepticons by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], ostensibly so as to destroy Megatron. {{storylink|Crack}} Enraged at starscream's betrayal, Carlos and Billy threw their Mars rocks away, while Rad and Alexis tried to calm them down. Carlos then went home to bed.

The next day, all the kids returned to the base to discover the Autobots and their allied Mini-Cons working quickly to complete the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' in order to retrieve the Decepticons' Mini-cons. The kids discussed Starscream a bit and decided never to speak of him again. At Fred's suggestion, they all went to see a comet. Not long after that, the Decepticons launched their assault on Earth using the [[Hydra Cannon]]. {{storylink|Threaten}} Rad and Alexis raced back to their friends, and all the kids just kind of stood around wondering what to do. {{storylink|Crisis}}

As it turned out, the Decepticons were thwarted through the [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|noble sacrifice of Optimus Prime]]. The kids all suffered a heartfelt grief.

Over the next week, the Autobots busied themselves with completin the ''Axalon'', but Hot Shot and Scavenger soon came to blows. The kids were confused by this and followed the two to an abandoned highway, where it turned out Scavenger was trying to snap Hot Shot out of his own depression. When the rest of the Autobots joined in abusing Hot Shot, the kids tried to persuade them that bullying their youngest member wouldn't help anything, but were overruled by Red Alert, who insisted that they had to get this out of their system.

After a while of this, Hot Shot did come to terms with Optimus Prime's death, and everybody's morale was raised; it was raised so much so, in fact, that Hot Shot was chosen as the Autobots' new commander. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Under Hot Shot's understandably unsteady command, the ''Axalon'' was soon completed and preparations made to depart for Cybertron. Carlos was particularly looking forward to seeing another planet, and was crushed when Hot Shot told them that he was leaving them on Earth where it was safe. All the kids glumly returned home, but ever hopeful, Carlos packed his bags anyway and. Rad called round the next morning and the lads, along with Alexis, headed for the Autobot base the next morning.

When they arrived, Hot Shot once again insisted that it was too dangerous for them to come along. Upon hearing this, the Mini-Cons collectively rebelled and blocked all the ship's systems, refusing to budge until the kids were allowed on. Hot Shot relented, and the kids and Autobots blasted off into space. {{storylink|Depart}}

During the journey, the kids bore witness to the arrival of thousands of new Mini-Cons and the rebirth of Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Miracle}} the conflict with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and the Mini-Con powered [[spontaneous recoloration|recoloration]] of several Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Following a confrontation with the Decepticons, the Autobots arrived on Cybertron to discover it had already fallen to Galvatron. When the Street Action Mini-Cons led their little buddies to form a shield against Unicron, Carlos jumped out with them, but Blurr saved him from becoming a stain on the ground. The Mini-Cons returned, but soon tried to return to the surface of Cybertron. Carlos objected out of fear for their safety, but Rad and Alexis overruled him, arguing that the Mini-Cons had a right to set foot on their home planet. {{storylink|Uprising}}

At some point, Carlos walked in on Rad in the human-sized shower which the Autobots had installed on the ship for some reason. They talked about how Rad felt like he'd met High Wire before, but Carlos thought that was totally ''loco''. Shortly thereafter, they got a transmission from High Wire that Hot Shot, [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]], and Starscream were independently chasing Thrust (who had in the meantime allied with Sideways and Unicron) down a suspiciously organic corridor deep beneath Cybertron. The lads went to see Alexis, and the trio then joined up with their partner Mini-Cons to plunge deep into the heart of Cybertron.

They came across Starscream standing off against Thrust in a chamber. Thrust seized the opportunity and threatened the kids with the Requiem Blaster, and so Starscream, remembering their earlier kindness, bravely threw himself into the path of the blast, saving them. At that point, time warped and the kids found themselves millions of years in the past, in an [[Splinter timeline|alternate timeline]]. They encountered Hot Shot, apprently being molested by creepy tentacles; Hot Shot revealed that the Mini-Cons had been created by Unicron, and the Transformers' use of them had led to the downfall of the entire race.

With that happy thought, the kids were sent back even further in time, where they witnessed the first Mini-Cons being spawned. Among these were High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor, but they didn't recognise the kids. Rad grabbed High Wire, and the little robot imprinted in some way on the little human. High Wire gained both free will and a somewhat childish disposition, which then spread telepathically among all the other Mini-Cons. Rad urged the Mini-Cons to leave Cybertron and go to Earth, thus creating a temporal paradox.

Finally, the kids were warped back to a few seconds back before Thrust killed Starscream, allowing the Mini-Cons to combine into Perceptor and knock Thrust's aim off. Thrust's blast was redirected towards the ceiling Starscream was saved. However, the ceiling then collapsed, but Starscream used his own body to shield the kids while Thrust flew off. At that point, Hot Shot and Wheeljack arrived. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} They explained the situation, and the fact that Starscream had saved them. Hot Shot ordered them to return to the ''Axalon'', but the kids managed to persuade him to let them tag along. The kids and carbots sped along behind Starscream, following him through a portal to an organic-looking area where Thrust and Sideways were waiting.

The team continued to explore the tunnels, and the various organic... things soon seperated Alexis and Starscream from the rest. Rad, Carlos, and the Mini-Cons and carbots made it to the surface without any major incidents, where they met up with Alexis and Starscream again. Then, they made two shocking discoveries in quick succession. First, the organic tunnels they had been exploring were actually the interior of one of Cybertron's moon. Second, that moon wasn't actually a moon, but the dormant body of Unicron. Unicron chose that moment to awaken, and Jetfire arrived just in time to take the kids to safety. {{storylink|Portent}}

Carlos was present when Alexis' [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] broke upon Starscream's death {{storylink|Cramp}}, and also attended the meeting at which the Autobots and Decepticons established a temporary truce to deal with the chaos bringer, where he was visibly concerned for Alexis {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}.

When Optimus Prime and Galvatron managed to sneak inside Unicron, the Street Action Mini-Cons decided the follow, and the trio tagged along as well to help in any way they could. {{storylink|Union}} They found the two leaders restrained by Unicron's tentacles, with Unicron trying to verbally break Optimus Prime through Sideways' vocal synthesiser. Unicron destroyed the Mini-Cons' human-derived personalities, restoring them to blank drones, and then dragged the kids into a bizarre mindscape. However, the kids' mental fortitude was strong enough not only to break Unicron's thrall over them, but also to restore the individual personalities of the Mini-Cons. The kids and Mini-Cons then managed to release the weapons, allowing Optimus Prime to blow up Sideways with the Requiem Blaster.

However, on the way out, Galvatron challenged Optimus Prime to a final battle, {{storylink|Origin}} on the grounds that as long as both of them still existed, the hatred and enmity would last forever and thus Unicron would never be permanently defeated. The kids fled, and were picked up by Jetfire and Cyclonus on Unicron's surface. Optimus Prime won the battle, and Unicron and Galvatron were both (apparently) destroyed.

Hot Shot and Jetfire returned the kids to Earth, where they said tearful (but temporary) goodbyes. Carlos was particularly upset, actually breaking into tears. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Matt Hill]] (English), [[Junichi Endō]] (Japanese), [[Leo Hallerstam]] (Swedish), [[Yoan Sover]] (French)

In 2020, Carlos was posted on the Earth Federation's space station orbiting [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. During a surprise attack by [[Alpha Quintesson]]'s [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]], he uttered the immortal phrase '''"[[Frijole|Holy frijoles]]"''', thus proving he isn't a horrible ethnic stereotype. Later, [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] inquired about the attack, but Carlos was unable to provide any additional information. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} He continued scanning for [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] and [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], but after many grid searches he came up fruitless. Instead he found a comet that miraculously disappeared, which caused him to invoke the [[frijole|holy frijoles]] again. {{storylink|Scorpinok}}

Some time later, he detected the resurrected Starscream approaching [[Asteroid City]] and warned the Autobots. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} He also detected three mysterious comets (actually lumps of Unicron) speeding towards Earth, and as usual, warned everybody about them. {{storylink|Energon Grid}} The comets were destroyed, and in the aftermath Hot Shot tried to contact him regarding any other potential threats, but was cut off by an emergency transmission from [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. {{storylink|Rodimus: Friend or Foe?}}

Carlos then tracked a couple of Terrorcons that [[Ironhide (Energon)|Ironhide]] had previously tagged, triangulating them to Unicron's head and body. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

He wouldn't get involved with Transformers again for another ten years.

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
[[Image:CybertronArmadaKids.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Apparently Carlos wants to be the next Ricardo Montalbán.]]
In 2030, Carlos and his friends were present when the Autobots departed Earth to begin construction of a galaxy-spanning [[space bridge]] network. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic====
Under the codename "Agent Sidekick" (assigned to him by Rad), Carlos put his mechanic skills to use on [[Project Supernova]], an aircraft made up of cardboard and balloons. On the launch day, the vehicle successfully took flight, but soon crashed due to sabotaged by bullies [[Sid and Seth]]. Carlos tried to cheer his friends up by saying they could build a new Project Supernova, any plans of that were postponed when Rad accidentally fell into a cave and awakened four [[Mini-Con]]s. Confused as to what to do, the kids brought the alien robots to Rad's garage, where Carlos awkwardly presented them with his toolbox so they could repair themselves. This brought the rage of Alexis down on him, but he still agreed with Rad that the visitors from space were really cool. The following morning, the Mini-Cons had not only repaired themselves, but made a new and improved version of Project Supernova. They offered to take Carlos and his friends for a ride, which they gladly agreed to. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3}} Unfortunately, their new Mini-Con friends were targeted for capture by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], and the kids found themselves dragged into the [[Transformer]]s' war. An argument broke out between Rad and Alexis, but Carlos broke it up and pointed out that it wasn't just about them: by keeping the Mini-Con around, they were endangering everyone they knew. They ended up trying to escape, with Carlos fleeing on [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]'s bike mode, and ran into several [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4}}

Carlos and the others watched the Autobots and Decepticons for a while before sneaking off and almost getting killed by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. In the end, the Decepticons were chased off, and the kids were introduced to [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5}} Unfortunately, their newfound friendship with the alien robots didn't last. While Carlos was watching Rad skate (and lose his board) one day, Optimus Prime approached them and explained that the humans could no longer get involved with the Transformers' war, for their own safety. Carlos was angry that their Mini-Con friends didn't get a say in things, but Prime didn't budge. However, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] disobeyed his orders and took the humans with him during a mission to infiltrate the Decepticon base in [[Silver Ridge]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6}} When they weren't back in thirt minutes, Carlos and the others did as they were told and called for help, which arrived in the form of the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7}}

Later, when Rad was being bullied by [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] after school, Carlos tried to help him but was hindered by [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]]. The bullies were chased off by their friends on the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]], but while the kids were riding around on the Mini-Cons, they suddenly turned unresponsive and started speeding off towards [[Kansas]]. Carlos and the others were unable to get off until the Mini-Cons stopped, which they did near a [[Mini-Con Ark|strange monolith]]. Rad ended up entering the structure alongside the Mini-Cons, and Carlos and Alexis could only watch as it blasted off into space with their friend onboard. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8}} Optimus Prime explained to them that Rad and the Earth Mini-Cons had apparently been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] by another group of Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9}} Prime got a gunship travel to the moon with, but refused to endanger Carlos and Alexis by letting them come. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}} However, [[simulcrum]] technology allowed them to be onboard the ship in the form of holograms, which was almost like being there yourself. They watched Optimus Prime let [[Sky Blast]] tow an orbital mine into the ship: a mine that turned out to contain Rad! {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11}}

Much later, Carlos, Rad and Alexis said their goodbyes to the Autobots and Mini-Cons, who had to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for the fight against [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years after their adventures with the Transformers, Carlos and Rad both worked for [[Alterenergy]], a company in search of [[Energon (Energon)|Energon]]. Carlos worked on the space station Comsat Alpha, from which he watched the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons']] attack on an Alterenergy excavation site in [[Australia]]. He recognized the attackers as Transformers, and reported this to Rad and [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Doctor Jones]] on Earth. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} Carlos sent distress calls to Cybertron while continuing to monitor the situation, and learned that the Terrorcons had captured Alexis, who had coincidentally been in the vicinity of the attack. He then acted as mission control for Rad, who had gotten to the excavation site and was trying to rescue both Alexis and [[Kicker Jones]]. While Rad immediately got himself into trouble with [[Battle Ravage]], Carlos saved him and Alexis by remotely ramming a vehicle into a nearby Energon stockpile, detonating it. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}} Rad and Alexis were okay, but Carlos couldn't send an evacuation vehicle their way because of Alterenergy Mobile Command wasn't responding. He did, however, tell them that the Autobots were heading their way. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}

By the time the Terrorcons began attacking four major Earth cities, Carlos was stationed at Alterenergy West Coast, where he prepared the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] for Rad's use. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} As Rad flew out in the E.V.A. to "bring Energon to the needy", Carlos watched him from afar and explained to a curious Alexis what the E.V.A. was. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comic===
When Rad found the ruins of an old [[Exodus (Armada)|spaceship]] in a cave, Carlos came with him to check it out (and was very impressed). They accidentally stumbled into a computer terminal when [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] caused a rockfall outside, which led to the activation of the [[Mini-Con]]s. The first one they met was [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], but before he could even learn proper English, he was attacked by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. While Megatron was distracted by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], High Wire grabbed Carlos, Rad and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] and took them to the other Mini-Cons. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} However, Rad was disgusted to hear that the Mini-Cons were unwilling to help Optimus fight Megatron, and decided to take matters into his own hands. Carlos wasn't so sure it was a good idea, but followed anyway. While Rad tried to negotiate with Megatron, Carlos made his way back into the caves in search of more Mini-Cons to help them. He didn't find any, but the time he returned, the other Mini-Cons had changed their minds and driven Megatron off anyway. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}

However, Carlos had managed to find the crashed ship's [[locator log]], and he and his friends were sent back to retrieve it alongside the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]]. Carlos led the expedition into the caves and found the log, but they soon found themselves under attack from [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. They got away thanks to some quick thinking on Rad's side, but the locator log was destroyed in the process. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Deep Trouble!}} After a slow day at school, Carlos went skating with some buddies at the local mall. Unfortunately for him, [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] wanted to help him, and replaced his skateboard with his own rocket-powered skateboard mode. The ensuing crazy looping, grinding and flying was not well received by Carlos, who feared having to explain it all to the other skaters. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}

Later, Carlos was present when the Autobots tried to send the Mini-Cons back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and thought it was a bad idea since the Autobots would be wiped out without their Mini-Con power-ups. Thankfully, the plans fell through and the Mini-Cons remained on Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Carlos was using Grindor to race with his friends when they were suddenly attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to capture the Street Action Team. While the three Mini-Cons defended themselves in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], their human friends fetched Optimus Prime to help them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}} Shortly afterwards, Carlos, Rad and Alexis helped [[Amos Hume]] rescue the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

===Something Robotic This Way Comes===
One [[Halloween]], after explaining the holiday to their [[Mini-Con]]s, Carlos, Alexis and Rad decided to give a practical demonstration. Carlos donned the Mini-Con costume he'd been building for the last several weeks, and they all went out Trick-or-Treating. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
Rad, Carlos, and Alexis talked Optimus Prime into letting them explore some nearby caves in the hopes of finding other Mini-Cons, claiming that he and Carlos had already explored a few of them in the past. The trio succeeded in finding a crystal, but had to be saved by Hot Shot after a surprise Decepticon attack caused a landslide. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

In another adventure, Carlos talked Rad into joining him for a Mini-Con race, to which Alexis invited herself. They foolishly left themselves out in the open, allowing Megatron to attack. Fortunately for them (your mileage may vary), Optimus and Hot Shot were there to save them yet again. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Notes==
* According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo ''Micron Densetsu'' website, Carlos was 12 years old at the start of ''Armada''. The page also stated that he is good at sports, loves rap and skateboarding, and has been friends with Rad since kindergarten.

* According to the ''[[Unicron Trilogy guidebooks|Transformers Armada Official Guidebook]]'', Carlos was ten years old at the start of ''Armada''. It also specified that he enjoyed hip-hop, and that while he was not a great student, he was an excellent mechanic. Although this particular bit of his character didn't make it into the animated series, it was an important part of his role in the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comics.

*When startled, Carlos invokes the holy [[Frijole]]s.

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Sky-Byte (RID)

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MadmanFoidart: added link

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:''Sky-Byte is a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:SkyByteAnime.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Who's the greatest shark around?]]
Deep within '''Sky-Byte''' beats the [[spark]] of a poet, a scholar, a brilliant and cultured military general who can command armies capable of conquering worlds. But without aptitude and patience, that means jack squat, and Sky-Byte lacks both. Still, he soldiers on, for he is driven...by a desperate need for approval. He ''needs'' the blessings of his commander, [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]], quite possibly more than he needs [[Energon (fuel)|energon]]. And Megatron, being Megatron, doesn't dole out praise much, so Sky-Byte tries harder and harder, getting more and more desperate.

This drive is the root of all his problems. He's actually quite intelligent and physically powerful, but he pushes himself to extremes to impress his leader. When he's in control of a situation, he's a deadly, effective foe. But as soon as the situation begins to slip even the smallest bit, he starts to panic and usually ends up doing something to mess things up and lose the upper hand, which makes him panic ''more'', so he overreacts, and gets in ''more'' trouble, etc., etc., etc. It doesn't help that while he's ruthless towards [[Autobot|Autobots]], [[human]]s seem quite safe from his ire. Maybe he sees a little something of himself in these underdogs. After all, they developed his new favorite form of expression, the haiku. And they ''do'' seem rather impressed by him...

Sky-Byte is in charge of the Predacon lackeys [[Dark Scream]], [[Gas Skunk]] and [[Slapper (RID)|Slapper]], not that they give him any modicum of respect. In fact, they're more likely to try and shuffle the blame for their failures onto the shark, a gambit that's actually moderately successful, since Sky-Byte is so very ''good'' at making things worse for himself. He has a hate-hate relationship with the new [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], especially [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]], whom he sees (rightly) as being a huge threat to his position as Megatron's second-in-command.

:''Poor frustrated shark.''
:''Megatron is a dumbass.''
:''Why do you bother?''

{{quote|Who's the baddest shark around? Who's the smartest shark in town? Sky-Byte, that's me! Who'll drive Scourge into the ground? And never let old Megatron down Sky-Byte, that's me!|Sky-Byte, that's him!}}

:''Japanese name:'' '''Gelshark''' (ゲルシャーク ''Gerushāku'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Spellos]] (English), [[Konta]] (Japanese)

{{bigquote|Come back, please, little dot! Please don't go away now.... That little red dot meant so, so much to my promising career. I'm just chum. Optimus! Optimus Prime! I'll find you! I'll find you! I swear! You're mine! I'll get you! You're mine! I'm...much better now.|Sky-Byte|"[[Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!]]"}}

[[Image:Explosive Situation Skybyte book.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Finding the O-Parts was no challenge compared to finding Waldo.]]
As Megatron was dressing down the Predacon trio for their latest failure, Sky-Byte suddenly appeared—demonstrating a skill for either invisibility or teleportation that he would never display again. Scoffing at the other Predacons' energy-gathering abilities, Sky-Byte revealed his own plan — to recover a bomb hidden in a red sports car somewhere in [[Metro City]]. He quickly tracked down the sports car in question, startling [[Kelly (RID)|its driver]] as he retrieved the bomb from its trunk. Before he could return to the ''[[Megastar]]'' though, the bomb was taken from him by [[X-Brawn]]. He tried his best to get the bomb back, but just as he was about to get hold of it, [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] blasted it and him into space with a Blizzard Storm. He survived the subsequent explosion, and returned to the ''Megastar'' to recuperate and research human culture. {{storylink|An Explosive Situation}}

[[Image:Spychangers Rescue Skybytegenerator.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
After the other Predacons destroyed some goods trains, Sky-Byte came up with a loftier plan to destroy the [[Linear RFG]] bullet train. Though his mission succeeded in blowing up a bridge ahead of the train, [[Team Bullet Train]] saved the Linear RFG, and Sky-Byte was left trying to justify himself to Megatron. {{storylink|Bullet Train to the Rescue}} When the [[Spy Changer|Spychangers]] intercepted the Predacon trio in the process of stealing the [[Plutonium Energy Generator]], Sky-Byte came to their aid. When the situation seemed unsalvageable, Sky-Byte unleashed a [[Tsunami Blaster]] attack on the generator to destroy it, but hit the Spychangers instead. The Predacons took the generator back to the ''Megastar''... only to find it had been switched for a fake. {{storylink|Spychangers to the Rescue}}

{{quote|The cobalt ocean roils 
zephyrs blow cold, 
and another hapless foe is crushed beneath my heel.|Sky-Byte|"[[The Hunt for Black Pyramid]]"}}

[[Image:SecretoftheRuins Sky-Byte with casket.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]
While the Megastar was parked on the [[Black Pyramid]] in an attempt to extract power, Sky-Byte and Dark Scream were sent out to protect it against a civilian ship. The Autobots soon came to help the ship, and while fighting underwater, Sky-Byte was able to hold his own against Optimus Prime. Once the ship was righted, Sky-Byte found Prime a much more formidable opponent, and what's worse, the Autobot leader critiqued his poetry. The Predacons beat a hasty retreat. {{storylink|The Hunt for Black Pyramid}} Megatron and the Predacon trio distracted the Autobots while Sky-Byte went to the [[Payuma ruins]] to find information hidden by [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]]. Unfortunately he was spotted by [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] and [[Koji Onishi]], who alerted Optimus to the shark's presence. Prime was unable to prevent Sky-Byte making off with a casket containing [[Doctor Onishi's microchip|a microchip]], however once out of the ruins, the Predacon was confronted by [[Prowl (RID)|Prowl]] and X-Brawn, who blasted him. {{storylink|The Secret of the Ruins}}

[[Image:SecretWeaponD5 Sky-Byte sticks his face in.jpg|thumb|right|200px]]
Sky-Byte concocted another plan, to capture Side Burn and use him as bait to draw Prime into a trap. Though it was successful in ensnaring Prime, the rest of the Autobots turned up to rescue their comrades. Sky-Byte later successfully deflected the blame onto Gas Skunk and Dark Scream. {{storylink|Sideburn's Obsession}} The Predacons extracted information from a stolen disk belonging to Dr. Onishi, leading them to believe that the steam engine "[[Grandpa]]" was a weapon of extraordinary power. Megatron sent Sky-Byte and the other Predacons to capture it. Sky-Byte made an unsuccessful attempt to infiltrate the engine via the smoke stack, and the other Predacons didn't have any better luck, though they temporarily gained possession of the steam engine after it had offloaded its passengers. The mission was ultimately a failure. {{storylink|Secret Weapon: D-5}}

[[Image:Skid Z's Choice Skybytecar.jpg|thumb|left|240px]]
After Dark Scream planted a bug in [[Mirage (RID)|Mirage]], the Predacons overheard him breaking up with [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]]. Mirage's words moved Sky-Byte to tears. He later suggested that they try and persuade Mirage to defect to their side. Although it seemed for a time that they'd succeeded, even to the point where Sky-Byte showed off the new [[Mega-Laser Cannon]], it was a ruse. Mirage and the Spychangers destroyed the cannon. {{storylink|Mirage's Betrayal}} Sky-Byte tried a similar trick on the rogue Autobot [[Skid-Z (RID)|Skid-Z]] with no success. When the Predacons discovered that the Autobots had entered the [[International Grand Prix]], Sky-Byte cunningly disguised himself as a red racing car and entered as well. After being chatted up by a suspicious Side Burn, Sky-Byte was inadvertently fragged by Megatron in the early moments of the race. Then when he was able to catch up with the Autobots, he was mistakenly blasted by Megatron ''again''. {{storylink|Skid Z's Choice}}

[[Image:Sky-byte_eye.gif|thumb|I spy, with my telescopically enhanced robot eye... a [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|giant Buddha]]?]]
Still believing he could convert an Autobot into a Predacon, Sky-Byte captured new recruit [[Tow-Line (RID)|Tow-Line]]. After suffering through the other Predacon's attempts to hypnotise the Autobot, he used a special CD to brainwash Tow-Line. Unfortunately it was only partially successful—Tow-Line started towing away the other Autobots, but he took them to the wrong place. By the time Sky-Byte worked out what was happening, the rest of the Autobots were alerted, and promptly battled him into retreat. {{storylink|Tow-Line Goes Haywire}} Investigations into reports of a transforming statue took Sky-Byte to the [[Cave of the Dragon]] in China. Luckily the Autobots were able to save the cave via an elaborate deception involving Prime and Team Bullet Train disguising themselves as a statue and dragon. {{storylink|The Ultimate Robot Warrior}} Despite these indignities, he was still viewed as "sneaky, clever and dangerous" by the Autobots. {{storylink|Hope for the Future}}

[[Image:Commandos Sky-Byte as Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Freedom is the right of... LINE!]]
Sky-Byte led a mission to dig up some Autobot [[protoform]]s, and took them to [[McKinley Army Base]] with the other Predacons while Megatron kept the Autobots busy. There, they reformatted the protoforms into the [[Commando]]s. Sky-Byte created [[Movor]] when he fell, aiming the [[stasis pod]]'s scanner at a space shuttle in orbit. {{storylink|The Decepticons}} [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] and the [[Decepticon]]s proved much more competent than the Predacons, and Sky-Byte was driven to desperate measures to try and regain his lost status in Megatron's eyes. He and the Predacon trio disguised themselves as Optimus Prime in an attempt to ruin the Decepticons' mission to destroy [[Sherman Dam]]. Though Sky-Byte attempted to gain Megatron's favor by blowing up the dam himself, he was unsuccessful. {{storylink|Commandos}}

Disappointed at the failure, Megatron assigned Sky-Byte and Scourge to guard a location on [[Montrose Island]] while the Predacon trio dug in search of an [[O-Part]]. After Prime showed up with the Spychangers, Sky-Byte took advantage of the chaos in battle to try to slag Scourge. {{storylink|Volcano}} While the Decepticons put another plan into action, they distracted Sky-Byte by getting him and the Predacon trio to mark out a rendezvous location. When the four Predacons finally tried to get in on the action, Sky-Byte barely had time to transform before Movor blasted him from orbit. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Fish Test Skybytepose.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Another happy Charles Atlas customer]]
Sky-Byte trashed an oil rig on Megatron's orders, only for Scourge to show up and attack him. After reporting to Megatron, the shark eavesdropped on [[Mega-Octane]] meeting with Prime as a prelude to defection. He continued to spy as the Decepticons attempted to prove themselves sincere to the Autobots, and eventually could stand it no more. Although his attack on the traitors was futile, he inadvertently caused Scourge to expose the entire ruse. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}} Sky-Byte's self-esteem was soon nonexistent (especially after an on-line Fish Personality Test told him he was a jellyfish), and he became desperate to gain Megatron's approval. He and the Predacon trio disguised themselves as Autobots and interfered in a Decepticon mission to raid a storage plant. Unfortunately this went disastrously wrong, resulting in him being chewed out by Megatron. His next attempt to set the real Autobots on the Decepticons went awry when he sent them to the wrong power plant. As he moped on a seaside cliff, the other Predacons talked him into attacking a power plant in an attempt to outdo the Decepticons. When this went badly as well, Sky-Byte took his frustrations out on the computer, only to get electrocuted for his troubles. {{storylink|The Fish Test}}

[[Image:Wedge's Short Fuse Skybyteplan.jpg|left|270px|thumb]]
Determined to discredit the Decepticons, Sky-Byte came up with a new plan, having his henchmen attack a diamond mine in the Antarctic to lure the [[Autobot Brothers]] into a trap. When the [[Build Team]] turned up instead, Sky-Byte took [[Wedge]] hostage, and [[Heavy Load (RID)|Heavy Load]] bargained for the young 'bot's return with a disk containing a map of the Autobot [[Global Space Bridge]]. Despite interference from the Decepticons, Sky-Byte and his cohorts used the map to enter the tunnel indicated on the map, only to discover that the disk only contained a map of the sewers. They were subsequently drenched by Optimus Prime's Blizzard Storm. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

[[Image:Skybyte Saves the Day last support breaks.jpg|right|260px|thumb]]
Eventually, to get attention, Sky-Byte led the Predacons in the attempted destruction of the new [[CGA Tower]]. This plan would've worked, except the Autobots, thinking the humans in the tower were the Predacon's hostages, asked what demands he wanted met for their safety. Wanting to seem like he knew what he was doing, Sky-Byte made up a random demand on the spot that by sheer chance was interpreted as a demand for O-Parts. He'd achieved accidental success, only to take out the tower's last support by mistake and be forced to ''stop'' it collapsing so he'd still have his hostages. This single-minded desire to keep the tower up was interpreted by the hostages and TV news crews as the Predacon trying to save them for altruistic reasons, and when the hostages started to cheer him on, Sky-Byte gave his all to keep them safe out of an increasingly genuine desire to save them. ("My hostages need me!") It was only hours after the tower was saved and the Predacons were nursing their damaged backs that they remembered about getting the O-Parts... {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}}

Some time later, while spying on the Decepticons, this accidental heroism came back to haunt him, as he was pestered by a group of kids led by Koji Onishi, who wanted his autograph. A proud Predacon, Sky-Byte was bewildered by this attention, although he briefly thought of using it as a way to get his haikus published.

[[Image:Forced Fusion Skybytedelusion.jpg|left|200px|thumb|[[Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]], the pilot.]]
Despite all his failures, Sky-Byte was still known to be extremely loyal. As a result, Megatron sent him to get the remaining O-Parts...with Sky Byte unaware he'd been fed false info and was being used by the Decepticons to draw the Autobots into an ambush. Poor Sky-Byte spent ages digging, finding only the detritus of Humanity and [[Rubber Ducky|war surplus]] {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}}, and was still digging long after Megatron thought he'd have stopped. In a stroke of luck, though, this allowed him to notice Optimus Prime was wounded and track him to where he was being repaired. He could now kill Optimus when he was weak and Megatron would reward him! Unfortunately, the Decepticons, Megatron ''and'' [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]] had all tracked him, and poor Sky-Byte was left [[Furmanism|surplus to requirements]] once again. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

Sky-Byte made an attempt to persuade Ultra Magnus to join the Predacon cause. When the Autobot Brothers interceeded, they were promptly captured by the Decepticons, and Ultra Magnus continued to feign interest in Sky-Byte's offer. After extracting the location at which the Autobot Brothers were being held, Ultra Magnus turned on him along with Team Bullet Train. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} He and Megatron joined the Decepticons during another battle with the Autobots, though after Magnus and Prime formed [[Omega Prime]], he quickly ran and hid. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:FortressMaximus a delicious cake.jpg|thumb|right|200px|It's a lie!]]
More information extracted from Doctor Onishi led the Decepticons to venture into the subway system under Metro City. Sky-Byte followed them, but soon lost track of his quarry, and instead came upon a giant cake. Though it turned out to be stale (and actually a subway car), he caught up with the Decepticons and continued spying, only to be washed away by a torrent of water. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}}

[[Image:Koji Gets His Wish Skybyteonishi.jpg|230px|thumb|left|Sky-Byte does his best impression of a football team logo.]]
Sky-Byte took Dr. Onishi out of the Predacon base to help search for [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]], in an attempt to find it before Scourge. In the process, he ran into Koji, who appealed to him to help rescue his father or at least to pass on a birthday present. The Predacon actually felt bad for Koji and was reduced to a blubbering wreck by the boy's appeal, but was mortified to find Koji didn't believe he was a threatening villain any more. Sky-Byte later became so preoccupied with battle that he tossed Dr. Onishi to Koji, leading the youth to believe Sky-Byte had deliberately rescued his father out of the goodness of his heart. The Autobots believed this too and apologized to Sky-Byte for fighting him (after they'd already blown the tar out of him). {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

[[Image:PerilfromthePast Sky-Byte run over.jpg|260px|thumb|right|Sky-byte's little known "Roadkill" mode.]]
When the Autobots and Decepticons set about finding the rest of the O-Parts, Sky-Byte came up with a series of cunning plans, including fake O-Parts, to ensure that he and Slapper would get to them first. Unfortunately the plans all backfired, and a last-ditch attempt to swap the fake O-Parts for the real ones left them all in Autobot hands. {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} Despite this failure, Megatron allowed Sky-Byte to take part in a mission to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]] to find the artifact that the Autobots were after — the [[Orb of Sigma]]. His attempts to prevent Side Burn escaping with the Orb only resulted in him being run over by both the Autobot Brothers and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}} With Megatron gone, Sky-Byte and the Predacons found that Scourge was even more unpleasant to work for than their former leader. They attempted to get into Scourge's good graces by snatching [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] from the Autobots and greasing up to the Decepticon. In the following battle for Fortress Maximus, Sky-Byte was delighted by the arrival of his former leader, resurrected as Galvatron. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:Mistaken Identity Skybytesack.jpg|left|200px|thumb]]
During another attempt on Scourge's part to control Fortress Maximus, Sky-Byte watched nervously, as he knew every one of the Decepticon's victories would mean Galvatron ignoring him even more. During the fight after the arrival of the Autobots, Sky-Byte accidentally saved Koji's life and was horrified at the idea Galvatron would find out. {{storylink|The Human Element}} Later on, while talking to himself, he would admit to having a friendship with Koji, though it was nothing to getting into Galvatron's good books, and he still attempted to kidnap the boy to help control Fortress Maximus (being Sky-Byte, he grabbed the wrong person). He accompanied Megatron and Scourge as they attempted to get the boy [[Karl]] to control Maximus. When Scourge finally showed his true colors, turning on Galvatron, Sky-Byte unexpectedly found himself back in Galvatron's good books. His leader tasked him with carrying Scourge's stasis-locked body back with them. {{storylink|Mistaken Identity}}

[[Image:Skybyte discovers.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Streetsharks!]]
Galvatron remarked the Predacons had always been trustworthy and gave Sky-Byte command of the Decepticons. Proud to finally be where he belonged again, Sky-Byte even managed to locate the Autobot base by following Koji and led an assault on it. He and the Predacons pursued Optimus Prime into an Autobot trap. The array of Autobot firepower caused him to cower behind rocks, crying for his "blankie". {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}}

[[Image:Skybyte happy at last.jpg|left|200px|thumb|No, not the final scene from Free Willy.]]
During the final battle, Sky-Byte was almost killed when he led the Predacons into the [[Global Space Bridge]] after the Decepticons—not realising Galvatron intended to kill them. Sky-Byte was left on his own {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} and escaped certain death just in time to be ordered to hold off the entire Autobot army. This did not go well for him, oh no.

Following Autobot victory, every Decepticon and Predacon was rounded up to be incarcerated, but the Autobots hadn't captured Sky-Byte. (Whether they'd forgotten about him or he was hiding well is unknown.) He was left to spend the rest of his life on Earth, a fate the other Predacons seemed to view as worse than death, though his own attitude as he swam off into the sunset singing suggests he felt quite differently... {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
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===Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?===
[[Image:UltraMagnustotheRescue_SkyByte_haiku.JPG|right|200px|thumb|Where the heck is the ''rest of him?'']]
Sky-Byte and Scourge were sent on a joint mission, although they did nothing but bicker until Optimus and Ultra Magnus showed up. While Scourge battled them, Sky-Byte took advantage and made off with the goods, leaving Scourge with a haiku to keep him thinking. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus...to the Rescue?}}

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===''TransTech'' comic===
Sky-Byte somehow ended up at [[Axiom Nexus]] and was "processed". {{storylink|Transcendent: Part 1}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:RID Sky-Byte Toy.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Love child of Peter Benchley and H.R. Giger.]]
*'''Sky-Byte''' (Mega, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''D-005'''
**''Accessories'': Launcher, 2 missiles

:An extensive [[redeco]] of the [[Transmetal|Transmetal 2]] [[Maximal]] [[Cybershark]], Sky-Byte transforms into a large, monstrous, bio-mechanical great white shark. His tail has a gear system that spins the fins like a propeller when a wheel in his side is turned. This system becomes his right arm, forming a spinning claw weapon. He also has a double spring-loaded missile launcher concealed in his shark mouth that also serves as a hand weapon.

:First available as part of the ''Car Robots'' line in Japan, there are no noteworthy differences between the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] and [[Hasbro]] versions.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Predacon/SkyByte/skybyte.htm More information on Sky-Byte at TFU.info]''

==Merchandise==
* '''Ai-chan''' (KT Figure Collection, 2004)

[[Image:AI PVC.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
: This figurine was produced by [[KT Figure Collection]], and included in a set of four others. It is notable in that not only is this the only non-[[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] PVC in the entire set, but Ai-chan is portrayed bathing in a hot spring, and is thus completely nude, aside from her hat. A [[super deformed]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Super Fire Convoy]] is seen peeking over the side, and a miniature [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Gelshark]] bath toy is in Ai-chan's hands.

: Yes, it's creepy. And you may find her face is familiar, BECAUSE the figure is designed by [[Yūki Ōshima]], who did the [[Kiss Players (franchise)|creepiest thing]] in the [[Transformers brand|''Transformers'' brand]] ever.

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==Notes==
*During the Hasbro designers' panel at [[BotCon 2009]], it was stated that if Sky-Byte were to get a toy in the ''[[Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' line, its bio would be written as a haiku in homage to his love of poetry.

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Alexis Thi Dang

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:''Alexis is a [[human]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Alexis.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Future hot government diplomat or future hot hippie protester?]]
'''Alexis Thi Dang''' wants to be [[President of the United States|President]] when she grows up. Why does she think she's qualified? Running the free world has got to be less troublesome than keeping her friends [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Rad White|Rad]] from killing themselves every day.

:''Japanese name'': '''Alexandra "Alexa"'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tabitha St. Germain]] (English), [[Akira Tomisaka]] (Japanese), [[Anke Kortemeier]] (German), [[Mia Kihl]] (Swedish), [[Elodie Ben]] (Armada, French), [[Victoire Theissmann]] (Energon, French)

====''Armada''====
[[Image:ArmadaAlexis.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Get used to this, girlfriend.]]

One day, [[Rad White|Rad]] and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] went exploring into the caverns deep beneath [[Cosmoscope Research Center]]. Inside, they found the curious remains of a clearly artificial construction, seemingly far in advance of human technology. Rad discovered a [[Mini-Con storage panel]] half buried in the rubble, and against Carlos' advice, his friend was drawn towards the strange object. Touching it, the entire structure began to shake, suddenly springing to life as thousands of computers lit up the walls.

At home, Alexis felt the tremors and used her computer to pinpoint the epicenter of the apparent earthquake as the mountain caverns that Rad and Carlos were exploring. Similarly, the scientists and researchers at the observatory were baffled by the sudden movement of the Earth. As Rad and Carlos made their escape with the artifact, a bright light engulfed the chamber they were in, simultaneously shutting down all electronic equipment in Licoln, as well as emitting three distinctly coloured distress signals beams into the sky.

One beam, green, reached an [[Exodus (Armada)|ancient starship wreck]] on the dark side of the moon, causing it to fire hundreds of smaller beams of green light at the [[Earth]]. The two remaining signal beams, coloured red and purple, continued deep into space until it reached [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

Emerging from the cave with Rad, Carlos turned to see a huge glowing purple sphere of pulsating energy floating in mid-air, which soon solidified into a huge robot. This being was [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], supreme leader of the evil [[Decepticon]]s. As he tried to take the object Rad had found, which had now revealed itself to be [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], a sought-after [[Mini-Con]], suddenly another massive robot ordered Megatron to stand down. He was [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], leader of the heroic [[Autobot]]s. As the pair grappled, Rad mused that somehow this was all his fault. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

The kids attempted to flee on High Wire, but were stopped by the arrival of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. Demolishor tried to grab the boys, but they were saved by the arrival of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Rad fled back into the cave, calling Carlos and Alexis after him. Rad was sure they'd be safe there, but Alexis was concerned that the bigger robots might still follow them. High Wire led the three into a smaller room, to Alexis' further distress; Rad and Carlos, however, assured her that they'd be safer there. While in there, he accessed the ship's computer and the kids learned about the Transformer conflict.

At this point, High Wire activated a hidden storage panel, revealing [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], who bonded to Carlos and Alexis. They took their new friends out to play in the woods, but ran into Megatron. The timely arrival of Optimus Prime initially seemed to Rad and Carlos to make things worse, but when Alexis trusted the big Autobot, the boys did as well.

Optimus Prime took them into his cab and sped off to a distant location, where he set them down. Unfortunately, Megatron had followed close behind, and so Optimus had to combine with his [[trailer]] to fight him off. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}} The commanders' battle caused a landslide to fall on the kids, but they were shielded by Hot Shot. They then dug up some more Mini-Cons, but two of those were stolen by Cyclonus.

The Decepticons retreated, and so the kids and robots made proper introductions. Rad was particularly upset by the idea that he had started a massive war by reactivating High Wire

The next day at school, [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] grilled them over recent earthquakes; Rad and Carlos played dumb, while Alexis pointed out that if there was an earthquake, it would have been mentioned on the news. When Billy asked where Rad got his new bike, Rad claimed it was a birthday present from his grandmother. He and Carlos headed on up to the mountain; on the way, Alexis chewed them out for almost blowing their cover.

At the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime presented them with [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to aid them with their reconnaissance work; right then, another Mini-Con was detected {{storylink|Base}} in the [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]]. The kids ran out with the Autobots, Rad falling slightly behind, and got spiffy new adventure suits on the way.

When they got to the canyon, Rad was initially left alone once again when Alexis and Hot Shot sped off, forgetting him. They came back, though. Hot Shot then sped off as fast as he could over the rough terrain, severely shaking up the two humans. Rad sent Laserbeak off to find the Mini-Con, and was himself chided by Alexis for being a coward.

[[Image:Comrade Autobotuniforms.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]

When the Mini-Con was finally found, Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream simultaneously tried to claim it. Rad gave a yell of concern, which inspire High Wire, Grindor, and Sureshock to combine into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], who managed to hold off both Megatron and Starscream. Optimus Prime claimed the Mini-Con—who turned out to be his old partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]—and the kids helped dig up Hot Shot form where he'd gotten himself buried. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Later, they played tag with Hot Shot, which got him in trouble with Optimus Prime as he was supposed to be helping Red Alert install some equipment. They then went to find a new Mini-Con in [[Antarctica]], where Rad and Alexis rode in Red Alert while Carlos went with Hot Shot. Red Alert ended up having to save Carlos and Hot Shot from Starscream. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}

Rad later came up with the sensible notion of bringing some camping supplies to the Autobot base in case they ever had to stay the night. Soon after he got them to the base, another Mini-Con was detected, and so the good guys all warped over to a forest. Carlos found a path that had been cut down by illegal loggers, prompting Rad to make a speech about how important it is to protect the environment.

During this mission, Rad used Laserbeak to find the Mini-Con, [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]]. However, the Decepticons also found him, and started a forest fire. At Rad's insistence, the Autobots temporarily broke off their search to protect the animals, allowing Starscream to make off with Swindle. Rad felt guily about this, but Optimus Prime assured him that his heart was in the right place. {{storylink|Jungle}}

Back at the base, the kids tried to wake up the dormant Mini-Con they'd found in Antarctica, but to no avail. Rad and Carlos fell for the old "pass me that spanner that's clearly too big for your species to lift" joke and, seeing there was nothing they could do to help, decided to take High Wire and Grindor to a local carnival, followed by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]].

At the carnival, the boys were initially concerned that bringing five alien robots to a crowded area might blow their cover, but quickly came up with the idea of telling everyone they were super-advanced [[human]]-developed robots that would be available for purchase in the future. After a while, the boys tried to take the robots home, but it turned out that Billy and Fred were also at the carnival, and got suspicious. They tried to capture one of the Mini-Con, causing the entire situation to descend into slapstick farce.

[[Image:Palace-Security Eyes.jpg|thumb|left|200px|]]

They were saved by the timely arrival of Hot Shot, Sureshock, and Alexis, who managed to get things under control, swore Billy and Fred to secrecy, and gave the lads a good scolding. As punishment, Rad and Carlos had to clean up their quarters back at the base. {{storylink|Carnival}} The kids later accompanied the Autobots to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and fell into a sand pit after an altercation with Demolishor. They found themselves in an ancient temple, where they were attacked by ancient guardian robots, but fortunately Demolishor was there to blow them up. Further into the temple, they found a Mini-Con storage panel; Carlos accidentally activated a trap, and Rad knocked him out of the way. After that, the floor collapsed, but Perceptor was able to rescue them. Demolishor got the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Palace}}

The next day, back in America, Billy and Fred pursued the three to the Autobot base. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis all tried to outrun them, but soon had to split up when Cyclonus attempted to capture them. Cyclonus chased after Rad, but was thrown off the trail by Laserbeak and so captured Billy and Fred instead, intending to hold them for ransom. They tracked Laserbeak to a ghost town, where the kids tried to rescue the bullies, but all ended up being captured by Megatron, who demanded Optimus Prime hand over all their Autobots' Mini-Cons in exchange for the humans' lives. Optimus Prime went through with it, but Megatron, naturally, refused to hand them over. However, Rad was able to use Laserbeak to free all the other humans, and Hot Shot was able to rescue Rad with Fred's surprising help. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

The day after that, when Hot Shot whined about having to do work on the ship, Rad facetiously offered to take his place. Before anything could come of this, however, a new Mini-Con was detected in a disused subway system. The kids accompanied the Autobots in their search and actually managed to find the storage panel; as soon as they did, however, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], who had been discreetly following them, decided to attack.

A while after that, the Autobots received a transmission from [[Atlantis]] and took the kids with them to search for yet another Mini-Con. At the ruins, while the Autobots fought the Decepticons, the kids went inside to look around. A [[Hologram|holographic]] display activated, and Carlos chased after the hologram of [[Amphitrite]]; Rad and Alexis followed. 'Amphitrite' gave them a canned history of Atlantis, focusing on how its inhabitants used the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] to dominate the world, and were eventually defeated by another civilisation who wielded the [[Skyboom Shield]]. Despite this warning of the danger of the Mini-Cons' power, the kids decided to find the Mini-Con in Atlantis anyway, but it was claimed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] for the Decepticons. Dejected, the kids left with Optimus Prime. Rad tried to comfort Carlos, {{storylink|Ruin}} and when they got back, mused that at last he knew what happened to Atlantis.

He asked Optimus Prime if there was any way to end the war with the Decepticons, to which Optimus gave him the origin of the war and what he knew of the Mini-Cons. Rad changed his line of questioning, asking if there was a way to fight without involving the Mini-Cons; Optimus responded that the Decepticons would use Mini-Cons to fight anyway, and so the Autobots had to do the same to prevent them from capturing any more than they alreadt had.

While searching for the Mini-Con of the week, this time on a volcanic island, Rad sent Laserbeak to look for it at Alexis' prompting. They found it, but it was carried off in a lava floe, and eventually claimed by Red Alert. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After that adventure, the trio decided to give Billy and Fred a tour of the Autobot base, but were separated when the Decepticons attacked. Since the bullies were in danger of the automatic defenses, said defenses were shut off, allowing the Decepticons to penetrate deeper into the base that anyone would have liked. However, after a battle, the Star Saber was reassembled and in the hands of Hot Shot, so the day ultimately turned out all right. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

The next day, Rad and Carlos tried to sort out the human quarters on the base while Alexis and Sureshock were out shopping. For some reason, the fridge was full of tools. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

When Alexis tracked down the next Mini-Con, the trio, plus Billy and Fred, rushed off with the Autobots to cheer them on; Rad and Carlos rode in Hot Shot.

Rad and Carlos were let out by Hot Shot so the Autobot could focus on fighting Cyclonus. At that point, [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] arrived and dropped off Billy, who hugged Rad. Alexis arrived momentarily.

Back at the base, Alexis and Rad discussed Sideways. Both were deeply suspicious of him , but they decided not to raise their misgivings with Optimus Prime in case it turned out their first impressions were false. {{storylink|Gale}}

[[Image:Conspiracy-Welcome back.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]

With Hot Shot feeling naturally depressed about this disaster, all five kids tried to cheer him up by making silly faces. They also accompanied the Autobots on their search for the next Mini-Con, and managed to find it at the same time as [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], and after a scuffle, it was taken by Scavenger for the Decepticons. Soon after, however, Scavenger came over to the Autobots, and revealed he had been a double agent all along. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

In the aftermath of Sideways' betrayal, the trio weren't exactly eager to trust Scavenger. He seemed to be more interested in sleeping than mentoring Hot Shot, but when the kids tried to raise this with Optimus Prime, his explanation was cut short by the detection of still another Mini-Con. The Autobots warped off to somewhere with a lot of snow, while the kids observed from back at base. Scavenger heroically saved Optimus Prime's life, very nearly plunging to his own [[death]], and so the kids (and Smokescreen) apologised to him for their earlier suspicions when he got back, Scavenger accepted with characteristic stoicism. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

At some point after that incident, the boys went on a camping trip with Hot Shot and Red Alert, forgetting to tell Alexis. Carlos, Fred, and Billy played in the water and invited a little boy named Shaun to play with them, while Rad tried his hand at fishing.

That evening, a storm blew in, resulting in a landslide which trapped Red Alert, Carlos, and Shaun beneath a massive pile of mud. Optimus Prime ordered Red Alert to transform in order to escape, but Rad explained that there was a human news crew present, and so Red Alert transforming would completely blow the Autobots' cover. Hence, he deployed Laserbeak to distract the reporters while the rest of the Autobots rolled in and saved the day in their [[Alternate mode|altmodes]]. Everybody returned to base post haste, where they found Alexis waiting with baited breath. Fond reunions were had be all. {{storylink|Vacation}}

All five kids were present at the battle in which [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] made his first appearance. They tried to make friends with the new arrival, but he turned out to belong to the monosyllabic loner school of heroism.However, Blurr did mellow out a little when his refusal to work as a team led to the Decepticons getting their servos on [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], so it mostly turned out all right. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

The next day, Blurr and Hot Shot trained together while the kids watched. They also congratulated Smokescreen for succeeding in a test where Hot Shot failed, even though Hot Shot only failed because he was competing with Blurr in addition to trying to dodge the obstacles.

This session was interrupted when Megatron challenged all the Autobots to a final, decisive battle. Due to the danger, the kids were left at the base to watch the proceedings from afar. Megatron would have won if Optimus Prime hadn't managed to get his hands on the Skyboom shield, and when the Star Saber was used against the shield, a mighty light was released which Rad and Alexis recognised as the same one that they had seen whe High Wire was awoken. This light streaked off into space, to awaken [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Despite this victory, the Optimus Prime decided the situation was too dangerous for the kids and barred them from the base. Frustrated, they wandered off, but were soon joined by the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]], who had received a transmission from the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons on the Moon. While Rad and Fred went to tell Optimus Prime, the rest of the kids and the Mini-Cons headed to the warp gate. However, the transmission turned out to be a trap orchestrated by Megatron, who was seeking to divide and conquer. Rad, Fred, and four of the Autobots were teleported to various locations all over the world, leaving Alexis, Carlos, and Billy behind. Finding herself unable to contact Laserbeak, Alexis hurried back to the base to tell Red Alert and Scavenger about the situation. She then tried to re-establish contact with Laserbeak, which she did, just as Optimus Prime was persuading Megatron's Mini-Cons to convert to the Autobots' side. She was able to get all the rest of the Autobots to Prime's location, where they successfully drove off Megatron. {{storylink|Vow}}

After that adventure, the kids were allowed back into the base, though no longer went on missions. Alexis got stroppy when Carlos complained about boredom, while Rad tried to keep the two from murdering each other.Despite not being at the front of the action, the war would still impinge on their lives when Sideways hacked the Autobots' computer system. Despite Rad and Alexis' best efforts, Sideways' virus quickly took control of the base and projected himself into it. Faced with no other options, the trio resorted to physically smashing the terminals, which granted them a brief reprieve.

However, this relief proved to be short-lived when Sideways sucked the minds of the kids as well as their partner Mini-Cons into a cyberspace landscape of his own devising. Rad and Carlos actually enjoyed the lack of gravity in this new realm for a while before Sideways' digital avatar appeared to them and tried to claim their Mini-Cons.

Back at the base, Billy and Fred tried to wake the trio up. Meanwhile, in cyberspace, the kids and Mini-Cons fled Sideways, and discovered that all they saw was just an elaborate illusion. Sideways managed to capture Sureshock, but then Alexis realized that since he had gone to so much effort, he clearly wasn't in control of this illusion - and also that he couldn't really harm them.

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At this, Sideways panicked and made a desperate bid to take the Mini-Cons, but the kids' lack of belief in the world they saw put paid to that plan. At that point, a massive force of evil manifested in cyberspace - Unicron, the one entity Sideways feared! The kids fled back to the meatspace through a portal opened by Red Alert, leaving Sideways to his master's mercies. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

When Fred tried to tell the others about strange lights seen recently in space, Alexis was the only one who seemed concerned. All the kids expressed relief when Sideways appeared on the battlefield during the next Mini-Con related skirmish, as this meant he couldn't hack their system again. The Autobots won this battle, bringing [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] into the fold, and the kids were all there to welcome him when they took him back to base. {{storylink|Tactician}}

In a subsequent battle, Optimus Prime was seriously injured, forcing Jetfire to take command. None of the kids were impressed by the new guy's constant boasting. They also got a brief history lesson on battles the Autobots had lost due to Thrust's tactical genius; while Carlos was confident that Jetfire could easily counter Thrust, the others weren't so sure.

As it turned out, the kids were right about Jetfire, as his overconfidence nearly led to the Autobots losing the next Mini-Con to surface. To his credit, Jetfire was contrite, saying he had learned his lesson and would be more cautious in future. {{storylink|Linkup}}

The next day, the kids watched Jetfire and Smokescreen arm-wrestling, and Alexis confused Carlos by cheering for both. They also filled in Jetfire on what Sideways had gotten up to. Jetfire then displayed his cunning side by showing the kids a photo of Sideways shooting down Cyclonus, which cast doubt on the turncoat's allegiance to the Decepticons. The kids tried to figure out what Sideways' deal was, Alexis reasoning that he had a goal other than the Mini-Cons {{storylink|Detection}}.

While the Autobots were dealing with [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], two Mini-Cons were detected in addition to the one the Transformers were at the time specifically fighting over. Alexis was confused by the location data, but after some analysis she discovered that it was pointing at the Moon. At that point, Sideways mockingly congratulated her on her ingenuity and explained that these three Mini-Cons would unite to form the [[Requiem Blaster]].

Meanwhile, the boys found the other Mini-Con, [[Sky Blast]], in the caves around the base. {{storylink|Awakening}}

After some fighting, Sky Blast walked off and played a melody which awoke both Payload on the beach and [[Astroscope]] on the moon; the three Mini-Cons came together and did indeed form the Requiem Blaster, which Optimus Prime obtained and used to obliterate the Decepticons. {{storylink|Desperate}}

In the light of this, the kids became concerned about the rights of the Mini-Cons, and so took the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out to a remote farmhouse where they could be safe. They were followed by Thrust, but he got caught in a set of traps the kids had rigged up which allowed Optimus Prime to come by and save the day. After an impassioned discussion as to why the Mini-Cons should not be viewed as mere weapons, the kids and Mini-Cons both returned to base. {{storylink|Runaway}}

All the kids were present when [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] came to Earth and rather enthusiastically begged to fight alongside Blurr. The kids weren't terribly impressed, so Billy and Fred went off to play a video game. Alexis chided them for wasting time and resources, and, ''purely'' in the interest of demonstrating how silly their game was, decided to play against them. {{storylink|Past}} Naturally enough, she turned out to be the best of the lot. {{storylink|Past II}}

Later, the kids stayed at the base with Red Alert when the Autobots went out to counter a Decepticon attack. However, this attack proved to be nothing more than a distraction posed by Starscream, while the rest of the 'Cons attacked the Autobot base in search of the Requiem Blaster. The kids ran for hiding before the Autobots warped back, and bore witness to Megatron obtaining the Blaster and using it on Smokescreen, apparently killing him. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} However, things would soon improve somewhat when the Starscream joined the ranks of the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} Alexis took a particular shine to him, but Starscream dismissed her and the other human children, as he was only concerned with defeating [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Rescue}} Despite this, the kids asked Starscream to bring them back a souvenir when he and Jetfire travelled to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in search of a Mini-Con panel. In spite of his rude, lone-wolf demeanor, Starscream brought back a mysterious green rock for the kids, thus earning him a place in their hearts, in particular Alexis. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} Alexis fashioned a pendant from this, which had a mysterious connection to Starscream's [[spark]].

[[Image:Chamois WHY.jpg|right|150px|thumb|How dare you? Do you have any idea how much of my sweat and blood went into that thing?]] In return for his kindness, the kids threw Starscream a surprise party, sewing a large [[Chamois of Friendship]] out of several smaller rags. Starscream was touched by this, but unfortunately abandoned the gift ten minutes later when he was duped into returning to the Decepticons by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], ostensibly so as to destroy Megatron. {{storylink|Crack}} In the aftermath, Alexis and Rad tried to calm the more visibly enraged Billy and Carlos, and then they all went to their respective homes, where Alexis clutched her pendant and thought about Starscream.

The next day, all the kids returned to the base to discover the Autobots and their allied Mini-Cons working quickly to complete the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' in order to retrieve the Decepticons' Mini-cons. The kids discussed Starscream a bit and decided never to speak of him again; Alexis was visibly upset but tried to hide it. At Fred's suggestion, they all went to see a comet. Afterwards, Alexis, still upset over Starscream, went home, and Rad left with her. Not long after that, the Decepticons launched their assault on Earth using the [[Hydra Cannon]]. {{storylink|Threaten}} Rad and Alexis raced back to their friends, and all the kids just kind of stood around wondering what to do. {{storylink|Crisis}}

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As it turned out, the Decepticons were thwarted through the [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|noble sacrifice of Optimus Prime]]. The kids all suffered a heartfelt grief.

Over the next week, the Autobots busied themselves with completin the ''Axalon'', but Hot Shot and Scavenger soon came to blows. The kids were confused when the two warped out, but Alexis tracked them to an abandoned highway. Here, it turned out Scavenger was trying to snap Hot Shot out of his own depression, and Alexis realized Hot Shot blamed himself for Prime's death. When the rest of the Autobots joined in abusing Hot Shot, the kids tried to persuade them that bullying their youngest member wouldn't help anything, but were overruled by Red Alert, who insisted that they had to get this out of their system.

After a while of this, Hot Shot did come to terms with Optimus Prime's death, and everybody's morale was raised; it was raised so much so, in fact, that Hot Shot was chosen as the Autobots' new commander. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Under Hot Shot's understandably unsteady command, the ''Axalon'' was soon completed and preparations made to depart for Cybertron. The kids were looking forward to seeing another planet, and so were naturally miffed when Hot Shot told them that he was leaving them on Earth where it was safe. All the kids glumly returned home, but ever hopeful, Alexis packed her bags anyway and, along with Rad and Carlos, headed for the Autobot base the next morning.

When they arrived, Hot Shot once again insisted that it was too dangerous for them to come along. Upon hearing this, the Mini-Cons collectively rebelled and blocked all the ship's systems, refusing to budge until the kids were allowed on. Hot Shot relented, and the kids and Autobots blasted off into space. {{storylink|Depart}}

During the journey, the kids bore witness to the arrival of thousands of new Mini-Cons and the rebirth of Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Miracle}} the conflict with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and the Mini-Con powered [[spontaneous recoloration|recoloration]] of several Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Following a confrontation with the Decepticons, the Autobots arrived on Cybertron, only to find it had already been conquered by Galvatron. The Street Action Mini-Cons jumped out of their airlock to form a glowing green shield, which Alexis realized was to protect against Unicron. The Mini-Cons did return, but soon tried to sneak down to Cybertron's surface. Though Carlos feared for their safety, Alexis and Rad favored letting them go down to the surface, as the little ones had a right to walk around on their home planet. {{storylink|Uprising}} With the Mini-Cons gone, the kids were left with nothing much to do but watch the lights of battle on the surface. They did try to stop Hot Shot making a one-robot mission to the heart of the Decepticon stronghold to warn Galvatron about the impending threat of Unicron, but then Rad persuaded everyone to let him go ahead with it. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}

They later received a message from High Wire that Thrust had stolen the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield, and Requiem Blaster, and was at that moment speeding towards the center of Cybertron, being pursued by Starscream, Hot Shot, and [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]]. The trio teamed up with their partner Mini-Cons and joined in the chase, catching up to Starscream just as he confronted Thrust. Alexis called out Starscream's name, and so Thrust decided to distract Starscream by shooting the humans with the Blaster. Starscream, remembering the kindness they had shown him when he defected, bravely leaped into the path of the Blaster, dying to save the humans.

At that point, time warped and the kids found themselves millions of years in the past, in an [[Splinter timeline|alternate timeline]]. They encountered Hot Shot, apparently being molested by creepy tentacles; Hot Shot revealed that the Mini-Cons had been created by Unicron, and the Transformers' use of them had led to the downfall of the entire race.

With that happy thought, the kids were sent back even further in time, where they witnessed the first Mini-Cons being spawned. Among these were High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor, but they didn't recognise the kids. Rad grabbed High Wire, and the little robot imprinted in some way on the little human. High Wire gained both free will and a somewhat childish disposition, which then spread telepathically among all the other Mini-Cons. Rad urged the Mini-Cons to leave Cybertron and go to Earth, thus creating a temporal paradox.

Finally, the kids were warped back to a few seconds back before Thrust killed Starscream, allowing the Mini-Cons to combine into Perceptor and knock Thrust's aim off. Thrust's blast was redirected towards the ceiling Starscream was saved. However, the ceiling then collapsed, but Starscream used his own body to shield the kids while Thrust flew off. At that point, Hot Shot and Wheeljack arrived. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} They explained the situation, and the fact that Starscream had saved them. Hot Shot ordered them to return to the ''Axalon'', but the kids managed to persuade him to let them tag along. The kids and carbots sped along behind Starscream, following him through a portal to an organic-looking area where Thrust and Sideways were waiting; Alexis put on her necklace at this point.

Thrust had placed that Saber, Shield, and Blaster in hollows with which to energise Unicron. While the Transformers dealt with Unicron's minions and the various parasites and tentacles, the kids tried to rouse the Mini-Cons from their dormant state. They managed to get the Saber, but Sideways made off with the Blaster and Shield.

The team continued to explore the tunnels, and the various organic... things soon separated Alexis and Starscream from the rest. Starscream transformed to jet mode to fly Alexis to safety, but she dropped her necklace. Rather than leave it in order to escape safely, she jumped out of Starscream's cockpit to retrieve it. Starscream had to turn around and transform to save her.

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They made it back to the surface, but it turned out they had been exploring the interior of one of Cybertron's moon's for the past while. Then, the ground rumbled and cracked, revealing that the moon was actually Unicron! Jetfire arrived to take the kids to safety, and Wheeljack sped off. Alexis begged Starscream to stay, and he considered it, but realized he's just end up betraying her again, and left. She was pretty upset by that. {{storylink|Portent}}

As for Starscream, he interrupted a rather aggressive negotiation between Optimus Prime and Megatron, battling his old commander to prove that the threat of Unicron was very real. Since Megatron had the Star Saber and was combined with Tidal Wave, Starscream never really had a chance, and when he died, Alexis' pendant cracked, indicating that something had just gone horribly wrong. She was even more upset by that. {{storylink|Cramp}} Still, she was able to attend the meeting at which the Autobots and Decepticons agreed to suspend hostilities until the defeat of Unicron, and though sad that Starscream wasn't where, she was glad he had achieved his aim of temporarily uniting the factions. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}

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When Optimus Prime and Galvatron managed to sneak inside Unicron, the Street Action Mini-Cons decided the follow, and the trio tagged along as well to help in any way they could. {{storylink|Union}} They found the two leaders restrained by Unicron's tentacles, with Unicron trying to verbally break Optimus Prime through Sideways' vocal synthesiser. Unicron destroyed the Mini-Cons' human-derived personalities, restoring them to blank drones, and then dragged the kids into a bizarre mindscape. However, the kids' mental fortitude was strong enough not only to break Unicron's thrall over them, but also to restore the individual personalities of the Mini-Cons. The kids and Mini-Cons then managed to release the weapons, allowing Optimus Prime to blow up Sideways with the Requiem Blaster.

However, on the way out, Galvatron challenged Optimus Prime to a final battle, {{storylink|Origin}} on the grounds that as long as both of them still existed, the hatred and enmity would last forever and thus Unicron would never be permanently defeated. The kids fled, and were picked up by Jetfire and Cyclonus on Unicron's surface. Optimus Prime won the battle, and Unicron and Galvatron were both (apparently) destroyed.

Hot Shot and Jetfire returned the kids to Earth, where they said tearful (but temporary) goodbyes. Alexis pondered her pendant, wistfully remembering Starscream. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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====''Energon''====
[[Image:EnergonTVAlexis.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Saturn Queen.]]
Soon after the defeat of Unicron and the reunification of the Cybertronians under the Autobot flag, Alexis travelled to Cybertron as part of the human delegation. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Ten years later, she worked as a diplomat on behalf of the [[Earth]] Federation, usually as a liaison between the nations of Earth and the Cybertronian Autobot-Decepticon alliance. Alexis traveled to [[Ocean City]] to tell the human crew and their Cybertronian allies about the Federation's decision to declare a position of neutrality in the latest Transformers conflict. While Alexis now represented the interests of Earth, she still had faith in Optimus Prime and trusted his decisions in the Energon war, just as she trusted him during [[the Unicron Battles]]. {{storylink|Energon Stars}}

After the Battle of the Asteroid Belt, Alexis travelled to [[Ocean City]] to discuss the creation of a global [[energon grid]] to protect Earth from Alpha Q-related attacks. She was on hand to greet [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], who responded in a perverted manner that probably made her wish she wasn't there. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}} When construction got underway, she offered to requisition more supplies and manpower, but Dr. Jones reassured her they had quite enough resources to hand. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}}

Shortly thereafter, she accompanied the Autobots and Earth Federation personnel to [[Jungle City]], where Kicker had received a vision of impending diaster. She and [[Sally Jones|Sally]] were removed from the scene before the fighting began.

As Kicker had predicted, the Decepticons arrived to raid the city. Things went badly for the Autobots, and they were forced to blow it up. Alexis reluctantly supported this move, reasoning that humans had survived the fall of civilizations before, and they would survive this. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

Later, with Cybertron in danger, Dr. Jones sent all of Earth's energon to Cybertron. Alexis objected to this on the grounds that it would leave Earth vulnerable, but eventually gave in. {{storylink|Open Fire!}} She then arranged for Jungle City to be rebuilt on top of a newly-discovered energon deposit on Earth. {{storylink|Team Optimus Prime}}

She wouldn't be seen again for another ten years or so.

====''Cybertron''====
[[Image:Alexis cybertron.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Psst... pssst... over here!]]
[[Image:CybertronArmadaKids.jpg|right|180px|thumb|The seeds of the future lie buried in the past. Or something.]]
Alexis continued on in her governmental job, and by 2030 had apparently come to work quite closely with the President in some way, given that she was the only other person present on stage when the President appointed [[Colonel Franklin]] Earth's ambassador to Cybertron. Subsequently, she, Rad and Carlos were among the humans who bid farewell to the Autobots as they departed Earth to begin a new [[space bridge]] construction program. {{storylink|Beginning}}

{{note|The images of Alexis, Rad, Carlos and [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] with spectral characters from prior series did not appear in the ''Galaxy Force'' version of the show, as at the time [[Takara]] had taken the position of the show being a [[reboot|continuity reboot]]... a position they later [[Retcon|retconned]], placing it as the direct sequel to ''Super Link'' as was originally planned. Confused yet? Interestingly, the shot of Alexis on-stage '''was''' in the original...}}
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====''Animated''====
The [[multiverse|multiversal]] news source ''[[ALTernity TODAY]]'' reported that Alexis Thi Dang of [[universal stream|Aurex 802.23 Alpha]] won the Whig Party primary for [[President of the United States]]. She ran on a platform for a stronger alliance between Earth and Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:Armada3-Alexis.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Alexis rocks the muttonchops.]]
Alexis helped Rad and Carlos with [[Project Supernova]], although she was rather cynical about it actually achieving flight. While she ran into some problems on launch day, including homework and Rad's insistance on playing secret agent (she was Agent Bubblegum), Alexis helped throw the Project Supernova off a cliff. Her cynicism was turned around when the craft actuallly managed to stay airborne, but it soon crashed due to [[Sid and Seth|outside interference]]. Alexis was pissed and about to go home when Rad fell into a cave and accidentally awakened [[Sparkplug (Armada)|four]] [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|alien robots]], whom he promptly hid in his garage. This didn't serve to improve Alexis's mood any, as she felt the robots could be dangerous and that they should tell people about them. Rad and Carlos eventually calmed her down, which was good as the robots turned out to be nice guys who built them a new Project Supernova. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, while the kids and bots were flying around on their vehicle, they were attacked by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and fled back to the garage, where an angry Alexis demanded an explanation. The robots told the kids that they were [[Mini-Con]]s from the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and that Megatron was a [[Decepticon]] out to capture them. Mad that she and her friends had been pulled into another race's war, Alexis began to argue with Rad, but Carlos made them both realize that they had to lure Megatron away from their neighborhood. The kids and Mini-Cons fled to a nearby canyon, where they found [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}}

While Alexis and the others were almost captured and killed by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], the Autobots and Mini-Cons soon drove the Decepticons away. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}} Unfortunately, as the kids were playing around in a forest some time later, Optimus Prime visited them and explained that he couldn't let them get involved with the Transformers' war any longer. Alexis and her friends were subsequently forbidden from hanging out with the Street Action Team. Sparkplug, who was against this, broke order and took the kids with him to rescue some Mini-Cons from the Decepticon base. Their mission was to call for help if Sparkplug's infiltration team wasn't back within 30 minutes. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} When the team failed to return, Alexis and the others called for help and ended up summoning the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]], although it took some convincing to get them to help Sparkplug. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7|Armada #7}}

[[Image:Armada8-gradesslipping.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Some time between issue 3 and now she hit puberty.]]

After a day at school, Alexis and her friends were riding around on the Street Action Team and eating burgers when the Mini-Cons suddenly stopped responding to them and sped away for an unknown destination. The kids were unable to get off until they came to a halt, which they did next to a [[Mini-Con Ark|mysterious monolith]] in [[Kansas]]. When the Mini-Cons entered the structure, Rad followed them, and Alexis could only watch as the monolith launched into space with her friend onboard. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} Optimus Prime explained that Rad had been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], and Alexis and Carlos couldn't do much other than urge the Autobots to save him. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} While Optimus managed to retrieve a starship to travel to the Moon with, he refused to endanger the humans by letting them come as well. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}} Fortunately, [[simulcrum]] technology allowed them to be on the ship "in spirit", and Alexis was eventually reunited with Rad. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}}

After staying out of the Transformer conflict for a while, Alexis, Rad and Carlos learned that the Mini-Cons were all returning to Cybertron to fight against [[Unicron]]. They said their goodbyes to the Street Action Team, then watched as the Transformers entered a [[space bridge]] and left Earth. {{storylink|The End}} Some time after the conflict on Earth had ended, Alexis began to compile a comprehensive database of information on several Transformers. She was unaware that this information (which, in several cases, contradicted actual events) was planted into her mind by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]]. {{storylink|More Than Meets The Eye (Armada)|More Than Meets The Eye}}

====''Energon''====
[[Image:Alexishothippie.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Wow. I think we all just became Democrats.]]

In the ten years that followed the Transformers' departure from Earth, Alexis became an activist, traveling around the world with other like-minded individuals to (violently) protest the misuse of Earth's natural resources.

One such trip found her in [[Australia]], protesting [[Alterenergy]]'s [[Energon (Energon)|01 Source]] research. Her group's protest was interrupted when the Transformers returned to Earth in the form of the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] and attacked the Alterenergy excavation site. Alexis was horrified that they were getting dragged into the Transformer war again, but ended up rushing straight into it to save a young teenager named [[Kicker Jones|Kicker]] from [[Battle Ravage]] by shooting the beast in the face with a flare gun. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath}} The two tried to escape on a motorcycle, but ended up crashing it and getting captured by Battle Ravage, who brought them to [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]]. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Two}} The Terrorcon leader used Alexis as a hostage, threatening to kill her if Kicker wouldn't help him find 01 Source. Fortunately, Rad, who now worked for Alterenergy, came to her aid... or at least it would've been her aid if Battle Ravage hadn't been guarding her. They ended up escaping thanks to Carlos, who aided them from space by remotely detonating the collected 01 Source, knocking the Terrorcon out. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}} After Rad explained to Alexis that 01 Source was Energon—Transformer fuel—and that Kicker could sense it, the two were suddenly reunited with Optimus Prime, who had arrived to fight the Terrorcons. The Autobots subsequently drove the Terrorcons away and rescued Kicker, who was surprised that Rad and Alexis knew eachother. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Four}}

As the Autobots officially revealed themselves to the human population, many began to fear for an invasion and protested against them. Alexis was in [[Los Angeles]] at the time, and reflected alongside Rad on how she would probably be protesting as well if she didn't know any better. Rad wasn't happy to hear this, nor was he happy about her way of life, as her frequent trips around the globe meant she never stuck around. Alexis explained that she had merely grown up and didn't see things in black and white anymore, but the disgruntled Rad just said his goodbyes and left. However, he came back and apolozied as Alexis prepared to leave in a taxi, which made her feel better. Then Terrorcon [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]] attacked Los Angeles and blew up the taxi. {{storylink|Multiplicity}} Fortunately, she had gotten out in time and was safe and sound and returned to Rad. As he thought Alexis had died in the explosion, Rad had realized how much she truly meant to him, and embraced her and told her never to leave him again. They were both fairly embarrassed afterwards. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Using Rad's truck, they raced away from the Insecticons and to Alterenergy's west coast headquarters. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} Upon arrival, Alexis spent some time with Carlos, who explained how Rad planned to use the [[Energon Volant Accumulator]] to aid the Autobots in the fight against the Terrorcons. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

{{note|And then [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] folded.}}
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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
When Rad and Carlos went spelunking, Alexis followed them to make sure they didn't get themselves killed. She was shocked to see them emerge from the cave with the alien robot [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], but didn't have much time come to terms with the situation before [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] attacked them and tried to capture the smaller robot. High Wire transformed into a bike and took Alexis and the others to safety, where they met several other robots. [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] explained that they were [[Mini-Con]]s who had ended up on Earth after fleeing from the eternal war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} When the Mini-Cons refused to save [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], who was getting his aft handed to him by Megatron, Rad decided to do it himself. Alexis protested, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. In the end, Rad taking action caused Megatron to flee and the humans to befriend the Autobots, but Alexis still told him not to let it go to his head. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}

After playing with their new friends on the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]], Alexis, Rad and Carlos were tasked with finding the [[locator log]] onboard the crashed Mini-Con ship. When they were attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], Alexis again took on the role of warning Rad against taking stupid risks, only for his crazy ideas to work yet again. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} Going back to her daily life, Alexis later visited the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|local observatory]], but was followed by Sureshock. After Sureshock's attempts to "help" the observatory crashed their mainframe, Alexis made a run for it and told the story to her friends. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} When the Autobots decided to send the Mini-Cons back to Cybertron, she figured they had no other choice, and told Rad not to get all emotional about it. In the end, the plans fell through and the Mini-Cons remained on Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

Alexis and her friends were racing with the Street Action Team again when they were suddenly attacked by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], out to steal their Mini-Con friends. While the Street Action Team held the Decepticon back in the form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], Alexis and the others fetched Optimus Prime to help them. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Sword}} Shortly afterward, they met [[Amos Hume]] and helped him save the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]] from the [[Extra-Terrestrial Response Division]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

===''Legends'' anthology===
One [[Halloween]] night, Alexis went Trick-or-Treating with Carlos, Rad and their three [[Mini-Con]]s. Because she was the mature one, she collected donations for [[Wikipedia:UNICEF|UNICEF]] instead of candy, though she did dress as a princess. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}

After Alexis talked Doctor [[Jessica Theist]] into letting her niece [[Kelly (Armada)|Kelly]] come along an archeological dig, she also lent Kelly a computer. And Laserbeak. And [[Ransack (Armada)|Ransack]] and [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]. Clearly it pays to be connected. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}
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===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
Rad, Carlos, and Alexis talked Optimus Prime into letting them explore some nearby caves in the hopes of finding other Mini-Cons, claiming that he and Carlos had already explored a few of them in the past. The trio succeeded in finding a crystal, but had to be saved by Hot Shot after a surprise Decepticon attack caused a landslide. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

In another adventure, Carlos talked Rad into joining him for a Mini-Con race, to which Alexis invited herself. They foolishly left themselves out in the open, allowing Megatron to attack. Fortunately for them (your mileage may vary), Optimus and Hot Shot were there to save them yet again. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Notes==
[[Image:Alexis midriff.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Alexis's original animation character model.]]
* According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo ''Micron Densetsu'' website, Alexis was 11 years old at the start of ''Armada''. The page also stated she was Asian, and that her Japanese name, Alexa, was short for Alexandra.

* Meanwhile, according to the liner notes of ''[[Sound of Evolution: Vol. 2|The Transformers: Legends of the Microns — Sound of Evolution: Vol. 2]]'' (the second series soundtrack), there were difficulties coming up with character designs for the kids, as the producers had been given three mandated races: white, Hispanic, and Asian. The notes go on to further confirm Alexis as being Asian by specifying that she was the daughter of "Vietnamese boat people". The character was named after the daughter of one of the American staff.

[[Image:AlexisIPVersion.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Ridin' nerdy.]]
* Alexis' ethnicity is particularly more pronounced on the cover of the 2001 Armada IP creative bible. Why she was so heavily redesigned as compared to the relatively unchanged Carlos and Rad is unknown.

* The ''[[Unicron Trilogy guidebooks|Transformers Armada Official Guidebook]]'' backs up the fact that Alexis was 11 years old at the start of ''Armada''. It also specified that she always got great grades and that she was a computer whiz.

* Alexis was not given a last name until the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|AllSpark Almanac II]]'', which dubbed her "Alexis Thi Dang".

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Rad White

2011-02-09T19:16:06Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

:''Rad is a [[human]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Rad-armada.jpg|right|250px|thumb|...and I want to tell you about the Traaaaaaaaaaansformers!]]
'''Bradley "Rad" White''' is your typical kid who's the son of brilliant scientists. He likes to [[High Wire (Armada)|ride his bike]], he likes to explore caves, he likes to grab excitedly at radioactive things—wait, what?

Basically, Rad has a natural, insatiable curiosity about all things. Unfortunately, this curiosity goes unchecked when he's hanging out with his best friend [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], so it takes the watchful eye of the intelligent-but-much-more-reserved [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] to keep them both out of trouble. His parents hope that some day Rad can channel this curiosity more productively.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kirby Morrow]] (English), [[Masataka Nakai]], [[Akiko Toda]] (young) (Japanese), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Vincent Barazzoni]] (French)

When Rad was a young boy, his parents moved to a new home near the [[Cosmoscope Research Center]]. Due to a bending of time, he had a vision of the [[Transformer]]s and [[Mini-Con]]s, but his parents just dismissed this as a wild imagination.

[[Image:Firstenclight.JPG|left|thumb|300px|"It's radioactive? Sweet!" *grab*]]

Years later, he and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] went exploring into the caverns deep beneath the local observatory. Inside, they found the curious remains of a clearly artificial construction, seemingly far in advance of human technology. Against the advice of Carlos, Rad was drawn towards a [[Mini-Con storage panel|glowing, green, pentagonal artifact]] half-buried in the rubble. When he touched it, the entire structure began to shake, suddenly springing to life as thousands of computers lit up the walls.

At home, [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] felt the tremors and used her computer to pinpoint the epicenter of the apparent earthquake as the mountain caverns that Rad and Carlos were exploring. Similarly, the scientists and researchers at the observatory were baffled by the sudden movement of the Earth. As Rad and Carlos made their escape with the artifact, a bright light engulfed the chamber they were in, simultaneously shutting down all electronic equipment in Lincoln, as well as emitting three distinctly coloured distress signal beams into the sky.

One beam, green, reached an [[Exodus (Armada)||ancient starship wreck]] on the dark side of the Moon, causing it to fire hundreds of smaller beams of green light at the [[Earth]]. The two remaining signal beams, coloured red and purple, continued deep into space until they reached [[Cybertron (planet)|a cold, distant, metal world]].

Little did Rad know that he had unwittingly set in motion the next destructive phase in the great Transformers war, an endless battle of rage and hatred between the heroic [[Autobot|Autobots]] and the evil [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. Thanks a lot, kid. {{storylink|First Encounter}}

The kids attempted to flee on High Wire, but were stopped by the arrival of [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]]. Demolishor tried to grab the boys, but they were saved by the arrival of [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]]. Rad fled back into the cave, calling Carlos and Alexis after him. Rad was sure they'd be safe there, but Alexis was concerned that the bigger robots might still follow them. High Wire led the three into a smaller room, to Alexis' further distress; Rad and Carlos, however, assured her that they'd be safer there. While in there, he accessed the ship's computer and the kids learned about the Transformer conflict.

At this point, High Wire activated a hidden storage panel, revealing [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], who bonded to Carlos and Alexis. They took their new friends out to play in the woods, but ran into Megatron. The timely arrival of Optimus Prime initially seemed to Rad and Carlos to make things worse, but when Alexis trusted the big Autobot, the boys did as well.

Optimus Prime took them into his cab and sped off to a distant location, where he set them down. Unfortunately, Megatron had followed close behind, and so Optimus had to combine with his [[trailer]] to fight him off. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}} The commanders' battle caused a landslide to fall on the kids, but they were shielded by Hot Shot. They then dug up some more Mini-Cons, but two of those were stolen by Cyclonus.

The Decepticons retreated, and so the kids and robots made proper introductions. Rad was particularly upset by the idea that he had started a massive war by reactivating High Wire

The next day at school, [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] grilled them over recent earthquakes; Rad and Carlos played dumb, while Alexis pointed out that if there was an earthquake, it would have been mentioned on the news. When Billy asked where Rad got his new bike, Rad claimed it was a birthday present from his grandmother. He and Carlos headed on up to the mountain; on the way, Alexis chewed them out for almost blowing their cover.

At the Autobots' base, Optimus Prime presented them with [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] to aid them with their reconnaissance work; right then, another Mini-Con was detected {{storylink|Base}} in the [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]]. The kids ran out with the Autobots, Rad falling slightly behind, and got spiffy new adventure suits on the way.

When they got to the canyon, Rad was initially left alone once again when Alexis and Hot Shot sped off, forgetting him. They came back, though. Hot Shot then sped off as fast as he could over the rough terrain, severely shaking up the two humans. Rad sent Laserbeak off to find the Mini-Con, and was himself chided by Alexis for being a coward.

[[Image:Comrade drivingHotShot.jpg|right|thumb|250px|They're going to be exactly like this when they're thirty.]]

When the Mini-Con was finally found, Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Starscream simultaneously tried to claim it. Rad gave a yell of concern, which inspire High Wire, Grindor, and Sureshock to combine into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]], who managed to hold off both Megatron and Starscream. Optimus Prime claimed the Mini-Con—who turned out to be his old partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]—and the kids helped dig up Hot Shot form where he'd gotten himself buried {{storylink|Comrade}}.

Later, they played tag with Hot Shot, which got him in trouble with Optimus Prime as he was supposed to be helping Red Alert install some equipment. They then went to find a new Mini-Con in [[Antarctica]], where Rad and Alexis rode in Red Alert while Carlos went with Hot Shot. Red Alert ended up having to save Carlos and Hot Shot from Starscream {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}}.

[[Image:Jungle-Butterfingers.jpg|left|thumb|300px|When your girlfriend sees your Transformers collection, she sees this.]]

Rad later came up with the sensible notion of bringing some camping supplies to the Autobot base in case they ever had to stay the night. Soon after he got them to the base, another Mini-Con was detected, and so the good guys all warped over to a forest. Carlos found a path that had been cut down by illegal loggers, prompting Rad to make a speech about how important it is to protect the environment.

During this mission, Rad used Laserbeak to find the Mini-Con, [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]]. However, the Decepticons also found him, and started a forest fire. At Rad's insistence, the Autobots temporarily broke off their search to protect the animals, allowing Starscream to make off with Swindle. Rad felt guily about this, but Optimus Prime assured him that his heart was in the right place. {{Storylink|Jungle}}

Back at the base, the kids tried to wake up the dormant Mini-Con they'd found in Antarctica, but to no avail. Rad and Carlos fell for the old "pass me that spanner that's clearly too big for your species to lift" joke and, seeing there was nothing they could do to help, decided to take High Wire and Grindor to a local carnival, followed by [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], [[Longarm (Armada)|Longarm]], and [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]].

At the carnival, the boys were initially concerned that bringing five alien robots to a crowded area might blow their cover, but quickly came up with the idea of telling everyone they were super-advanced [[human]]-developed robots that would be available for purchase in the future. After a while, the boys tried to take the robots home, but it turned out that Billy and Fred were also at the carnival, and got suspicious. They tried to capture one of the Mini-Con, causing the entire situation to descend into slapstick farce.

[[Image:Palace-Exploring.jpg|right|thumb|200px|"So you wanna make out?"]]

They were saved by the timely arrival of Hot Shot, Sureshock, and Alexis, who managed to get things under control, swore Billy and Fred to secrecy, and gave the lads a good scolding. As punishment, Rad and Carlos had to clean up their quarters back at the base. {{storylink|Carnival}}.The kids later accompanied the Autobots to the [[Sahara|Sahara Desert]], and fell into a sand pit after an altercation with Demolishor. They found themselves in an ancient temple, where they were attacked by ancient guardian robots, but fortunately Demolishor was there to blow them up. Further into the temple, they found a Mini-Con storage panel; Carlos accidentally activated a trap, and Rad knocked him out of the way. After that, the floor collapsed, but Perceptor was able to rescue them. Demolishor got the Mini-Con. {{storylink|Palace}}

The next day, back in America, Billy and Fred pursued the three to the Autobot base. Rad, Carlos, and Alexis all tried to outrun them, but soon had to split up when Cyclonus attempted to capture them. Cyclonus chased after Rad, but was thrown off the trail by Laserbeak and so captured Billy and Fred instead, intending to hold them for ransom. They tracked Laserbeak to a ghost town, where the kids tried to rescue the bullies, but all ended up being captured by Megatron, who demanded Optimus Prime hand over all their Autobots' Mini-Cons in exchange for the humans' lives. Optimus Prime went through with it, but Megatron, naturally, refused to hand them over. However, Rad was able to use Laserbeak to free all the other humans, and Hot Shot was able to rescue Rad with Fred's surprising help. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}}

The day after that, when Hot Shot whined about having to do work on the ship, Rad facetiously offered to take his place. Before anything could come of this, however, a new Mini-Con was detected in a disused subway system. The kids accompanied the Autobots in their search and actually managed to find the storage panel; as soon as they did, however, [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]], who had been discreetly following them, decided to attack.

[[Image:Ruin-Hologram.jpg|left|thumb|250px|And that's how Rad lost his virginity.]]

A while after that, the Autobots received a transmission from [[Atlantis]] and took the kids with them to search for yet another Mini-Con. At the ruins, while the Autobots fought the Decepticons, the kids went inside to look around. A [[Hologram|holographic]] display activated, and Carlos chased after the hologram of [[Amphitrite]]; Rad and Alexis followed. 'Amphitrite' gave them a canned history of Atlantis, focusing on how its inhabitants used the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] to dominate the world, and were eventually defeated by another civilisation who wielded the [[Skyboom Shield]]. Despite this warning of the danger of the Mini-Cons' power, the kids decided to find the Mini-Con in Atlantis anyway, but it was claimed by [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]] for the Decepticons. Dejected, the kids left with Optimus Prime. Rad tried to comfort Carlos, {{storylink|Ruin}} and when they got back, mused that at last he knew what happened to Atlantis.

He asked Optimus Prime if there was any way to end the war with the Decepticons, to which Optimus gave him the origin of the war and what he knew of the Mini-Cons. Rad changed his line of questioning, asking if there was a way to fight without involving the Mini-Cons; Optimus responded that the Decepticons would use Mini-Cons to fight anyway, and so the Autobots had to do the same to prevent them from capturing any more than they already had.

While searching for the Mini-Con of the week, this time on a volcanic island, Rad sent Laserbeak to look for it at Alexis' prompting. They found it, but it was carried off in a lava floe, and eventually claimed by Red Alert. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

After that adventure, the trio decided to give Billy and Fred a tour of the Autobot base, but were separated when the Decepticons attacked. Since the bullies were in danger of the automatic defenses, said defenses were shut off, allowing the Decepticons to penetrate deeper into the base that anyone would have liked. However, after a battle, the Star Saber was reassembled and in the hands of Hot Shot, so the day ultimately turned out all right. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}}

The next day, Rad and Carlos tried to sort out the human quarters on the base while Alexis and Sureshock were out shopping. For some reason, the fridge was full of tools. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

When Alexis tracked down the next Mini-Con, the trio, plus Billy and Fred, rushed off with the Autobots to cheer them on; Rad and Carlos rode in Hot Shot.

Rad and Carlos were let out by Hot Shot so the Autobot could focus on fighting Cyclonus. At that point, [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] arrived and dropped off Billy, who hugged Rad. Alexis arrived momentarily.

Back at the base, Alexis and Rad discussed Sideways. Both were deeply suspicious of him , but they decided not to raise their misgivings with Optimus Prime in case it turned out their first impressions were false. {{storylink|Gale}}

With Hot Shot feeling naturally depressed about this disaster, all five kids tried to cheer him up by making silly faces. They also accompanied the Autobots on their search for the next Mini-Con, and managed to find it at the same time as [[Blackout (Armada)|Blackout]], and after a scuffle, it was taken by Scavenger for the Decepticons. Soon after, however, Scavenger came over to the Autobots, and revealed he had been a double agent all along. {{storylink|Conspiracy}}

In the aftermath of Sideways' betrayal, the trio weren't exactly eager to trust Scavenger. He seemed to be more interested in sleeping than mentoring Hot Shot, but when the kids tried to raise this with Optimus Prime, his explanation was cut short by the detection of still another Mini-Con. The Autobots warped off to somewhere with a lot of snow, while the kids observed from back at base. Scavenger heroically saved Optimus Prime's life, very nearly plunging to his own [[death]], and so the kids (and Smokescreen) apologised to him for their earlier suspicions when he got back, Scavenger accepted with characteristic stoicism. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

At some point after that incident, the boys went on a camping trip with Hot Shot and Red Alert, forgetting to tell Alexis. Carlos, Fred, and Billy played in the water and invited a little boy named Shaun to play with them, while Rad tried his hand at fishing.

That evening, a storm blew in, resulting in a landslide which trapped Red Alert, Carlos, and Shaun beneath a massive pile of mud. Optimus Prime ordered Red Alert to transform in order to escape, but Rad explained that there was a human news crew present, and so Red Alert transforming would completely blow the Autobots' cover. Hence, he deployed Laserbeak to distract the reporters while the rest of the Autobots rolled in and saved the day in their [[Alternate mode|altmodes]]. Everybody returned to base post haste, where they found Alexis waiting with baited breath. Fond reunions were had be all. {{storylink|Vacation}}

All five kids were present at the battle in which [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] made his first appearance. They tried to make friends with the new arrival, but he turned out to belong to the monosyllabic loner school of heroism. However, Blurr did mellow out a little when his refusal to work as a team led to the Decepticons getting their servos on [[Downshift (Armada)|Downshift]], so it mostly turned out all right. {{storylink|Reinforcement}}

The next day, Blurr and Hot Shot trained together while the kids watched. They also congratuated Smokescreen for succeeding in a test where Hot Shot failed, even though Hot Shot only failed because he was competing with Blurr in addition to trying to dodge the obstacles.

This session was interrupted when Megatron challenged all the Autobots to a final, decisive battle. Due to the danger, the kids were left at the base to watch the proceedings from afar. Megatron would have won if Optimus Prime hadn't managed to get his hands on the Skyboom shield, and when the Star Saber was used against the shield, a mighty light was released which Rad and Alexis recognised as the same one that they had seen whe High Wire was awoken. This light streaked off into space, to awaken [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Despite this victory, the Optimus Prime decided the situation was too dangerous for the kids and barred them from the base. Frustrated, they wandered off, but were soon joined by the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]], who had received a transmission from the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons on the Moon. Fred came up with the idea that the Decepticon Mini-Cons were lonely and wanted to join up with their friends on Earth, so he and Rad went to deliver the message to Optimus Prime while the rest headed to the warp gate. Unable to enter the base, Rad sent Laserbeak to deliver the message, prompting Optimus Prime and Hot Shot to emerge and take matters into their own hands; Blurr and Smokescreen followed.

However, the transmission soon turned out to be a trap orchestrated by Megatron, who was seeking to divide and conquer. Rad, Fred, and the Autobots who had left the base found themselves with Megatron in a forested area, far from reinforcements. Megatron again divided their forces, sending Optimus Prime to a rocky area with only Rad and Fred for company. Then, just to confuse them, Megatron send the three to an abandoned town and a desert; along the way, Optimus Prime explained that the Mini-Cons viewed Megatron as something akin to a father-figure, and thus his control would not be easy to break.

In the desert, Megatron and his Mini-Cons fought Optimus Prime whle Rad and Fred cheered from the sidelines. Optimus Prime's refusal to harm the Mini-Cons led to them defecting to the Autobots, just as Alexis managed to re-stablish contact. The rest of the Autobots teleported in and drove off Megatron, leaving the Autobots victorious once again. {{storylink|Vow}}

After that adventure, the kids were allowed back into the Autobots' base, but were still not taken on missions. Rad found himself in the unenviable position to trying to keep the bored Carlos and cranky Alexis from murdering each other. Despite not being at the front of the action, the war would still impinge on their lives when Sideways hacked the Autobots' computer system. Despite Rad and Alexis' best efforts, Sideways' virus quickly took control of the base and projected himself into it. Faced with no other options, the trio resorted to physically smashing the terminals, which granted them a brief reprieve.

However, this relief proved to be short-lived when Sideways sucked the minds of the kids as well as their partner Mini-Cons into a cyberspace landscape of his own devising. Rad and Carlos actually enjoyed the lack of gravity in this new realm for a while before Sideways' digital avatar appeared to them and tried to claim their Mini-Cons.

Back at the base, Billy and Fred tried to wake the trio up. Meanwhile, in cyberspace, the kids and Mini-Cons fled Sideways, and discovered that all they saw was just an elaborate illusion. Sideways managed to capture Sureshock, but then Alexis realized that since he had gone to so much effort, he clearly wasn't in control of this illusion - and also that he couldn't really harm them.

At this, Sideways panicked and made a desperate bid to take the Mini-Cons, but the kids' lack of belief in the world they saw put paid to that plan. At that point, a massive force of evil manifested in cyberspace - Unicron, the one entity Sideways feared! The kids fled back to the meatspace through a portal opened by Red Alert, leaving Sideways to his master's mercies. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

When Fred tried to tell the others about strange lights seen recently in space, Rad just thought he was being silly. All the kids expressed relief when Sideways appeared on the battlefield during the next Mini-Con related skirmish, as this meant he couldn't hack their system again. The Autobots won this battle, bringing [[Prowl (Armada)|Prowl]] into the fold, and the kids were all there to welcome him when they took him back to base. When Fred's story about strange lights turned out to be the arrival of [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] and [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]], Rad was especially pleased to welcome the newest Autobot. {{Storylink|Tactician}}

In a subsequent battle, Optimus Prime was seriously injured, forcing Jetfire to take command. None of the kids were impressed by the new guy's constant boasting. They also got a brief history lesson on battles the Autobots had lost due to Thrust's tactical genius; while Carlos was confident that Jetfire could easily counter Thrust, the others weren't so sure.

As it turned out, the kids were right about Jetfire, as his overconfidence nearly led to the Autobots losing the next Mini-Con to surface. To his credit, Jetfire was contrite, saying he had learned his lesson and would be more cautious in the future. {{storylink|Linkup}}

The next day, the kids watched Jetfire and Smokescreen arm wrestling. They also filled in Jetfire on what Sideways had gotten up to. Jetfire then displayed his cunning side by showing the kids a photo of Sideways shooting down Cyclonus, which cast doubt on the turncoat's allegiance to the Decepticons. The kids tried to figure out what Sideways' deal was, while the Autobots went to obtain yet another Mini-Con. {{storylink|Detection}}

While the Autobots were dealing with [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]], two Mini-Cons were detected in addition to the one the Transformers were at the time specifically fighting over - one on the Moon, and the other right in the Autobot base! The kids and Street Action Mini-Cons rushed off to look for the one on Earth, locating it when Fred fell through a rotten floor. This Mini-Con revealed itself as [[Sky Blast]] before shooting High Wire and running off {{storylink|Awakening}}. The kids gave chase, and Rad managed to persuade Sky Blast that he wasn't in any danger. After Rad promised his protection to Sky Blast, Red Alert took the trio to the beach where the factions' main forces were duking it out; while Alexis alerted the other Autobots to the situation, Rad and Carlos sought out [[Payload (Armada)|Payload]].

After some fighting, Sky Blast walked off and played a melody which awoke both Payload on the beach and [[Astroscope]] on the moon; the three Mini-Cons came together and did indeed form the Requiem Blaster, which Optimus Prime obtained and used to obliterate the Decepticons. Rad realized that the Mini-Cons weren't afraid of fighting ''per se'', but rather of their power falling into the wrong hands. {{storylink|Desperate}}

Out of concern for the rights of the [[Space Mini-Con Team]], Rad and the other kids disguised the Mini-Cons in baggy clothes and took them to a farm outside the city, pursued by the Autobots. At an abandoned farmhouse, they set up a complex system of home-made traps and alarms which worked surprisingly well when Thrust inevitably arrived; while they didn't manage to actually stop the Decepticon, they did delay him long enough for Optimus Prime to arrive and drive him off.

When the other Autobots arrived, Rad took a stand and urged the Autobots to see the Mini-Cons as individuals, not as weapons of war to be exploited and then tossed aside. Surprisingly, Optimus Prime had much the same view, and explained that they were fighting so the Mini-Cons would be free to live in peace, and if any of them wanted to join the stuggle, that was their decision. Satisfied, the kids and Mini-Cons returned to base. {{storylink|Runaway}}

All three kids were present when [[Side Swipe (Armada)|Side Swipe]] made his rather eager appearance at the base, but they weren't terribly impressed and went off to play a video game {{storylink|Past}} at which Alexis beat all comers. {{storylink|Past II}}

Later, the kids stayed at the base with Red Alert when the Autobots went out to counter a Decepticon attack. However, this attack proved to be nothing more than a distraction posed by Starscream, while the rest of the 'Cons attacked the Autobot base in search of the Requiem Blaster. The kids ran for hiding before the Autobots warped back, and bore witness to Megatron obtaining the Blaster and using it on Smokescreen, apparently killing him. {{storylink|Sacrifice}} However, things would soon improve somewhat when the Starscream joined the ranks of the Autobots. Though the kids were initially suspicious, they eventually welcomed him when they saw his attendant Mini-Cons genuinely looked up to him. {{storylink|Regeneration}} Despite this display of camaraderie, Starscream dismissed them, as he was only concerned with defeating Megatron. {{storylink|Rescue}} Undeterred, the kids asked Starscream to bring them back a souvenir when he and Jetfire travelled to [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in search of a Mini-Con panel. In spite of his rude, lone-wolf demeanor, Starscream brought back a mysterious green rock for the kids, thus earning him a place in their hearts. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}}

In return for his kindness, the kids threw Starscream a surprise party, sewing a large [[Chamois of Friendship]] out of several smaller rags. Starscream was touched by this, but unfortunately abandoned the gift ten minutes later when he was duped into returning to the Decepticons by [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], ostensibly so as to destroy Megatron. {{storylink|Crack}} In the aftermath, Carlos and Billy were enraged, and so Rad and Alexis had to try and calm them down. They all went home to blow off some steam; Rad watched TV without paying any attention or interest.

The next day, all the kids returned to the base to discover the Autobots and their allied Mini-Cons working quickly to complete the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' in order to retrieve the Decepticons' Mini-cons. The kids discussed Starscream a bit and decided never to speak of him again; Rad tried to comfort Alexis, but she said she was fine. At Fred's suggestion, they all went to see a comet. Afterwards, Alexis, still upset over Starscream, went home, and Rad left with her. Not long after that, the Decepticons launched their assault on Earth using the [[Hydra Cannon]]. {{storylink|Threaten}} Rad and Alexis raced back to their friends, and all the kids just kind of stood around wondering what to do. {{storylink|Crisis}}

As it turned out, the Decepticons were thwarted through the [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime|noble sacrifice of Optimus Prime]]. The kids all suffered a heartfelt grief, and Rad mused that Prime knew he would die and how unfair it was that nobody on Earth knew he had saved their lives.

Over the next week, the Autobots busied themselves with completing the ''Axalon'', but Hot Shot and Scavenger soon came to blows. The kids were confused by this and followed the two to an abandoned highway, where it turned out Scavenger was trying to snap Hot Shot out of his own depression. When the rest of the Autobots joined in abusing Hot Shot, the kids tried to persuade them that bullying their youngest member wouldn't help anything, but were overruled by Red Alert, who insisted that they had to get this out of their system.

After a while of this, Hot Shot did come to terms with Optimus Prime's death, and everybody's morale was raised; it was raised so much so, in fact, that Hot Shot was chosen as the Autobots' new commander. {{storylink|Remorse}}

Under Hot Shot's understandably unsteady command, the ''Axalon'' was soon completed and preparations made to depart for Cybertron. The kids were looking forward to seeing another planet, and so were naturally miffed when Hot Shot told them that he was leaving them on Earth where it was safe. High Wire, too, told Rad to remain on Earth - in English, surprisingly. All the kids glumly returned home.

When he got home, Rad had breakfast with his parents and tried to subtly raise the subject of his not being allowed to leave the planet by asking them if they ever wanted to go into space. The adults brushed him off, just telling him to finish his breakfast.

That night, he woke up his parents and spilled the beans on the Transformers, Mini-Cons, and the [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|war]]. For some reason, they found his story about alien robots that turn into cars impluasible, and told him to go back to bed. However, his father seemed to sense he was trying to tell the truth, and came into his room a few hours later. The two had a heart to heart talk, and father told son that he could go to Cybertron provided he promised to return.

Rad was thrilled at this, and ran over to Carlos' house at the crack of dawn. To his delight, Carlos had also packed his bags, as had Alexis, who they met after leaving. The three skipped over to the Autobot base, but when they arrived, Hot Shot once again insisted that it was too dangerous for them to come along. Upon hearing this, the Mini-Cons collectively rebelled and blocked all the ship's systems, refusing to budge until the kids were allowed on. Hot Shot relented, and the kids and Autobots blasted off into space. {{storylink|Depart}}

During the journey, the kids bore witness to the arrival of thousands of new Mini-Cons and the rebirth of Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Miracle}} the conflict with [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]], and the Mini-Con powered [[spontaneous recoloration|recoloration]] of several Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Puppet}}

Following a confrontation with the Decepticons, the Autobots arrived at Cybertron, to discover it had already been conquered by Galvatron. When the Street Action Mini-Cons tried to sneak down to the surface, Rad and Alexis supported their desire to set foot on their home planet, in opposition to Carlos' fears for the little ones' safety. {{storylink|Uprising}} With the Mini-Cons gone, the kids were left with nothing much to do but watch the lights of battle on the surface. They did try to stop Hot Shot making a one-robot mission to the heart of the Decepticon stronghold to warn Galvatron about the impending threat of Unicron, but then Rad persuaded everyone to let him go ahead with it. {{storylink|Dash (episode)|Dash}}

At some point, Rad found a human-sized shower on the ship and, when he was in the middle of using it, Carlos walked in. Rad expressed an odd feeling that he'd met High Wire before, but Carlos just thought he was being ''loco''.

Shortly thereafter, they got a transmission from High Wire that Hot Shot, [[Wheeljack (Armada)|Wheeljack]], and Starscream were independently chasing Thrust (who had in the meantime allied with Sideways and Unicron) down a suspiciously organic corridor deep beneath Cybertron. The lads went to see Alexis, and the trio then joined up with their partner Mini-Cons to plunge deep into the heart of Cybertron.

They came across Starscream standing off against Thrust in a chamber. Thrust seized the opportunity and threatened the kids with the Requiem Blaster, and so Starscream, remembering their earlier kindness, bravely threw himself into the path of the blast, saving them. At that point, time warped and the Rad found himself on Earth several years in the past, arriving at his new home. He asked where the Transformers were, but his parents just assumed he was confusing a dream with reality.

Time warped again, and he found himself with Alexis and Carlos millions of years in the past, in an [[Splinter timeline|alternate timeline]]. They encountered Hot Shot, apparently being molested by creepy tentacles; Hot Shot revealed that the Mini-Cons had been created by Unicron, and the Transformers' use of them had led to the downfall of the entire race.

With that happy thought, the kids were sent back even further in time, where they witnessed the first Mini-Cons being spawned. Among these were High Wire, Sureshock, and Grindor, but they didn't recognise the kids. Rad grabbed High Wire, and the little robot imprinted in some way on the little human. High Wire gained both free will and a somewhat childish disposition, which then spread telepathically among all the other Mini-Cons. Rad urged the Mini-Cons to leave Cybertron and go to Earth, thus creating a temporal paradox.

Finally, the kids were warped back to a few seconds back before Thrust killed Starscream, allowing the Mini-Cons to combine into Perceptor and knock Thrust's aim off. Thrust's blast was redirected towards the ceiling Starscream was saved. However, the ceiling then collapsed, but Starscream used his own body to shield the kids while Thrust flew off. At that point, Hot Shot and Wheeljack arrived. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

The team continued to explore the tunnels, and the various organic... things soon separated Alexis and Starscream from the rest. Rad, Carlos, and the Mini-Cons and carbots made it to the surface without any major incidents, where they met up with Alexis and Starscream again. Then, they made two shocking discoveries in quick succession. First, the organic tunnels they had been exploring were actually the interior of one of Cybertron's moon. Second, that moon wasn't actually a moon, but the dormant body of Unicron. Unicron chose that moment to awaken, and Jetfire arrived just in time to take the kids to safety. {{storylink|Portent}}

When Alexis' [[Good Luck Necklace|necklace]] broke, coinciding with Starscream's death, Alexis ran off in tears, and Rad tried to comfort her, {{storylink|Cramp}} and later he attended the cease-fire meeting between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}

When Optimus Prime and Galvatron managed to sneak inside Unicron, the Street Action Mini-Cons decided the follow, and the trio tagged along as well to help in any way they could. {{storylink|Union}} They found the two leaders restrained by Unicron's tentacles, with Unicron trying to verbally break Optimus Prime through Sideways' vocal synthesiser. Unicron destroyed the Mini-Cons' human-derived personalities, restoring them to blank drones, and then dragged the kids into a bizarre mindscape. However, the kids' mental fortitude was strong enough not only to break Unicron's thrall over them, but also to restore the individual personalities of the Mini-Cons. The kids and Mini-Cons then managed to release the weapons, allowing Optimus Prime to blow up Sideways with the Requiem Blaster.

However, on the way out, Galvatron challenged Optimus Prime to a final battle, {{storylink|Origin}} on the grounds that as long as both of them still existed, the hatred and enmity would last forever and thus Unicron would never be permanently defeated. The kids fled, and were picked up by Jetfire and Cyclonus on Unicron's surface. Optimus Prime won the battle, and Unicron and Galvatron were both (apparently) destroyed.

Hot Shot and Jetfire returned the kids to Earth, where they said tearful (but temporary) goodbyes. Rad thought he'd particularly miss the mini-Cons, and was also concerned for the fate of Optimus Prime. He mused that Optimus would always be a part of them. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Kirby Morrow]] (English), [[Masataka Nakai]] (Japanese), [[Christian Jernbro]] (Swedish), [[Vincent Barazzoni]] (French)

[[Image:Sally hugs Rad.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Rad, you dirty dog.]]
By 2020, Rad had been shipped off to Cybertron and was working as an assistant to [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], presumably because he wouldn't shut up about the Transformers. Much to Dr. Jones's chagrin, [[Sally Jones|his daughter]] appeared to have a thing for Rad.

During their collaboration, Rad told Dr. Jones about a new vein of energon that had been discovered on Mars, right where Dr.Jones had predicted. As it happened, [[Alpha Q]] was listening in, and sent a force of [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] to steal it. Rad and Dr. Jones received word from Carlos and alerted Optimus Prime, then activated the [[space bridge]] so the Autobots could deal with the problem. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}} He was also present alongside Dr. Jones when Plains City was attacked. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

Optimus Prime was injured in that battle, and so Rad and Dr. Jones worked to repair the [[Prime Force]] drones. They also gave them a few tweaks and upgrades, making the overall combination and operation run smoother. {{storylink|The New Cybertron City}} He continued to act as assistant to Dr. Jones, aiding him in sending an energon tower to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to repel a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Kicker Beware!}}

At some point, he travelled to Cybertron and was given command of that planet's new energon grid. Some time later, the ''[[Miranda II]]'' encountered the Decepticon-controlled Unicron and fled to Cybertron, where Rad activated the grid to keep the villains at bay. {{storylink|Battle Stations}} However, Megatron's arrival inspired the Decepticons across Cybertron to rise up and start causing chaos; worst of all, [[Shockblast]] escaped from prison, and so Rad directed [[Inferno (Energon)|Inferno]] and Hot Shot to the manaic's location. Shockblast escaped, and so Rad tried to destroy him by manipulating the energon grid. Shockblast didn't die, but this did force the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}} Rad then worked with Jetfire in an attempt to use the grid to shoot down the Decepticons' mobile fortress, but they failed due to Shockblast's next attack. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} Wing Dagger was also injured in this fight, and so Rad rebuilt him into [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]], {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} which he accomplished with the aid of [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Open Fire!}}

Following some more battles, the other Autobots plunged into a new universe created by Alpha Q. Hot Shot and Downshift returned to Cybertron, where Rad greeted them. The two Autobots asked for an energon tower, which Rad seemed to think was a reasonable request, but Dr. Jones was less than thrilled. {{storylink|Bulkhead (episode)|Bulkhead}} However, the doctor evidently relented, as the Autobots were next seen with the tower they needed. {{storylink|Farewell Inferno}}Rad remained on Cybertron, overseeing the day-to-day operations while Dr. Jones sought out [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]. When he succeeded, the two contacted Optimus Prime about this new discovery. They also rebuilt the destroyed Inferno as Roadblock, and sent him with a whole bunch of enerogn towers as well as Omega Supreme to aid the Autobots against Unicron. {{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}} Rad later heard that Optimus Prime's team was engaged in fighting Unicron, and in order to win, they would need all the energon from Cybertron. He and Dr. Jones weren't thrilled about that, but decided to give it to him anyway. {{storylink|Optimus Supreme}}

Fortunately, Unicron was apparently killed, and so Rad and Dr. Jones drank a non-alcoholic (honestly!) toast. While Dr. Jones was thrilled with recent events, Rad was concerned as to the state of Primus.

A little later, during a conversation with Sally and Miranda, he detected the arrival of Megatron, Starscream, and [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]] through a warp gate and alerted Wing Saber. {{storylink|Ambition}} Rad and the Joneses hid in the control room; Demolishor gave a cursory search of the room and gave up to go look elsewhere, at which point they fled. {{storylink|Wishes}} Miranda cooked everybody a nice dinner, and while Brian and Sally tucked in, Rad didn't have much appetite. Sally tried to feed him a few spoonfuls, but was interrupted by an earthquake, which was caused by Galvatron trying to move Cybertron to Alpha Q's planet. {{storylink|Galvatron!}} Fearing the worst, the men tried to find a route down to Primus' chamber. The main elevator shaft was in ruins, but they had to jump down anyway when a [[Cruellock]] drone found them.

They eventually fell down the hole through which Kicker had fallen about ten years ago, and were saved by Primus' tentacles. However, before they could do anything, Mirage, Demolishor, and Snow Cat burst into the chamber. Demolishor and Snow Cat ordered Dr. Jones to show them where the location of the super energon, while Mirage stayed behind to guard Rad. {{storylink|The Omega Train}} Rad was rescued by Kicker and [[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]], and told them where Dr. Jones had gone. {{storylink|Ironhide Team}}

Rad stayed in the core to oversee to revival of Primus, {{storylink|Formidable}} and when Dr. Jones returned from trying to deal with Decepticons, Rad told him that Primus was still weak and would need a lot more energon, above and beyond what the Omnicons had been able to provide. Meanwhile, Sally managed to infiltrate the control room and turn the base defenses against the Decepticons, which alos allowed the humans and Autobots to escape the core chamber. Rad and Dr. Jones went to rendezvous with Sally, who greeted Rad with a great big hug. {{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}

Rad then returned to the core to once again oversee Primus' reinfusion of energon, where he argued against Dr. Jones' haste when the Omnicons started to suffer fatigue from excess energon transfer. {{storylink|Spark (episode)|Spark}} However, they ultimately succeeded, and Primus bubbled out of Cybertron to power up Optimus Prime enough to destroy Galvatron and Unicron once and for all. Rad, along with the other humans, celebrated with a big smile. {{storylink|The Sun}}

====''Cybertron'' cartoon====
[[Image:CybertronArmadaKids.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Every girl's crazy about a sharp-dressed Rad.]]
In 2030, Rad, Carlos, and Alexis were still alive. They were present at the launching of the four ancient colony ships as they began the second attempt at a galaxy-spanning [[Space Bridge]] network.

Rad looked pretty damn dapper in a suit. {{storylink|Beginning}}
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada'' comic====
Rad was the one to activate the crashed Mini-Con vessel, bringing to life its crew and alerting the Autobots and the Decepticons to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} After being saved, Rad, Carlos, and Alexis, having bonded with the Mini-Cons, wanted to help, but Optimus Prime stated that they shouldn't be involved. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}}

Much later, Rad was made a prisoner of the Mini-Con [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]], held captive on their moonbase and strapped to a bomb. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} He was saved in time, of course, {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11|Armada #11}} then again told by Optimus Prime to stay clear of harm's way as the Autobots departed to confront [[Unicron]].

====''Energon'' comic====
Ten years later, after [[Kicker Jones]] and Alexis were captured by [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcon]]s, and taken to [[Scorponok (Energon)|Scorponok]], the Autobots mounted a rescue effort. Rad snatched Alexis from the jaws of danger as the Autobots and Terrorcons battled before using his hovercraft to blow up the energon collection rigs. {{storylink|What Lies Beneath, Part Three}}

Rad later whined a lot about Alexis being worldly and active as a peace activist. She tried to say a tender goodbye, but he brushed her off and upset her. An attack from Battle Ravage caused a series of explosions that seem to eliminate Alexis, upsetting Rad. {{storylink|Multiplicity}} Alexis turned out to be alive, and he embraced her before urging her to get into his jeep to escape the destruction. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}}

{{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}}
{{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}
{{charstubfiction}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] folded before... you know... ''Barry White''?}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
[[Image:PaniniRadWhite.jpg|left|180px|thumb|... this just takes all the fun out of irony.]]

After accidentally dropping down a hole one day, Rad found the remains of a [[Exodus (Armada)|spaceship]] hidden underground. He brought Carlos with him to explore it, but ended up bumping into some machinery and reawakening the [[Mini-Con]] [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]]. After leaving the caves and meeting with Alexis, the kids tried to communicate with High Wire, only to come under attack from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. They were saved by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]], and High Wire grabbed Rad and his friends and took them to the other Mini-Cons. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} When he heard that the Mini-Cons weren't getting involved with the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war again, Rad became angry—Optimus Prime was getting his aft handed to him by Megatron, and they were just going to abandon him? Rad decided to take matters into his own hands and confronted Megatron, offering to take him to the Mini-Con ship in exchange for sparing Optimus Prime. However, Megatron wasn't big on deals, and merely threatened to kill Rad if he didn't show him the ship right away. He ended up being saved by High Wire and the other Mini-Cons, who had changed their minds upon witnessing his feat of bravery. After Megatron had been chased off, Optimus Prime also complimented Rad on his courage, even if it hadn't been the smartest move. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}}

Rad and his friends quickly befriended the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]] and had a great time racing in the desert on them. Their fun and games ended when Optimus Prime ordered both humans and Mini-Cons to go get the [[locator log]] from the wrecked Mini-Con ship. When they found the log, they were attacked [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who incapacitated the Street Action Team. Quickly improvising a plan, Rad grabbed the locator log and hid it in an unstable part of the caves. When Demolishor followed, he accidentally caused it to explode, and was buried in the ensuing rockfall. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}} Some time later, Rad was learning chemistry at school when the troublesome twosome [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] messed up his experiment behind his back. Not only did this get him into trouble with the teacher, but he also noticed that High Wire was sneaking around on the school grounds. Rad decided to bolt, and found that Carlos and Alexis had had similar problems with their Mini-Con friends trying to adapt to life on Earth. He didn't really mind the Mini-Cons' little mistakes, and promised to guide them personally. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}}

When the Autobots decided to send the Mini-Cons back to their home planet, Rad said he refused to let it "end like this", but didn't actually do anything about it. When Megatron arrived to put a stop to it, Rad tried to trick him that the Mini-Cons were already gone, so he might as well leave too. When Megatron made it clear he wouldn't leave Earth just because some five or six Mini-Cons went home, the plan was canceled and the Mini-Cons remained on Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Some time later, Rad caught wind of [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]]'s plan to save the Mini-Cons held in the Decepticon headquarters. He thought it was a stupid plan, and convinced the Autobots to send a shuttle to stop him. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|Into the Lions' Den!}}

During another race around the desert, Rad and his friends were interrupted by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], who would very much like to capture the Street Action Team. High Wire threw Rad off of him and told him to get help. When Rad expressed doubt that the Street Action Team could stand up to Starscream, the three Mini-Cons proved him wrong by combining into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. In the aftermath of the battle, an impressed Rad was hi-fiving with High Wire when they were suddenly approached by a man named [[Amos Hume]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Sword}} Amos explained that he had been given a message by a Mini-Con long ago, which Rad didn't find too hard to believe. After introducing Amos to the other Mini-Cons, the kids and Autobots used the message he had received to locate and rescue the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team]]. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|Sale of the Century!}}

{{-}}
===''Legends'' anthology===
One [[Halloween]], the kids attempted to explain the holiday to their three Mini-Cons, and ended up taking them Trick-or-Treating. Rad explained they could t.p. the houses of people who didn't give them candy. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}
{{-}}

===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
Rad, Carlos, and Alexis talked Optimus Prime into letting them explore some nearby caves in the hopes of finding other Mini-Cons, claiming that he and Carlos had already explored a few of them in the past. The trio succeeded in finding a crystal, but had to be saved by Hot Shot after a surprise Decepticon attack caused a landslide. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

In another adventure, Carlos talked Rad into joining him for a Mini-Con race, to which Alexis invited herself. They foolishly left themselves out in the open, allowing Megatron to attack. Fortunately for them (your mileage may vary), Optimus and Hot Shot were there to save them yet again. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Associated characters==
[[Image:Radparents.jpg|left|125px|thumb|Their workplace is no Ruby Crystal Mines of Burma, but it'll do.]]
[[Image:Rads parents.jpg|right|125px|thumb|Even they don't want to hear about the Transformers.]]
* In the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] comic, Rad's unnamed parents, Mr. and Mrs. White (Dr. and Dr.?), work at the [[Cosmoscope Research Center]] in [[Lincoln, Nebraska]].
* In the animated series, they looked totally different.
{{-}}

==Notes==
* According to the now-defunct TV Tokyo ''Micron Legend'' website, Rad was 12 years old at the start of ''Armada''. The page also stated that he enjoyed outdoor sports, and implied that [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] gave him [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] as a personal possession.

* The ''[[Transformers Armada Official Guidebook]]'' backs up that Rad was 12 years old at the start of ''Armada'', and that he enjoyed outdoor sports, specifically on his BMX bike.

* Rad's catchphrase "I'm here to tell you about the Transformers!" (sometimes varies as "I ''want'' to tell you about...) is from his introductory narration during the main titles sequence of the earlier episodes of ''Armada''. Needless to say, this became rather repetitive after twenty or so episodes.

* Rad has the unfortunate penchant of saying '"Wicked Sweet!", usually when something impresses him greatly. Perhaps Dreamwave hoped that by 2010 this would be an acceptable form of slang. Alternately, perhaps Rad was from Boston originally.

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Rad}}
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The Low Road

2011-02-09T19:13:25Z

MadmanFoidart: added link

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=22
|image=Low Road Rhinox fart.jpg
|caption=AKA "The Low Brow"
|title="The Low Road"
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 10]], 1997
|written by=[[Bob Forward]]
|directed by=[[J. Falconer]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
}}
'''Rhinox is infected with a strange energon discharge virus, and if a cure isn't found, he'll destroy the Maximal base as he literally sneezes himself to death.'''

:''French title:'' '''Le Virus''' ("The Virus")
:''French-Canadian title:'' '''Le Virus'''
:''Japanese title:'' ストップ･ザ･くしゃみ (''Stop the Kushami'', "Stop the Sneezing")
:''Latin-American title:'' '''El Subterráneo'''
:''Italian title:'' '''Il virus''' ("The virus")
:''Brazilian title:'' '''O Caminho Subterrâneo''' ("The Underground Way")

==Synopsis==
[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot fight.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Objection!"]]
The [[Maximal]]s use their tools to garden, trimming the wild bean vines that have grown around the Maximal base and, as [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] explains, could be exploited by the Predacons. [[Rattrap]] and Dinobot get into a fight. Inside, [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] detects [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] coming to attack, but can't activate the [[Sentinel (BW)|Sentinel]] shields because of the two arguing Maximals outside. Rhinox comes down the elevator with his guns ablaze and commands the two to get inside, but they are too busy arguing to obey. Trying to cover his teammates' withdrawal, Rhinox is hit by a strange weapon from [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]]. Dinobot blasts Tarantulas several times, and with the crucial shot fired, the Predacons retreat.

Inside, the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'''s computer reports on the strange effect the device had on Rhinox, giving him a [[Energon discharge virus|disease]] that causes the larger Maximal to "spontaneously discharge energy." Rhinox demonstrates this by hiccuping energy beams around the base, causing much collateral damage. It's decided a counter-virus must be found.

[[Image:Low Road Rattrap Dinobot Taratulas.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Hello? You're at gunpoint!]]
Rattrap and Dinobot attempt to trail the injured Tarantulas. The two get into an argument about who is to blame for Rhinox becoming sick, which quickly degenerates into name-calling. Eventually forgetting why they started the argument, the two follow Tarantulas's scent. Running after a glimpse of the Predacon, they fall though a hole and onto a long slide—with a heavy boulder close behind them. But after they land at the bottom of the slide, the boulder actually hits Tarantulas. Rattrap and Dinobot continue bickering as they search through the underground caverns for Tarantulas's lab.

Aboard the ''Axalon'', [[Optimus Primal|Optimus]] reveals to [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] that he paired Dinobot and Rattrap together so they could either learn to work together or kill each other. Rhinox is meanwhile kept on a life support system which drains energy from the rest of the (now heavily damaged) Maximal base.

Back at the [[Darksyde|Predacon base]], [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] sends his own forces to reclaim Tarantulas so more of the virus can be developed to use on the rest of the Maximals. They head to his [[Tarantulas's lair|laboratory]] to see if they can locate the missing arachnid there. On Tarantulas's security sensors, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] notices the two wandering Maximals making their way through the caverns towards the hideout.

[[Image:Low Road Optimus Rhinox.jpg|left|200px|thumb|"Hey, handsome. Come here often?"]]
Primal rallies his available soldiers for action against the Predacons to seize the antidote to Rhinox's ailment forcibly. Rhinox attempts to come along with the others, but Primal orders his friend to stay behind and consume some food to help stabilize his systems. Naturally, the first option on Rhinox's menu happens to be the wild beans conveniently surrounding the ''Axalon''.

[[Image:Low Road Megatron countervirus.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Megatron discovers what has been making his beast head go all green.]]
Back in Tarantulas's lair, Blackarachnia discovers where Tarantulas stored the counter-virus. When [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] detects the two Maximals getting closer, the Predacon goons open fire, wildly hoping to hit something, but instead just ruin any chance they have of ambushing their targets. Dinobot tries to use Tarantulas as a hostage, but this tactic doesn't work on Megatron, who has no reservations about abusing his own soldiers. However, the distraction has bought Rattrap (who was supposed to be covering Dinobot) the time to sneak through some tubes to arrive behind the Predacons, leaving him close enough to disarm them quickly.

A nasal energon-expulsion from Rhinox provides a hole for the other Maximals to enter the chamber once they finish posing heroically. Megatron mentions that he alone has the counter-virus that could save Rhinox.

But then Rhinox shoots an incredible energon fart (visible from space) that blows the Predacons far away, giving the Maximals the chance to grab the counter-virus and live happily ever after. Rattrap and Dinobot still bicker like kids, though.

==Featured Characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal|Maximals]]
|c1=
*[[Rattrap]] (1)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (4)
*[[Optimus Primal]] (5)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (13)
*[[Tigatron]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]
|c2=
*[[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] (6)
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (7)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (8)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (9)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (10)
*[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"Excuse me. Are ''you'' implying that the current situation is somehow...''my'' responsibility?!" 
"Well, you did start it...''gearhead''!" 
"I BEG to differ...cheese lips!" 
"Pre-evolved birdbrain!" 
"Eater of garbage!!"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap''' trade insults, part 1

"Sheesh, and they call ''me'' the immature one."
:—'''Cheetor''''s response to above argument

"Wait! I detect a scent! Vile corruption... a whiff of festering putification!" 
"So I ate a limburger sandwich for lunch! I'm a rat, gimme a break!" 
"I've been... uncomfortably aware of your stench for the past hour, ''vermin''. This is something else... something over... THERE!" 
''(Tarantulas suddenly springs out and legs it)'' 
"Oh yeah! He's mine!" 
"Leave battle to the ''warriors'', '''''mouse'''''!!!"
:—'''Dinobot''' and '''Rattrap''' trade insults, part 2

'''Dinobot:''' Unlike you, I do not spend my time scurrying through ''sewers!'' 
'''Rattrap:''' Yeah? Well, a sewer smells better than your breath, bronto-brain! 
'''Dinobot:''' Nnngrrh! You will get used to it WHEN I BITE YOUR USELESS HEAD OFF! 
''(Tarantulas suddenly wakes up)'' 
'''Tarantulas:''' DIIIIE, MAXIMALS! 
'''Dinobot and Rattrap:''' SHUT UP! 
''(They both punch Tarantulas)''
:—Rattrap and Dinobot trade insults, part 3

"So, uh, you got a better plan?" 
"No, but I ''still'' despise the idea of expiring underground. It lacks a...a warrior's nobility." 
"Oh, hey-hey, no sweat, heh heh. 'Cause I ain't lettin' ''nobody'' waste you down here! That's a job I'm reserving for myself!" 
"Oooh, I appreciate your concern, but let me assure you, being shot in the back by a malodorous ''mouse'' would not exactly earn me a seat in Silicon Valhalla!" 
"Awwww, poor baby."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot''' trade insults, part 4

"A bargaining chip should remain in play until the game is over, yesss." 
"Why do you always talk to yourself?" 
"Ah, I simply have a penchant for...''intelligent conversation''."
:—'''Megatron''' ripostes rather well to '''Blackarachnia'''.

''(Dinobot enters, holding Tarantulas)'' 
"Do not fire, Megatron! I have a HOSTAGE!" 
"Why, so you do..." 
''(Megatron shoots Tarantulas)''
:—Hostage negotiations with '''Dinobot''', '''Megatron'''-style

"This is ''certainly'' the most humiliating defeat of my entire career. Yess..."
:—'''Megatron''' after Rhinox defeats the Predacons single...erm, handedly

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===
* After the boulder hits Tarantulas, it cracks in a most unconvincing way — the cracks appear to be extremely shallow.

===Continuity notes===
*In this episode Blackarachnia mentions that Tarantulas encrypted all the information on his computers, foreshadowing that he has something to hide.

===Continuity errors===
*When Rattrap and Dinobot fall through the trapdoor leading to the underground tunnels, Rattrap's gun is left spinning in mid-air. The next shot is upwards from underground, as they fall, and the gun is not visible. Indeed, when Rattrap lands on Dinobot, the gun doesn't fall on top of them. Later, as they approach Tarantulas' lab, Rattrap has his gun back.

===Real-world references===
[[Image:LowRoad fart.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The same results can be obtained by eating at Taco Bell.]]
* Dinobot refers to a [[Silicon Valhalla]] as some kind of afterlife, dually referencing both [[wikipedia:Valhalla|ancient Norse mythology]] and [[wikipedia:Silicon_Valley|Silicon Valley]] (and at a stretch [[wikipedia:Red_Dwarf|Red Dwarf's]] [[wikipedia:Silicon_Heaven|Silicon Heaven]]).
*Some of the slapstick, particularly temporarily defying gravity, and Rattrap's gun being momentarily left in the air when they do fall, is reminiscent of classic [[wikipedia:Warner_Bros.|Warner Bros.]] cartoons, such as [[wikipedia:Road_Runner_(cartoon)|Road Runner]].
* During one of their squabbles, Rattrap refers to Dinobot as a 'pre-evolved birdbrain', riffing on the recent scientific theory that birds evolved from Dromaeosaurid dinosaurs ("raptors") like Dinobot.
*When the Maximals burst into Tarantulas's lab, Airazor is kneeling at Optimus's feet, with one hand affectionately placed on his leg. Instead of, y'know, ''pointing a gun at the bad guys.'' The shot is a parody of the stereotypical heroic entrance/posturing scene, such as found on the theatrical poster for the original ''[[wikipedia:Star_Wars_Episode_IV:_A_New_Hope|Star Wars]]'' film. Once Rattrap undermines the moment, as evidenced by the musical score, Airazor can be seen standing normally with the other Maximals. All part of the fun, folks.
*When the rhino-fart shakes the globe, the epicenter is clearly in Africa, providing more evidence for the show being set there. In fact, it appears to be in the middle of the [[Sahara]], which would have been less arid in the prehistoric time of the Beast Wars than it is today.
*Rhinox dons a beer-hat style contraption from which to sip his treatment.

===Trivia===
*In the beginning of the episode, Rattrap is using one of Optimus Primal's swords to cut down the vines.
*The details of exactly ''why'' Optimus decided it was a good idea to send Rattrap and Dinobot together on a life saving mission is beyond anyone. He later confesses, "They'll either learn to work together or destroy each other. Right now I don't really care which." He apparently doesn't hold Rhinox's safety in very high regard.
*While turning around to deliver his energon fart, Rhinox's *ahem* anus is clearly visible. Now that's classy.
*The virus which infected Rhinox and which Megatron intended to use to infect the rest of the Maximals was never mentioned again. Can you blame him for washing his hands of the entire affair?
*Rattrap actually does eat garbage<ref>[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/techspecs/beast-era/1996__Rattrap_(1996a).jpg Tech spec bio].</ref>.
*Rattrap's declaration that he and Dinobot have the Predacons under control is a bit exaggerated. He may have shot the guns from their hands, but that still leaves six Predacons with a variety of built-in weapons (Scorponok's missiles, Megatron's lasers, Blackarachnia's spider-leg machine guns, etc.) against two Maximals. Either Rattrap has a lot of faith in his and Dinobot's fighting abilities, or he has an incredibly low view of Predacon skill...
*Farts are funny. Hence, this episode is very funny if you like farts. And who doesn't?
*Episode writer Bob Forward summed up the reaction to the episode thusly: "[...] After 15 Years And A Couple Of Hundred Scripts, [I] Will Be Remembered Forever For A Rhinocerous {{sic}} Fart."<ref>[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/70dc1b8dd547cba9 Post on alt.toys.transformers by Bob Forward]</ref>
*For some reason, Tarantulas seems to have one of Waspinator's arms in his lab.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Starscream's Invulnerability ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[Image:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;Laserdisc
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[Image:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 4 — The Predacons Advance! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[Image:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

==References==
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Sureshock (Armada)

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{{disambig2|the Unicron Trilogy Mini-Con|the Universe Mini-Con|Sureshock (Universe)}}
:''Sureshock is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Sureshockut.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Ha HA! Ambiguous.]]
'''Sureshock''' is the thinker of the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Mini-Con Team]]. With the other members of the team, [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]] and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]], Sureshock forms the Mini-Con [[combiner]] [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]].

{{note|Numerous sources list Sureshock as a female character during [[Armada (franchise)|Armada]], however, the bio for the [[Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]] toy identifies her as male. ''Awk''-ward.}}

:''Japanese name'': '''[[Arcee (disambiguation)|Arcee]]''' (''Armada''), '''Charge''' (''Energon'')
:''Russian name'': '''Shocker''' (''Armada'')

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada''====
Sureshock was among the earliest Mini-Cons created from [[Unicron]]'s cells. She was present in the distant past when the time-traveling Earth children made contact with High Wire, and awakened the Mini-Cons' capacity for independent thought. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}}

Millions of years later on Earth, High Wire led [[Rad White|Rad]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]], and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]] to the derelict [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-con ship]], and introduced them to Grindor and Sureshock's panels. Alexis put two and two together, and brought Sureshock to life by placing her hand on one of the panels. Carlos copied, and while he acted out a scene from ''E.T.'' with Grindor, Alexis took the time to greet Sureshock ''with actual words''. Later, after Grindor used Carlos's skateboard as his Earth form template, Alexis noticed the trend and took the trouble to present her scooter to Sureshock. At least one of the silly humans was actually polite.

Afterward, the Mini-cons took their pet humans for a spin and demonstrated that they were, in fact, three robot <s>Jesuses.</s> <s>Jesus's.</s> <s>Jesii.</s> How do you pluralize "[[Jesus]]"? Then Megatron popped out from behind a cliff because, yeah, giant tank robots are ''great'' at Hide and Seek. He and his Decepticons boxed in the kids with their vehicle modes, but when Optimus collided with him and slowly backed up, it confused the Decepticon long enough for the good guys to escape. {{storylink|Metamorphosis}} Back at the Autobot base inside the Mini-Con ship, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons agreed to help the Autobots find the Mini-Cons and keep them out of Decepticon slavery and control. {{storylink|Base}}

When the Autobots received their first Mini-Con activation signal, Sureshock lent her processing power to the search to help narrow down the panel's location. Out in the field, Sureshock and the Street Action Team worked with Optimus Prime in [[Grand Canyon|Big Canyon]], surveying the area for any signs of storage panels. When the Decepticons arrived to intervene, the Street Action Team displayed their ability to combine for the first time, forming [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. The agile Mini-Con gestalt miraculously overwhelmed both Megatron and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] until Optimus Prime could [[powerlinx]] with his new partner, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], and unleash a Maximum Blast. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Sureshock and the Street Action Team joined the kids in teaching [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] how to play the game of "Tag" inside the Autobot base. Hot Shot was worn out trying to chase them down until he thought to use [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]] to "tag" the kids for him. Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons later accompanied the Autobots to Antarctica to search for a new Mini-Con. They used Prime's trailer as a mobile headquarters from which they coordinated the search. {{storylink|Soldier (episode)|Soldier}} Later, Sureshock helped Rad and the kids bring supplies up to the Autobot base. She and the other Mini-Cons then joined the Autobots on a mission to the forest, where a firefight with the Decepticons led to a forest fire. Working with Red Alert, the Mini-Cons converted Optimus Prime's trailer into a fire engine, pumping water from a nearby lake to put out the fires. {{storylink|Jungle}}

Sureshock remained behind at the base with Alexis while Rad and Carlos took High Wire and Grindor to play at the carnival. She probably wanted to go play too, but remained loyal to her partner when Alexis went out to lecture the boy on their immaturity. {{storylink|Carnival}}

Out on a desert mission, Sureshock was trying to get the drop on [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]] when she and the rest of the kids and Street Action Team were caught in a sandtrap. They fell into a deep series of catacombs, built by denizens of the [[Sahara]] long ago after they discovered a Mini-Con storage panel in the sand. Sureshock and the others were nearly killed by the various traps and guards protecting the panel underground, and the Mini-Con team had to form Perceptor to protect the kids from harm. {{storylink|Palace}}

When Billy and Fred were kidnapped by Cyclonus, Sureshock and her friends attempted to rescue them, only to be captured themselves by Megatron. They were saved once Fred used Laserbeak to zap Megatron and distract him long enough for the Autobots to save the day. {{storylink|Confrontation (episode)|Confrontation}} As the search for more Mini-Cons continued, Sureshock and the Street Action Team participated in a mission deep underground in a city's subway tunnels. {{storylink|Underground}} They also confronted Megatron in a sunken underwater city, but the Decepticons succeeded in capturing the dormant Mini-Cons on both occasions. {{storylink|Ruin}}

As Rad began to learn more about the Mini-Cons, he started to question whether they should be forced to fight in a war not of their making. Almost as if in answer to his concerns, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons took up arms in the next conflict, showing valor and courage on the battlefield that made it clear they were fighting for what they believed in, just like the Autobots and the kids. {{storylink|Prehistory}}

When the Decepticons stormed the Autobot headquarters, Sureshock helped man the internal defense systems to drive off the invaders. {{storylink|Swoop (episode)|Swoop}} She also bundled up heavily in order to go shoping for groceries with Alexis. Didn't look conspicuous at all, nope. {{storylink|Overmatch}}

Sureshock and the Street Action Team were present for the Autobots' first encounter with [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]]. {{storylink|Gale}}

When the boys decided to go on a camping trip with the Autobots, they forgot to tell Alexis. Hurt over being left out, Alexis furiously declared that she never wanted to go anyway. Sureshock remained behind at Autobot base with Alexis, trying to calm her down. When Red Alert and [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] were caught in a mudslide, Sureshock and Alexis coordinated Autobot activities from base, desperately standing by for any good news. Although she was frantic with worry while they were in danger, Alexis didn't forget she was angry at the boys when they got back to base. Sureshock took the boys' side against Alexis, though...probably because she was sick of being called "Grindor" (not to mention a "boy"). {{storylink|Vacation}}

When [[Blurr (Armada)|Blurr]] rescued [[Incinerator (Armada)|Incinerator]] from the Decepticons' clutches, Sureshock and the Street Action Team were the first Mini-Cons to welcome him to the Autobot base. {{storylink|Reinforcement}} Later, Sureshock's team and Jolt helped create a miniature obstacle course from Hot Shot and Blurr to train on. {{storylink|Decisive Battle}}

Soon after, Sureshock and the Street Action Team received a transmission from the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] on the moon. It seemed that some of the Decepticon-allied Mini-Cons wanted peace, and were seeking an opportunity to come over to the Autobots. With the help of Rad and Fred, they convinced Optimus Prime to give the "enemy" Mini-Cons a chance, and soon the Autobots had a number of new allies. {{storylink|Vow}}

When a computer virus named [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] infiltrated the Autobot mainframe, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock helped the kids fight back against the infection. Sideways still had a few tricks up his sleeve, however, and he converted the minds of the Street Action Team and the kids into computerized avatars, sucking them into his digital world. In this unreal landscape, they passed by representations of Cybertron and [[Jetfire (Armada)|other]] [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|figures]], before being chased by a [[Unicron|shadowy planetoid]] back into the real world along a path Red Alert made for them. {{storylink|Chase (episode)|Chase}}

After the Autobots rescued [[Dune Runner (Armada)|Dune Runner]]'s Mini-Con panel, Sureshock and the Street Action Team were the first to welcome him to the Autobot headquarters. {{storylink|Tactician}} On monitor duty, the Street Action Team ID'ed [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]] flying in circles over the Autobot base, and reported it to Vice-Commander [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] while Optimus was in repairs. The kids had to translate for Jetfire, though, and he'd never bothered to learn his Mini-Con bleeps from his bloops. {{storylink|Linkup}}

Grindor and Sureshock joined the kids in the cheering section as Jetfire beat [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] in arm-wrestling three out of three times. {{storylink|Detection}} When a Mini-Con signal went off linking the three [[Space Mini-Con Team]] panels, Sureshock and the others reacted when the signal pointed to a panel hidden right inside their own base. They joined the kids in searching out the panel in the damaged sections of the ship. The search party came across [[Sky Blast]]'s panel, activating the Mini-Con. To everyone's surprise, however, Sky Blast appeared openly hostile. {{storylink|Awakening}} It soon became apparent, though, that Sky Blast was merely frightened. He cowered behind Rad when Sureshock and the others formed Perceptor to protect the kids. They eventually coaxed him back out into the main part of the base, and convinced the new Mini-Con to assist the Autobots. {{storylink|Desperate}}

Alexis was briefly seen riding Sureshock when the kids decided to sneak the [[Space Mini-Con Team]] out of the base. Sureshock didn't accompany them when they ran away, though. {{storylink|Runaway}}

Sureshock was present when Starscream first switched sides to join the Autobots. {{storylink|Regeneration}} During the subsequent raid on the Decepticon base, Sureshock and the Street Action Team accompanied the Autobots as Perceptor, and focused on freeing the Mini-Cons while the Autobots engaged the enemy. Perceptor briefly split into his three components when avoiding an attack by Tidal Wave. {{storylink|Rescue}}

After Starscream and Jetfire rescued [[Firebot (Armada)|Firebot]] from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who welcomed the new arrival to the Autobots. {{storylink|Mars (episode)|Mars}} When Starscream betrayed the Autobots and returned to the Decepticons, the kids were all very upset, especially Alexis. Sureshock did her best to console Alexis after Starscream's departure. {{storylink|Threaten}} As the Decepticons threatened the safety of Earth with their [[Hydra Cannon]], Sureshock and the Street Action Team watched helplessly with the kids as the Autobots tried to counter the threat. {{storylink|Crisis}}

Sureshock and the Mini-Cons all chose to willingly follow the Autobots into space aboard the ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'', fighting alongside them against the Decepticons. When Hot Shot attempted to leave the kids behind, however, the Street Action Team formed Perceptor and organized a mutiny of the Mini-Con troops. They passively took over the bridge and made it clear by speaking in English for the first time that the humans were coming along...or else. {{storylink|Depart}}

The ''[[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]'' made its way into space, and soon joined by other Mini-Cons empowered by the [[Linkage (dimension)|Linkage]]. Sureshock and the Street Action Team telepathically explained to the kids that the Mini-Cons were all coming together to fight the great enemy...[[Unicron]]. As they encountered the Decepticon ship, Sureshock helped organized the Mini-Cons on-board to man the armaments and fight back against Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Miracle}}

Once they arrived in orbit around Cybertron, Sureshock immediately sensed Unicron's presence. The Mini-Cons all quickly gathered together in space, forming a shield against a deadly black hole Sideways had formed as a "surprise" for the Autobots. When the Autobots confronted Galvatron's Decepticon armada, the Mini-Cons assembled once more, creating illusions to disguise the ''Axalon'' amidst a horde of duplicate ships. As the power of the black hole became stronger and stronger, the Mini-Cons unified in a green ball of energy, neutralizing the threat with a rain of light. Sureshock and the Mini-Cons implored Galvatron and the others to stop fighting, but only succeeded in getting a temporary cessation of hostilities. {{storylink|Uprising}}

After Thrust stole the [[Skyboom Shield]] and [[Requiem Blaster]] for Unicron, High Wire recognized the place where Hot Shot was searching for the traitor, and so the kids and the Street Action Team made their way underground to join the search party. {{storylink|Drift (episode)|Drift}} This led to a fight with Thrust and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] inside the core of Unicron, who stood revealed as Cybertron's moon. {{storylink|Portent}} Later, Sureshock and the others watch on helplessly as Unicron grew more powerful, and Starscream sacrificed himself to bring an alliance between the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Cramp}} As the truce was forged between the two factions, Sureshock and the Street Action Team attended as representatives of the Mini-Cons. They formed Perceptor and joined hands with Optimus Prime and Galvatron to commemorate the occasion. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}}

With the united Transformer armada bringing the fight to Unicron, the war council reached the conclusion that Unicron needed the three super-weapons to power himself. Their best course of action therefore was to penetrate Unicron's defenses and awaken the nine individual Mini-Cons that comprised the weapons, separating their will from Unicron. Although Prime and Galvatron infiltrated Unicron to achieve that purpose, High Wire, Grindor and Sureshock determined ''they'' would need to be present in order to push the Mini-Cons back to consciousness. The Street Action Team and the kids made their way into Unicron using the hidden warp tunnel below Cybertron's surface. {{storylink|Union}}

In Unicron's heart, Sureshock and the others found Optimus and Galvatron facing off against Sideways. Shockingly, Unicron was able to reassert control over the Mini-Cons, placing them back under his personal domination. Their enslavement was only temporary, however, as the kids were able to reach out to Sureshock and the others, awakening them so that they could awaken the Mini-Cons of the Star Saber, Skyboom Shield and Requiem Blaster in turn, causing Unicron to grind to a halt. {{storylink|Origin}} As Optimus Prime and Galvatron remained inside Unicron to settle the final score between them, Sureshock and the assorted kids and Mini-Cons escaped aboard Jetfire. After the final destruction of Unicron and Galvatron, the Street Action Team accompanied Hot Shot and Jetfire back to Earth, where they said their final goodbyes to the children. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

====''Energon''====
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====Fun Publications ''Cybertron'' comics====
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===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who escaped from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] only to crash on Earth. Alongside High Wire, Grindor and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], she lay deactivated in a cave for a million years until [[Rad White]] stumbled into it and accidentally awakened them. After repairing themselves, the Mini-Cons befriended Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and asked them to be their guides to Earth during their search for the other lost Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3|Armada #3}} However, as Sureshock and the others were entertaining the kids with a ride on [[Project Supernova]], they suddenly came under attack by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who had tracked them to Earth. After telling their human friends about the [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] war from whic they had escaped, the Mini-Cons scanned new [[alternate mode]]s and led the Decepticons away from populated areas. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4|Armada #4}} In a nearby canyon, the Street Action Team found a team of Autobots out to put a stop the Decepticons' search for Mini-Cons, and they watched the ensuing battle. After another group of Mini-Cons joined in and helped the [[bulk]]s drive the Decepticons away, Sureshock and her friends allied themselves with the Autobots. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5|Armada #5}}

The Street Action Team was present when Sparkplug tried to convince [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] to let him infiltrate the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6|Armada #6}} Later, after Sureshock helped scare off [[Billy (Armada)|Billy]] and [[Fred (Armada)|Fred]] as they bullied Rad, the team took the kids on a ride around town. Their fun and games ended when a Mini-Con beacon summoned them to a [[Mini-Con Ark|large monolith]] which turned out to be a starship. Alongside all other Mini-Cons on Earth, the Street Action Team entered the monolith, which rocketed off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8|Armada #8}} The Mini-Cons were taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where another group of Mini-Cons led by [[Dualor]] had constructed a [[Mini-Con Moonbase|moonbase]] where their race could live in peace forever. The Street Action Team were against this, as they'd much rather have lived on Earth with their human friends. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9|Armada #9}} Sureshock began to doubt that the Autobots would come save them, and she wondered aloud if she and her teammates would ever see Rad, Carlos and Alexis again. Fortunately for them, the Decepticons invaded the base shortly afterwards, and everyone inside was forced to evacuate to Earth. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10|Armada #10}}

After returning to the Autobot base on Earth, the Street Action Team were seen listening to one of [[Rook (Armada)|Rook]]'s speeches about Mini-Con independence. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} When the Mini-Cons learned that [[Unicron]] was targeting Cybertron, they gathered together in order to return to their homeworld and fight him. Saying their goodbyes to Rad, Carlos and Alexis, the Street Action Team joined the other Mini-Cons at the [[Loop]] on Cybertron and poured their energies into the [[Mini-Con Matrix]]. This allowed [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to fire a massive energy blast at Unicron, crippling him. {{storylink|The End}}

====''Energon''====
Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, the [[Terrorcon (Energon)|Terrorcons]] began assaulting various Earth cities. As [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] prepared to send troops to Earth to deal with this new threat, the Street Action Team showed up and offered to lend a hand. Sureshock explained that they were worried about their old human friends, then combined with her teammates into [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]] to get the "size thing" out of the way. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 2}} Under Jetfire's command, the Mini-Cons defended [[Los Angeles]] from thousands of [[Insecticon (Energon)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 3}} The strike team was vastly outnumbered and quickly began to run low on energy, but Sureshock and the others were saved when their old buddy Rad used the [[Energon Volant Accumulator|E.V.A.]] to power them up with [[Energon gas]]. {{storylink|Multiplicity, Pt. 4}}

===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
Sureshock was among the Mini-Cons who fled from Cybertron to [[Earth]], where they lay dormant for four million years before waking up and meeting [[Rad White]] and his friends. After introducing herself and her friends, Sureshock explained to the humans how they had come to the planet, but regrettably refused to get involved with the war again by saving [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|First Encounter!}} They soon realized that running away wouldn't solve anything, though, and Sureshock helped distract [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] long enough for Optimus Prime to recover and call for reinforcements. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} The Street Action Team quickly befriended Rad, [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], and after some racing around, they followed the humans into the wreckage of their ship in search of its [[locator log]]. Inside, they were attacked by [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], who downed Sureshock and [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] with a single blast. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}

In order to learn more about how to behave on Earth, the Street Action Team began following their human friends during their daily life. Sureshock came with Alexis to the [[Cosmoscope Research Center|local observatory]], where she decided to "help" by uploading her information on space into their mainframe. Unfortunately, it was more than the human-made computer could handle, and it promptly crashed. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Just a Memory!}} The Autobots later attempted to keep Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons safe by sending them back to Cybertron, but the plan failed due to the Mini-Cons' refusal and a Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}}

While racing with their human friends, the Street Action Team came under attack from [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. While Alexis and the other humans ran for help, the Mini-Cons kept the Decepticon busy by combining into Perceptor. They almost lost to Starscream's [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], but were saved thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Sword}} A while later, Sureshock and the other Mini-Cons surrendered themselves to the Decepticons in order to buy the Autobots some time to prepare for an incoming missile strike. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}} While en route to the Decepticon base on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], they easily broke out of their cells, took control of the [[solar barge|prison craft]] and returned to Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Lost in Space!}}

===''Legends'' anthology===
Puzzled by the concept of [[Halloween]], the Street Action Mini-Cons got taken trick-or-treating by their human friends. As Alexis was collecting money for [[Wikipedia:UNICEF|UNICEF]], Sureshock opted to do the same. Thousands of years later, after the Mini-Cons returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he continued to tell the story of that night and encouraged the young Mini-Cons to trick-or-treat. He also wore an Alexis mask to honour her memory. {{storylink|Something Robotic This Way Comes}}
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===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
Sureshock was with the kids when they talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for mini-con crystals... and seemingly didn't actually go along with them. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

Sureshock did, however, participate in a Mini-Con race the kids had that also involved Grindor and High Wire. Unsurprisingly, Megatron used the situation as an excuse to attack them. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Toys==
===Armada===
*'''Street Action Mini-Con Team''' (Basic, 2002/2003)

: Part of the initial wave of ''[[Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' Mini-Con sets, Sureshock transforms into a motorized scooter. She also forms the legs to the Street Action Team's combined mode, [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. She was only available in a three-pack with her teammates [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] and [[Grindor (Armada)|Grindor]]

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Mini-Con/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on Sureshock at TFU.info]''

*'''Street Action Micron Anime Color''' (CD w/ toy, 2003)

: This [[redeco]] of the Street Action Team was available only with the CD single of the first ''Micron Legend'' [[Japanese themes|theme song]], "[[Transformer: Dream Again]]" by [[Psychic Lover]]. The toys were decoed to be somewhat more [[Show-accuracy|cartoon-accurate]]; in Sureshock's case, this meant somewhat lighter orange plastic and a light blue-gray paint on her face and bike seat.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CDArcee/arcee.htm More information on Anime Color Arcee at TFU.info]''

*'''Arcee''' (Change Micron, 2003)

: Part of the first assortment of [[Kabaya]] [[Change Micron|Change Microns]], this [[candy toy]] version of "Arcee", despite appearances, is actually an entirely new molding based on the original. She retains her combining ability with her teammates. This version lacks the yellow paint on her headlamps and has darker gray for her face and seats. She came in an individual box, packed with a baggie of sugar-pellets. Mmm.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/CMArcee/arcee.htm More information on Change Micron Arcee at TFU.info]''

[[Image:2003-streetactionmicron-xdimension-toys.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''Magna Convoy DX Set''' (Gift set, 2003)

: The last of the [[X-Dimension Mini-Cons|X-Dimension]] Mini-Con redecoes despite being the first Mini-Con team released in Japan, this version of the street action team was available only as part of the massive Toys "R" Us-[[exclusive]] Magna Convoy DX set, with the Japanese version of [[Optimus Prime (Armada)/toys|Powerlinx Optimus Prime]] and a clear-plastic version of [[Overload (Armada)|Overload]]. Sureshock was redecoed in a scheme somewhat inspired by her Japanese namesake [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]; white plastic with red and black, and pink paint applications.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Micron/XArcee/arcee.htm More information on X-Dimension Arcee at TFU.info]''

===Energon===
* '''Perceptor''' (Basic, 2004)

: For ''[[Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'', the Street Action Team (who were never referred to as such on the packaging, interestingly) got all-new, more powerful bodies. Sureshock upgraded to a four-wheeled, off-road, one-man ATV. This time around, she forms the main torso and arms to their combined Perceptor form. She was only available in a Basic-class multi-pack with ''Energon'' High Wire and Grindor.

: This mold was also used to make [[Mudbath]] and [[Throttle (Energon)|Throttle]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Mini-Con/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on ''Energon'' Sureshock at TFU.info]''

===Universe (2003)===
*'''Mini-Con Team Perceptor''' (Basic, 2005)

: The ''Energon'' version of Perceptor was "[[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|repackaged]]" without changes onto a ''Universe'' basic card and sold through discount chains in the US like Family Dollar.

===Cybertron===
[[Image:Cybertron-toy_Sureshock.JPG|right|thumb|250px]]
* '''Backblast vs Sureshock''' (Mini-Con 2-pack, 2006)

: A rather stunt-bike-showy redeco of her ''Energon'' toy, ''[[Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Sureshock was available only in a Mini-Con 2-pack with the [[Decepticon]]-allied [[Backblast]]. This is the only version of Sureshock that is branded on the toy with an [[Autobot]] [[faction symbol]].

: The [[Deep Space Mini-Con Team|Deep Space]] vs Street Action sets were the last of the ''Cybertron'' Mini-Con 2-packs released and apparently were not very well [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|distributed]] at retail, making them difficult to find.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/Sureshock/sureshock.htm More information on ''Cybertron'' Sureshock at TFU.info]''

===Merchandise===
*'''Bumble''' (SCF, 2003)
**''Accessories'': SCF stand

: Available in ACT-10 of the [[Takara]] [[Super Collection Figure]] PVC line (the last "Act" of the line), this small PVC figurine of Perceptor was available in both full-color and an all-pewter-paint version, packed one each per case of twelve figurines.

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Optimus Prime (Armada)

2011-02-09T19:08:38Z

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:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] continuity family.''

[[Image:ArmadaOptimusPrime dvd.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Prime, Prime, and [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Prime]].]]
'''Optimus Prime''' fights for truth, justice, and the Autobot way. He has led the search for the [[Mini-Con]]s, faced the resurrection of a [[Unicron|dark god]], and now aims to stop [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] from obtaining the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s. He's also died a couple times, and tends to find a second-in-commandy-type to combine with to form a super robot.

He learns martial arts from [[Scavenger (Armada)|whoever]] turns into a [[Landmine (Energon)|bulldozer]], thinks [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] has leadership potential and tends to recruit teenage children.

Also, he wants to make sure you don't sit too close to the TV screen. <ref>It's true! In a pre-show warning screen before every episode of ''Super Link'' (the Japanese version of ''Energon''), Optimus Prime would appear in still frame, telling kids to make sure they watch the show in a well-lit room, and not to sit too close to the screen. This isn't particularly uncommon in anime...not after, well. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denn%C5%8D_Senshi_Porygon You know.]</ref>

:''Japanese name'': '''[[Convoy]]''' (''Micron Legend''), '''Jet Convoy''' (combined with [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]]), '''Grand Convoy''' (''Super Link''), '''Wing Convoy''' (combined with [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]]), '''Omega Convoy''' (combined with [[Omega Supreme (Energon)|Omega Supreme]]), '''Galaxy Convoy''' (''Galaxy Force''), '''Liger Convoy''' (combined with [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Ligerjack]]), '''Sonic Convoy''' (combined with [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Sonic Bomber]])
:''Hungarian name'': '''Első Optimusz''' ("Optimus, the First" or "Uproar of the Country's Little Fandom")
:''Polish ''Armada'' name'': '''Optimus Pierwszy''' (Optimus First)

==Fiction==
===Dreamwave comics continuity===
====''Armada''====
[[Image:DWArmadaPreview OptimusPrime ouch.jpg|left|200px|thumb| Oh slag. There goes my bonus.]]
One million years ago, Optimus Prime was in the satellite room of the [[Loop]] in [[Cyber City]] when [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] unexpectedly arrived, carrying unsettling news of an attack on the [[Mini-Con]] Village D-10 by Transformers calling themselves "[[Decepticon]]s". {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 1}} While the Autobots investigated the remains of Mini-Con Village D-52, Optimus Prime demanded that they find clues as to what had occurred, as he did not know why the Mini-Cons had been taken and feared that these Decepticons had started a civil war. Soon afterwards, [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] and his Decepticons invaded Cyber City and declared that the inhabitants now belonged to him. The Autobots arrived to defend the city, but were soundly beaten by the Mini-Con augmented Decepticons. Realizing that they were no match for the Decepticons, Optimus Prime ordered a retreat, for if they stayed and fought, they would die. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 2}}

Over the next million years, the Mini-Con empowered Decepticons steadily conquered the planet. Concerned that the conflict could escalate and put other worlds at risk, the [[Universal Peacekeeping Committee]] sent the famed mediator [[Fflaxl]] to the relatively unknown [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in an attempt to settle the dispute between the Autobot and Decepticon "tribes" peacefully. However, just as he arrived, Megatron and Optimus Prime were in the midst of a battle, and Optimus Prime was sent flying, eventually landing on [[Bix]], Fflaxl's bodyguard. The diplomat, seeing the scale of the war and its participants, decided that some conflicts were best left untouched and that everything would work out in the end. {{storylink|Armada Preview}} Meanwhile, the [[Exodus (Armada)|Mini-Con escape ship]] crash landed on a distant world known as [[Earth]], dispersing the occupants all over the planet. A member of the indigenous [[human]] species, [[Rad White]], stumbled upon the crash site and inadvertently activated the Mini-Con homing device, where it was detected by both Autobot and Decepticon forces. Optimus Prime resolved to go to this planet Earth, believing that this might be their second chance to being back justice to their home. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 3}}

[[Image:DWArmada4 OptimusPrime bruteforcelecture.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Oh no they DIDN'T!]]
The Autobots led by Optimus Prime used the [[space bridge]] to travel to Earth, unfortunately appearing right in front of a [[Miss Ruby|group of human children]] on a field trip to the [[Allspark Power Generator Station]]. Optimus Prime quickly decided that stealth was of the utmost importance and that they should minimize contact with the local inhabitants, a policy that was questioned by [[Smokescreen (Armada)|Smokescreen]] and [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]], who just wished to tear through the planet to find the Mini-Cons, as their own troubles were of greater concern. This brought on them an angry rebuke from Optimus who declared that they weren't about to endanger Earth or its inhabitants to serve Autobot interests, but he also understood their frustration, telling them to save their anger for the Decepticons. Meanwhile, the Decepticons had also arrived on Earth and were giving chase to Rad, [[Alexis Thi Dang|Alexis]], [[Carlos Lopez|Carlos]] and their Mini-Con friends, [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]] and the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]]. As [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] and [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]] caught up to the fugitives, Optimus Prime and Scavenger appeared and knocking them out of the sky. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 4}}

When Megatron arrived on the scene, Optimus Prime bided his time while Smokescreen got into position and distracted his enemy by trash talking, mocking that for all of Megatron's Mini-Con-enhanced power, he had continually failed to defeat the Autobots. Alexis thought that he was a "big red blabbermouth" while Carlos opined that it was like watching a wrestling match due to all the talking they were doing before fighting. Suddenly, Smokescreen pulverised the cliff Megatron was perched upon, burying the Decepticon leader in rubble. At first, Prime was able to beat on Megatron, but the Decepticon's Mini-Con advantage proved too much, and Megatron [[Powerlinx]]ed with all of his Mini-Cons, intending to obliterate all of Prime's circuits for his disrespect. Fortunately, [[Jolt (Armada)|Jolt]]'s team of Mini-Cons arrived, saving Rad and the others, then Powerlinking with the Autobots to force the Decepticons into retreat. The Mini-Cons requested an alliance with the Autobots, on the condition that they were equals in partnership. Optimus Prime agreed, stating the Autobots desperately needed the Mini-Cons' powers, but it was ultimately the choice of the diminutive robots to make. With the alliance formed, Optimus Prime ordered the Autobots to find suitable Earth vehicle modes and the construction of a local headquarters, for he had a feeling they were going to stay on this alien world for a long time. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 5}}

[[Image:DWArmada7 OptimusPrime StarSaber.jpg|left|350px|thumb| Shut up dude, I'm TRYING to get it out of the stone!]]
Later, Optimus Prime sought out the kids at the [[Black Hills]] to tell them goodbye, as he felt they had been dragged into their war too deeply already. He wanted Sparkplug's support in the decision, but before the Mini-Con could fully voice his opinion, he received an emergency transmission from [[Sonar (Armada)|Sonar]] of the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Mini-Con Team]], who were under attack by the Decepticons in [[Rapid City]], [[South Dakota]]. Sparkplug proposed a covert rescue operation, but Optimus Prime flatly refused, fearing the Autobot Mini-Cons could be captured by the Decepticons. Fed up with Prime telling them what they could and couldn't do, the Mini-Cons and the kids went on their own. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 6}} Meanwhile, Megatron had modified and forced the Air Defense Team to powerlink together to form the mighty [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]], and used it to attack the [[Autobase]] in [[Nebraska|Lincoln]]. During the ensuing battle, Optimus Prime implored for the Air Defense Team to resist Megatron's manipulations and free themselves, as the power came from the three of them, not the one weapon, a concept that Megatron found unfathomable, as all he cared about was controlling the power. Sparkplug and the others returned to make amends, powerlinking with the Autobots to give them the edge they needed. Now on equal footing, Optimus fought back, telling Megatron and the Air Defense Team that it was about ''respect'': respect for the power and for the individual. The Air Defense Team broke free of their bonds and attacked the Decepticon leader. After the Decepticons retreated, so too did the [[Land Military Mini-Con Team|Land Military Team]] and the Air Defense Team. Prime felt that because there was now a balance to the war, the non-aligned Mini-Cons were right to leave and not tip the balance for either side. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 7}}

[[Image:DWArmada10 OptimusPrime Illbeback.jpg|right|200px|thumb| Optimus Schwarzenegger.]]
Soon afterwards, a monolith crashed in [[Tranquility, Kansas|Tranquility]], [[Kansas]] and sent out a signal which summoned all Mini-Cons on Earth to converge at the monolith's location. [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] was not especially concerned considering the Autobot Mini-Cons could come and go as they pleased and that they might have just needed some time to cool off, but Optimus Prime was worried: after the situation with the Air Defense Team, he was unsure of what they might do next. While the Mini-Cons were in their trance-like state, the Decepticons arrived, intent on claiming all of Earth's Mini-Cons for themselves. Rad used Sparkplug's communications systems to call Optimus Prime for help, which soon arrived. Unfortunately, while the Autobots and Decepticons fought amongst themselves, the Mini-Cons (and Rad) entered the monolith and blasted off into space. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 8}} As the Autobots left for home, Optimus Prime explained to the kids the significance of the giant Mini-Con symbol that had been burned into the ground and that Rad had been taken to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. He also told them the story about how the Mini-Cons had escaped Cybertron and eventually crashed their ship on the Moon, breaking it in half and sending the bow to Earth. Optimus' only plan was to wait for Megatron to make his move, and try to stop them, for they had no options for reaching the Moon that would not require specialised equipment or actions that would compromise their security on Cybertron. However, an opportunity provided itself when the majority of the Decepticon left for the Moon {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 9}}, allowing Hot Shot and Red Alert to erase any Decepticon sensor logs while Optimus Prime used the space bridge to travel to the Autobase on Cybertron. Unfortunately, [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] had his hands full and resented Optimus Prime not leading the Autobots on Cybertron. However, Optimus did manage to get his hands on an [[Autobot shuttle|Autobot Transport Gunship]] {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 10}}, which he used to travel to the Moon. Unbeknownst to Optimus, however, the selfish and cruel [[Destruction Mini-Con Team|Destruction Team]] leader [[Dualor]] had strapped Rad into one of the space mines protecting to Moon, and now Optimus was preparing to destroy the minefield, but he hesitated. While Sparkplug's Mini-Con friends and the [[Space Mini-Con Team|Space Team]] were working on rescuing Rad, Optimus Prime realised an itchy trigger finger would be disastrous. Optimus correctly deduced that [[Sky Blast]] meant no harm and allowed him to dock with the gunship whilst towing the dummy mine containing Rad. After blasting Cyclonus into pieces for attacking their ship, Optimus thanked Sky Blast for his help, and gave those back on the [[Mini-Con Fortress Base]] transportation to Earth promising them that he and his compatriots were in for a lot of changes in how the Autobots treated them. {{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 11}}

[[Image:DWArmada13_Autobots_Mini-Cons.jpg|thumb|left|350px|]]

Prime's word was soon tested when two crises occurred at the same time: Scavenger and Smokescreen had detected the Decepticons building some sort of rocket launch facility in Death Valley, [[California]], and a Mini-Con escape pod from the Moon had been detected in northern [[Alaska]]. At first, the Autobot leader preferred to deal with the Decepticon situation, until Sparkplug convinced him that if he didn't assist the Mini-Cons, the ones in the Autobase would be walking out. With political concerns in mind, Optimus Prime offered the full resources of the Autobots in mounting a rescue mission, which seemed to satisfy the fractious Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Fire & Ice}} Unfortunately, additional problems presented themselves when [[Cyclonus (Armada)|Cyclonus]], overjuiced on the full power of the Destruction Team, began attacking any and all targets while Megatron was blasting them with his [[Solar Scalpel]], a superweapon deployed from the rocket in Death Valley. With little choice, Optimus asked Sparkplug to powerlink with him at maximum power, enabling the Autobot to defeat Cyclonus. With the crisis averted and the Mini-Cons rescued, a disappointed Optimus asked Sparkplug why he had been holding back on him, as he thought they trusted one another. As Sparkplug told him the legend of the Mini-Cons having the power to save the universe or destroy it, Optimus was suddenly taken to Cybertron, where he witnessed its destruction...{{storylink|Dreamwave Armada issue 13}}

[[Image:WorldsCollide4_JetOptimus.jpg|thumb|250px|—a [[Furmanism|FURMANISM]]!]]

While the Autobots tried to figure out what had happened to him, Optimus wandered across the blasted ruins of Cybertron, he discovered [[Spinister (G1)|a lone survivor]], who had been reduced to a gibbering wreck. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Optimus Prime refused to believe the confused, fragmented story the survivor told: Prince of Nothingness came, the heavens opened up, and their final judgment was pronounced. All those who fought perished and everything was destroyed. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 2 of 4}} As [[Unicron]], the devourer of worlds closed in on Cybertron, Optimus begged the survivor to tell him of any way to fight back against the monster. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 3 of 4}} Sadly, the survivor was beyond help, allowing himself to be sucked into the oblivion of Unicron's maw, despite Optimus' pleas for him to resist. Unicron noticed the lone Cybertronian and took the form of the survivor, proclaiming that like this reality's [[Optimus Prime (Worlds Collide)|Optimus Prime]], the Autobot would fall and his universe would be consumed - the gateway was being prepared by his heralds. Suddenly, Jetfire appeared, having jumped through a space bridge portal after destroying the Decepticon space bridge nexus that Unicron's heralds were using to open up space for their master to enter that reality. As this fallen Cybertron crumbled, Sparkplug, [[Comettor]] and the mysterious Mini-Con [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] appeared, having crossed realities to find the Autobot leader. Over-Run handed Optimus the [[Mini-Con Matrix]], the essence of this doomed Cybertron's Mini-Cons, giving the two Autobots the power to transform and combine into Jet Optimus. With one mighty blast, Jet Optimus delivered a broadside to Unicron, giving them enough time to escape back to their reality. {{Storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 4 of 4}}

With the fate of their universe at stake, Optimus called on the Mini-Cons scattered on Earth to join the Autobots and Decepticons in fighting Unicron. As Cybertron's general, Optimus stood as the bulwark against the Chaos Bringer's onslaught, leading their combined forces until the Mini-Cons united their power to deliver an almighty blast at Unicron, sending him back into the unknown. Though victorious, Optimus Prime considered that with such pure evil, [[Furmanism|it may never be over]], and they must be eternally vigilant. {{Storylink|The End}}
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====''Energon''====
[[Image:Optimusprime ut armada px.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Optimus Prime (Powerlinx) during the years between the Unicron Battles and Energon. He thinks if he's not red and blue, nobody will recognize him.]]
Ten years after the defeat of Unicron, Over-Run showed Prime how to commune with Cybertron itself. Doing so reformatted the Autobot leader into a body capable of [[Powerlinx|Powerlinking]] with a team of [[Prime Force|'drone' vehicles]], and granted him (and the other Autobots) the ability to combine with each other.

Upon returning to Earth, he decided that the Autobots would no longer hide from the inhabitants, but work with them openly. This decision led, among other things, to the Autobots' induction into the [[United Nations]].

When last seen ''(before the bankruptcy of [[Dreamwave Productions]])'', he was attempting to escape from within the remains of [[Unicron]], after Megatron's trapped spark used him to regain his freedom.

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===Cartoon continuity===
====''Armada''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Tōru Ōkawa]] (Japanese), [[Luis Miguel Perez]] (Latin America), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Portuguese), [[Pierre-Peters Arnold]] (German), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish) [[Dariusz Odija]] (Polish)

{{charstubfiction}}

[[Image:Pre-arm-scavenger.JPG|left|180px|thumb|"Maybe we shouldn't have fired lasers at the mirrors."]]
[[MYA|Millions of years ago]], a young Optimus Prime fought with a great Decepticon warrior known as [[Scavenger (Armada)|Scavenger]]. So frequent were their clashes, and so familiar were they to each other, the pair eventually became friends, and Scavenger signed up with the Autobots. Seeing great potential in the young Autobot leader, Scavenger taught Optimus Prime how to fight in hand-to-hand combat. Later, veteran Autobot [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] trained Optimus in [[metallikato]] shortly before leaving [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with [[Rodimus (Energon)|Rodimus]]. Optimus later notes that their training made him the warrior and soldier he is today. {{storylink|Trust (Armada)|Trust}}

Many years later, it was a more mature Optimus Prime that led a small Autobot unit to [[Earth]] after the activation of the [[Mini-Con]] homing beacon. This beacon signaled to all the Transformers on Cybertron that the much-coveted Mini-Cons had survived their million years-long disappearance. After leaving his second-in-command [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] in charge of the Autobot forces on Cybertron and warping to Earth {{storylink|Prehistory}}, Optimus saved [[Rad White|three]] [[Carlos Lopez|human]] [[Alexis Thi Dang|children]] from the [[Decepticon leader]], [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], who arrived on the alien world first.

[[Image:FirstEncounter_Prime.jpg|right|180px|thumb|He's part Optimus Prime, part [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], part [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and all Optimus Prime.]]
Clashing with his arch enemy, Optimus Prime bought the children and their Mini-Con [[High Wire (Armada)|High Wire]] time to escape while around them, other Transformers warped into the battlefield. {{storylink|First Encounter}}{{storylink|Metamorphosis}} Realizing that he was defeated, Megatron ordered a retreat, allowing Optimus and his subordinates, [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] and [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]], time to reformat themselves into suitable new Earth bodies, while the Decepticons likewise did so on their moon base. Later, after the Decepticons returned to Earth in an attempt to capture the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team]] Mini-Cons that had been awakened by the children, Optimus Prime and the Autobots saved the children again. This time, Prime unveiled his Earth body's [[Optimus Prime Super Modes|super mode]] and put it to good use.

Befriending the children, Optimus brought them back to the Autobots' hidden base and introduced his crew to them. He told them of the sad history of the conflict on Cybertron and how the Mini-Cons had fled from their home planet to maintain their freedom, but also that there existed a legend that the Mini-Cons, despite their use as weapons of war, held the key to peace in the universe. {{storylink|Base}} The children would aid Prime as he led his crew around the world, searching for the long-lost Mini-Cons, before the Decepticon forces could take them and use them for their own evil deeds.

[[Image:Arm ep 4 supermode prime max burst.jpg|left|180px|thumb|You feel lucky, punk?]]
Soon afterward, both the Autobots and Decepticons detected a Mini-Con signal located in the [[Grand Canyon]]. With the help of the kids, Optimus Prime managed to pinpoint the location of the Mini-Con panel before he was confronted by [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]], powerlinked to [[Leader-1 (Armada)|Leader-1]]. Outgunned, Optimus Prime was saved when Starscream arrogantly underestimated the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Street Action Team's]] combined form of [[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]. This distraction gave Optimus the opportunity to activate the Mini-Con panel, revealing that its occupant was [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], Optimus Prime's old Mini-Con partner and friend. Together they Powerlinked, activating Optimus' powerful Maximum Blast which sent the Decepticons into retreat. {{storylink|Comrade}}

Through the treachery of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Thrust (Armada)|Thrust]], the Decepticons managed to secure all three of the [[Star Saber (Armada)|legendary]] [[Skyboom (Armada)|Mini-Con]] [[Requiem Blaster|weapons]] that form the [[Hydra Cannon]], the most powerful weapon in the universe. Mounting their new doomsday device aboard a starship, Megatron decided to wipe out the Autobot base on Earth, regardless of the massive collateral damage to the planet itself. Optimus Prime and Jetfire launched a pre-emptive strike against the warship in the hopes of disabling the weapon and rescuing the Mini-Cons. However, they were outnumbered, forcing a desperate Optimus to throw himself into the path of the cannon and use the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to save Earth, but at the cost of his life. {{storylink|Crisis}}

Under the leadership of Hot Shot, the other Autobots gave chase to the Decepticons aboard the [[Axalon (Armada)|Axalon]]. During a confrontation with their enemies, the Mini-Cons reached out to each other and resurrected Optimus from within the Matrix. There was little time to rejoice, as the Autobots pursued the Decepticons on their way back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Miracle}}

After returning to Cybertron, Optimus learned of the existence of [[Unicron]] from the Mini-Cons. He would plead with Megatron, now Galvatron, to unite their armies to face this new threat. Galvatron was only convinced after both Thrust stole the [[Requiem Blaster]] and the [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom Shield]], and [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]] sacrificed himself to let Galvatron see that uniting the armadas was the only hope for the Transformers to survive. {{storylink|Cramp}}

After uniting the armadas, Optimus and Galvatron continued to co-lead the strikes against Unicron. {{storylink|Alliance (episode)|Alliance}} After many losses, the duo decided that they would venture into Unicron to weaken him from within, but were both captured by Unicron. {{storylink|United (episode)|United}} Unicron would continue to try to persuade Prime into merging with him or face destruction. Thankfully, however, the kids were able to free the Mini-Cons under Unicron's control, who in turn attacked Unicron, critically damaging him. {{storylink|Origin}}

[[Image:Armada 52 - Prime with tread piece.jpg|left|250px|thumb|My God, it's full of stars...]]
After Unicron's apparent defeat, both Optimus Prime and Galvatron succumbed to their base natures and had one last battle within the Chaos Bringer. Fighting each other to a standstill, both were surprised when Unicron suddenly came back to life, feeding off their hate for each other. Galvatron was drawn toward Unicron's maw, with Prime holding onto his tank treads, telling him to hold on. His nemesis then made the decision to sacrifice his life, giving Prime a final victory, so that Unicron might be destroyed and their race would survive.

In the aftermath, Optimus Prime reflected that he didn't deserve the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and left both the Autobots and Cybertron for places unknown. {{storylink|Mortal Combat}}

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====''Energon''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Katsuyuki Konishi]] (Japanese), [[Luis Miguel Perez]] (Latin America), [[Niclas Ekholm]] (Swedish) [[Dariusz Odija]] (Polish)

[[Image:EnergonOptimusForms.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Me, myself, and I... and ''me'']]
8,000 eons ago, Optimus Prime stayed on Cybertron to continue its defense, even as Rodimus led a group of Transformers away from the planet, into space, in search of a new home. {{storylink|The Legend of Rodimus}}

A few years after the defeat of Unicron, Optimus Prime returned from exile to a newly-unified Cybertron where Autobots and Decepticons lived side-by-side in peace. Reassuming leadership of the Autobots, Optimus Prime established a dialogue with the Earth governments with the help of his human friends. Earth sent a delegation to Cybertron, consisting of the three kids and [[Brian Jones (Energon)|Dr. Brian Jones]], the foremost expert in the newly discovered ore [[Energon (Energon)|energon]] that both worlds coveted.

Jones brought along his young son, [[Kicker Jones|Chad]] (also known as 'Kicker'), who was frightened by the tall, menacing robots. When the boy ran away to a ruined and abandoned part of Cybertron, Optimus Prime gave chase, warning Kicker that the area was strictly off limits. The boy accidentally fell and found his way into a massive darkened chamber where an energy being known as [[Primus]] saved him. Optimus Prime found his way into the chamber just as Primus evolved the human child. Sometime after this, Primus (now known as the creator-god of the Transformers), gave Optimus the [[Spark of Combination]], allowing Optimus to grant combining powers to other Autobots. Prime could also now combine with a [[Prime Force|squad of four drone vehicles]], which rode around with him in his trailer when not in use.

Almost a decade later, the energon mining facilities in Sol's asteroid belt, as well as their base on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], were attacked by a mysterious force of beast-like Transformers. Primus warned Optimus that the enemy was after the energon, causing Optimus to assemble a unit so he could personally assess the situation. Finding no life on Mars, his unit then moved to Earth, where he saved Kicker and Ocean City from an attack by the same creatures. {{storylink|Cybertron City (episode)|Cybertron City}}

Prime agreed to the evacuation of Ocean City, then led a counterattack against the Terrorcons at [[Lunar City]]. He assigned the headstrong Kicker to be partners with the rookie Ironhide, suspecting that the experience would be difficult but beneficial for both of them. {{storylink|Energon Stars}} Prime prepared his troops to defend Earth's Cybertron Cities from further attack. {{storylink|Scorpinok}} Eventually the Terrorcons' attacks forced him to make a difficult call, abandoning the survivors at [[Mars City]] in favor of remaining to defend Ocean City. In the battle that followed, the sight of Megatron's sword caused Prime to wonder if his old nemesis might still be alive. At the same time, the Decepticon troops under his command began abandoning the cause one by one. {{storylink|Megatron's Sword}}

Optimus continued to lead his team against Terrorcon attacks, but soon found himself face-to-face with his oldest and greatest foe. {{storylink|Megatron Resurrected}} In a subsequent battle at Ocean City, the two threw down with all their power. Armed with a copy of Megatron's sword, Optimus was able to defeat him and force the Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Megatron Raid}}

Optimus soon found himself stalked by the ghostly Starscream, who secretly followed him around Ocean City, hoping for a chance to assassinate him. Prime lured Starscream to the Moon, where they could battle without interference or collateral damage. Starscream revealed his plans to revive Unicron, causing Prime no small measure of consternation. Though the teleporting Starscream maintained the advantage, Optimus was able to generate "[[Energon Blaster|Hot Shot's blaster]]" during a subsequent Decepticon attack, using it to drive off the attackers. {{storylink|Starscream the Mysterious Mercenary}}

Prime then led a team into the asteroid belt, where they destroyed an asteroid that looked nothing like Unicron, because it looked like Unicron. {{storylink|Battle of the Asteroid Belt}}

Prime continued to lead Earth's defense until Dr. Jones's [[energon tower (building)|energon tower]] could be completed, ensuring the planet's safety. {{storylink|Energon Tower (episode)|Energon Tower}} This role forced him into a difficult decision, detonating the energon stores of [[Jungle City]] in the midst of an overwhelming attack. Although the explosion repulsed the attacking Decepticons, it also obliterated some of Earth's most ancient ruins and an entire Cybertron city. {{storylink|Crisis in Jungle City}}

Prime next clashed with Megatron at [[Lunar City]], but once again a newly-arrived Energon Tower cut the battle short.
{{storylink|Kicker Beware!}} He then led a space-based defense against several giant "comets" that Megatron had created to destroy Earth, which was ultimately saved by the final completion of the energon grid. {{storylink|Energon Grid}}

With Earth secure, Optimus decided to lead his team into space, to pursue and destroy Unicron before Megatron could revive the planet-eater. {{storylink|Rodimus: Friend or Foe?}} As the Autobots prepared to leave Earth's [[solar system]] aboard the ''[[Miranda II]]'', the Decepticons attacked once more; struggling with Megatron, Optimus narrowly avoided getting caught by the ship's energon grid. Demolishor wasn't so lucky. {{storylink|Go for Unicron!}}

Optimus had his team follow Kicker's energon-finding instincts, leading them to a misadventure on a frozen planet. {{storylink|The Return of Demolishor}} Soon after, Optimus was confronted by Rodimus—who shocked him with the proposal that Unicron must not be destroyed, but rather restored! Optimus wasn't convinced, and Rodimus went his own way. {{storylink|A Tale of Two Heros}} Optimus soon was forced to carry out his plan to lure Unicron into the space bridge and to Cybertron, where Rad assaulted Unicron with the planet's energon grid, massively damaging him. {{storylink|Battle Stations}}

With Unicron repulsed, Optimus led a team to Cybertron's surface, where the Decepticons were in rebellion. {{storylink|Alpha Q: Identity}} They soon learned that the Decepticon criminal [[Shockblast]] had escaped, and pursued him to the very chamber of Primus. Shockblast escaped, however, and Optimus soon had other concerns: Kicker was returning to Cybertron, with the head of Unicron! {{storylink|Shockblast: Rampage}}

At Kicker's insistence, Optimus met with the alien Alpha Q and heard his story. Moved, he agreed to help Alpha Q revive his planets, but the defense of Cybertron remained his top priority. When Unicron began lashing out at his captors, it was Optimus who recognized the actions as blind survival instinct. {{storylink|Survival Instincts}}

Prime returned to Cybertron's surface to lead the planet's defense as Megatron attacked again. He was present to witness Wing Dagger's death at the hands of Shockblast. {{storylink|Each One Fights...}} He subsequently led his team in a direct counter-attack against Unicron, seeking to infiltrate it and defeat Megatron inside. {{storylink|Unicron Unleashed}} Prime was fully prepared to face down his enemy in a one-on-one showdown, but instead was ambushed by a vengeful Shockblast and left damaged. Alone and facing two Decepticons, he was revived and saved by the arrival of an energon infusion from Earth. {{storylink|Open Fire!}}

Wing Dagger, now rebuilt as [[Wing Saber (Energon)|Wing Saber]], arrived and revealed that he and Optimus could combine, greatly enhancing their power. Prime rallied his troops to complete their mission of destroying Megatron. Before it could happen, however, Megatron triggered a catastrophic energon reaction, ripping [[Rift (Energon)|a hole in the fabric of space]] and fleeing into it. Optimus gamely led a team in pursuit of him. {{storylink|Ripped Up Space}}

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{{storylink|Crash Course}}
{{storylink|Omega Supreme (episode)|Omega Supreme}}
{{storylink|A Heroic Battle}}
{{storylink|The Power}}
{{storylink|Optimus Supreme}}
{{storylink|Unicron Perishes}}
{{storylink|Ambition}}
{{storylink|Wishes}}
{{storylink|Galvatron!}}
{{storylink|Break Through}}
{{storylink|Distribution}}
{{storylink|The Omega Train}}
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{{storylink|Formidable}}
{{storylink|Galvatron Terror}}
{{storylink|Destructive Power}}
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{{storylink|The Sun}}

====''Cybertron''====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English), [[Taitem Kusunoki]] (Japanese), [[Luis Miguel Perez]] (Latin America), [[Eberhardt Haar]] (German) [[Dariusz Odija]] (Polish)

[[Image:CybertronPrime finalbattlepose.jpg|left|180px|thumb|"Weapons Primed..."]]
Primus' plan to trap Unicron inside an energon sun failed, and this star collapsed into a [[Unicron Singularity|massive black hole]]. Optimus Prime faced the greatest test in his existence when his home planet was threatened with destruction, but realised there was no choice but to evacuate the population to Earth. As they made plans to leave, a mysterious time-travelling Transformer named [[Vector Prime]] appeared, advising Optimus to search for the [[Cyber Planet Key]]s, the only means of restoring Primus' spark, and the only way they can save Cybertron and the rest of the universe from oblivion. {{storylink|Fallen (episode)|Fallen}}

Arriving on Earth, Optimus Prime was forced to break his own strict orders to hide from the human population when he rescued the injured [[Landmine (Energon)|Landmine]] and three human children from [[Thundercracker (Armada)|Thundercracker]]. Befriending the children, named [[Coby Hansen|Coby]], [[Bud Hansen|Bud]] and [[Lori]], he relied on them to educate the Autobots about their new home and how to blend into the environment as Robots in Disguise. {{storylink|Inferno (episode)|Inferno}} {{storylink|Hidden}}

Soon afterward, the children's hometown of Boulder, Colorado was threatened. The newest tunnels in a recently-dug gold mine had destabilized a mountain, making its collapse imminent. This alone would only have damaged the mountain's immediate area, but matters were complicated when Autobot scans revealed the presence of an underground reservoir that would be forced out by the collapse, causing flooding. Coby had the idea of using Optimus Prime's pumping equipment to drain the reservoir, allowing [[Scattorshot (Cybertron)|Scattorshot]] to shatter the mountain with his largest missiles and collapse it safely, averting disaster. {{storylink|Collapse}} He would later travel to the [[Sahara]] To uncover what they believed to be the Omega Lock, but was in fact a fake. {{storylink|Time}} He would later allow the civilian Autobots to help in the search for the Omega Lock. He would later battle under water in the Bermuda Triangle to keep Megatron from obtaining the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Deep}} He would also battle Megatron aboard the [[Atlantis|Starship Atlantis]] for possession of the [[Omega Lock]], and emerged victorious. {{storylink|Ship}} He later traveled to [[Velocitron]] to acquire the Cyber Planet Key said to be the Planet cup racing trophy, but learned he would only be able to get it if [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]] was beaten in a race. {{storylink|Race}}

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===Panini ''Armada'' comics===
In the early stages of the war, Optimus Prime was shocked to learn of a full-scale Decepticon assault on the Autobot Command HQ. As he organized the defenses, he was contacted by the [[Mini-Con]] [[Sparkplug (Armada)|Sparkplug]], who warned him that [[Dualor]] had planted explosives around the base in order to lure [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]] in and destroy him. Prime subsequently ordered for the evacuation of the base before Dualor blew it up. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 9|Counter-Strike!}} He and his troops were still fighting the Decepticons a few million years later, but it was a losing battle. Even if most of the Mini-Cons had left Cybertron, the Decepticons still had a few of them, and the Autobots were outclassed. Despite this, Optimus Prime knew the Mini-Cons leaving had been a good thing, and hoped that he would never find out where they went. However, his hope did him no good, as the Mini-Cons were soon found on [[Earth]], and he had to travel there to save them from Megatron. {{storylink|First Encounter!}}

Having gone to Earth alone to scout ahead without any backup, Optimus Prime was quickly defeated by the Mini-Con augmented Megatron. Thankfully, a few of the free Mini-Cons and the [[human]] [[Rad White]] distracted Megatron from finishing Prime off, giving him time to recover and summon [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] and [[Red Alert (Armada)|Red Alert]] through a [[space bridge]]. As the free Mini-Cons decided to aid the Autobots, Sparkplug power-linked with Optimus Prime and granted him the power needed to punch Megatron in the face. After the Decepticons retreated, Prime thanked the Mini-Cons and Rad for their help. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 2|Friends and Foes!}} He soon realized that Rad and his [[Carlos Lopez|two]] [[Alexis Thi Dang|friends]] weren't very large contributors to their war effort, as they spent most of the time playing around. Reminding them that Megatron was a deadly threat, he sent them to recover the [[locator log]] from the Mini-Cons' crashed ship whilst he and the Autobots stood guard. They log ended up being destroyed due to interference from [[Demolishor (Armada)|Demolishor]], but Optimus Prime figured that maybe it was for the best. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 3|Deep Trouble!}}

[[Image:DevicesandDesires-yourownsize.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Suffer my cliches, Decepticreep!]]
Prime decided that the best way to keep their Mini-Con allies out of the Decepticons' hands was to send them back to Cybertron, despite complaints from Sparkplug and the humans. When the process was interrupted by a Decepticon attack, the Mini-Cons refused to leave the Autobots bhind and and power-linked with them again. While the Decepticons were driven off, they still blew up the Autobots' space bridge, stranding them on Earth. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 4|No Way Back!}} Some time later, Optimus Prime and his troops saved the [[Air Defense Mini-Con Team (Armada)|Air Defense Team]] from geting captured by [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]. In the aftermath, the Mini-Cons shot down Prime's offer to join the Autobots, but he still assured them he would help them whenever they needed him. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 5|Devices and Desires!}} Next, Optimus Prime learned from [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] that the Decepticons had gone to search for Mini-Cons on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. With his own space bridge still in pieces, he had no choice but to contact [[Jetfire (Armada)|Jetfire]] on Cybertron for aid. While Jetfire sent troops to deal with the Decepticons, Prime watched as Sparkplug sent a probe to the Moon to activate any Mini-Cons there. After the probe was successful, Optimus Prime manifested as a hologram on the Moon's surface and taunted Megatron that he was too late. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 6|Between Two Worlds!}}

When Starscream got his hands on the [[Star Saber (Armada)|Star Saber]] and failed to keep its power in check, Optimus Prime appeared out of nowhere to stop the sword from going wild and ripping the world apart. He grabbed the weapon from Starscream's hands and urged the Air Defense Team to separate, which they did. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 7|The Two-Edged Blade}} The threat of the Moon soon came up again, as the Decepticons prepared to fire missiles at the Autobots' base from their new lunar base. While the Autobot space bridge was still down, Optimus Prime had a plan and ordered Hot Shot to hurry and repair it. While the Mini-Cons bought them some time by pretending to surrender, the Autobots fixed their space bridge and linked it to the Decepticons' one on the moon. And so, when the Decepticons eventually did fire their missiles, the Autobots simply used the space bridge to warp them straight back into the enemy base. {{storylink|Panini Armada issue 8|Earthshaker!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Early in the war, Optimus confronted Megatron in [[Yellowstone National Park]], warning the Decepticon leader that the area they were in was geologically unstable and warfare could aggravate things catastrophically. Megatron ignored him and almost defeated Prime, until the intervention of [[Riptide]], [[QuickFire]] and [[Jake Williams]]. The unlikely team managed to see Megatron off, albeit with the loss of Williams's [[Starheart|beloved '57 Ford pickup]] into a mud pit. Optimus promised to retrieve and restore the truck, and suggested that Riptide and QuickFire return to hiding, to prevent the Decepticons from capturing them. {{storylink|Lonesome Diesel}}

Following his destruction by the Hydra Cannon, Optimus Prime found himself in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], where he encountered an [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Generation 1 continuity family|another universe]], and two versions of [[Optimus Primal]] from that same universe. After establishing the possibility that alternate universe existed, the other three were able to help Optimus Prime overcome some of his doubts over his leadership abilities. That done, Optimus returned to life in time to save [[Hot Shot (Armada)|Hot Shot]] from [[Megatron (Armada)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Prime Spark}}

===''Galaxy Force'' manga===
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===Bendon ''Armada'' books===
The kids successfully talked Optimus into letting them explore some nearby caves for mini-con crystals. While they were away, Optimus found himself having to fend off a Decepticon sneak attack via ramming Demolishor while in truck mode and later pushing Megatron back. {{storylink|Cave Catastrophe}}

After the kids and their Mini-Cons leave themselves exposed to danger, Optimus saves them from being killed by Megatron... by ramming him while in truck mode. There seems to be a trend here. {{storylink|Race to Disaster}}

==Games==
===Transformers Armada: The Energon Within===
As Optimus and Hot Shot prepare to escort a truckload of energon away from a mine, the Decepticons launch a full scale assault. Their objective is to steal 100 energon cubes. Though they eventually succeed, the cost is high and the mine remains in Autobot hands.

As Optimus and Hot Shot prepare to escort a truckload of energon away from a mine, the Decepticons launch a full scale assault. Their objective is to steal 100 energon cubes. Before they can succeed, Hot Shot inadvertently blows up the mine. {{storylink|Transformers Armada: The Energon Within}}

===''Transformers''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Garry Chalk]] (English)

Optimus Prime was dueling with Megatron atop a very high building just before Megatron received the Mini-Con beacon. Following his nemesis to prevent him from using the Mini-Cons for evil, Prime arrived on a new planet: Earth.

Arriving in the Amazon, he familiarized himself with the territory before going and recovering the first Mini-Con Panel. (Which Mini-Con it is varies with the game difficulty, with [[Lock-On]] being released on the first two difficulty levels). He then traversed a [[Scale|disproportionate]] bridge, had a brawl inside a temple, and scaled a pathway up a cliff face before arriving at a run-down temple and encountering Cyclonus. Cyclonus (sporting a fanciful, comic British accent) ordered a [[Heavy Unit]] to attack him, declaring Earth as "Decepticon property". Prime took care of the Heavy Unit, and Hot Shot and Red Alert joined him. Soon they discovered their old Mini-Con partners. (Sparkplug remains with Optimus for the remainder of the game, activating a rather pointless "Powerlinx" Max Payne-esque bullet time mode which drains Prime's health.)

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===Transformers Quest===
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===''Roll Out'' online game===
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==Toys==
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==Notes==
[[Image:MonsterConvoy.jpg|right|100px|thumb|Arise, Bigfootimus Prime.]]
* According to the [[Transformers (PS2)|''Armada'' Playstation 2 game]] instruction booklet, Optimus Prime's ''Armada'' body has the following statistics:

:Mass: 18,960 lbs
:Robot height: 22' 11"
:Robot top speed: 31 mph
:Vehicle height: 8' 3"
:Vehicle top speed: 125 mph
:Vehicle power: 700 hp @ 2500 rpm

* One of the earliest ''Armada'' Optimus Prime concepts depicts him as being an ENORMOUSLY HUGE MONSTER TRUCK. Makes one wonder about the origins of the "Monster Convoy" inscription on Super Base Optimus Prime's tires.

* For at least part of the ''Energon'' animated series, the CGI model for Optimus Prime's handgun resembled an oversized six-shooter rather than the actual toy's chamber-less handgun for unknown reasons.

* ''Cybertron'' Optimus Prime has some design similarities to GaoGaiGar from ''[[wikipedia:The_King_of_Braves_GaoGaiGar|The King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]'', such as the chin protrusion and cheekguards. In addition, his [[Super Mode]] resembles ChoRyuJin from the same series (having the same chest and cannons), and his combination with [[Leobreaker]] recalls GaoGaiGar's combination with Goldymarg. His combination with Wing Saber also invokes the image of Galeon's head on GaoGaiGar's chest. This would not be the [[Optimus Prime (RID)|first such GaoGaiGar reference]] Transformers would see... [[Safeguard_(Animated)|or the last]].
* Said Super Mode also evokes [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Powermaster Optimus Prime]].
*''Cybertron'' Prime also sported some different colors in his preliminary design, which accidentally found its way into a few shots in the [[Fallen_(episode)|first episode]].
* Super-Con Optimus Prime and Over-Run, who never appeared specifically in the western Armada cartoon, do appear briefly in a stock footage montage in the first Japanese opening.
* Vector Prime has stated that Optimus could not combine with Wing Saber and Leobreaker at the same time: the power is too much for him! {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

== Footnotes ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/OptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://s33.photobucket.com/albums/d75/binalternator/unreleased/optimus_prime_mini_optimus_prime/ Energon Optimus Prime redeco with Smallest Transformers Optimus Prime gallery]

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Mega-Octane

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:''Mega-Octane is a [[Decepticon]] [[Commando]] from the [[Robots in Disguise (franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Mega-octanerid.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] called. He wants his head back.]]
'''Mega-Octane''' is the cool-headed commander of the [[Commando|Commandos]]. He orders his troops into battle with militaristic stoicism, as if they were his own limbs, but actually spends more of his time keeping the hot-headed [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]] in check. Scourge claims to be leader of the small Decepticon faction, but in reality it is Mega-Octane who holds the group together. But all great bots have their personal quirks—Mega-Octane is not satisfied unless he takes his bath before everyone else.<ref>No joke. This is from Mega-Octane/Dolrailer's ''Car Robots'' bio.</ref>

He merges with the other Commandos to form [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]], who he completely controls. Having lost command of the Decepticons to Scourge, he ''revels'' in commanding the power of this mighty gestalt. <ref>Commandos [[bio]] on the R2 DVDs</ref>

Mega-Octane is one of the many Decepticons under the command of [[Unicron]] in the [[Universe war]], though at this time it is unknown if it is the "original" Mega-Octane or an alternate-universe incarnation.

:''Japanese name'': '''Dolrailer''' (ドルレイラー ''Dorureirā'')

==Fiction==
===''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bob Papenbrook]] (English), [[Holly Kaneko]] (Japanese), [[Angelo Nicotra]] (Italian)

Mega-Octane was originally part of a small Autobot crew sent to Earth to reactivate the legendary Autobot battle station, [[Fortress Maximus (RID)|Fortress Maximus]]. As they were stored in a [[protoform]] state, the Autobots were unable to prevent their spaceship from malfunctioning and crashing somewhere in the United States in the mid-20th century. The ship was later discovered by [[Kenneth Onishi|Doctor Onishi]] during his work as an archaeologist and, later still, the information was obtained by [[Megatron (RID)|Megatron]] through scans of the doctor's mind. Megatron was able to steal the six Autobot protoforms and take them to a [[McKinley Army Base|nearby military base]], where he infused them with his own spark energy, turning them into Decepticons. The first of the Decepticons to be reformatted was Mega-Octane. Although [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] optimistically tried to welcome Mega-Octane to Earth, he was rebuffed and the Decepticon set about covering the Predacons as they scanned new forms for the rest of the Decepticons. Although Mega-Octane regarded himself as the leader, Scourge, the last to be reformatted, asserted his own leadership over the five [[Commando|Commandos]]. {{storylink|The Decepticons}}

[[Image:Commandos Megaoctane.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Boosh!]]
On their first mission, the Decepticons mounted an attack on [[Sherman Dam]], abseiling up the side of it in order to plant [[Pulsar bomb|pulsar bombs]]. When Scourge attempted to detonate the bombs, they found that [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] and the [[Predacon (RID)|Predacons]] had tampered with them, forcing them to attempt to destroy the dam through other means. The arrival of [[Team Bullet Train]] resulted in Mega-Octane ordering the Commandos to combine into Ruination for the first time, although the huge robot was soon defeated by [[Rail Racer (RID)|Rail Racer]] and the [[Autobot Brothers]]. {{storylink|Commandos}}

The next mission saw Scourge and the Commandos on guard duty, perhaps as a punishment for their previous failed mission, while the Predacon trio dug under a volcano. The Commandos were relegated to against the [[Spy Changer]]s when they arrived with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Volcano}} In an attempt to restore themselves in Megatron's eyes, they hatched a new plan to launch [[Movor]] into space to try to track the Autobots to their lair. With mounting irritation, Mega-Octane led his team from target to target, none of them the Autobot base, until they were eventually led into a trap. {{storylink|Attack from Outer Space}}

[[Image:The Test Meeting.jpg|right|200px|thumb|[[Scale|My toy is not this tall.]]]]
Mega-Octane soon came up with a new plan to find the Autobot base — the Decepticons would pretend to switch sides. He met with Optimus Prime under a white flag, claiming that the Decepticons had rediscovered their Autobot nature and no longer followed Megatron. The Autobot brothers subjected the six Decepticons to test after test to prove their loyalty, with Mega-Octane barely keeping Scourge's temper in check. Unfortunately, right on the verge of success, Scourge gave the plan away and the Decepticons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|The Test (episode)|The Test}}

A new plan was hatched which involved attacking power plants. The Autobots were hampered by the misguided assistance of Sky-Byte, but seemed to repel most of the Decepticon assaults. {{storylink|The Fish Test}} The Decepticons subsequently butted in on one of Sky-Byte's plans, stealing a disk supposedly containing the plans to the Autobots' [[Global Space Bridge]] which the Predacons were trying to obtain. Unfortunately it was an Autobot trick, and both the Decepticons and Predacons ended up in a sewer. {{storylink|Wedge's Short Fuse}}

Annoyed by the Autobots' constant escapes through the Global Space Bridge, the Decepticons tracked one of the [[Build Team]] to the space bridge control center, allowing them to break in and sabotage the controls, sending any Autobots using the space bridge to a random destination. Mega-Octane remained in the control center while Scourge joined Megatron at the North Energy Research Center, and the other Commandos caused havoc in other parts of the city to draw the Autobots away. When the Autobots discovered the sabotage, the Commandos attempted to prevent them reaching the control center but were fought off. {{storylink|Landfill (episode)|Landfill}}

[[Image:A Test of Metal Megaoctane vehicle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Two guns are better than one!]]
The Commandos made another attempt to please Megatron, stealing energy from a power plant, only to have it swiped by the [[Build Team]] while they were busy fighting Rail Racer. Annoyed, the Decepticons began to randomly attack construction vehicles in order to draw the Build Team out. Eventually the Build Team learned of the attacks and faced the Commandos, defeating Ruination. {{storylink|A Test of Metal}}

The Decepticons again attempted to curry favour with Megatron by intercepting Optimus Prime to obtain the [[O-Part|O-Parts]], but were ultimately unsuccessful. {{storylink|Sky-Byte Saves the Day}} After a semi-successful attempt to raid an oil refinery, Scourge and Mega-Octane leaked a transmission ordering Sky-Byte to look for O-Parts in order to lead the Autobots into an ambush. Instead of the expected Autobots, they were confronted by [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]]. They attempted to fight the newly-arrived Autobot, but retreated after Optimus Prime arrived to lend a hand. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus (episode)|Ultra Magnus}} Back at [[Megastar|base]], they watched Movor's surveillance of Ultra Magnus beating down Optimus, and Megatron demanded of them to know why one Autobot had done what the Decepticons had failed to do. They were able to track Sky-Byte to the island on which Optimus was recuperating after the battle and mount an attack, but were chased off once again when Optimus and Ultra Magnus merged into [[Omega Prime]]. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus: Forced Fusion!}}

The Decepticons interrupted another of Sky-Byte's plans in order to kidnap the Autobot Brothers. With the three brothers as hostages, the Decepticons led Optimus into a trap and fought the Autobot leader savagely. They were again seen off after Magnus rescued the brothers. {{storylink|The Two Faces of Ultra Magnus}} Seeing an opportunity, Scourge met with Ultra Magnus to persuade the Autobot to join him against both Optimus Prime and Megatron. When Magnus turned him down, Scourge and the Commandos turned on him, only to end up fighting the three Autobot Brothers instead. {{storylink|Power to Burn!}}

[[Image:Koji Gets His Wish Megaoctane.jpg|right|200px|thumb|You see how awesome this sticker is?]]
With information extracted from Doctor Onishi, the Decepticons were led to venture beneath [[Metro City]], following the tunnels to find a huge underground cavern housing Fortress Maximus. After fighting the Autobots, Maximus' defences forced them to retreat. {{storylink|Fortress Maximus (episode)|Fortress Maximus}} While Scourge undertook a mission to find Maximus, the Commandos kept Rail Racer busy as Ruination. {{storylink|Koji Gets His Wish}}

The Decepticons attempted unsuccessfully to prevent the Autobots from finding the rest of the O-Parts {{storylink|A Friendly Contest}} and were led by Megatron to the [[Sahara]], where the Autobots were looking for the [[Orb of Sigma]]. Despite breaching the pyramid in which the Orb was stored, they were unable to prevent the Autobots from making off with it, and Megatron himself was lost. {{storylink|Peril from the Past}}

With Scourge now leading, the Decepticons tracked the Autobots to a temple, where [[Cerebros (RID)|Cerebros]] was recovered. Mega-Octane warned Scourge that they might not be able to command Cerebros, but Scourge was confident that the Autobot portion of his bio-signature would be sufficient. Sure enough, Cerebros led them to Maximus' hiding place and activated the giant robot. Once activated, Scourge was unable to control Maximus, and the Decepticons were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Maximus Emerges}}

[[Image:Human Element Megaoctane.jpg|left|200px|thumb|What? Nothing! Mind your business!]]
With the return of Megatron with a new form and name, Galvatron, Scourge made a few more attempts to control Fortress Maximus, eventually giving away the fact that he was betraying Galvatron. Furious, Galvatron reprogrammed absolute loyalty into all six of the Decepticons and put them under Sky-Byte's command. They were soon led into a trap. {{storylink|Surprise Attack!}} Despite their proven loyalty, Galvatron sent the Decepticons into the Global Space Bridge after the Autobots, then flooding the tunnel with molten lava to kill two birds with one stone. {{storylink|Galvatron's Revenge}} The Decepticons, like the Autobots, survived but contributed little to the ensuing battle. After Galvatron's eventual defeat at the hands of [[Omega Prime]], the Decepticons were taken aboard Fortress Maximus to the asteroid prison colony. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}
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===Universe===
As part of Ruination, Mega-Octane and the Decepticons were sent by [[Unicron]] along with [[Reptilion]], [[Sunstorm (Universe)|Sunstorm]] and [[Perceptor (Universe)|Perceptor]] to intercept some extra-dimensionals Unicron wanted for the [[Cauldron]]. Ruination's group was successfully fought off by the [[Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|OTFCC 2004 Live-Action Script Reading}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise===
[[Image:RID Dolrailer MegaOctane toys.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"One Of These Just Doesn't Belong..."]]
*'''Mega-Octane''' (Deluxe, 2000/2001)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-010'''
**''Accessories'': Rifle, chestplate, Ruination parts (head, chestplate, left & right fists, left & right footplates)

: A [[retool]] of the ''[[Generation 1 (toyline)|Generation 1]]'' [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] toy, Mega-Octane transforms into a flatbed truck and trailer with a twin-barreled cannon. The twin-barreled cannon has a hole to store his large rifle in vehicle/base mode as well as his retooled ramp (which can also be held in his hand as a shield) in robot or combined mode. The backpack also retains the smaller hole from the Generation 2 tooling of the toy. You can use that to store the small weapons from the other members of Ruination if you want. Why not? If you don't want to store Mega-Octane's gun in the post hole you can also use the rectangular pegs on the backpack to hold (upside down) the rifle by its targeting sight. The Hasbro version also has the channeling in the twin-barreled cannon filled in, probably for aesthetic reasons.

:Mega-Octane's gun was also retooled so that one of the holes on the side of the rifle goes right through and the other has been partially filled. This was done to allow Armorhide and Movor's pistols to peg into the gun for a super mode. Of course the holes were the right size to do this on the original [[Sonic stun-gun]]... so... uhh... at least this time it's an official feature.

: As the toy uses the [[Scramble City]] style of connection, he can form the torso to any combination of similar robots, though naturally he is normally the torso to the combined robot [[Ruination (RID)|Ruination]]. He also came with the combiner [[kibble]] to Ruination.

: He was first released as part of the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] ''Car Robots'' line in 2000. In 2001, [[Hasbro]] released the toy as part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' series. There are several very noteworthy differences between the two. The Takara version uses a very light olive-green base plastic, mustard-gold plastic for the robot chest, cannons and combiner kibble, plus the black-and-gold camouflage is sometimes done as metallic decals, one of which has the old [[Commando|Combatron]] symbol on it. The Hasbro version uses a much darker green plastic, silver-gray chest/cannon/kibble plastic, muddy-tan-and-black camo (in the same pattern), uses no decals (leaving those areas blank), and has a Decepticon insignia on the truck roof. Additionally, Hasbro shortened the length of Mega-Octane's rifle, and all subsequent releases of this toy from Hasbro or Takara/[[Sonokong]] used this version of the tooling.

: This mold was also used to make [[Great Cannon]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Decepticon/Mega-Octane/mega-octane.htm More information on Mega-Octane at TFU.info]''

*'''Baldigus''' (Multi-pack, 2000)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''D-011'''

: In Japan, Mega-Octane/Dolrailer was also made available as part of a complete team multi-pack with his teammates [[Armorhide (RID)|Armorhide]], [[Movor]], [[Rollbar (RID)|Rollbar]] and [[Ro-Tor (RID)|Ro-Tor]]. All toys were identical to their individual Japanese releases, but the set only came with a bio card for the combined form.

[[Image:RID MegaOctane Urbancamo toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|"Boombox and Spinners Not Included"]]
*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2003)

: The entire Commando team was redecoed in various shades of gray with "urban camo" patterns as part of a Wal-Mart [[exclusive]] gift set, oddly released well after the end of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line. Movor was also slightly [[Retool|retooled]], blunting his nosecone significantly.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Mega-Octane/mega-octane.htm More information on Wal-Mart Mega-Octane at TFU.info]''
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===Universe===
*'''Ruination''' (Ultra, 2004)

: The entire Ruination team was redecoed ''again'' to make ''another'' Wal-Mart exclusive set (why?), this time with a unified "desert camo" theme under the ''[[Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' banner. It came out at the same time as five ''other'' Wal-Mart ''Transformers'' exclusives, which led to a glut. Ruination seemed a particularly slow mover in this batch.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/Mega-Octane/mega-octane.htm More information on ''Universe'' Mega-Octane at TFU.info]''

==Footnotes==
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