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Jhiaxus (G2)

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:''Jhiaxus is a [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]], [[Decepticon]], or an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Jhiaxusg2.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Seeker on steroids.]]
'''Jhiaxus''' is no ordinary Transformer. He possesses unusual origins compared to most of his race and has a drive to forge a united Cybertronian civilization across the known universe.

Jhiaxus is not one for improvisation. He has been denying his impulses for so long, it has weakened his ability to think on his feet in many situations. Once Jhiaxus has set a course of action, it is tough for him to diverge from his strategy.<ref name="UniProf">[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|''Universe'' Jhiaxus profile]]</ref>

{{note|Jhiaxus is a character with differing origins and personalities for each of his incarnations. See his fiction subsections for further details.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
{{bigquote|We had ''order''. Structure. A perfect, faultless mechanism that was destined to re-shape the galaxy. Then ''you'' came! Old, ''flawed''... an evolutionary stage we had risen far beyond. A reminder of every ''primal'' instinct we had ''buried''.|Jhiaxus doesn't like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] very much|"[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"}}

[[File:G2issue5-PowerandtheGlory-BuddingSteps.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Whozh a baby? Whozh a baby? Ish it you? Yesh you is! Yesh you is!]]
Millions of years ago, some time after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] left Cybertron and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus was born through the long-forgotten "budding" means of [[reproduction]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} At first a cruel and petty tyrant ruled by his irrational desires, Jhiaxus learned slowly to bury this part of himself beneath layers of icy control. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Tired of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict, Jhiaxus left with his budded brethren into space, determined to begin a new [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] free of the war waged by those he deemed "evolutionary throwbacks". {{storylink|War Without End!}} He was anointed the rank [[Liege Centuro]] of this new Cybertronian faction by the [[Liege Maximo]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}} and Jhiaxus began to wipe out what he considered to be inferior life and terraform their conquered worlds.

[[File:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Wonder where he keeps the remote.]]
A decade after Optimus Prime and Megatron's war had restarted on Earth, Prime and his Autobots found out about this empire while pursuing the remnants of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons across the universe. Quickly thereafter, Jhiaxus' ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', abducted them and delighted in telling Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] that for his side of the universe, the war had been over for millions of years and that Prime and his adversaries were embarrassments to him. Jhiaxus hoped that Prime would see the error of his ways, but he escaped in a stolen ship with his fellow Autobots. However, Jhiaxus had launched a ship of his own to follow them. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Jhiaxus traced the Autobots to the [[K'tord Nebula]], and his Cybertronians battled Prime's bitterly on the surface of one of its planets. [[Shadow parasite|Parasitic creatures]] on the planet began to feed on the hate and fury buried in the minds of both sides, which caused Jhiaxus to revert to the barbaric version of himself he thought he'd long buried. Despite Prime's own problems with the parasites' induced rage, he was able to convince Jhiaxus and their respective warriors to stop fighting and go their separate ways. Still, Jhiaxus refused to acknowledge that Prime had a point in saying that the Cybertronians' mission of conquest bore any similarity to Decepticon savagery, and ordered the parasites' extermination once he was out of their psychic range. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Upon retreating to his flagship, Jhiaxus thanked the [[Primus|maker]] that, as far as he knew, there were no Decepticons left of the original generation to cause him further conflict. Sadly, he was misinformed. {{storylink|Primal Fear!#"Old Evils"|Old Evils}}

[[File:Jhiaxusaltmodetotalwar.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Basically, Jhiaxus' limbs detach and his torso flies around.]]
When Grimlock and a bloodthirsty group of Autobots tried to sneak a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] on board the ''Twilight'', Jhiaxus easily saw through their ruse and captured the lot of them. He shipped the survivors in a prison ship to be examined by the Liege Maximo, but the ship was intercepted by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, Jhiaxus made a visit to [[Outpost D-109]], a recently conquered planet the Cybertronians were busy [[eco-structuring]] into a Cybertron-like world. Though the process was ahead of schedule, Jhiaxus was still disappointed. The Autobots had mysteriously halted their attacks on his troops, and their absence worried him. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

One of his teams crossed paths with the original-generation Decepticons, and the incident ended badly. Jhiaxus decided to make his move, and ordered a full-scale attack on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Warworld]] near [[Tykos]]. This altercation resulted in casualties in Megatron's forces while Jhiaxus battled Megatron himself in orbit. Jhiaxus relished condescending to his opponent, an act reinforced by his superior might. He shot Megatron out of orbit, leaving him for dead on the moon's surface. {{storylink|New Dawn}} However, Megatron miraculously survived, and his Decepticons and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against the Cybertronians. Increasingly frustrated, he vowed to escalate his galactic efforts, ordering that every planet be stripped of life. He hoped to force the hand of the original generation Transformers and overwhelm them, a plan that nearly worked on [[Ethos]] against the Autobots until Decepticon reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Indeed, the battle there decimated [[Ethos raiding party|the best of Jhiaxus' forces]]. But Jhiaxus soon gained an unexpected advantage—[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] sold out the location of the original generation's base of operations in exchange for a high-ranking position. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[File:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|What good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?]]
Jhiaxus attacked the base on Earth. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Tales of Earth Part Six}} The headquarters itself was quickly destroyed, but Optimus and Megatron's troops fought back strongly and met the challenge equally. Jhiaxus wanted to end the conflict here and then, so he called for reinforcements from every corner of his empire. {{storylink|Total War!}} Adding insult to injury, Jhiaxus was informed that his troops had lost the Warworld to the backstabbing Starscream. Jhiaxus lost his composure, and when he tossed his subordinate, [[Rook (G2)|Rook]], in anger, Rook arranged a trip to the Liege Maximo. Jhiaxus returned to the ''Twilight'', and upon receiving a transmission from Optimus Prime on board the Warworld, he acted upon his anger by targeting a [[San Francisco|random spot on the Earth]] with nuclear weapons. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} Before Jhiaxus could order another shot, the ''Twilight'' was knocked away by a blast from the Warworld and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!|Tales of Earth Part Eight}}

Despite [[Crushable Cybertronian soldier|his officers]]' pleas to withdraw, Jhiaxus' troops were ordered to stay their ground even as the Swarm ate its way through them effortlessly. Optimus Prime, ever trying to reach a solution, arrived on the ''Twilight'' to talk, but Jhiaxus would not have it. He threw Prime around, powered by his increasing rage, and blamed him for how his life, his empire, had disintegrated. Before he could strike the final blow, however, the Swarm broke through the bridge of the ''Twilight'', and Jhiaxus challenged it. Jhiaxus was consumed. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
Grimlock reported that his team had run into Jhiaxus and his splinter Decepticons, and barely escaped with their lives. He wanted to retaliate with an immediate, massive strike but Optimus deferred. {{storylink|War Zone}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In [[Primax 994.0 Gamma]], Jhiaxus would go on to lead the Cybertronian Empire in mechaforming a peaceful organic world, rechristening it [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. Ultimately, however, the Cybertronian Empire fell and the Liege Maximo's ascension to godhood was thwarted. [[Liege Centuro]] [[Firecrest]] was forced to order the remnants of the empire to retreat to Planet X, which later fled its home reality entirely to evade the never-ending search of [[Swoop (G1)|The Veteran]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05}}

====''Timelines''====
In an unspecified reality, Topspin left Cybertron to serve under Jhiaxus and follow his army to other worlds. Topspin was less interested in Jhiaxus' specific plans of conquest, however, and more simply convinced that the Liege Centuro's sense of purpose and strong personality would lead him on the path to [[Nexus Prime|the great destiny]] he sensed was out there. Eventually, during a great space battle over an alien planet, Topspin was separated from Jhiaxus' army and flung at near-light speeds into space, helpless to stop [[Axiom Nexus|his trajectory]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|Topspin's profile in Club magazine #25}}

====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Jhiaxus hot rod less than zero.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Before the Great War, Senator Jhiaxus met with High Circuitmaster [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]], [[Tallus]], [[Decanus]], and [[Rokan]], all members of a "Brain Trust", in [[Nova Cronum]]. As the "five greatest minds" on Cybertron, they had agreed to upload their combined knowledge together into a database they called the [[Underbase]]. However, Jhiaxus was tired of the isolationist policies that dominated Cybertron in that day, and so he took control of the uploading process, "slaying" the virtual avatars of Boltax and the others, rendering them unconscious. Jhiaxus proceeded to download the knowledge he needed to create his own galactic empire, and proceeded to delete his records from the memories of the others, as well as throughout all records on Cybertron. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

[[File:Jhiaxus high chamber destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
Millennia later, Jhiaxus, situated at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], spoke with [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] after the latter personally investigated the aftermath of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s attack on [[Cresta Superior]]. Jhiaxus ruminated on his inevitable conflict with the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

After witnessing Jhiaxus' betrayal in his trip through [[Zero Space]], {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] established a team to investigate the meaning of the various incidents he witnessed in Zero Space, and this "[[Zero Unit]]", headed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], chose to focus on Jhiaxus first. As a former Senator, they reasoned that he would have had off-world contacts, and while he may have deleted memory of his existence from Cybertron's records, those other worlds still might have their records. They never received a response to their inquiries, however, as Jhiaxus chose to return to Cybertron himself, announcing to Rodimus that he had come in peace! {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

[[File:Jhiaxus the war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
Rodimus conferred with his men at the [[Presidium (facility)|Presidium]]'s [[Ops-Command HQ]], and decided to proceed with Bumblebee's idea of inviting Jhiaxus to the surface to meet with the Autobot leader. Jhiaxus arrived at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] via an advanced form of [[space bridge]], along with his top warriors, his [[Primum Fugae]]. Rodimus asked Jhiaxus, who was aware enough to point out the Autobot snipers that were standing by, to take their discussion to a private location. Jhiaxus agreed, and proceeded with the new Prime to [[Nova Point]].

Upon their arrival, Rodimus asked Jhiaxus about his activities since his departure from Cybertron, and why Primus would consider him a threat to his grand plan. Jhiaxus scoffed at the mention of their progenitor and explained to Rodimus that he ceased to believe in any such "plan" long ago, and set out to remake the universe in the image of his own idea of order. Jhiaxus displayed a holographic image of the Hub Network, a cosmos-wide structure of interconnected metallic planets, and invited the Autobot leader to add Cybertron to its ever-growing web. Rodimus realized, however, that these worlds were not newly-built, but mecha-formed from existing worlds, and asked Jhiaxus how many of those worlds supported life. Jhiaxus sneered at the insinuation, retorting that it depends on how one ''classifies'' life. Rodimus violently rejected the offer, slamming Jhiaxus against a wall, only to be tossed aside. Jhiaxus chose to take his leave, interrupting the Primus Fugae's attack on the [[Demon|Primordials]] to have them return with him to the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Rodimus chose to lead a pre-emptive assault on the Hub Network by launching surgical strikes on key areas on the fringes of the network, hoping that the resulting chain reaction would bring down the entire Hub. However, the early successes of the raids led the Autobots to suspect that Jhiaxus anticipated their move; their fears were validated when their plan failed and Jhiaxus ordered his fleet to attack the invaders. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}

[[File:Rook jhiaxus rodimus war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
On the Hub's [[Throneworld]], Jhiaxus had Rodimus brought before him, and once again petitioned the young Prime to join his empire. He even offered to incorporate Autobots of Rodimus' choice—presently held in the Hub's "[[Corral]]"—into his forces, recreating them with new bodies... except for those who have been modified with "external species innovations". His negotiations were interrupted by a panicked Rook, who reported that the [[Wrecker]]s were continuing their attack, severing worlds from the network and destabilizing it as they moved between worlds through the "[[slam rail]]" transit system. Jhiaxus ordered Rodimus to stop them, executing [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to demonstrate his intent, but Rodimus replied that he had no means to communicate with the Wreckers, and thus nothing short of death would stop them. Jhiaxus ordered his fleet to search for them.

In the face of greater numbers, however, the Wreckers would not yield, and continued on their campaign, taking out chunks of Jhiaxus' forces in the process. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] got in on the act as well, severing even more worlds from the Hub and using the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to defend himself. Finding the situation untenable, Jhiaxus ordered Rodimus escorted from the throneroom, and prepared to enter the fray himself. However, before he could take off, he was confronted by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], who was now fully possessed by the power of the re-emergent Underbase. Jhiaxus recognized the force controlling Starscream as the essences of Boltax and the others whom he betrayed so many eons ago, and they now sought to complete themselves by absorbing Jhiaxus back into their communal mindscape. As the Underbase consumed him, Jhiaxus screamed for help, but Rook fled in terror, leaving his leader to his fate. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma]], Unicron's destruction of Cybertron caused Primus' essence to be spread among his children, now mostly composed by the Cybertronian Empire, which experienced a moral reformation. When Unicron stumbled upon the Hub and tried to destroy it, the Cybertronians fought back. Jhiaxus was dispatched as an emissary to Earth to enlist the aid of the last three Autobots and to [[Styx]] to enlist the aid of the last Decepticons. Together, Autobot, Decepticon, and Cybertronian fought as one and vanquished Unicron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:Jhiaxustfu.jpg|upright=1|thumb|"Nothing to fear but me myself."]]
In [[Primax 094.0 Gamma]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}} Jhiaxus was a strategic commander in the [[Liege Maximo]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus' profile in Club magazine #1}} It was he who was most responsible for the death of the Decepticon [[Rumble (G1)#Minion of Unicron|Rumble]]'s brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] during the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] War. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}} [[Unicron]] abducted Jhiaxus' [[spark]] and stripped him of his rank and power. Though he once again wore the brand of an ordinary Decepticon, he still nursed a hatred towards Autobot and Decepticon alike. They were all, of course, unevolved, inferior throw-backs. This bias forced him to work alone. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus' profile in Club magazine #1}}

While still abducted by Unicron, Jhiaxus was kept locked inside one of the chambers within the [[Cauldron]] and periodically forced to combat other Transformers so that Unicron could feed on the loser's Spark. He was freed along with countless others (including [[Jhiaxus (RID)|another Jhiaxus]]) when [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orchestrated a prison break. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

{{note|In ''Universe'' #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original ''Generation 2'' body, but he is seen in his ''Robots in Disguise'' body during a flashback in the [[Escape (Universe)|following issue]]. It's possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron (which is not impossible), or there were two Jhiaxuses (which is also not impossible). In 2015, the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] chose the latter option, establishing that there was also a ''Robots in Disguise''/[[Viron]] Jhiaxus alongside the ''Generation 2''/[[Primax]] Jhiaxus in the Cauldron.}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Nightbeat]]'' (obscured); ''[[Spotlight: Arcee]]'' (fully seen)}}

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|How often do you get to see a G2 guy in a G1-styled comic?]]

'''Jhiaxus of [[Tesarus Minor]]''' {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} made a name for himself in the years that followed the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], becoming [[Nova Prime]]'s chief theoretical strategist—a pioneering scientist whose experiments revolved around the development of the Cybertronian species {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and a mentor to an idealistic young [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Few knew that he was also completely without morals, and not at all averse to performing horrible experiments on his fellow Cybertronians in the name of science. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

As part of Nova's inner circle, Jhiaxus was present when the Prime located [[Crystal City]] and ushered Cybertron into an age of prosperity. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} On Nova's orders, Jhiaxus spent the [[Golden Age]] developing a viable [[combiner]], seeking to rediscover the secrets behind [[Nexus Prime]]'s [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Eventually, Jhiaxus turned his talents to recreating other "lost aspects" of Cybertronian society that had vanished with the [[Thirteen]]; seeking to reintroduce the concept of "gender" to his species, {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} he found a volunteer in [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|Sins of the Wreckers #3}} By rewriting Arcee's [[CNA]], Jhiaxus was able to rebuild his test subject to his specifications, but the procedure somehow went wrong and left her traumatized and desiring nothing more than to tear her "creator" limb from limb. Jhiaxus wrote her off as a failure and abandoned her. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} During his tenure as Nova Prime's top scientist, he also developed the [[vamparc ribbon]], a weapon that drained the lifeforce from its victims to use it as ammunition. {{storylink|Parasites}}

By the end of Cybertron's Golden Age, Jhiaxus had successfully recruited [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] and bonded them together into a single combiner: intended to be the ultimate Cybertronian in both body and mind. When he unveiled his creation, however, his combiner was revealed as a violently insane creature that dubbed itself "[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]" and necessitated the intervention of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Jhiaxus left Cybertron as part of the crew aboard the original [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]] before the failure that was Monstructor had a chance to disgrace him. His student, Shockwave, remained behind to continue his master's work and clear his name, later naming the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] after him. {{storylink|Shockwaves}}

[[File:DarkCybertron1 JhiaxusradiosShockwave.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Jhiaxus is of course referring to Homer Simpson's ten foot sandwich.]]
When the ''Ark'' encountered a spatial anomaly within the [[Benzuli Expanse]], its never-before-seen energies left even Jhiaxus at a loss. He rejected [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]]'s theory that it was a portal to some mythical "[[Dead Universe]]", but Nova Prime was intrigued and had the ship enter the anomaly. Jhiaxus transmitted a final message to Shockwave, urging him to continue his work. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The crew was subsequently trapped within the Dead Universe, only able to leave for brief periods before dying. Jhiaxus became a confidant for the rechristened ''Nemesis'' Prime and plotted on a plan to merge the Dead Universe with the regular one, allowing them to go home ''and'' gain power over the combined reality. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeeesss, maaaasssster!]]
Jhiaxus began prepping [[Nega-Core]]s on three worlds, which would enable this universal "[[Expansion]]". {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} He also set up an underground base on [[Gorlam Prime]], where a large portal to/from the Dead Universe resided; he then began poking Gorlam Prime's evolution with a stick, accelerating the development to an advanced technological race with the end result of turning them into [[Micromaster|tiny Transformers]]. These were the template for what all life would be turned into to survive the Expansion, and the first few batches served as guards and general minions. (Shockingly, while murderous and with monstrous origins, they ''weren't'' insane.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

On the eve of the Expansion, Jhiaxus told Nemesis Prime that he suspected [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] of having his own agenda. The point would become moot, however, once their plans unfurled. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}} After [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] secured the Nega-Core and activated [[Thunderwing (G1)|its guardian]], Jhiaxus initiated the Expansion with Nemesis Prime and the rest of the [[Dead Universe]] crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Jhiaxus was in mental control of [[Thunderwing (G1)|the]] [[Monstructor (G1)|three]] [[Sixshot|guardians]] of the Nega-Cores, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and also took mental control over Nightbeat and sent in hordes of Micromasters when the Autobot, alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], began investigating on Gorlam Prime. Unfortunately, his intricate and long-plotted strategy was undermined by Hardhead's "shoot people in the head" plan. The Autobot then leapt into the Dead Universe portal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

He also monitored the Autobots' efforts to withstand their attacks. When he noticed [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] preparing to disrupt his mental control over the guardians, he took mental control of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to defend the project. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|upright=1.67|left|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?? ...Oh right.]]
Unfortunately, as Jetfire pointed out, the Autobots were quickly destroying all his hard work, and his attention was divided. So much so that he not only was frozen and distracted from offing Jetfire, he didn't realize someone was in his control room until they sliced off his arm. Turning round, he was faced with a gleeful Arcee.

Making a run for it, and using his Micromasters to keep Arcee busy, he made his escape through the portal... or he would have if an undead Hardhead hadn't popped up, slowing Jhiaxus down enough for Arcee to stab him and cut off his head. But, in the realm between the living and dead universes, Jhiaxus was practically immortal. Which meant Arcee could keep killing him for as long as she liked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Helpless, Jhiaxus spent several years being repeatedly killed by Arcee over and over again, until one day when the portal to the Dead Universe suddenly began to act strangely and lure people into mindlessly wandering into it. The entire population of Gorlam Prime disappeared into the Dead Universe, and though Jhiaxus was also tempted, he was seemingly too damaged to follow them. Arcee and Hardhead subsequently left him to investigate the matter. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}} Eventually, his broken body was discovered by Galvatron, who had earlier betrayed Nemesis Prime and stolen the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] from him. Jhiaxus was restored by the power of the Darkness, though he was disoriented and couldn't explain where everyone on the planet had gone to. He led Galvatron and his men to the Dead Universe portal, which had now turned from a pool into a large sphere. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

[[File:Jhiaxus Arcee HeartofDarkness2.jpg|right|upright=1.55|thumb|I'm sure I had my dignity with me when I came in here.]]
At the portal's location, Arcee and Hardhead returned and attacked them. Filled with terror upon seeing his tormentor again, Jhiaxus tried to fight back against her, with little success. Galvatron managed to chase Arcee off and read Hardhead's memories to learn what happened on Gorlam Prime, eventually learning of the "[[D-Void]]", a major threat to all Transformers. He subsequently took Jhiaxus with him to raise an army capable of opposing this entity. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}}

Jhiaxus quickly got to work rebuilding the [[space bridge]] network, based out of Gorlam Prime, allowing Galvatron to travel the galaxy and recruit soldiers for his army. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} Later, after Galvatron's ship was infested by [[zombie]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus put up a space bridge portal that allowed the crew to leave. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|The Transformers: Infestation #2}} Jhiaxus found the zombie virus very intriguing, especially its ability to infect both organic and robotic lifeforms, but Galvatron dismissed it as irrelevant and inefficient. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}

After using the [[Kimia Facility]] to blow a large hole in Cybertron's surface, Galvatron took Jhiaxus with him to the blast crater. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} Their goal was to reach and destroy the planet's core, though they were briefly hindered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} When they located [[Vector Sigma]], Galvatron inserted the Heart of Darkness into it in the hopes that this would stop D-Void. Then Optimus Prime caught up and fired on them, and Jhiaxus wasn't seen again during the events that followed. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Jhiaxus Syndromica1.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|'''''"INSANITY IS NOT A WEAKNESS!!"''''']]
Rendered catatonic by the reformatting of Cybertron, Jhiaxus was taken captive by Hardhead, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Garnak]] and imprisoned in their ship, to be kept floating in space forever to protect Cybertron from his evil. Some time into his imprisonment, Jhiaxus was reawakened by a signal from [[Arduria]], which seemed to drive him into a frenzy, screaming the words "Pax" and "Prime". Believing him to be referring to Orion Pax—the once and former Optimus Prime—Hardhead's team joined up with Orion to investigate Arduria, but they soon discovered they had walked into a Decepticon trap when they were attacked by Jhiaxus' old creation, Monstructor. While they were occupied, Bludgeon liberated Jhiaxus, and the villains set off together to track down the worlds which had been the subjects of the [[Regenesis]] program created by Jhiaxus' old student, Shockwave. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

At [[LV-117]], Jhiaxus and Bludgeon tried to take control of [[Ore-1]], a Regenesis ore capable of traveling through time. He met Orion Pax again in an era close to the planet's destruction, and explained that his screams had had nothing to do with him, but were referring to a vision he had during the reformatting: a vision of a future where [[Pax Cybertronia|''Pax'' Cybertronia]] happened on Gorlam ''Prime''. Before Orion could stop him, he took the Regenesis control device and left on a time-traveling starship sent to the planet by Shockwave, claiming to have plans to use the Ore-1 to bring back Gorlam Prime's past, prosperous self. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} In fact, Jhiaxus was merely goading Orion Pax towards Gorlam Prime so that the former Prime could awaken an [[Ore-2]]-infused [[Titan (group)|Titan]] lying dormant on the planet. Contacting [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], the only one capable of controlling the Titan, Jhiaxus brought him to Gorlam Prime to trick Pax into raising the Titan for them. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} As he awaited Pax's arrival he reported his progress to Shockwave and reflected on his return to the planet where he'd spent so many years in between life and death. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} After his plan had succeeded, Jhiaxus again contacted his student to report that the awakened Titan was on its way to Cybertron and Orion Pax had been left alive as per his orders. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

[[File:DarkCybertronFinale-StarscreamVsJhiaxus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Reactive armor was kept out of the loop on the specifics of pretooling.]]
Jhiaxus used the time-ship to return to Cybertron and provide Shockwave with the Ores he and Bludgeon had collected during his journey. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} He then reported that Nova Prime was no longer in control of the Dead Universe, paving the way for Shockwave to use the ship's chronal drive to harness the dimension's energy for himself. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} By hooking the time machine up to Shockwave and using Galvatron as a portal, the two scientists siphoned the ''potential'' life force of the Dead Universe, causing it to be dead to begin with and granting Shockwave the power to control his Ores—and with them, time and space. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

As he activated the chronal drive, Jhiaxus admitted that Shockwave's intellect had now surpassed his, then donned [[reactive armor]] in preparation for those who would try to stop their plan. Sure enough, [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] and [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] soon tried to infiltrate the time-ship, but the scientist defended it by using his armor to replicate Metalhawk's arm-blades and Starscream's new body. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Being in better control of the body than Starscream himself, Jhiaxus attacked him relentlessly, mocking him for his role in the Dark Cybertron prophecy. Unfortunately, his use of the body's energy swords tipped Starscream in on the fact that he even had swords to begin with, allowing the ex-Decepticon to strike back and impale the mad scientist, finally killing him. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}
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====''Timelines''====
After the seeming death of [[Viewfinder]], [[Spectro]] and [[Spyglass]] sought out Jhiaxus to stabilize them for individualized life. {{storylink|Reflector (G1)#CombinerWars|BotCon 2016 Reflector profile card}}

===Theft of the Golden Disk===
A statue of Jhiaxus was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:FlashForward1-Jhiaxus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He needs a little Earth globe to crush.]]
With the Decepticon conquest and occupation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] sought a solution of his own. Using the remains of a Decepticon deep-space shuttle, Alpha Trion built a Transformer and used [[Vector Sigma]] to grant his creation life. Not only did the supercomputer give the Decepticon life, but also a conscience and a need to bring all Cybertronians under the same banner and protect them. To this end, Jhiaxus amassed a cadre of Decepticon followers willing to seek peace with Autobots who wished to return home. The then-current caretaker of Cybertron, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], opposed the visionary and his attacks led Jhiaxus to realize that the Decepticon Empire would never be a force of reunification. So Jhiaxus attacked Shockwave and his Decepticons, only to fail and his followers killed off. Jhiaxus was thought to have died in the crossfire, but he secretly went into hiding, plotting his comeback. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|''Wings Universe'' Jhiaxus bio}}

After having been absent from Cybertron for a very long time, Jhiaxus made a secret return. He enlisted the [[Battlecharger]]s to fill him in on what he had missed, culminating in the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth]]. With [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] out of the picture, and everyone else unawares, it was the perfect time to rebuild the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], with himself in control! {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

[[File:FlashForward3-Nightracer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Jhiaxus is so evil he made us hafta split up a bunch of pages.]]
He teamed up with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], who provided him with [[forestonite]], and [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], who supplied him with the [[Firecon]]s and blueprints stolen from [[Quantum Laboratories]]. He also sent the Battlechargers to find some [[personality component]]s. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They returned with a bonus surprise—an amnesiac [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. They next headed for [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had the Battlechargers kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. With the aid of the [[Nebulan|Nebulon]] scientist, Jhiaxus was able to create a "second generation" of Cybertronians. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} These newly created Cybertronians were trained at a secret facility on the formerly barren planet [[Qre]].

Jhiaxus left a deliberate trail to lure the Autobots to his training grounds so he could capture them, incapacitate them and force them to listen as he waxed philosophical. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} He introduced [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] and the other Autobots to his clones. When the [[Sideswipe (G2)|Sideswipe clone]] apparently woke early, Jhiaxus showed him off as well, however it was actually the original [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] who then freed Pyro. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Jhiaxus squared off against Pyro, who was reluctant to attack due to the fact Jhiaxus had Hi-Q concealed in his chest cavity. Unfortunately [[Fizzle|Blaze]] was an expert marksman and shot Jhiaxus in the face, allowing the Autobots to make off with the captive and blow up the base. Jhiaxus and Sky-Byte later watched from a rocky outcrop as the Autobots prepared to leave, and Jhiaxus reflected that for his second generation to succeed, the first generation would have to be wiped out. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

[[File:MegaplexkillsJhiaxus-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left]]
To that end, Jhiaxus created an army consisting of clones of various Decepticons. The commander of this army was a clone of Megatron himself: [[Megaplex]]. As a trump card, he created [[Sandstorm (MW)|a clone]] of [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and sent him to impersonate his progenitor on Cybertron. The clone army first struck at [[Sigma Seven]] to take out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], leaving the Autobots without his guidance, and soon invaded Cybertron itself. At the end of a decisive battle between the natives and the clones, Jhiaxus personally arrived with more clones and informed Megaplex that he had fallen short of his expectations, becoming far too similar to Megatron. He offered him the same choices as the defeated resistance: leave Cybertron or be destroyed. {{Storylink|Termination}}

As Strika and Obsidian swore they would combat Jhiaxus' invasion of Cybertron until the bitter end, Jhiaxus commented that their bravado was meaningless, as the history records would only note that they led their soldiers to the death. The battle progressed for a time, until Jhiaxus found himself ambushed by Serpentor, who had found a way to sneak behind enemy lines. Jhiaxus easily overpowered the human-built ‘bot, commenting on how Earthlings continued to impress him, unlike the “dull” Nebulans. Before he got a chance to dismantle Serpentor to inspect the humans’ craftsmanship, Serpentor managed to impale him with his [[Serpent Scepter]]. Now too weak to fight back, he ordered his troops to stand down, commenting that he had already won; Autobots and Decepticons were now fighting side by side for a united Cybertron, as had been his goal all along. He then surrendered to Serpentor, only to be murdered by Megaplex immediately afterwards. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-5-Jhiaxus.jpg|75px|thumb]]
Jhiaxus was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}
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===''Cloud''===
The menace of Jhiaxus was observed passing through flames for an unknown purpose. {{storylink|Transformers Cloud (issue)|Coda}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Preditron]] remembered Jhiaxus as a philosopher-king as he compiled his manifesto. {{storylink|The Predacon Manifesto}}
===2019 IDW continuity===
:*''First appearance:'' [[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' issue #11]]

[[File:TheChangeInYourNaturePartOne-Jhiaxus.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Today the tattoo industry, tomorrow, THE WORLD!!"]]

A senator, {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}} Jhiaxus was a member of the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]]s, and appeared in one of Megatron's many political broadcasts to Cybertron in the aftermath of an attack on [[Ascenticon headquarters]]. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} Following Megatron's rebranding of the Ascenticon faction into a more aggressive group, Jhiaxus helped to rebrand members of the organization with their new logo by stamping it on their body. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}} Not long afterwards, Jhiaxus and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] were with Megatron when the three witnessed an explosion in the [[Cybertronian Mountains]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Two}} Over his better judgement, Jhiaxus then pumped an appreciable percentage of their reserve energon directly into Megatron's systems. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Three}}

After the [[Tether]] had fallen, Megatron ordered Jhiaxus to rally their followers in [[Tarn (polity)|Tarn]] and protect the [[energon storage field]]s. Though chafing under the orders, Jhiaxus agreed to follow Megatron's commands. For now. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

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==Games==
===Transformers Legends===
Jhiaxus was part of a group of Decepticons who teamed up with the Autobots [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to battle the Ammonites on a distant planet. Together, they were able to drive off several Ammonite attacks, but the two factions soon started fighting one another over differing opinions. Eventually, the Autobots defeated the Ammonites and sent the Decepticons packing. Though angered by this turn of events, Jhiaxus and the other Decepticons found consolation that the Ammonites also tasted defeat at the Autobots' hands, and returned to their starship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsJhiaxus.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
Jhiaxus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited after collecting 75 units of Cybermetal and 36 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Jhiaxus was part of the Mission of Cybertronian Expansion, serving as a scientist aboard the ''[[Proudstar]]'' under [[Nova Prime]]'s command. While excited for the potential scientific discoveries, Jhiaxus admired Nova Prime and his belief in the nobility of their mission, even admitting that he himself might one day choose to call himself an Autobot. However, after briefly touching down on a [[Unicron|certain planet]], the entire crew began experiencing much darker urges. Jhiaxus became paranoid and began using unwilling crewmembers in his experiments, believing an outside force to be influencing their sparks. He became determined to reverse the force's effects and save Cybertron, no matter who or what had to be sacrificed to accomplish it. Despite that he could detect nothing, he firmly believed a consciousness was watching and influencing them. He believed it had come from the mysterious mechanical planet and knew it to be phenomenally powerful. [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] believed Jhiaxus to be the only one on the ship smart enough to find his hidden sabotage commands he installed on the ''Proudstar'', hoping that he would only do so after Kranix had made his escape. Jhiaxus was presumably still aboard the ''Proudstar'' when it crashed into Earth's surface. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
*'''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, [[2003]])
[[File:RIDtoy-Jhiaxus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Surprise, I'm me!]]
{{note|''Robots in Disguise'' [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 2 Jhiaxus in the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic]] and in ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}

:Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]] of the deluxe-sized [[Jetstorm (BM)#Beast Machines|Jetstorm]] toy in orange and gray. His jet mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and [[robot mode]]s feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters. Jhiaxus was available [[exclusive]]ly at [[KB Toys]] stores.

:Although most previous versions of the mold have the wingtips swept forward in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Jhiaxus was packaged and depicted in his instructions with the wingtips swept back. His toy art and instructions also show the robot mode wingtips swept forward, as shown here; this contrasts with the ''Universe'' art above.

:This mold was also used for [[Aero Drone|Sonic Attack Jet]], [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]], and the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Generation 1 Skywarp]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Jhiaxus at TFU.info.]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TFGenerations Deluxe Jhiaxus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Orange is the new Jhiax.]]
*'''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / #018'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns

:Part of the tenth wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Generations|Armada Starscream]], transforming into a futuristic jet fighter. He features a new head and nosecone-canopy assembly/robot upper torso, sculpted after [[E. J. Su]]'s design for the character first seen in ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', along with remolded wings and new dual guns in place of the original's swords. His turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back. His guns peg into his hands via [[5 mm post|5mm post]], and can also mount underneath his wings using different, smaller pegs.

: On many copies, the figure's left elbow can't bend the full 90 degrees.

:He comes packaged with a copy of "[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenJhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Generations Jhiaxus at TFU.info]''
{{GenerationsArmadaStarscreamMold}}
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==Notes==
*Jhiaxus' name is a play on "gee, axe us", a phrase which expressed writer [[Simon Furman]]'s dread of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]]'s cancellation by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
*''Generation 2'' Jhiaxus' [[robot mode]] design seems to be based loosely on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Starscream]]'s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
*Among the many, many toy ideas [[Glen Hallit]] suggested was a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' [[Aero-Bot]] as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at [[OTFCC 2003]], but as with most of Hallit's toy proposals, it was not produced.<ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/hce_2003/3h_tidbits.php 3H Collector's Event: Productions/BotCon Tidbits at ASM]</ref>
*Jhiaxus' name is apparently very difficult for IDW's writers to spell. Known variations to date include "[[Spotlight: Metroplex|Jiaxus]]", "[[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|Jihaxus]]", and "[[Parasites|Jihauxus]]".
*''Kre-O'' Jhiaxus is a bit of a hard one to suss out in the comic. He's wedged into a corner behind [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], whose scythe obscures his chest details. But the cockpit is just visible, so mixed with the yellow chest, red [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]-style helmet, and he's in a panel that otherwise holds nothing but Decepticon leader-types... yeah.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jhiaxus''' (ジアクサス ''Jiakusasu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?version_id=2962 ''Universe'' Jhiaxus' profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]

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Keiji Fujiwara

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[[Image:Keiji Fujiwara.jpg|right|thumb|"[[Hiroki Yasumoto|S O I Y A !]]"]]
'''Keiji Fujiwara''' (藤原啓治 ''Fujiwara Keiji'', born [[October 5]], [[1964]] - [[April 12]], [[2020]]) was a Japanese voice actor who was a member of {{w|lang=ja|AIR AGENCY}}. He was best known for roles such as Maes Hughes in the ''Fullmetal Alchemist'' franchise, Satan in ''Blue Excorcist'', Shuchi Aiazawa in ''Death Note'', Yamma in ''IGPX: Grand Prix'', Ali "Gary Biaggi" Al-Saachez in ''Mobile Suit Gundam 00'', Tatsuya Kimura in the ''Fighting Spirit'' series, Hiro Nohara in ''Crayon Shin-chan'', Leorio Paladiknight in ''Hunter X Hunter'', Jake Martinez in ''Tiger and Bunny'', and Esidisi in ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure''. His video game credits include Reno in various ''Final Fantasy VII'' spinoffs, Axel/Lea in the ''Kingdom Hearts'' series, Mewtwo in ''Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'', and Signit in the ''[[Solid Snake|Metal Gear Solid]]'' series.

In the world of dubbing, Fujiwara also performed the voice of The [[Joker]] in ''[[Batman|The Dark Knight]]'' and ''Batman: The Brave and the Bold'', [[Casey Kasem|Shaggy Rogers]] in the ''Scooby-Doo'' series, Lord Shen in ''Kung Fu Panda 2'', [[Trevor Devall|Pohatu]] in ''Bionicle: Mask of Light: The Movie'', James "Sawyer" Ford on ''Lost'', Niles Crane on ''Frasier'', and [[Iron Man]] in the ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel Cinematic Universe]]'' films and ''Marvel Anime: Iron Man''.

He was dreamy.

Fujiwara passed away on April 12, 2020 at the age of 55, due to cancer.

==Roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
* [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]
* [[Clone One|Clone Dinobot]]

===''Beast Wars Metals''===
* Dinobot
* [[Dinobot II]]

===''Micron Legend''===
* [[Scavenger (Armada)|Devastor]]

===''Transformers Animated''===
*[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]

===''Transformers Prime''===
*[[Gora]] (''[[Arms Micron Theater]]'')
*[[Hades]] (''Arms Micron Theater'')
*[[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]
*[[Vector Sigma]] (''[[From the Cybertron Satellite, Transformers Division]]'')

===''Q-Transformers: Mystery of Convoy Returns''===
*[[Megatron (G1)|Generation 1 Megatron]]

==External link==
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=949 Keiji Fujiwara] at Anime News Network
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0297873/ Keiji Fujiwara] at IMDB
* {{w|Keiji Fujiwara}} at Wikipedia
* {{w|lang=ja|藤原啓治|Keiji Fujiwara}} at Japanese Wikipedia

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Fujiwara, Keiji]]

Jhiaxus (G2)

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{{disambig3|Jhiaxus}}
:''Jhiaxus is a [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]], [[Decepticon]], or an unaligned [[Transformer]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Jhiaxusg2.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Seeker on steroids.]]
'''Jhiaxus''' is no ordinary Transformer. He possesses unusual origins compared to most of his race and has a drive to forge a united Cybertronian civilization across the known universe.

Jhiaxus is not one for improvisation. He has been denying his impulses for so long, it has weakened his ability to think on his feet in many situations. Once Jhiaxus has set a course of action, it is tough for him to diverge from his strategy.<ref name="UniProf">[[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|''Universe'' Jhiaxus profile]]</ref>

{{note|Jhiaxus is a character with differing origins and personalities for each of his incarnations. See his fiction subsections for further details.}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
{{bigquote|We had ''order''. Structure. A perfect, faultless mechanism that was destined to re-shape the galaxy. Then ''you'' came! Old, ''flawed''... an evolutionary stage we had risen far beyond. A reminder of every ''primal'' instinct we had ''buried''.|Jhiaxus doesn't like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] very much|"[[A Rage in Heaven!]]"}}

[[File:G2issue5-PowerandtheGlory-BuddingSteps.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Whozh a baby? Whozh a baby? Ish it you? Yesh you is! Yesh you is!]]
Millions of years ago, some time after [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] left Cybertron and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus was born through the long-forgotten "budding" means of [[reproduction]]. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}} At first a cruel and petty tyrant ruled by his irrational desires, Jhiaxus learned slowly to bury this part of himself beneath layers of icy control. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Tired of the [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] conflict, Jhiaxus left with his budded brethren into space, determined to begin a new [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] free of the war waged by those he deemed "evolutionary throwbacks". {{storylink|War Without End!}} He was anointed the rank [[Liege Centuro]] of this new Cybertronian faction by the [[Liege Maximo]], {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}} and Jhiaxus began to wipe out what he considered to be inferior life and terraform their conquered worlds.

[[File:Jhiaxuswarwithoutend.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Wonder where he keeps the remote.]]
A decade after Optimus Prime and Megatron's war had restarted on Earth, Prime and his Autobots found out about this empire while pursuing the remnants of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons across the universe. Quickly thereafter, Jhiaxus's ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', abducted them and delighted in telling Prime and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] that for his side of the universe, the war had been over for millions of years and that Prime and his adversaries were embarrassments to him. Jhiaxus hoped that Prime would see the error of his ways, but he escaped in a stolen ship with his fellow Autobots. However, Jhiaxus had launched a ship of his own to follow them. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Jhiaxus traced the Autobots to the [[K'tord Nebula]], and his Cybertronians battled Prime's bitterly on the surface of one of its planets. [[Shadow parasite|Parasitic creatures]] on the planet began to feed on the hate and fury buried in the minds of both sides, which caused Jhiaxus to revert to the barbaric version of himself he thought he'd long buried. Despite Prime's own problems with the parasites' induced rage, he was able to convince Jhiaxus and their respective warriors to stop fighting and go their separate ways. Still, Jhiaxus refused to acknowledge that Prime had a point in saying that the Cybertronians' mission of conquest bore any similarity to Decepticon savagery, and ordered the parasites' extermination once he was out of their psychic range. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}} Upon retreating to his flagship, Jhiaxus thanked the [[Primus|maker]] that, as far as he knew, there were no Decepticons left of the original generation to cause him further conflict. Sadly, he was misinformed. {{storylink|Primal Fear!#"Old Evils"|Old Evils}}

[[File:Jhiaxusaltmodetotalwar.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Basically, Jhiaxus's limbs detach and his torso flies around.]]
When Grimlock and a bloodthirsty group of Autobots tried to sneak a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] on board the ''Twilight'', Jhiaxus easily saw through their ruse and captured the lot of them. He shipped the survivors in a prison ship to be examined by the Liege Maximo, but the ship was intercepted by Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Later, Jhiaxus made a visit to [[Outpost D-109]], a recently conquered planet the Cybertronians were busy [[eco-structuring]] into a Cybertron-like world. Though the process was ahead of schedule, Jhiaxus was still disappointed. The Autobots had mysteriously halted their attacks on his troops, and their absence worried him. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

One of his teams crossed paths with the original-generation Decepticons, and the incident ended badly. Jhiaxus decided to make his move, and ordered a full-scale attack on [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Warworld]] near [[Tykos]]. This altercation resulted in casualties in Megatron's forces while Jhiaxus battled Megatron himself in orbit. Jhiaxus relished condescending to his opponent, an act reinforced by his superior might. He shot Megatron out of orbit, leaving him for dead on the moon's surface. {{storylink|New Dawn}} However, Megatron miraculously survived, and his Decepticons and the Autobots forged an uneasy alliance against the Cybertronians. Increasingly frustrated, he vowed to escalate his galactic efforts, ordering that every planet be stripped of life. He hoped to force the hand of the original generation Transformers and overwhelm them, a plan that nearly worked on [[Ethos]] against the Autobots until Decepticon reinforcements arrived. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Indeed, the battle there decimated [[Ethos raiding party|the best of Jhiaxus's forces]]. But Jhiaxus soon gained an unexpected advantage—[[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] sold out the location of the original generation's base of operations in exchange for a high-ranking position. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[File:Jhiaxusyouhavedestroyedme.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|What good is a phone call... if you're unable to speak?]]
Jhiaxus attacked the base on Earth. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Tales of Earth Part Six}} The headquarters itself was quickly destroyed, but Optimus and Megatron's troops fought back strongly and met the challenge equally. Jhiaxus wanted to end the conflict here and then, so he called for reinforcements from every corner of his empire. {{storylink|Total War!}} Adding insult to injury, Jhiaxus was informed that his troops had lost the Warworld to the backstabbing Starscream. Jhiaxus lost his composure, and when he tossed his subordinate, [[Rook (G2)|Rook]], in anger, Rook arranged a trip to the Liege Maximo. Jhiaxus returned to the ''Twilight'', and upon receiving a transmission from Optimus Prime on board the Warworld, he acted upon his anger by targeting a [[San Francisco|random spot on the Earth]] with nuclear weapons. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!}} Before Jhiaxus could order another shot, the ''Twilight'' was knocked away by a blast from the Warworld and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!|Tales of Earth Part Eight}}

Despite [[Crushable Cybertronian soldier|his officers]]' pleas to withdraw, Jhiaxus's troops were ordered to stay their ground even as the Swarm ate its way through them effortlessly. Optimus Prime, ever trying to reach a solution, arrived on the ''Twilight'' to talk, but Jhiaxus would not have it. He threw Prime around, powered by his increasing rage, and blamed him for how his life, his empire, had disintegrated. Before he could strike the final blow, however, the Swarm broke through the bridge of the ''Twilight'', and Jhiaxus challenged it. Jhiaxus was consumed. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
Grimlock reported that his team had run into Jhiaxus and his splinter Decepticons, and barely escaped with their lives. He wanted to retaliate with an immediate, massive strike but Optimus deferred. {{storylink|War Zone}}

=====Ask Vector Prime=====
In [[Primax 994.0 Gamma]], Jhiaxus would go on to lead the Cybertronian Empire in mechaforming a peaceful organic world, rechristening it [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]. Ultimately, however, the Cybertronian Empire fell and the Liege Maximo's ascension to godhood was thwarted. [[Liege Centuro]] [[Firecrest]] was forced to order the remnants of the empire to retreat to Planet X, which later fled its home reality entirely to evade the never-ending search of [[Swoop (G1)|The Veteran]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05}}

====''Timelines''====
In an unspecified reality, Topspin left Cybertron to serve under Jhiaxus and follow his army to other worlds. Topspin was less interested in Jhiaxus's specific plans of conquest, however, and more simply convinced that the Liege Centuro's sense of purpose and strong personality would lead him on the path to [[Nexus Prime|the great destiny]] he sensed was out there. Eventually, during a great space battle over an alien planet, Topspin was separated from Jhiaxus's army and flung at near-light speeds into space, helpless to stop [[Axiom Nexus|his trajectory]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|Topspin's profile in Club magazine #25}}

====''Regeneration One''====
[[File:Jhiaxus hot rod less than zero.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Before the Great War, Senator Jhiaxus met with High Circuitmaster [[Boltax (G1)|Boltax]], [[Tallus]], [[Decanus]], and [[Rokan]], all members of a "Brain Trust", in [[Nova Cronum]]. As the "five greatest minds" on Cybertron, they had agreed to upload their combined knowledge together into a database they called the [[Underbase]]. However, Jhiaxus was tired of the isolationist policies that dominated Cybertron in that day, and so he took control of the uploading process, "slaying" the virtual avatars of Boltax and the others, rendering them unconscious. Jhiaxus proceeded to download the knowledge he needed to create his own galactic empire, and proceeded to delete his records from the memories of the others, as well as throughout all records on Cybertron. {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

[[File:Jhiaxus high chamber destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
Millennia later, Jhiaxus, situated at the [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], spoke with [[Rook (G2)|Rook]] after the latter personally investigated the aftermath of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s attack on [[Cresta Superior]]. Jhiaxus ruminated on his inevitable conflict with the Autobots and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

After witnessing Jhiaxus's betrayal in his trip through [[Zero Space]], {{storylink|Less Than Zero}} [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] established a team to investigate the meaning of the various incidents he witnessed in Zero Space, and this "[[Zero Unit]]", headed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], chose to focus on Jhiaxus first. As a former Senator, they reasoned that he would have had off-world contacts, and while he may have deleted memory of his existence from Cybertron's records, those other worlds still might have their records. They never received a response to their inquiries, however, as Jhiaxus chose to return to Cybertron himself, announcing to Rodimus that he had come in peace! {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}}

[[File:Jhiaxus the war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
Rodimus conferred with his men at the [[Presidium (building)|Presidium]]'s [[Ops-Command HQ]], and decided to proceed with Bumblebee's idea of inviting Jhiaxus to the surface to meet with the Autobot leader. Jhiaxus arrived at [[Eugenesis Plaza]] via an advanced form of [[space bridge]], along with his top warriors, his [[Primum Fugae]]. Rodimus asked Jhiaxus, who was aware enough to point out the Autobot snipers that were standing by, to take their discussion to a private location. Jhiaxus agreed, and proceeded with the new Prime to [[Nova Point]].

Upon their arrival, Rodimus asked Jhiaxus about his activities since his departure from Cybertron, and why Primus would consider him a threat to his grand plan. Jhiaxus scoffed at the mention of their progenitor and explained to Rodimus that he ceased to believe in any such "plan" long ago, and set out to remake the universe in the image of his own idea of order. Jhiaxus displayed a holographic image of the Hub Network, a cosmos-wide structure of interconnected metallic planets, and invited the Autobot leader to add Cybertron to its ever-growing web. Rodimus realized, however, that these worlds were not newly-built, but mecha-formed from existing worlds, and asked Jhiaxus how many of those worlds supported life. Jhiaxus sneered at the insinuation, retorting that it depends on how one ''classifies'' life. Rodimus violently rejected the offer, slamming Jhiaxus against a wall, only to be tossed aside. Jhiaxus chose to take his leave, interrupting the Primus Fugae's attack on the [[Demon|Primordials]] to have them return with him to the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Rodimus chose to lead a pre-emptive assault on the Hub Network by launching surgical strikes on key areas on the fringes of the network, hoping that the resulting chain reaction would bring down the entire Hub. However, the early successes of the raids led the Autobots to suspect that Jhiaxus anticipated their move; their fears were validated when their plan failed and Jhiaxus ordered his fleet to attack the invaders. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 3}}

[[File:Rook jhiaxus rodimus war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
On the Hub's [[Throneworld]], Jhiaxus had Rodimus brought before him, and once again petitioned the young Prime to join his empire. He even offered to incorporate Autobots of Rodimus's choice—presently held in the Hub's "[[Corral]]"—into his forces, recreating them with new bodies... except for those who have been modified with "external species innovations". His negotiations were interrupted by a panicked Rook, who reported that the [[Wrecker]]s were continuing their attack, severing worlds from the network and destabilizing it as they moved between worlds through the "[[slam rail]]" transit system. Jhiaxus ordered Rodimus to stop them, executing [[Joyride (G1)|Joyride]], [[Sky High (Pretender)|Sky High]], [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to demonstrate his intent, but Rodimus replied that he had no means to communicate with the Wreckers, and thus nothing short of death would stop them. Jhiaxus ordered his fleet to search for them.

In the face of greater numbers, however, the Wreckers would not yield, and continued on their campaign, taking out chunks of Jhiaxus's forces in the process. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] got in on the act as well, severing even more worlds from the Hub and using the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] to defend himself. Finding the situation untenable, Jhiaxus ordered Rodimus escorted from the throneroom, and prepared to enter the fray himself. However, before he could take off, he was confronted by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], who was now fully possessed by the power of the re-emergent Underbase. Jhiaxus recognized the force controlling Starscream as the essences of Boltax and the others whom he betrayed so many eons ago, and they now sought to complete themselves by absorbing Jhiaxus back into their communal mindscape. As the Underbase consumed him, Jhiaxus screamed for help, but Rook fled in terror, leaving his leader to his fate. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In [[Primax 490.0 Gamma]], Unicron's destruction of Cybertron caused Primus's essence to be spread among his children, now mostly composed by the Cybertronian Empire, which experienced a moral reformation. When Unicron stumbled upon the Hub and tried to destroy it, the Cybertronians fought back. Jhiaxus was dispatched as an emissary to Earth to enlist the aid of the last three Autobots and to [[Styx]] to enlist the aid of the last Decepticons. Together, Autobot, Decepticon, and Cybertronian fought as one and vanquished Unicron. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/24}}

===''Universe'' comic===
[[File:Jhiaxustfu.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"Nothing to fear but me myself."]]
In [[Primax 094.0 Gamma]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}} Jhiaxus was a strategic commander in the [[Liege Maximo]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus's profile in Club magazine #1}} It was he who was most responsible for the death of the Decepticon [[Rumble (G1)#Minion of Unicron|Rumble]]'s brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] during the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] War. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}} [[Unicron]] abducted Jhiaxus's [[spark]] and stripped him of his rank and power. Though he once again wore the brand of an ordinary Decepticon, he still nursed a hatred towards Autobot and Decepticon alike. They were all, of course, unevolved, inferior throw-backs. This bias forced him to work alone. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 1|Jhiaxus's profile in Club magazine #1}}

While still abducted by Unicron, Jhiaxus was kept locked inside one of the chambers within the [[Cauldron]] and periodically forced to combat other Transformers so that Unicron could feed on the loser's Spark. He was freed along with countless others (including [[Jhiaxus (RID)|another Jhiaxus]]) when [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] orchestrated a prison break. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}} {{storylink|Homecoming (Universe)|Homecoming}}

{{note|In ''Universe'' #2, Jhiaxus is portrayed in his original ''Generation 2'' body, but he is seen in his ''Robots in Disguise'' body during a flashback in the [[Escape (Universe)|following issue]]. It's possible that this was either a misunderstanding between two different artists, Jhiaxus morphed into a new body as he left the Cauldron (which is not impossible), or there were two Jhiaxuses (which is also not impossible). In 2015, the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] chose the latter option, establishing that there was also a ''Robots in Disguise''/[[Viron]] Jhiaxus alongside the ''Generation 2''/[[Primax]] Jhiaxus in the Cauldron.}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Spotlight: Nightbeat]] (obscured); [[Spotlight: Arcee]] (fully seen)

[[File:PrimusAllGoodThings-introdump.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|How often do you get to see a G2 guy in a G1-styled comic?]]

'''Jhiaxus of [[Tesarus Minor]]''' {{storylink|Shadowplay, Part 1: Post Hoc|Post Hoc}} made a name for himself in the years that followed the [[First Cybertronian Civil War]], becoming [[Nova Prime]]'s chief theoretical strategist — a pioneering scientist whose experiments revolved around the development of the Cybertronian species {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and a mentor to an idealistic young [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Shockwaves}} Few knew that he was also completely without morals, and not at all averse to performing horrible experiments on his fellow Cybertronians in the name of science. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}}

As part of Nova's inner circle, Jhiaxus was present when the Prime located [[Crystal City]] and ushered Cybertron into an age of prosperity. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} On Nova's orders, Jhiaxus spent the [[Golden Age]] developing a viable [[combiner]], seeking to rediscover the secrets behind [[Nexus Prime]]'s [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

Eventually, Jhiaxus turned his talents to recreating other "lost aspects" of Cybertronian society that had vanished with the [[Thirteen]]; seeking to reintroduce the concept of "gender" to his species, {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} he found a volunteer in [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]]. {{storylink|Sins of the Wreckers issue 3|Sins of the Wreckers #3}} By rewriting Arcee's [[CNA]], Jhiaxus was able to rebuild his test subject to his specifications, but the procedure somehow went wrong and left her traumatized and desiring nothing more than to tear her "creator" limb from limb. Jhiaxus wrote her off as a failure and abandoned her. {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} During his tenure as Nova Prime's top scientist, he also developed the [[vamparc ribbon]], a weapon that drained the lifeforce from its victims to use it as ammunition. {{storylink|Parasites}}

By the end of Cybertron's Golden Age, Jhiaxus had successfully recruited [[Pretender Monster|six Transformers]] and bonded them together into a single combiner: intended to be the ultimate Cybertronian in both body and mind. When he unveiled his creation, however, his combiner was revealed as an violently insane creature that dubbed itself "[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]" and necessitated the intervention of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things}} Jhiaxus left Cybertron as part of the crew aboard the original [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'' spacecraft]] before the failure that was Monstructor had a chance to disgrace him. His student, Shockwave, remained behind to continue his master's work and clear his name, later naming the [[Jhiaxian Academy of Advanced Technology]] after him. {{storylink|Shockwaves}}

[[File:DarkCybertron1 JhiaxusradiosShockwave.jpg|left|upright=1.5|thumb|Jhiaxus is of course referring to Homer Simpson's ten foot sandwich.]]
When the ''Ark'' encountered a spatial anomaly within the [[Benzuli Expanse]], its never-before-seen energies left even Jhiaxus at a loss. He rejected [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]]'s theory that it was a portal to some mythical "[[Dead Universe]]", but Nova Prime was intrigued and had the ship enter the anomaly. Jhiaxus transmitted a final message to Shockwave, urging him to continue his work. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} The crew was subsequently trapped within the Dead Universe, only able to leave for brief periods before dying. Jhiaxus became a confidant for the rechristened ''Nemesis'' Prime and plotted on a plan to merge the Dead Universe with the regular one, allowing them to go home ''and'' gain power over the combined reality. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:Jhiaxusnemesisprimedevastation.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Yeeesss, maaaasssster!]]
Jhiaxus began prepping [[Nega-Core]]s on three worlds, which would enable this universal "[[Expansion]]". {{storylink|Spotlight: Arcee}} He also set up an underground base on [[Gorlam Prime]], where a large portal to/from the Dead Universe resided; he then began poking Gorlam Prime's evolution with a stick, accelerating the development to an advanced technological race with the end result of turning them into [[Micromaster|tiny Transformers]]. These were the template for what all life would be turned into to survive the Expansion, and the first few batches served as guards and general minions. (Shockingly, while murderous and with monstrous origins, they ''weren't'' insane.) {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

On the eve of the Expansion, Jhiaxus told Nemesis Prime that he suspected [[Galvatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Galvatron]] of having his own agenda. The point would become moot, however, once their plans unfurled. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}} After [[Cyclonus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Cyclonus]] secured the Nega-Core and activated [[Thunderwing (G1)|its guardian]], Jhiaxus initiated the Expansion with Nemesis Prime and the rest of the [[Dead Universe]] crew. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}}

Jhiaxus was in mental control of [[Thunderwing (G1)|the]] [[Monstructor (G1)|three]] [[Sixshot|guardians]] of the Nega-Cores, {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}} and also took mental control over Nightbeat and sent in hordes of Micromasters when the Autobot, alongside [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]], began investigating on Gorlam Prime. Unfortunately, his intricate and long-plotted strategy was undermined by Hardhead's "shoot people in the head" plan. The Autobot then leapt into the Dead Universe portal. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

He also monitored the Autobots' efforts to withstand their attacks. When he noticed [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] preparing to disrupt his mental control over the guardians, he took mental control of [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] to defend the project. {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}

[[File:SpotlightSideswipe Jhiaxus deathbecomeshim.jpg|upright=1.67|left|thumb|What did I do to deserve this?? ...Oh right.]]
Unfortunately, as Jetfire pointed out, the Autobots were quickly destroying all his hard work, and his attention was divided. So much so that he not only was frozen and distracted from offing Jetfire, he didn't realize someone was in his control room until they sliced off his arm. Turning round, he was faced with a gleeful Arcee.

Making a run for it, and using his Micromasters to keep Arcee busy, he made his escape through the portal... or he would have if an undead Hardhead hadn't popped up, slowing Jhiaxus down enough for Arcee to stab him and cut off his head. But, in the realm between the living and dead universes, Jhiaxus was practically immortal. Which meant Arcee could keep killing him for as long as she liked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}}

Helpless, Jhiaxus spent several years being repeatedly killed by Arcee over and over again, until one day when the portal to the Dead Universe suddenly began to act strangely and lure people into mindlessly wandering into it. The entire population of Gorlam Prime disappeared into the Dead Universe, and though Jhiaxus was also tempted, he was seemingly too damaged to follow them. Arcee and Hardhead subsequently left him to investigate the matter. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}} Eventually, his broken body was discovered by Galvatron, who had earlier betrayed Nemesis Prime and stolen the [[Darkness (G1)|Heart of Darkness]] from him. Jhiaxus was restored by the power of the Darkness, though he was disoriented and couldn't explain where everyone on the planet had gone to. He led Galvatron and his men to the Dead Universe portal, which had now turned from a pool into a large sphere. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 1|Heart of Darkness #1}}

[[File:Jhiaxus Arcee HeartofDarkness2.jpg|right|upright=1.55|thumb|I'm sure I had my dignity with me when I came in here.]]
At the portal's location, Arcee and Hardhead returned and attacked them. Filled with terror upon seeing his tormentor again, Jhiaxus tried to fight back against her, with little success. Galvatron managed to chase Arcee off and read Hardhead's memories to learn what happened on Gorlam Prime, eventually learning of the "[[D-Void]]", a major threat to all Transformers. He subsequently took Jhiaxus with him to raise an army capable of opposing this entity. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 2|Heart of Darkness #2}}

Jhiaxus quickly got to work rebuilding the [[space bridge]] network, based out of Gorlam Prime, allowing Galvatron to travel the galaxy and recruit soldiers for his army. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 3|Heart of Darkness #3}} Later, after Galvatron's ship was infested by [[zombie]]s and crashed on [[Earth]], Jhiaxus put up a space bridge portal that allowed the crew to leave. {{storylink|The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|The Transformers: Infestation #2}} Jhiaxus found the zombie virus very intriguing, especially its ability to infect both organic and robotic lifeforms, but Galvatron dismissed it as irrelevant and inefficient. {{storylink|Heart of Darkness issue 4|Heart of Darkness #4}}

After using the [[Kimia Facility]] to blow a large hole in Cybertron's surface, Galvatron took Jhiaxus with him to the blast crater. {{storylink|Chaos Part Two: Numbers|Numbers}} Their goal was to reach and destroy the planet's core, though they were briefly hindered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] on the way. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings|Kings}} When they located [[Vector Sigma]], Galvatron inserted the Heart of Darkness into it in the hopes that this would stop D-Void. Then Optimus Prime caught up and fired on them, and Jhiaxus wasn't seen again during the events that followed. {{storylink|Chaos Part Four: Genesis|Genesis}}

[[File:Jhiaxus Syndromica1.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|'''''"INSANITY IS NOT A WEAKNESS!!"''''']]
Rendered catatonic by the reformatting of Cybertron, Jhiaxus was taken captive by Hardhead, [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], and [[Garnak]] and imprisoned in their ship, to be kept floating in space forever to protect Cybertron from his evil. Some time into his imprisonment, Jhiaxus was reawakened by a signal from [[Arduria]], which seemed to drive him into a frenzy, screaming the words "Pax" and "Prime". Believing him to be referring to Orion Pax—the once and former Optimus Prime—Hardhead's team joined up with Orion to investigate Arduria, but they soon discovered they had walked into a Decepticon trap when they were attacked by Jhiaxus's old creation, Monstructor. While they were occupied, Bludgeon liberated Jhiaxus, and the villains set off together to track down the worlds which had been the subjects of the [[Regenesis]] program created by Jhiaxus's old student, Shockwave. {{storylink|Syndromica (1)}}

At [[LV-117]], Jhiaxus and Bludgeon tried to take control of [[Ore-1]], a Regenesis ore capable of traveling through time. He met Orion Pax again in an era close to the planet's destruction, and explained that his screams had had nothing to do with him, but were referring to a vision he had during the reformatting: a vision of a future where [[Pax Cybertronia|''Pax'' Cybertronia]] happened on Gorlam ''Prime''. Before Orion could stop him, he took the Regenesis control device and left on a time-traveling starship sent to the planet by Shockwave, claiming to have plans to use the Ore-1 to bring back Gorlam Prime's past, prosperous self. {{storylink|Syndromica (2)}} In fact, Jhiaxus was merely goading Orion Pax towards Gorlam Prime so that the former Prime could awaken an [[Ore-2]]-infused [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] lying dormant on the planet. Contacting [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], the only one capable of controlling the Titan, Jhiaxus brought him to Gorlam Prime to trick Pax into raising the Titan for them. {{storylink|Homecoming (IDW)|Homecoming}} As he awaited Pax's arrival he reported his progress to Shockwave and reflected on his return to the planet where he'd spent so many years in between life and death. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} After his plan had succeeded, Jhiaxus again contacted his student to report that the awakened Titan was on its way to Cybertron and Orion Pax had been left alive as per his orders. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}}

[[File:DarkCybertronFinale-StarscreamRunsThroughJhiaxorange.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.66|Reactive armor was kept out of the loop on the specifics of pretooling.]]
Jhiaxus used the time-ship to return to Cybertron and provide Shockwave with the Ores he and Bludgeon had collected during his journey. {{storylink|The Dead Are Not Enough: Dark Cybertron Chapter 7|The Dead Are Not Enough}} He then reported that Nova Prime was no longer in control of the Dead Universe, paving the way for Shockwave to use the ship's chronal drive to harness the dimension's energy for himself. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} By hooking the time machine up to Shockwave and using Galvatron as a portal, the two scientists siphoned the ''potential'' life force of the Dead Universe, causing it to be dead to begin with and granting Shockwave the power to control his Ores—and with them, time and space. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}}

As he activated the chronal drive, Jhiaxus admitted that Shockwave's intellect had now surpassed his, then donned [[reactive armor]] in preparation for those who would try to stop their plan. Sure enough, [[Metalhawk (Masterforce)|Metalhawk]] and [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] soon tried to infiltrate the time-ship, but the scientist defended it by using his armor to replicate Metalhawk's arm-blades and Starscream's new body. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Being in better control of the body than Starscream himself, Jhiaxus attacked him relentlessly, mocking him for his role in the Dark Cybertron prophecy. Unfortunately, his use of the body's energy swords tipped Starscream in on the fact that he even had swords to begin with, allowing the ex-Decepticon to strike back and impale the mad scientist, finally killing him. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}
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====''Timelines''====
After the seeming death of [[Viewfinder]], [[Spectro]] and [[Spyglass]] sought out Jhiaxus to stabilize them for individualized life. {{storylink|Reflector (G1)#CombinerWars|BotCon 2016 Reflector profile card}}

===Theft of the Golden Disk===
A statue of Jhiaxus was kept in the [[Cybertropolis Maximal Data Archive]]. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:FlashForward1-Jhiaxus.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|He needs a little Earth globe to crush.]]
With the Decepticon conquest and occupation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] sought a solution of his own. Using the remains of a Decepticon deep-space shuttle, Alpha Trion built a Transformer and used [[Vector Sigma]] to grant his creation life. Not only did the supercomputer give the Decepticon life, but also a conscience and a need to bring all Cybertronians under the same banner and protect them. To this end, Jhiaxus amassed a cadre of Decepticon followers willing to seek peace with Autobots who wished to return home. The then-current caretaker of Cybertron, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], opposed the visionary and his attacks led Jhiaxus to realize that the Decepticon Empire would never be a force of reunification. So Jhiaxus attacked Shockwave and his Decepticons, only to fail and his followers killed off. Jhiaxus was thought to have died in the crossfire, but he secretly went into hiding, plotting his comeback. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 44|''Wings Universe'' Jhiaxus bio}}

After having been absent from Cybertron for a very long time, Jhiaxus made a secret return. He enlisted the [[Battlecharger]]s to fill him in on what he had missed, culminating in the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth]]. With [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] out of the picture, and everyone else unawares, it was the perfect time to rebuild the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]], with himself in control! {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

[[File:FlashForward3-Nightracer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Jhiaxus is so evil he made us hafta split up a bunch of pages.]]
He teamed up with [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], who provided him with [[forestonite]], and [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], who supplied him with the [[Firecon]]s and blueprints stolen from [[Quantum Laboratories]]. He also sent the Battlechargers to find some [[personality component]]s. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They returned with a bonus surprise—an amnesiac [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. They next headed for [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had the Battlechargers kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. With the aid of the [[Nebulan|Nebulon]] scientist, Jhiaxus was able to create a "second generation" of Cybertronians. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} These newly created Cybertronians were trained at a secret facility on the formerly barren planet [[Qre]].

Jhiaxus left a deliberate trail to lure the Autobots to his training grounds so he could capture them, incapacitate them and force them to listen as he waxed philosophical. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} He introduced [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]] and the other Autobots to his clones. When the [[Sideswipe (G2)|Sideswipe clone]] apparently woke early, Jhiaxus showed him off as well, however it was actually the original [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] who then freed Pyro. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Jhiaxus squared off against Pyro, who was reluctant to attack due to the fact Jhiaxus had Hi-Q concealed in his chest cavity. Unfortunately [[Fizzle|Blaze]] was an expert marksman and shot Jhiaxus in the face, allowing the Autobots to make off with the captive and blow up the base. Jhiaxus and Sky-Byte later watched from a rocky outcrop as the Autobots prepared to leave, and Jhiaxus reflected that for his second generation to succeed, the first generation would have to be wiped out. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

[[File:MegaplexkillsJhiaxus-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|left]]
To that end, Jhiaxus created an army consisting of clones of various Decepticons. The commander of this army was a clone of Megatron himself: [[Megaplex]]. As a trump card, he created [[Sandstorm (MW)|a clone]] of [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] and sent him to impersonate his progenitor on Cybertron. The clone army first struck at [[Sigma Seven]] to take out [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], leaving the Autobots without his guidance, and soon invaded Cybertron itself. At the end of a decisive battle between the natives and the clones, Jhiaxus personally arrived with more clones and informed Megaplex that he had fallen short of his expectations, becoming far too similar to Megatron. He offered him the same choices as the defeated resistance: leave Cybertron or be destroyed. {{Storylink|Termination}}

As Strika and Obsidian swore they would combat Jhiaxus’s invasion of Cybertron until the bitter end, Jhiaxus commented that their bravado was meaningless, as the history records would only note that they led their soldiers to the death. The battle progressed for a time, until Jhiaxus found himself ambushed by Serpentor, who had found a way to sneak behind enemy lines. Jhiaxus easily overpowered the human-built ‘bot, commenting on how Earthlings continued to impress him, unlike the “dull” Nebulans. Before he got a chance to dismantle Serpentor to inspect the humans’ craftsmanship, Serpentor managed to impale him with his [[Serpent Scepter]]. Now too weak to fight back, he ordered his troops to stand down, commenting that he had already won; Autobots and Decepticons were now fighting side-by-side for a united Cybertron, as had been his goal all along. He then surrendered to Serpentor, only to be murdered by Megaplex immediately afterwards. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-5-Jhiaxus.jpg|75px|thumb]]
Jhiaxus was part of a massive Decepticon invasion force intended to ruin the Autobots' picnic. However, [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] plowed through them with his truck and left them scattered... and then left. Returning to the scene after.. ''ahem'', taking care of some pressing business, Optimus gathered up the still-wiped-out Kreons, bound them up on a flatbed trailer, and took them to the picnic. {{storylink|Emergency! Hurry to the Base, Optimus!}}
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===''Cloud''===
The menace of Jhiaxus was observed passing through flames for an unknown purpose. {{storylink|Transformers Cloud (issue)|Coda}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Preditron]] remembered Jhiaxus as a philosopher-king as he compiled his manifesto. {{storylink|The Predacon Manifesto}}

==Games==
===Transformers Legends===
Jhiaxus was part of a group of Decepticons who teamed up with the Autobots [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to battle the Ammonites on a distant planet. Together, they were able to drive off several Ammonite attacks, but the two factions soon started fighting one another over differing opinions. Eventually, the Autobots defeated the Ammonites and sent the Decepticons packing. Though angered by this turn of events, Jhiaxus and the other Decepticons found consolation that the Ammonites also tasted defeat at the Autobots' hands, and returned to their starship. {{storylink|Into the Abyss}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsJhiaxus.jpg|thumb|300px|right]]
Jhiaxus participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited after collecting 75 units of Cybermetal and 36 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
Jhiaxus was part of the [[Mission of Cybertronian Expansion]], serving as a scientist aboard the ''[[Proudstar]]'' under [[Nova Prime]]'s command. While excited for the potential scientific discoveries, Jhiaxus admired Nova Prime and his belief in the nobility of their mission, even admitting that he himself might one day choose to call himself an Autobot. However, after briefly touching down on a [[Unicron|certain planet]], the entire crew began experiencing much darker urges. Jhiaxus became paranoid and began using unwilling crewmembers in his experiments, believing an outside force to be influencing their sparks. He became determined to reverse the force's effects and save Cybertron, no matter who or what had to be sacrificed to accomplish it. Despite that he could detect nothing, he firmly believed a consciousness was watching and influencing them. He believed it had come from the mysterious mechanical planet and knew it to be phenomenally powerful. [[Kranix (G1)|Kranix]] believed Jhiaxus to be the only one on the ship smart enough to find his hidden sabotage commands he installed on the ''Proudstar'', hoping that he would only do so after Kranix had made his escape. Jhiaxus was presumably still aboard the ''Proudstar'' when it crashed into Earth's surface. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
*'''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, [[2003]])
[[File:RIDtoy-Jhiaxus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Surprise, I'm me!]]
{{note|''Robots in Disguise'' [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]] was [[repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 2 Jhiaxus in the [[Transformers: Universe (comic)|''Universe'' comic]] and in ''[[Transformers: Wings Universe|Wings Universe]]''.}}

:Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]] of the deluxe-sized [[Jetstorm (BM)#Beast Machines|Jetstorm]] toy in orange and gray. His jet mode cockpit has a spring-loaded extension, giving him a bird-like head in this form that is articulated at the neck to "search" for targets. Both jet and [[robot mode]]s feature spring-loaded "energy blast" missiles. He also has an alternate robot mode, which folds his legs into a "flight cone" and reveals jet thrusters. Jhiaxus was available [[exclusive]]ly at [[KB Toys]] stores.

:Although most previous versions of the mold have the wingtips swept forward in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], Jhiaxus was packaged and depicted in his instructions with the wingtips swept back. His toy art and instructions also show the robot mode wingtips swept forward, as shown here; this contrasts with the ''Universe'' art above.

:This mold was also used for [[Aero Drone|Sonic Attack Jet]], [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]], and the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Generation 1 Skywarp]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2003/Decepticon/Jhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Jhiaxus at TFU.info.]''
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===''Generations''===
[[File:TFGenerations Deluxe Jhiaxus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Orange is the new Jhiax.]]
*'''Jhiaxus''' (Deluxe, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number:'' '''02 / #018'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 guns

:Part of the tenth wave of [[2012]]-onwards ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, ''[[Thrilling 30]]'' Jhiaxus is a [[redeco]]/[[retool]] of [[Starscream (Armada)/toys#Generations|Armada Starscream]], transforming into a futuristic jet fighter. He features a new head and nosecone-canopy assembly/robot upper torso, sculpted after [[E. J. Su]]'s design for the character first seen in ''[[The Transformers: Devastation|Devastation]]'', along with remolded wings and new dual guns in place of the original's swords. His turbines can each fire a missile in either mode via pressure-launch, and can be positioned in robot mode to either face forward or lay flat on his back. His guns peg into his hands via [[5mm post]], and can also mount underneath his wings using different, smaller pegs.

: On many copies, the figure's left elbow can't bend the full 90 degrees.

:He comes packaged with a copy of "[[The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenJhiaxus/jhiaxus.htm More information on Generations Jhiaxus at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*Jhiaxus's name is a play on "gee, axe us", a phrase which expressed writer [[Simon Furman]]'s dread of the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (Marvel)|''Generation 2'' comic]]'s cancellation by [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]].
*''Generation 2'' Jhiaxus's [[robot mode]] design seems to be based loosely on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]. He keeps the air-duct boobs, the cockpit torso, the ear-vents, the wing placement, one shoulder-mounted jet engine (including [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Generation 1|Starscream]]'s stickers), and a nosecone on the back of the head.
*Among the many, many toy ideas [[Glen Hallit]] suggested was a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Go-Bots (franchise)|Go-Bots]]'' [[Aero-Bot]] as Jhiaxus. It was to be distributed as the Dinner Exclusive at [[OTFCC 2003]], but as with most of Hallit's toy proposals, it was not produced.<ref>[http://www.alteredstatesmag.com/hce_2003/3h_tidbits.php 3H Collector's Event: Productions/BotCon Tidbits at ASM]</ref>
*Jhiaxus's name is apparently very difficult for IDW's writers to spell. Known variations to date include "[[Spotlight: Metroplex|Jiaxus]]", "[[The Transformers: Infestation issue 2|Jihaxus]]", and "[[Parasites|Jihauxus]]".
*''Kre-O'' Jhiaxus is a bit of a hard one to suss out in the comic. He's wedged into a corner behind [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], whose scythe obscures his chest details. But the cockpit is just visible, so mixed with the yellow chest, red [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]]-style helmet, and he's in a panel that otherwise holds nothing but Decepticon leader-types... yeah.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Jhiaxus''' (ジアクサス ''Jiakusasu'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/database/character.php?version_id=2962 ''Universe'' Jhiaxus's profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]

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Tirac

2017-02-14T18:16:02Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */ Two... That's an odd definition of several...

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'''Tirac''' is a "planeswalker", whatever that means. He makes demonic rainbows.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] considered Tirac among the evilest beings he had come across. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/12}}

==Notes==
*Tirac/Tirek is a villain from various generations of the ''[[My Little Pony]]'' franchise. Multiple ''Transformers'' alumni have played him: In the original series, he was voiced by [[Victor Caroli]], while in the ''Friendship is Magic'' era, he was voiced by [[Mark Acheson]].

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Worthy

2016-10-19T08:31:15Z

Mattwo: /* Trivia */ That's not an example of something... "I.e." means "In example"...

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 45
|image=RiD 2015 Worthy One-Winged Seeker.jpg
|caption="It means 'god'. Now ''bow''."
|prev=Mini-Con Madness (RID)
|next=
|title="Worthy"
|airdate=[[October 15]], [[2016]] (Canada) [[November 26]], 2016 (USA)
|production company=[[Hasbro Studios]]
|writer=[[Adam Beechen]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
}}

'''The fate of the Weaponizers hangs in the balance as the Bee Team goes up against Starscream.'''

==Synopsis==

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] (2)
*[[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] (3)
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (4)
*[[Roughedge]] (5)
*[[Sawtooth (RID)|Sawtooth]] (7)
*[[Bashbreaker]] (8)
*[[Lancelon]] (9)
*[[Aerobolt]] (10)
*[[Buzzstrike]] (11)
*[[Windstrike]] (12)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (15)
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]] (16)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (17)
*[[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] (18)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (23)
*[[Tricerashot]] (24)

|c2=
*[[Insecticon (WFC)#2015 Robots in Disguise cartoon|Insecticon]] bounty hunter (6)
*[[Shadelock]] (13)
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Clawtrap]] (19)
*[[Thermidor]] (20)
*[[Scatterspike]] (21)
*[[Paralon]] (22)

}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Optimus admits that he hasn't actually returned to Cybertron yet, despite setting course for the planet back in "[[Decepticon Island (Part 2)]]".
===Transformers references===

===Real-world references===

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===
*Starscream is the first Decepticon to be shown flying in robot mode in the Aligned shows.
*The fate of the [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]] is left hanging, as Optimus only mentions that the "bounty hunters" (Shadelock's crew) were secured for transport to Cybertron along with Starscream.

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==Home video releases==
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Nemesis Prime (Universe)

2016-09-22T16:13:09Z

Mattwo: /* Universe (2003) */ Added joke about him being a black mammoth robot

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{{disambig3|Black Convoy}}
:''Nemesis Prime is a [[Unicron]]-aligned [[Decepticon]] and later [[Autobot]] from the [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family]] (via the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 franchise)|2003 Universe toyline]]).''

[[File:Nemesisprimetfu.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|WOOLLY BULLAAAY. Woolly bully.]]
A [[Herald of Unicron]], '''Nemesis Prime''' is a dark clone of an [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]] who was left for dead by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] to rot on the shores of the [[Rust Sea]].<ref>Nemesis Prime's profile in [[Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 6|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club #6]]</ref>

The Prime was cloned by [[Unicron]] and awoke slowly to the dark god's torture. Completely broken, this Prime is an eternal servant and begs for the consuming nothing of Unicron's victory over the multiverse. Anything is preferable to the flood of infinite suffering that is his existence.

His only weakness is what tiny, rotten portion is left of his honor. He carries the [[Dead Matrix]] within him, possibly the only thing that can kill Unicron's enemy, [[Primus]].

Fate would have more in store for him, however. After being foiled in service to his dark master, he came to the attention of the evolved interdimensional Cybertronians known as the [[Alternity]]. Healed by them, '''Black Convoy''' now fights for the cause of good.

==Fiction==
===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Nemesisprimetfuclone.jpg|left|thumb|A Habitrail, right through your twisted spark!]]

Nemesis Prime's template came from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}

Nemesis Prime and [[Ramjet (Universe)|Ramjet]] arrived via dimensional portal over an abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] threatened by the [[Unicron Singularity]]. Quickly, they attempted to amass followers to aid them in their attempt to unleash Nemesis Prime's [[Dead Matrix]] on [[Primus]]'s essence, allowing their master [[Unicron]] a posthumous victory.

Their first stop was [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]], where they found a pair of Decepticons, [[Jackhammer (Cybertron)|Jackhammer]] and [[Crush Groove]]. When the pair were unwilling to join them, Nemesis and Ramjet quickly dispatched them. Nemesis realized what was left of Cybertron's inhabitants were useless to them, and so Ramjet suggested they pay a visit to [[Alpha Trion (Energon)|Alpha Trion]] themselves.

Alpha Trion, deep within Cybertron with [[Vector Sigma]], was flanked by [[Vector Prime]] and [[Sentinel Maximus]]. Ramjet kept Vector Prime busy, and Sentinel Maximus was unable to prevent Nemesis Prime from grabbing Alpha Trion by the head and slamming him into Vector Sigma. After a blast from Ramjet, Alpha Trion and Vector Sigma both lay in ruins, and the two servants of Unicron made their escape. {{storylink|Balancing Act}}

[[File:Sentinelmaximusnemesis.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|Don't worry, Nemesis. He never succeeds at anything.]]
Standing on the corpses of more destroyed Transformers, Nemesis Prime and Ramjet enlisted [[Scrapmetal (race)|Scrapmetal]] drones to interface with the planet's computer systems to find Primus's spark core chamber. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} After he accompanied Ramjet while he enlisted the [[Velocitron]]ian, [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]], with promises of telling of him about his forgotten past, {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 3}} Nemesis Prime completed his search for the location of Primus's essence. He and his allies found [[Downshift (Energon)|Downshift]] guarding it, and Nemesis pinned him to the wall with one of his hip-harpoons. But Downshift had alerted Vector Prime and Sentinel Maximus, and the two Autobots arrived quickly to prevent them from reaching Primus's spark. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 4}}

[[File:Deadmatrix.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|Now darken our brightest hour!]]
Nemesis Prime found himself facing Sentinel Maximus again, and they battled each other while traveling down the [[Spark Core Access Tunnels|hallways]] leading to the spark core chamber. Unfortunately for Sentinel, Nemesis was able to blast the tunnel behind him, leaving Sentinel alone with Primus's spark core. Wasting no time, Nemesis Prime revealed the Dark Matrix from his chest compartment, and its evil energies began filling the room. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Pt 5}}

However, Nemesis Prime was suddenly taken down by [[Viron]] [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ultra Magnus (RID)|Ultra Magnus]], who had been teleported by [[Over-Run (Armada)|Over-Run]] to this Cybertron en route from the end of the [[Universe War]]. Nemesis Prime suffered heavy damage at the hands of Ultra Magnus and was sealed away inside an energon damping cell {{storylink|Revelations Part 1}} while the Dead Matrix was locked away in the Archives. {{storylink|Revelations Part 2}}
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===''Alternity''===
[[File:Alternity nemesis vs megatron.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Boo hoo, Megatron. My [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|template]] fought [[Megatron (Armada)|Galvatron]] and [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. You're small fry.]]

Some time after Nemesis Prime was defeated in battle by the Autobots, he was inducted into the [[Alternity]], a race of highly evolved Transformers from nine hundred thousand years into the future who could travel the [[multiverse]] at will. The enlightenment that this new state of being conferred healed Nemesis Prime's mind, and he joined the [[Convoy Aggregate]] as '''Convoy'''. His "Vector - 704" [[auto-avatar]], a black Nissan GT-R, allowed him to blend in on modern-day Earth, where he aided the Alternity in their mission. He secretly wished to take his revenge against Unicron, but he knew his current mission against the greater threat of the [[Hytherion]] was more pressing. Because of his past, he was more ruthless in battle than his peers.<ref>''Alternity'' Convoy Super Black toy [[bio]]</ref>

After [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] gained powers equal to those of the Alternity by bonding himself to the hyper-dimensional beast known as the Hytherion, Convoy battled the auto-avatar of the [[Megatron Aggregate]]'s leader in a barren, burning landscape. Exploiting Megatron's unfamiliarity with higher-dimensional combat, Convoy easily trapped the Decepticon within a closed time-loop, where he was repeatedly struck by the same laser blast over and over again, until his auto-avatar was reduced to scrap. Following the battle, Convoy was approached by [[Protector]] [[Arcee (Energon)|Elita Seven]], who had been observing the fight and took issue with Convoy's brutal methods. When she addressed him as a "deity", he told her to call him "Knight of Darkness" instead. {{storylink|Arch-Nemesis!}}

Nemesis Prime was providing cover for a cross-universal battle when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Megatron]] used a magical tablet to access the power of the [[Planicron]]s and sunder the Alternity's aggregate. Nemesis Prime found himself once more an individual instead of part of a dimensionally-spanning collective as a result. But there remained a glimmer of hope for the Autobots; disgusted by the senseless loss of life resulting from the Decepticon leader abusing the Planicrons' capabilities, [[Thundercracker (G1)#Alternity|Thundercracket]] released the lower-dimensional beings, disarming Megatron of his most potent weapon. But to assure themselves a total victory, the Autobots still needed to find the correct spatial doorway for the Planicrons to emerge into higher-dimensional space. This would allow them to take over as multiversal protectors. Nemesis Prime's team quickly deduced that the correct path for the Planicrons' evolution was through the [[BT World]], and he set out with Elita Seven and [[Bumblebee (G1)#Alternity|Bumblebee]] to guide the Planicrons there. Upon their arrival to their target world, they were greeted by [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Alternity|Grimlock]] and [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity#Alternity|Optimus Primal]]. With their help, the group soon tracked down the schematics for the unfinished [[Critias Gate]]; a two-dimensional doorway for two-dimensional beings. Together, they then witnessed the Planicrons come forth through the gate. Though Megatron, barely holding on to a cohesive form as other agents were destroying his Auto-Avatars elsewhere, tried to abort the Planicrons' ascension, he was soundly defeated by his target. The Autobots cheered at the obliteration of their long-time foe.

Afterwards, the now-former members of the Alternity met one last time on the planet [[Athenia]] before parting ways and returning to their proper place in the multiverse. Convoy's destination was unspecified, his home reality gone. {{storylink|Alternation}}
{{--}}

===''TransTech''===
[[File:BlackConvoygroupmeet-CMW.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm the token [[black repaint]] among these obscure Prime toys.]]
An unspecified time later, '''Black Convoy''' became a member of the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]], a group of thirteen heroic leaders assembled in [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] to address [[Invasion (issue)|dire changes]] to the stability of the multiverse. His name was on a list of Convoy members given to [[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] by [[Cheetor (TransTech)|Cheetor]], which noted that he also went by the moniker "Nemesis Prime". Ironically, he was now working alongside his old enemies, the [[Sentinel Maximus]] of [[Primax 797.18 Epsilon]] and the [[Optimus Prime (RID)|Optimus Prime]] of [[Viron 903.0 Beta]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/21}}

Nemesis Prime was present at a meeting of the Convoy after the turmoil caused by the [[Waruder]] invasion of Axiom Nexus. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

In the months to come, Axiom Nexus [[Shroud|lost contact]] with the multiverse and the Offworlder Zones descended into violence and chaos as the inhabitants realized they might never go home. The Convoy had to be sent to quell unrest. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/20}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===Universe (2003)===
[[File:Universe2003toy-NemesisPrime.jpg|right|upright=2.2|thumb|The [http://powerrangers.wikia.com/wiki/Mastodon_Dinozord#Mastodon_Dinozord Mastodon Dinozord] looks...different somehow...]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Ultra, 2004)
**''Accessories'': Missile launcher, 2 missiles, 2 "scythe" missiles, [[Dead Matrix#Universe|Dead Matrix]]

: ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' Nemesis Prime is a [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Big Convoy#Toys|Big Convoy]], transforming into a woolly mammoth. His [[beast mode]] has no leg articulation, but has a rubber trunk which can be controlled by pushing a lever on the top of his head. In addition, the his tusks can be moved by pulling back either of his ears.

:In [[robot mode]], Nemesis Prime is absolutely chock-full of weapons and [[gimmick]]s:
:#His spring-loaded cannon, formed out of the beast's head, back, and tail, can fire two missiles from two barrels in succession with a rotating dial. It is held in his hands via [[5mm post]] and can be stored on his back, though doing so may cause some stability problems owing to its weight.
:#His shoulders can be swung up to reveal sculpted, non-firing missile pods.
:#He has flip-out [[wikipedia:tonfa|tonfa]] melee weapons in his forearms.
:#The two beast panels on the sides of his legs feature two spring-loaded missile launchers that fire his hook-shaped projectiles.
:#His chest panel flips down, revealing the Dead Matrix, painted black with a transparent red center. This accessory can be held by any figure with standard 5mm fist holes.

:Nemesis Prime also technically has a third mode, known as the "Devastation Mode", in which his cannon is folded out in mammoth mode, and the spring-loaded missile launchers on the mammoth's side panels are deployed.

: Nemesis Prime is a renowned [[shellformer]], as practically all of his beast mode [[kibble]] are shells that fit around the compressed robot to form this mode. Not helping matters, his [[instructions]] show you how to transform him from mammoth to robot... despite the fact that he is packaged in robot mode. This, along with the fact that several parts were turned backwards to better fit into the [[Packaging|box]], makes him rather difficult to correctly transform.

: His two "scythe" missiles and the leg panels his launchers are on have been slightly retooled from the original version of this mold, with the missiles no longer being able to be inserted as deeply as before, and the panels being remolded to accommodate them. Unfortunately, this tooling change actually prevents the panels from attaching securely in mammoth mode, meaning the missiles have to be removed for transformation. Additionally, the tonfa compartments on his forearms are now removable, with their joints being detachable plastic hinges instead of fixed pin hinges.

: Nemesis Prime was released in Japan as a "[[USA Edition]]" toy, and was sold exclusively at [[JUSCO]] stores starting on [[August 5]], 2004.

: This mold was also used to make ''Beast Wars Neo'' [[Black Big Convoy]] and ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Timelines|Ultra Mammoth]].

:*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''
{{-}}

===Alternity===
[[File:Alternitytoy-ConvoySuperBlack.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Once I wasn't just every-evil-Optimus-Prime's colors.]]
*'''Convoy Super Black''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''A-01'''

:A redeco of the mold already used to created ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternity|"Convoy Ultimate Silver" and "Convoy Vibrant Red"]], Convoy Super Black transforms into a 1:32 scale Nissan GT-R, featuring die-cast metal parts, an opening hood, trunk and doors, as well as an interior, complete with his feet and thighs being sculpted to form the back seats. This complex figure stands at 6.5" tall, and is armed with a pair of blasters on each arm.

:The mold suffers from a [[Design flaw|minor design oversight]], wherein the rear Nissan badge collides with his left leg strut when the left foot is hinged over and pegged into a clear plastic socket during transformation, with the results being that the connection is slightly crooked, isn't very secure, and sometimes pops off, and that the crooked pegging often causes the socket to crack.

:This mold was also used to make [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alternity|Ultra Magnus]] and ''Alternity'' [[Dai Atlas (Zone)#Alternity|Dai Atlas]].
{{--}}

==Notes==
*[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|''Alternators'' Nemesis Prime]]'s bio makes vague reference to that character's life force coming from an "extra-spatial power source of unheard of proportions." According to [[Forest Lee|the author]] of the bio, the power source was related to Unicron, and when [[Doctor Arkeville]] accessed it to animate his creation, he received a spark fragment from the cloning experiments that created ''this'' Nemesis Prime.{{fact}}
*Nemesis Prime and [[Optimus Prime (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Optimus Prime]] seemed to recognize one another on their first encounter. Nemesis probably recognized Optimus as a version of his template, and Optimus probably mistook Nemesis as [[Scourge (RID)|Scourge]]. Alternate universes are fun!
*Perhaps uniquely among dimension-hopping characters, this iteration of Nemesis Prime actually appears to have changed his American-style personal name to the Japanese-style personal name of Black Convoy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu''), '''Convoy (Black)''' (コンボイ [黒] ''Konboi (Kuro)'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.seibertron.com/vsd/character/nemesis-prime/3038 ''Universe'' Nemesis Prime's Club magazine profile transcribed on Seibertron.com]

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Cyclone

2016-04-24T20:11:55Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */

{{faction|minicon|decepticon|autobot}}
{{picsneeded|Toys and plenty of fiction pics}}

[[Mini-Con]]s come in various forms, and the spheroid '''Cyclones''' are a particularly dangerous bunch. Each one transforms into a free-rolling wrecking ball with a hidden blaster-cannon, but their "robot" modes can be every bit as dangerous. Somewhat feral and absolutely capricious in personality, they are known for being absolute terrors when angry or threatened. They have simple wants, and are easily entertained. Many entertain themselves with mean-spirited pranks or just straight-up attack each other out of pure boredom.

Despite their often-unreliable nature, partnerships with larger Cybertronians are not unheard of. Particularly destructive warriors can impress them into joining up just for the fun of bashing stuff, though others just kind of follow orders to the best of their limited ability because... well, what else is there to do?

So far, most of the Cyclones have found favor in the [[Decepticon]]s (no big shocker there), but at least [[Undertone|one]] has sided with the [[Autobot]]s.

==Known Cyclones==

*Illusionary Mini-Cons, partnered with [[Overload (RID)|Illusionary Decepticon]].
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], temporarily partnered with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]].
*[[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]] and [[Clout]], partnered with [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]].
*[[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]] and [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], partnered with [[Bisk]].
*[[Back]] and [[Forth]], partnered with [[Quillfire]].
*[[Major Mayhem]]s, partnered with [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]].
*Decepticon Island Cyclones (Models based off of Ransack and Backtrack.), Unaligned.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===

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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

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==Toys==

{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Unaligned Mini-Cons that have seemingly limited vocal abilities? [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Hmm...]]
*Although [[Undertone]]'s toy is a Cyclone, he is a Buzzsaw in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon) | cartoon]].
*[[Crazybolt (RID) | Crazybolt]]'s toy can only deploy Cyclones however his partner [[Slicedice]] is a Torpedo.
*[[W:Bakugan|Transforming plastic ball toys that can be launched from another toy]]? Nope, definitely never heard of those before!

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) subgroups]]

Cyclone

2016-04-24T20:11:27Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */

{{faction|minicon|decepticon|autobot}}
{{picsneeded|Toys and plenty of fiction pics}}

[[Mini-Con]]s come in various forms, and the spheroid '''Cyclones''' are a particularly dangerous bunch. Each one transforms into a free-rolling wrecking ball with a hidden blaster-cannon, but their "robot" modes can be every bit as dangerous. Somewhat feral and absolutely capricious in personality, they are known for being absolute terrors when angry or threatened. They have simple wants, and are easily entertained. Many entertain themselves with mean-spirited pranks or just straight-up attack each other out of pure boredom.

Despite their often-unreliable nature, partnerships with larger Cybertronians are not unheard of. Particularly destructive warriors can impress them into joining up just for the fun of bashing stuff, though others just kind of follow orders to the best of their limited ability because... well, what else is there to do?

So far, most of the Cyclones have found favor in the [[Decepticon]]s (no big shocker there), but at least [[Undertone|one]] has sided with the [[Autobot]]s.

==Known Cyclones==

*Illusionary Mini-Cons, partnered with [[Overload (RID)|Illusionary Decepticon]].
*[[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], temporarily partnered with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]].
*[[Bludgeon (RID 2015)|Bludgeon]] and [[Clout]], partnered with [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]].
*[[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]] and [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]], partnered with [[Bisk]].
*[[Back]] and [[Forth]], partnered with [[Quillfire]].
*[[Major Mayhem]]s, partnered with [[Stockade (RID)|Stockade]].
*Decepticon Island Cyclones (Models based off of Ransack and Backtrack.), Unaligned.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===

{{groupstub}}
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===

{{groupstub}}
==Toys==

{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Unaligned Mini-Cons that have seemingly limited vocal abilities? [[Transformers: Armada (cartoon)|Hmm...]]
*Although [[Undertone]]'s toy is a Cyclone, he is a Buzzsaw in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon) | cartoon]].
*[[Crazybolt (RID) | Crazybolt]]'s toy can only deploy Cyclones however his partner [[Slicedice]] is a Torpedo.
*[[W:Bakugan|Transforming plastic ball toys]]? Nope, definitely never heard of those before!

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) subgroups]]

Backtrack (RID)

2016-03-12T15:44:46Z

Mattwo: This page needed a Bakugan reference

{{factions|decepticon|minicon}}
{{disambig3|Backtrack}}
:''Backtrack is a [[Decepticon]] [[Mini-Con]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RIDart-Backtrack.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

'''Backtrack''' really is a creepy little bugger. Along with [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]], the two [[Cyclone]]s delight in causing mischief as well as show disinterest in [[Fracture (RID)|big, threatening bounty hunters]] and even other [[Mini-Con]]s.

Now he's with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], and eager to cause more destruction with his master.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Backtrack was with Overload and Ransack when the latter attacked a young Slipstream, stealing from him a ball bearing. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}}

Backtrack was freed from his stasis pod when [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] had his own Mini-Con companions tear it open. Upon emerging, Backtrack displayed little interest towards the Decepticons... but plenty towards the rocks strewn about nearby. Fracture tried to have Backtrack swear allegiance to him, only for [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]] to unexpectedly emerge from the pod. Both Cyclones then beat up Fracture (with Backtrack using his newly acquired rocks as handy projectiles) and then rolled away. {{storylink|Knock Knock}} [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his team soon thereafter detected Backtrack and Ransack's signals. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

Backtrack and Ransack resisted further attempts on Fracture's part to recruit them, knocking the Decepticon into unconsciousness before provoking Airazor and Divebomb into chasing them. {{storylink|Back and Forth}} Their pursuers were intercepted by the Autobot Mini-Cons [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] and [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], who began to squabble with their Decepticon counterparts over which had the best claim to the Cyclones. Backtrack and Ransack quickly lost interest, becoming mesmerized by some nearby rocks. But when Slipstream was knocked into a rock mound they had built, the Cyclones turned their firepower on all four of the other Mini-Cons, forcing them to take cover. {{storylink|A Level Playing Field}} When the aligned Mini-Cons emerged from their hiding place, they managed to work together long enough to defeat both Backtrack and Ransack. The Cyclones were then taken back to the Autobot base to be put in stasis lock. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}
Freed from their stasis pods by a fight with [[Overload (RID)|Overload]], Backtrack and Ransack spied on the rest of the battle. They tailed the Decepticon who was heading for [[Crown City]], and teamed up with him. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} The pair hung out with Overload until Bumblebee convinced them that they had nothing in common with the Decepticon, and they happily started hitting him with pots and pans. Bumblebee was later able to lead them back to the scrapyard. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise (mobile game)}}}}

==Toys==
===Robots in Disguise (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy Backtrack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|What are you gonna do? / The odds are stacked against you! / Backed against the wall! / Gotta Give it your all!]]
*'''Overload & Backtrack''' (Deployer, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (left & right blasters, jetpack, crest armor, 4 "legs")

: Available only with the large [[Overload (RID)#Toys|Deployer Overload]], Backtrack transforms into a mechanical "Cyclone" sphere. In this mode, he can be loaded into the launchers of Overload or [[Crazybolt (RID)#Toys|Crazybolt]] and launched at targets. He features snap-on energon armor that he can wear in both robot and sphere modes, even when loaded into a launcher.

: His robot mode does not have a way to lock into its fully extended robot mode, which might cause him to retract slightly when stood upright.

: This mold was also used to make [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)#Toys|Ransack]].

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*'''Mini-Con 4-Pack''' (2015)
**''Accessories'': Armor sprue (left & right blasters, jetpack, crest armor, 4 "legs")

: This version of Backtrack, dubbed "'''Blizzard Strike Backtrack'''", is an ice-themed [[redeco]] of the Mini-Con. He is also lucky enough to keep his armor sprue, which is a more reddish shade of orange than the original's.

: This four-pack, the first of several, also comes with [[Beastbox (RID)#4pack|Scorch Strike Beastbox]], [[Swelter#4pack|Blizzard Strike Swelter]], and [[Undertone#4pack|Scorch Strike Undertone]].

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Mini-Cons]]

Prevenge

2015-10-21T00:38:45Z

Mattwo:

{{episode
|otherseries=''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Transformers Timelines]]''
|prev=Hoist the Flag
|next=Termination
|title="Prevenge"
|image=
|caption=
|written by=[[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]]
|directed by=
|original presentation=4pm on [[June 21]], [[2014]] (BotCon)
|continuity=Multiple}}

'''Random Transformers are plucked from across the multiverse by a mysterious enemy with an indistinct plan for indeterminate revenge on unrelated victims.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Griffin Rock]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is holding down the fort at the [[Rescue Bot]]s' command center. Though he grumbles about being left on his own, he appreciates the peace and quiet... right up until a bizarre portal suddenly appears and sucks him in. Landing with a thump in a dark metal corridor in an unknown location, Blades soon finds that he has company when he is met by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], a bad-tempered [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from another dimension, who has also been mysteriously abducted. Weapons emerge from the corridor walls, and Snarl encourages Blades to join him in hacking them up, while the Rescue Bot protests that just because he's named "Blades", it doesn't mean he owns any swords.

Elsewhere in the multiverse, on the starship ''[[Lost Light]]'', [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] is taking [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] through yet another excruciatingly boring lesson on the [[Autobot Code]]. Realizing that the little [[Autobot]]-in-training has dozed off, Magnus rouses him and begins chastizing him, at which point he too is sucked away into a vortex. Arriving in another dark corridor, Magnus finds himself paired up with [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], whose uncharacteristically perky demeanor allows the law-bot to easily deduce that he hails from a negative-polarity universe. Ravage's antics quickly prove more than Magnus can bear, but "fortunately", [[autogun|autocannon]]s soon appear to start firing on them as well.

Meanwhile, in another time and place, [[Spy Changer]]s [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] and [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] attempt to stop the boastful [[Decepticon]] [[Wind Sheer (RID)|Wind Sheer]] from attacking a breakfast cereal packing plant, where he hopes to find an [[O-Part]] hidden in one of the specially-marked boxes. The two are held back by an avalanche of shredded wheat, at which point the floor collapses out from under Ironhide, and he disappears into a vortex lurking below. Upon his arrival in yet another corridor, he is greeted with some bemusement by the [[Maximal]] [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], whose organic form causes him to mistake her for a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]. She dodges his over-dramatic anime attacks, and after realizing he's in a moralistic scenario warning about the dangers of prejudice, Ironhide calms down and offers to work with the annoyed Sonar to find a way out. Naturally, their way is barred by a congregation of [[alloygator]]s.

Finally, in another dimension just released on DVD at last, [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] is ''just'' about to learn the truth about [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]]'s origins when she is whisked away through another portal. She almost lands on the [[Mini-Con]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], whose overblown independent streak immediately creates a rather standoffish atmosphere between the pair. Sureshock finds she can't [[Powerlinx]] to Arcee, but it turns out to not really matter, as there are no opponents or dangers in evidence—just a door that they go through.

Some time later, the eight 'bots meet in the middle of the corridor maze. Over Sonar's protests, Ultra Magnus establishes himself as the 'bot in charge, and confused introductions between everyone follow. Though unable to see or hear them, the group soon becomes aware that they are being observed by an invisible [[fandom|audience]]; the fourth wall, Arcee deduces, is particularly thin here. Just as they are trying to get to grips with this new twist, a mysterious voice suddenly addresses the 'bots, the unseen speaker revealing himself to be the architect of their present situation, all because he hates the Autobots. Blades, Ravage, and Sonar try to point out that they aren't technically Autobots, but the voice is having none of it, and invites them all to "play a little game". As the 'bots ready for an attack, Blades again tries to point out that he doesn't have any weapons, but it soon becomes a moot point, as the voice's promised "[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] horde" turns out to be just one, sickly specimen with [[rust rash]]. Suitably embarrassed, the voice instead tries to get the Transformers to fight to the death: Snarl is okay with the idea, Sureshock keeps flip-flopping because she doesn't want to agree with anyone, and Blades is just baffled and horrified in general by the idea of ''physically battling'' someone. The voice claims he has a [[Dark Energon]] bomb primed to go off if they refuse, but Arcee, with a little help from a confused Magnus, bluffs him into allowing them into an "Ancient Autobot pre-battle huddle" so they can come up with some ideas to escape and end the silliness. After some deliberation, they conclude they have been written into a corner, at which point the fourth wall completely collapses and the audience comes into view. The team turns to look with annoyance at the story's writers, demanding to know how they're supposed to get out of this ridiculous situation; [[Greg Sepelak|one of them]] encourages them to turn to the next page in their scripts, but as they're busy doing so, he bolts from the room at high speed. None the less, the next page of script ''does'' contain the answer, and they carry on acting it out...

Taking stock of their resources, the 'bots realise that there are no scientists among them, in what seems like a deliberate omission on their mysterious host's part. Using the experience he has had with mad scientists as a guideline, Blades fakes some scientific gobbledegook that convinces the villain his bomb is going to malfunction and destroy them all—forcing the voice to admit he doesn't even ''have'' a bomb. Exasperated, the enigmatic villain reveals himself to be the [[Skuxxoid]]—though only Snarl recognizes him, forcing Sureshock to quickly consult [[TFWiki.Net]] in order to fill everyone else in. The alien explains that he was seeking revenge against the Transformers for being constantly dismissed; Magnus assumes he was targeting random 'bots so that things would not be traced back to him, but the Skuxxoid sheepishly admits that, no, it was because the home-made transporter he bought on the Internet didn't come with instructions. Arcee tries to show the Skuxxoid some compassion, asking him name, but the reptilian has gone by "the Skuxxoid" for so long, he can't actually remember. Tired of the talking, Snarl grabs the alien and punts him over the horizon.

The "threat" removed, everyone tries to figure out how to get home. Sonar realizes that wherever they are, it's a place that operates on laws that are inherently ridiculous and contrived, and Ironhide hits on a solution: all the cartoons his human friend [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] watches reach a happy ending when everyone stands around and laugh at a dumb joke, so the group tentatively tries it out...

...and Ultra Magnus appears back on the ''Lost Light''! He finds he's only been gone for six seconds, and makes Tailgate vow that they never speak of his disappearance again.

Back on Griffin Rock, Blades reappears, though he can't help but feel that his adventure was missing some kind of character-building moral lesson at its end. He concludes that the lesson is that sometimes, weird stuff just happens... a lesson proven true by the sudden appearance of Ravage, who wishes everyone a happy 30th anniversary!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (3)
*[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
*IDW Generation 1 continuity [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (5)
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (8)
*2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (9)
*''Beast Wars'' [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] (10)
*''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (11)
*[[Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (12)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)| Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] (6)
*2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon [[Wind Sheer (RID)|Wind Sheer]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Pete Sinclair]] (14)
*[[Greg Sepelak]] (15)
*[[Trent Troop]] (16)

|c4=
*Narrator (1)
*Menacing voice/[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Now, on to regulation 38-86-B, long-form application for the requisition of weaponized cybertronic livestock... Tailgate? Tailgate!" 
'''Tailgate:''' "Gah! Wh- I’m sorry Ultra Magnus, I seem to have blacked out for reasons that I cannot possibly fathom. Maybe I should go have [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] run a scan, I’ll be right b-" 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Oh no you don’t! This is important information you need to know if you’re going to become an Autobot! How do you expect to order a dozen hen-grenades in a war zone if you don’t know how to fill out the proper forms?!" 
'''Tailgate:''' "I hope I never have to find out." 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "You’re three klicks behind enemy lines, the only source of ordinance is a nearby robochicken farm, and its owner is demanding your credentials! What are you going to do, soldier? Hope your problems just get sucked away into a convenient dimensional vortex?" 
''(Vortex opens opens, sucking Magnus in)'' 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "This doesn’t get you out of homewooorrrkkkk..."

"I really hope those missiles of yours don’t fire friendship or some such nonsense."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' on Ravage's armament

"I’m Arcee. Former teacher, current sword-haver. No one’s tardy to MY classes. Well, okay, usually, I introduce myself with, “Hello, I’m Arcee, and I’m... The Girl,” but here I might finally have a conversation that passes the Bechdel Test."
:—'''Arcee''' introduces herself to Sureshock

'''Ultra Magnus:''' "You there!" 
'''Snarl:''' "Oh great. Authority figure." 
'''Blades:''' "Oh, wonderful! An authority figure!"

'''Blades:''' "Fight to the death? That doesn’t even make sense! You can’t get so angry with family or coworkers that you just drop dead. Or can you? That sounds awful! New plan, no one do that!" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Kid... he means fight as in battle. With guns and fists and swords." 
'''Snarl:''' "Me Snarl let Blades borrow Snarl’s sword." 
'''Blades:''' "What?! Why would you do that?" 
'''Menacing voice:''' "To resolve conflict! Pay attention!" 
'''Blades:''' "That’s a funny way to learn a valuable lesson about responsibility and teamwork!"

'''Skuxxoid:''' "I did it. I did it all!" 
'''All:''' ''(gasp)'' 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "It's..." 
'''Sonar:''' "A lizardy pig-man in a belly shirt?" 
'''Ironhide:''' "An orc with a skin condition?" 
'''Blades:''' "The evil sorcerer Ganon! That explains everything! Does anyone have a silver arrow?"

'''Arcee:''' "So.. what is your name?" 
'''Skuxxoid:''' "Uh... Steve- no, no. Err... Thhhhhheloneous, no… I remember! THEODORE, Theodore P. Skuxxoid? Does that sound right?"

==Notes==
*The cast:
** [[Parvesh Cheena]]: Blades, Wind Sheer
** [[Hal Rayle]]: Snarl, Skuxxoid
** [[Jack Angel]]: Ultra Magnus
** [[Susan Blu]]: Arcee, Tailgate
** [[Morgan Lofting]]: Ravage
** [[Michael McConnohie]]: Ironhide, Hot Shot
** [[Samantha Newark]]: Sonar, Sureshock

===Transformers references===
*While lamenting the absence of other characters, Blades specifically namechecks [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Graham Burns|Graham]], and [[Kade Burns]], growing progressively more irritated at their absence—all characters whose actors had been present at BotCon for a ''Rescue Bots'' panel earlier in the day, but who had left in the interim.
*Snarl notes he was "smashing Sweeps" when he was spirited away, perhaps a reference to the character's barely-detectable presence in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', in which he appears during a battle with the Sweeps at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], then vanishes for almost the entire remainder of the film.
*Blades finds the notion of an Autobot turning into a dinosaur unbelievable, a crack at the upcoming ''Rescue Bots'' toys and episodes which grant the show's characters dinosaur alternate modes.
*Ultra Magnus started teaching Tailgate classes on the Autobot Code in [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|''More than Meets the Eye'' #5]].
*From his name, Sonar believes Ironhide ought to be an elephant, referring to [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Beast Wars|her universe's Ironhide]].
*Sureshock's independent personality originates from her bio in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series. She seems to ''be'' the Dreamwave incarnation of Sureshock, given a remark Arcee makes about all the "little lines" she's covered with.
*Blades notes that he has met two dinosaurs, referring to the pterodactyl and prehistoric fish the Rescue Bots encountered in "[[What Rises Above]]" .
*Ironhide reckons that the script reading makes "less sense than that [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|whole deal with the Buddha statue]]".

===Real-world references===
*Arcee blames the wrong Lee for Sureshock's overly-detailed armor: rather than [[Pat Lee|Pat]], she figures it's [[Jim Lee|Jim]]'s fault. Jim Lee had picked up a reputation for covering things with unnecessary "little lines" after he redesigned many DC Comics superhero costumes for {{w|the New 52}} reboot a few years prior.
*When the Skuxxoid invites the 'bots to "play a little game", Ironhide is reminded of three things: "thermonuclear war" (a reference to the movie ''{{w|WarGames}}''), "the application of a hacksaw to an ankle" (as in the movie ''{{w|Saw (2004 film)|Saw}}''), and "really annoying cell phone ads" (the {{w|Verizon}} ads on {{w|Blip (website)|Blip}}, which was a web series platform used by, among other things, writers Sepelak and Troop's own show, ''The Isle Of Rangoon'').
*Ironhide believed the Suxxoid was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc Orc] with a skin condition. Orcs are sometimes depicted in fiction as humanoids with faces resembling those of pigs or boars.
*Blades believed the Skuxxoid is {{w|Ganon}}, porcine antagonist of ''{{w|The Legend of Zelda}}'' video game series, and hopes someone has a [http://zeldawiki.org/Silver_Arrow Silver Arrow] to best him with.

===External Links===
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d94b3_botcon-june-22nd-2014-script-reading_tv "Prevenge" live recording on Dailymotion]

[[Category:Animated media]]
[[Category:Armada media]]
[[Category:Beast Wars media]]
[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001)]]
[[Category:Script reading]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass]]
[[Category:Timelines media]]

Prevenge

2015-10-21T00:36:18Z

Mattwo:

{{episode
|otherseries=''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Transformers Timelines]]''
|prev=Hoist the Flag
|next=Termination
|title="Prevenge"
|image=
|caption=
|written by=[[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]]
|directed by=
|original presentation=4pm on [[June 21]], [[2014]] (BotCon)
|continuity=Multiple}}

'''Random Transformers are plucked from across the multiverse by a mysterious enemy with an indistinct plan for indeterminate revenge on unrelated victims.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Griffin Rock]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is holding down the fort at the [[Rescue Bot]]s' command center. Though he grumbles about being left on his own, he appreciates the peace and quiet... right up until a bizarre portal suddenly appears and sucks him in. Landing with a thump in a dark metal corridor in an unknown location, Blades soon finds that he has company when he is met by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], a bad-tempered [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from another dimension, who has also been mysteriously abducted. Weapons emerge from the corridor walls, and Snarl encourages Blades to join him in hacking them up, while the Rescue Bot protests that just because he's named "Blades", it doesn't mean he owns any swords.

Elsewhere in the multiverse, on the starship ''[[Lost Light]]'', [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] is taking [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] through yet another excruciatingly boring lesson on the [[Autobot Code]]. Realizing that the little [[Autobot]]-in-training has dozed off, Magnus rouses him and begins chastizing him, at which point he too is sucked away into a vortex. Arriving in another dark corridor, Magnus finds himself paired up with [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], whose uncharacteristically perky demeanor allows the law-bot to easily deduce that he hails from a negative-polarity universe. Ravage's antics quickly prove more than Magnus can bear, but "fortunately", [[autogun|autocannon]]s soon appear to start firing on them as well.

Meanwhile, in another time and place, [[Spy Changer]]s [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] and [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] attempt to stop the boastful [[Decepticon]] [[Wind Sheer (RID)|Wind Sheer]] from attacking a breakfast cereal packing plant, where he hopes to find an [[O-Part]] hidden in one of the specially-marked boxes. The two are held back by an avalanche of shredded wheat, at which point the floor collapses out from under Ironhide, and he disappears into a vortex lurking below. Upon his arrival in yet another corridor, he is greeted with some bemusement by the [[Maximal]] [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], whose organic form causes him to mistake her for a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]. She dodges his over-dramatic anime attacks, and after realizing he's in a moralistic scenario warning about the dangers of prejudice, Ironhide calms down and offers to work with the annoyed Sonar to find a way out. Naturally, their way is barred by a congregation of [[alloygator]]s.

Finally, in another dimension just released on DVD at last, [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] is ''just'' about to learn the truth about [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]]'s origins when she is whisked away through another portal. She almost lands on the [[Mini-Con]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], whose overblown independent streak immediately creates a rather standoffish atmosphere between the pair. Sureshock finds she can't [[Powerlinx]] to Arcee, but it turns out to not really matter, as there are no opponents or dangers in evidence—just a door that they go through.

Some time later, the eight 'bots meet in the middle of the corridor maze. Over Sonar's protests, Ultra Magnus establishes himself as the 'bot in charge, and confused introductions between everyone follow. Though unable to see or hear them, the group soon becomes aware that they are being observed by an invisible [[fandom|audience]]; the fourth wall, Arcee deduces, is particularly thin here. Just as they are trying to get to grips with this new twist, a mysterious voice suddenly addresses the 'bots, the unseen speaker revealing himself to be the architect of their present situation, all because he hates the Autobots. Blades, Ravage, and Sonar try to point out that they aren't technically Autobots, but the voice is having none of it, and invites them all to "play a little game". As the 'bots ready for an attack, Blades again tries to point out that he doesn't have any weapons, but it soon becomes a moot point, as the voice's promised "[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] horde" turns out to be just one, sickly specimen with [[rust rash]]. Suitably embarrassed, the voice instead tries to get the Transformers to fight to the death: Snarl is okay with the idea, Sureshock keeps flip-flopping because she doesn't want to agree with anyone, and Blades is just baffled and horrified in general by the idea of ''physically battling'' someone. The voice claims he has a [[Dark Energon]] bomb primed to go off if they refuse, but Arcee, with a little help from a confused Magnus, bluffs him into allowing them into an "Ancient Autobot pre-battle huddle" so they can come up with some ideas to escape and end the silliness. After some deliberation, they conclude they have been written into a corner, at which point the fourth wall completely collapses and the audience comes into view. The team turns to look with annoyance at the story's writers, demanding to know how they're supposed to get out of this ridiculous situation; [[Greg Sepelak|one of them]] encourages them to turn to the next page in their scripts, but as they're busy doing so, he bolts from the room at high speed. None the less, the next page of script ''does'' contain the answer, and they carry on acting it out...

Taking stock of their resources, the 'bots realise that there are no scientists among them, in what seems like a deliberate omission on their mysterious host's part. Using the experience he has had with mad scientists as a guideline, Blades fakes some scientific gobbledegook that convinces the villain his bomb is going to malfunction and destroy them all—forcing the voice to admit he doesn't even ''have'' a bomb. Exasperated, the enigmatic villain reveals himself to be the [[Skuxxoid]]—though only Snarl recognizes him, forcing Sureshock to quickly consult [[TFWiki.Net]] in order to fill everyone else in. The alien explains that he was seeking revenge against the Transformers for being constantly dismissed; Magnus assumes he was targeting random 'bots so that things would not be traced back to him, but the Skuxxoid sheepishly admits that, no, it was because the home-made transporter he bought on the Internet didn't come with instructions. Arcee tries to show the Skuxxoid some compassion, asking him name, but the reptilian has gone by "the Skuxxoid" for so long, he can't actually remember. Tired of the talking, Snarl grabs the alien and punts him over the horizon.

The "threat" removed, everyone tries to figure out how to get home. Sonar realizes that wherever they are, it's a place that operates on laws that are inherently ridiculous and contrived, and Ironhide hits on a solution: all the cartoons his human friend [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] watches reach a happy ending when everyone stands around and laugh at a dumb joke, so the group tentatively tries it out...

...and Ultra Magnus appears back on the ''Lost Light''! He finds he's only been gone for six seconds, and makes Tailgate vow that they never speak of his disappearance again.

Back on Griffin Rock, Blades reappears, though he can't help but feel that his adventure was missing some kind of character-building moral lesson at its end. He concludes that the lesson is that sometimes, weird stuff just happens... a lesson proven true by the sudden appearance of Ravage, who wishes everyone a happy 30th anniversary!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (3)
*[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
*IDW Generation 1 continuity [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (5)
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (8)
*2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (9)
*''Beast Wars'' [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] (10)
*''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (11)
*[[Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (12)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)| Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] (6)
*2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon [[Wind Sheer (RID)|Wind Sheer]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Pete Sinclair]] (14)
*[[Greg Sepelak]] (15)
*[[Trent Troop]] (16)

|c4=
*Narrator (1)
*Menacing voice/[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Now, on to regulation 38-86-B, long-form application for the requisition of weaponized cybertronic livestock... Tailgate? Tailgate!" 
'''Tailgate:''' "Gah! Wh- I’m sorry Ultra Magnus, I seem to have blacked out for reasons that I cannot possibly fathom. Maybe I should go have [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] run a scan, I’ll be right b-" 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Oh no you don’t! This is important information you need to know if you’re going to become an Autobot! How do you expect to order a dozen hen-grenades in a war zone if you don’t know how to fill out the proper forms?!" 
'''Tailgate:''' "I hope I never have to find out." 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "You’re three klicks behind enemy lines, the only source of ordinance is a nearby robochicken farm, and its owner is demanding your credentials! What are you going to do, soldier? Hope your problems just get sucked away into a convenient dimensional vortex?" 
''(Vortex opens opens, sucking Magnus in)'' 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "This doesn’t get you out of homewooorrrkkkk..."

"I really hope those missiles of yours don’t fire friendship or some such nonsense."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' on Ravage's armament

"I’m Arcee. Former teacher, current sword-haver. No one’s tardy to MY classes. Well, okay, usually, I introduce myself with, “Hello, I’m Arcee, and I’m... The Girl,” but here I might finally have a conversation that passes the Bechdel Test."
:—'''Arcee''' introduces herself to Sureshock

'''Ultra Magnus:''' "You there!" 
'''Snarl:''' "Oh great. Authority figure." 
'''Blades:''' "Oh, wonderful! An authority figure!"

'''Blades:''' "Fight to the death? That doesn’t even make sense! You can’t get so angry with family or coworkers that you just drop dead. Or can you? That sounds awful! New plan, no one do that!" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Kid... he means fight as in battle. With guns and fists and swords." 
'''Snarl:''' "Me Snarl let Blades borrow Snarl’s sword." 
'''Blades:''' "What?! Why would you do that?" 
'''Menacing voice:''' "To resolve conflict! Pay attention!" 
'''Blades:''' "That’s a funny way to learn a valuable lesson about responsibility and teamwork!"

'''Skuxxoid:''' "I did it. I did it all!" 
'''All:''' ''(gasp)'' 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "It's..." 
'''Sonar:''' "A lizardy pig-man in a belly shirt?" 
'''Ironhide:''' "An orc with a skin condition?" 
'''Blades:''' "The evil sorcerer Ganon! That explains everything! Does anyone have a silver arrow?"

'''Arcee:''' "So.. what is your name?" 
'''Skuxxoid:''' "Uh... Steve- no, no. Err... Thhhhhheloneous, no… I remember! THEODORE, Theodore P. Skuxxoid? Does that sound right?"

==Notes==
*The cast:
** [[Parvesh Cheena]]: Blades, Wind Sheer
** [[Hal Rayle]]: Snarl, Skuxxoid
** [[Jack Angel]]: Ultra Magnus
** [[Susan Blu]]: Arcee, Tailgate
** [[Morgan Lofting]]: Ravage
** [[Michael McConnohie]]: Ironhide, Hot Shot
** [[Samantha Newark]]: Sonar, Sureshock

===Transformers references===
*While lamenting the absence of other characters, Blades specifically namechecks [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Graham Burns|Graham]], and [[Kade Burns]], growing progressively more irritated at their absence—all characters whose actors had been present at BotCon for a ''Rescue Bots'' panel earlier in the day, but who had left in the interim.
*Snarl notes he was "smashing Sweeps" when he was spirited away, perhaps a reference to the character's barely-detectable presence in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', in which he appears during a battle with the Sweeps at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], then vanishes for almost the entire remainder of the film.
*Blades finds the notion of an Autobot turning into a dinosaur unbelievable, a crack at the upcoming ''Rescue Bots'' toys and episodes which grant the show's characters dinosaur alternate modes.
*Ultra Magnus started teaching Tailgate classes on the Autobot Code in [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|''More than Meets the Eye'' #5]].
*From his name, Sonar believes Ironhide ought to be an elephant, referring to [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Beast Wars|her universe's Ironhide]].
*Sureshock's independent personality originates from her bio in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series. She seems to ''be'' the Dreamwave incarnation of Sureshock, given a remark Arcee makes about all the "little lines" she's covered with.
*Blades notes that he has met two dinosaurs, referring to the pterodactyl and prehistoric fish the Rescue Bots encountered in "[[What Rises Above]]" .
*Ironhide reckons that the script reading makes "less sense than that [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|whole deal with the Buddha statue]]".

===Real-world references===
*Arcee blames the wrong Lee for Sureshock's overly-detailed armor: rather than [[Pat Lee|Pat]], she figures it's [[Jim Lee|Jim]]'s fault. Jim Lee had picked up a reputation for covering things with unnecessary "little lines" after he redesigned many DC Comics superhero costumes for {{w|the New 52}} reboot a few years prior.
*When the Skuxxoid invites the 'bots to "play a little game", Ironhide is reminded of three things: "thermonuclear war" (a reference to the movie ''{{w|WarGames}}''), "the application of a hacksaw to an ankle" (as in the movie ''{{w|Saw (2004 film)|Saw}}''), and "really annoying cell phone ads" (the {{w|Verizon}} ads on {{w|Blip (website)|Blip}}, which was a web series platform used by, among other things, writers Sepelak and Troop's own show, ''The Isle Of Rangoon'').
*Ironhide believed the Suxxoid was an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orc Orc] with a skin condition. Orcs are sometimes depicted in fiction as green humanoids with faces resembling those of pigs or boars.
*Blades believed the Skuxxoid is {{w|Ganon}}, porcine antagonist of ''{{w|The Legend of Zelda}}'' video game series, and hopes someone has a [http://zeldawiki.org/Silver_Arrow Silver Arrow] to best him with.

===External Links===
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d94b3_botcon-june-22nd-2014-script-reading_tv "Prevenge" live recording on Dailymotion]

[[Category:Animated media]]
[[Category:Armada media]]
[[Category:Beast Wars media]]
[[Category:Generation 1 media]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2001)]]
[[Category:Script reading]]
[[Category:Shattered Glass]]
[[Category:Timelines media]]

Prevenge

2015-10-21T00:23:19Z

Mattwo: Adding past tense due to the shutdown.

{{episode
|otherseries=''[[Transformers Timelines (fiction)|Transformers Timelines]]''
|prev=Hoist the Flag
|next=Termination
|title="Prevenge"
|image=
|caption=
|written by=[[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]]
|directed by=
|original presentation=4pm on [[June 21]], [[2014]] (BotCon)
|continuity=Multiple}}

'''Random Transformers are plucked from across the multiverse by a mysterious enemy with an indistinct plan for indeterminate revenge on unrelated victims.'''

==Synopsis==
In [[Griffin Rock]], [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] is holding down the fort at the [[Rescue Bot]]s' command center. Though he grumbles about being left on his own, he appreciates the peace and quiet... right up until a bizarre portal suddenly appears and sucks him in. Landing with a thump in a dark metal corridor in an unknown location, Blades soon finds that he has company when he is met by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], a bad-tempered [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from another dimension, who has also been mysteriously abducted. Weapons emerge from the corridor walls, and Snarl encourages Blades to join him in hacking them up, while the Rescue Bot protests that just because he's named "Blades", it doesn't mean he owns any swords.

Elsewhere in the multiverse, on the starship ''[[Lost Light]]'', [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] is taking [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] through yet another excruciatingly boring lesson on the [[Autobot Code]]. Realizing that the little [[Autobot]]-in-training has dozed off, Magnus rouses him and begins chastizing him, at which point he too is sucked away into a vortex. Arriving in another dark corridor, Magnus finds himself paired up with [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]], whose uncharacteristically perky demeanor allows the law-bot to easily deduce that he hails from a negative-polarity universe. Ravage's antics quickly prove more than Magnus can bear, but "fortunately", [[autogun|autocannon]]s soon appear to start firing on them as well.

Meanwhile, in another time and place, [[Spy Changer]]s [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] and [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] attempt to stop the boastful [[Decepticon]] [[Wind Sheer (RID)|Wind Sheer]] from attacking a breakfast cereal packing plant, where he hopes to find an [[O-Part]] hidden in one of the specially-marked boxes. The two are held back by an avalanche of shredded wheat, at which point the floor collapses out from under Ironhide, and he disappears into a vortex lurking below. Upon his arrival in yet another corridor, he is greeted with some bemusement by the [[Maximal]] [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], whose organic form causes him to mistake her for a [[Predacon (RID)|Predacon]]. She dodges his over-dramatic anime attacks, and after realizing he's in a moralistic scenario warning about the dangers of prejudice, Ironhide calms down and offers to work with the annoyed Sonar to find a way out. Naturally, their way is barred by a congregation of [[alloygator]]s.

Finally, in another dimension just released on DVD at last, [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] is ''just'' about to learn the truth about [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]]'s origins when she is whisked away through another portal. She almost lands on the [[Mini-Con]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], whose overblown independent streak immediately creates a rather standoffish atmosphere between the pair. Sureshock finds she can't [[Powerlinx]] to Arcee, but it turns out to not really matter, as there are no opponents or dangers in evidence—just a door that they go through.

Some time later, the eight 'bots meet in the middle of the corridor maze. Over Sonar's protests, Ultra Magnus establishes himself as the 'bot in charge, and confused introductions between everyone follow. Though unable to see or hear them, the group soon becomes aware that they are being observed by an invisible [[fandom|audience]]; the fourth wall, Arcee deduces, is particularly thin here. Just as they are trying to get to grips with this new twist, a mysterious voice suddenly addresses the 'bots, the unseen speaker revealing himself to be the architect of their present situation, all because he hates the Autobots. Blades, Ravage, and Sonar try to point out that they aren't technically Autobots, but the voice is having none of it, and invites them all to "play a little game". As the 'bots ready for an attack, Blades again tries to point out that he doesn't have any weapons, but it soon becomes a moot point, as the voice's promised "[[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] horde" turns out to be just one, sickly specimen with [[rust rash]]. Suitably embarrassed, the voice instead tries to get the Transformers to fight to the death: Snarl is okay with the idea, Sureshock keeps flip-flopping because she doesn't want to agree with anyone, and Blades is just baffled and horrified in general by the idea of ''physically battling'' someone. The voice claims he has a [[Dark Energon]] bomb primed to go off if they refuse, but Arcee, with a little help from a confused Magnus, bluffs him into allowing them into an "Ancient Autobot pre-battle huddle" so they can come up with some ideas to escape and end the silliness. After some deliberation, they conclude they have been written into a corner, at which point the fourth wall completely collapses and the audience comes into view. The team turns to look with annoyance at the story's writers, demanding to know how they're supposed to get out of this ridiculous situation; [[Greg Sepelak|one of them]] encourages them to turn to the next page in their scripts, but as they're busy doing so, he bolts from the room at high speed. None the less, the next page of script ''does'' contain the answer, and they carry on acting it out...

Taking stock of their resources, the 'bots realise that there are no scientists among them, in what seems like a deliberate omission on their mysterious host's part. Using the experience he has had with mad scientists as a guideline, Blades fakes some scientific gobbledegook that convinces the villain his bomb is going to malfunction and destroy them all—forcing the voice to admit he doesn't even ''have'' a bomb. Exasperated, the enigmatic villain reveals himself to be the [[Skuxxoid]]—though only Snarl recognizes him, forcing Sureshock to quickly consult [[TFWiki.Net]] in order to fill everyone else in. The alien explains that he was seeking revenge against the Transformers for being constantly dismissed; Magnus assumes he was targeting random 'bots so that things would not be traced back to him, but the Skuxxoid sheepishly admits that, no, it was because the home-made transporter he bought on the Internet didn't come with instructions. Arcee tries to show the Skuxxoid some compassion, asking him name, but the reptilian has gone by "the Skuxxoid" for so long, he can't actually remember. Tired of the talking, Snarl grabs the alien and punts him over the horizon.

The "threat" removed, everyone tries to figure out how to get home. Sonar realizes that wherever they are, it's a place that operates on laws that are inherently ridiculous and contrived, and Ironhide hits on a solution: all the cartoons his human friend [[Koji Onishi|Koji]] watches reach a happy ending when everyone stands around and laugh at a dumb joke, so the group tentatively tries it out...

...and Ultra Magnus appears back on the ''Lost Light''! He finds he's only been gone for six seconds, and makes Tailgate vow that they never speak of his disappearance again.

Back on Griffin Rock, Blades reappears, though he can't help but feel that his adventure was missing some kind of character-building moral lesson at its end. He concludes that the lesson is that sometimes, weird stuff just happens... a lesson proven true by the sudden appearance of Ravage, who wishes everyone a happy 30th anniversary!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] (2)
*[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]] [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (3)
*[[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] (4)
*IDW Generation 1 continuity [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] (5)
*[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]] (8)
*2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon [[Hot Shot (RID)|Hot Shot]] (9)
*''Beast Wars'' [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]] (10)
*''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (11)
*[[Dreamwave Armada continuity|Dreamwave ''Armada'' continuity]] [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (12)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s|c2=
*''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (fiction)| Shattered Glass]]'' [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]] (6)
*2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon [[Wind Sheer (RID)|Wind Sheer]] (7)

|c3=
*[[Pete Sinclair]] (14)
*[[Greg Sepelak]] (15)
*[[Trent Troop]] (16)

|c4=
*Narrator (1)
*Menacing voice/[[Skuxxoid]] (13)
}}

==Quotes==
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Now, on to regulation 38-86-B, long-form application for the requisition of weaponized cybertronic livestock... Tailgate? Tailgate!" 
'''Tailgate:''' "Gah! Wh- I’m sorry Ultra Magnus, I seem to have blacked out for reasons that I cannot possibly fathom. Maybe I should go have [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] run a scan, I’ll be right b-" 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "Oh no you don’t! This is important information you need to know if you’re going to become an Autobot! How do you expect to order a dozen hen-grenades in a war zone if you don’t know how to fill out the proper forms?!" 
'''Tailgate:''' "I hope I never have to find out." 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "You’re three klicks behind enemy lines, the only source of ordinance is a nearby robochicken farm, and its owner is demanding your credentials! What are you going to do, soldier? Hope your problems just get sucked away into a convenient dimensional vortex?" 
''(Vortex opens opens, sucking Magnus in)'' 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "This doesn’t get you out of homewooorrrkkkk..."

"I really hope those missiles of yours don’t fire friendship or some such nonsense."
:—'''Ultra Magnus''' on Ravage's armament

"I’m Arcee. Former teacher, current sword-haver. No one’s tardy to MY classes. Well, okay, usually, I introduce myself with, “Hello, I’m Arcee, and I’m... The Girl,” but here I might finally have a conversation that passes the Bechdel Test."
:—'''Arcee''' introduces herself to Sureshock

'''Ultra Magnus:''' "You there!" 
'''Snarl:''' "Oh great. Authority figure." 
'''Blades:''' "Oh, wonderful! An authority figure!"

'''Blades:''' "Fight to the death? That doesn’t even make sense! You can’t get so angry with family or coworkers that you just drop dead. Or can you? That sounds awful! New plan, no one do that!" 
'''Ironhide:''' "Kid... he means fight as in battle. With guns and fists and swords." 
'''Snarl:''' "Me Snarl let Blades borrow Snarl’s sword." 
'''Blades:''' "What?! Why would you do that?" 
'''Menacing voice:''' "To resolve conflict! Pay attention!" 
'''Blades:''' "That’s a funny way to learn a valuable lesson about responsibility and teamwork!"

'''Skuxxoid:''' "I did it. I did it all!" 
'''All:''' ''(gasp)'' 
'''Ultra Magnus:''' "It's..." 
'''Sonar:''' "A lizardy pig-man in a belly shirt?" 
'''Ironhide:''' "An orc with a skin condition?" 
'''Blades:''' "The evil sorcerer Ganon! That explains everything! Does anyone have a silver arrow?"

'''Arcee:''' "So.. what is your name?" 
'''Skuxxoid:''' "Uh... Steve- no, no. Err... Thhhhhheloneous, no… I remember! THEODORE, Theodore P. Skuxxoid? Does that sound right?"

==Notes==
*The cast:
** [[Parvesh Cheena]]: Blades, Wind Sheer
** [[Hal Rayle]]: Snarl, Skuxxoid
** [[Jack Angel]]: Ultra Magnus
** [[Susan Blu]]: Arcee, Tailgate
** [[Morgan Lofting]]: Ravage
** [[Michael McConnohie]]: Ironhide, Hot Shot
** [[Samantha Newark]]: Sonar, Sureshock

===Transformers references===
*While lamenting the absence of other characters, Blades specifically namechecks [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]], [[Cody Burns|Cody]], [[Graham Burns|Graham]], and [[Kade Burns]], growing progressively more irritated at their absence—all characters whose actors had been present at BotCon for a ''Rescue Bots'' panel earlier in the day, but who had left in the interim.
*Snarl notes he was "smashing Sweeps" when he was spirited away, perhaps a reference to the character's barely-detectable presence in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', in which he appears during a battle with the Sweeps at [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], then vanishes for almost the entire remainder of the film.
*Blades finds the notion of an Autobot turning into a dinosaur unbelievable, a crack at the upcoming ''Rescue Bots'' toys and episodes which grant the show's characters dinosaur alternate modes.
*Ultra Magnus started teaching Tailgate classes on the Autobot Code in [[How Ratchet Got His Hands Back|''More than Meets the Eye'' #5]].
*From his name, Sonar believes Ironhide ought to be an elephant, referring to [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Beast Wars|her universe's Ironhide]].
*Sureshock's independent personality originates from her bio in [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]'s ''[[More than Meets the Eye: Transformers: Armada|More than Meets the Eye]]'' profile series. She seems to ''be'' the Dreamwave incarnation of Sureshock, given a remark Arcee makes about all the "little lines" she's covered with.
*Blades notes that he has met two dinosaurs, referring to the pterodactyl and prehistoric fish the Rescue Bots encountered in "[[What Rises Above]]" .
*Ironhide reckons that the script reading makes "less sense than that [[The Ultimate Robot Warrior|whole deal with the Buddha statue]]".

===Real-world references===
*Arcee blames the wrong Lee for Sureshock's overly-detailed armor: rather than [[Pat Lee|Pat]], she figures it's [[Jim Lee|Jim]]'s fault. Jim Lee had picked up a reputation for covering things with unnecessary "little lines" after he redesigned many DC Comics superhero costumes for {{w|the New 52}} reboot a few years prior.
*When the Skuxxoid invites the 'bots to "play a little game", Ironhide is reminded of three things: "thermonuclear war" (a reference to the movie ''{{w|WarGames}}''), "the application of a hacksaw to an ankle" (as in the movie ''{{w|Saw (2004 film)|Saw}}''), and "really annoying cell phone ads" (the {{w|Verizon}} ads on {{w|Blip (website)|Blip}}, which was a web series platform used by, among other things, writers Sepelak and Troop's own show, ''The Isle Of Rangoon'').
*Blades believes the Skuxxoid is {{w|Ganon}}, porcine antagonist of ''{{w|The Legend of Zelda}}'' video game series, and hopes someone has a [http://zeldawiki.org/Silver_Arrow Silver Arrow] to best him with.

===External Links===
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d94b3_botcon-june-22nd-2014-script-reading_tv "Prevenge" live recording on Dailymotion]

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Onyx Prime

2015-04-23T00:00:20Z

Mattwo:

{{disambig2|the member of the Aligned Thirteen|the member of the Generation 1 Thirteen|Onyx Prime (G1)}}
:''Onyx Prime is a [[Transformer]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[Image:10OnyxPrime.jpg|thumb|300px|Move over, [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]!]]

'''Onyx Prime''' is the first [[Transformer]] with a [[beast mode]] and one of the [[Thirteen]]. He alone has the ability to properly use the three-faced [[Triptych Mask]] given him by Primus, and he holds a deep fondness for [[Solus Prime (Prime)|Solus Prime]].

==Fiction==
===''The Covenant of Primus''===
{{storylink|Transformers: The Covenant of Primus|The Covenant of Primus}}
{{charstubfiction}}

===''Prime'' cartoon===
According to legend, at the beginning of time, [[Unicron]] and [[Primus]] battled each other for eons, with neither side remaining victorious for long. Till, that is, Primus created the [[Thirteen]]. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 1}}

==Notes==
*The Triptych Mask and it's three faces is most likely a reference to the [[Tripredacus_Council|Tripredacus Council]], and their combined form, [[Tripredacus|Tripredacus]], who [[Onyx Primal|Onyx Primal]] happened to work for.

{{Thirteen}}
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High Tide

2015-04-15T15:53:14Z

Mattwo:

{{factions|autobot|rescuebot}}
:''High Tide is an [[Autobot]] from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:High Tide.jpg|right|thumb|270px|Behold [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] in Rescue Bots]]
'''High Tide''' is the crankiest of old sea dogs and the toughest drill instructor you'll find, not to mention one of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s oldest friends. When the going gets tough, High Tide can combine with his ship, giving him a "mega-bot" mode of immense size and power.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English)}}
{{spoilers|Turning the Tide|April 18|float=left}}
[[File:Rescuebots hightide robot.jpg|left|thumb|350px|[[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]? I think you have me confused with someone else...]]
High Tide came to [[Earth]] in response to a request from Optimus. He was investigating the seabed around [[Drilling Platform number 6]] near [[Griffin Rock]] when he rescued [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] from a whirlpool, and took the [[Rescue Bot]] back to land. There Optimus assigned High Tide to train the Rescue Bots in water rescues. He took them out on his ship and drilled them, though he was unimpressed with how they did, requiring him to rescue [[Boulder]] at one point, and the next day he was even subjected to insubordination from Heatwave, whom he kicked off the ship. Training was interrupted by a crisis at the oil rig, and the Rescue Bots proved their worth by rescuing [[Doc Greene]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]], as well as capping the oil shaft to stop the spill. High Tide later admitted his management style could use work, and agreed to stick around as Doc's [[floating lab]] had been destroyed. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}}

==Toys==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[File:RBToy-High Tide playset.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''High Tide''' (2015)
:High Tide is a submarine that operates the main ship.

==Notes==
In spite of what you might think, the normal robot mode [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|is not]] [[Scorponok (G1)|a headmaster]].

{{charstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Autobots]]

High Tide

2015-04-14T18:11:23Z

Mattwo:

{{factions|autobot|rescuebot}}
:''High Tide is an [[Autobot]] [[headmaster]] from the ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
{{mainpic}}
'''High Tide''' is the crankiest of old sea dogs and the toughest drill instructor you'll find, not to mention one of [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s oldest friends. When the going gets tough, High Tide can combine with his ship, giving him a "mega-bot" mode of immense size and power.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English)}}
{{spoilers|Turning the Tide|April 18|float=left}}
[[File:Rescuebots hightide robot.jpg|right|thumb|350px|[[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]? I think you have me confused with someone else...]]
High Tide came to [[Earth]] in response to a request from Optimus. He was investigating the seabed around [[Drilling Platform number 6]] near [[Griffin Rock]] when he rescued [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] from a whirlpool, and took the [[Rescue Bot]] back to land. There Optimus assigned High Tide to train the Rescue Bots in water rescues. He took them out on his ship and drilled them, though he was unimpressed with how they did, requiring him to rescue [[Boulder]] at one point, and the next day he was even subjected to insubordination from Heatwave, whom he kicked off the ship. Training was interrupted by a crisis at the oil rig, and the Rescue Bots proved their worth by rescuing [[Doc Greene]] and [[Frankie Greene|Frankie]], as well as capping the oil shaft to stop the spill. High Tide later admitted his management style could use work, and agreed to stick around as Doc's [[floating lab]] had been destroyed. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}}

==Toys==
===''Rescue Bots''===
[[File:RBToy-High Tide playset.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
*'''High Tide''' (2015)
:High Tide is a submarine that operates the main ship.

{{charstub}}

[[Category:Rescue Bots Autobots]]

File:Rescuebots hightide megabot.jpg

2015-04-14T18:03:55Z

Mattwo: Mattwo moved page File:Rescuebots hightide robot.jpg to File:Rescuebots hightide megabot.jpg: Wrong mode name

File:Rescuebots hightide megabot.jpg

2015-04-14T18:01:16Z

Mattwo: {{RBcap|High Tide's robot mode.|Turning the Tide|1}}

Scattershot Major

2014-12-22T19:14:55Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */

{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Scattershot}}
:''Scattershot Major is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] continuity family.''
[[Image:Scattershot_by_BillForster.jpg|thumb|right|350px|I'm smart enough to know why [[Hot Shot (Armada)|mY sHouLdEr HuRTs]].]]
'''Scattershot Major''' was the Autobot bonded to [[Epsilon Supreme]], an [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]].

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Animated''===
During the Great War, a two-armed Scattershot was with [[Powerglide (Animated)|Powerglide]] deploying an Autobot force on [[Hydrax Plateau]]. Most of troops in this battle were killed by [[Oil Slick (Animated)|Oil Slick]]'s [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]]. {{storylink|Bots of Science}}

Scattershot's connection to Epsilon Supreme was presumably lost when the Omega Sentinel rammed the [[Decepticon]] ship ''[[Victory (Animated)|Victory]]'' at [[Floron III]], destroying himself in the process. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* Since Autobots can't fly, Scattershot probably doesn't transform into a [[Scattershot (G1)|space cruiser]], but he may [[Scattorshot_(Cybertron)|turn into an]] [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|anti-aircraft]] [[Scattershot (WFC)|vehicle]] instead.
* Scattershot is designed differently between his two appearances.
* [[Nosecone (Animated)|Many]] [[Lightspeed (Animated)|Animated]] [[Strafe (Animated)|Technobots]] are in the same ship as Scattershot at the battle of Hydrax Plateau.

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[[Category:Animated Autobots]]

Big Boss

2014-06-29T01:40:47Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */ It was A VIDEO GAME. Sari even points out the "fighting game logic" flaw in the story...

The villainous '''Brandon "Big Boss" Babel''' is committing crime... in a future time!

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
According to [[Ask Vector Prime|a reliable source]], Big Boss is a crime lord in the 2020s of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|universe Primax 984.17 Alpha]] and fights the [[Central Organization of Police Specialists]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===
Big Boss is the villain in the popular [[1987]] game ''[[Ninja Gladiator]]''. The game "story" is that in the year [[2021]], with the [[Earth Corps]] indisposed, Big Boss freed five of the terrible [[Inhumanoids]] and unleashed them on the [[Earth]]! {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* "Big Boss" Babel is the central villain of the Hasbro toyline and DiC show ''[[C.O.P.S.]]''. This had no relation to Transformers—though one character was quietly made the son of [[Beachhead]] from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]''—until ''The AllSpark Almanac II'' came along and, in an [[easter egg]], made a fiction-within-fiction reference to C.O.P.S., which was in the form of a character in the game [[Ninja Gladiator]] which makes references to several classic cartoons.

==External links==
* [[wikipedia:C.O.P.S.|''C.O.P.S.'']] at Wikipedia
* [http://www.tfarchive.com/creative/showentry.php?s=584 The Hasbro Cartoon Universe theory at TF Archive]

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Whig

2014-06-29T01:09:29Z

Mattwo: They Whigs no longer exist...

The '''Whigs''' were a political party in the [[United States of America|United States]].

==Fiction==
===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
[[Alexis Thi Dang (Armada)|Alexis Thi Dang]] of [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]] won the Whig primary on a platform of a stronger [[Earth]]-[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] alliance. She prepared to run for [[President of the United States]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
It can be assumed that either the party never dissolved, or was brought back in Aurex 802.23 Alpha. Though the exact details can only be speculated upon.

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Whig Party (United States)|Whigs]] at Wikipedia

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Comperian

2014-04-25T14:11:32Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Comperian is an [[Autobot]] [[combiner]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ComperianPoster.jpg|thumb|400px|By the powers of Judaism, '''we are Comperian!''']]

'''Comperian''' (コンペリアン ''Konperian'') is an [[Autobot]] [[Scramble City (toyline)|Scramble City]]-type [[combiner]] composed by Transformers from different subgroups.<ref>"[[The Decisive Battle of Scrambles]]"</ref>

Comperian is composed of:

*''[[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]]''
**[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]] (Torso)
**[[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] (Left foot)
*''[[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]''
**[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (Right foot)
**[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (Right arm)
*''[[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobot]]''
**[[Blades (G1)|Blades]] (Left arm)

==Toy==
[[Image:Comperian toy.jpg|right|128px|thumb|This was the only combiner some of us had growing up, and we liked it that way!]]
There hasn't been an official release of Comperian, but he can be created with the appropriate toys from the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], and [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]].

==Notes==
* The name "Comperian" derives from "[[Computron (G1)|'''Com'''puticon]] + [[Superion (G1)|Su'''peri'''on]] + [[Defensor (G1)|Guardi'''an''']]". Takara took two [[wikipedia:Katakana|Katakana]] characters from each name and meshed them into one name— '''コン'''ピューティコン ('''Ko-n'''-pyū-ti-ko-n) + ス'''ペリ'''オン (Su-'''pe-ri'''-o-n) + ガーディ'''アン''' (Gā-di-'''a-n''').
*Isn't it strange how four of Comperian's five components are aircraft of some sort and Lightspeed is the only ground component? At the least, he ''is'' a foot.

==See also==
* [[Abomenaticus]]
* [[Cybertron Super Scramble]]
* [[Destron Super Scramble]]
* [[Scramble 7]]

==References==
<references />

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Monacus

2012-11-05T07:53:41Z

Mattwo: /* Notes */

[[Image:Monacus.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What happens in Monacus stays in Monacus.<ref>That screaming case of [[Scraplet]]s you got in Monacus won't actually stay in Monacus.</ref>]]

'''Monacus''' is a bleak, barren asteroid known as a haven for gamblers and characters of all types.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
Monacus is the destination for [[Bosch]] and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] after the former takes Optimus Prime, Inferno, Bumblebee and Perceptor as prisoners.

If you have a need to sell robot slaves, watch gladiatorial games, or loose the payroll on slots, then head on down. The dank district of [[Sheol]] is located on Monacus, home to [[Gyconi|Lord Gyconi]]'s Pit of Destruction arena.

It's known to be visited by [[Devcon (G1)|bounty hunters]] as well. {{Storylink|The Gambler}}

===''The AllSpark Almanac''===
Monacus was part of the [[Quintesson Pan Galactic Co-Prosperity Sphere]]. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II}}

==Notes==
* Monacus is named for the real-world sovereign state of [[Wikipedia:Monaco|Monaco]], famous for the Monte Carlo casino.
* There is an achivement in [[Fall of Cybertron]] named Monacus Spender.<ref>http://www.gamespot.com/transformers-fall-of-cybertron/cheats/platform/xbox360/</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Monacus''' (モナカス ''Monakasu'')

==Footnotes==
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