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Project Iacon

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'''Project Iacon''' is a plan initiated by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], using the amnesiac archivist [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]] to decode encrypted [[Autobot]] archives for locations of relevant technology.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
The Iacon relics were launched to Earth by [[Alpha Trion]] with the intent of giving Optimus Prime an advantage when he arrived on that planet. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}}

Project Iacon proved to be the main reason for Megatron's befuddling decision of keeping Orion Pax aboard the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]''. As Megatron explained to Orion, in the waning days of the war for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the Decepticons stormed the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] [[Hall of Records]], but were unable to crack the encryption thus far. Orion was provided access to the heavily-altered records of the war and a comfortable room under constant surveillance. There, he managed to provide Megatron with coordinates of many items hidden on Earth. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} However, after decoding only a few files, Orion's curiosity began to best him, especially due to the heavy level of encryption on the Decepticon side of things and the discontinuities he had heard. Suspicious, he returned to the page on Optimus Prime, the reputed warlord of the Autobots. A hunch took him, and he ran a decryption on the image of the leader to find something shocking—the resulting visage was his own. This did not go unnoticed by Megatron, however, and he swore that the project would continue, even if he had to use painful coercion to keep their archivist in line. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} When Orion learned that Megatron knew what he knew, he attempted to delete his work, only to find that the Decepticons had monitored him and had a complete log. Though he was left with two [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]] guards to force him to continue work, Orion ended up overpowering them and abandoning his work, leaving Project Iacon completely unfinished. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

However, the Decepticons still had the three coordinates that Orion had decrypted. The first of these coordinates led them to a container holding the [[spark extractor]]. However, the Autobots had followed the Decepticons to the excavation site and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] managed to swipe the spark extractor from Megatron's servo as he was on the [[GroundBridge]]. The second coordinates had a much more successful result, namely because Bumblebee was currently missing his [[transformation cog (biology)|T-cog]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} The recovered item turned out to be a very effective shield generator, which was destroyed in the following battle with the Autobots. The final coordinates led not to a confiscated Decepticon weapon, but one of the artifacts from the Iacon Vaults, namely the [[Forge of Solus Prime]], though it turned out to be useless to Megatron without the power of a Prime behind it. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] continued to try and decrypt the data. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} He met with very little success. When the Decepticon warship's mind was awakened by [[Dark Energon]], it immediately began decrypting the data itself. The Autobots' human allies ventured aboard the ship to try and download the Iacon database onto a [[transfer drive]] and found the ship had already decrypted several sets of coordinates. By the time the kids took the ship's intelligence offline, it had decoded four sets of coordinates. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Dispatching multiple teams at the same time, the Autobots and Decepticons each raced to the four relic sites. Bumblebee and Arcee went to New York with Jack and Miko where they encountered Knock Out and an Insecticon, but eventually claimed the [[phase shifter]]. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision (episode)|Tunnel Vision}} Optimus and Dreadwing each went to Antarctica but unfortunately, the attention of four Decepticon detachments being dispatched caused a curious Starscream to investigate, who ended up in possession of the [[Apex Armor (Thirteen)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Ratchet teamed up with Wheeljack to race Soundwave to the third relic, disabling his [[Mini-Con]] Laserbeak in the process. Inspired by Wheeljack, Ratchet, with Raf's help, developed a virus designed to go from Laserbeak to the ''Nemesis's'' main frame and transfer the Iacon database to the Autobots. While Ratchet and Raf uploaded the virus, Wheeljack fought/distracted Soundwave, but was ultimately beaten when Soundwave used the relic, the [[Resonance Blaster]] on him. After collecting Laserbeak (unaware of the virus), Soundwave returned to the ''Nemesis'' with the Resonance Blaster. Megatron was pleased with Soundwave's success while disappointed that Dreadwing and Knockout failed to retrieve their relics. Megatron then put Soundwave back to work on Project Iacon, which played right into the Autobots' hands, downloaded a copy of the database to their mainframe. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} While dealing with the Insecticon Hardshell, Bulkhead discovered the fourth and final relic, a cache of Tox-En. Realizing it was too dangerous for either side to possess, Bulkhead threw it into a volcano where it was destroyed. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

Soundwave eventually learned how to decrypt the data and decoded a new set of coordinates. At the same time, the Decepticons built a device that could mimic the Project Iacon beacons to lead the Autobots on wild goose chases. Thanks to [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] and [[Jack Darby]] however, the Autobots were able to claim the latest relic: The [[Star Saber (Thirteen)|Star Saber]]. Held within the blade was a recording from Alpha Trion, {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} who explained to Optimus that the myriad of Cybertronian artifacts littering the surface of Earth, was his doing, having foreseen the conflict on Earth and hoping to provide the Autobots with an edge. He then revealed to his apprentice the existence of the [[Omega Key]]s with Optimus and Soundwave both decoding the first key's location in [[Egypt]] with the Autobots claiming the key. {{storylink|Alpha/Omega}} The next two keys were claimed by the Decepticons and the rogue Starscream respectively. The final entry was decoded simultaneously by Optimus and Soundwave and revealed that Smokescreen himself held the final Key with the Decepticon TIC managing to capture the Autobot. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}} Brought aboard the ''Nemesis'', Knock Out managed to extract the final Key from Smokescreen via the phase shifter. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

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[[Category:Projects|Iacon]]

Talk:Arcee (G1)

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It wasn't just attendies to the dinners that got the talking Arcee boxes. Neither my brother or I went to that and we have two Arcee's that talk every time my parents open their closet to this day. It's been a while but could it have been all PreReges. that got them? Cause that we did do. [[User:ZacWilliam|ZacWilliam]] 13:27, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

: That's weird. I'm pretty sure they were staying that the talky-thing was a dinner-only thing. Maybe some got out. 
: At any rate, jsut a note for future reference... I'm gonna be upping the h-size of the "main" images on pages up to 250px wide rather than stick with the default thumbnail size. I figure they deserve some more space. (Assuming the images are larger enough to support that.) --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 23:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
::No, Zac's right. It was pre-reg only, not dinner only. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 00:04, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

:::If I remember my botcon reports- weren't they unveailed at the dinner? that might be what you're remembering... -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 04:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

I recall reading somewhere that Arcee's Strength was 6, which is ridiculous as she was female. 6 for a female has got to be equivalent to 10+ for a male.[[User:71.34.68.213|71.34.68.213]] 22:06, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

:She's a ''robot.'' --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] 23:18, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

==A.R.C.==
I know nobody likes the guy, but should some note be made of Hal's A.R.C. toy? Or should 'official' be added to the description of the BotCon Arcee? Oh, and no affiliation with RSP, despite our shared association with tree-rats. [[User:Squirrelcar|Squirrelcar]] 11:47, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
: Nah, not official so its not mentioned. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 16:32, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

==Model Kit art==
Hrgh. That model kit art totally doesn't belong in the Marvel Comics section. But there's no where appropriate to move it to. But I don't want it to leave! --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 06:18, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
: Let's keep it here for now: [[Image:Arcee-modelkit.jpg|right|thumb|150px|S.O.B's shot my Leia-buns!]]

::Can't is go in the animated section? It's ''Japan'', they meant for it to be in animated continuity. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 07:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Not *their* animated continuity. The instructions featured art of ''our'' Powermaster Optimus Prime model, crazy enough. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 15:29, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
:::Derik's suggestion might work, but if it came with the model kit, why not put it (with, of course, some mention of the model kit) down under Merchandise? --[[User:Sntint|Sntint]] 08:16, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

:::Are the Axis comic online somewhere? I wants a link. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

Yes. Please. I've been wanting to read them forever. My Hidetsugu Yoshioka wuv needs fulfilment. --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 17:30, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

:I've uploaded the Arcee and Elita One comics. I don't seem to have a copy of Hot Rod's, which is a shame since it has by far the best Engirsh. They're probably not really fair use, and the scans are stolen anyway, so if they need to be taken down, feel free to do so. I couldn't find the actual scans on seibertron itself anymore. -[[User:LV|LV]] 18:52, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

:Translate book titles! ^_^ -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 17:56, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

*Since there's no furigana I've gotta break out my kanji fast-finder to translate thoes book titles. I'll get to that sooner or later, but first I've got some manga to finish for the Archive.
PS, thanks for the comics, LV! --[[User:DrSpengler|DrSpengler]] 19:21, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

''"They're not men, Arcee. We've been over this!"'' What, they're DEVO? --[[User:Zodberg|Zodberg]] 21:10, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

QUESTION: where do her wheels go when she is in robot form? Is she a hovercar without wheels? [[Special:Contributions/24.193.123.96|24.193.123.96]] 07:29, 8 May 2009 (EDT) confused
:They go into [[subspace storage pocket|subspace]]. [[User:LokitheGrammarNazi|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 11:54, 25 August 2010 (EDT)

== "Ancestor"? ==
''she also just might be one of Rattrap's ancestors''

I'm not sure "great-aunt" is technically an "ancestor", since Rattrap isn't descended from her (she's not his grandmother). Possibly we should say "Rattrap's relatives"? [[User:JW|JW]] 14:03, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
: Somewhat agree with this, but you have to remember transformers' lifetimes can span millennia... it's feasible calling her an ancestor, but perhaps "descendant" is a better word? Kudos to: [[User:Steve-o|Steve-o]] for hitting up the reference for this one.[[User:Bento180|Bento180]] 16:01, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
:: I'm unclear on what you mean, since "ancestor" and "descendant" are opposites. Regardless, since Arcee is not Rattrap's mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother, etc., she's not technically his ancestor, and he's not technically her descendant. They're just relatives.
:: Recommend changing the sentence to "she also just might be one of Rattrap's relatives" or "also, Rattrap claims to be her great-nephew". [[User:JW|JW]] 16:21, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
:: Apologies, I meant calling Rattrap a descendent of Arcee. I agree in that calling them realtives might be more correct, however it is possible for Autobots to be siblings (ie. [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Prime]] as brothers) If he calls her his great aunt, then we should go with it. I don't see a problem with that, we may as well be precise.
:::Um, I think use "relative" would be better, since an [[Wikipedia:ancestor|ancestor]] is a parent or the parent of an ancestor and Rattrap calls Arcee "great-aunt" instead of "great-granny". --[[User:TX55|TX55]] 17:10 , 1 October 2007 (UTC)
::: Agreed. done.

== "The Metamorphosis" ==
So, what are the rules about adding info from unpublished stories? I have a little synopsis of what this story was supposed to be about from Dan Khanna that I though might be good to add...[[User:Lightsyder|Lightsyder]] 17:01, 7 April 2008 (UTC)

== Binaltech Arcee ==

It's confirmed by non photoshopped images now. The figure was shown at the Shizuoka Hobby Show 2008. It's not a retool. [http://tformers.com/ig.php?mode=view&album=9465&pic=shs08-11.jpg&dispsize=600&start=0]--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 20:07, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
:And now there's official stock photography showing the same. I haven't changed the text yet, but I will unless people object.--[[User:Rosicrucian|Rosicrucian]][[User Talk:Rosicrucian|Talk]] 14:51, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
::The existing text is abit too much like a news post, though. I would prefer to ditch the text and merely saw what we officially know at the moment, and pad it out with more general descriptions of the toy, like we do for other toy sections. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 15:57, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

== On Genders ==
As an asexual and mono-gendered race, the Transformers are technically female. So if they created Arcee as a means to explore gender duality, as I heard someone suggest once, that means she's a dude. What a pretty man, though. :) [[Special:Contributions/213.66.207.185|213.66.207.185]] 05:53, 6 September 2009 (EDT)
:Your definition of "technically female" is waaaay off. [[User:Noviere|Noviere]] 12:35, 6 September 2009 (EDT)
:Pretty much everything in that entire above post is waaaay off.--[[Special:Contributions/76.28.72.27|76.28.72.27]] 13:45, 6 September 2009 (EDT)
::Oh so Arcee's male? ''That'' must be why she's called a female Autobot then. Seriously we need facepalm smilies on here.[[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 14:12, 6 September 2009 (EDT)

== A new main image, with photoshop? ==
[[Image:ArceeG1-2010storypage.jpg|right|thumb]]
Arcee's main image is beautifully rendered, yet, uh, kind of ridiculously over-sexified. "HEY COME HAVE SEX WITH ME" she says, beckoning you into her crotch. So, hey, maybe if we manage to clean [http://www.allspark.com/content/stories/tfpulp/8612TVM/b.jpg this] up a bit, we'll have a new one. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 11:11, 31 January 2010 (EST)
:I really hate the high heels Japanese art persisted in giving Arcee back in the day... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 11:19, 31 January 2010 (EST)
::Not just the Japanese, not just Arcee, not just back in the day. As for the image, it's nice, but hardly an improvement imo. Her pose still is somewhat invitive, with an exaggerated chest and an attention-grabbing hand on her leg. If Arcee is to get a new main image, I'd prefer something else. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 11:52, 31 January 2010 (EST)
:::I really don't think this is nearly as "invitive" as you claim. If it's "invitive," it's only, say, 10% as "invitive" as our current image. Anyway, Monzo got me a cleaner copy without the English, and that was an easy thing to clean up. I think we should use it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 12:23, 31 January 2010 (EST)
::::We're disagreeing a lot these days, aren't we? D: Then again, I only said "somewhat". I'm neutral to a switch; you guys decide whether it should be done or not. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 12:30, 31 January 2010 (EST)
:::::I don't think it is a terribly good likeness of her. She doesn't look much like Arcee from the shoulders up. Very pale face. Blank eyes. Shoulder wings. Weird super-sized helmet... and no lipstick :) - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 13:14, 31 January 2010 (EST)
:While neither image really seem to capture her personality as a warrior, the Magami piece at least takes it as far as "minx", whereas the Yoshioka piece is all sorts of slutty. Plus, this one has her alt mode in it, so okay. '''--Spengs (at work, can't log in)'''
:Yes. Make the change. --[[User:KilMichaelMcC|KilMichaelMcC]] 12:41, 31 January 2010 (EST)
Is it too late to recommend the Alex Milne cover for [[Spotlight: Arcee]]? Damn. :) --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] 13:40, 31 January 2010 (EST)
::Since we're not unanimously deeply enthusiast of this image, another option stays a possibility. I, however, prefer the new image over anything relating to "Spotlight: Arcee". It better approaches Arcee-ICness than the spotlight. [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 13:50, 31 January 2010 (EST)
:::Xaaron is, of course, joking. Besides, it's a redesign, not something based on her first body, so it's ineligible anyway. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 13:51, 31 January 2010 (EST)
::::*Sigh* I am ever so terrible at separating joke from real. Sorry for that. But... the Spotlight version isn't that far off her original body. I know we have a first body-policy, but does it cover even that level of difference? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 13:56, 31 January 2010 (EST)
:::::I've seen some fanart of the two designs side-by-side. It's actually quite noticeably different while still managing to look 'overall' the same.
:::::As for this change... I'm neutral to it. I find this art a bit lifeless, but it's darker pink (splitting the difference between the baby-girl pink of the cartoon and the burgundy of IDW) and while the old arrt was pretty iconic... it wasn't actually GOOD. (I want to say that that replaced the Pat Lee cheesecake poster...) I'm okay with it anyway. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 15:30, 31 January 2010 (EST)

==Does it stand for anything?==
My dad, being the annoying old man he is, wants me to see what "RC" stands for even though I've explained it isn't spelled like that and it doesn't stand for anything. Does anyone have any suggestions what it ''could'' stand for? --[[User:Ninjabot33|Ninjabot33]] 05:51, 13 June 2010 (EDT)
: "Race Car." --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 07:31, 13 June 2010 (EDT)
::Or "Race Cycle" for certain iterations. :) --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] 11:08, 13 June 2010 (EDT)
:::Sometimes it's "Remote Controlled" as a prefix to "car". If that was a feature in the continuity, that would have been pretty cool. [[User:LokitheGrammarNazi|LokitheGrammarNazi]] 11:50, 25 August 2010 (EDT)
::::I could have sworn it stood for "Radio Controlled." At least up here, there used to be tonnes of ads for "RC cars." -- [[User:Semysane|Semysane]] 15:12, 12 December 2010 (EST)

==Prime's Rib==
"Optimus Prime surrendered and ordered Wheeljack and Ratchet to make a new Autobot" - Exactly where is it said that Ratchet and Wheeljack built Arcee? [[User:Geewunling|Geewunling]] 17:06, 30 September 2012 (EDT)
: Unless there's an Arcee "Facts File" somewhere, that seems to be completely fabricated information. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:14, 30 September 2012 (EDT)

== Japanese VAs ==

The Japanese VAs listed on the page contradict the pages for the VAs:
*[[Yōko Kawanami]] is listed as having played her in the series itself and ''Headmasters'', but her page says she played her in the movie and ''Headmasters''.
*[[Masako Katsuki]] is listed as having played her in the movie, but her page says she played her in the series.
Which ones are correct?
--[[User:Flicky1991|flicky]][[User talk:Flicky1991|1991]] 02:21, 22 April 2013 (EDT)

== Split out sub-page for IDW G1 Arcee? ==

Is this article's IDW G1 section worth its own sub-page? If not for length then what about IDW G1 Arcee's distinctive personality and background? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 17:54, 27 September 2015 (EDT)
:Not saying it's not, but seems like her cartoon section is bigger and more deserving of it if we're looking for ways to reduce page-size. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:56, 27 September 2015 (EDT)
::Why not both? -- [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] ([[User talk:Dark T Zeratul|talk]]) 22:26, 29 September 2015 (EDT)
:::A separate page for Arcee's IDW stuff would be pretty tiny. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:36, 30 September 2015 (EDT)
::::I think it'd be pretty close in size to Galvatron's. And she is a main character in the-book-formerly-called-RiD, and is also about to be major in Sins, it'd grow fast. [[User:ZeroSD|ZeroSD]] ([[User talk:ZeroSD|talk]]) 06:59, 30 September 2015 (EDT)
:::::My point is that splitting out her IDW section would not reduce the page size by a significant amount. Splitting out sections should be a last resort when the page gets too big. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 15:49, 30 September 2015 (EDT)

== Ask Vector Prime ==
On the Ask Vector Prime page on Facebook, Vector says that "Arcee was a biologist protoformed with a male frame, and sent to observe some of these worlds post-war. On one world they had gone onto, Arcee stumbled upon what organics call "gender dysphoria disorder" and studied this phenomenon closely." Maybe mention this in Notes? [[User:RedWingGladiator|RedWingGladiator]] ([[User talk:RedWingGladiator|talk]]) 23:39, 2 January 2016 (EST)RedWingGladiator
:AVP content waits two weeks before being put into articles. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 00:08, 3 January 2016 (EST)

==Main caption removal==
The main caption (removed on 13 February 2026) has "annoyed" me for a long time (from when I was still just a reader instead of a contributor) and as per the caption help page that no caption is better than a bad one, I've take the presumptuous liberty of removing it. My problem with it is twofold. On one hand, I don't think it's okay to open a page about a (prominent) female character with a joke about her availability. And on the other, while the joke attempts to be queer positive (appreciated), it posits male heterosexuality as the norm (and wlw as the twist) and by denying the legitimacy of Arcee's fm relationships (weird next to a principally continuity neutral intro) ends up being bi/panphobic. I have no caption to offer as an alternative at this point in time, so I hope the empty thumb isn't too disruptive. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 01:28, 13 February 2026 (EST)
: And you doing this is pretty homophobic. All of her M/F relationships have the same level of ambiguous canonicity as every other female transformer that has deeper relationships with male characters (which is pretty much ''all of them''), while her F/F relationships are very much textually reciprocated on-screen. Also, I think it's important to remember ''male heterosexuality is, in fact, the norm in society''. ALL of her M/F relationships are comphet as a result of her being The Token Girl Who Has To Be The Love Interest In A Boys/Men-Aimed Toy Brand, no matter how much any of that is actually fleshed out. There are plenty of other plausibly bi/pan characters. Going on a tirade like this about a character who even ''could'' be explicitly called a lesbian - especially in ''2026'' - ain't the move. [[User:Catgirl|cat]] ([[User talk:Catgirl|talk]]) 01:42, 13 February 2026 (EST)
::Apologies, but I don't believe it's me who is going on a "tirade" here and I find it disappointing that you come to this so, as you call it, "passionately". I am not denying anything -- everything about all of Arcee's relationships is well-covered in the article and if you want them to also be mentioned in the intro, go for it. I am only saying that the removed caption is not suitable as an (introductory) joke. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 02:02, 13 February 2026 (EST)
: I sort of said this in the edit when replacing the caption (sorry) but while the intention of workshopping something more bi/pan inclusive is a noble one replacing one of the most visible statements of editorial queer positivity on the site with nothing *before* discussion definitely leans towards doing more harm than good. --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 02:28, 13 February 2026 (EST)
::You have my gratitude for your input and the building-bridgesness choice of words.(*) I acknowledge that in this matter I have overstepped and/or have been too hasty and I do apologize for that, notwithstanding that I insist the caption is not queer positive. This is wlw or lesbian positivity, but biphobic and therefore not queer positive because "queer" is inclusive. I'll see if I can come up with an actually queer positive alternative after all, or at least move the caption away from focusing on a woman's availability and the prioritization of men, which is my primary problem with the caption (hence why it was the first one I mentioned). If anyone else reads this, it would mean a lot to me to workshop this, maybe even with a small intro rewrite to cover Arcee's "multisexuality" more honestly. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 03:01, 13 February 2026 (EST)
::(*I) realize that my words after the asterisk may come across as hostile but I can't find other words to hold up my stance and why it matters (to me). Therefore, I'm adding this addendum to reiterate that my gratitude is sincere. And it was sincere even before you added "sorry", which is an additional gesture you have my additional gratitude for. [[User:BerylRoll|BerylRoll]] ([[User talk:BerylRoll|talk]]) 03:01, 13 February 2026 (EST)
::: As a bi person, I think we can just let the lesbians have a lesbian-centric joke. Not every joke needs to be all inclusive of every permutation of human existence. — [[User:Daniel Adkins|Daniel Adkins]] ([[User talk:Daniel Adkins|talk]]) 08:24, 13 February 2026 (EST)
: I think your basic thesis for making this edit is flawed. Versions of Arcee who have engaged in what could be charitably seen as flirtatious dialogue or scenes with men (Hot Rod, Chromedome etc) aren't shown to seriously reciprocate in any meaningful sense (in particular, Headmasters' Chromedome's crush is seemingly almost entirely one-sided). The idea that Arcee has been depicted in flirtatious scenarios with men but has been a lesbian in two major publications means that there is an Arcee of the mean, an Average Arcee, who is bisexual doesn't hold up. And again, the lesbian activities Arcee has been depicted engaging in have been things like kissing, getting married and having children, which probably carries a bit more weight than whatever the line is in TFTM. Maybe one day the great bisexual Arcee story will be written and then we can talk, but I think making up a hypothetical bisexual Arcee in order to justify a caption (literally the first thing people read on the page) would get in the way of the wiki's actual mission: accurately representing information about the Transformers.[[User:Star Spangled Sam|Star Spangled Sam]] ([[User talk:Star Spangled Sam|talk]]) 08:57, 13 February 2026 (EST)
: I know I'm not any kind of prominent editor here and my opinion likely doesn't carry much weight, but for my two cents, I tend to find it a bit weird that a main image that, in its original context, was meant to specifically portray G1 Cartoon continuity Arcee, has a caption that seemingly denies or diminishes the G1 Cartoon continuity. Maybe I'm overreacting, but I feel like it even has potential to cause confusion for more casual fans/users. I get that some of you are attached to the particular caption, so, seeing as this caption refers more to the IDW comics despite being on a continuity-neutral main page, maybe it could be moved over to the main image for the IDW subpage? [[User:Mosquitosquisher7|Mosquitosquisher7]] ([[User talk:Mosquitosquisher7|talk]]) 19:33, 22 February 2026 (EST)

List of female Transformers

2025-11-23T05:21:54Z

Mosquitosquisher7: Added note 2 (first depicted as male, but female in one particular instance) for G1 Bumblebee/Goldbug

{{suite|root=Female Transformer}}

Following is a thorough list of the various [[female Transformer]]s in canon thus far. Many of these characters were Japan-exclusive, featured only in fiction, or exist as limited-run exclusive toys. Female characters who had multiple toys are listed only once.

==[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]]/[[Beast Era]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s/[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (1)
*[[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (2)
*[[Firestar (G1)|Firestar]] (3)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] (4)
*[[Greenlight]] (5)
*[[Lancer]] (6)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (7)
*[[Beta (G1)|Beta]] (9)
*An [[Autobot rebel]] (10)
*[[Paradron Medic]]s (12)
*[[Nancy]] (13)
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]] (14)
*[[Clipper (G1)|Clipper]] (15)
*[[Karmen]] (19)
*[[Bumblebee_(G1)/Marvel_Comics_continuity#Transformers_Comic-Magazin|Bumblebee]]<ref name="dual"/> (20)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (23)
*[[Kitte Shūshū]] (26)
*[[Rage (BW)|Rage]] (27)
*[[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] (28)
*[[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]]<ref name="retcon"/> (34)
*[[Glyph (Universe)|Glyph]] (35)
*[[Road Rage (G1)|Road Rage]] (36)
*[[Discharge (G1)|Discharge]]<ref name="retcon">Initially had no gender declared before being revealed to be female at a later date.</ref> (37)
*[[Windy (G1)|Windy]]<ref name="retcon"/> (38)
*[[Vibes]] (39)
*[[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] (40)
*[[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] (47)
*[[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]] (49)
*[[Rosanna (KP)|Rosanna]] (50)
*[[Windrazor (G1)|Windrazor]] (53)
*[[Crossblades (BW)|Crossblades]] (59)
*[[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] (60)
*One of Sunstreaker's troops (63)
*[[Cassiopeia]] (66)
*[[Nautica (G1)|Nautica]] (71)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (72)
*[[Transmutate (BW)|Transmutate]] (74)
*[[Override (BWU)|Override]] (81)
*[[Binary]] (82)
*[[Cerebros (RID)|Plasma]]<ref name="dual"/> (86)
*[[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] (87)
*[[Victorion]] (91)
*[[Velocity (G1)|Velocity]] (92)
*[[Javelin]] (93)
*[[Proxima (G1)|Proxima]] (94)
*[[Roadmaster]] (95)
*[[Acceleron]] (96)
*[[Vertex]] (97)
*[[Rust Dust]] (98)
*[[Pyra Magna]] (99)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (100)
*[[Stormclash]] (101)
*[[Jumpstream]] (102)
*[[Dust Up]] (103)
*[[Scorpia (G2)|Scorpia]]<ref name="retcon"/> (104)
*[[Aileron]] (106)
*[[Aura]] (107)
*[[Wedge Shape]] (108)
*[[Eos]] (110)
*[[Legend Convoy]]<ref name="intent"/> (114)
*[[Lifeline (G1)|Lifeline]] (115)
*[[Quickslinger (G1)|Quickslinger]] (116)
*[[Hotwire (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Hotwire]]<ref name="dual"/> <ref name="species"/> (133)
*[[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]] (134)
*[[Stockade (Universe 2003)|Stockade]]<ref name="dual"/> (135)
*[[Rav (BWU)|Rav]] (136)
*[[Hammerstrike (BM)|Hammerstrike]]<ref name="dual"/> (139)
*[[Sieg]]<ref name="intent">Not clarified in fiction but intended as such by [[authorial intent]].</ref> (142)
*[[Slide#2005 IDW continuity|Slide]]<ref name="dual"/> (145)
*[[Triceradon (BM)|Triceradon]]<ref name="dual"/> (149)
*[[Crush-Bull#Beast Wars: Uprising|Crush Bull]]<ref name="dual"/> (150)
*[[Oiler#Beast Wars: Uprising|Oiler]]<ref name="dual"/> (151)
*[[Broadside (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Broadside]]<ref name="dual"/> (152)
*[[Sky High (Micromaster)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Sky High]]<ref name="dual"/> (153)
*[[Skimmer (Kre-O)|Skimmer]]<ref name="retcon"/> (162)
*[[Circuit (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Circuit]]<ref name="dual"/> (163)
*[[Pyro (G1)#TransTech|Pyra Ignatia Spark]]<ref name="dual"/> (168)
*[[Scorchfire]] (170)
*[[Slash (POTP)|Slash]] (182)
*[[Smashdown]]<ref name="dual"/> (188)
*[[Orthia]] (190)
*[[Gauge]] (195)
*[[Azimuth (G1)|Azimuth]] (201)
*[[Nyx]] (205)
*[[Burn Out (Diaclone)|Burnout]]<ref name="species"/> (209)
*[[Yamabuki]] (212)
*[[Oversteer]] (215)
*[[Shakedown]] (216)
*[[Breakout]] (217)
*[[Ariel]] (224)
*[[The Enigma of Combination|A Targetmaster]] wielder (227)

|h2=[[Decepticon]]s/[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Esmeral (G1)|Esmeral]] (16)
*[[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]] (17)
*[[Clio]] (87)
*[[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]] (21)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (22)
*[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]]
*[[Scylla]] (24)
*[[Rage (BW)|Rage]] (27)
*[[Shadow Striker (Universe)|Shadow Striker]] (41)
*[[Howlback (G1)|Howlback]] (46)
*[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] (48)
*[[Flip Sides (G1)|Flip Sides]] (49)
*[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]] (54)
*[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]]<ref name="dual"/> (61)
*[[Freezon]]<ref name="retcon"/> (62)
*[[Thunderblast (G1)|Thunderblast]] (65)
*[[Nightracer (G1)|Nightracer]] (69)
*[[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]] (75)
*[[Twirl (G1)|Twirl]] (76)
*[[Predacon computer|Navi]]<ref name="species"/> (77)
*[[Ser-Ket (BWU)|Ser-Ket]] (84)
*[[Nickel]] (90)
*[[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (105)
*[[Killjoy]] (109)
*[[Blackout (G1)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Blackout]]<ref name="dual">Male in first appearance but female in another continuity.</ref> (111)
*[[Spaceshot#Beast Wars: Uprising|Spaceshot]]<ref name="dual"/> (112)
*[[Soundbyte]] (113)
*[[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] (122)
*[[Trickdiamond]] (117)
*[[Moonheart]] (118)
*[[Megaempress]] (119)
*[[Flowspade]] (120)
*[[Lunaclub]] (121)
*[[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]]<ref name="species"/> (129)
*[[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]]<ref name="dual"/> (131)
*[[Megatronia]] (137)
*[[Jai-Alai]] (140)
*[[BB (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Max-B]]<ref name="dual"/> (141)
*[[Buckethead]]<ref name="retcon"/> (144)
*[[Gaidora (BWU)|Gaidora]] (148)
*[[Diveplane]]<ref name="retcon"/> (155)
*[[Seawave]]<ref name="retcon"/> (156)
*[[Mindgame]] (157)
*[[Tracer (Micromaster)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Tracer]]<ref name="dual"/> (158)
*[[Liftoff]]<ref name="retcon"/> (160)
*[[Freefall]]<ref name="retcon"/> (161)
*[[Snarl (Classics)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Snarl-blast]]<ref name="dual"/> (162)
*[[Devastator (G1)#Timelines|Devastator]]<ref name="dual"/> (168)
*[[Cindersaur (G1)#Generations|Cindersaur]]<ref name="dual"/> (184)
*[[Shadow Striker (G1)|Shadow Striker]] (189)
*[[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]]<ref name="dual"/> (192)
*[[Termagax]] (196)
*[[Kaskade]] (197)
*[[Sharpclaw]] (200)
*[[Vertebreak (Kingdom)|Vertebreak]] (202)
*[[Heavywait]]<ref name="retcon"/> (203)
*[[Scatterspike (G1)|Scatterspike]] (204)
*[[Skold]] (206)
*[[Cyberwarp (G1)|Cyberwarp]] (211)
*[[Axlegrease]] (214)
*[[Scrap (G1)|Scrap]] (218)
*[[Roughspot]] (219)
*[[Spikestrip]] (220)
*[[Static]]<ref name="retcon"/> (222)
*The ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''<ref name="species"/> (223)
*[[The Enigma of Combination|A predatory bird]] Decepticon (226)
*[[Chemtrail]] (228)
*[[Compost]] (229)

|h3=Other|c3=
*''[[Target: 2006|Possibly one]] of [[Maccadam's bartenders]]'' (8)
*[[Cheesecake robot]] (11)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (29)
*[[Libras]] (30)
*[[Virgol]] (31)
*[[Cancix]]<ref name="retcon"/> (32)
*''Possibly [[Sagittarii]]'' (33)
*[[Roulette and Shadow Striker's sister]] (42)
*[[Path Finder]] (43)
*[[Small Foot]] (44)
*[[Devcon's galpal]] (45)
*[[The Art of War issue 4|One of]] Optimus Prime's [[Optimus Prime's rescuees|rescuees]] (51)
*[[Angela]] (52)
*Four members of the [[Kaon upperclass]] (55-58)
*[[Ma-Grrr]] (64)
*[[Red waitress Transformer]] (67)
*[[Windshear]] (73)<ref name="species">Not a transforming individual and/or not of the Cybertronian species in every continuity.</ref>
*[[Solus Prime]] (78)
*[[Female protester]] (79)
*[[Dipole]] (83)
*[[Vamp]] (85)
*[[Lightbright (G1)|Lightbright]] (87)
*[[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] (88)
*[[Mistress of Flame]] (89)
*[[Gnash]] (123)
*[[Slice (G1)|Slice]] (124)
*[[Thrashclaw]] (125)
*[[Shred]] (126)
*[[07:00:00|A pair]] of Devisen twins (127-128)
*[[Maxima]] (130)
*''Possibly [[Adronitia]]'' (138)
*[[Medusa]]<ref name="species"/> (132)
*[[Kari]]<ref name="species"/> (143)
*[[Anode]] (146)
*[[Lug (IDW)|Lug]] (147)
*[[Deep Blue (BWU)|Deep Blue]] (165)
*At least two ''[[Terrastar]]'' bridge officers (166-167)
*[[Rum-Maj]]<ref name="species"/> (169)
*[[Praesidia Magna]] (171)
*[[Fastbreak (G1)|Fastbreak]] (172)
*[[Crash Test (G1)|Crash Test]] (173)
*''[[Ghost Stories|Possibly]] a musically colorful couple'' (174-175)
*''Possibly a data stick'' (177)
*''[[The Price of You|Possibly]] a Fateweaver'' (178)
*''[[The Life of Sideswipe|An illusory]] Eukarian or Camien'' (179)
*[[Stardrive]] (181)
*[[Magrada]] (183)
*[[Provoke]] (185)
*[[Highfire]] (186)
*[[Accelerator]] (187)
*[[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] (193)
*[[Codexa]] (194)
*[[Lodestar (Titan)|Lodestar]] (191)
*[[Shutter]] (198)
*[[Yellow Splendid Convoy]] (199)
*[[Cargohold]] (207)
*[[Cryak]] (208)
*[[Spindle]] (210)
*[[Jettison]] (221)
*[[Shard]]<ref name="species"/> (225)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Alana]], turned into a Transformer for a [[Sea Change|short time]].
*[[Aunty]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer.
*[[Combination granny and attack-dog-bot]]s, human-sized drones supposedly based on Transformer technology.
*[[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], has a [[Mega|female side to him]].
*Some of the [[Teletraan (disambiguation)|"Teletraan"]] computers like [[Teletraan 15|15]] and [[Teletraan 10|10]] are female.
*There appears to be a female design among a [[Early war history records Transformers|group of old generics]].
*Bayonet, the fake female Decepticon disguise of [[Britt]].
*In the French dub of ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] are considered female. Shrapnel is also female in the Russian dub, as is Starscream in the Turkish one.
*[[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[NAVI (Yukikaze)|NAVI]] (''[[Yukikaze (BW)|Yukikaze]]''), female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[NAVI (Gung Ho)|NAVI]] (''[[Gung Ho]]''), female Cybertronian intelligent computer
*[[DNAVI]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer

==[[Robots in Disguise continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Universe)|Optimus Prime]]<ref name="dual"/> (1)
*[[Nightcruz (RID)|Nightcruz]]<ref name="retcon"/> (3)
|c2=
*[[Scourge (RID)#Spy Changer continuity|Scourge]]<ref name="dual"/> (2)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[T-AI]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer.

==[[Unicron Trilogy continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Airazor (Armada)|Airazor]] (5)
*[[Arcee (Energon)|Arcee]] (9)
*[[Autobot nurse]]s (10)
*Two [[Velocitron band|Velocitronian band members]] (11-12)
*[[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]<ref name="dub">Was male in Japan, but altered to female in the English dub.</ref> (13)
*[[Joyride (Cybertron)|Joyride]]<ref name="dub"/> (15)
*[[Quickslinger (Cybertron)|Quickslinger]] (16)
*[[Crystal Widow]] (24)
*[[Treadbolt]]<ref name="retcon"/> (33)
*[[Chromia (Cybertron)|Chromia]] (34)

|c2=
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (14)
*[[Spacewarp]] (30)

|h3=[[Mini-Con]]s|c3=
*[[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]] (1)
*[[Combusta]] (2)
*[[Falcia]] (3)
*[[Twirl (Armada)|Twirl]] (4)
*[[Sunburn]] (6)
*[[Cliffjumper (Armada)|Cliffjumper]]<ref name="retcon"/> (7)
*[[Ironhide (Armada)|Ironhide]]<ref name="retcon"/> (8)
*[[Spiral]]<ref name="retcon"/> (9)
*[[Offshoot (Cybertron)|Offshoot]]<ref name="retcon"/> (17)
*[[Breakage]]<ref name="retcon"/> (18)
*[[Kickflip]]<ref name="retcon"/> (19)
*[[Mudbath]]<ref name="retcon"/> (20)
*[[Heavy Metal (Energon)|Heavy Metal]]<ref name="retcon"/> (21)
*"[[Disco ball]]" (22)
*[[Road Rebel]]<ref name="retcon"/> (23)
*[[Guardian Speed]]<ref name="retcon"/> (25)
*[[Mugen]]<ref name="retcon"/> (26)
*[[Bingo|Bingo/Triac]]<ref name="retcon"/> (27)
*[[Wedge Shape]]<ref name="retcon"/> (28)
*[[Sprite]] (29)
*[[Boom Tube]] (31)
*[[Windrazor (G1)|Windrazor]] (32)
*[[Rán]] (33)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Landmine (episode)|A possible scooterformer]]
*[[Dark Nitro Convoy]], evil clone of a character whose gender was switched in translation
*[[Red Alert (Universe)|Red Alert]], minimally-altered release of a toy that was female in Japan
*[[Midnight Express (Universe)|Midnight Express]], unaltered release of a toy that was female in Japan
*[[Hourglass]], a female character who might be a Cybertronian
*[[Bombshell (Cybertron)|Bombshell]], a female character who might be a Cybertronian
*[[Carillon]], a female character who might be a Cybertronian
*[[Vector Prime]], the former multiversal entity who was female in some universes

==[[Movie continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] (1)
*[[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] (2)
*[[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] (4)
*[[Perihelion]] (8)
*''[[HMS Alliance]]'' (10)
*[[Windblade (BB)|Windblade]] (14)
|c2=
*[[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] (3)
*[[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]] (5)
*[[Shadow Striker (ROTF)|Shadow Striker]] (6)
*[[Override (TF 2010)|Override]]<ref name="intent"/> (7)
*[[Diabla (BB)|Diabla]] (11)
*[[Howlback (BB)|Howlback]] (12)
*[[Shatter]] (13)
*[[KSI Widow]] (17)
|h3=[[Maximals]]|c3=
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]] (15)
|h4=[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcons]]|c4=
*[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]] (16)
|h5=Others|c5=
*[[Quintessa (TLK)|Quintessa]] (9)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Jetfire (Movie)|Jetfire]] claims to have a mother who may or may not have been a Transformer.

==[[Animated continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] (2)
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] (4)
*[[Red Alert (Animated)|Red Alert]] (6)
*[[Botanica (Animated)|Botanica]] (8)
*[[Flareup (Animated)|Flareup]] (10)
*[[Rosanna (Animated)|Rosanna]] (11)
*[[Glyph (Animated)|Glyph]] (12)
*[[Lickety-Split (Animated)|Lickety-Split]] (13)
*[[Lightbright (Animated)|Lightbright]] (14)
*[[Chromia (Animated)|Chromia]] (16)
*[[Clipper (Animated)|Clipper]] (17)
*[[Quickslinger (Animated)|Quickslinger]] (18)
*[[Kappa Supreme]] (19)
*[[Override Prime]] (20)
*[[Windy (Animated)|Windy]] (21)
*[[Road Rage (Animated)|Road Rage]] (25)
*[[Flashpoint]] (26)
*[[Minerva (Animated)|Minerva]] (27)
*[[Sureshock (Animated)|Sureshock]] (28)
*[[Nightbeat (Animated)|Nightbeat]] (29)
*[[Sunstreaker (Animated)|Sunstreaker]] (30)
|c2=
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] (1)
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] (5)
*[[Strika (Animated)|Strika]] (7)
*[[Flip Sides (Animated)|Flip Sides]] (9)
*[[Antagony (Animated)|Antagony]] (15)
*[[Wingthing (Animated)|Wingthing]] (22)
*[[Beta (Animated)|Beta]] (23)
*[[Drag Strip (Animated)|Drag Strip]] (24)
*[[Lyzack (Animated)|Lyzack]] (31)
|h3=Others|c3=
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Teletran-1]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer

==''[[Transformers: TransTech|TransTech]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blackarachnia (TransTech)|Blackarachnia]] (5)
|c2=
*[[Strika (TransTech)|Strika]] (3)
|h3=Neutrals|c3=
*[[Withered Hope|Unnamed medic]] (1)
*[[Andromeda (TransTech)|Andromeda]] (2)
*[[Cyclis]] (4)
*[[Sonar (TransTech)|Sonar]] (6)
*[[Hammerstrike (TransTech)|Hammerstrike]] (7)
*[[Scorpia (TransTech)|Scorpia]] (8)
*[[Proxima (TransTech)|Proxima]] (9)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Axiom Nexus News]] [[Editor]], a 'bot with one male and one female personality

==''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Decepticon]]s|c1=
*[[Crasher (SG)|Crasher]] (1)
*[[Esmeral (SG)|Esmeral]] (6)
*[[Howlback (SG)|Howlback]] (7)
*[[Flamewar (SG)|Flamewar]] (11)
|h2=[[Autobot]]s|c2=
*[[Arcee (SG)|Arcee]] (2)
*[[Andromeda (SG)|Andromeda]] (3)
*[[Elita-One (SG)|Elita-One]] (4)
*[[Strongarm (SG)|Strongarm]] (8)
*[[Windblade (SG)|Windblade]] (9)
*[[Nautica (SG)|Nautica]] (10)
|h3=Unknown|c3=
*[[Beta (SG)|Beta]] (5)
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Teletraan-X (SG)|Teletraan-X]], female Cybertronian intelligent computer.

==[[Aligned continuity family]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Akiba Prime]]
*[[Apax]]
*[[Arc]]
*[[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]
*[[Arcee Blade]]
*[[Assault Star]]
*[[Brushfire (RB)|Brushfire]]
*[[Cameo]]
*[[Catapult]]
*[[Chevalier]]
*[[Chromia (Prime)|Chromia]]
*[[Deep Blue (Prime)|Deep Blue]]
*[[Ether Walker]]
*[[Firestar (Prime)|Firestar]]
*[[Galaxy Flare]]
*[[Galaxy 'Questrian]]
*[[Glow]]
*[[Matronly Docent]]
*[[Quickshadow]]
*[[Rocket Plume]]
*[[Slash (RBA)|Slash]]
*[[Solus Prime]]
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]]
*[[Tempest Spin]]
*[[Thunderclap (Prime)|Thunderclap]]
*[[Upkeep]]
*[[Whirl (RBA)|Whirl]]
*[[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]

|c2=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]
*[[Astraea]]
*[[Aurora Speeder]]
*[[Balewing]]
*[[Coldstar]]
*[[Crimson Phantom]]
*[[Cyberwarp (RID)|Cyberwarp]]
*[[Cyclone Dancer]]
*[[Diabla (Prime)|Diabla]]
*[[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]
*[[Fallen Angel (Prime)|Fallen Angel]]
*[[Filch]]
*[[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]]
*[[Flash Runner]]
*[[Glowstrike]]
*[[Hoverbolt]]
*[[Helter-Skelter]]
*[[Hurricane Hunter]]
*[[Ida]]
*[[Lensflare]]
*[[Metal Thunder]]
*[[Nebula Ripper]]
*[[Night Dancer]]
*[[Overhead]]
*[[Retrofit]]
*[[Rollcage]]
*[[Scatterspike (RID)|Scatterspike]]
*[[Skyjack (RID)|Skyjack]]
*[[Slink]]
*[[Slipstream (WFC)|Slipstream]]
*[[Spiral Zealot]]
*[[Supernova Flame]]
*[[Variable Star]]
*[[Void Pulse]]
*[[Zizza]]

|h3=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c3=
*[[Ser-Ket (Prime)|Ser-Ket]]
*[[Ripclaw]]

|h4=[[Neutral]]s|c4=
*[[Azimuth (COP)|Azimuth]]
*[[Cogwheel]]
*[[Elita One (COP)|Elita One]]
*[[Mercury (COP)|Mercury]]
*[[Moonracer (COP)|Moonracer]]
*[[Nightra]]
*[[Override (Prime)|Override]]
}}

==[[Bot Shots (franchise)|Bot Shots]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacons]]|c1=
*[[Buzzclaw (BS)|Buzzclaw]] (1)
}}

==[[Kre-O]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (1)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (3)
*[[Strika (BM)|Strika]] (4)
*[[Minerva (G1 robot)|Minerva]] (5)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (6)
*[[Paradron Medic]] (10)
*[[Strongarm (RID)#Kre-O|Strongarm]] (12)
*[[Skimmer (Kre-O)|Skimmer]]<ref name="retcon"/> (13)
|c2=
*[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] (2)
*[[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]] (7)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (8)
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstrike]] (9)
*[[Ida]] (11)
*[[Liftoff]]<ref name="retcon"/> (14)
*[[Freefall (Kre-O)|Freefall]]<ref name="retcon"/> (15)
}}

==[[Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers]]==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Stella (AB)|Stella]] as:
** Arcee (1)
** Airachnid (2)
** Chromia (4)
** Novastar (10)
** Moonracer (11)
** Greenlight (12)

*[[Silver (AB)|Silver]] as:
** Windblade (3)
** Energon Windblade (5)
** Elita-One (8)

*[[Matilda]] as:
**Energon Nautica (6)
**Nautica (7)
**Strongarm (9)

*[[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] as:
** Nightbird (13)

*[[Rosanna (AB)|Rosanna]] (15)
|c2=
*[[Zeta (AB)|Zeta]] as:
** Slipstream (14)
}}

==''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]]
*[[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]
*[[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]]
*[[Jazz (Cyberverse)|Jazz]]<ref name="intent">Not clarified in fiction but intended as such by [[authorial intent]].</ref>
*[[Swoop (Cyberverse)|Swoop]]
*[[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]
|c2=
*[[Alpha Strike]]
*[[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]]
*[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]]
*[[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]]
*[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]]

|h3=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c3=
*[[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)|Blackarachnia]]

|h4=Other|c4=
*[[Cosmos (Cyberverse)|Cosmos]]
*[[Nightbird (Cyberverse)|Nightbird]]
*[[Operatus]]
*[[Solus Prime]]
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*In the Japanese dub of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'', [[Thrust (Cyberverse)|Thrust]] was female, and went by the name '''[[Red Wing (disambiguation)|Red Wing]]'''.
*Due to an animation error, [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]] fluctuates between the male and female Seeker animation models in the cartoon. Writer [[Mae Catt]] would later offer an in-universe explanation on Twitter that changing body types is "just something Acid Storm likes to do" and that pronouns are "up to Acid Storm", implying Acid Storm is non-binary gender fluid.

==[[Transformers: BotBots (franchise)|BotBots]]==
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Aday]]
*[[Agent Smartlit (BotBots)|Agent Smartlit]]
*[[Angry Cheese]]*
*[[Anty Farmwell]]
*[[Arctic Guzzlerush]]
*[[Bankshot]]
*[[Batsby]]**
*[[Big Cantuna]]
*[[Bok Bok Bok-O]]
*[[Bonz-Eye]]
*[[Bot-T-Builder]]
*[[Bottocorrect]]
*[[Bratworst]]
*[[Brock Head]]
*[[Chef Nada]]
*[[Clawsome]]
*[[Crabby Grabby]]
*[[Cuddletooth]]
*[[Dingledeedoo]]
*[[Disaster Master]]
*[[Disgusto Desserto]]*
*[[DJ Fudgey Fresh]]
*[[Doctor Flicker]]
*[[Dr. Flaskenstein]]**
*[[Drama Sauce]]
*[[Drillit Yaself]]
*[[Face Ace]]
*[[Fail Polish]]
*[[Fit Ness Monster]]
*[[Flare Devil]]
*[[Flood Jug]]
*[[Fomo]]*
*[[Fottle Barts]]**
*[[Frohawk]]
*[[Frostfetti Frostyface]]
*[[Game Over]]**
*[[Glam Glare Fancy Flare]]
*[[Glitch Face]]
*[[Goggly Spy P.I.]]
*[[Gold Dexter]]
*[[Goldface]]
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*[[Goldiebites]]
*[[Goldie Terrortwirl]]
*[[Goldito Favrito]]
*[[Goldpin Baller]]
*[[Gold Punch]]
*[[Grampiano]]
*[[Grandma Crinkles]]
*[[Grave Rave]]
*[[The Great Mumbo Bumblo]]
*[[Greeny Rex]]
*[[Grrr'illa Grimes]]
*[[Halloween Knight]]
*[[Handy Dandy]]
*[[Hashtagz]]
*[[Hawt Diggity]]
*[[Hawt Mess]]
*[[Highroller]]
*[[Hiptoast]]
*[[Ice Sight]]
*[[Jacqueline]]
*[[Javasaurus Rex]]
*[[Jet Setter]]
*[[Kikmee]]**
*[[Knotzel]]
*[[Laceface]]**
*[[Lady Loofah]]
*[[Lady Macaron]]
*[[Latte Spice Whirl]]
*[[Leafmeat Alone]]
*[[Loadoutsky]]
*[[Lolly Licks]]
*[[Lolly Mints]]
*[[Miss Mixed]]
*[[Movie Munchster]]
*[[Ms. Take]]
*[[Must Turd]]
*[[Nanny McBag]]
*[[Nomaste]]
*[[Nope Soap]]
*[[Ol' Tic Toc]]
*[[Ollie Bite]]
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*[[Outta Order]]
*[[Overpack]]
*[[Pop N. Lock]]
*[[Pop O' Gold]]
*[[Pressure Punk]]
*[[Professor Scope]]
*[[Rebugnant]]
*[[Ring-A-Ling]]
*[[Roarista]]
*[[Sandy Shades]]
*[[Scribby]]
*[[Sheriff Sugarfeet]]
*[[Shifty Gifty]]
*[[Sippyberry]]
*[[Sippy Slurps]]
*[[Skippy Dippy Disc]]
*[[Slappyhappy]]
*[[Smooth Shaker]]
*[[Smore N' More]]
*[[Sour Wing]]
*[[Starscope]]*
*[[Sticky McGee]]
*[[Sugar Saddle]]
*[[Super Bubs]]
*[[Sweet Cheat]]
*[[Technotic Sonic]]
*[[Terror Tale Torch]]
*[[Tidy Trunksky]]
*[[Tricitrustops]]
*[[Tropic Guzzlerush]]
*[[Tutu Puffz]]
*[[Twerple Burple]]
*[[Unilla Icequeencone]]
*[[Ulf the Orange]]
*[[Venus Frogtrap]]
*[[Vigitente]]
*[[Waddlepop]]
*[[Wasabi Breath]]
*[[Whirlderful]]
*[[Whoopsie Cushion]]
*[[Wristocrat]]
{{!}}}
}}
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Presented as female in the toyline and male in the cartoon 
<nowiki>**</nowiki>Presented as male in the toyline and female in the cartoon

==''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Tyrannocon Rex]]
*[[Dilophocon]]
}}

==''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (1)
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] (6)
|c2=
*[[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]] (4)
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] (5)
*[[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] (7)
*[[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]] (8)
|h3=[[Terran]]s|c3=
*[[Twitch]] (2)
*[[Hashtag (ES)|Hashtag]] (9)
*[[Terratronus]] (10)
|h4=Other|c4=
*[[Solus Prime]] (3)
}}

==''[[Transformers One (franchise)|One]]''==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=Miners/[[Autobots]]
|c1=
*[[Elita-1 (One)|Elita-1]]
*[[Arcee (One)|Arcee]]
*[[Firestar (One)|Firestar]]
*[[Moonracer (One)|Moonracer]]

|h2=[[High Guard]]/[[Decepticons]]
|c2=
*[[Slipstream (One)|Slipstream]]

|h3=[[Thirteen|Primes]]
|c3=
*[[Solus Prime]]

|c4=
*[[Chromia (One)|Chromia]]
*"[[Not Chromia]]"
*[[Airachnid (One)|Airachnid]]
}}

===Half-qualifiers===
*[[Redwing (One)|Redwing]] is referred as male in the ''[[Transformers One Sourcebook]]'' but their CGI model used in the movie is the same "female variant" of the [[Seeker]] [[body-type]] shared with [[Slipstream (One)|Slipstream]].
*Likewise, an [[:File:OneHighGuardConceptArt.jpg|unidentified green member of the High Guard]] shares said body-type with the aforementioned characters but their actual gender is never established in the movie or any other related media.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

[[Category:Female Transformers| ]]
[[Category:Lists|Female Transformers]]

Perceptor (G1)

2025-08-30T16:43:30Z

Mosquitosquisher7: Perceptor would not stand for confusing modus ponens with the denying the antecedent fallacy!

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:''Perceptor is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:G1 Perceptor reissueart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Back off, man. I'm a scientist."]]
In this article, we present overwhelmingly incontrovertible evidence that '''Perceptor''' is a peerless and demanding scientific mind. The breadth and depth of his knowledge is monotonically increasing, and there is a very high statistical correlation between his discoveries and the value they bring to the [[Autobot]]s. While it is obvious to even the most casual observer that Perceptor is unrivaled in metallurgy, electrical engineering, and concomitant subfields of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertronian]] physiology, these abilities only constitute an inaccurate approximation of his unquenchable thirst for knowledge; to wit: his facility with all manners of scientific inquiry and analysis asymptotically approaches infinity.

Through dedicated empirical analysis subject to many rounds of peer review, Perceptor has acknowledged that there is an inverse relationship between his near-continual use of scientific terminology and the listener's ability or willingness to understand him. There is also some limited outlier data that perhaps suggests that his listeners experience ephemeral bouts of frustration due to what is erroneously perceived to be a ponderous manner of speaking vis-a-vis employment of a more remedial discourse. Perceptor hypothesizes that, in his implicit joviality, his tendency towards precision may blind him to the potential nonexistence of the universality of his extensive vocabulary.

Perceptor would like to thank Autobot Leader [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] for supporting his research and for considering him a most perspicacious and inestimable addition to the Autobot ranks. He would also like to thank the [[Titan Master]] [[Convex]], to whom he is sometimes partnered.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
[[File:DinobotIsland2-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
{{main|Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity}}
Alongside [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], Perceptor was one of the Autobots' leading scientists on Earth in the mid-Eighties. Perceptor continued to serve as a top scientist for [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] during the mid-Noughties.
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===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
An erroneous account placed Perceptor as part of a group of Autobots posted on Cybertron hundreds of years ago who, upon detecting the [[Underbase]] heading towards Earth, sent out [[Raindance|two]] [[Grand Slam (G1)|mini-cassettes]] to forewarn the Autobots posted on the organic world of its arrival. {{storylink|Club Con!}}
{{note|The flashback in "[[Club Con!]]" depicting Perceptor, [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]] on Cybertron is screwy for all kinds of reasons. Aside from the fact that Sunstreaker was on Earth at the time and Defensor hadn't even been created then, Perceptor and Beachcomber would first learn that Optimus Prime still lived in "The Smelting Pool!", when they intercepted the signal that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] sent in "[[The Next Best Thing to Being There!]]".}}

[[File:TheSmeltingPool-Perceptor.jpg|left|thumb|Oh, you mean we're drawing a mouth on him, and we shouldn't color his face like he has his toy's [[mouthplate]]? Well, crap.]]
On Cybertron, Perceptor was often considered an officer or otherwise highly ranked personage by other Cybertronic life forms in the vicinity, inspiring in the aforementioned others a tendency to view him as a "commander" of a [[Cybertron Seven|faction of Autobots]] who engaged in armed conflict against localized enemy forces. The Autobot communications officer, heretofore known as "[[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]", would routinely cause superfluous amounts of mischief for Perceptor, largely due to the former's overdeveloped anti-hero circuitry. Annoyingly, this endeared Blaster to their shared peers more so than to Perceptor, despite Perceptor's rational decision-making and refusal to risk lives unnecessarily. A pertinent example, if we were to belabor the matter, would be when Blaster felt irrational concern over the unreliable Autobot scout, [[Scrounge (G1)|Scrounge]]. Despite the obvious danger and the expendability of Scrounge, Blaster's utilization of charisma and other personality-based social tools were able to persuade Perceptor's team to search [[Polyhex]] for him. Perceptor warned of the futility of such actions, and, true to the probabilities calculated, Scrounge was not located. Blaster would predictably leave to find Scrounge on his own, returning later to report that Scrounge had sacrificed himself to bring news of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s apparent survival, somewhere on a planet called [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

[[File:Perceptor bridge to nowhere.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Upon receiving word from Blaster that the Decepticons were in the process of constructing an inter-planetary teleportation device, or [[space bridge]], Perceptor ordered the troops serving under his command to launch an immediate offensive on the enemy units. He feared that, should the Decepticons successfully establish the means to go to and fro an alien world, they would garner enough resources and manpower to render them invincible. This offensive was two-pronged; while Perceptor led the bulk of his troops on Darkmount, Blaster was sent off to plant [[fission bomb]]s on the space bridge itself. Unforeseen circumstances, wherein Blaster uncovered that the Space Bridge itself was the hapless neutral [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]], re-engineered into the device by the Decepticons, caused him to hesitate in his task. Sensing something was afoot when the bridge was not destroyed on schedule, Perceptor rerouted his aforementioned combat unit, or the surviving portions thereof, to aid Blaster at his location. After ensuring that the bridge would be made inoperable, the Autobots crossed the multidimensional warp system for transport, to join the forces based on the planetary body known to the overwhelming majority of those of his species who had shifted their operations to its locality as Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} Perceptor's band was immediately spotted by a squadron of airborne Decepticons, but it seemed, at least on a superficial level not readily able to withstand a more critical analysis, that the Decepticons were more generally annoyed than willing to engage in combat, and thusly departed. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

[[File:AerialbotsoverAmerica-soswearsCircuitBreaker.jpg|thumb|left|He was in an unfortunate faceoff--no? I'll stop.|upright=1.4]]
The dubious function of counter-Autobot measures was instead transferred to a team of battle-acclimated natives, known amongst themselves as the anti-Transformers task force known as [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]]. These ruffians were led by a [[human]] female who was able to levitate herself using a patchwork coating of circuitry, in a surprising lack of modesty, if one must dwell on such matters. Suffice to say, this [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] was able to disable Perceptor and his fellow Autobots through the release of [[electric snow|atomic micro-batteries at a 300,000-volt blast of electricity]], which short-circuited them succinctly. {{storylink|Heavy Traffic!}} The removal of Perceptor's face was subsequent, and it and the faces of his compatriots were hung up on a vertical surface, or wall, while his body was experimented on for educational purposes, admirably enough. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}} Perceptor would remain in such a sorry state for a short period of time, up until his services were needed, in conjunction with that of his fellow captors, to be rather ignominiously assembled into a [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|mega robot designed specifically to counter a targeted duo of Decepticons]] until such a time that services had been rendered, thus guaranteeing their freedom. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[File:FallenAngel-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|That's one microscope you don't want to look in the wrong way.]]
''Perceptor and his Autobots were being directed towards the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], the Autobots' headquarters, by an Autobot daydreamer designated "[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]," when suddenly Skids [[Mass substitution|disappeared in a flash of light and sound]], leaving nothing but a charred area of organic floor surfacing where he had stood previously. To make matters worse, that is to say unfavorably ranked versus other incidents along a spectrum of agreeableness, Perceptor's band of Autobots was soon under attack by a strange and powerful Decepticon named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Despite Perceptor's rare usage of his tank alternate form, alongside his peer [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]'s similar mode, the two were responded to in kind and found themselves summarily removed from battle capability, that is to say, consciousness.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

''Rescued from destruction by the vagrant [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Perceptor's group, regrettably still sans Skids, finally traversed the remaining distance between their arrival coordinates and the Ark, where the Autobots there were surprised to hear of Galvatron's return to their chronal locality. Perceptor attempted, valiantly, to explain to [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] that their surprise was without merit, but in a characteristically erudite fashion that left the simple-minded relic dumbfounded. But it was soon Perceptor's opportunity to be dumbfounded as it was learned that Optimus Prime had recently perished, his body found in tatters, no doubt the work of the Decepticons. A [[Transformer funerary practices|funeral]] was, indeed, called for in due course, and the Earthbound Autobots felt that their late commander would have wanted to be buried according to the customs of Earth's dominant simian life form. Blaster, in a rare moment of propriety, quietly expressed his misgivings about this approach to Perceptor, who quietly agreed with his colleague that this method of burial was crude. Their complaints were soon rendered moot, as before their eyes Optimus Prime materialized, no worse for wear, and revealed his death had been but a ruse.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Perceptor first aid ratchet funeral for a friend.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
''Immediately after Optimus Prime's death had been declared a hoax,'' the Autobots' legendary Earthbound commander left with the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] on a mission of medium importance and had returned in less than satisfactory condition. As Perceptor and the other functioning Autobots looked on, [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] failed, despite his best efforts as the Autobots' chief medical officer, to revive him, and Optimus Prime was declared deceased, that is, nonfunctional. Perceptor, though a newcomer to the Earthen stage of the Cybertronian wars, was selected to deliver Optimus Prime's eulogy before their late commander's inert chassis was ejected into the void surrounding their new home planet, via a rocket-powered funereal containment unit. Adjacent within the chronal dimension, [[Mechanic|a human intruder]] was able to repurpose the Ark's defensive instruments against the mourning Autobots, and destructive tools of various forms turned themselves on their makers. Perceptor, acting with regards to the long term, forbade the Autobots from responding in kind, noting that were the Ark to suffer damage, the Autobots would be unable to repair their home to the tolerances required to return them to their original planet. Ratchet, who had neglected to appear at Optimus Prime's funeral, was capable enough to disable the threat from within the Ark. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend!}} Following the Funeral, Cobra [[Tele-Viper]]s attacked the Autobot base. Perceptor helped defend it, though he and the other Autobots had to do little more than pick off stragglers while [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] handled the bulk of the aggressors. {{storylink|Ashes, Ashes...}}

[[File:Democracykingofthehill.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Why are you running things, Perceptor? You just got here!]]
With Optimus Prime deceased, it became pertinent for the Autobots to congregate and [[Democracy|deliberate]] on a replacement for his managerial position, a crucial task for which Perceptor summoned high-ranking representatives. The proceedings were according to plan until, with reckless abandon, the brutish commander of the Dinobots, [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], interrupted and threw the process into disarray. Grimlock carried no positive feelings about Optimus Prime's leadership style, and the Dinobot commander implied he would prefer to take his post by force, but Perceptor, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], and Blaster cut short his charade with a verbal assault. However, following a siege orchestrated by the massive but articulate Decepticon [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], Perceptor had altered his initial position, having seen Grimlock's selflessness and leadership in battle against their opponent. The Autobots hailed Grimlock as their new commander. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[File:DarkStar-PerceptorTentakil.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|Fangirls, you can stop squeeing right now. We can hear you through the Internet.]]
After suffering through months of Grimlock's actual leadership style, Perceptor once again changed his assessment; moreso, he had decided that, in fact, Blaster would make the perfect replacement for their thuggish Dinobot leader, despite his appraisal of Blaster's strategic deficiencies back on Cybertron. He was among several gathered who urged Blaster to usurp the Dinobot from his leadership role, though Blaster was duped into forfeiting his freedom in order to secure the well-being of [[Spacehikers|four young human allies]]. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Thereafter, Blaster challenged Grimlock to a duel in order to procure leadership of the Autobots. Perceptor attended these proceedings, alongside the near sum total of the Autobot forces housed within the Ark and the ''Steelhaven'' spacecrafts. The violent altercation between the two contenders was interrupted by a Decepticon offensive, which was only repelled once both Grimlock and Blaster agreed upon a temporary alliance. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

Regardless of such trivialities, Optimus Prime himself returned to command, and Perceptor was next seen among those summoned to the Arctic by an Autobot code one alert signal. Among the frozen wastes, Perceptor and his comrades were ambushed by their recurring and hated enemies, the Decepticons. Perceptor appeared to be suffering from defective circuits, preventing him from detecting the presence of the [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] of the [[Tentakil (G1)|multipod variety]] as it lunged at him. This conflict came to a sudden halt when an agreement was struck between the two warring factions, allowing both sides to deal with a greater threat: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], at the time making a bid for the legendary database known as the [[Underbase]]. The alliance managed to cut Starscream's absorption of the Underbase's cosmic energies short, though the expected results were not forthcoming; Starscream was still bestowed unimaginable might from the small portion of energy he had already taken into his frame. The Seeker reduced the space craft that Perceptor was occupying to scrap, sending the Autobot scientist hurtling out into the void. Thankfully, in anticipation of such events coming to pass, Optimus had ordered the Ark to be on standby before the confrontation, and once Starscream left, Perceptor was able to board the craft and be transported back to Earth. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

Perceptor was deactivated as a result of the [[Underbase]] conflict, and along with his fellow deactivated Autobots, became a source of emotional torment for Ratchet; frustrated by his inability to repair all those under his care, Ratchet was plagued by nightmares, in which he was attacked by the reanimated bodies of his patients. Such a ghoulish scenario briefly became a reality when the Decepticon [[Sports Car Patrol]] infiltrated the Ark and took control of the damaged Autobots' motor controls in a plot to drive Ratchet mad. When this dastardly scheme failed to have the desired effect, it was abandoned and Perceptor was rendered inoperative once more. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Ratchet himself seemingly perished soon after, plunging Optimus into a deep melancholy. He had the Ark's computer recount to him all those who had fallen under his command, with Perceptor being among those name-dropped. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
[[File:Perceptor the planet eater.jpg|thumb|I mean I guess it's better than having the wounds be immortal..? |upright=0.9]]
''In a possible permutation of the year designate [[2005]], Perceptor was among the Autobots taking residence within the confines of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Upon spying Decepticon aggressors advancing towards the outpost, Perceptor warned his fellow occupants that, in due course, they would have to contend with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and his militia. In response to the tactical intelligence that Perceptor had provided him, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] ordered Autobot City to be transformed into its defensive configuration. The Decepticons continued their aggressive advance nonetheless, and in the skirmish that ensued, Optimus Prime was fatally wounded. The Autobot leader was brought to a medical facility, where Perceptor confirmed that his vitals were quickly ebbing. Perceptor then witnessed Optimus using up the last modicum of his strength to transfer ownership of the [[Matrix of Leadership]], previously stored within his body, over to Ultra Magnus, who was named Optimus's successor as head of the Autobot forces.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

[[File:BlurrTFMMarvel3.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3]]
''A brief lull in action followed, interrupted by a telecommunication divulging distressing news; a machine of planetary proportions, [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was displacing itself in ever-increasing proximity to the Transformers' homeworld of Cybertron in a menacing fashion. A report from two agents stationed in the planet's orbit, more specifically on Cybertron's satellite designate "[[Moonbase Two]]," disclosed that Unicron was capable of consuming celestial bodies, and had indeed already done so with "[[Moonbase One]]." The Autobots scrambled to become space-borne in order to attend to this threat, only to fall under attack by a new enemy: [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], an upgraded Megatron now under the thrall of the aforementioned "monster planet." In a desperate attempt to waylay their pursuer, Ultra Magnus dislodged a large component from their [[Autobot shuttle|shuttle]] he and his crew were occupying, allowing Galvatron to destroy it in the hopes he would believe he had succeeding in detonating the entire shuttle. The stratagem worked, though Perceptor's group were thereafter forced to land on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]] in order to attend the the mechanical needs of their vessel.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

''Repairs were barely underway when Perceptor and his compatriots were once more tracked down by Galvatron and his lackeys. This encounter closed with Galvatron absconding with the fabled Autobot Matrix of Leadership in hand. There was little time to grieve, as Junk's hostile indigenous people, the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]], next made their presence known. But in a serendipitous turn of events, a group composed of [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], and others then arrived on the scene, and managed to forge an alliance with the planet's natives. All those on Junk then prepared for a confrontation against Unicron, which culminated in Unicron's demise and Hot Rod acquiring the Matrix himself, the artifact engendering his ascension to Autobot leadership as "[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]]".'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

[[File:Chase perceptor space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
[[File:Perceptor rodimus prime white fire.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
In a parallel junction of quantum-temporal values, Perceptor aided his fellow Autobots in battling back legions of Decepticon enemies, themselves urged into a suicidal offensive against their sworn enemies by the malevolent cosmic being, Unicron. The Autobots managed to hold their own until the orchestrator of this conflict was summarily dispatched by Rodimus Prime, which directly resulted in the Decepticons abandoning the battlefield to regroup. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}} Later, Perceptor was among the residents of Autobot City who participated in the initiation of combat proceedings against unwanted [[Quintesson]] visitors possessing acutely nefarious intent. Unfortunately, said combat proceedings proved to be incapable of properly sustaining the necessary level of applied force to rebuke and rebuff the forward progress of the invading hostile xeno-biological entities, leading to a cessation of proper operating status for Perceptor and several of his Autobot co-actors. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}

One solar-terrestrial revolution cycle later, Perceptor again responded to the presence of hostile activities when an Autobot interstellar transport shuttle made a sudden and disastrous relocation from space to earth at velocities far exceeding safety protocols. At the shuttle's location, Perceptor fell into a paradoxical situation necessitating that the Autobots save their commander Rodimus Prime from his own disparate mental status. {{storylink|Shadow of Evil}} Kup dissuaded his fellow soldiers from opening fire on their commander, as he had deduced that it was Unicron's essence, contained within the Matrix at an earlier date, that was the source of Rodimus's violent episode. Perceptor and the other surviving Autobots witnessed their elderly compatriot rip out the sacred artifact from Rodimus's chest, returning the Autobot commander to his senses. Perceptor, choosing to err on the side of caution, still kept his rifle pointed at his commander's head as he recovered, lowering his weapon only once he was certain that Unicron was no longer at the helm. {{storylink|White Fire}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Perceptor wheeljack swarm.jpg|thumb]]
Perceptor did not engage in random fisticuffs and altercations with the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]], for that would most emphatically be in a milieu of activity not of his preference. Alternatively, he participated in an expedition of a scientific nature to the lunar orbiting body of [[J'asik]] to determine what nefarious entity had structurally destabilized the populace at a molecular level. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}} His findings unveiled astonishing and almost inarticulable obfuscations from deep in the Cybertronian past; an ancient offshoot of Cybertronian origins was the culprit behind the moon's desiccation. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Tales of Earth Part Six}}

At a subsequent juncture, Perceptor applied reasoning to the impending conundrum of the Cybertronian pseudo-biologic entity dubbed "[[Swarm (G2)|the Swarm]]" and its imminent arrival. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Classics''====
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Ultra Magnus commissioned Perceptor to build him [[cerebro-shell]] jammers. These devices would be put to good use in stopping [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] from taking over the Decepticons. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

As the Autobots renewed their connection with Earth after the Unicron war, Perceptor took up residence at the ''[[Ark II]]'' in [[Canada]]. When the [[Terminus Blade]] opened a rift in space-time, Perceptor and the Autobots attempted to protect the human population as [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon|their universe]] was literally destroyed around them. Only the Earth itself survived the cataclysm, passing over into [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon|the negative polarity universe]]. {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}}

Perceptor was interviewed by [[Esmeral (SG)|Esmeral]] of the [[DBN|Decepticon Broadcasting Network]] when they arrived on negative-Cybertron. {{storylink|Solar Requiem}}

He continued his research into [[Rarified Energon|Rarefied Energon]] on his own Earth, and discovered anomalies indicating the substance was actually alive. As the planet itself came apart transforming into [[Gaea|a robot mode]], Perceptor and his allies were ferried off-world by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] in a shuttle. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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Twenty-one chronological solar intervals subsequent to the ultimate conflict on the cosmological body commonly referred to as [[Klo]], Perceptor was operational on Cybertron. He ably provided assistance to the [[Wreckers]] special operations team as they rebelled against the explicit orders issued by Optimus Prime and performed a non-lethal siege-breaking manoeuvre within the [[Pax Cybertronia Decommissioning Depot]] located in the polity of [[Kalis]], necessitating the defusing of a [[Warbird (weapon)|Type-K Warbird ballistic missile]] and its cobalt-60 warhead through the issue of an emergency stand-down protocol code, which he readily supplied. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

Postliminary to the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s return from his sojourn to the planet [[Nebulos]], the temporary Autobot commander Hot Rod ordered Perceptor to interrogate him concerning his experiences during the span of his time away, not least with regard to the restoration of his transformative abilities. Grievously, the tergiversating Grimlock seized upon this circumstance as an opportunity to upload the nefarious resurrected Decepticon villain [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] into Perceptor's personal infrastructure, supplanting his [[CNA]] and functionally overwriting his core programming into that of a Decepticon. Subsequently, the now-morally compromised former resistance cell leader issued a most sinister indication to the inattentive penal custodian [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]] that he could, in all safety, facilitate Perceptor's egress from his current confinement. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}}

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The former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] commander put Perceptor to work on the construction of a considerably upscaled version of the Gene Key in the vicinity of the [[Sonic Canyons]], with the calamitous intent of utilizing the unique properties of the canyons to propagate the Key's CNA-overwriting signal across all of Cybertron, facilitating the forced conversion of every Autobot on the planet. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}} As Perceptor put his talents to use in the creation of the Key, Scorponok aggrandized about his role in the ultimate unification of the Transformer race under the Decepticon banner, closing the rift in [[Primus]]'s grand plan that he perceived to have developed due to the incitement and prolongation of the Cybertronian civil war. Perceptor offered the opinion that, with chaos being the natural order of things, perhaps the conflict was ''part'' of Primus's design. Scorponok was forced to repress a sudden swell of rage at the thought of his plan being questioned, as Perceptor observed, without interrupting his work. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

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Perceptor announced another delay in the successful completion and activation of the Key, citing a minor technical difficulty. The statement infuriated Scorponok enough to forcefully remove [[Roadblock (G2)|Roadblock]] from his immediate vicinity in a pique of anger, sending the hapless Decepticon lackey plummeting into the depths of the canyons. Scorponok was not impeded in his ranting, as the other Decepticons in the area observed with silent concern, until Grimlock unexpectedly arrived via [[Sky-sled]] and engaged the would-be conqueror in battle. Gaining a distinct tactical advantage over Grimlock, Scorponok ordered Perceptor to activate the Gene Key, while continuing to pontificate to the Dinobot about the true unification of Cybertron and his role in it. Much to Scorponok's astonishment, however, the Key's effect caused a regression of the alterations that had already been individually performed on various Autobots, restoring them to their original personalities!

[[File:Perceptor prowl kup destiny.jpg|thumb|left|"''And'', it's pink! Don't you like it?" |upright=1.7]]
It was revealed that Grimlock had merely demonstrated the existence of the Gene Key to Perceptor, choosing not to actually utilize its full capability upon him. Thus, Perceptor's CNA had not been overwritten, allowing the scientist to serve as Grimlock's "inside man" so that he could actually sabotage the larger Key, foiling Scorponok's scheme. Scorponok prepared to turn on Perceptor, but Grimlock was joined by his fellow Dinobots in striking back at Scorponok. With their temporary commander's plans reduced to a shambles, the remaining Decepticons opted for a discretionary withdrawal, leaving Perceptor behind to bear witness as Grimlock dislodged Scorponok and himself from the bridge over the Sonic Canyons, the two warriors grappling as they plummeted into the murky depths. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}} In the aftermath, Perceptor briefed Hot Rod and the others on the lingering effects of the Gene Key, resembling shock or PTSD among the Autobots afflicted. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}}

During the Decepticon invasion of Cybertron, Perceptor and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] correctly identified the [[Warworld]] as the broadcast source for the [[Blitz Engine]]s' power, identifying it as primary target for the [[Wreckers]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}}

Perceptor and the Autobot leadership assessed the damage after the Decepticon assault. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} He also ran sensor probes of Jhiaxus's vessel when it arrived, but was unable to penetrate their security. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}} As the shadow-creatures raced over Cybertron, it was Perceptor's analysis that confirmed they were former Cybertronians transfigured by some dark force. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====''Transformers '84''====
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Perceptor was objectively observed while eruditely engaged in close consultation with his friend, fellow Autobot, and engineer [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] during the climactic stages of the construction of the iconic interstellar spacecraft that would soon come to be denominated the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}

Subsequently, as [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] achieved cognisance of the duplicitous [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s counterfactional scheme to utilise the power of an apparently accidental explosion of a [[Planetary engine|planetary turbine]] to alter the astronomical direction of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], he adjured Perceptor to scrutinise the available evidence. Considering that the aforementioned mission would involve travelling deep into territory currently held by the Decepticons, Perceptor was accompanied by the Autobots' demolition specialists, otherwise known as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. Lamentably, their presence was detected by Shockwave and his protégé [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] who ventured out with great alacrity to intercept the Autobots. While Skyfire proved to be little match for the combat prowess of the Dynobots, the same could not be said of Shockwave and all five of them were rendered inoperative by a blast from his space gun mode. Landing to recover Skyfire's [[brain module]], Shockwave almost discovered the concealed Perceptor's presence but was fortunately distracted by the unexpected arrival of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and apologetically acquiesced, returning with them forthwith to the newly named ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. Consequently, Perceptor fortunately found himself in the fortuitous position of being able to request a rough and ready rescue and extraction team to recover the importunely incapacitated Dynobots and reliably render them unto a portentously positive place of safe and secure recovery and recuperation. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

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Presumably upon resuming his regular position back at base, Perceptor reliably reported the results of his investigative findings to [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], casually but confidently confirming through the assured assistance of his talented [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] colleagues, the learned [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]] and the knowledgeable [[Nosecone (G1)|Nosecone]], the putative proposition preliminarily propounded by the provocateur [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] that the unexplained and hitherto erroneous explosion had indeed been a deliberate and dastardly detonation of Decepticon rocket fuel, immense and enormous enough to irrevocably alter Cybertron's very path through the astronomical realms that lay beyond. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
Perceptor was part of the crew of an Autobot ship that was studying the Universe. After being hit by meteors, they were forced to make landfall on the nearby Junk planet. There, he helped Springer and Arcee fix the ship, until the native Junkions attacked them. The fighting stopped when Kup arrived on-world, and used the universal greeting to calm down the Junkions. Now friends, the Junkions and the Autobots worked together to fix the damaged ship. Perceptor and the Autobots then blasted off and went on their way. {{storylink|Battle on the Junk Planet}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
Perceptor joined the other Autobots in an attack on the Decepticon base to capture [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]]. {{storylink|The Invasion of the Decepticon Camp}}
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===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Decepticon Poison====
After the Autobots’ latest batch of fuel had been poisoned by Ramjet, leaving a number of Autobots unable to assume their robot forms, Perceptor tasked himself with finding an antidote. Perceptor also suggested that the Autobots who hadn't been been poisoned stay at Decepticon headquarters to guard against Decepticon attacks. Prowl disagreed with the scientist, opting for a more aggressive course of action.

If Optimus went along with Perceptor's plan, the Autobot scientist worked feverishly to concoct a cure, and was soon told to dispense the untested formula he had created when Optimus informed him that the Decepticons were already moving in on their position. Before Perceptor complied, he informed Optimus of some of his findings; the poison put into the Autobots’ fuel was not a complex one, and could be used to create a poisonous smog if the fuel was burned. Perceptor presented Optimus with two choices; either the Autobots could risk his untested antidote, despite whatever side-effects it might have, or they could burn the remaining tainted fuel they had on hand, putting the rest of the Autobots at risk, but also gain the chance of poisoning the Decepticons themselves.

If Optimus decided to risk Perceptor's antidote, the scientist had to try and figure out on the spot how much antidote to give to each Autobot. Too little, and the poison would not be neutralized. Too much, and the Autobots would risk an averse reaction to his solution.

If Perceptor decide to dispense one millilitre of his solution to each Autobot, his cure successfully cleared the Autobots’ systems of the Decepticon poison, allowing them to resume their [[robot mode]]s and ready themselves against the incoming Decepticons.

In another possible scenario, where Optimus followed a plan courtesy of Prowl, the Autobot leader instructed his troops to transform into [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] and play dead. The Decepticons, believing the Autobots’ ruse, disarmed themselves in order to carry out the Autobots’ "carcasses." Now with the element of surprise against unarmed opponent, the Autobots Transformed and were able to easily defeat the evil robots.

In another possible turn of events, Perceptor gave out too much of his antidote to each Autobot. The Autobots who received the antidote soon found themselves falling apart, leaving Perceptor and the rest outmatched against the greater number of Decepticons.

In yet another possible sequence of events, the Autobots decided to use the tainted fuel as a weapon against the Decepticons. Lighting the fuel to create a toxic cloud allowed the Autobots to ward off the Decepticons, allowing Perceptor enough time to safely create a cure for the poisoned Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
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Perceptor had been recently busying himself inventing new devices and weapons for the Autobots. Among these were "laser-ignited explosives," and a "rapid-fire, high-intensity rifle cannon." He told his fellow Autobots that the later invention could "blow away a skyscraper at a close range."

In one possible scenario, the Autobots had retrieved a cybertite sphere containing the formula for an ancient Autobot power-booster. Perceptor went to work, and successfully produced a first batch of the power-booster, ensuring that the war would soon tip in favour of the Autobots. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Skidswreckers2.jpg|left|thumb|"Rodimus, a cursory evaluation of Decepticon capability indicates a distinct tactical deficiency! ...it's you."]]
Perceptor counseled [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]] against making a leadership decision that, when one considers both the opinions of observers that are generally regarded as wise, to such an extent as observers with finite capacity for knowledge can comprehend the infinite, and the final results of the decision in question, could be regarded as less than optimal.

Knowing the commander in question, many of those reading this documentation may surmise the result... {{storylink|Betrayal}}
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===''Universe'' toy bios===
The future [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion of Unicron]] [[Reptilion]] had an intellect on par with that of the Autobot professor Perceptor. {{storylink|Reptilion#Universe (2003)|''Universe'' Reptilion online bio}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:AgeofWrath3-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|You should see me when I'm ''not'' on steroids!]]
Following Optimus and Megatron's disappearance into a prototype space-bridge, the Autobots and Decepticons splintered into several sub-factions. Perceptor remained with the "main" Autobot team during this time, operating under Prowl out of their base under the ruins of Iacon. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}}

Perceptor became held to be an officer or leader, a position he occupied with [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]], among a group of underground Autobots on Cybertron after the unexpected return of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] commanding the [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]], an army of [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]-form drones. The combat efficiency of these Air Warriors, as they were also known, led to a Decepticon conquest of Cybertron, as well as the enslavement of many Autobots. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}} During this period, Perceptor theorized that if Megatron had survived the space bridge explosion, one could logically conclude that Optimus Prime also survived. At [[Iacon Command]], Perceptor designed and built a [[Dimensional Interface Assembly|device]] intended to locate Optimus Prime. Before a proper test of the device could be conducted, Perceptor's group managed to capture an Air Warrior, with the intentions of examining its systems with the hope of finding an effective counter measure against the drones. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

{{Unreleased WW comic}}
After the disappearance of [[Flash (G1)|Flash]] through Perceptor's Dimensional Interface Assembly during the scientist's absence, Perceptor realized that the Turbobot had been warped away to [[Quintessa (planet)|wherever]] Megatron and Optimus had been drawn to when they disappeared into the prototype space-bridge. Unfortunately, he didn't have the means to retrieve Flash, as he was preoccupied with the captured Air Warrior drone. Examining it, Perceptor discovered that the drone was powered by pure Cyberstatic Energy. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.4}} Using this information, he was able to implement the means to shut down the drones' entire shared neural network. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.5}} After doing so, the newly returned Optimus Prime tasked Perceptor with rebuilding Grimlock, who's essence had escaped death by persisting inside the body of an Air Warrior. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.6}}

[[File:BrothersBurden-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Perceptor use small words for dumb friends.]]
Millions of years after the aforementioned events, Perceptor again allied with a group of Autobots who opposed the oppressive regime of the Decepticon [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], but these activities were covert in nature and he publicly remained a respected Autobot scientist. While monitoring the planet's power network, Perceptor noted a series of anomalies resulting in Cybertron's orbit becoming irregular. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} He later presented evidence of Shockwave's unorthodox experiments on various Transformers, as well as the fact that Cybertron's spatial coordinates seemed to have changed, to the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]]. The High Council was unwilling to take any constitutional action against Shockwave, over feelings of gratitude for his assistance in restoring the peace, even after they were verbally accosted by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. Ultimately, any censure or movement against Shockwave was discontinued due to a rampage on the part of the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} After Optimus Prime escaped custody and united the various resistance movements, Perceptor participated in the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]]'s offensive against [[Shockwave's Tower|Shockwave's fortifications]] within Hub Capital Iacon. He also helped to repair [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], commander of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], despite the latter's well known bias against intellectuals. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Grimlock left Perceptor's care prematurely to rejoin the battle against Shockwave's troops. Shortly after, Perceptor himself joined active combat duty, and participated in the final push that ended Shockwave's reign. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} There were several victims of the revolution, however, including Optimus Prime and Ultra Magnus. Perceptor personally attended to their recuperation cycles. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

Later, Perceptor helped Prowl in piecing together information about the mysterious warrior-clone, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. He confirmed that Shockwave's download of the Vector Sigma program had been transferred to lab where the clone had been created, and posited that it was possible that Sunstorm's personality had been influence by this flow of information. {{storylink|Original Sin}} When the Autobots in Iacon were left unable to contact those stationed on Earth, Perceptor suggested that the radiation Sunstorm emitted was to blame. {{storylink|Atonement}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:JoevsTFII1-Perceptor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|You never see him do this in any of the slashfic.]]
Perceptor accompanied [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] to [[Teletran 3]], where he providing covering fire for Magnus and captured [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] with [[energon chain]]s. He then tapped into Teletran 3 and learned that it had transported a random number of Cybertronians into various points in [[Earth]]'s timeline, which would cause a temporal feedback that would destroy the planet unless they were retrieved. Thankfully, [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] were happy to save their planet, and Perceptor operated Teletran 3 to send them after the missing Transformers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}} After that, all he could do was wait inside the slowly dying force field erected around Teletran 3. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}} Unfortunately, the field went down before all the rescue teams had returned, and the Autobots were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], who taunted Perceptor as he allowed his Earth-destruction scenario to play out. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} It was not to be, however, as the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] were retrieved from Earth's distant past and ripped Shockwave's forces apart, saving Perceptor and the other prisoners. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

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Some time later, Perceptor was sent to [[Area 52 (G1)|Area 52]] on Earth to oversee the decommissioning of Cybertronian technology along with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. Before he had time to do much other than greet [[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]] and deliver a message from Optimus Prime, the facility came under attack by Cobra, and Perceptor had to help fight them off. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 1|The Art of War #1}} Bumblebee went missing during the battle, and the Autobots followed his [[energy signature]] to the lowest areas of Area 52, only to find the head of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], deactivated two years earlier. Perceptor was outraged that the humans had been experimenting with something so dangerous, but [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] insisted that he had been completely unaware. As it turned out, Megatron's remains had been used to make the dangerous and hostile [[Serpentor|Serpent Organic Robot]], who forced the [[G.I. Joe battle mech|Joes' mech suits]] to fight against Perceptor and the other Autobots before warping to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 2|The Art of War #2}}

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The Autobots and Joes followed him, and Perceptor called [[Capitol City]] for reinforcements before discovering the movement signals of several [[cannibalizer]]s around them. They escaped from the monstrosities, only to run straight into Serpent O.R.'s newly recruited Decepticon army, who captured them before Perceptor's reinforcements had time to arrive. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 3|The Art of War #3}} They were eventually freed thanks to [[Snake-Eyes]]'s ninja tricks. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 4|The Art of War #4}} While fighting their way out of the Decepticon base, the Autobots learned that Serpent O.R. had also captured Optimus Prime, and they went to rescue him. When they arrived, Serpent O.R.'s body had been transformed by the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and was now being controlled by [[Cobra Commander]]. The Cobra leader used his tentacles to smash Perceptor's shoulder to pieces, and with a cry of "Goodness!", the scientist was taken out of action. After Cobra Commander was defeated by Hawk, Perceptor listened to [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]] tell funny stories about [[Barbecue]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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In the year [[1985]], Perceptor and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] hastily took off for [[Earth]] in an starship poorly-suited for interstellar travel, despite Perceptor's protests. Upon arrival, they unsurprisingly crashed, landing in the forests of [[Oregon]] near [[Mount St. Hilary]]. They were discovered there by a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team led by [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]]. {{storylink|Targets of Opportunity}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When Ratchet began feeling lost and disillusioned while on Earth, he began going on more and more combat missions, increasingly leaving his medical duties in the hands of Perceptor, Wheeljack, and Sparkplug. This presumably stopped after he had a perception-changing experience in a chance meeting with [[Stitch|a disabled war veteran]]. {{storylink|Healers, Fighters, and Transformers}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:AHM8-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|''[[Frag]],'' yeah. | upright=1.6]]
{{main|Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity}}
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===''Mini Mayhem!''===
Perceptor overheard Grimlock proclaim that he had resolved to become a waiter, so he could spit in people's drinks. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Transformers'' (2010) toy bio===
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One of the most brilliant minds from Cybertron, Perceptor rarely invented anything himself, but his insights made it possible for the Autobots' other engineers and inventors to maintain their fast pace of development. {{storylink|#Transformers (2010)|''Transformers'' Perceptor toy bio}}
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===''United''===
With the Autobots on Earth infected with a deadly nano-virus, Perceptor worked tirelessly to find a cure, despite being afflicted himself. With the Autobots' ally, Supreme Scientist [[Zella]], having successfully synthesized a cure, Perceptor sent out a team of [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]s and [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]]s, the only Autobots unaffected by the virus, to retrieve it. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
[[File:ExpelledFromTheGarden PerceptorAutopsy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Good luck trying to figure out how to configure this with the toy.]]
Together with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Perceptor investigated [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] after the abandoned city had been covered in foliage due to a [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attack on Cybertron. Perceptor inspected one of the [[G.I.Rocket|creeper plants]] left behind by the Joes' attack, only to be taken aback by the organism's rapid growth. The Autobots were then caught up in a Decepticon attack against the invading humans, and Perceptor was captured by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. Thankfully, Mirage escaped the Decepticons' notice, and managed to save his allies from Megatron's throne room within [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}}

The trio made it back to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], bringing the Joes along as captives. The humans were presented to [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], who promptly dropped them in a pool filled with [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. Not waiting around for the show, Perceptor, Brawn and Mirage took off to find Wheeljack. They found the Autobot being vivisected within the Joes' base camp. Perceptor and his friends charged in, exchanging fire with the off-worlders until blasts from both sides knocked everyone unconscious. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

Both teams eventually awakened and readied to take up arms once more when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] showed up, accompanied by [[Breaker (G.I. Joe)|Breaker]], [[Jinx]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]]. Grimlock declared a truce between the Joes and the Autobots had been reached, and both factions partied together to cement their alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} After the Joes moved into Metroplex, Perceptor confided in Wheeljack that he had reservations about the Autobots allying themselves with the humans. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}} As it turns out, Perceptor had more elaborate reasons to express his distrust of the Joes... As [[Tunnel Rat]] found out, he was really a double-agent, working for the Decepticons! Under [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]<nowiki>'</nowiki>s supervision, Perceptor performed an autopsy on [[Wild Bill]]'s body. {{storylink|Expelled from the Garden}}

Tunnel Rat eventually discovered Perceptor was only pretending to be a Decepticon, and the two worked together to escape from within [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] along with [[Roadblock (G.I. Joe)|Roadblock]]. Perceptor managed to smuggle the two Joes, along with the body of Wild Bill, out of the base in body bags and the trio headed for G.I. Joe's new base. Along the way, Tunnel Rat and Roadblock lamented the apparent destruction of Earth, but Perceptor reassured them that there was no scientific evidence that it had occurred yet. Once they made it to the [[Pit (G.I. Joe)|Pit]], Perceptor presented [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] with Wild Bill's body, apologizing for not being able to bring him back to life. The Joes realized that the "Wild Bill" currently running around their base was [[Zartan|an impostor]], who was neutralized after his cover was blown. Perceptor, Tunnel Rat, and Roadblock then revealed that their time in enemy custody provided them with the means to shut down Trypticon's [[force field]]. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}} Perceptor assembled with the united Autobot/G.I. Joe forces for the final confrontation with the Decepticons and Cobra. {{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 085.0 Eta]], the Autobots defeated the Decepticons on Earth and recaptured control of Cybertron. Peace reigned for a time, but a series of [[Earthquake (event)|cyberquake]]s and [[Devastator Winds|Devastator storm]]s began, threatening Cybertron. Perceptor eventually determined the source of the crisis to be the planet [[Moebius]] in [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|an alternate universe]], designated the 22nd Strata. Perceptor devised a method of crossing dimensions, the [[Reality Bridge]], and sent a [[Sky Spy]] through. The Sky Spy returned with hazy images of local cyborg lifeforms. [[Optimus Prime (G1)#The Battle for Planet Earth|Optimus Prime]] assembled a team to travel to the 22nd Strata to stop the crisis. Modifing themselves based on Perceptor's technical readouts, they dubbed themselves the [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]]. Eventually, the Spy Changers succeeded in securing Cybertron's safety. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/30}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
Having survived countless battles of the Great War, Perceptor became a component of [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]], the newest Autobot combiner. During the final battle of the war, Perceptor served in the third unit of the Autobot army, where he discovered anomalous [[unspace|transwarp]] energy readings. Ultimately, Perceptor died with the rest of his unit in a Decepticon attack, leaving "[[Under-3|Unit 3]]" as the only survivor.

Unit-3 would ultimately fill in for Perceptor when the Autobots formed Magnaboss to take out [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Perceptor was among the Autobots working on the Ark project when it was attacked by [[Toxitron (G1)|Toxitron]]. {{storylink|The Toxic Transformer}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
{{voiceactor|[[Wil Wheaton]] (English)}}
[[File:PerceptorPoster.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Summer rains, you can never predict them.]]
In the aftermath of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], Optimus Prime suggested Perceptor for a seat on the [[Council of Worlds]], but the [[Mistress of Flame]] disagreed due to his lack of warrior's skill. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} Perceptor was studying [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s remains, which had been altered due to the [[Enigma of Combination]], when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] arrived to warn him that [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was attacking the city. Meeting with the Mistress of Flame to discuss their next move, Perceptor suggests summoning [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] to aid in the battle. {{storylink|Our Heroes Respond}} After he saved the Mistress of Flame from being knocked off the [[Primal Basilica]], he began rebooting the Basilica's defenses. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} When he entered the Prayer Chamber to inform her of his progress, he discovered her deceased corpse. Unable to find any clues as to [[Overlord (G1)|her killer]], he was led away from the scene by Optimus, who had just arrived, and watched as he finished activating the defenses and reclaimed the [[Matrix of Leadership]]. {{storylink|Desperate Actions}} However, Perceptor was caught off guard when Optimus said ''he'' would be the one to carry the Matrix in order to keep it safe from Trypticon. Leading him out of the Basilica, Optimus sent him on his way, and Perceptor took off running. {{storylink|Run for Our Lives}}
[[File:Machinima-POTP-Windblade-Grimlock-Perceptor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Well, well, well, it seems one can't attend to their functions without being replaced by SOME RAGTAG HAND PUPPET!]]
Later, Perceptor took a moment to examine the Matrix of Leadership, when it began communicating with him. Despite some reluctance to follow its instructions, Perceptor ran back towards the battlefield and used the Matrix to get the attention of Trypticon, who swallowed both Perceptor and the Matrix. {{storylink|Consumed}} As the Matrix had planned, Trypticon could not wield its power, causing him to eject it and Perceptor from his body, along with [[Victorion]], the [[Enigma of Combination]], and Starscream's ghost. He was among those who bore witness to the return of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] and the death of Optimus Prime, mourning his loss. Despite serious misgivings, he reluctantly agreed to follow Megatron in hopes of stopping Megatronus. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}}

Still feeling a debt of responsibility to the fallen Optimus, Perceptor followed Megatron to the [[Primal Swamp]] to search for the [[Requiem Blaster (Megatronus)|Requiem Blaster]]. He was skeptical of the Decepticon leader's ability to read the ancient [[Book of the Second Prophecies]], but didn't have much time to ponder this before being attacked by the Dinobots. He attempted to remind [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] of their shared history, but Grimlock remained distrustful and attempted to drown Perceptor in the swamp. Windblade and Victorion eventually freed him, but they all found themselves now faced with an angry [[Volcanicus (POTP)|Volcanicus]]. {{storylink|The Swamp}} He briefly attempted to distract the Combiner to allow Windblade and Victorion a surprise attack, but it ultimately proved fruitless, and they were interrupted by [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] shortly after. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}} Perceptor attempted to divert Predaking from Victorion with the promise of the Enigma of Combination, giving the others a chance to strike. Victorion picked him up and carried him a significant distance before they all ran into Megatron again, watching him enter a strange dome. {{storylink|Without Warning}} While waiting for Megatron to emerge, Perceptor again tried to divert Predaking from attacking Victorion, even striking him in a sensitive circuit cluster, but was easily dispatched. He recovered as Megatron emerged with the Blaster in hand, awestruck by it. When the dome projected a set of coordinates, Perceptor attempted to translate them, and was surprised when [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] revealed the existence of the legendary [[Athenaeum Sanctorum]]. {{storylink|Primal (POTP)|Primal}}

Traveling to [[Cataclysm Tundra]], Perceptor finally deciphered the coordinates, revealing the Sanctorum's hidden entrance. Accessing an information terminal, Perceptor pulled up a log regarding the Requiem Blaster and began searching the database for information on Megatronus's plans, only to be interrupted by the arrival of Overlord and [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]]. {{storylink|Athenaeum Sanctorum (episode)|Athenaeum Sanctorum}} Mostly staying out of harm's way, Perceptor grabbed the Requiem Blaster and threatened Overlord with it, giving Megatron a chance to escape his opponent's clutches, only to lose his grip on it when Rodimus threw Megatron into him. Perceptor continued trying to conduct research in the midst of the battle, only to be horrified as Windblade's limp body came crashing down next to him. {{storylink|Countdown (POTP)|Countdown}} In the battle's aftermath, Perceptor revealed that most of the Sanctorum's data had been destroyed during the fight, though he managed to save a fraction. That fraction proved invaluable, as it revealed critical clues about Megatronus's plans and the location of the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]]. Determined to see things through to the end, Perceptor stood in support of Megatron as they headed for the Well. {{storylink|Consequences}}
[[File:POTP-Ep10-Saga's-End-Perceptor-alt-mode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Messy messy messy...]]

Perceptor used the data he had gathered to guide the others through the [[Labyrinth of Tunnels]], lest they become lost for millions of years. When Megatronus's weapon began to take effect, Perceptor observed the effect it was having on the surrounding populace, but pressed on regardless. As they reached the Well and the others fought Megatronus, Perceptor attempted to shut down the device to now avail. He was left awestruck by the sight of Solus Prime's return, but this left him vulnerable as Megatronus soaked him in flames like the others. {{storylink|Collision Course}} The flames eventually receded and Perceptor recovered, standing aside as the others attacked Megatronus's device. When Primal pulled the Matrix free and it began glowing, Perceptor recognized that it had chosen him and watched in awe as he was transformed into Optimal Optimus. As the new Prime battled the [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]-controlled Rodimus, Perceptor and the others lunged at Megatronus to prevent him from regaining the Enigma and Blaster. {{storylink|Megatronus Unleashed}} Seeing an opportunity, Perceptor ordered Optimal to remove the [[Matrix of Conquest|Matrix of Chaos]] from Rodimus, freeing him from Unicron's control. When Megatron sacrificed himself to destroy the Matrix of Chaos, he found no remaining trace of either one afterward, mourning his loss before immediately celebrating the return of Optimus Prime. In the aftermath, the Enigma of Combination and the Requiem Blaster are left in Perceptor's care, and he takes to both studying and guarding them in his lab. {{storylink|Saga's End}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
:*''First appearance:'' [[The World In Your Eyes Part Four|''Transformers'' #4]]
[[File:Titans-NominusPrime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
Active since the era of [[Nominus Prime]], Perceptor ran the [[Forge Pyramid|Pyramid]], the facility that birthed new Cybertronians. Though he worked for the Autobots, Perceptor did not identify as one, being critical of their using the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to denote leadership. When Nominus began restricting the forging of new [[Titan (group)|Titans]], Perceptor, agreeing to the Prime's reasoning, diverted any new Titansparks into a storage vault. Though this secret was shared to only a select few, knowledge of it found its way to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], which Perceptor suspected was why [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had made the self-serving Seeker his Head of Intelligence. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

Perceptor once upped the output of a [[plasma pyre]] by 6% (although he melted off his hand in the process). {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part One}} Perceptor attended the forging ceremony for [[Gauge]], followed by the funeral for [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]. {{storylink|The World In Your Eyes Part Four}}

When [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] was slain by the [[Rainmaker]]s. Deducing Starscream's role in events, Sentinel ordered Orion Pax to warn Perceptor and kill Starscream, {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} to protect the Titansparks.

Following a series of increasingly violent quakes, Perceptor oversaw the erection of a magnetic field to protect the Pyramid before the newly minted [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrived to ask about the Titansparks. Explaining that he was only following orders, Perceptor told Optimus of the sparks before the Decepticons arrived to claim them. The fighting damaged the Pyramid's magnetic field, Optimus ordering an evacuation as molten plasma flooded the facility. As the Pyramid entered its death throes, Optimus informed an unsurprised Perceptor that their discussion was not over. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

[[File:TestFlightI PerceptorBetter.jpg|thumb|right|"I even made myself better ears than Shockwave."]]
Aligning with the Autobots in the aftermath, Perceptor retreated with them to [[Crystal City]]. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}} After his reputation was soured when news of his hiding the Titansparks broke out, Perceptor attempted to redeem himself by developing an harness to augment [[Jumpstream]]'s [[teleportation]] powers so that she could readily bring supplies and refugees to Crystal City. When tested however, the harness refused to shut down, sending Jumpstream teleporting randomly across the planet before Perceptor eventually lost her signal. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight I|Test Flight I}} Miraculously, Jumpstream eventually returned to the Autobots, only to fall into a coma. Perceptor and [[Lancer]]'s analysis seemed to indicate she had actually jumped into the future thanks to the power boost. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Test Flight II|Test Flight II}} When she awoke, Perceptor tried to press Jumpstream about what she saw in the future who warned that she'd seen the return of the Threefold Spark and that this time, [[Exarchon]] would emerge victorious. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust I|Sea of Rust I}}

Prior to the Decepticons marching on Crystal City, Perceptor evacuated to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] with the other non-combatants, {{storylink|A Dust of Crystals}} where he joined the team that labored to repair the last ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]''-class vessel. {{storylink|The Landscape of Fear}} When Termagax arrived with a plan to repurpose the Insecticons to eliminate the rust worms threatening Cybertron, Perceptor found her ideas absurd. Termagax quickly shouted him down, however, and Highbrow and Wheeljack agreed they had little time to think up another plan. {{storylink|Radical Time}} Perceptor continued to needle Termagax as the plan was implemented, despite his own failings in the past. He attempted to show sympathy when she sacrificed her House to destroy a portion of the Swarm threatening them, but his lack of sincerity and understanding left her cold. {{storylink|End of Time}}

As the ''Ark'' launched, Perceptor had a friendly reunion with Jumpstream while the refugees made their way towards the Winged Moon. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

===Precursor World===
A Transformer resembling a particularly dazzling Perceptor was a follower of [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] in the [[Golden Age (GS)|Golden Age]]. Like his fellows, he dutifully assisted Primus in his efforts to confiscate the [[Star Power|Seven Lights]] from his dissenting army the [[Primus Vanguard]] and destroy the universe.

Perceptor was present in the strike team Primus brought to bear against the [[Powered Master]]s in an expedition to the year [[2050]] of the [[G1 World|next universe]] to capture its newly formed, empty [[Silver Matrix]] for his patsy [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]]. {{storylink|Abominus comic 2}}

When Star Convoy grew wise to his master's plan, Perceptor helped restrain him as their master personally gathered the last two Star Powers from [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron Omega]] and [[Purple Wicked Convoy]]. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale Prelude|Finale Prelude}}

Primus's plan went real sideways after that, with Primus being reduced to his diminutive core form ''Oracle'' by the onslaught of the behemoth [[Blue Planet (GS)|Neo Primus]] (no relation) and the Seven Lights being captured by malevolent future warrior [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Gold Megatron]] and used to create his own seven-part force, the [[New Primus Vanguard]]. Realizing the dire nature of the threat, Oracle reversed his orders, and Perceptor and company freed Star Convoy and pooled their [[Golden Power]] into him. Star arose deputized into the Golden Age as ''Gold Primus Convoy'', Primus's eighth and final champion! {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
When the crew of the ''Ark'' came across a space station in the Nebulon system, Wheeljack commented on how it was wedged into a space bridge tighter than Perceptor's receptor. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 3}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Go! Go! issue 14}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 32}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 39}} {{storylink|The Transformers Go! Go! Search Quiz is Here!|Search Quiz}} {{storylink|Go! Go! issue 40}} {{storylink|The Big Micro-Adventure}} {{storylink|I Love Surprises!}}}}

{{ongoing}}

===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Not Perceptor Cradled.jpg|thumb|right|"According to my calculations I'm gonna need a [[Perceptor (G1)/2005 IDW continuity#Serving With Kup: Sniper|better breastplate]]."]]
During a battle on Cybertron, an Autobot resembling Perceptor was shot. The shot must've been a real nasty shot as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] held his body in his arms. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Perceptor joined the battle against the Decepticons just as [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] unleashed [[Triple Changer]]s, "the most evil Decepticons of all!" In the middle of a fight against [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] used Perceptor's microscope mode to inspect some Decepticon debris. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Triple Changers and Perceptor|Triple Changers and Perceptor commercial}}
*Blaster, Cosmos, and Perceptor had a dance-off against Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{note|Perceptor is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Perceptor was around when a short alliance was formed between several bots with a love for construction from both side of the Autobot/Decepticon war. Perceptor himself was not an active participant in the event proper, however. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}}

Perceptor was an active participant in the Autobot/Decepticon war when Ultra Magnus decided to reunite with his unit from the planet Junkion, only to be attacked by the Insecticons. {{storylink|Junkion Reunion}} Perceptor was shocked when [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] rushed off to battle the Constructicons after the Decepticon team took over an asteroid. He and [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] attempted to warn Omega about the space beast contained in the asteroid, but were forced to defend [[San Diego]] when the creature was released. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (Legends)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Perceptor-(G1).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Perceptor-(Gen).jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]
Perceptor participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies, both of which appeared in the Halloween "Scary Smart" event:
*''Perceptor (G1)'' — This Epic character could be acquired as a reward in the "Scary Smart" event.
*''Perceptor (Gen)'' — This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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=== ''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Perceptor-Earth-Wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5| Sniper sniper, what do you see? I see a target, good enough for me!]]
Perceptor remained on Cybertron for some time and kept in touch with the Autobots on Earth to help with anything that needed scientific expertise, like the Enigma of Combination and fortress doors. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars#Combiner Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}} {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Arctic Saga}}

But recently, he was targeted for assassination by [[Lockdown (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Lockdown]] and desperately needed to get to Earth. But [[Huffer (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Huffer]] had some trouble with the Space Bridge as Sharkticons were coming through instead. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Feeding Frenzy}}

The Autobots eventually flushed all the Sharkticons out, but they couldn't lock onto his signal because he was being relentlessly chased by Lockdown. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Working the Sharks Out}}

With his Energon nearly depleted, he was soon cornered and prepared to stand and fight. But both sides were attempting recall their bots, and he was erroneously warped to the Decepticons' base! And he was immediately taken prisoner.

Shockwave was contemplating running experiments with Sharkticon behavior processing cores on Perceptor, but Megatron contacted Optimus to "negotiate" a ransom. Through his unencrypted transmission, Huffer was able to lock onto Perceptor and bring him home. Lockdown was sent back too to maintain the matter transfer. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Target Locked!}}

Jetfire and Wheeljack rejoiced that Perceptor had arrived and would join the scientific community on Earth. Jetfire then joked that he should be flattered that Megatron put quite a price on his head.

*'''Class:''' Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Attacks and Weaponry:''' He uses a rifle to rapidly shoot targets, and can dodge cannon and mortar fire. But being agile means he is actually smaller than he looks.
*'''Ability: Defense Hack:''' Hack a defense making it attack other defenses with double attack speed but 75% damage for several seconds.
**'''Cost:''' 4 ability points + 3 for reuses

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:perceptor Perceptor at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Perceptor was the leader of the Autobot [[Science Corps]] and a master engineer {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}, as well as the Autobot's chief scientist and a brilliant polymath. Although he preferred words to fighting, life as an Autobot forced him to become a capable soldier.

At some point after arriving on Earth, Perceptor was stranded in his [[alternate mode]] at [[Fox Creek]], just outside the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. The Decepticons took advantage of his helpless state by strapping a bomb to him, but he survived the misadventure.

During the construction of the [[Autobot Road]], Perceptor detected a strange temporal anomaly on an [[Dinobot Island (G1)|island]] somewhere in the [[Indian Ocean]], and discovered a prehistoric landscape filled with dinosaurs. The Decepticons attempted to harness the island's geothermal resources by converting it into [[energon]], but a series of chaotic temporal anomalies made Perceptor realize that the Decepticons were fragmenting the timestream. Once the Decepticons had been defeated, the Autobots set up a new transwarp gate and appointed the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s as protectors of the island. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

==Toys==
{{main|Perceptor (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Perceptor (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:G1PerceptorProtoColors.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Perceptor's long-lost fraternal twin, Perceivor.]]
[[File:GenerationsDeluxe-AMPerceptor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He couldn't stop at just one.]]
*The initial inspiration for Perceptor came from the anime series ''{{w|Armored Trooper Votoms}}''. [[Shinji Aramaki]], designing toys for Takara at the time, liked the microscope look of the heads of the mecha from that series and applied it in a more literal sense with the Micro Change toy, but his involvement ended at the conceptual stage. Aramaki also wanted to give Perceptor a face similar to the Scopedogs as well, but it was changed.
*Perceptor's toy has a mouthplate, whilst his character model doesn't. Bizarrely, his original Marvel comics colour scheme has a splash of blue across the bottom half of his face, where his non-existent mouthplate would be. Unlike [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|certain other characters]], ''Regeneration One'' chose to maintain Perceptor's unique Marvel colours, and the artwork depicted the blue area as a recessed mouth, ala [[Blackarachnia (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Blackarachnia]].
*The [[The Transformers: The Movie (first draft)|first draft]] of Transformers the movie featured the Autobot Mentlar, a Carl Sagan inspired scientist with a large head, who turned into a Radar Dish truck. His role was given to Preceptor in subsequent drafts.
**It's possible that Mentlar's role was always intended for Perceptor. Briefing documents for the then upcoming 1985 range describe the unnamed Perceptor as "Autobot scientist". Writer Ron Friedman may have been told to include upcoming toys and only been given that limited description.
*According to [[Aaron Archer]] at [[OTFCC 2004]], he chose to name the ''Armada'' [[Mini-Con]] combiner robot "[[Perceptor (Armada)|Perceptor]]" to honor the [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] employee who engineered the [[Street Action Mini-Con Team|Street Action Team]] because that employee was also responsible for engineering the original Perceptor toy. It's ''likely'' this was [[Hideaki Yoke]], given his [http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/japanese-transformers-40/interview-with-takara-lead-designer-hideaki-yoke-174597/ favorite Transformer is G1 Perceptor], but Archer did not specify at the time. Since Shinji Aramaki was long gone from Takara and directing the animated movie ''Appleseed'' in 2004, though, Occam's razor suggests that Hideaki Yoke engineered both of the Perceptors in question.
*In the animated portion of Perceptor's original toy commercial, he is presented as being quite small, the size a microscope would be in relation to Prime's robot form, and not growing at all, but remaining just as tiny in robot form.
*While the color scheme of the original Perceptor toy was created for the North American market (the ''[[Microman]] [[Micro Change]]'' toy was black and silver), there was apparently some indecision about its exact layout. A prototype toy in the 1985 U.S. [[catalog]] and Perceptor's own [[package art|box art]] show him with his colors shifted around; compared to the final toy, the prototype's black parts are red, the blue parts are black, and the orange parts are blue. Although the same prototype resurfaced in an early Japanese guidebook for the toyline, Perceptor's only known fictional appearance in this color arrangement is the original, [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]]-colored version of "[[Betrayal]]", the second part of ''[[Transformers: The Wreckers]]''.
**The figure seen in the commercial for Perceptor's toy uses the finalized color layout, but uses the same bright blue as the prototype for its thighs and biceps, which was changed to a greenish-blue for the finished toy. Perceptor's colors in the Generation 1 cartoon seem to lie somewhere between the two, and modern fiction and toys of the character tend to oscillate back and forth between the full-on bright greenish-blue of the original toy and the more muted hue of the cartoon.
*Perceptor's Generation 1 [[character model]] and toy [[instructions]] position his scope/cannon of his left shoulder. You ''can'' put it in that position on the toy, but it won't sit flush; it's supposed to go on his ''right'' shoulder.
*A Perceptor [[Action Master]] was planned at one point, but apparently went no further than a concept sketch. Unlike some other Action Masters, the art is based solely on the toy, including its faceplate. It has the distinction of carrying on Perceptor's well-armed legacy, with not just one but TWO shoulder-mounted microscope cannons, arm shields, and a large crossbow-like handgun.<ref>''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations Deluxe]]'', p110</ref>
*Like a lot of other Transformers, Perceptor was never released in the UK.{{fact}} As a result, [[Perceptor (G1)/toys#Universe (2008)|the ''Universe'' Commemorative Edition]] was the first version sold in the country and was an Amazon exclusive.
*The cover of [[All Hail Megatron issue 15|''All Hail Megatron'' #15]] includes the intro text from this very wiki page, [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Perceptor_(G1)&diff=next&oldid=360359 as it stood at the time]. The result is a [[micro-continuity]] in which Perceptor reads the TFWiki. What is this "fourth wall" you speak of, reader?

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Perceptor''' (パーセプター ''Pāseputā'')
*''English:'' '''Doctor Baster''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''French:'' '''Percepto''' (Canada)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Taffsán''' (תפסן, "Perceptor")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Észlelő''' ("Perceptor"), '''Látó''' ("Seer", 1st movie dub)
*''Italian:'' '''Supervista''' ("Supersight")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kǎn-Yìng Chě''' (Taiwan, 感應者, "Perceptor"), '''Gǎnzhīqì''' (China, 感知器, "Perceptron")
*''Russian:'' '''Microscope''' (Микроскоп ''Mikroskop'')
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Lovillnik''' (Ловильник, "Catcher")
*''Polish:'' '''Spostrzegawczy''' (TM Semic Comic, "Observant")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:IDW-AHM-Perceptor-Guidi.jpg|IDW ''All Hail Megatron'' concept art
File:Machinima-CW-Perceptor.jpg|Machinima ''Combiner Wars'' model
File:Transformers Legends LG 56.jpg|''Legends'' LG56 packaging art
</gallery>

==References==
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Transformers (2023) issue 13

2025-08-28T23:12:18Z

Mosquitosquisher7: /* Continuity notes */ Saw the trade paperback collection today. This specifically stuck out to me.

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|publisher=[[Image Comics]] [[Skybound Entertainment]]
|date=[[October 9]], [[2024]]
|coverdate=October 2024
|written by=[[Daniel Warren Johnson]]
|art by=[[Jason Howard]]
|colors by=[[Mike Spicer]]
|letters by=[[Rus Wooton]]
|editor=[[Ben Abernathy]]
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'''As he lays dying from Soundwave's attack, Starscream's mind flashes back to an earlier time in his life, just before he joined the Decepticons...'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:TF2023 no.13 - OmegaFliesOver.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
[[Transformers (2023) issue 7|At a meeting of the Decepticons]], [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] rips out [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s guts and sends him tumbling over a nearby cliff. Beaten, weary, and delirious, Starscream lands on the ground below, narrowly avoiding a nearby pool of lava, and memories of his past start bubbling up...

''On the dying world of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], a bot named Ulchtar is doing some work when his friend [[Genvo]] urges him to come see something that happens only once every two hundred years. Though initially insistent on completing his job, Ulchtar relents when his other friend [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] insists that they make his last night on Cybertron one to remember. The trio head to [[Moonbase Two]] to get the best view, and begin discussing the [[Great War (G1)|fighting]] that's been happening on the planet of late: though his brothers have refused to join a side, Ulchtar himself hasn't heard much of anything; Genvo insists that Ulchtar join [[Decepticon|his side]], citing their [[Megatron (G1)|one-of-a-kind leader]] and the fact that him and Ulchtar would make an incredible team; and Jetfire states that his path is already decided — using maps laid out by Ulchtar, he'll be traveling the stars in search of a conflict-free solution to their planet's issues. Genvo starts questioning if there even ''is'' anything to find out there before he notices some [[Turbosects]] and begins squashing them before Ulchtar, who considers them to be beautiful, harmless creatures, intervenes. Just then, the moment they were waiting for arrives: a [[Omega Supreme (G1)|titanic robot]] flies overhead, and Ulchtar suddenly gets an idea. Wanting the large robot to see them, he breaks into an ammunition depot for the Cybertronian Defense Force and uses one of their grenades to hopefully create enough commotion for the robot to take notice. Ulchtar succeeds, and the giant robot reciprocates the group's wave of "hello" before the depot's [[Kup (G1)|cranky old guard]] chases them off. Soon after, Jetfire wishes his friends farewell, and flies off to begin his mission. Ulchtar is sad to see him go, but he thankfully still has Genvo around...''

''Some time later, Ulchtar heads outside to find a battle involving Genvo's faction has erupted, and a stray missile destroys his lab. Before Ulchtar can get any answers, Genvo grabs his friend and runs... but gets shot for his trouble. Genvo praises Ulchtar for "screaming the stars into seeing us", and dies in his friend's arms. While in grief over the loss of his friend, Ulchtar looks up to see the apparent culprits: a [[Optimus Prime (G1)|red-and-blue robot]] and [[Autobot|his followers]]...''

The shock of this memory awakens Starscream from his trance long enough for him to pull himself away from the lava, his legs having been melted in his stupor, before he falls unconscious. Seizing the opportunity, [[M.A.R.S.|a group of humans]] that had been observing Starscream begin hoisting his body onto their [[H.I.S.S. tank|tank]]. [[Horton]], the group's commanding officer remarks to [[Martin (Energon Universe)|Private Martin]] that his father was a genuine American hero, with [[Razz|Private Razz]] chiming in that that was ''before'' being recruited by M.A.R.S. Unfortunately, [[Clayton|Private Clayton]] loses hold of Starscream's body, setting the commanding officer off: despite how celebrated and worshipped his father was in both life and death, he's been given command of this lowly, good-for-nothing salvage unit for his troubles... but with the power of Starscream now at his disposal, that's about to change.

''With his work destroyed and his only planet-side friend dead, Ulchtar ponders his future. Just then, a silver robot bearing the insignia of Genvo's faction approaches him, offering revenge for his friend and clan as a Decepticon warrior. The robot transforms into a tank-like pistol small enough for Ulchtar to hold, and asks what his brothers called him. Inspired by his friend's dying words, he gives his answer: his name is'' '''''Starscream.'''''

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|c1=
* ''[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'' (11)
* ''[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'' (12)
* ''[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]'' (13)

|c2=
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (1)
* [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] (2)
* Various Decepticons (3)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream/Ulchtar]] (4)
* ''[[Genvo]]'' (5)
* ''[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'' (9)
* ''[[Overcharge (G1)|Overcharge]]''(?) (10)
* ''[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'' (18)

|h3=Others|c3=
* ''[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'' (6)
* ''[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'' (7)
* ''[[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'' (8)
* [[Horton]] (14)
* [[Martin (Energon Universe)|Private Martin]] (15)
* [[Razz|Private Razz]] (16)
* [[Clayton|Private Clayton]] (17)
}}

==Quotes==
"Dumbass techno pups!"
:—'''Kup''' harshly insults the rambunctious Ulchtar and his friends as they make their getaway.

"Y-you did it, Ulchtar— you yelled at the gods." 
"What...?" 
"You screamed the stars into seeing us."
:—'''Genvo''' praises his friend '''Ulchtar''' as he dies in his arms.

"My father was a legend. Celebrated, remembered, worshipped, even in death— And what do I get?? Command of this piece of crap unit! Relegated to '''SALVAGE???!!!''' With these nincompoops!" 
"Sir, we—" 
"This is an embarrassment. I should be at the top! All that changes now. Look at all this power at my feet."
:—The commanding officer of the M.A.R.S. salvage team rants to his privates about how he's been mistreated... and how he's going to turn his fortunes around.

"What's left for me now? What am I going to do?" 
"You can join us. You can avenge your friend and your clan. You can be a warrior of the new Decepticon order. Tell me, young one. What did your friends call you?" 
"My name— is Starscream."
:—<strike>Ulchtar</strike> '''Starscream''' is conscripted by '''Megatron''' into the Decepticon ranks.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* This issue opens with the very end of Soundwave and Starscream's duel in [[Transformers (2023) issue 7|issue #7]], revealing that Starscream didn't fall to his death as it initially seemed. Most of the issue's actual story, meanwhile, takes the form of a flashback to the burgeoning days of the war on Cybertron, with a few pages towards the end returning to the present day an indeterminate amount of time after the Decepticons left Starscream for dead.
* Being the first substantial flashback to before the Ark crashed on Earth that we've seen, this issue suggests a fair amount of information about the war without stating any of it outright. Specifically, it reinforces the general implication in prior issues that Cybertron had been slowly dying, and that the conflict had broken out over the ideological conflict on how to address it.
* Ulchtar mentions his "brothers" when discussing the growing conflict with Genvo and Jetfire. Whether or not he's referring to his fellow [[Seeker (body-type)|seekers]] isn't immediately clear, but if he ''is'' referring to them, then that makes Starscream and Soundwave tearing [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] apart in [[Transformers (2023) issue 4|issue #4]] even ''more'' disturbing than it already was.
* Jetfire's mission to find a way to save Cybertron was established all the way back in [[Transformers (2023) issue 1|issue #1]]. As we know from both that issue and the [[Void Rivals issue 1|first issue]] of ''[[Void Rivals]]'', he'll eventually crash land on an unknown planetoid and enter stasis before being reawakened by [[Darak]] and [[Solila]] millions of years later, then eventually find his old friend among a number of his kind aboard the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' on Earth.
* Omega Supreme's appearance gives us our first real good look at what the [[Guardian robot|Guardian]]s look like in this continuity. A far-away shot of the war on Cybertron extracted from Megatron's memories in ''[[Cobra Commander (comic)|Cobra Commander]]'' [[Cobra Commander issue 1|issue #1]] previously depicted one of the generic blue-and-white Guardians, but here we get to see just how ''big'' they are in this iteration, easily the largest in the franchise's history. Intriguingly, Ulchtar and his friends exclusively refer to Omega using the gender-neutral pronoun "they", raising a ''million'' different questions about this Omega's gender identity and how they fit into this version of the lore. They refer to Omega Supreme with male pronouns after he waves in the trade paperback version, however.
* Kup and Bumblebee's present-day selves previously appear in issue #7 and issue #1, respectively. Kup as a member of [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'s squad on war-ravaged Cybertron, and Bumblebee as one of the ''Ark'''s dormant crew members. Considering that both also ''die'' in those issues, flashbacks like these are probably the only way we're ever seeing them again.
* Similarly, the [[Transformers (2023) issue 12|recently-wrecked]] Shockwave appears alongside Genvo and a robot clearly modeled after (but with slightly different colors from) Overcharge. Whether this robot is meant to actually be Overcharge or is simply a "Cybertronian mode" version of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] remains to be seen.
* This issue gives us a look at Optimus Prime leading the Autobot war effort on Cybertron, with him fighting alongside Bumblebee and a robot who we're assuming is a "Cybertronian mode" version of Jazz, given his visor, chest headlights, and what appears to be a toy-inspired over-the-shoulder cannon (though the comic's version looks nothing like the toy's cannon).
** Considering the framing of the artwork and how early in the war these flashbacks have to take place, this depiction of Optimus seems to be meant to line up with Elita's description of him last issue as having been "ruthless" at an earlier point in his life.
* While the perception of the Autobots as "evil" has been shown as a general viewpoint amongst the Decepticons, the first arc showed Starscream to have been especially aggressive on this point, to the point of prioritizing fighting them over survival. Genvo's death provides us with the reason why this is.
* The ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' side of the Energon Universe finally rears its head eleven issues after [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]]'s unfortunate encounter with Starscream in [[Transformers (2023) issue 2|issue #2]], with a crew of heretofore-unheard-of M.A.R.S. Industries salvage workers recovering Starscream's body. Seems [[Destro]] was finally able to track down that "robot that turned into a jet" that led to [[Duke (comic)|Duke giving him so much trouble]]...
* Megatron finally makes his first proper, alive-and-fully-active appearance in the main ''Transformers'' book. He initially appeared as a shadowy figure in a flashback in issue #2, he was seen frozen in ice in issue #4, he was revealed to be in [[Cobra-La]] captivity in ''Cobra Commander'' issue #1, and we finally learned of what befell him in the [[Transformers Energon Universe 2024 Special story|''Transformers'' segment]] of the 2024 ''[[Energon Universe 2024 Special|Energon Universe Special]].

===''Transformers'' references===
* The idea of Starscream as a scientist-type who was close friends with Jetfire before the war broke out is taken wholesale from the Generation 1 [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] episode "[[Fire in the Sky]]".
* In one of the deepest cuts this series has done so far, Starscream's original, pre-Decepticon name is revealed to be "Ulchtar", taken directly from [[Jim Shooter]] and [[Denny O'Neil]]'s original ''Transformers'' treatment.
* Moonbase Two debuted in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* The group Ulchtar and his friends raid is referred to as the "Cybertronian Defense Force", who are ''possibly'' named after the similarly-named [[Cybertron Defense Team (Cybertron)|Cybertron Defense Force]] from ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|Transformers: Cybertron]]''.
* Kup refers to Ulchtar and his friends as "dumbass techno pups", a deliberately crude twist on his classic "turbo-revving young punk" remark from the 1986 movie.
* Megatron's [[Alternate mode|alt-mode]] rather tongue-in-cheekily hybridizes its classic and modern depictions, being a pistol with a tank-shaped body (complete with ''totally unnecessary'' treads!).

===''G.I. Joe'' references===
* The tank the M.A.R.S. salvage crew are using is, of course, a H.I.S.S. tank, Cobra's signature vehicle. It doesn't appear to be based on any particular version of the vehicle, and has been modified from the traditional look by replacing the turret section with a radar dish and the crane the crew are using to try and haul away Starscream.
* While the captain of the M.A.R.S. crew goes conspicuously unnamed, he alludes to the fact that his father was "a genuine American hero" before being recruited by M.A.R.S, a clear evocation of the ''G.I. Joe'' franchise's usual "A Real American Hero" tagline. Though the captain is not immediately recognizable as an existing ''Joe'' character, he (or at least his father) may have some sort of connection to [[G.I. Joe (team)|America's daring, highly-trained special mission force]].

===Errors===
* On Page 9, Ulchtar's eyes are briefly shown as red well before he's joined the Decepticons.
* Ulchtar renaming himself "Starscream" at the end of this issue raises a minor quibble regarding issue #1: how did Jetfire know to call him that when he reactivated him? He still went by "Ulchtar" when Jetfire left Cybertron, and there's no indication the two ''ever'' made contact with each other after that!

===Other trivia===
* The topic of "mass conversion" comes up again at the end of this issue's letters page, just as it did in [[Transformers (2023) issue 9|issue #9]]... and said description is copied nearly ''word-for-word'' from what was printed in that issue, meaning that [[Skybound Entertainment|Skybound]] once again uses this wiki's ''own'' description of how the process was explained by [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave's]] [[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More than Meets the Eye]]. Once was already weird, but ''twice'', with basically the exact same wording, just ''four months'' after the first instance of it happening? Good grief.
* The M.A.R.S. officers would probably not be able to survive standing that close to lava inside what appears to be an active volcano, especially with no protective gear (let alone the [[Cat|cat]] they brought for some reason).

===Covers (32)===
* '''Cover A:''' The wrecked, barely-standing body of Starscream, by Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover B:''' Genvo, Ulchtar, and Jetfire watch as Omega Supreme flies overhead, by Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer.
* '''Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive):''' Connecting cover, by [[Viktor Bogdanovic]].
* '''Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive):''' A very '80s-inspired Soundwave, by [[Jorge Fornés]].
* '''Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive):''' Megatron with some [[energon cube]]s. From Francesco Mattina, but very likely created using generative AI tools, given his then-recent controversy with [[DC Comics]].
* '''Cover F (1:100 Copy Incentive):''' Optimus Prime, by [[Homare]].
* '''Cover G:''' Blank sketch cover.
* '''Cover H:''' Genvo charges into battle, by [[Ludo Lullabi]].
* '''Second Printing Cover A:''' by [[Jason Howard]].
* '''Second Printing Cover B:''' by Jason Howard.
* '''Third Printing Cover:''' by [[Michele Rubini]].
* '''Big Time Collectibles Cover A:''' by [[John Giang]].
* '''Big Time Collectibles Cover B:''' by [[Björn Barends]].
* '''Big Time Collectibles Cover C:''' by [[Mico Suayan]].
* '''Big Time Collectibles New York Comic Con 2024 Cover A:''' Foil Virgin Variant, by John Giang.
* '''Big Time Collectibles New York Comic Con 2024 Cover B:''' Foil Virgin Variant, by Björn Barends.
* '''Big Time Collectibles CGC Signature Series Cover:''' Foil Virgin Variant, by Mico Suayan.
* '''East Side Comics / The Comic Corner / The Comic Mint Cover A:''' by [[Alan Quah]].
* '''East Side Comics / The Comic Corner / The Comic Mint Cover B:''' by Alan Quah.
* '''Epikos CCG / Nirvana Comics / Syndicate Comics & Collectibles New York Comic Con 2024 Cover:''' by [[Deegan Puchkors]].
* '''Heavy Mental / High Horse Comics & Games / Joey from Pico Cover:''' by [[Juan Gedeon]] & [[Carlos Cabrera]].
* '''TopShelfComic New York Comic Con 2024 Cover A:''' by [[Livio Ramondelli]].
* '''TopShelfComic New York Comic Con 2024 Cover B:''' by [[Erik Elizarrez]] & [[Alex Sinclair]].
* '''TopShelfComic New York Comic Con 2024 Cover C:''' by Erik Elizarrez & Alex Sinclair.
* '''TopShelfComic New York Comic Con 2024 Cover D:''' Foil Virgin Variant, by Erik Elizarrez & Alex Sinclair.
* '''The 616 Comics Cover A:''' by [[Tiago da Silva]].
* '''The 616 Comics Cover B:''' by Tiago da Silva.
* '''Davis Rider Comics / Pressable Defects Comics / Very Gary Comics New York Comic Con 2024 Cover:''' by [[Ivan Tao]].
* '''Webster's Vault New York Comic Con 2024 Cover:''' by [[Sajad Shah]].
* '''Dimension X Comics, Toys, and Collectibles New York Comic Con 2024 Cover A:''' by [[Patricio Delpeche]].
* '''Dimension X Comics, Toys, and Collectibles New York Comic Con 2024 Cover A:''' Foil Virgin Variant, by Patricio Delpeche.
* '''The Comic Corner New York Comic Con 2024 Cover:''' by [[Bill Sienkiewicz]].

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Talk:Perceptor (G1)

2025-08-28T22:45:14Z

Mosquitosquisher7: /* Modus Ponens */

REWRITE IT ALL IN PERCEPTOR SPEAK!

...please?
:I did what I could with the Animated Continuity section, but the whole article could still use a significant amount of work. - [[User:Dark T Zeratul|Dark T Zeratul]] 05:51, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

==AHM 15==
: Now that part of it was used on the cover, should we protect the main part of the article? Might be a dumb idea, but it would be neat to have the main section forever inprinted and reflected on the cover.--[[User:Sunjumper|Sunjumper]] 11:56, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
::If the site was a shrine to itself. -[[User:Derik|Derik]] 13:22, 29 September 2009 (EDT)
:::Considering we can always link to the appropriate diff if the matter comes up, no reason to worry about it at all. --[[User:Jeysie|Jeysie]] 17:58, 29 September 2009 (EDT)

==Universe Classic series toy bios==
I really think that bio was just referring to Perceptor's resistance cell as seen in the Marvel Comics. Do we really need a separate fiction section for this? --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 01:22, 19 October 2009 (EDT)
:No.... --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 01:37, 19 October 2009 (EDT)

== Magnification ==

I know the old catalogs listed him as having a magnification of 1x, but surely that isn't right. A magnification of 1x is what you get with the NAKED EYE, things look 1x the size they really are. That is, no magnification at all. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 14:04, 10 December 2009 (EST)
:I always wondered about that. I've seen 1x magnification on other toy-like things. Maybe it is rounded down? Anything that can't claim to be 2x magnification has to say it is 1x? Or maybe it is a different scale than simple multiplication. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 14:45, 10 December 2009 (EST)
::That would make it different from all other microscopes and lenses in the entire world. All lenses have magnification powers expressed as a simple multiple. If it makes things look twice as big, it is 2x. If it makes things look ten times bigger, it is 10x. If it makes things look one million seven hundred forty-three thousand eight hundred twelve times bigger it is 1743812x. I had always thought that the printer had simply dropped a zero - it should be 10x - as 10x is a standard lens power (the eyepieces of virtually all microscopes are 10x). Does anyone have a loose Perceptor that could be used to approximate the real magnification? [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 16:26, 10 December 2009 (EST)
::I'm pretty sure the old G1 packaging cited 14x. Even if that's not what the toy can actually do, if we can confirm this, it should be mentioned.--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] 13:51, 18 December 2009 (EST)
:::Just found [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive/instructions/autobot/1985/instr_perceptor.jpg this] at Botch's site, updated page. [[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 10:54, 11 March 2010 (EST)
The total magnification of a microscope is calculated by multiplying the two lenses (eyepiece and objective lens). I imagine the 1x refers to the objective lens, while the eyepiece is 14x. I don't own a Perceptor, so I can't confirm whether this is the case. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 12:16, 11 March 2010 (EST)

== Pictures for Universe ==

What kinds of pictures are needed for his Universe toy section? Hasbro stock photos, maybe? The first picture in his toys section seems to be of the Universe reissue. Just asking. --[[User:NCZ|NCZ]] 15:55, 13 June 2010 (EDT)
:You're right. Looks like the picture and the needs pictures template should be switched. Of course, the picture of the original would pretty much be the same... --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] 17:36, 13 June 2010 (EDT)

== Cybertronian alternate mode? ==

Does anyone know what Perceptor changes into before he got his microscope mode? Has it been shown anywhere? [[Special:Contributions/95.148.9.160|95.148.9.160]] 12:48, 30 July 2010 (EDT)
:Not that I know of, but his tank mode looks totally Cybertronian. - [[User:Starfield|Starfield]] 13:53, 30 July 2010 (EDT)

== Bill Rawley ==

Why would the licence plate have anything to do with Bill Rawley's daughter?--[[User:Primo|Primo]] 16:01, 6 April 2011 (EDT)

== RTS Unpaintable plastic ==

I don't think that's true, I put a bit of silver paint on the inside of his forearm and it dried and won't rub off. So the plastic isn't unpaintable. [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 08:34, 19 June 2011 (EDT)
:Paintable by you != paintable by mass-production factory to standards. [[User:Interrobang|—Interrobang]] 08:39, 19 June 2011 (EDT)
::Oh OK. [[User:Dead Metal|Dead Metal]] 09:15, 19 June 2011 (EDT)

== Modus Ponens ==
The "theorem" near the top of the article contains a denying the antecedent fallacy (A implies B; not A; therefore not B). It incorrectly claims to be using modus ponens (A implies B; A; therefore B). It's bugging me, and Perceptor would not stand for this! I'm not sure what the best way would be to rephrase it, though, and I feel a little nervous changing too much given I'm new editing here. [[User:Mosquitosquisher7|Mosquitosquisher7]] ([[User talk:Mosquitosquisher7|talk]]) 18:45, 28 August 2025 (EDT)

Talk:Perceptor (G1)

2025-08-28T22:44:57Z

Mosquitosquisher7:

Quintesson High Commander

2025-08-28T22:37:25Z

Mosquitosquisher7: /* One film */ see talk page for source/reasoning

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:''The Quintesson High Commander is a [[Quintesson]] from [[Transformers One (film)|Transformers One]].''
[[File:TFOneQuintessonHighCommander.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Good... twice the pride, double the fall!]]

The '''Quintesson High Commander''' is a [[Quintesson]] (duh) who handles the [[Energon]] tributes from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]].

==Fiction==
===''One'' film===
The Quintesson High Commander handled the latest tribute from [[Sentinel_Prime_(One)|Sentinel Prime]], the leader of Cybertron per their earlier agreement. After Sentinel bowed before the High Commander and presented his offering of Energon, the High Commander quickly noticed the tribute was light and grew hostile, grabbing and restraining the false Prime with her tentacles. Sentinel begged for mercy, insisting that Cybertron's mines were depleted, and the High Commander only begrudgingly spared Sentinel's life and departed when he pleaded for more time to collect the rest of the tribute. The High Commander departed with her forces, and Sentinel vowed to work his miners harder, shaken from the encounter.
{{storylink|Transformers One (film)|Transformers One}}

==Toys==
===''One''===
[[File:Quintesson-High-Commander-Toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[[General Grievous|General Ken...]] Wait, wrong franchise.]]

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Quintesson High Commander''' (Warrior Class, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' [[Energon cube]]

:A [[Walmart]]-exclusive, the Quintesson High Commander transforms into a Quintesson scout ship in 18 steps (though the box art depicts the Quintesson mothership instead). Despite being released in the same style boxes as the [[Transformers One (toyline)|''One'']] Prime Changers assortment, it lacks the "Prime Changers" verbiage of its contemporaries and is listed on the Walmart website as Warrior Class. It also lacks the glittery paint applications and pearlescent plastic of the Prime Changers line, instead opting for translucent rubber parts.

:The toy features ball-jointed shoulders and elbows, though the chest molding makes it impossible for the figure's arms to point forward. The toy lacks [[5 mm post|5 mm]] compatible hands, or ''any'' hands for that matter. In lieu of legs, the robot mode rests atop a structure sculpted to look like a mass of tentacles, which is fleshed out with additional soft-plastic tentacles flowing out from hinges beneath the torso.

:The figure's only accessory is a single rubberized Energon cube which can be stored in a square recess inside the Quintesson's torso. There is a 3mm flight stand port under the nosecone of the vehicle mode, but it is inaccessible in robot mode as it ends up inside the torso.

[[Category:Quintessons]]
[[Category:One characters]]

Talk:Quintesson High Commander

2025-08-28T22:35:46Z

Mosquitosquisher7: Created page with "“'The Quintesson boss has these floaty tentacles, so we’ve got this nice organic movement underneath '''her''', which is a nice juxtaposition to the robotic movements,' Ki..."

“'The Quintesson boss has these floaty tentacles, so we’ve got this nice organic movement underneath '''her''', which is a nice juxtaposition to the robotic movements,' King notes. [emphasis added]"

[https://www.vfxvoice.com/ilm-goes-into-alternate-mode-for-transformers-one/ This article] has the animation supervisor referring to the Quintesson High Commander as female. While I wouldn't trust any info originally written/said by the article's writers (they referred to Quintus Prime as leading the Quintessons in the movie), this is a direct quote from production staff, and I believe anything referring to the Quintesson High Commander with gendered pronouns should be updated accordingly.[[User:Mosquitosquisher7|Mosquitosquisher7]] ([[User talk:Mosquitosquisher7|talk]]) 18:35, 28 August 2025 (EDT)