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The many deaths of Optimus Prime

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N.A.T.S.: /* War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon */ I did my best here.

{{disambig3|Death of Optimus Prime}}
[[File:Afterdeath-gameoverman.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Oh, he's gone and died again. Botheration! Most inconvenient.]]
Across the various continuities, '''Optimus Prime dies a lot.''' This happens for various reasons:

*It allows for him to be replaced by [[Hot Rod (G1)|a new character]] (and thus [[To sell toys|a new toy]]).
*It allows for him to come back from the dead in a new body (again, a new toy).
*It's dramatic (or it used to be).
*It makes him into something of a [[Jesus|Christ]]-figure.
*It allows for numerous [[Optimus Prime memorial|memorials]] to be constructed in his honor (though they're sometimes built even ''before'' he dies, morbidly enough).
*It allows him to come back stronger than before as a sort of Deus ex Machina just when it seems the Decepticons are on the verge of victory.

Nearly every continuity family has featured Optimus Prime dying at least once; notable outliers are the Primes from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 cartoon)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon]] (though an alternate version [[Shell Game|wasn't so lucky]]) and ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' (since in that case, it's [[Megatron (SG)|Megatron]]'s job).

{{quote|Oh, you Optimuses do love to sacrifice yourselves, don't you?|A very genre-savvy [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]|"[[Other Voices, Part 2]]"}}

==Generation 1 continuity family==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:Wardawn orion dies.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|Dying before he's even Optimus Prime (he's that good).]]
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]] died (or was at least severely damaged by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]) and had to be rebuilt into Optimus Prime by [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. It's possible that if Orion had not been repaired, Optimus Prime would have ceased to exist. Pax's girlfriend Ariel was also heavily damaged, and rebuilt into [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]. They were with their friend [[Dion (G1)|Dion]] when they were attacked by Megatron, but he was never rebuilt and presumably died. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

====''The Transformers: The Movie''====
[[File:TFTM dead gray Prime.jpg|left|thumb|{{w|Oscar Wilde#Exile|"Either that wallpaper goes, or I do."}}]]
This is the best known example, in which [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] infamously died of wounds from his battle with Megatron. Notably, his body [[Aggressive depigmentation|turned gray]] as he died. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}} [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|Urban legend]] says his body also ''crumbled,'' but no such footage is known to exist. Being the first time he died, it was actually unexpected. Hasbro have since regretted killing Optimus, not realising how much little boys were attached to him.<ref>https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers/28748/the-writer-of-transformers-the-movie-on-killing-optimus-prime</ref>

====''Kiss Players''====
Sometime between [[The Transformers: The Movie|2005]] and [[The Transformers (cartoon)|2010]], [[Marissa Faireborn]] revived Optimus using the Galvatron cells in her body... by kissing him. Ultimately, all the cells were put back into [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], and without them, Optimus promptly died again. {{storylink|Transformers: Kiss Players (radio drama)#CD collections and special episodes|You, I and the Spinning Earth}}

====''The Transformers'' Season 3====
[[File:Optimusg1zombie.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|"He's passed on! This Optimus is no more! He has ceased to be! He's expired and gone to meet his maker! He's a stiff! Bereft of life, he rests in peace! He's kicked the bucket, he's shuffled off his rectifier coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-AUTOBOT!!"]]
He returned from the dead ''twice;'' first as a [[zombie]] under [[Quintesson]] control as part of a plan to destroy the [[Autobot]]s, only to die again when he overcame the Quintesson control through the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] and possibly the strength of his will, and sacrificed himself to save the Autobots. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}} He then was brought to life again (and stayed alive). {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

====''The Headmasters''====
[[File:Headmasters-primedies.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|"...I'm dead." "YES, you are!" "You think that's funny, Jenning?!"]]
Prime's death in ''The Transformers: The Movie'' was sort-of recreated in a flashback montage, but not really. Rather than die while taking down his ultimate nemesis in a one-on-one struggle to the death to defend his city, his comrades, the planet [[Earth]], and freedom itself, he just kind of got randomly shot while in the middle of an ordinary battle outside of the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]], and turned gray. Nobody else seemed to notice this. It's not clear that ''Prime himself'' noticed it. It's about the most half-hearted death ever. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Optimus Prime later died again — in another act of self-sacrifice, of course — when he walked into [[Vector Sigma]] and tried to bring it back under control directly. His body turned gray as he died, followed by a (likely only symbolic) scene of him telling [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] that it would be his responsibility to keep leading the Autobots and to continue his work, seen as a transparent, light-haloed figure against the sky and heard in third person narration as Rodimus stared into the sky. (Then again, given the proven existence of [[ghosts]]...) {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

====''Unite Warriors''====
Optimus Prime was revived through the efforts of Vector Sigma and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]]'s new healing unit, but his multiple previous deaths left their mark and Vector Sigma's power could only keep him alive for seven days. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} After a week had passed, Optimus died again until a more powerful energy source could be found. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

====''Return of Convoy''====
The [[Battlestars]] managed to restore Optimus's life with the power of the [[Zodiac]], evolving him into Star Convoy. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: The Battlestars (story page)|The Battlestars}}

====''Generation 2''====
In the Japanese version of ''Generation 2'', Optimus Prime was badly wounded by Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] and almost died, but was resurrected and evolved yet again, this time into [[Laser Rod]] Optimus Prime, by the power of the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]]. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)##13 Battle Convoy (2-pages)|G-2 #13}}

====''Henkei!'' manga====
{{Stub|{{storylink|A Nightmare, Once Again}}}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Generation 1====
[[File:Pmoptimusprimedeath.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"Give me my face!"]]
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]], after failing to live up to his moral principles while playing a video game against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], actually ''volunteered'' to be killed. The Autobots launched his [[Transformer funerary practices|funeral]] bier into space. Fortunately, the creator of the video game, [[Ethan Zachary]], saved a backup copy of Prime's mind on a [[floppy disk]]. {{storylink|Afterdeath!}} We first met this virtual Prime sixteen issues later. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}} He got his new [[Powermaster]] body two issues thereafter. {{storylink|People Power!}} A previous attempt was made at making virtual Prime a new body. The body ''spontaneously blew up''. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

About thirty issues later, Prime sacrificed himself again to defeat [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} and died. {{storylink|Still Life!}} However, his Powermaster partner, [[Hi-Q]], survived, and almost immediately began babbling about how he's ''really'' Optimus Prime. This turned out to be true, and the [[Last Autobot]] metamorphosed Hi-Q into Prime (with a new [[Action Master]] body) in the last issue of the original Marvel US series. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

====''Generation 2''====
[[File:Swarmoptimus.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Unleashing the light of the Matrix upon a great evil. Again.]]
This Prime wasn't done dying yet. His adventures continued in the G2 comics, and he died defeating the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. The Swarm reconstituted him three pages later (in a body based on his then-current [[Hero (G2)|Hero]] toy). {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
Despite being possessed by the [[Dark Matrix]] creature, a wounded Optimus Prime was able to help [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] stop the creature's plan to spread across the multiverse from [[Zero Space]]. At the conclusion of the conflict, Rodimus and Spike bore witness as Optimus died in his protege's arms in the Primus chamber. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
[[File:Smelt Prime.JPG|right|upright=1.1|thumb|"I'm not quite dead yet! I feel happy!"]]
In ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' and ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'', you could mark the end of a season by the near-death experience of one [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus]] or [[Optimus Prime (G1)|another]]...

At the end of the first season of ''Beast Wars'', Optimus Primal piloted a bomb-equipped [[stasis pod]] in an attempt to destroy the [[Planet Buster]]. Unfortunately, [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] had sealed the pod's hatch, and Optimus blew up with it. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}} Early in the second season (a few hours later as far as the characters were concerned), [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] managed to unite Optimus's drifting [[spark]] with a [[blank]] [[protoform]], thus bringing him back to life (and in a new [[Transmetal]] [[:File:BadSpark Optimus robot mode.jpg|body]], too). {{storylink|Coming of the Fuzors (Part 2)}}

At the end of the second season, the ''Beast Wars'' Megatron came very close to killing the original Optimus Prime. But [[Optimal Situation|Prime didn't ''quite'' die]], so we really shouldn't count it. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}

(Strangely, the end of the third season of ''Beast Wars'' had no Optimus deaths whatsoever! A half-dozen others died, but not Optimus.) {{storylink|Nemesis Part 2}}

====''Beast Machines'' cartoon====
At the end of the first season of ''Beast Machines'', Optimus and Megatron had a cataclysmic battle, using the energies of [[Vector Sigma]] and the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. This would have destroyed [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but Optimus took the warring energies into himself and disintegrated. However, his spark was trapped within the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], and the other [[Maximal]]s convinced him to return to the real world at [[Fallout (episode)|the start of second season]]. The Oracle kindly gave him a new body (which, believe it or not, was ''not'' a new toy). {{storylink|End of the Line}}

During a trip to the underground ruins of Iacon, Optimus Primal encountered a hologram of the original Optimus Prime, who claimed to have perished in "the final battle", presumably in the Great War. The hologram was a ruse by Megatron, so make of that what you will. {{storylink|Sparkwar Pt. II: The Search|The Search}}

At the end of the series, Optimus Primal gave his life to defeat Megatron once and for all, pushing him into the [[technorganic]] [[organic core|core of the planet]]. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}} In assorted ancillary media, he comes back to life yet again. {{storylink|Transformers: Universe (comic)|Transformers: Universe}} {{storylink|Beast Wars Reborn}} {{storylink|Transformers: Alternators}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Unicron6 The Last Hug.jpg|thumb|200px]]
{{quote|Optimus will be back. He '''always''' comes back.|[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]|"[[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing]]"}}

It looks like [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|this Optimus Prime]] made a habit of almost dying even before he became a Prime — [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] shot him in the back, {{storylink|Overthrown}} and one issue later every Autobot believed Orion Pax was dead... but was he? (SPOILER ALERT: No, he wasn't.) {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}}

In his first battle with the [[Ore-13]] powered Megatron, Optimus was killed. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5}} Or at least, his ''main body'' was: by quickly downloading his consciousness into [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] (and then back again), Optimus was able to survive. Being that close to death meant he briefly existed in a [[infraspace|limbo]] state, which got him noticed by [[Nova Prime]] in the [[Dead Universe]]. {{storylink|Escalation issue 6}}

He then spent a considerable period badly damaged and near death. He was revived, however, when [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] and his crew arrived. {{storylink|The Transformers: All Hail Megatron|All Hail Megatron}}

A rare ''metaphorical'' version occurred when he left Cybertron to appease the anti-Autobot [[NAIL]]s. With no duties or lives to mind but his own, and no Matrix to carry, he claimed that Optimus Prime was dead, but Orion Pax had been reborn. {{storylink|Transformers: The Death of Optimus Prime|The Death of Optimus Prime}} Of course, just like the real deaths, this one didn't stick; Orion later reclaimed the Optimus name during his final battle with [[Nova Prime]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}}

Ultimately, Prime finally met his end by jumping into the black hole at the heart of Unicron. Within the confines of Infraspace, he extended a hand of compassion to [[Unicron's creator]], allowing the two to peacefully pass on as Unicron's body collapsed in on itself. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

Meanwhile, [[Domitius Major|a guy who ''thought'' he was Optimus Prime]] died on Earth during [[World War I]]. The closest he came to returning to life was having a bunch of [[IRON Trooper]]s wear his dead body like a suit. {{storylink|Strange Visitors}}

===2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity===
In the final conflict of the Great War in 2035, Optimus Prime and Galvatron were both killed on Cybertron. Command of the Autobot forces subsequently fell to the [[Primal Council]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
''This'' Optimus Prime has been through a hell of a lot.

In this particular universe, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] succeeded in his time-travelling gambit to kill Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime died, and as a result of his death the Maximals and Predacons that had engineered his death succumbed to the history-altering [[timestorm]] as the timeline spun off onto a new course. {{storylink|A Change to the Agenda}} Without Optimus's inspiring presence, the Great War was much more violent, and Earth was ravaged by the depredations of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}}

By 2033, the Autobots had managed to revive their leader through unknown means, and when the war spread to [[Master (planet)|Master]] he binary-bonded himself to a trio of [[Cyberdroid]]s, including [[Diac]], who replaced Prime's damaged head. {{storylink|A Brush With Infamy–Prologue}} [[Galvatron (BW)|Galvatron]] fondly recalled a moment when he crushed Optimus's new head, which can't have ended well for ol' Prime. {{storylink|Derailment}}

Ultimately, Optimus Prime would die for good after sacrificing himself to the Swarm in an attempt to save the [[Human Confederacy]], taking the Matrix with him. {{storylink|Book of Logos}}

In the 24th century, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] was one of several rebels against the new [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] status quo, but her breaking point came when her colleagues [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] died. When her commander Optimus Primal refused to turn against the Builders, Blackarachnia and [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] killed him. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 25|"TransTech" Blackarachnia's profile in Club magazine #25}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoon===
[[File:Machinima-Titans-Return-Ep10-OptimusDies.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|There's a hole in my heart that can only be filled by you...]]
At some point during the Great War, Megatron killed Optimus, but he eventually came back. Years later, Megatron sarcastically asked if Optimus was still mad at him for it. {{storylink|The Fight Begins}} When [[The Fallen|Megatronus]] returned, Optimus attempted to stop him, but Megatronus shot a beam clean through his chest and he died once again. {{storylink|All Things Must Pass}} His [[spark]] passed on to the [[Well of All Sparks|Well of Sparks]], but thanks to his connection to the Matrix and the Primes, it was freed after Megatronus's destruction, and he emerged from the Well with a shiny new body. {{storylink|Saga's End}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
[[File:WFC-Earthrise-Ep5-Optimus-dies-vision.jpg|thumb|300px]]
While the [[Autobot]]s are in the [[Dead Universe]], [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] shows [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] visions of possible futures, including one of his [[The Transformers: The Movie|death]]. Notably the only other futures Sky Lynx shows Optimus is one where he becomes [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 5}} The [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]]'s content revealed that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] had killed Prime prior to them being revived/reformatted into [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and Nemesis Prime, {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}} and Nemesis assured he became what he is after his death. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 6}}

==''Robots in Disguise'' continuity family==
===2001 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
This [[Optimus Prime (RID)#Notes|Optimus Prime]] is one of the only Primes that ''didn't'' die! However, he came ''very'' close in the final battle, when he planned to sacrifice himself to stop [[Megatron (RID)|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Final Battle (RID)|The Final Battle}}

===Shell Game===
[[File:ShellGame optimusprime.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Good thing we didn't see what happened to him, or else [[The Transformers: The Movie|history would've repeated itself.]]]]
And scratch what we said above, because a 2015 retcon says a version of him was killed by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]] in [[Viron 704.31 Epsilon]]. {{storylink|Shell Game}} The tyrannical Decepticon's victory had come about in part due to the transdimensional abductions of several of Prime's loyal Autobots by [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}
{{--}}

==Unicron Trilogy continuity family==
===''Armada'' cartoon===
[[File:Crisis Optimus Prime dies.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Now Optimus, don't go all to pieces. You say you have to split? Well, you're a chip off the ol' block.]]
[[Optimus Prime (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] used his body to block the blast of [[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[Hydra Cannon]], protecting the [[Earth]]. When the cannon's energy was spent, Optimus turned grayish-white, then ''actually'' crumbled to bits. {{storylink|Crisis (Armada)|Crisis}} A bunch of [[Mini-Con]]s used the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] to resurrect him three episodes later. {{storylink|Miracle}}

===Dreamwave ''Armada'' comic===
''An'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] from [[Primax 703.02 Gamma|a Primax universe]] where he was fatally wounded by Unicron briefly appeared before dying. {{storylink|Worlds Collide, Part 1 of 4}} Yep, practically all we know about this Optimus is that he died. He didn't turn gray, but his colors were faded.

===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[File:Nemesisprimetfuclone.jpg|left|thumb|Technically, this is the clone.]]
The corpse of [[Optimus Prime (Balancing Act)|Optimus Prime]] (killed by [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]) from [[Aurex 304.0 Epsilon]] was cloned by Unicron to create [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Balancing Act, Part 2}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Once again, practically all we know about this Optimus is that he died.
{{-}}

==Live-action film series==
{{Note|Though Optimus Prime doesn't die in the first [[Transformers (film)|movie itself]], he does consider fusing the [[AllSpark]] into his own spark, an action that would destroy them both, if necessary to keep it out of Decepticon hands.}}

===''Transformers The Game''===
In Decepticon mode storyline, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was beaten to the ground, and as he crawled for the [[AllSpark]], [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] smashed his head with his flail... poor Prime, he gets the most violent death. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Transformers Decepticons''===
While Megatron sought the Allspark, which Starscream had stolen, he was confronted by Optimus. The two brothers fought, Optimus telling him he would never build an empire, until Megatron vanquished him. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

===Titan movie comics===
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Optimus was left in a frozen, ''near''-death state. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
[[File:ROTF Optimus death.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Shot through the heart, and [[Megatron (Movie)|you're]] to blame, you give love a bad name!]]
This is perhaps the most brutal Prime death to date, in keeping with the rather more graphic nature of combat in the live-action movies. To protect [[Sam Witwicky]], Optimus Prime engaged in a fierce battle with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]]. Despite injuring Starscream and destroying Grindor by ripping his head apart, Optimus was viciously run-through from behind by Megatron and then blasted through the back, killing him. While dead, Optimus' body was depicted with faded colors in reference to his history of turning gray upon death. This event caused Sam to follow the symbols the AllSpark sliver placed in his mind to find the ancient [[Matrix of Leadership#Live-action film series|Matrix of Leadership]], the only thing that could restore life to Optimus. Unfortunately, it crumbled into dust upon touching it in the [[Tomb of the Primes]] on the border between [[Egypt]] and [[Jordan]]. During the climactic battle in Egypt between [[NEST]] and the Decepticons, Sam was seemingly killed by Megatron, only to be taken to another plane of existence where he met [[Dynasty of Primes|the Primes who died]] to prevent [[The Fallen]] from achieving victory, and they bestowed upon him the true Matrix, which allowed Sam to revive Optimus. {{Storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
{{Note|In the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|novelization]] of ''Revenge of the Fallen'', unlike the movie, it is explicitly stated that Optimus Prime survived Megatron's attack, but was so badly damaged his body had gone into [[stasis lock]], and would likely stay that way for many years while his body repaired itself if not for Sam's intervention.}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
When Sentinel Prime revealed he had made a deal with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] long ago, and coerced the human governments to exile the Autobots from Earth, Optimus and the Autobots were forced to board the ''[[Xantium (DOTM)|Xantium]]'' and leave Earth. After it had successfully lifted off from the [[Kennedy Space Center]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] destroyed the craft during its ascent into Earth's atmosphere, seemingly killing its occupants (including Optimus). Fortunately for humanity, Optimus and the Autobots had hid themselves inside the booster rockets, which were jettisoned and landed safely in the Atlantic Ocean and Optimus evaded dying yet again. He later killed Megatron ''and'' Sentinel, making things even. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
Optimus Prime is SO good at dying, that he ''started the movie'' effectively dead after a human ambush in between movies - obligatory human [[Cade Yeager|Cade]] brought him back to life with a few repairs and a jump-start with a car battery. Even if it's not the miracle of rebirth we're used to, ''nothing'' kills our Prime for long - not even treacherous humans with exploding heavy artillery. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===''The Last Knight'' film===
Following the trend he himself set in ''Age of Extinction'', Prime started the movie effectively dead ''again'' - offline and adrift in space after exhausting his Energon somewhere around [[Jupiter]]. This didn't last long either, as he was soon revived when he fell into Cybertron's atmosphere as the planet approached into the Solar System. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

==''Animated''==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
[[File:TFAnimated transformandrollout DEATH.jpg|right|250px|thumb|It's a new record, Primey!]]
In the aftermath of the Autobots' first battle with [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] on Earth, [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] was left dangling from a passing blimp before falling several stories onto the pavement below, turning gray as he died moments later. [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] used the mysterious [[AllSpark Key]] to revive him only 75 real-time seconds later — the shortest death-to-rebirth cycle of any Optimus to date. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

===''The Cool'' comic===
During their final battle on Earth, [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] fired a devastating blast from his [[fusion cannon]] which was super charged by Starscream's [[AllSpark]]-fragment-powered head before driving one of his swords straight through Optimus' chest and [[spark]]. However this, somehow, did not completely kill him as [[Burning justice|his cries of justice and heroics caused his spark to shine and made a reaction]] from the shard in Starscream's head, which flew at Optimus giving him new power and a new body. {{storylink|The Cool Episode Final}}

==Aligned continuity family==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
[[File:Rebellion-eyes.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|[[Dinobot (BW)|Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly - the ill deeds along with the good - and let me be judged accordingly. The rest... is silence.]]]]

Following the creation of a [[Darkmount (Earth)|Decepticon fortress]] practically on the Autobots' doorstep, Optimus had the others evacuate the base while he heroically stayed behind to destroy the [[GroundBridge]] to cover their retreat. He was still in the base when the Decepticons blew it up. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] pulled him from the rubble and he lay dying in a cavern for several days. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} His lingering death seemed like it was coming to an end when he had a vision of the bright light of the Allspark and spoke with [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]]. In the real world, the light faded from Optimus's optics and his chest opened to reveal the Matrix, at which point Smokescreen used the [[Forge of Solus Prime]] to return him to life in a new, upgraded body. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

To defeat Unicron the second time, Optimus had to merge the [[AllSpark]] with the Matrix of Leadership so he could use the empty container to entrap his foe. This essentially resulted in his own spark becoming one with the AllSpark, and thus in order to restore the AllSpark to its rightful place, Optimus was required to make the ultimate act of self-sacrifice, giving up his own existence so that Cybertron might bear new life. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
Moments before death, the [[Thirteen]] plucked Optimus Prime's spark before it was extinguished. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Despite not being in the realm of the living, Optimus Prime appeared to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] in visions, first guiding Bumblebee to Earth. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Optimus was able to physically manifest himself for a brief period in order to help Bumblebee's team defeat [[Underbite]]. Afterwards, Optimus stated that he wasn't sure if he was alive or not, nor did he know what the fates had for him. He then disappeared. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}} In another vision to Bumblebee, Optimus stated that he can only reappear when the need for him is most dire, as decided by the Thirteen. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}} It was later revealed that Optimus existed in the [[Realm of the Primes]], undergoing training for a new mission on Earth. {{storylink|Out of Focus}} When the Primes could sense the coming to that planet of [[The Fallen|Megatronus]], Optimus had to convince the Thirteen that he was ready to face him, despite not completing his training. In order to him to face Megatronus, the Thirteen had to put segments of their own sparks into Optimus, causing him to upgrade into a new form. Optimus was thus sent to Earth, re-entering the mortal plane and cheating death once more. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
While traveling back in time to the year 1939 in order to save the [[Rescue Bot]]s from [[Doctor Morocco]], the Autobots and the human children attempted to escape through the time portal to the present.
However, while the rest of the team made it through the portal back to the future, it abruptly closed, seemingly trapping Optimus. It appeared that the Autobot leader was lost in time. The portal however, suddenly reopened, and Optimus jumped out. When they emerged from the lab, they found [[Griffin Rock]] greatly changed. This was another near death experience for Optimus Prime. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}}

==''Cyberverse'' cartoon==
In an alternate reality where [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was captain of the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'', the ship and the entire crew, presumably including the Autobot leader, crumbled away into nothingness after entering through a portal and being in [[unspace]] for a prolonged amount of time. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

In another alternate reality, early in the war, [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] realized Optimus would never be able to compromise with him and killed him with a point-blank shot, ripping the Matrix from his chest. Without Prime or the Matrix to aid them, the Autobots quickly fell and Megatron took control of the planet. Eons later, when the [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] of another universe found herself trapped in the Matrix, this Optimus was there to greet her, instructing her to destroy the Matrix from within to save everyone. {{storylink|The Other One}}

==See also==
*[[Primus apotheosis]]
*[[Death]]
*[[Prime Spark (story)|Prime Spark]] - The short story explores the question of where <s>all</s> [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|most]] [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|of]] those Optimus-es go when they die. (Answer: someplace dull.)
*[[Ginrai (robot)#Victory cartoon|God Ginrai]] - Often erroneously put in this category.
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] - The appropriately named, yet very unlucky guy who gets [[:File:Dirge DeathSerpentor.jpg|killed]] [[:File:Dirge DeathSwarm.jpg|off]] [[:File:Dirge DeathTimelines.jpg|in]] [[:File:Dirge DeathUnicron.jpg|many]] [[:File:Dirge DeathArmada.jpg|continuities]] (but less than [[Optimus Prime (disambiguation)|Optimus Prime]]).
*[[Sentinel Prime (disambiguation)|Sentinel Prime]] - The [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] [[:File:Sentinel prime lou.jpg|who]] [[:File:Sentinel prime dw.jpg|must]] [[Megatron Origin issue 4|always]] [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|die]] ([[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Usually]]).
*[[Cy-Kill (disambiguation)|Cy-Kill]], who is repeatedly killed COS HE SUCKS LOLOLOLOL.
*[[Starscream (disambiguation)|Starscream]] - [[Starscream (G1)|He]] [[Starscream (Armada)|dies]] [[Starscream (Animated)|a]] [[Starscream (Movie)|lot]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Many deaths of Optimus Prime}}
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Yankees

2021-10-29T21:05:17Z

N.A.T.S.: Forgot to include the categories (again).

If [[you]] are from [[New York City|New York]], than you might be a huge fan of the '''New York Yankees'''; the nickname for the greatest baseball team from the city. Even foreign country guards, and [[Transformer]]s (mostly [[Autobot]]s) like them.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[NUL-A]] wore a baseball cap bearing their logo. {{storylink|The Ultimate Weapon}}

===Live-action film series===
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
The [[Egyptian guard]] likes the Yankees so much, he let [[Seymour Simmons|the]] [[Sam Witwicky|drivers]] [[Mikaela Banes|and]] [[Leo Spitz|passengers]] pass through the checkpoint once he heard they were from New York City. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

===Aligned Continuity===
[[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Divebomb (Prime)|Divebomb]] is a fan of the team. {{storylink|BotCon 2013}}

==External Links==
* {{w|New York Yankees|New York Yankees on Wikipedia}}.

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Kiss

2021-10-29T21:01:05Z

N.A.T.S.: /* War for Cybertron Trilogy cartoon */ Finaly the section of Kingdom is here.

{{featured}}
[[File:Arcee_and_Aileron.jpeg|right|thumb|upright=2.2|"Japan surrenders, end of war!"]]
A '''kiss''' is a peculiar sort of bonding ritual involving (sometimes mutual) oral contact, especially among [[human]]s. The reasons for this strange phenomenon are usually beyond some [[Transformer]]s' understanding, resulting in many an uncomfortable line of questioning. Are these fleshlings transmitting data? Is it an energy-transferral process? Why are they doing it in [[Bumblebee (G1)|my back seat]]? Why, when the humans do kissing on me, does it [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|grant me special powers?]]

Some other Transformers understand kissing juuuuust fine.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
====Marvel Comics continuity====
[[File:Hardtoexplain.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.55|More of a "tongue-transferral process."]]
Shortly after the Transformers first woke up on [[Earth]], an [[Autobot]] reconnaissance expedition was thoroughly confused by the sight of automobiles parked in a drive-in theater playing a movie that featured two humans kissing. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

[[File:Kissprimitiveform.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|Looks like he's about to round third base as well.]]
It has been stated on a few occasions that the kiss is an act of atonement for past perceived misdeeds. However, this information comes from a very small dataset, specifically the individual human named [[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]]. While in the company of [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], she has repeatedly described the act of kissing as "apologizing". Since the use of this term has not been observed in use by any other human (other than Buster himself, seemingly part of an attempt to encourage continued kissing from Jesse), the conclusions one can draw are strictly limited. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

Kissing is not limited to the humans of Earth. The ritual is also practiced on [[Nebulos]] by the Nebulans [[Gort]] and [[Marita]]. The Autobot [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] was able to witness this event, which caused a short but violent war between their race and the Transformers. Clearly volatile emotions surround this act. Highbrow, at the time, was not able to ascertain whether kissing was akin to a [[binomial data transfer]], and even after [[binary bonding]] with Gort, answers have not been forthcoming. {{storylink|Ring of Hate!}}
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====Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
[[File:Megrimlocknokisser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|ME GRIMLOCK SAY NO MEANS NO. ''(Grimlock and Re-Cycle are to the left.)'']]
During the [[Golden Age]], the [[Autobot]]s were known to have engaged in kissing, as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Orion Pax]] was kissed by his girlfriend [[Elita One (G1)|Ariel]]. {{storylink|War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn}}

[[Attack of the Alien Robots|Dash Jordan]] was such a brave fool, he deserved a kiss—several times. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

The dominant species of the planet [[Brobdingnag]] also engaged in kissing. The boy [[Aron]] received a goodnight kiss from [[Aron's parents|his father]] after a day with some conflict between them. {{storylink|Child's Play (episode)|Child's Play}}

[[Astoria Carlton-Ritz|Astoria]] kisses [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]]'s face before parting. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}}

The [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] have adopted the human ritual of kissing, apparently after watching much of their television transmissions. [[Re-Cycle]] even kissed the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot leader]] [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]]. This act greatly confused the Dinobot leader, and caused him to reassert his status as "king". {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}

[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] described the (to him) pleasing sound of the [[harmony]] as "a musical kiss". {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}}

[[Marissa Faireborn]] and [[Dirk Manus]] shared several kisses during their time together, confusing the witnessing [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], who called it a bizarre Earth ritual. Dirk used one kiss to distract Marissa as he stole her blaster. {{storylink|Money Is Everything (episode)|Money Is Everything}}

[[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]] used hugs and kisses to distract [[Guyhawk]] from just hearing him plot to get rid of him. {{storylink|Rescue! Guyhawk}}
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====Beast Era====
[[File:AgendaPart3 Rattrap kisses Rhinox.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The [[Maximal]] [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] were depicted as implicitly kissing on several occasions, but the act was typically kept off-screen. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 1)}} The closest we got to seeing the pair smooch was when their lips ''juuuuuust'' about touched right before a camera-pan out cut away from the action. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part 2)}} After Blackarachnia's Transmetal 2 upgrade, the pair's first kiss zapped Silverbolt with "Transmetal power," leaving his head crackling with energy. {{storylink|Crossing the Rubicon}}

When Rhinox caught Rattrap, saving him from a nasty fall, Rattrap comedically kissed Rhinox on the cheek, prompting Rhinox to drop him to the ground. {{storylink|The Agenda (Part III)}}.

After finally deciding to quit the Predacons, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] sarcastically implored [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]] and [[Quickstrike (BW)|Quickstrike]] to plant a "big wet juicy one" right on his posterior. They declined the invitation and shot him instead. {{storylink|Nemesis Part 1}}

[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] and [[Botanica (BM)|Botanica]] kissed in the midst of an argument, but as with Blackarachnia and Silverbolt's past lip-locks, the act went unseen. {{storylink|Spark of Darkness}} Silverbolt and Blackarachnia almost celebrated the reformatting of Cybertron with a kiss, until Waspinator flew bewtween them, interrupting them. {{storylink|Endgame Pt. III: Seeds of the Future}}

{{--}}

====''Kiss Players''====
Oh God. You don't want to know. You shouldn't know. But your curiosity will get to you. [[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|We apologize for any damage caused to your psyche or immortal soul.]]

====2005 IDW continuity====
[[File:ThePriceOfYou-smoochy.jpg|Right|thumb|upright=1.66|Let's merge.]]

As part of [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]]'s dream of a happy domestic life with [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]], the two bots got very close to kissing before the dream was interrupted by a [[mnemosurgery|mnemosurgically]]-connected [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The Price of You}}

[[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] gave [[Aileron]] a big ol' smooch right on the lips as thanks for saving her life. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}} Apparently both sides found it enjoyable, as Arcee gave Aileron another kiss on the forehead shortly after she was teleported to [[Earth]] and decked Starscream across the face. {{storylink|Road's End}}

[[File:ASparkAmongEmbers-smoochy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.9|Die mad about it.]]

[[Anode]] and [[Lug (IDW)|Lug]], awaiting a possibly deadly battle, kissed before expressing their love for each other. {{storylink|Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|A Spark Among Embers}}
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
[[File:WFC-Kingdom-Ep5-Blackarachnia-kisses-Airazor.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
After being saved from falling to her death by [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] thanked her "heroin" by kissing her in the cheek. Much to the former's surprise. {{storylink|Kingdom episode 5}}

===Live-action film series===
[[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] could be found macking on [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee's]] hood (note: he was in car mode) to the strains of [[Linkin Park]], as the other Autobots watched. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

===''Animated'' cartoon===

[[File:TFA Black Friday ME GRIMLOCK IN LOVE.jpg|thumb|Spoiler alert, he doesn't get the kiss.]]

[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] and [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus]] sometimes look to come close to doing this but it tends to just be a trick on Blackarachnia's part. {{storylink|Along Came a Spider}} {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]] has shown interest in wanting to steal a kiss from Blackarachnia. {{storylink|Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
The Autobots were shocked and bewildered by the sight of two humans kissing on [[television]]. {{storylink|Can You Dig It?}}

===''Shattered Glass''===
After exchanging playful banter, [[Strongarm (SG)|Strongarm]] and [[Windblade (SG)|Windblade]] started making out in front of the other [[Underbase]] bots. [[Demolishor (SG)|Demolishor]] questioned this practice while [[Highwire]] expressed fear that he and his friends had been turned into cyborgs specifically for smooching purposes. {{storylink|Coalescence}}

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Brazil

2021-10-29T20:15:25Z

N.A.T.S.:

'''Brazil''', the '''Federative Republic of Brazil''' in full, is the largest and most populous country of [[South America]]. It is located along the continent's east coast and borders [[Venezuela]], [[Peru]], [[Argentina]], and [[Uruguay]]. The country is divided in states, of which [[Mato Grosso (state)|Mato Grosso]] is one. Another is São Paulo, home to the city [[São Paulo]], which is Brazil's largest city and also one of the largest in the world.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
When the Autobots prepared to go to [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] per [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], they apparently were located in Brazil. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
[[File:Satellite of Doom launch complex.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The [[Decepticon]]s built their [[crystal satellite]] and its launch complex in the jungles of [[Mato Grosso (state)|Mato Grosso]]. This much to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s dismay, as the jungle humidity had a detrimental effect on his cassette drives. Nobody cared. Once the final piece, a large diamond, had been placed atop the satellite, it was launched into orbit. The [[Autobot]]s had taken note of their enemy's activities however, so [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] blew up the launch complex and withdrew with his troops back to base to continue to monitor and control the crystal satellite's mission in safety. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}

The Decepticons' scheme failed and some time later, Megatron and Soundwave returned to the site of the former launch complex, which had been reabsorbed by the jungle. Megatron commented that he aimed to get the [[oil]] underneath the South American jungles. As the two Decepticons spoke, a local Native American approached and, armed with a blowgun and poisoned darts, took a shot at Soundwave, but the dart just bounced off. Megatron and Soundwave were not impressed, but supposedly left him alone.

Since the Autobots stopped the Decepticons' plan in [[Peru]], the Decepticons never got far enough to drain so much as a drop of oil from underneath Brazil. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}

===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
[[File:The Dinobots! aggressive Snarl.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb]]
Millions of years ago, the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' crashed on [[Earth]], leaving only four Autobots partially active. The ''Ark'' reconstructed them after the planet's dominant lifeform, [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Renaming themselves [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], the four explored the land and at least [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] were in the area that would become Brazil when they were deactivated due to a meteorite crashing up a dust layer that robbed them of their solar radiation.

In 1994, chaotic deforestation of the jungle that had grown over Snarl's and Grimlock's temporary grave reawakened them. The other Autobots, reawakened since a while too, noticed the [[Transformer]]-coded power emission the Dinobots were producing and went to check. The [[Decepticon]]s followed suit once [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] had reported on the power emission. At first the Dinobots, controlled by their dinosaur programming, attacked the Autobots, but once the Decepticons showed up, Grimlock and Snarl came to their senses and fought them instead. They reintroduced themselves to the other Autobots and promised to rejoin their forces once they'd found their two missing teammates. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

===Live-action film series===
====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====
The discovery of large deposits of iron ore made Mato Grosso a prime target for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}

====''The Last Knight'' film====
Sometime after the fall of [[Cemetery Wind]], a Brazilian named [[Santos]] became the commander of [[Transformers Reaction Force|T.R.F]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

====Bumblebee Movie Prequel====
In one of the many missions given by [[P.R.O.G.R.A.M.M.E.]] for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[David Reeve]] involved capturing an international female assassin, which happened during a confrontation in Brazil. {{storylink|The Man with the Golden Car}}

==Games==
===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
[[File:ROTF DSDecep Sao Paulo skyline.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Pictured: A Decepticon Recruit heading to the fleshies' "worst nightmare".'']]
====Autobot Campaign====
As per [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s instructions, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] met up with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in São Paulo. While discussing the presence of large numbers of Decepticons in the area, a [[protoform]] suddenly crashed at a few miles distance. Optimus Prime rushed to the location and recruited the protoform. Then [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] showed up, having also intended to claim the protoform, and Optimus Prime attacked him while Ratchet instructed the new recruit away from the scene and back to the city area. Following Ratchet's orders, the recruit [[Scanning|scanned]] a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. Next, he met up with Bumblebee and Ironhide, who worried about his ability to stay alive in battle. A subsequent attack by the Decepticons allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing a Decepticon recruit. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots}}

====Decepticon Campaign====
As per [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]'s instructions, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] met up with [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in São Paulo. Decepticon-style pleasant talk was cut short when a [[protoform]] suddenly crashed at a few miles distance. Starscream rushed to the location and recruited the protoform. Then [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] showed up, having also intended to claim the protoform, and Starscream attacked him while Soundwave instructed the new recruit away from the scene and back to the city area. Following Soundwave's orders, the recruit [[Scanning|scanned]] a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. Next, he met up with Sideways and Grindor, who were quick to call him a liability. A subsequent attack by the Autobots allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing an Autobot recruit. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons}}

==Notes==
* During [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], [[Estrela]] held the license to manufacture and market ''Transformers'' toys in Brazil. The Estrela line-up was unique to Brazil and included several molds from companies other than [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]. It also was the only line-up to include the [[Bumper (G1)|Mini Vehicle Familia mold]].
*An unproduced joke for the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' episode "[[Trials]]" would have involved [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] popping into Brazil during a music festival. He would then crash the concert and hang out.<ref>"[https://shikai-the-storyteller.tumblr.com/post/613237429097365504/i-absolutely-didnt-go-back-through-and-edit-this Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)]"</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Brazil}} at Wikipedia

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Ceremony

2021-10-29T20:14:46Z

N.A.T.S.: /* Synopsis */ Replaced Sao Paulo with São Paulo.

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|caption="What did it cost?" "''Everything.''"
|title="Ceremony"
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'''In the final battle against Unicron and his servants, many of our heroes are called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice in order to prove that faith and compassion can triumph over the fear and chaos born from the legacy of the Primes.'''

==Synopsis==

[[Mount Rushmore]] has become the new home of all the [[spark]]s that were being nurtured within [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], having been removed from the [[Titan (group)|Titan]] to keep them safe during the battle that now rages in [[Earth]] orbit. As [[Marissa Faireborn]] comforts [[Buster (IDW)|Buster]], [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] arrive with the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], who have been brought at the request of [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] to help with a plan that may yet save the day...

Chaos reigns above the Earth as an army of [[Autobot]]s, [[Decepticon]]s, and everyone in-between—transported into space by Trypticon and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]—attack [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] and its servants, keeping them occupied in order to allow [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]], [[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] to transport [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]], and the [[Talisman (G1)|Talisman]] down to Unicron's surface. The stubborn [[Slide]] is reluctant to join the battle, unwilling to fight and die in the name of Optimus Prime. Punctuating her words, Trypticon becomes the first to fall, slain by one of Unicron's eye-beams.

Down below, all across the Earth, from [[Venice]] to [[São Paulo]], the planet's heroes and villains fight alongside their alien allies to defend their world against Unicron's [[Maximal]]s. In [[Toronto]], [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] watch from the [[CN Tower]] as [[Stardrive]] and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] battle the Maximals in the streets below. Shockwave deems the fight a lost cause, and contacts [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], ordering him to bring his [[Worldsweeper]] down from orbit to collect Shockwave and Rhinox so that they may leave the Earth to its fate, and deal with Unicron another day. Bludgeon, however, refuses; always a servant of chaos, he has thrown in his lot with Unicron, rapturous at the notion that he will be able to watch the entire universe be uncreated at the planet-eater's hands. Shockwave is dumbfounded at the very idea, but barely has time to process Bludgeon's betrayal before he is attacked from behind by Rhinox; this once-loyal Maximal has also decided to side with Unicron after learning that the divine "Onyx Prime" whom he once believed in was nothing but a trick played by Shockwave. Shockwave attempts to fire on Rhinox, only to discover that the new cannon-arm the Maximal provided him with will not work on the Maximals. Rhinox overpowers Shockwave and tears the cannon-arm off, preparing to turn it on his former master... only for his head to suddenly be blown off by a blast from behind, fired by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]]!

[[File:Unicron6 Starscream's Sacrifice.jpg|thumb|250px|left|"You will ''never'' be a god."]]

Up in orbit, Thundercracker is hit by Maximal fire and falls behind the rest of his group, finding himself surrounded by enemy forces. After depositing Arcee on Unicron with Starscream and Optimus, Skywarp reluctantly goes to his fellow [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]'s aid, teleporting into the path of a Maximal blade to save Thundercracker's life so that he can get the Talisman to the others. Refusing to leave Skywarp behind, Thundercracker tosses the Talisman to Starscream down on Unicron's surface and dives into the fight. It doesn't seem possible that the two can survive, and that poses a problem to the rest of the group: without Skywarp's teleporting powers, they can't get through Unicron's miles-thick armor. Starscream hits upon a solution and implements it before anyone can object; with one last egotistical grin born of the knowledge that he was the one to save the day, he asks Prime and Arcee to give Windblade his best, then activates the Talisman, sacrificing his life as its magical energies consume him and begin burning their way down into Unicron.

Watching from the battlefield, [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and [[Aileron]] are stunned by Starscream's sacrifice, but [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] always knew he had it in him. [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] isn't interested in debating Starscream's merits right now, as the Maximals continue to attack; a moment later, [[Icebird|one of the beasts]] pounces on Ironhide and tears him in half. As Bumblebee fends the Maximal off, Jazz rushes to Ironhide's side, assuring him that he will make it through—but Ironhide is too far gone, and dies in peace in his friend's arms, feeling that he finally understands the meaning of the phrase "[['Til all are one|'til all are one.]]"

Nearby, Slide continues to find other things to complain and argue about rather than the actual threat at hand when the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] approach her. She and [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] immediately start fighting over the tragic outcome of [[Time Will Rust|their recent clash on Earth]], but [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] interrupts them, motioning toward Bludgeon's Worldsweeper as it heads down to Earth to rain devastation on the planet. Slide relents, and she, the colonists, and the Dinobots head down to the planet to lend their aid.

[[File:Unicron6 Optimus Into The Void.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"A soul... for a soul."]]
Following the path the Talisman is burning through Unicron, Optimus Prime and Arcee venture into the depths of the planet-eater once more, fighting their way through its [[Unicron's antibodies|antibody monsters]]. Arcee proposes that Prime leave the mission to her, that she may make amends for her part in the devastation of [[Antilla]] that began this nightmare, but Prime refuses; as "[[The Arisen]]," one of the [[Thirteen|Thirteen Primes]], he ultimately traces all their misfortunes to the failures of himself and his lineage. Arcee is confused; she ''knew'' the Thirteen, and ''knows'' that Optimus wasn't one of them, but before she can press the issue, the pair arrive at Unicron's heart, where the supermassive black hole around which the monster planet once orbited now rests. As they watch, the Talisman disappears into the singularity... and a moment later, Optimus bids Arcee farewell and leaps in after it. His physical body is compressed to pure information, and Prime once again finds himself in [[Infraspace]], the transitional limbo between life and death, with the Talisman at his feet. But he is not alone in this twilight realm: from out of the darkness appears the form of the [[Unicron's creator|Antillan scientist]] who created the Talisman, whose rage and desire for vengeance is what is driving Unicron from beyond the veil. Prime attempts to talk to the scientist, telling him that his anger toward the Cybertronians is justified, but the alien is not interested in words and lashes out at him.

Prowl drags Shockwave out into the street, where Stardrive stands ready to play her part in the complex plan Prowl and Soundwave have assembled. While Stardrive uses her Wraith magicks to invade Shockwave's body and mind, across the continent, Jetfire follows Soundwave's instructions, remotely linking Stardrive into the [[Enigma of Combination]]—saved from Cybertron by Soundwave—via their communications systems. Next, the Aerialbots combine into [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] for the first time since absorbing the duplicate Enigma created by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] out of Earth's communications network years ago. The energies of the Earth Enigma fill the air—but they're not ''all'' that are in the air, as Bludgeon's Worldsweeper appears overhead, and [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] leaps out to attack Superion! As the two combiners clash, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] arrives with the Dinobots and colonists. The Dinobots all leap aboard the Worldsweeper, intent on taking the ship down, while Slide and the colonists argue about what to do. Some unexpected help arrives in the form of [[Pyra Magna]] and the surviving [[Torchbearer]]s, who have been clinging to the hull of Bludgeon's ship, and who now boldly attempt to form [[Victorion]], despite the loss of [[Stormclash]], to buy the Dinobots the time need to enter the ship and defeat Bludgeon. As a partial combiner herself, Slide feels the energies of the Earth Enigma running wild around her, and embraces them, joining with the Torchbearers as they merge, becoming the new leg of Victorion. Together, Victorion and Superion overpower and finally destroy Monstructor.

Meanwhile, the Dinobots fight their way onto the Worldsweeper's bridge and seize the [[Void Scepter]] Bludgeon is using to control the vessel, sending the ship flying away in the direction of [[Washington, D.C.]], in order to give Soundwave time to execute his plan. [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] are slain in the subsequent fight; as Bludgeon and Slug grapple, the Decepticon tells Slug that their deaths mean nothing, as Unicron will still destroy them all. Slug disagrees; he has faith that Unicron will be stopped, and moreover, he knows the Dinobots are relics of the war, unable to let go of their old hatred, and so they ''must'' die if the Cybertronian race is to move forward unburdened by them. With that, both Bludgeon and Slug die as the Worldsweeper crashes into the [[White House]]. Some of the Maximals aboard survive and emerge to menace the [[President of the United States|President]] and her G.I. Joe bodyguards [[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] and [[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)|Chameleon]], but at the last minute, [[Rum-Maj]] and [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] arrive with their [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] to finish off the beasts and save the humans.

Back at Mount Rushmore, Soundwave senses that the time is right to execute the final step of his plan. The Enigma of Combination has always had the power to combine not just ''bodies'', but hearts, minds, and ''spirits''—and now, by the power of ''two'' Enigmas, using his own faith as an anchor, Soundwave is able to make contact with and unite the spirits of all those who have died in the war against Unicron, and more. In Toronto, via Stardrive, Shockwave can feel what is happening and begs Prowl to convince Soundwave the plan will not work—that "faith" is a fabrication invented by Shockwave himself millions of years ago, incapable of accomplishing anything. But Prowl disagrees; "faith," he says, is just another name for having the strength to conquer the fears within yourself. And Shockwave... the original false Prime, progenitor of a corrupt lineage that has loomed over Optimus Prime all his life and been the root cause of every conflict that has brought Cybertronian history to this climactic moment... Shockwave represents everything that Optimus Prime has ever feared. Soundwave disintegrates as the combined spirits of the dead are united with Shockwave's thoughts via Stardrive, and sent by her Wraith magicks, linked to the Talisman, to Optimus Prime.

[[File:Unicron6 The Last Hug.jpg|thumb|200px|left|"He is in anguish... he mourns!"]]
In Infraspace, all this wonder and terror floods into Optimus; every fear he has ever known, embodied in Shockwave's thoughts, and the memory of everyone who has ever stood behind him, which gives him the strength to face those fears and overcome them. As the Talisman surges back to life and the landscape of Infraspace begins to crumble away under its power, Prime now knows what he must do: rather than attempting to ''defeat'' the spirit of Unicron's creator, he instead extends a hand toward him in peace. Casting aside his assumed title one last time, the Autobot introduces himself as Orion Pax, and asks for the alien's own name. Confused and in pain, the scientist admits that he can no longer remember... but he does remember the name of his daughter, who died during Antilla's war with Cybertron, setting him on this path of death and revenge. Pax pulls the alien into an embrace, and calls upon him to remember that name now, at the end. Thus do they die in peace together, the last of the Primes overcoming the legacy of his ancestors by showing compassion to the monster birthed by their crimes, as the power of the Talisman collapses Unicron's body into the black hole at its own heart.

As Unicron collapses, all the combatants in Earth orbit make for the planet's surface, save for Bumblebee and Aileron, who fly through the maelstrom to rescue Arcee before she is sucked into the singularity. The trio set down on Earth's moon, where Aileron and Arcee joyously reunite, and they are presently joined by [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], revealed to have survived Bludgeon's attack on [[Sanctuary Station]]. At Mount Rushmore, Marissa believes Thundercracker must surely have perished, but Buster thinks otherwise, and is proven right seconds later when Thundercracker descends from the sky, carrying the damaged but also-still-living Skywarp with him. As Thundercracker is welcomed by his friends, Skywarp laughs at the ridiculousness of the situation, but recognizes his brother-in-arms as a true Seeker. Prowl and Stardrive take a despondent Shockwave into custody; [[Rom]] and [[Livia]] console a young [[Elonian]] orphan; [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] thinks of [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|his brother]] as he watches Buster, [[D.0.C.]], and [[Bob (IDW)|Bob]] play; Windblade and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] discuss Windblade's future as the leader of Cybertron on Earth; [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] digs the lone surviving Dinobots, Swoop and [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]], from the wreckage of the Worldsweeper; and with the survivors of Cybertron and its colonies now destined to be permanent residents of Earth, the President starts making plans for their future together.

Pyra Magna recovers the [[Mistress of Flame]]'s [[Forgehammer]] from where she left it, wedged in Metroplex's armor, and realizes now that "faith" is not what ''others'' tell you to believe, but what you believe in your own heart. Pyra takes the mantle of Mistress of Flame upon herself, and invites Slide to join the Torchbearers full-time; Slide, overjoyed to know belonging once again, and realizing that she and Pyra were wrong about Optimus Prime all along—that he never wanted to ''rule'' them, but to build a better world for them to live in—tearfully accepts.

With Earth now lit by twin stars of light and darkness—the [[sun]] and Unicron's black hole in perfect balance—the Transformers enter a new era on a new homeworld, an era without Primes, without Autobots or Decepticons, without even the distinction between Cybertronian, colonist, or Earthling. Thanks to Optimus Prime, his sacrifice, and his belief in those who followed him...

[['Til all are one|...all are one.]]
[[File:Unicron6 Peace At Last.jpg|thumb|300px|center|"Where to, Cap?" "... ''home.''"]]
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic'' text appear only in spirit form. 
{{featuredcharacters
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*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]? (4)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (5)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]]? (6)
*[[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] (8)
*[[Alpha Bravo]] (9)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]? (10)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] (12)
*[[Aileron]] (13)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (15)
*[[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] (16)
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (19)
*[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] (20)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] (23)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (25)
*? (27)
*[[Slide]] (28)
*[[Roulette (Universe)|Roulette]] (29)
*[[Bump]] (30)
*[[Midnight Express (RID)|Midnight Express]] (31)
*[[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] (33)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] (34)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (36)
*[[Slag (G1)|Slug]] (37)
*[[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] (38)
*[[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] (39)
*[[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] (40)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] (44)
*[[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] (46)
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*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (47)
*[[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]] (62)
*[[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] (81)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (90)
*[[Dust Up]] (92)
*[[Jumpstream]] (93)
*[[Pyra Magna]] / Mistress of Flame (94)
*[[Skyburst (G1)|Skyburst]] (95)
*[[Rust Dust]] (96)
*[[Victorion]] (97)
*''[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'' (98)
*''[[Ambulon]]'' (101)
*''[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]'' (103)
*''[[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'' (105)
*''[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailcutter]]'' (106)
*''[[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]'' (107)
*''[[Blurr (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Blurr]]'' (108)
*''[[Wheeljack (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Wheeljack]]'' (110)
*''[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'' (111)
*''[[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'' (112)
*''[[Fastlane]]'' (113)
*''[[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]]'' (114)
*''[[Cloudraker (G1)|Cloudraker]]'' (115)
*''[[Pipes (G1)|Pipes]]'' (122)
*''[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]'' (123)
*''[[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]]'' (124)
*''[[Gimlet]]'' (125)
*[[Goldbug (IDW)|Goldbug]] (135)
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] (136)
{{!}}}
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*[[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Tankor (BM)|Fat Tankor]] (21)
*[[Octane|Tall Tankor]] (22)
*[[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] (26)
*[[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] (43)
*[[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] (52)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (63)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (64)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] (70)
*[[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] (72)
*[[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]] (73)
*[[Broadside (Classics)|Broadside]] (74)
*''[[Horri-Bull]]'' (100)
*''[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]'' (109)
*''[[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]]'' (116)
*''[[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]]'' (117)
*''[[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]]'' (118)
*[[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] (133)

|c3=
'''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'''
*[[Scarlett]] (56)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike]] (58)
*[[Zilong Qian|Talon]] (59)
*[[Ayana Jones|Mayday]] (65)
*[[Snake-Eyes|Snake Eyes]] (67)
*[[Agent Helix]] (69)
*[[Cover Girl]] (86)
*''[[Mainframe (G.I. Joe)|Mainframe]]'' (121)
*[[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Flint]] (127)
*[[Chameleon (G.I. Joe)|Chameleon]] (128)

'''[[M.A.S.K.]]'''
*[[Matt Trakker]] (57)

'''[[Cobra]]'''
*[[Red Shadows]] (51)
*[[Tempest (G.I. Joe)|Tempest]] (68)

'''[[V.E.N.O.M.]]'''
*[[Miles Mayhem]] (48)
*[[Sly Rax]] (53)

'''[[Action Man Programme|AMP]]'''
*[[Action Man]] / Ian Noble (54)
*Action Man / [[Terrence Salmons]] (55)

'''Others'''
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (1)
*[[Iron Klaw]] (49)
*[[Doctor X]] (50)
*[[President of the United States|President of the United States]] (126)

|h4=Other Cybertronians|c4=
'''[[Maximal]]s'''
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] (66)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (71)
*[[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] (75)
*[[Shokaract]] (76)
*[[Airraptor]] (77)
*[[Icebird]] (see "Errors", 78)
*[[Antagony (BW)|Antagony]] (see "Errors", 79)
*[[B'Boom]] (80)
*[[Transquito]] (see "Errors", 83)
*[[Soundwave (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Soundwave]] (see "Errors", 84)
*[[Skydive (BM)|''Beast Machines'' Skydive]] (85)
*[[Snarl (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Snarl]] (see "Errors", 87)
*[[Coelagon]] (129)

'''Others'''
*[[Sideswipe (IDW)|''Generation 2'' Sideswipe]] (11)
*[[Swift (G1)|Swift]] (14)
*[[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (35)
*[[Centurion (IDW)|Centurion]] (41)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] (42)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Skywarp]] (45)
*[[Stardrive]] (88)
*''[[Metalhawk (G1)|Metalhawk]]'' (99)
*''[[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]]'' (102)
*''[[Mistress of Flame]]'' (104)

|h5=Others|c5=

'''Space Knights'''
*[[Rom]] (17)
*[[Livia]] (18)
*''[[Maur]]'' (119)
*''[[Prim]]'' (120)

'''Dire Wraiths'''
*[[Dire Wraith|Wraith]]s (60)
*[[Countdown (G.I. Joe)|Countdown]] (61)

'''[[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]'''
*[[Rum-Maj]] (131)
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] (132)

'''Others'''
*[[Buster (IDW)|Buster]] (2)
*[[Bob (IDW)|Bob]] (24)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (32)
*[[Unicron's antibodies|Unicron's immune system]] (82)
*[[D.0.C.]] (89)
*''[[Unicron's creator]]'' (91)
*[[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] (130)
*[[Garnak]] (134)
*[[Elonian]] girl (137)
*Pet [[Mutt (IDW)|mutt]] (138)
}}

==Quotes==
"Faith. The last refuge of those '''left behind.'''"
:—'''Marissa Faireborn'''

"Never before have I thought this... but that is a big one." 
"Imagine how '''I''' feel. You're the size of a '''city'''—I'm only '''six feet tall.'''" 
"You are 5'10<nowiki>''</nowiki>, Garrison."
:—'''Metroplex''' and '''Garrison Blackrock''' discuss the size of Unicron

"I never imagined the fate of '''everything''' would end up in '''your''' hands, Starscream." 
"That's funny, because '''I''' always knew it '''would.'''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Starscream'''

"Tell '''Windblade''' to take good care of '''Earth''', will you? Aw, who am I kidding? She probably won't even '''try''' to conquer the place."
:—'''Starscream''''s last words

"[Orion] thinks the '''shadowplay''' that stripped me of emotion changed me '''fundamentally.''' But as Rhinox said, I was '''always''' pulling strings. '''I''' gave Orion the capacity to carry a '''Matrix.''' I '''made''' him into '''Optimus Prime'''. He was the one who changed... when he stopped viewing my actions as '''just.'''"
:—'''Shockwave'''

"Slug—you won't last a '''minute.'''" 
"Then we'll get this done in '''forty-five seconds.'''"
:—'''Pyra Magna''' gives '''Slug''' some "encouragement", who takes it in stride

"Faith is a '''lie!''' I '''invented''' it! '''Faith''' will not stop the '''uncreator!'''" 
"You '''still''' don't see. Soundwave believes in a '''higher power''', sure. But guys like '''you''' and '''me'''—we don't '''have''' to. All we need to believe in is the inherent '''good''' of '''doing good'''... and that someday, '''ultimately,''' that will be enough to stop '''evil.'''" 
"'''Logic''' is neither good '''nor''' evil. '''None''' of us are. We contain the capacity for '''both.'''" 
"Faith is just '''one path''' to the '''ultimate trick:''' '''confronting''' the evil in '''ourselves'''... and defeating '''that.'''"
:—'''Shockwave''' and '''Prowl''' discuss belief

"Operation: '''Absolution.'''"
:—'''Soundwave''''s last words

"I am '''not''' a piece of '''your''' history... I am the '''end''' of my '''own!'''"
:—'''Unicron's creator'''

"I was forged '''Orion Pax.''' As war began, I was called '''Optimus Prime.''' Now some call me The '''Arisen''', the Thirteenth Prime. But the '''masks''' are gone now. I am '''Orion Pax'''. Before this... who were '''you?'''" 
"So long ago... I can't '''remember.''' But I know the name of my '''daughter''', who your kind '''murdered'''..." 
"Then that shall be the '''word.''' Rather than the fire of '''hatred'''... let her name—her '''memory'''—[[Darkest hour|'''light''' this dark hour]]."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' allows '''Unicron's creator''' to die knowing compassion

"I thought... I would make us '''strong...'''" 
"Take it from me: strong doesn't mean '''right.'''"
:—A defeated '''Shockwave''' is carted away by '''Stardrive'''

"'''Optimus Prime''' is gone... and with him ends the era of Autobot and Decepticon, Cybertronian and colonist, human and machine. What survives is his '''faith.''' Perhaps he never believed in any '''higher power''' guiding our hands... but he believed in '''us.''' I am '''Pyra Magna'''... the '''Mistress of Flame'''. '''Spiritual leader''' of my people; defender of my homeworld... '''Earth.''' And we will light our way against '''all''' our '''darkest hours'''... as '''one.'''"
:—'''Pyra Magna''''s closing monologue

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
[[File:Unicron6 Predaking.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"We have a combiner."]]
*In the montage of heroes and villains fighting around the Earth, Predaking is seen in the service of Iron Klaw. The Predacons have been under his control since before the events of [[The Iron Klaw|''Revolutionaries'' #4]]; it seems he's managed to repair [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] after Kup blew his head off in that story.
*Action Man declares "This is for Kup" as he blasts a Maximal; the pair were buddies in ''Revolutionaries'', until Kup's death in [[Schismatic|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #1]].
*Terrence Salmons is now wearing the Action Man uniform too. As seen in the {{i|''Action Man'' comic}}, he was considered next-in-line for the position until Ian Noble, the current Action Man, slipped in ahead of him, but it looks like extenuating circumstances have seen him take up the mantle alongside Ian.
*Scarlett has joined Matt Trakker in Detroit, where his team were located when we last saw them in [[Our Finest|issue #3]]'s {{i|back-up strip}}.
*Last issue, as the battle with the Maximals concluded, it was abruptly noted that Mayday was now in command of the human forces, despite the fact that nothing had been shown to happen to previously-established leaders Spike and Talon on-panel. This issue shows that Spike got shot down by the Maximals, and unintentionally took Talon down with him, but both men have survived and are stranded in a jungle somewhere. Spike notes that he "always figured [he'd] have a bigger role" in the final battle; while most IDW readers are no doubt glad he doesn't, this hearkens back to the fact Spike leads his life like he's "the star of an action movie," as originally observed in [[Police Action Part 2: Only Forward|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #27]].
*Pressed into fighting alongside Strongarm in defense of Earth, Rumble and Frenzy grumble that they "shoulda unionized," a joking reference to the recent success the pair have found in Hollywood, as seen in [[Starscream: The Movie (comic)|the 2018 ''Optimus Prime'' annual]].
*Starscream uses the Talisman to burrow through Unicron's surface, in the same manner as it burrowed its way down through Cybertron in ''[[Transformers vs. Visionaries]]''.
*Slug and the Dinobots continue to clash with Slide following the events of [[Time Will Rust|''Optimus Prime'' #23]]-[[A Sunrise Dark|24]], which included the death of her fellow colonist soldier [[Gimlet]].
*Rhinox provided Shockwave with his new gun-arm in [[Road's End|issue #4]]. He evidently built it himself, indicating this Rhinox shares the engineering abilities of his counterpart in the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' cartoon]].
*Shockwave notes that he didn't simply become evil when subjected to Shadowplay, having always been a manipulator with dodgy leanings. He illustrates this with the specific example that he was the one who gave Optimus a Matrix chamber (which we learned in [[Chaos Theory Part 2|''The Transformers'' vol. 1 #23]]), but the darker side of his pre-Shadowplay life was previously emphasized in [[Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|''More than Meets the Eye'' #11]] when [[Roller (IDW)|Roller]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] dug up some intel on him and learned about the various covert projects he was investing in, which he was keeping secret from his allies.
*Ironhide's dying realization that he now knows the meaning of [[Pax Cybertronia]] references his vision of a peaceful future Cybertron, as seen in ''The Transformers'' [[Pax Cybertronia (issue)|#31]], and his search for the meaning of this vision formed a significant portion of Ironhide's character development during the final years of "Phase 2."
*Soundwave got the Enigma of Combination out of storage in issue #3.
*Galvatron turned Earth into a large-scale Enigma of Combination in [[All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #53]]. Superion absorbed the Earth Enigma code to prevent it from working in [[All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #54]]; this is the first time the team have combined since then.
*Optimus Prime returns to Infraspace by entering the black hole at the heart of Unicron, the same way he did by entering the singularity in Crystal City in [[The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|''Optimus Prime'' #19]].
*The Dinobots settle their recurring rivalry with Bludgeon, begun in ''[[The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption]]'' and continuing through ''[[The Transformers: Salvation|Salvation]]'' and [[The Dead Come Home, Part 1 (of 2)|''Optimus Prime'' #13]]-[[The Dead Come Home, Part 2 (of 2)|14]].
*Bludgeon previously used his Void Scepter to control Trypticon in ''Salvation''.
*The ability of the Enigma to combine not just bodies, but hearts and minds, has always been implicit in the way combiners work, with a gestalt personality emerging as Transformers' bodies are merged. However, it was previously established that it was possible for it to work in a more spiritual way, combining minds ''without'' combining bodies, back in [[Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #37]], when it was credited with subtly uniting the thoughts and ideas of early humans, leading to the development of human cities and civilizations.
[[File:Unicron6 Spirits of the Dead.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"Allfathers, let the dark magic flow through me one last time!"]]
*The spirits who appear before Soundwave specifically include all those notables who have died throughout the ''Unicron'' mini-series itself (Wheeljack, Cliffjumper, and the Solstar Knights from [[Our Darkest|issue #0]], Dirge and the Mistress of Flame from [[Last Stand (Unicron)|issue #1]], Omega Supreme from [[Stranger Eons|issue #2]], Scattershot, Fastlane, and Cloudraker from [[Our Finest|issue #3]], Blurr, Elita One, Cosmos, Sky-Byte, and Laserbeak from [[Road's End|issue #4]], and Ironhide from this issue) and its tie-in issues in ''Optimus Prime'' (Mainframe and Gimlet), along with other significant characters who have died during "Phase 2" of the IDW Universe: Alpha Trion ([[The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|''Optimus Prime'' #16]]), Ambulon ([[Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|''More than Meets the Eye'' #19]]), Horri-Bull ([[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|''Robots in Disguise'' #1]]), Kup ([[Schismatic|''Transformers vs. Visionaries'' #1]]), Metalhawk ([[Heavy Is the Head|''Robots in Disguise'' #16]]), Pipes ([[Under Cold Blue Stars|''More than Meets the Eye'' #15]]), Ravage ([[The Dying of the Light Part 6: Do Not Go Gentle|''More than Meets the Eye'' #55]]), Rung ([[Crucible (Part 6): A Spark Among Embers|''Lost Light'' #24]]), Sideswipe ([[The Life of Sideswipe|''Optimus Prime'' #10]]), Skids ([[The Dying of the Light Part 5: Rage, Rage|''More than Meets the Eye'' #54]]), and Trailcutter ([[Births, Deaths, and Interventions|''More than Meets the Eye'' #34]]).
*The president notes that the White House has been reinforced since the "last attack," referring to the [[Dire Wraith]] attack in ''[[Thundercracker & Buster Save the World|The Transformers: Revolution]]'' one-shot.
*Optimus Prime had a vision of a Worldsweeper crashing into the White House in [[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #50]].
*Buzzsaw was implied to have perished in issue #4, but is here revealed to have survived his brush with death.
*The Elonian girl and her [[Mutt (IDW)|pet creature]] are presumably the same ones that appeared in [[Our Darkest|''Unicron'' #0]], and on the last page they're drawn posed as they were on the first page of issue #0.
*The 'reality shards' surrounding Unicron on Cover A depict notable moments of the 2005 IDW continuity thus far; non-'portrait' sections include [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]] [[:File:LastStandoftheWreckers5 Guzzle Overlord.jpg|tearing]] [[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]] in half ([[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #5]]), [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] collapsing the tunnels of New York ([[All Hail Megatron issue 2|''All Hail Megatron'' #2]]), Optimus Prime [[:File:AHO-earthannexed.jpg|annexing Earth]] ([[All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|''The Transformers'' vol. 2 #50]]), [[Virulina]] [[:File:Schismatic-KupDies.jpg|killing Kup]] ([[Schismatic|''Transformers vs Visionaries'' #1]]), and the [[Vekktral]]-possessed [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]] ([[Shining Armor issue 4|''Shining Armor'' #4]]). Of note is that the scenes have not been copied from their respective issues; they were entirely redrawn by Alex Milne.
*It's the end of ''Transformers: Unicron'', but not quite the end of the universe; the story continues into [[Post|''Optimus Prime'' #25]], the final issue and epilogue to the entire [[2005 IDW continuity]].

===Transformers references===
*The Maximal who kills Ironhide is [[Icebird]], one of the [[Mutant (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Mutants]], who had two beast modes, but no robot mode, save for a robot head hidden inside their bodies. Icebird is here drawn with his robot head deployed; notably, the character's head is red per the toy's prototype, rather than the blue of the mass-market release. But, see "Errors" below.
*Sky Lynx recalls an adventure on [[Regulon Four|Regulon IV]], a planet with several previous mentions in Transformers media, originating in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[The Rebirth, Part 1]]."
*After Ironhide's death, Aileron rallies the others with a variation on a well-used [[Furmanism#CAN I DO LESS.3F|Furmanism]].

===Real world references===
*Wreck-Gar's classic habit of peppering his speech with snippets of pop culture continues:
**He greets the humans in the White House with the cry of "Hi-ho, True Believers and Believerettes," the blusterous term {{w|Stan Lee}} regularly used to refer to faithful fans of [[Marvel Comics]].
**He quotes the opening theme to ''{{w|Mister Rogers' Neighborhood}}'', declaring it a "beautiful day in the neighborhood," and hoping they'll "be [the Junkions'] neighbors."
**He paraphrases the title of the 1987 movie ''{{w|Good Morning, Vietnam}}'' with a whoop of "Goooood Morning, Planet Earth!"
*The Action Men are fighting Maximals outside {{w|London King's Cross railway station|King's Cross station}}, one of London's major train stations.
*Beneath his signature on the final page (pictured above), artist Alex Milne bids the reader farewell with a handwritten note of "So long and thanks for all the fish", the dolphins' famed final message to humanity in ''{{w|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}''.

===Errors===
*The name caption for a certain white-clad ninja identifies her as "Storm Shadow"—which she ''used'' to go by in the IDW continuity. However, in [[Scarlett's Strike Force issue 3|''Scarlett's Strike Force'' #3]], it was established that—following the return of the ''original'' Storm Shadow—she had taken up the name of "Tempest".
*As a helicopter, Alpha Bravo is easily identifiable among the Aerialbots arrived on page 1, panel 3, and Air Raid appears roughly-on model as well, but the other Aerialbots don't seem to match their ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' designs, and aren't really recognizable as any particular members of the group, hence the "?"s in our list above.
*On page 3, Trypticon is credited as a "Decepticon Titan," but he hasn't been a Decepticon for ages.
*Rumble and Frenzy's ID captions (or colors!) are [[FIRRIB|swapped]].
*Shockwave's conversation with Bludgeon almost beat-for-beat repeats their exchange from the prior issue: Shockwave observes the deteriorating situation, concludes that alternative measures must be taken to destroy Unicron, and then commands Bludgeon to help carry out this plan, whereupon Bludgeon refuses, stating that his true allegiance is to Unicron rather than to Shockwave himself. It's not at all clear why Shockwave is in this issue surprised at Bludgeon's disobedience, or why he issued those same orders a second time, given Bludgeon's statements in the last issue. We will point out, however, that the framing of that issue makes it possible that Bludgeon's line simply came ''after'' Shockwave cut the transmission, and Bludgeon is just now ''openly'' revealing his true colors.
**Additionally, Bludgeon's claim that he serves the science of chaos rather than Shockwave's science of order seems rather ignorant of Shockwave's explicit statements during "The Falling" storyline that ''he'' now serves "the higher order that is chaos."
*On page 9, panel 1, Thundercracker states "''I'm'' think I'm in trouble."
*Unfortunately, it seems that no one supplied Andrew Griffith a roster of Maximals who died in previous issues.
**On page 11, the orbital Maximal team includes [[Icebird]],<ref name="Griffith lineart">Andrew Griffith's lineart for page 11</ref> drawn with his distinctive "robot mode" head. However, Icebird was among the dead Maximals (single-handedly ''annihilated'' by Arcee) seen in [[The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|''Optimus Prime'' #20]].
**Also in page 11, panel 1 is Antagony,<ref name="Griffith lineart"/> who pivotally appeared and died as a non-Maximal in ''[[First Strike]]''!
**[[Transquito]]<ref name="Griffith tweet">[https://twitter.com/glovestudios/status/1063207113193742336] Tweet by Andrew Griffith (@glovestudios), 15 November 2018</ref> appears in page 17, panel 1. While the block-coloring used in the pages of ''Optimus Prime'' made identifying Maximals and discerning between American and Japanese characters tricky, in this case, ''both'' Transquito and [[Bigmos]] should be dead, with the remains of one appearing in ''Optimus Prime'' #20, and the other dying on-panel in [[The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|''Optimus Prime'' #21]].
**Likewise, [[Soundwave (BW)|Soundwave]] (the Mutant bat)<ref name="Griffith tweet"/> appears in the same panel despite Soundwave's severed wing appearing in ''Optimus Prime'' #20 among Arcee's failed captors.
**And finally, [[Snarl (BW)|Snarl]]<ref name="Griffith tweet"/> appears in the same panel. This body-type is also accounted for; one was also among dead remains seen in ''Optimus Prime'' #20, and his Japanese counterpart [[Tasmania Kid]] is a native Eukarian, not a Maximal, who was seen in ''Optimus Prime'' #23.
*As Optimus and Arcee follow the Talisman to the centre of Unicron, Prime tells her "I need you to hold off the Maximals", which she later repeats, when the two are in fact facing off against [[Unicron's antibodies]].
*Starscream's absence from the spirits of the dead is so pronounced it ''can't'' be an error, but the fact that ''Stormclash'' isn't among them (given the inclusion of nobodies like Fastlane, Cloudraker, and the dead Space Knights) feels like an oversight.
*In the panel where Sunstreaker watches Bob and the other "pets" play, his chestplate is colored black instead of yellow. It COULD be intended as battle damage, but it's probably an error.
*One last time, the chart at the end of the issue misspells "[[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]]" as "Divisiun."
*The bonus material refers to [[Prion (planet)|Prion]] as having been devastated by the Black Box Consortia, which should be the [[Black Block Consortia|Black ''Block'' Consortia]]. It isn't a complete error, though—the Black Box Consortia was the equivalent organisation in the [[Functionist Universe]], as seen over in [[The Transformers: Lost Light|''Lost Light'']].
*That same bonus material lists the [[Regenesis]] [[Ore-10|ore of deception]] as growing on "[[Vigilem|Carcer]]". This seems implausible: Firstly, the young Shockwave was aiming his Regenesis missiles at planets for the Energon ore to spread out while growing. Even if a Regenesis missile somehow impacted a mobile spacefaring Titan, it seems incredibly unlikely that a subsequent Maximal invasion to harvest ore from Carcer would have gone unnoticed by the incumbent Carcerian First or that this major historical event would never have been mentioned again. Whether this incredibly convoluted chain of events really happened, we couldn't tell you. Then again, Shockwave is the original "Wizard who did it".

===Deathlist===
[[File:Rhinox SKROOM.jpg|thumb|250px|right|"Kill away."]]
*Trypticon; killed by one of Unicron's eye-beams
*Starscream; sacrifices himself activating the Talisman
*Ironhide; torn in half by Icebird
*Rhinox; killed by Prowl
*Optimus Primal; finished off by Stardrive and Snake Eyes
*Monstructor; killed by Victorion and Superion
*Broadside; roasted by Strafe
*Sledge; decapitated by Strafe
*Soundwave; gives up his life to combine the spirits of the dead with the Enigma of Combination
*Sludge and Snarl; die in the battle aboard the Worldsweeper
*Slug and Bludgeon; die in the crash of the Worldsweeper
*Unicron; consumed by the black hole at its own heart
*Optimus Prime; sacrifices himself to destroy Unicron

===Other trivia===
*Intended for release in October, this issue arrived late in the middle of November. ''Optimus Prime'' #25 was consequently pushed back to ensure it was released afterward.
*This super-sized final issue is 48 pages in length, with 40 pages of story. In addition to the sixth and final installment in a series of interviews with creators from IDW history, this time with ''Unicron'' writer and artist [[John Barber]] and [[Alex Milne]], backmatter for this issue also includes a complete listing of all thirteen [[Cybertronian colonies]], complete with Prime, [[Regenesis]] ore, Titan, current status, and (if applicable) representative on the [[Council of Worlds]], filling in several pieces of information that have never been revealed on-panel (like which Prime goes with which planet, and the names of previously-unidentified ores and Titans). Of note is the confirmation that Carcer did somehow possess an ore, despite not being based on a planet... though see "Errors" above.

===The Lost Colonies of Cybertron===
Part of this issue's backmatter is a graphic detailing all of the Cybertronian colony worlds that fills out any previously unconfirmed information such as their [[Regenesis]] ores and connected Primes.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[LV-117|Lenocinium Velnero-117]]
**Ore: [[Ore-1|Time]]
**Prime: [[Vector Prime]]
**Titan: [[Tempo]]
**CoW rep: None
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Gorlam Prime]]
**Ore: [[Ore-2|Death]]
**Prime: [[Quintus Prime]]
**Titan: [[Quintessa (IDW)|Quintessa]]
**CoW rep: None
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Prion (planet)|Prion]]
**Ore: [[Ore-3|Size]]
**Prime: [[Micronus Prime]]
**Titan: [[Prion (Titan)|Prion]]
**CoW rep: None
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]]
**Ore: [[Ore-4|Gravity]]
**Prime: [[Solus Prime]]
**Titan: [[Caminus (Titan)|Caminus]]
**CoW rep: [[Mistress of Flame]]
|}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Devisiun (planet)|Devisiun]]
**Ore: [[Ore-5|Combination]]
**Prime: [[Nexus Prime]]
**Titan: [[Devisiun (Titan)|Devisiun]]
**CoW rep: [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]] and [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Arduria]]
**Ore: [[Ore-6|Cold]]
**Prime: [[Alchemist Prime]]
**Titan: [[Metrobase]]
**CoW rep: None
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Antilla]]
**Ore: [[Ore-7|Change]]
**Prime: [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]
**Titan: [[Nemesis (BW)|Nemesis]]
**CoW rep: None
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Tsiehshi]]
**Ore: [[Ore-8|Destruction]]
**Prime: [[The Fallen|Megatronus]]
**Titan: [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]
**CoW rep: None
|}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Velocitron]]
**Ore: [[Ore-9|Space]]
**Prime: [[Amalgamous Prime]]
**Titan: [[Navitas]]
**CoW rep: [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] and [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Vigilem|Carcer]]
**Ore: [[Ore-10|Deception]]
**Prime: [[Liege Maximo]]
**Titan: Vigilem
**CoW rep: [[Strika (BM)|Strika]] and [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]]
**Ore: [[Ore-11|Evolution]]
**Prime: [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]]
**Titan: [[Chela]]
**CoW rep: [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] and [[Tigatron]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Elonia]]
**Ore: [[Ore-12|Protection]]
**Prime: [[Prima]]
**Titan: [[Emissary (IDW)|Emissary]]
**CoW rep: None
|}
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Earth]]
**Ore: [[Ore-13|Power]]
**Prime: [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]]
**Titan: [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]]
**CoW rep: [[Marissa Faireborn]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
*[[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]
**Ore: [[Ore-14|Resurrection]]
**Prime: ?
**Titan: [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]
**CoW rep: [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]]
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|
|}

===Covers (6)===
*'''Cover A:''' Unicron surrounded by shards of reality depicting images from throughout IDW history, by [[Alex Milne]] and [[Sebastian Cheng]]
*'''Cover B:''' Optimus Prime, Prowl, Ironhide, Doctor X, and [[Baroness|Cobra Commander]], by [[James Raiz]] and [[David García Cruz]]; connects to Raiz's other covers for the series to form [[:File:Unicron-Bcovers-JamesRaiz.jpg|a larger image]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover A:''' Optimus Prime, Starscream, Bumblebee, Soundwave, Windblade, and Unicron, by [[E. J. Su]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover B:''' Jetfire by [[Francesco Francavilla]]; connects to Francavilla's other covers for the series to form a larger image
*'''KRS Comics exclusive cover A:''' Unicron takes the place of Thanos in an homage to the cover of [[wikia:marvel:Infinity Gauntlet Vol 1 4|''The Infinity Gauntlet'' #4]], beckoning unseen parties toward him and declaring "You belong to me!" (a line from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'') by [[John Paras]]
*'''KRS Comics exclusive cover B:''' Paras's ''Infinity Gauntlet'' homage, but with a blank white background and a blank speech bubble

<gallery>
File:TFUnicron6_cvrA.jpg|An entire universe, once and for all.
File:TFUnicron6_cvrB.jpg|Yibambe!
File:TFUnicron6_cvrRIA.jpg|Bring me Unicron!
File:TFUnicron6_cvrRIB.jpg|DOC, give me some juice!
File:TFUnicron6_cvrREA.jpg|We’re in the endgame now.
File:TFUnicron6_cvrREB.jpg|I finally rest; watch the sun rise on a grateful universe.
</gallery>

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Rumble (G1)

2021-10-29T20:13:16Z

N.A.T.S.: /* 2005 IDW continuity */ Replaced Sao Paulo with São Paulo.

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:''Rumble is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:RumbleMissingInAction.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|Ready to shake, break, rattle and QUAKE!]]
'''Rumble''' is your basic street punk: small, but always acting tough as a cover. He's not exactly the most subtle of [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s [[Mini-Cassette|spies]], but what he lacks in discretion, he makes up for by being the brawler of the group. He talks tough because he ''is'' tough. Quick-tempered and of a generally mean disposition, he follows [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] eagerly, as the Decepticon leader lets him indulge in destruction. Rumble has a tendency to toss out a taunting rhyme at his enemies and is, according to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], a "jerk" (or at other times, a "sawed-off nerd").

As the Decepticon demolitions expert, Rumble loves nothing more than to break things apart. His arms can transform into powerful piledrivers that, when pounded against the ground, can cause earthquakes, usually with fissures. He can be easily overpowered in a one-on-one match, though the real challenge is actually getting to him first. Even if you do, you usually need to get through his [[Relatives|brother]] [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] either before or after you get Rumble.

{{quote|If on Decepticon turf you happen to tumble, look out, robot, 'cause here comes Rumble!|Rumble, thinking he's funny|"[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:PowerPlay Rummmble.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|That's my name, don't wear it out.]]
Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Rumble was among [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s elite warriors in the Decepticon ranks. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} After attending a meeting where Shockwave explained to the Decepticon rank and file how they would overcome their enemies, {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Rumble participated in the Decepticons' attempt to overpower the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. He ended up plunging down to the planet Earth below with all the other Transformers on board the Autobot vessel. They remained dormant and inactive until 1984, when the volcano their ship was nestled under erupted, bringing the Ark's sensors back online, and the Cybertronians with it. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} Megatron and the Decepticons immediately began plans to loot the planet's rich sources of energy. Rumble's ability to generate low-frequency groundwaves was instrumental in shaking loose equipment from the [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]], giving the Decepticons the raw materials necessary for the construction of their [[Fortress Sinister]]. {{storylink|Power Play!}} After securing a human fuel specialist, it was Rumble who provided [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] with a sample of Cybertronian fuel for analysis, simply by popping off his hand and pumping fuel from his wrist socket. Eww. As the Autobots confronted the Decepticons at their newly fortified base, Rumble came out to greet them. He used his earthquakes to knock [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] off-balance, but [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] just barreled his way through the tremors and decked the junk-punk with one punch. After dealing with the Autobot pugilist, [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] scooped up his brother and brought him back into the base for repairs, but they were assaulted by [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] and his [[Spider-Man|arachnid partner]]. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

''Rumble was actually in favor of Decepticon democracy at one point, grumbling that [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] "deserved a vote" during one of the Air Commander's infamous arguments with Megatron. He was, however, smart enough not to grumble too loudly.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''Starscream later got his way, and the Decepticons staged an attack on the Ark. Rumble tried to pit himself against the Autobot warrior named [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]], but found himself severely outmatched by the Autobot's piledriver punch.'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}

''On another of the Decepticons' outings, Rumble was tasked with generating seismic activity underwater, so that a [[Sherman Dam|nearby dam]] would be flooded, generating the power necessary to produce a crude fuel for the Decepticons. As he performed his part, Rumble was confronted by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but easily bested him and sent him flying out of the river's waters. Upon the completion of their plot, the Decepticons fled.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}}

[[File:PrimeTime Rumble sweat.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|If only I hadn't forgotten to take my Insulin this morning...]]
Heavily damaged due to earlier battles, Rumble sat out the next Decepticon offensive against the Ark, {{storylink|The Last Stand}} and was not reactivated until after Decepticon leadership had shifted from Megatron to the returning [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. Thanks to their new commander, the Decepticons had secured the Ark and all of the Autobots were believed incapacitated. Despite all these victories, Rumble failed miserably at guarding the Ark, letting one [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] sneak by him and abscond with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. It turned out Rumble's optical circuitry was too low-res to pick up on humans in his peripheral. {{storylink|The New Order}} After getting him to help secure an off-shore oil rig he had forcefully taken from industrialist [[G.B. Blackrock]], {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} Shockwave discovered that something was amiss. He actually had to run Rumble's memories through a computer-enhanced refinement process to uncover who had infiltrated the Ark during his absence. Needless to say, Shockwave was NOT happy when he found out. {{storylink|Brainstorm!}} Waiting for his punishment, Rumble actually began developing moisture and condensation on his face-plate in anticipation. Fortunately for Rumble, his only punishment was to guard their human slaves at the [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]]. Unfortunately for Rumble, he was no better at watching multiple humans than he was at watching one—the humans revolted when [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] turned on Shockwave, and Rumble was unable to stop them from escaping the plant. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

''Either Rumble or Frenzy participated in a petty attack on a human settlement. The Decepticons' personality were strangely inverted upon being hit by an energy blast, and they all became big softies, apologizing profusely as they cleaned up the mess they had made. Once the blast's effects wore off, the Decepticons swore revenge for what they assumed to be an Autobot trick, and tracked the beam's origin to England. Though Starscream found the device responsible, a human invention called the "[[Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence|PARD]]," it was destroyed before he could take off with it.'' {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

[[File:CommandPerformances RumbleFrenzy explode.JPG|left|upright=0.8|thumb|Ow.]]
''Shockwave's defeat left the Decepticons leaderless for a time, and Rumble next served under Soundwave. Soundwave's first offensive against their enemies had Rumble accompany his commander to a secluded area, where Ravage lured Bumblebee out to their small strike force. Together, they brutalized the scout, and held him as bait to draw out Optimus Prime. Rumble was then posted up as part of a gauntlet, meant to weaken Prime as he approached. Though Rumble inflicted some damage onto Prime with his pile-drivers, the Autobot leader feigned defeat in order to have Rumble drop his guard, and then clobbered him unconscious.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} Eventually, Megatron and Shockwave reached an accord, agreeing to work together as co-leaders of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} ''Rumble was sent out to the town of [[Portland|Greater Portland]] in a mission of utmost importance by Megatron. When [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], then on a scouting mission, came across him, Rumble accosted the Autobot and forced him into a dirty back-alley. Though Tracks managed to temporarilly blind Rumble with his black-beam gun, Rumble struck at his opponent's vital circuits, and left him crippled before resuming the task he had been sent out to accomplish.'' {{storylink|Missing in Action}} Rumble didn't last long into the new co-led Decepticon regime, however. Almost as soon as the Decepticons officially relocated to a coal mine in Wyoming, Megatron led Rumble and several of his fellow soldiers in an attack on the Ark. Having been alerted by Shockwave to an all-out Autobot assault on the mine, Megatron concluded that the Ark and its secrets would be relatively unguarded, and ripe for the picking. Well, Megatron was wrong... on an epic scale. Rumble and the Decepticons were treated to the first battle field test of the Autobots' new defense base: [[Omega Supreme (G1)|OMEGA SUPREME]]. Rumble was blown to pieces by Omega Supreme's plasma cannon, along with Starscream, [[Thundercracker (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Thundercracker]], [[Skywarp (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Skywarp]], [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], and Frenzy. Only Megatron and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] managed to limp away from the battle at all. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''When Starscream awoke from his life support machine on the Ark, he saw that Frenzy and Thundercracker were close to regaining consciousness, but that Rumble, Skywarp, and Buzzsaw were far from rehabilitated.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

Rumble remained a prisoner of the Autobots for years, his disassembled component parts resting in the Ark's detention facility until the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] raided the spaceship during a battle on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}
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=====Movie future timeline=====
In the far-flung future of [[2005]], the Decepticons besiege [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. Rumble was among the invading force, and witnessed Megatron being beaten down to near-death by Optimus when the two faction leaders met in a fateful duel. With their leader incapacitated, the Decepticons boarded Astrotrain and retreated from the battlefield. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

=====Earthforce=====
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Rumble, along with his fellow cassette [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]], chose to serve under Shockwave and Starscream when the Decepticon factions split on Earth, fighting on the opposite side from Soundwave. He was present at the [[Enclave]], joining in the massive melee initiated by the Autobots, {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} and was later seen on Starscream's observation duty monitors. {{storylink|Bugged!}} After the two factions reunited, Rumble nestled back into his old space inside Soundwave's chest. He joined a massive Decepticon offensive against the Autobot [[Earthbase]], their goal to kill some Autobots, while also distracting them as [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] looted a human oil tanker in the [[Gulf of Mexico]]. Both goals proved fruitless, and the Decepticons were driven off. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:FrenzyRumbleRepair-G2.jpg|120px|thumb|Rumble also goes by that handle on Team Fortress 2.]]
Like most Decepticons, Rumble fell under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command following the restoration of Cybertron, disappearing into deep space for a period of time. When Megatron returned to depose Bludgeon and retake leadership, Rumble and Frenzy immediately fell into place at his side, and went to work reviving and rebuilding [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], who had not followed the brothers' example and had been all but destroyed by Megatron as a result. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} Rumble was later present for Megatron's throttling of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the capture of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies from his chest. When the other Autobots arrived, Rumble used his piledrivers to toss [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] for a loop. But finding themselves outnumbered and unable to call for additional back-up due to a signal jam, the Decepticons retreat rather than risk losing their means of bringing a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Later, after the Decepticons joined forces with the Autobots, Rumble accompanied his leader to the planet [[Ethos]], and was seen mopping up the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] [[Ethos raiding party|resistance]] after the Cons saved the Autobots' tailpipes. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] unleashed his full battalion against his ancestors, Rumble was manning the [[Warworld]]'s bridge alongside Soundwave and Frenzy. {{storylink|Total War!}} Both of his fellow bridge officers apparently jettisoned to safety before Starscream took full command of the Warworld, and so Rumble may have done so as well. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Recordicons''====
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Rumble and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was dead, killed by [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] who himself was also dead. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 11|''Recordicons'' #11}}

====''Transformers '84''====
Ambushing the Autobots as they blasted their way through a [[Stellae Cimeterium|debris field]], Rumble was one of the first Decepticons to board the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], shortly before [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] pressed the button that would crash the ship into planet [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Transformers '84 issue 0|'84 #0}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|An infamous production error during the making of the cartoon resulted in Rumble and Frenzy's [[FIRRIB|color schemes being switched]]. Thus, in the original Generation 1 cartoon, Rumble is blue and purple.}}
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Katsumi Suzuki]] (Japanese, "Attack of the Autobots" & "Day of the Machines"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "The Movie") (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon)|[[Lin Dongfu]] (Chinese), [[Enrique Hernández]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, season 1), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, season 2), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "The Movie" TV Dub & ''Generation 2'' dub of "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1"), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "Auto Berserk" & "Atlantis, Arise!"), [[Tonio von der Meden]] (German, ''Generation 2'' dub of "Roll For It"), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, eight episodes), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1"), [[Paulo Flores]] (Portuguese, most episodes), [[Ayrton Cardoso]] (Portuguese, "Heavy Metal War"), [[Olney Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "Atlantis, Arise!"), [[Orlando Drummond]] (Portuguese, "Auto Berserk" & "Microbots"), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese, "Sea Change"), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Portuguese, "Trans-Europe Express"), [[Sílvio Navas]] (Portuguese, "Cosmic Rust"), [[Amaury Costa]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" TV dub), [[André Filho]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Zoltán F. Nagy]] (Hungarian, "The Movie", 2nd dub)}}

[[File:Mtmte1 rumble robotmode.jpg|left|thumb|And, thus, an entire generation was confused...]]
Four million years ago, Rumble was a member of the original Decepticon raiding party that boarded the [[Ark (G1)|Autobots' spacecraft]], which then crashed into prehistoric [[Earth]], knocking all the Transformers aboard offline. When they were reawakened in [[1984]] by a volcanic eruption, Rumble was reformatted by [[Teletraan I]] into an audio cassette that fit snugly into [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]]'s chest compartment. As soon as the Decepticons had withdrawn from the crashed hulk of the Autobots' ship, Soundwave deployed Rumble to help [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] gather materials for construction of a temporary headquarters. Casually brushing off Starscream's constant complaints about [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s leadership abilities, Rumble put his piledrivers to work reducing a power plant to scrap to provide the needed building materials.

[[File:Mtmte3 rumble vs hound.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Let's get ready to MEEEEE!]]
With their temporary base in place and plans for a [[Victory (G1)|new space cruiser]] ready, the Decepticons began gathering energy from Earth's many available sources. They began with an attack on an offshore oil rig, during which Rumble menaced human worker [[Sparkplug Witwicky]], and shoved the man's son, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], into the ocean when he tried to attack the small Decepticon.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}} Soon after, exploiting information stolen from Teletraan I, the Decepticons had Rumble cause a tidal wave that would push the power output of the hydroelectric plant at [[Sherman Dam]] to its maximum capacity. Rumble was caught in the act by the Autobot [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]], but in spite of his diminutive size, Rumble came out on top in the underwater battle, burying Hound under a pile of rocks. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}} Rumble and Hound had a rematch during the battle to prevent the Decepticons escaping Earth in their finished cruiser, but this time, Rumble didn't fare so well. The battle was soon called off so the Decepticons could board their ship, but Autobot spy [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] also snuck aboard and sabotaged the craft in mid-flight. As it plummeted back to Earth, Rumble began freaking out, fearing the impact would destroy them. Luckily for the little guy, he was wrong. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 3}}

[[File:Rumble.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|I thought it was supposed to be red or blue, Why AM I PURPLE?!?!]]
When next seen, Rumble was guarding the Decepticons' [[space bridge]] with [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] as they awaited the return of Megatron from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Once Megatron had emerged from the bridge, Rumble joined him in attacked the laboratory of [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]] and stood guard outside, warning the Autobots to keep their distance as Megatron worked to create [[antimatter]] with the lab's facilities. Although Hound and Mirage were able to sneak by Rumble using their hologram and invisibility powers, the Autobots were unable to stop Megatron completing his experiment, and Rumble took part in his leader's subsequent attack on [[Ark (G1)|Autobot Headquarters]]. Megatron's plan was foiled when the Autobots used a remote control device to take over [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]]'s body, causing him to fire the antimatter-powered Megatron at Rumble. {{storylink|Roll for It}}

[[File:Fireinthesky rumble avalanche.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|The Trans-break-dance!]]
Rumble was helping Starscream and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] load [[energon cube]]s for transport through the space bridge when a team of Autobots arrived with the intention of using the bridge themselves. Rumble tried to open a crevasse beneath [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], but the Decepticons were then ordered by Megatron to let the Autobots use the bridge. While they were absent, Megatron staged an attack on Autobot Headquarters, during which Rumble rumbled with [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}} Rumble was later instrumental in the Decepticons' plan to tap the heat energy of the [[Earth's core]], as he smashed through the polar ice to help locate the crystal shaft they needed. In the process, he also uncovered the frozen body of [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]. {{storylink|Fire in the Sky}}

[[File:Sosdinos rumble broken piledrivers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Rumble never understood what is "''break''dance"... till now.]]
When the Decepticons attacked the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Rumble helped Megatron dispatch the counter-attacking Autobots with an unusual tactic: using the planet's equipment, Megatron channeled the seismic energy of tremors created by Rumble to boost the power of his [[fusion cannon]], and blasted all the Autobots into the river. When the Autobots' newest members, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], arrived to save their comrades, Rumble pitted his piledrivers against [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], who came out on top by creating a quake so powerful it broke Rumble's piledrivers off! {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Then, after helping Megatron steal steel in [[Peru]], {{storylink|Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain}} Rumble lent a hand making energon cubes from the energy of a mysterious [[Meteorini Chipperoni|meteorite]]. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

[[File:Tud2 rumble and slave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Alright! I'll say it! FIRRIB! FIRRIB!]]
Brashly striding through the open front door of Autobot Headquarters, Rumble set about causing tremors throughout the Autobots' base to distract the heroic robots while Laserbeak kidnapped Sparkplug Witwicky right out from under their noses. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 1}} Rumble then served as something of a "lab assistant" to the Decepticons' new human ally, [[Doctor Arkeville]], as he turned Sparkplug and many other captured humans into mind-controlled slaves with his [[hypno-chip]]s. Rumble took a perverse enjoyment in watching the human slaves suffer, yanking one through an electric field {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} and tripping one unfortunate up while he was trying to do his allotted job. Rumble monitored the tidal waves created by Cybertron's gravity for Megatron, then joined in the final battle on a tropical island, where he tried once again to open a crevasse beneath Bumblebee, but got knocked into it himself. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}} After Cybertron was moved back out Earth's orbit, the Decepticons set about repairing the damage the planet's gravity had caused to their [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|undersea headquarters]]. When Skywarp started bossing around Rumble and his brother [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], the two tiny terrors double-teamed Skywarp and brought him to the ground, and would have kept on fighting if Megatron had to not arrived to knock them into line. The battle-ready Rumble then accompanied Megatron to Doctor Arkeville's laboratory, where they were forced to team up with the Autobots to save the planet from his overloading [[Exponential Generator]]. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

[[File:G1 cartoon Rumble piledrivers.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.2|Not pictured: Jackie Chan]]
Rumble was next spotted gathering energon cubes at a shipyard in [[Bali]], {{storylink|A Plague of Insecticons}} after which he joined the other Decepticons in contributing his [[power chip rectifier]] to a machine that would transfer all their special abilities to Megatron. With these additional powers, Megatron challenged [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to one-on-one combat, using Rumble's quake-generating abilities to open a chasm into which Prime tumbled. When the Decepticons' duplicity was revealed, they were all sent falling into a river of lava, Rumble included. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

Rumble was standing by as Megatron schemed to take control of "Autobot Spike," {{storylink|Autobot Spike}} then participated in the Decepticons invasion of [[New York City]], where he joined Soundwave and Frenzy in attacking a team of Autobots in [[Central Park]]. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}} Rumble and the other cassettes later staged another attack on Autobot Headquarters, in order to distract the Autobots while Megatron and Starscream snuck inside to sabotage their [[recharging chamber]]s. Rumble tussled with Optimus Prime and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]], sending the two Autobots falling into one of his crevasses, only to have them come bounding out and clobber him when he peered over the edge to observe their fate. {{storylink|Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots}}

[[File:Immobilizer rumble with remote.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Rumble helped defend the installation the Decepticons were used to experiment with [[electro-cell]]s, {{storylink|Traitor (episode)}} after which he was put in charge of controlling the stolen Autobot invention, the [[Wheeljack Instant Immobilizer|Immobilizer]], {{storylink|The Immobilizer}} and was briefly glimpsed in battle in the ghost town the Decepticons were used as a staging base. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

When the Decepticons allied themselves with the inhabitants of the underwater city of [[Sub-Atlantica]], Soundwave observed the Autobot infiltrators Bumblebee, Spike and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] pursuing the Sub-Atlantican king [[Nergill]] into the city's depths. Unable to follow due to his size, Soundwave sent Rumble and Ravage after them, but once they had tracked them down, Rumble was shocked to discover that the insane Nergill was planning to blow up Sub-Atlantica and everyone on it. Rumble tried to stop Nergill by activating his piledrivers and collapsing the chamber, but the mad fish-king dug his way out of the rubble and destroyed his city. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

[[File:Autoberserk rumble in negavator.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Headmaster (Animated)|"Yes! I am soooo 1337!"]]]]
Rumble helped in the Decepticon plan to take over a fleet of oil tankers by firing [[Remote Control Circuit Linker|circuit linker cards]] at the ships that put them under the control of the super computer [[TORQ III]]. When a team of Autobots arrived to investigate, they were captured, and Rumble and Ravage served as their jailers until Spike engineered their escape by pinning the two cassettes to the wall with an electromagnet. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} Rumble later put his piledrivers into action to help steal the human-built robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}} and helped the Decepticons defend a crevice of [[korlonium crystal]]s from Autobot incursion. {{storylink|A Prime Problem}}

Together with Soundwave and his other cassettes, Rumble attacked the testing site for the Autobots' new weapon, the [[Negavator]]. While Frenzy kept Optimus Prime busy, Rumble was able to get inside the cockpit of the Negavator itself, but before he could turn its power on Prime, [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] blasted the machine and shorted out the controls. Their mission foiled, the Decepticons fled, but as a parting gesture, Rumble launched a missile that demolished the control bunker and injured [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]. The Decepticons made another play for the Negavator only a short time later, this time trying to bury the Autobots under an avalanche caused by Rumble, but enjoyed a similar lack of success. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:Masterplan2 rumble boogie.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Great Primus, but we already USED a breakdancing joke!]]
While searching the jungles of [[South America]] for the ruins of their [[Nemesis (G1)|old starship]], Rumble started bickering with Starscream, and was highly amused when the air commander was caught in the coils of a giant snake. When their quest ended in success, Rumble indulged in a bout of celebratory over-energizing with his fellow Decepticons that evening. {{storylink|Microbots}}

When the Decepticons fooled the population of Earth into believing the Autobots were villains and they were the true heroes, Rumble kept up appearances by attending a disco with Soundwave and the other cassettes, and genuinely quite enjoying himself. With the Autobots exiled to space, the Decepticons' ruse came to an end, and Rumble was made a slave-master in the work camp that the conquered [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]] was turned into a slave camp. When [[Chip Chase]] tried to escape, Spike covered his flight by shoving a cart of energon cubes into Rumble, who was, in turn, sent crashing into a generator and was electrocuted. Although Chip was soon recaptured, it was not long before the Autobots returned to Earth to clear their names and send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[File:Raiderrumblejoust.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Rumble was among the Decepticons who began malfunctioning due to the deterioration of his [[cybertonium]], causing him to uncontrollably deploy his piledrivers and start pummelling Megatron's leg. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} Once repaired, Rumble participated in a Decepticon mission to [[United Kingdom|Great Britain]], where he, Starscream, Ravage and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] all found themselves cast back in time to the Middle Ages by the mysterious, magical [[Dragon Mound]]. Falling in with local ne'er-do-well [[Wigend of Blackthorn]], the energy-deprived Decepticons took part in a local jousting tournament as Wigend's representatives, in order to win ownership of the land owned by his rival, [[Aetheling the Red]], as the first step towards conquering the planet. Armed with a [[lance]] and shield and riding atop Ramjet, Rumble jousted with Sir Aetheling himself, but was defeated, prompting Starscream to discard chivalry and kidnap Aetheling's daughter [[Nimue]]. [[File:Raiderrumblepoo.jpg|thumb|Before [[Michael Bay]], before even [[The Low Road]], we had this.]] To repel the inevitable rescue attempt, Starscream had the Decepticons gather the ingredients necessary to make [[Dragon's Bane|gunpowder]]; Rumble got the unenviable job of gathering the "potassium nitrate" he required. Eventually, the Decepticons were defeated by [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]], who had followed them back through time, and the wizard [[Beorht]], and were returned to their rightful era. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Rumble was among the Decepticons who temporarily gained the power of an [[electrum]] coating, {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} worked in the [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] Pine Barrens to create an army of robot car warrior {{storylink|Make Tracks}} and was caught up in the menace of the [[Morphobot]]s. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:G1-Cartoon-SeaChange-Rumble-Tree.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Grandmother <s>Willow</s> Rumble.]]
Accompanying Megatron to the world of the [[Tlalakan]]s to quash a rebellion among the inhabitants, Rumble wound up falling into their [[Well of Transformation]], which caused his body to warp and change. Not understanding what was happening to him, Rumble begged the native girl [[Alana]] to help him, and she informed him that he needed to think of a tree in order to survive. Rumble complied... and promptly turned into one! Stuck in this immobile form on the shores of the well, Rumble was left out of the following battle until an explosion knocked him back into its waters and he returned to normal. {{storylink|Sea Change}}

Rumble was dispatched to Cybertron with Starscream and Ramjet to locate the headquarters of the [[Female Autobots]], and used his piledrivers to collapse the base on Starscream's orders. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}} A little later, Rumble helped Soundwave prepare the [[psycho-probe]] to scan the mind of [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], but the heiress's ability to jinx machines around her just meant that the unfortunate duo wound up being electrocuted by the device. {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} Then, when the Decepticons invaded a movie lot to recover footage that a crew had taken of [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] carrying a secret cargo, Rumble mistook some animatronic dinosaurs for the Dinobots and blasted them to bits. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

[[File:KeytoVectorSigmaPt1 stealing DragStrip.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Sadly, not an unlockable racer in Super Mario Kart.]]
Seeking to challenge the Autobots' rule of the roads, Megatron charged Rumble with stealing an assortment of cars and trucks that he could rebuild as Decepticons. His small size worked in his favor, and Rumble invaded a Formula 1 race track, hijacked some bank robbers' getaway car and terrorized a trucker named [[Possum Brown]] to get the vehicles Megatron required. Impressed by the rebuilt cards "stunt-driving", Rumble inspired Megatron to name his new creations the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. Rumble subsequently accompanied Megatron to Cybertron to bestow life to the Stunticons using the mega-computer [[Vector Sigma]], although Rumble found the unassuming spherical form of the computer a bit underwhelming. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}} The Decepticons then returned to Earth, and Rumble helped set up equipment to analyze the [[Key to Vector Sigma]]'s power. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2}}

Rumble travelled to [[Galata Valley]] with Megatron and Soundwave to help search for the [[Pearl of Bahoudin]], {{storylink|Trans-Europe Express}} following which he went on a significantly greater journey, voyaging to the planet [[Antilla]] with Megatron, Starscream and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. The deserted planet creeped Rumble out, and he was happy when they left, with a new "[[Lightning Bug]]" heat ray weapon into the bargain. They also came away with the dreaded [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] plague, and Rumble accompanied Megatron as he used the Lightning Bug to spread the disease through Autobot Headquarters. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} For his final recorded adventures in the 20th century, Rumble battled Starscream's [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} and helped operate Megatron's [[Giant Purple Griffin|new fortress]], activating its flight systems and turning its weapons on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:Rumblevsperceptor.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|Alright, open wide...]]
Over the course of the next twenty years, the Decepticons succeeded in conquering all of Cybertron and forcing the Autobots to relocate to bases on two of the planet's moons, and to their new home of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. In 2005, when the Decepticons staged a [[Battle of Autobot City|major assault against Autobot City]], Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] were deployed by Soundwave to disable a communications tower that [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] was using to broadcast a message to Optimus Prime at [[Moonbase One]]. After doing so, Rumble proceeded to smash his way into the tower with his piledrivers, and he and his fellow cassettes then piled on [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Blaster then unleashed his own cassettes on them, and Rumble wound up grappling with [[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]. Unfortunately for the Decepticons, Rumble and his fellow cassettes had not acted quickly enough, and Blaster's distress call had indeed reached Optimus Prime, who soon arrived on Earth and defeated Megatron in battle. With the fall of their leader, the Decepticons retreated aboard Astrotrain, with Rumble carrying Megatron's fusion cannon while Soundwave carried Megatron himself. Once the Decepticons were on their way, it became necessary to jettison excess weight so that Astrotrain could make it to Cybertron, and Megatron was one of those ejected, prompting an argument over who should replace him as leader. When [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] called Soundwave "an uncharismatic bore", Soundwave ejected his cassettes to fight for his honor, and Rumble took particular umbrage at the insult. The Constructicons formed [[Devastator (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Devastator]] to teach them a lesson, but Rumble and Frenzy caused him to separate by shaking Astrotrain with their piledrivers. In the end, Starscream won out, and Rumble was present for his coronation...and subsequent disintegration by a powerful new Decepticon who appeared during the ceremony. Impressed by this show of force, Rumble asked what his name was so that the Decepticons could all cheer for him, and the newcomer announced he was [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Rumble’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:Ffod1 cons on chaar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Wait, I renewed my contract for a third season just to do this? That bites.]]
Galvatron's leadership did not start well, as the Decepticons were all subsequently forced off Cybertron by the Autobots following the defeat of the planet-eating [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. Badly damaged and low on energy, they retreated to the burnt-out planet of [[Chaar]], but even this great fall didn't dampen Rumble's spirits, as he was heard loudly advocating both "pulverowderizing" and "powderulverizing" the Autobots. [[Onslaught (G1)|Onslaught]] credited Rumble's enthusiasm, but pointed out they could hardly carry out his plan when they barely had enough energy to just stay alive. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} When Autobot leader [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]] was found spying on the Decepticons with [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], and Rumble joined the other Decepticons in mauling them before they were rescued by their Autobot comrades. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

Rumble was last seen a short while later, consuming the much-needed energon brought to Chaar by the [[Quintesson]]s and voting in favor of accepting the aliens' offer of an alliance. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, save for one major difference: the Japanese dub of the cartoon fixes the production error that switched [[FIRRIB|Rumble and Frenzy's color schemes]] by switching the characters' names! Thus, it is the red Rumble who barely appears, and the blue Frenzy, voiced by Ken Shiroyama, who shows up frequently and experiences all the events related above. Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the blue robot in these events to be Rumble.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
Rumble was one of the Decepticons who attacked New York City early in their conflict with the Autobots on Earth. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 1|Broadcasting on TV! Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
[[File:Stargatebattles rumble and frenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Rumble and Frenzy to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Rumble and Frenzy kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Rumble and Frenzy and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}
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=====Controverse=====
At the trial of [[Primacron]], Rumble and the Decepticons crashed the proceedings after the verdict was rendered. Rumble went piledriver-to-piledriver against [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], but was ultimately beaten by the larger Cybertronian. {{storylink|Controverse}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Hirohiko Kakegawa]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}
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In the year [[2011]], when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Rumble and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

Alongside Ravage, Ratbat and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], Rumble was able to sneak into the lower levels of the Autobot-controlled Cybertron, and enter Vector Sigma's chamber, where he observed that the computer was in the process of developing a new alloy named [[cybertonuron]].<ref>Prepare for a headache on this one. The robot who enters Vector Sigma's chamber is the blue robot, hence, we're calling him Rumble here. However, in Japan, being blue means he should be Frenzy...but the credits of the episode ''actually list him as Rumble''. So whether the credits are wrong and this is Frenzy who we're calling Rumble, or the coloring is wrong and he should be Rumble who we'd normally call Frenzy, is, at this point, genuinely impossible to tell. So we're calling a duck a duck!</ref> {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}}

[[File:Hm ep15 rumble or frenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Maybe he's just a miscolored [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]].]]
Some time later, either Rumble or Frenzy<ref>We can't tell if it's Rumble or Frenzy because... well, dude, look at the picture.</ref> was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Blaster's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Rumble and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Rumble and Frenzy to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Rumble and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
In [[2021]], Rumble accompanied Soundblaster to the [[Legends World]] and partied at his boss's new [[Dancitron]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Rumble was one of the Decepticons supporting the [[Selector]] revolt at [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
[[File:Superrobotlifemanga rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|upright=0.50|thumb|There, we didn't color them! Problem solved!]]
In the late 1980s, working with Soundwave and his fellow Cassettes, Rumble attacked Bumblebee and the Autobot's human friend [[Kenji]] during their patrol of [[Tokyo]]. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] swooped in to take Kenji to safety, and Bumblebee easily eluded the inept Rumble long enough to execute a [[Bumble Kick]]! against Soundwave. With his chest-port damaged, Soundwave was unable to hide Rumble and the other Cassettes when [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] arrived to back up Bumblebee. They ended up just bouncing off Soundwave's chest in cassette mode. Cliffjumper grabbed them and began tearing out their magnetic tape which, if you think about it, seems kinda horrific. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 2|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #2}}

Rumble eventually recovered. In another scheme, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Rumble and Frenzy then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Rumble and Frenzy were zapped by [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], revealing their identities as well. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run-in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Rumble and Frenzy attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
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====Full Throttle Scramble Power!====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Wave Cannon]] cannon, Rumble (or Frenzy) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Rumble was among the Decepticons attacking [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. During the assault, he used his arm cannons against [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]]. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable [[Iocus]] reality engineered by the machinations of [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]], Rumble was replaced by [[Clutch (GoBots)|Clutch]] during the events of the [[Unicron War]]. Thus when Galvatron killed [[Zero]], it was Clutch who nervously asked [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] what the new arrival called himself. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a universe where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during the Battle of Autobot City, Rumble retreated alongside Soundwave back to the safety of Astrotrain. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Deadly Paradise===
Rumble was stationed on [[Carob Island]], where the Decepticons had set up a mining an construction operation. Using a rare ore from the island, the Decepticons were building duplicate Autobots loyal only to Megatron. Rumble was in charge of overlooking the force cages within the Decepticons' island base, capturing any Autobots who made it past Megatron's megamaze and into their core facility. He captured a squad of Autobots, but when Prowl taunted him about his size, Rumble lost his temper and used his earthquake-inducing abilities in retaliation. All he managed to do is incapacitate the other Decepticons in the room, which allowed Prowl to destroy the force-cage module, and free the captured Autobots. {{storylink|Deadly Paradise}}

===The Special Teams===
Rumble was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. He proved himself to be rather impatient, urging Megatron to attack the [[Pullen Power Plant]] when the entirety of the Decepticon forces had yet to meet at the designated area. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}

===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
[[File:Rumbleearthquake-ASW.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]

When the Autobots invaded the Decepticons' headquarters in order to stop Megatron's latest world-conquering scheme, Rumble created one of his signature Earthquakes to thwart them. He was immediately blasted by Sunstreaker in response. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

After the Decepticons had captured a group of Autobots, they demanded the Autobots' surrender for their continued well-being. Rumble was amongst the Decepticons present when the evil robots discovered a statue of Devastator on their doorstep, presented as a peace offering from the Autobots. Though the Decepticons initially cheered, they were surprised to find themselves in the middle of an ambush when the Autobots burst forth from within the statue. Rumble attempted to use his earthquake-inducing abilities in the battle that followed, but this backfired. Numerous Decepticons were swallowed up by a fissure created by Rumble's tremor. Now outnumbered, the Decepticons ultimately were defeated by the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Rumble was in attendance at the Decepticons' latest meeting in their war room, where Megatron explained to his troops his plot to finance a new Decepticon army by pillaging sunken treasures from Alaskan waters. As part of the plan, Rumble and Soundwave disguised themselves as a cassette and cassette player respectively on the sea floor. Fooled into thinking he could grab these items for his friend Buster, Bumblebee was lured to the Decepticons' position and taken prisoner. Later, the Autobots rescued Bumblebee from the Decepticons, who lost the fight when Rumble attempted to create an Earthquake, only for it to backfire and swallow the Decepticons instead of the Autobots. {{storylink|Search for Treasure Under the Sea}}

Megatron having recently built a prison, Rumble and the other Decepticons were sent out to capture the Autobots. Rumble happened upon Optimus and Gears and buried them both in a landslide. Other Decepticons then took care of bringing the Autobots to Megatron's prison. The Autobots eventually broke out, however, and Rumble was held within one of Trailbreaker's forcefields as the heroic robots made their escape. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue!}}

Rumble was one of the Decepticons who attempted to harm Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky, only to be thwarted by the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

Rumble was one of the Decepticons posted within their stronghold to defend their [[molecular transfer device]] against the Autobots. When a small group of Autobots infiltrated the Decepticon base, Rumble attempted to use his earthquake-inducing abilities to stop them, only to be blasted by Optimus Prime's combat deck. He and the rest of the Decepticons were defeated when Bumblebee managed to turn the Decepticons' fuel-stealing device against them. Rumble stumbled off into the wilderness afterwards. {{storylink|Summertime Coloring Book}}

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Megatron must have held Rumble (or Frenzy) in high esteem, as the Decepticon leader fantasized about him helping lead an army of Decepticons. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Together with Thundercracker, Ravage, and Soundwave, Rumble constructed a dastardly trap for Autobots. A rest stop that was in truth a car-compactor in disguise! The group successfully crushed Gears with their trap, only for Mirage, Ratchet and Sideswipe to arrive on-scene immediately afterward. In an attempt to fight back, Rumble used his earthquake-inducing abilities. He only managed in creating a hole in which both he and Soundwave fell in. Way to go Rumble. {{storylink|The Autobot Smasher!}}

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Rumble (or Frenzy) accompanied Galvatron on a mission to [[Oil Valley]], to steal some of the fuel being dug up there. When they spotted Hot Rod and Daniel in the area, the Decepticons gave chase. Rumble/Frenzy and the rest of the Decepticons were driven away when Autobot reinforcements arrived, and had to leave without having procured any oil. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Rumble fought the Autobots over possession of it. He uncovered the crate containing the Energon while fighting Sludge with his earthquake-inducing abilities. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
[[File:LaserbeaksFury Rumble.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
When the Decepticons discovered that the Autobots had built a mysterious device, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] believed it to be a weapon and enlisted Rumble to help him destroy it. The pair found the device not doing much of anything, and delayed destroying it while they examined it further. This merely gave time for the other Decepticons to catch up with them, however, they soon discovered what the device was for when it emitted a pulse of electricity that caused them all to malfunction, and they had to retreat. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

Starscream's first instinct when Megatron called the Decepticons to an experimental solar plant was to have Rumble gather the others and hold an impromptu mutiny against their leader. This didn't last long, and Rumble and the others were put to work using the solar plant to gather energy, until the Autobots arrived and put a stop to it by having [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] sabotage the machinery. {{storylink|Megatron's Fight for Power}}

As the Decepticons' space cruiser neared completion, they tested the ion-drive in an old abandoned tunnel. Unfortunately, the Autobots got wind of their activities and attacked, resulting in the destruction of the drive and the collapsing of the tunnel on the hapless Decepticons. {{storylink|Autobots Fight Back}} During a battle over a windmill, Megatron became convinced that it was an Autobot superweapon that the Decepticons needed to capture. Unfortunately, Soundwave's idea to deploy Rumble backfired—Rumble's seismic attack resulted in the windmill falling over on top of them. {{storylink|Laserbeak's Fury}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
As part of Megatron's plan to abduct humans and random them to the US government for fuel, Rumble was assigned the task of guarding the humans who were being kept in an abandoned warehouse. Unfortunately for him, the Autobots found the warehouse, and with Rumble's transmissions jammed so he couldn't call for help, they swiftly overwhelmed him. With a hole in his fuel tank, Rumble was out of the action when Starscream's squad later arrived. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Rumble was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. The Decepticons and the Autobots battled afterwards, but with the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, the evil robots were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Rumble was one of the Decepticons who sabotaged the Autobots’ chance at winning a cross-country car rally. During Hound's segment of the race, Rumble used his earthquake-creating abilities to destroy a bridge that was on Hound's route. He then congratulated himself and scampered off. {{storylink|The Great Car Rally}}

Rumble was present when Megatron threatened his troops into coming up with a battle plan for him. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

Galvatron wanted to seize a robot car from a car show, in the hopes that its circuitry could help him create an army of robot slaves. Instead of attacking the car show populated by human civilians, Galvatron ordered Rumble to play with the fuse box and create a blackout so that they could sneak around without being noticed. This brilliant plan was still somehow overcome by the Autobots. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}

===The Battle for Planet Earth===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Marinker]] (English)}}
{{quote|Excellent thinking, Chief! You are right as usual!|Rumble|"[[Terror of Mount Sheelah]]"}}
Rumble was part of a team of Decepticons who tracked the Autobots to [[South America]] and battled atop [[Mount Sheelah]] until an eruption trapped the Decepticons in lava. {{storylink|Terror of Mount Sheelah}} After the Decepticons kidnapped a bunch of humans for use as slave labor, Rumble was happily shouting orders at them when [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] scouted the base. {{storylink|Bumblebee to the Rescue (G1)|Bumblebee to the Rescue}} He was also part of the Decepticon forces who went to invade [[Stanley Lake]] dam, and even threw the [[senior engineer]] in the lake. He and the other Decepticons were defeated by the Autobots using the dam itself. {{storylink|Menace at the Dam}} Rumble was also among the top-ranked Decepticons consulted by [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] in an attempt to work out a way to defeat the Autobots, leading to an affair that ended with the destruction of the Decepticon base. {{storylink|Espionage!!!!!}}

====Renegade Rhetoric====
Rumble one of a number of rogue Decepticons who kidnapped their universe's Optimus Prime before fleeing to a [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|parallel universe]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/02}} There, they stole a number of human inventions—Frenzy and [[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] attacked the [[International Exhibition Center]] to steal a prototype [[Brainwave Scanner]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/09}} With their purloined technology, they upgraded themselves into [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]], outfought the Autobots sent to rescue their leader, then used a stolen [[Brainwave Scanner]] to turn Optimus into the evil [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/12}}

Nemesis was not content to be a mere soldier in Megatron's thrall, however; he, Frenzy, and Crash Test eventually struck out to go their own way. Rumble remained loyal to Megatron; after the Autobots had freed Optimus Prime from his brainwashing, the Decepticons attacked a scientific conference in Wuhan. The conference was a trap, and Rumble was defeated and captured by [[Qian Zilong]] using a prototype exosuit. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/07/14}}

===Highway Clash===
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[[File:Highway Clash Megatron and Rumble.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
When Megatron learned about the existence of a cargo of microchips that could bestow sentience onto robots, he brought Rumble along on the mission to steal them. From a secret underground lair, the two Decepticons planned out their assault, only to be opposed by Optimus Prime and Prowl who were secretly guarding the shipment. Whether or not the Decepticons succeeded in acquiring the chips depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Highway Clash}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
In two different endings, Rumble stood with his fellow Decepticons atop [[Mount Lomas]], ready to defend their heretofore secret base from Autobots who'd just learned that it housed equipment for converting black coral into a superfuel. In one of these paths, Megatron challenged Optimus Prime to a duel which quickly backfired, prompting the ever-loyal Rumble to assist his leader by causing an earthquake. Naturally, Rumble's 'help' split the mountain in half, destroying everything the Decepticons had accomplished over the past week or so. ''Operation Black Coral'' was renamed ''Operation Earthquake Mistake'' in Rumble's honor.

The Autobots also won in the other path where Rumble was present, though apparently not due to him helping or otherwise doing anything of note. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Attack of the Insecticons====
Either Rumble or Frenzy were present, yet mostly uninvolved, in a number of possible adventures revolving around the Sun-Pak, a device invented by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
Rumble was an integral part of Megatron's latest plot, as were his earthquake-generating abilities. He thus would occasionally step outside the Decepticons newest secret base to practice. Unfortunately for Rumble, one of his practice sessions were spied upon by Beachcomber, who not only deduced that the Decepticons were up to something, but discovered the Decepticons' base when Rumble activated its hidden doors' mechanism.

In one possible sequence of events, Beachcomber attempted to enter the Decepticons' base through the main entrance, alongside Windcharger and Powerglide. Although the Decepticons were able to crush Windcharger, an entire Decepticon swarm was taken out, along with their fortress, when Beachcomber tricked Rumble into creating an earthquake.

If the Decepticons’ plot proceeded further, Rumble was stationed at Center City, awaiting the arrival of the Destruction Beam generated from the Decepticons’ fortress. The Destruction Beam would create a fault line near Center City, which Rumble would then exploit with his abilities to level the entire area. Whether or not Rumble succeeded depended on which choices the Autobots made. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

===Minion of Unicron===
====The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual====
Rumble would always opt to be on the front-line of the advancing Decepticon army. On Cybertron, he wielded powerful sound waves as weapons, which he used to reduce entire buildings to rubble. After being reformatted into a new body on Earth, he took up using his pile-driver arms to much the same effect. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Rumble's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

When a report from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] came in, alerting the Decepticons that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and a couple of his soldiers were traveling towards [[Brazil]], Rumble stood in attendance as Megatron planned out an ambush against them. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

====''Universe'' bio====
Rumble became even more anti-social after the death of his brother, Frenzy, in the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] war, and was eventually abducted by [[Unicron]] to join his [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minions of Unicron]] in the battle against the [[Child of Primus|Children of Primus]]. {{storylink|#Universe (2003)|BotCon 2006 Rumble bio}}

{{note|This bio was not ''entirely'' official for years. It comes from the [[BotCon 2006]] customization class, but it was apparently never vetted by Hasbro (much like [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]]'s). Almost a decade later, the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would canonize it.}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] noted that the Rumble of [[Primax 094.0 Gamma]] perhaps took comfort in the fact that the individual most responsible for Frenzy's death, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], was abducted and reformatted by Unicron as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/30}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Rumble, under his commanding officer Soundwave, was one of the earliest recruits Megatron made for his Decepticon faction millions of years ago. He helped guard Cybertron's giant planetary engines during Megatron's attempt to transform the planet into a space-faring juggernaut, but was defeated by a group of Autobots jointly led by Optimus Prime and Grimlock. The engines were destroyed, and the plot foiled. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Rumble and his brother Frenzy remained loyal to the primary Decepticon faction under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]], and reintegrated as themselves into the Decepticon hierarchy after Megatron returned from [[Quintessa (planet)|Quintessa]] with his new [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]]. Assigned to guard Shockwave's lab alongside Frenzy, the pair were counting up Autobot casualties when one of the lab's machines suddenly exploded. They managed to convince Shockwave that it wasn't their fault, but as they went back to their counting game, another machine similarly blew up. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Four million years ago, Rumble was part of the crew of the ''Nemesis'' which crashed to Earth alongside the Autobots and the Ark. He was revived in 1984 along with the other Transformers for roughly a decade of renewed warfare, before the Autobots ultimately defeated the Decepticons and rendered them inoperative. Their triumphant return to Cybertron aboard the [[Ark II]] was sabotaged, however, and the Transformers were all believed destroyed in the resulting explosion. Instead, many of them were recovered by the mercenary named [[Lazarus]], who made efforts to reprogram the Cybertronians into weapons for his disposal. Megatron managed to override Lazarus's control, though, and freed his fellow Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive}}

{{note|In [[Prime Directive issue 2|''Prime Directive'' #2]], the blue robot with the Rumble/Frenzy bodyform was among those under the control of Lazarus who attacked the [[Smitco Oil Refinery]], and was seen using Rumble's characteristic piledrivers. It was generally assumed by readers at the time that this was intended to be Rumble in his cartoon color scheme (and indeed, he probably ''was'' scripted and drawn as Rumble) but subsequent Dreamwave fiction established that in this world, as in most others, Rumble is the red one. So whether this is Frenzy using piledrivers or an incorrectly-colored Rumble is up to the reader to decide.}}

''Rumble stayed out of Decepticon politics during the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]]' interaction with the Transformers on Earth. He chose to work with Starscream in [[Las Vegas]] after Megatron's disappearance, and even remained in Vegas after Megatron returned and splintered the Decepticon army. {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}''

When [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] arrived from Cybertron, he managed to defeat Megatron and assume control of the Decepticons in the name of the greater Unified Cybertronian government. Rumble and Frenzy were placed in charge of guarding the deactivated Megatron on the flight back to Cybertron, but were tossed aside by Starscream so that he could jettison Megatron into space. {{storylink|New World Order}} Later, Shockwave commissioned them to create a distraction that would keep [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] from fully realizing his plans, by unleashing the crazed [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from a [[Detention Banks|detention facility]]. Once again, Starscream intervened on their mission, retrieving five additional prisoners, the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], for his own purposes. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

As Shockwave's government began to collapse around him, Starscream convinced his comrades from Earth to follow him back to that planet and raid it for energon. Starscream had Rumble and Frenzy haul the Combaticons, still in stasis, aboard a shuttle... but as they prepared for take-off, they found none of its systems were responding. They had accidentally boarded [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]], who took off on his own volition, the Decepticons trapped within him. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}} But the Decepticons managed to hack Sky Lynx's systems, and made their way to Earth. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} Rumble was part of Starscream's initial salvo against the ''Ark'', a decoy to be deliberately taken prisoner in order to draw out the remaining Autobots where the newly reformatted [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] could get at them in their combined form. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} All of the captive Decepticons were freed, only for the group to come under attack from [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], a crazed but powerful clone of Starscream. Using his "divine light," the clone shut down all of the Decepticons save his template. Rumble was left behind to be recaptured by the Autobots as Starscream fled from his double. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}} After the Autobots were forced into a deal with Starscream due Sunstorm's threat, Rumble and the other Decepticon captives were released, but charged to only 50% power. At this point, Soundwave took steps to reunite the Decepticons with their true leader, Megatron. While Soundwave set up communications, Rumble and Frenzy passed the time by taking potshots at fish through the Decepticon base's underwater entry-point. Their fun-time was interrupted by the return of Starscream. Frenzy sent Rumble off to stall the seeker while he warned Soundwave of his approach. Unfortunately, Rumble stumbled his words after seeing how badly damaged Starscream was, and the annoyed 'bot shoved him out of his way. Soundwave was barely able to hide a communique with Megatron before Starscream burst into the room. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}}

Shortly thereafter, Megatron and the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] arrived on Earth and overthrew Starscream's command, a change in management which Rumble, Frenzy, and Soundwave all welcomed with open arms. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Rumble was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] by [[Cobra]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #1}} He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Rumble was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Rumble evaded the first wave of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] defenders and used his piledrivers to damage the target building. Scaling the building, he menaced [[Flash (G.I. Joe)|Flash]] and [[Sci-Fi]] until [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] punched his lights out and then threw a missile at him. He was then captured by G.I. Joe. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Apparently having escaped somehow, Rumble was later seen back on [[Cobra Island]] when [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] undid Cobra's reprogramming of the Transformers. He happily chased some of his former captors, Destro and [[Zartan]], across the island until the [[Baroness]] stepped on him with a [[S.N.A.K.E.]] {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}}

Two years later, Rumble was back on Cybertron under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned, sending Transformers of both factions throughout Earth's timeline, Shockwave had his troops encircle the super-computer. Ultra Magnus kept it safe within a force-field, forcing Rumble and the others to wait around until his power supply ran out. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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Rumble was among the Decepticons who were accidentally awakened by [[Cobra]] in the late 1930s. Together, the Decepticons and Cobra conquered the [[Fera Islands]], but came under attack from the Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. Rumble was among the soldiers sent to defend the [[Terrordrome]], using his small stature to disguise himself as a human trooper. After making his way close to the enemy, he used his piledrivers to crack open the ground and bury the Autobot tanks. {{storylink|Trial by Fire}} While Rumble was busy taunting [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] for being friends with "meat", [[Scarlett]] jumped above him using [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and destroyed him by tossing a hand grenade in his face. {{storylink|Wolves}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Rumble was hanging out with Megatron when Soundwave stopped by with the news that Starscream was apparently getting cozy with the Autobots. Megatron sent Rumble to gather up the Decepticons in the base for an attack to retrieve their wayward comrade, however, the attack party was later repelled by the Autobots. {{storylink|Redemption Center}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Either Frenzy or Rumble participated in a savage Decepticon offensive against the Decepticons. He was defeated by Grimlock.

Then, either Rumble or Frenzy was one of the first victims to fall to [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ monstrous combined form. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Lil Formers''===
After ejecting out the rest of his minions, Soundwave attempted to deploy Rumble for an upcoming fight, only for Rumble to refuse the order; now that he had all the leg room he could want inside of Soundwave's chest, he didn't want to give it up. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Either Frenzy or Rumble was present during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. He fought side by side with a green Decepticon.

Either Rumble or Frenzy later participated in a battle alongside Thrust and Soundwave during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
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{{note|IDW's comics have been inconsistent regarding the colors of Rumble and Frenzy. By and large, Rumble is depicted as red and black in most books, but ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' and the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] colored him blue, while ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' has colored him '''both''' ways.}}

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Millions of years ago, Rumble and Frenzy worked as "industrial equipment" at [[Mining Outpost C-12]], until the [[Senate]] shut down the site in favor of automating the work involved. Once a furious [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] kicked off a riot, Rumble and Frenzy joined in the fighting and were soon taken prisoner, destined for [[Penal Facility H-3]]. They managed to break free aboard [[Longshot (G1)|their prison transport]], however, and took control of it with Megatron's help. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} The renegade miners then fled to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], where they got lost in the [[Gladiatorial combat|underground fighting tournaments]] that ran rampant throughout that city-state. As time passed, Megatron rose high in the ranks of the gladiators, eventually taking control of the games themselves. While accompanying him to a meeting with [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], sent by Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to help foster the public unrest Megatron was fomenting, Rumble and Frenzy helped capture and restrain the spying [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]] . {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

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As Megatron's passions turned from arena combat to outright insurrection, Rumble and Frenzy became part of his growing Decepticon movement. When Megatron crafted his plan for infiltrating and destroying the Senate, Rumble and his brother underwent alterations so that they could hide inside Soundwave's chest compartment, although neither of them were particularly enthusiastic about it. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} This allowed Soundwave to smuggle them into the Senate facilities, where they aided in annihilating the Senators, freeing arrested gladiators and stealing weapons from the armory. At the climax of the uprising, Rumble bore witness as Megatron personally beat down and humiliated the leader of the Senate's security, [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

As the uprising led to outright civil war, Rumble accompanied Soundwave on a mission to spy on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. After being discovered and forced to escape, Soundwave released Rumble to deal with [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], which he did by collapsing the [[Neurospan Bridge]] with his piledrivers, burying the two pursuers in rubble. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} Four million years ago, Rumble assisted Soundwave in defending an energon convoy from the Autobots. While fighting [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]], Soundwave ejected Rumble for ''Operation: Go For the Eyes!!!'', but Ironhide intervened and knocked the junk-punk for a loop. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

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In modern times, Rumble was active on Earth where he helped defeat the local Autobot forces and exile them to Cybertron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} After this, he was involved in the Decepticon full-frontal offensive on the planet, and the conquest of [[New York City]]. After the siege was over, however, the lack of organized resistance left Rumble with little to do. He and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] took to the streets, blowing up stray abandoned vehicles that happened to remind him of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|certain people]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 3|All Hail Megatron #3}}

While on a patrol in New York City, he ran afoul of [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cmdr. Spike Witwicky]] and three other survivors. Rumble went after Spike and nearly succeeded in knocking him off his motorcycle, but one of the survivors, [[Charles (G1)|Charles]], seeking revenge for his son's death at the hands of Rumble, fired off a shot from a rocket launcher that hit Rumble point blank in the face, downing him instantly. Sensing something wrong, Soundwave found Rumble, picked up his damaged body, and went into a rage in which he lost control of his communications-blocking effect. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 9|All Hail Megatron #9}} He was apparently repaired and sided with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] during his coup. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} When the Autobots returned from their exile, Rumble fought against them alongside [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] and [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]]. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} However, Megatron was defeated, and the Decepticons were forced to flee the planet aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. Along with Soundwave and the other cassettes, Rumble spent the trip looking after the severely injured Megatron. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 13|Uneasy Lies the Head}}

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Two years later, Starscream's newfound leadership had only led to the Decepticons hiding on some distant, desolate asteroid, where energy was rare and violence was common. Rumble was seen fighting with Kickback over an unknown argument. {{storylink|All His Engines}} He later assisted Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] as they restored Megatron and used his old body to make Rumble-scaled replicas of his gun mode. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} With Megatron back on-line, Rumble and the others were quickly whipped back into shape and readied to battle once again. {{storylink|Spotlight: Megatron}} Four months later, Rumble returned to Earth and attacked a [[Skywatch]] base alongside Soundwave and Frenzy, freeing several Decepticons held in Skywatch custody. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Later at the Decepticon base, he was amongst those who prepared to watch a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was presumably caught in the blast when Prime ended the fight early by having a satellite dropped on the base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

Once the war finally ended, Rumble was amongst the Decepticons in Autobot captivity on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} He joined a Cybertronian crowd recruited by Starscream to pressure Prowl into revealing one of his secret discoveries below ground on Cybertron. Once they finally got down there, they witnessed a [[Titan (group)|Titan]] declare that Starscream was the Cybertronian destined to unite their whole race. He and the other Cybertronians celebrated afterward with Starscream. {{storylink|Primus: All Good Things|All Good Things}} His support was but a ruse, however, as he and the other cassettes were already planning for Megatron's return alongside Soundwave and Shockwave. When the time came, they used their mind-controlled minion Prowl to stage their own deaths so they could hide away and finish their plans in secrecy, though Prowl's catspaw [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] did it in the most violent way possible: slicing off Rumble's arms, stomping him in the face, and blowing up their base. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}} Relocated to the [[Black Room]], Rumble was upgraded into a new body with a tank [[alternate mode]] {{storylink|The Verge}} and took to the streets as the Decepticons put their plans into motion. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} During the battle over the city, he used his piledrivers to knock out [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]] and was ready to take his revenge on Arcee as well, but instead got himself punched in the face by Ironhide and burned to a crisp by [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. After the battle was over, all Autobots and Decepticons who would not renounce their factions were banished into the wilderness, including Rumble. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

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In the wilderness, Soundwave attempted to rally the Decepticons around him and hunt down the Shockwave for deserting them during the battle, but the other Decepticons had lost their faith in the cause and refused. [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] outright attacked Soundwave and fought him over leadership, causing Rumble and the other cassettes to come to his aid. {{storylink|Shockpoint}} In the end, they were the only ones to follow Soundwave to Shockwave's base at [[Crystal City]], where they fought Shockwave and his minion, [[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]]. However, because of the presence of Shockwave's regenerative [[Ore-14]], neither side was able to harm one another, and Rumble and the others soon retreated. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} After returning with the other Decepticons in tow, they were caught in a wave of death emitted from Shockwave's [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]. Rumble's initial confusion about what happened turned to horror when he found that Frenzy was among the injured. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} He participated in the joint Autobot-Decepticon assault on Shockwave's location, only to have to flee with an injured Ravage in his arm when Shockwave sicced the Necrotitan on them. {{storylink|Finest Hour: Dark Cybertron Chapter 5|Finest Hour}} The defeated group fled back to Iacon even as the Titan advanced on the city. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} Once the Necrotitan had been brought down, Rumble and the other cassettes took a break to recover in Iacon, {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} only to be thrown back into the fray when Shockwave's [[Ammonite]] allies invaded Cybertron. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Once Shockwave was defeated, Rumble stood by Soundwave as he realized Megatron had changed sides and become an Autobot. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Together with [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]], Soundwave took control of the lost and confused Decepticons and led them back to Earth, where they negotiated with [[Earth Defense Command]] to build [[Sanctuary Station]], a place for them to live in peace. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} Rumble didn't much care for Galvatron's yammering about how he'd once united Cybertron millions of years ago, but immediately regretted mouthing off when his implication that Galvatron had a "[[Nova Prime|boss]]" enraged the ancient warrior who slammed him into a wall by the throat. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} As part of their deal with the EDC, the Decepticons later attacked Optimus Prime's Autobots, with Rumble and Frenzy using their special powers to fight [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} They clashed with the Autobots again on [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]] in a battle that ended with the crippling of their [[Nemesis (G1)|starship]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

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Rumble was playing a card game with some of his fellow Decepticons when Galvatron gave them the opportunity to go with him and find, torture, and kill Spike Witwicky. Rumble was all too eager to come along. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} When Prowl and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] were the first to find Witwicky and his ally, [[Jimmy Pink]], both Rumble and Frenzy waited nearby in their new motorcycle alt-modes for the pair to try to use them as their escape tickets. Avoiding their pursuers, the pair brought their human riders straight into Galvatron's waiting arms, where Rumble expressed his disgust at having a human sit on him. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Rumble joined in fighting the Constructicons when they arrived on the scene, even despite his admiration for their choice of battle cry. Soon after, Rumble listened to the captive Jimmy Pink as he tried to explain to the Decepticons on how to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and thought that he understood, but had no idea what a movie was. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} When [[Devastator (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Devastator]] assaulted [[Onyx]]'s facility in [[Wanmu]], Rumble tried hammering the ground to bring the giant down, but was soon knocked away, much to his disappointment. While Arcee tried to talk Devastator down, Rumble had reservations about staying to fight the combiner, but Galvatron believed they had nothing more to fear. He turned out to be right, as Devastator separated back into his components. Rumble, Frenzy, and [[Ayana Jones]] then brought the re-captured Spike and Jimmy to Galvatron and [[Marissa Faireborn]]. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

Upon finding out that several Autobots were landing on Earth again, Rumble rushed to report the news to Soundwave and Galvatron. {{storylink|The Nothing Man}} After the ''[[Ark-7]]'', full of Decepticons, crashed in [[Shanghai]], Rumble was among those there to greet them. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} He took part in the ensuing battle against Optimus Prime's forces, {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} and was among the many Decepticons who fled Earth aboard the ''[[Peace Without Tyranny]]''. During the trip to Sanctuary Station, Rumble and Frenzy explained to newcomer [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] about how Optimus was not a true Prime at all. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} With Soundwave and Prime now in an alliance, Rumble was present as they planned their attack on the underwater ''Nemesis'' in an attempt to take Galvatron down once and for all. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} When the tide of this battle turned in Galvatron's favor with his small army of combiners wailing on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]], Rumble and Frenzy agreed to wait until the clash was over rather than follow Arcee into the battle. In the aftermath of the fight, the two congratulated each other on a job well done. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

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Rumble and Frenzy were still being evacuated from the ocean with the others when Earth Defense Command launched a strike on the recovering Cybertronians. {{storylink|White Light}} They briefly fought back before [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] led a retreat by the wounded. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Never ones to stay out of trouble, Rumble and Frenzy became secret arms dealers, in violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]] and...well, just about everybody's good sense. They stockpiled the confiscated and discarded weapons brought aboard Sanctuary Station and arranged to bring them to Earth. Using [[Holomatter|holomatter avatars,]] they began selling Cybertronian weaponry to humans who felt they needed to protect themselves from the alien threat. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

Meanwhile, Soundwave requested their aid on an infiltration mission when the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] arrived on Earth. Rumble and Frenzy had lost some respect for Soundwave since he started hanging out with Autobots and the Prime, but they were bored, so whatever. They joined Sanctuary's resident Autobot [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] in entering the Junkion ship to determine the scope of their forces, but ran afoul of a tank of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} They were overwhelmed by the marauding hordes. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} Fortunately, Soundwave managed to talk down the Sharkticons when the Junkions attacked Earth with them, pacifying even the ones facing Rumble and Frenzy. They tried to escape the Junkion ship, but ducked for cover when they saw Arcee facing off against [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], with no desire to face her blades again. Still, when the wall of the ship was ripped open and everyone was revealed, they totally claimed they were good guys and were helping the whole time! Honest! {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

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Rumble and Frenzy's gunrunning scam was eventually uncovered by [[Jazz (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jazz]] and the Colonist Autobots working with [[Aileron]]. The political ramifications worked to their advantage, though, as the Autobots couldn't figure out how to punish them without making things worse on Earth for Cybertronians. Aileron reluctantly decided to bury the information, letting the Cassettes off scot-free. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}} Rumble and Frenzy moved on to movie production, trying to create a blockbuster action movie called ''[[Dark Invasion]]'' under their company title, Tape Bros. It bombed so bad at the box office, the market was ruined for [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]'s biopic on Starscream. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}} Some time later, when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] invaded Earth, the pair reluctantly took up arms against the planet-eater's invading [[Maximal]] hordes in [[São Paulo]] with [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
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===''United''===
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Rumble was part of a squad of Decepticons that waited in ambush for the Autobots on the planet Nebulos. Hidden away in inner-space, the Decepticons took the small Autobot unit by surprise. Rumble and Frenzy attempted to bar [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]'s way, only to be taken out by a single shot from the Autobot. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Frenzy, Ravage, Laserbeak, and Rumble were the sons of Soundwave and nephews to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When their father fell in battle on Earth, Shockwave summoned Rumble and Laserbeak to his side as part of a quest to revive their fallen relative, and together they brought Soundwave's corpse to the dread arcane scholar [[Flame (Marvel)|Flame]] in the city of [[Kalis]]. {{storylink|Black Cybertron}}

After Flame's mystic rites had brought Soundwave back to life as an emotionless being, Rumble took part in the final battle and watched as Laserbeak snatched the [[Matrix of Leadership]] from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Rumble was a [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bot]] and clashed with [[Greasepit (G2)|Greasepit]] during the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
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Bolstered by the [[Titan Master]]s, Rumble accompanied Soundwave as the Decepticons orchestrated an all-out Decepticon attack on Cybertron, which was soon routed by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters}}
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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Rumble was one of the many Decepticons transported to the Japan of a parallel universe, and scouted out the nearby [[Photonic Power Laboratory]]. When the Decepticons besieged the building, Rumble attempted to piledrive his way through the glass cockpit of the [[Aphrodi A]] super robot before Ironhide knocked him away. {{storylink|Mazinger Z versus Transformers}}
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===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Rumble was a [[Cybertronian military insignia|Ground Force Espionage Raider]]. {{storylink|Rumble (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
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A member of [[the Rise]], Rumble was Frenzy's partner, going into hiding with him after [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]]'s death. When the authorities began closing in, Rumble was part of the convoy that [[Rage (G1)|Rage]] was escorting before being waylaid by seismic activity. When a counterterrorism unit arrived, Rumble and Frenzy were harassed by [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], nearly being run over by [[Quake (G1)|Quake]]'s tank mode. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors|Tremors}}

After Quake had been pinned, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] ordered the infiltration troopers to cut him free before the arrival of [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] turned the tide of the battle. Finding the situation unsalvageable, Sixshot reverted to jet mode and flew Rumble and Frenzy away. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}}
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===''Transformers/Back to the Future''===
[[File:TFBTTF2-Rumbles.jpg|thumb|left|150px|"I'm seeing double here! Four Rumbles!"]]
In the year 1985, Megatron sent Ravage and Rumble to the sleepy town of [[Hill Valley]] to find an edge in their war against the Autobots. Their mission initially turned up nothing, but while staking out the [[Twin Pines Mall]] the two watched [[Marty McFly]] use a DeLorean to escape some Libyan terrorists, then disappear. Ravage's detection of trans-temporal particles led Soundwave to suggest that the humans had invented [[time travel]], and Megatron ordered the pair to steal the DeLorean time machine. The pair tailed [[Doc Brown]] and Marty to [[Lyon Estates]], where they prepared to seize the device through force only for [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] to intervene. When the two humans overheard the scuffle and investigated, Bumblebee and Ravage reverted to alternate mode, {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 1|Transformers/Back to the Future #1}} but the damaged Rumble managed to limp to the DeLorean, reverting to cassette mode on its passenger floor-mat.

When Doc Brown time travelled to [[2015]], Rumble revealed himself to the human who was quickly won over by the Cybertronian's biology and offered to repair him. Winning the inventor's trust, Rumble helped him upgrade the DeLorean with 2015 technology before he summoned Megatron. When Megatron arrived however, he was so heavily damaged that Rumble decided that 2015 was unsalvageable, instead stealing the DeLorean to retroactively win the war.

Arriving in [[1974]], Rumble enslaved [[Biff Tannen]] and had him produce [[energon cube]]s for the next ten years before breaking into the ''Ark''. Hacking into [[Teletraan I]], Rumble had it reactivate his fellow Decepticons, explaining the last decade to Megatron. When Biff pointed out that there were now two Rumbles, Megatron decided that the time traveller had now outlived his usefulness, executing him on the spot. Rumble's head survived with Megatron ordering [[Gigawatt]] to plunder its memory banks for any useful foreknowledge. {{storylink|Transformers/Back to the Future issue 2|Transformers/Back to the Future #2}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Rumble found a sweet-looking radio lying around, and decided to bring it back to Decepticon headquarters and show it off to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]. Soundwave realized immediately that the radio was, in fact, the Autobot [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in disguise and sent out [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] to deal with the intruder. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Blaster|Blaster commercial}}
*Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy had a dance-off against Blaster, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Rumble could hinder Optimus's progress, causing Prime to go in a section of the labyrinth-like Decepticon base he had not intended to venture in. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
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{{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening rumble.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85]]
Rumble worked as a prison guard following the capture of the Autobots, but was unable to prevent [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] from escaping. When the Autobots escaped to Earth, Rumble followed and unwisely picked a fight with [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. Even with the help of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], this didn't go well for Rumble. He was equally as useless when the Autobots assaulted the main Decepticon fortress on Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Rumble rallied with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] when the latter became Decepticon leader in Megatron's absence. The Autobots soon had the Decepticons defeated and Starscream's plan thwarted. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (Legends)|Countdown to Extinction}} Rumble was among a group of Decepticons who accidentally time travelled back to the sixth century and ended up having to battle some similarly displaced Autobots using medieval technology. They lost, and returned to the present as prisoners of the Autobots. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

Rumble was among those who supported [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s bid for leadership. {{storylink|The Coronation of Starscream}}

At some point, Rumble fought in a battle alongside [[Overlord (G1)|Overlord]], [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Fan Favorite}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Scott Whyte]]}}
Rumble aided Soundwave in his battles with the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

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

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Rumble - alongside Frenzy, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw - are minions released by Soundwave as the larger bot's special ability.
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===''World of Warships: Transformers''===
[[Image:WoW Rumble camo 1.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
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==Toys==
{{main|Rumble (G1)/toys}}

==Notes==
*The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Rumble''' (ランブル ''Ranburu'')
*''Czech:'' '''Rváč'''
*''French:'' '''Trompeur''' (Canada)
*''Cantonese:'' '''Lui-Heung''' (雷響)
*''Hebrew:'' '''Raád''' (רעד, "Tremble")
*''Hungarian:'' '''Görgető''' ("Trundler")
*''Italian:'' '''Tremot'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Rambo''' (Taiwan, 蘭波, ''Lánbō''), '''Hōnglónglóng''' (China, 轰隆隆, "Rumble" onomatopoeia)
*''Portuguese:'' '''Trovão''' (Portugal comics, "Thunder"), '''Estrondo''' (Brazil comics, "Bang")
*''Russian:'' '''Gromila''' (Громила "Thug")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Gurkotilo''' (Гуркотило, "Rumbler")

==References==
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[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations Selects Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
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Frenzy (G1)

2021-10-29T20:11:23Z

N.A.T.S.: /* 2005 IDW continuity */ Replaced Sao Paulo with São Paulo.

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:''Frenzy is a [[Decepticon]] [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|Mini-Cassette]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Frenzyhahaha.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Frenzy is blue, but the sound effect's still confused.]]
For '''Frenzy''' it's not about any "Decepticon cause": it's not about any quantifiable cause, or goal, or purpose at all. It's about violence, fear, destruction, and mayhem. Frenzy lives to fight. He lusts to destroy with an intensity that borders on insanity. War is his fuel, his oxygen. Despite his small stature he'll lead a charge into battle against robots many times his size, screaming for destruction with every microchip of his being. This single-minded obsession makes him a hard bot to associate with personally, but a frightening asset on the battlefield. His partner and [[Relatives|brother]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], is only too eager to back him up.

Frenzy's manic attack style and his "battle cry" (a sonic attack produced by special drums in his torso that can severely disrupt electrical flows, resulting in all sorts of mechanical malfunctions and balance issues) make him difficult to get close to in combat, but cool and measured reaction to his wild ragings is usually the most effective strategy.

{{bigquote|Yeah, let's kick tailgate!|Frenzy, bravely preparing to blindly attack [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]|''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:TFUS3 frenzy vs brawn.jpg|left|thumb|225px|He builds a flame from a tiny spark - he can really knock Brawn out.]]
Frenzy was among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Autobot]]s' [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] four million years ago, and wound up trapped in stasis when the vessel crashed on [[Earth]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} {{storylink|Cold Comfort and Joy!}} When the Transformers were reactivated as a consequences of a volcanic eruption in [[1984]], Frenzy declared that he would not rest until every Autobot had been destroyed, and departed the ship with his comrades. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} The Decepticons soon attacked the [[Harrison Nuclear Power Plant]] to obtain the resources to build [[Fortress Sinister|a fortress]] for themselves; Frenzy used his sonic powers to scramble distress calls by the plant personnel, ensuring the success of the Decepticons' mission. {{storylink|Power Play!}}

When the Decepticons kidnapped the Autobots' human friend [[Sparkplug Witwicky]] to devise a method of converting Earth fuel into a form suitable for them, the Autobots staged a rescue attempt. Frenzy and his brother Rumble met Sparkplug's would-be rescuers on the battlefield, and when his sibling fell to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], Frenzy angrily turned his sonics on the tough little Autobot. Frenzy picked up his unconscious brother and took him back to the Decepticons' fortress for repair, but was tripped up along the way by a strand of webbing courtesy of [[Spider-Man]], taking both brothers out of the fight. {{storylink|Prisoner of War!}}

[[File:EnemyWithin frenzy tricked.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
''Frenzy participated in the Decepticons' attack on [[Sherman Dam]].'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''Later, when a failed coup by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] resulted in a trial by combat between him and Brawn, Frenzy was among the spectators of the battle. [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] sabotaged the battle, shooting Starscream down, then told Frenzy it was the Autobots' doing, driving the little 'bot into a rage. He called for the Decepticons to strike back at the Autobots, and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]—who had staged the whole thing to bring exactly this situation about—agreed.'' {{storylink|The Enemy Within!}} ''The Decepticons proceeded to attack the Ark, during which battle Frenzy clashed with [[Gears (G1)|Gears]], but they were soon stopped by the Ark's out-of-control artificial intelligence, [[Aunty]].'' {{storylink|Raiders of the Last Ark}}

[[File:DisintegratedCircuits frenzy tantrum.jpg|left|thumb|Dig this crazy mood he's in. Listen to his heart as it starts to spin - WHSSH!]]
Rendered inoperative by his recent injuries, Frenzy was unable to participate in the Decepticons' subsequent major offensive against the Autobots. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} He was repaired after [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] took control of the Decepticons, and was assigned guard duty of the captured Ark alongside his brother. {{storylink|The New Order}} They briefly departed to help secure the seized [[Blackrock Enterprises|Blackrock]] [[oil-drilling platform]], but returned to the Ark to swear fealty to Shockwave after he put down an attempt by Megatron to retake power. {{storylink|The Worse of Two Evils!}} He then relocated to the Decepticons' latest captured facility, [[Blackrock Aerospace Assembly Plant Number One]], where, after a few days of inactivity left him with a shorter temper than usual, Frenzy's anger boiled over when he overheard on the news that [[G.B. Blackrock]] had designed a new "[[Anti-Robot Photonic Multi-Cannon]]" to take back his plant. Shockwave had [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] quash Frenzy's his temper tantrum, after which Starscream stepped in and suggested a day out for mayhem and carnage would be good for troop morale. Together, Starscream and Frenzy staged an attack on the unveiling of Blackrock's new weapon, with Frenzy's sonic powers sowing havoc among the crowd. Autobots [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], along with neophyte superhuman [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]], counterattacked; struck by Wheeljack's [[magnetic inducer]], Frenzy was crushed beneath a barrage of magnetically-attracted objects, and Starscream retreated, carrying him away. {{storylink|DIS-Integrated Circuits!}} {{storylink|Christmas Breaker!}} He was in working order again in time for the Decepticons' next major battle with the assembled Autobots, when they had managed to take control of Optimus's body with a fake head. However, most of the 'cons were taken out single-handedly by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] once his real head was reattached. {{storylink|Prime Time!}} Meanwhile, separated from the other Decepticons and lacking his higher brain functions, Megatron told the [[human]] [[Joey Slick]] the story of how his troops, including Frenzy, came to Earth. {{storylink|Shooting Star!}}

''Either Frenzy or Rumble participated in a petty attack on a human settlement. The Decepticons' personality were strangely inverted upon being hit by an energy blast, and they all became big softies, apologizing profusely as they cleaned up the mess they had made. Once the blast's effects wore off, the Decepticons swore revenge for what they assumed to be an Autobot trick, and tracked the blast's origin to England. Though Starscream found the device responsible, a human invention called the "[[Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence|PARD]]," it was destroyed before he could take off with it.'' {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

[[File:Frenzy-RobotBuster.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Good plan, Buster.]]
''When the Decepticons lured [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] into a trap, Frenzy was among those who ambushed and captured him.'' {{storylink|Crisis of Command!}} ''Later, he was ordered to accompany Shockwave to the Decepticon's old fortress, where despite a supposed mission objective of "salvage", Frenzy could clearly see that Shockwave was on edge because of Megatron's rumored return. Eager to hit something to relieve his stress, Frenzy was soon given a chance when [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], sporting a robotic [[battlesuit]], appeared on the scene, also looking for someone to beat up in order to prove his worth. Though shot in the back by the human, Frenzy easily shrugged off Buster's onboard weaponry, and in a blazing fury, unleashed the full force of his sonic powers on the human. Thinking he was shutting down his audio input, Buster actually activated an [[echo cell]] in his battlesuit that cancelled out and reflected Frenzy's sonic onslaught back at him, knocking him out.'' {{storylink|Robot Buster!}}

On a subsequent mission, Frenzy accompanied Megatron and several others in an attack on the unguarded Ark. Unfortunately, they ran into the Autobots' new defense system, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], who blasted Frenzy and several others into inactivity. Taken captive by the Autobots, his deactivated body was stored in a stasis capsule within the Ark. {{storylink|Command Performances!}} [[File:DistantThunder frenzy with parasite.jpg|left|thumb|Watch his eyes when he lights them up - Bling! Listen to him whine like a heartsick pup]] ''Frenzy did not remain a prisoner for long, however. When the Autobots were thrown into disarray by the arrival of the future Decepticon [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], they overlooked the mechanical failure of the capsule holding Starscream, who escaped and set Frenzy and Thundercracker's capsules to awaken them before sneaking off to further his own agenda. Regaining consciousness, the confused pair immediately vacated the Ark and return to the Decepticons' [[Wyoming base]], which they found to be deserted, save for Shockwave. No sooner had they updated their leader on their situation than all three Decepticons were shunted into the other-dimensional world of [[limbo]] by the arrival of the future Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''In this other world, the three Decepticons found themselves in the middle of a war between the [[technorganic]] ape-like [[Cloran]] and the evil [[Zenag]], which Optimus Prime, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] and [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] had already become embroiled in. Frenzy killed several of the creatures with his sonic powers, earning a sock on the jaw from Prime; subsequently, when Zenag offered the Decepticons the means to return home in exchange for fighting the Autobots for him, Frenzy was once again laid out by the Autobot leader. When Prime refused to fight any further, the truth of their situation became apparent: the entire world was actually an illusion created by the [[limbo parasite|neural parasites]] that dwelled in the void of limbo. As the illusion collapsed, a horrified and furious Frenzy tore the parasite that had seized him from his head and was about to reduce it to paste before Shockwave stopped him, wary that his actions might trigger a response.'' {{storylink|Distant Thunder!}} '' In short order, Frenzy and the others were all returned to their world when the time-travellers went back to the future.''

''When Megatron went missing after a failed assassination attempted mastermined by Shockwave, Frenzy was minding his own business when suddenly, in a flash of light, Megatron appeared in front of him, having teleported in across the [[space bridge]]. Distressed he called for Shockwave, but nobody suffered any repercussions, as the trip had addled Megatron's memories.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

When the Autobots launched an attack on the Decepticons' island headquarters to rescue a recently captured Buster Witwicky, Shockwave converted the landmass into its rocket-ship mode and had it blast off into space. Frenzy was standing at the ready, within the ship's control room, as this took place. {{storylink|The Desert Island of Space!}}

{{note|In the US comics, Frenzy did not escape Autobot captivity so soon after his imprisonment; in fact, he remained trapped aboard the Ark until the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] rescued him on orders from [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] in "[[Totaled!]]". His name was removed from the side of the capsule containing him when the issue was reprinted in the UK—not that it really mattered in the long run, as Frenzy did not appear again in either the US ''or'' UK comics.}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:RageinHeaven frenzy solid gone.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|When you touch him, he warms right up.]]
Like most Decepticons, Frenzy fell under [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command following the restoration of Cybertron, disappearing into deep space for a period of time. When Megatron returned to depose Bludgeon and retake leadership, Frenzy and Rumble immediately fell into place at his side, and went to work reviving and rebuilding [[Darkwing (G1)|Darkwing]], who had not followed the brothers' example and had been all but destroyed by Megatron as a result. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} Upon Optimus's arrival on the battlefield, Frenzy descended to the Earth's surface. He witnessed Megatron defeat Optimus Prime and use a siphon to drain off the power of the Matrix. Autobot reinforcements arrived before Megatron could finish off his adversary, and the Decepticons retreated rather than lose their means of bringing a [[Bludgeon's new army|new army of Decepticons]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} When word of the Cybertronian Empire reached the Decepticons, Frenzy was among Megatron's forces who urged a violent response towards their "descendants." Much to his distress however, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] managed to strike first against them. In the ensuing conflict, the Decepticons were thoroughly defeated by their more advanced opponents. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

Frenzy was manning the bridge of the Decepticons' [[Warworld]] with Rumble and Soundwave when [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] forces attacked it. Unable to mount a counterattack thanks to the combat sequencers having been disabled (courtesy of a treacherous Starscream), {{storylink|Total War!}} Frenzy was among the personnel who fled in an escape pod to the [[Earth]] below, where presently, he joined in the combined Autobot/Decepticon offensive against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]. In final combat, Wheeljack cooked up a way to supercharge Frenzy's sonic powers to fend off their attacker, but as the Autobot scientist feared, the raw sonic energy proved too much for Frenzy's body to handle. Frenzy died with a smile on his face, reveling in the orgasmic excess of sound he was pumping out even as it overloaded his systems and destroyed him. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====''Classics''====
[[File:Recordicons frumble.jpg|thumb|"Which one of us am I, again?"]]
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Frenzy was present at the Decepticon base when [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] made his failed play against Megatron. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

=====''Recordicons''=====
Frenzy and Rumble were startled to be approached by the mysterious [[Ratbat (SG)|Batbot]] who was seeking [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. After Rumble pointed out that Ratbat was no more, Batbot asked if Ratbat had any unresolved business. Rumble directed him to Ratbat's quarters where there was a pile of paperwork waiting to be done. {{storylink|Recordicons issue 11|Recordicons #11}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|An infamous production error during the making of the cartoon resulted in Rumble and Frenzy's [[FIRRIB|color schemes being switched]]. Thus, in the original Generation 1 cartoon, Frenzy is red and black.}}
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]] (English), [[Keiichi Nanba]] (Japanese), [[Yūichi Nagashima|Chō]] (Japanese, "Day of the Machines", "Attack of the Autobots") (see note below regarding Japanese cartoon)|[[Wang Wèi]] (Chinese), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, The Movie TV Dub), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Auto Berserk''), [[François Leccia]] (European French), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, a few episodes), [[Ayrton Cardoso]] (Portuguese), [[Paulo Flores]] (Portuguese, "City of Steel"), [[André Filho]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" VHS dub), [[Jorge Pires]] (Portuguese, "The Movie" Fox Kids dub)}}

[[File:DayoftheMachines frenzy with gun.jpg|left|thumb|225px|And so [[FIRRIB|it]] begins...]]
Frenzy sounded almost ''exactly'' like his bro Rumble, and even used a pair of earthquake-creating piledrivers like his, instead of the sonic powers that were his trademark in other universes. Frenzy first appeared amongst the Decepticons on Earth shortly after [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was pulled into [[Earth]]'s orbit, performing some repair work on the Decepticons' base following the damage it had suffered during the chaos. Voicing his discontent with the workload, he demanded [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]'s job instead, prompting the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] to stomp on him. Frenzy seized Skywarp's descending foot and threw him into a wall, whereupon Rumble came to his bro's aid and started pummelling Skywarp in the face. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Frenzy and Rumble were part of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s attack on [[New York City]], where they faced off against a group of Autobots in [[Central Park]], toppling [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] with their piledrivers. Frenzy later tried to ram a train into [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], but his vehicle was blown apart before he reached them. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}} Later, the two siblings helped Megatron take control of a fleet of [[oil tanker]]s by using circuit linker cards connected to [[TORQ III]]. Frenzy was then assigned to defend the [[force field]] generator around the [[oil rig|oil platform]] where the Decepticons were emptying the tankers, but failed in this task when he was distracted by [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]] and [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]], letting [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] sneak up and destroy the generator. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} [[File:AutoBerzerk Frenzy warning.jpg|thumb|225px|Wait Soundwave, it's not what it looks like! He just fell, and I was helping him up.]] Very soon after, Frenzy took part in the Decepticon attack to steal the human-built ninja robot [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]], raining rapid-fire laser death down on the humans while Rumble used his pile drivers to shake things up. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}

Frenzy and Rumble later accompanied [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] on a mission to secure the [[Negavator]] for the Decepticons. They failed, but not before A.) Frenzy single-handedly tackled [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and B.) Rumble nearly disintegrated him with that oh so indiscriminate Negavator. All in all, a very interesting day for Frenzy. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}} Much later, he put in a brief appearance on the bridge of the Decepticons' [[Giant Purple Griffin|outlandish mobile fortress]], driving it alongside Rumble. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

[[File:TFTM frenzy piledrivers.jpg|left|thumb|225px|The piledrivers are just making things ''more'' confusing!]]
In 2005, during the [[Battle of Autobot City|battle]] of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], Frenzy joined Rumble, Ratbat and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in preventing [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]'s distress call to the Moonbases. Dismantling the Autobots' communications equipment by hand, the brothers and their comrades then broke into his broadcasting tower and swarmed him and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. They were repulsed when Blaster unleashed his [[Mini-Cassette]]s to even the score, and Frenzy got into a fistfight with [[Eject (G1)|Eject]].

After Megatron was defeated, the Decepticons fled Earth aboard [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] tossed their injured commander into space, a fight for control of the army broke out. When Soundwave and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] got into an insult-slinging match, Frenzy and Rumble popped out of their boss to defend his honor, and shook the Constructicons apart with their piledrivers just as they were attempting to form [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Frenzy's involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
[[File:StudioOX frumble.jpg|thumb|"Greatest Hits of Screamin' Jay Hawkins"?]]
{{note|To fix the production error noted above, the Japanese dub of the cartoon switched Rumble and Frenzy's names. Thus, it is the blue Frenzy who shows up frequently, and the red Rumble, voiced by Keiichi Nanba, who appears only sparingly and goes through the events described above. Japanese continuity proceeds to insert many new storylines and events in, around, before and after the events of the Generation 1 cartoon, as covered below. In the name of consistency with the American cartoon, this article considers the red robot in these events to be Frenzy.}}

=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
Frenzy joined his cassette brethren in squaring off against their Autobot cassette counterparts, but he was the fifth wheel in the fight and didn't get up to much during it. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (story page)#Part 11|story page #11}}

=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
[[File:Stargatebattles rumble and frenzy.jpg|thumb|left]]
In the late 1990s, Starscream forged a clandestine alliance with the [[Prime Minister of Japan]], promising that the country would be safe from attack by the Decepticons if they were allowed to freely and harmlessly collect energy within its borders, in secret from the rest of the world. Naturally, however, Starscream had no intention of actually honoring this agreement, and sent Frenzy and Rumble to the bottom of the sub-oceanic [[Pacific Ring of Fire|Japan Trench]], where they used their piledrivers to stimulate the tectonic plates of the trench and cause small earthquakes throughout Japan. As Starscream predicted, the quakes supplied massive amounts of energy for the Decepticons to gather, but were perceived as natural occurrences by the populace. Megatron was not impressed by the scheme, however, suspecting the Autobots would soon realize the truth... and he was, of course, completely right. When Optimus Prime and a team of Autobots arrived to investigate and caught the Decepticons in the act, Megatron had Frenzy and Rumble kick things into overdrive, causing a catastrophic quake that devastated Tokyo and covered the Decepticons' escape. The quake was so powerful that it actually threatened to sink the entire island of Japan, but before that could come to pass, Hound confronted Frenzy and Rumble and overpowered them by confusing them with his holograms. {{storylink|Activation}}

=====Controverse=====
At the trial of [[Primacron]], Frenzy and the Decepticons crashed the proceedings after the verdict was rendered. Frenzy was defeated by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] in the courtroom. {{storylink|Controverse}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
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In the year 2011, when [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] was destroyed in battle with Blaster, Frenzy and all the other cassettes gathered on [[Chaar]] to watch as the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] leader [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] used the super-technology of the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]] to resurrect their master as Soundblaster. The cassette team then helped to defend Soundblaster when he was focused on using a sonic control to remotely direct the actions of the Decepticons' new [[Madmachine]], but Blaster—now reborn as Twincast—was able to get past them and stop his rival. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

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Some time later, either Frenzy or Rumble<ref>We can't tell if it's Frenzy or Rumble because... well, dude, look at the picture.</ref> was dispatched by Soundblaster to deal with Twincast's cassettes when the Autobot communicator came to Chaar to spy on the unveiling of Scorponok's [[Transtector]]. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

The arrival of Scorponok's new information officer, [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]], put Soundblaster in a bad mood, as he had the ability to dredge up Autobot info that even Soundblaster and his expert team of spies could not. They had no idea, of course, that this was because Counterpunch was actually the undercover Autobot double agent Punch, but nonetheless, Frenzy and the other tapes consoled their boss and promised to try harder. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}}

While on the planets of [[Twin Star]], Soundblaster deployed Frenzy and Rumble to search for the energy supposedly hidden somewhere on the planet. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} Some time later, Frenzy and the rest of Soundblaster's cassettes were seen standing guard outside the subterranean cavern on Master in which Scorponok was constructing his [[Zarak Shield]]. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Frenzy was one of the Decepticons supporting the [[Selector]] revolt at [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} He fought against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s when they supported the other side. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
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In the late 1980s, the Decepticons tried to frame the Autobots for attacking Earth by giving the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] fake sigils and sending them on a mayhem spree. Dressed in snazzy robes to hide their identities, Frenzy and Rumble then began fanning the flames by preaching openly against the Autobots in human cities. Their cover was blown, however, when [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] and [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]] washed the fake insignia off the Decepticons. Frenzy and Rumble were zapped by [[Eject (G1)|Eject]] and [[Rewind (G1)|Rewind]], burning their robes away and revealing their identities to all. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 7|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #7}}

=====''The Headmasters'' comic=====
When the Decepticons were finally forced off Earth, Soundblaster and his cassettes stayed behind on the planet to gather information. After a run in with [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]], Soundblaster was hurled over the horizon by the Autobot Headmaster's "Master Chrome Hurricane-Throw to the End of Hell" attack. Frenzy and Rumble attempted to wake their boss up as [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] approached, warning him that he was going to get in trouble. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 8|The Headmasters #8}}
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====Full Throttle Scramble Power!====
When [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived to bust up the Decepticons' plan to terrorize the world with their [[Omega Wave Cannon]], Frenzy (or Rumble) was among the robots shown being scattered by the shockwaves created by the landing of the titantic Autobot. {{storylink|Full Throttle Scramble Power!}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
Frenzy was among the Decepticons laying siege on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. He used his pile drivers to disorient [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
In [[2012]], Frenzy's face was on a computer screen in [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s laboratory as Jhiaxus was creating [[Frenzy (G2)|a clone of him]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Either Frenzy or Rumble attempted to capture and/or kill Sparkplug and Buster Witwicky, only to be stopped by the Autobots. He was shot by Cliffjumper's [[glass gas]]. Later, Either Rumble or Frenzy was one of the Decepticons that attacked the Hoover Dam. They were repelled once more by the Autobots. {{storylink|The Deadly Fuel Shortage}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|A Message From Outer Space}}}}

Megatron must have held Frenzy (or Rumble) in high esteem, as the Decepticon leader fantasized about him helping lead an army of Decepticons. {{storylink|Forest Rescue Mission}}

Frenzy (or Rumble) accompanied Galvatron on a mission to [[Oil Valley]], to steal some of the fuel being dug up there. When they spotted Hot Rod and Daniel in the area, the Decepticons gave chase. Frenzy/Rumble and the rest of the Decepticons were driven away when Autobot reinforcements arrived, and had to leave without having procured any oil. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

===Ladybird Books continuity===
As the Decepticons puzzled over the purpose of a mysterious device the Autobots had built, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] suddenly realized [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] was absent. Frenzy announced he'd earlier seen Starscream leave with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]. Correctly surmising that Starscream was going to destroy the device in question, Megatron took Frenzy and the other Decepticons to go stop him. The device turned out to be a lightning collector, as the Decepticons discovered when it emitted a burst of power that caused them all to malfunction. {{storylink|Autobots' Lightning Strike}}

===Listen 'n Play audiobooks continuity===
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Frenzy was assigned the unenviable task of welding Starscream into a fake airliner body. Starscream repeatedly demanded he up the heat on the welding gun so the fake shell would not fall off, and Frenzy claimed that Starscream's own maker would be fooled. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Play)}}

===Big Looker storybooks continuity===
Frenzy was part of the ambush party that boarded the Ark during the Cretaceous period, which led to Optimus Prime crashing his ship in a volcano and shutting everyone on board offline. The Decepticons then raided a nearby nuclear power to gain the additional power necessary to destroy the Autobots. The Decepticons and the Autobots battled afterwards, but with the Decepticons running low on fuel once more, the evil robots were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Battle for Cybertron}}

Frenzy was present when Megatron threatened his troops into coming up with a battle plan for him. {{storylink|Insecticon Attack!}}

===Find Your Fate Junior===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
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In one path, Frenzy was one of many Decepticons in their secret base in [[Mount Lomas]], listening to Megatron's speech about how the [[black coral]] in nearby [[Dolphin's Bay]] would produce enough superfuel to triple their war-making capacity and crush the Autobots in just a few hours. As the speech wrapped up, [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] intercepted a radio transmission containing details on Operation Black Coral which Megatron just mentioned, and took Frenzy with him to investigate. They rushed through a nearby doorway to find [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], whom Frenzy promptly paralyzed with a sonic attack and just left in the underwater tunnel as a rusty warning to anyone else who might stumble across their secret base.

If [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] tried to radio Bumblebee from his [[Star mini-submarine|mini-sub]] afterwards, Frenzy nailed it with a long range sonic attack as well, sending it out of control. In one possible subsequent path, [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] churned up the water near where Bumblebee disappeared to bring him to the surface, then deposited the still-paralyzed Autobot on the opposite shore of the bay. He then resumed stomping to create a tidal wave that collapsed the side of the mountain, washing away many Decepticons including Frenzy, which immediately cured Bumblebee of his paralysis.

In an alternate path, the Decepticons foolishly invited four of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] to a premature mountaintop victory party, thinking they were still being controlled by [[cerebro-shell]]s. Suddenly, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] broke cover and ordered them to attack, then charged Frenzy, ripping him in half. It's not stated whether this freed Bumblebee of his paralysis as well, but it can be ''probably'' assumed.

In yet another alternate path, Frenzy was one of many Decepticons standing beside his leader on the mountaintop, doing nothing of note in the face of yet another Autobot victory.
{{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
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In one possible scenario, where Megatron and his troops had tracked down Sparkplug to a cave in the mountains, Frenzy was amongst the Decepticons present, ready to pounce on the human. Then a small squadron of Autobots arrived to rescue Sparkplug. In the event that Megatron was destroyed by Swoop, Frenzy, along with the rest of the Decepticons, were easily defeated by the Autobots. In the event that Swoop retreated, Frenzy was amongst the Decepticons who remained at the cave instead of pursuing the Dinobot. Frenzy stood next to Megatron in a military formation, along with Buzzsaw, Ransack, Shockwave, Skywarp and Thundercracker, while Megatron delivered his sanction to the Autobots in the cave; "Prepare to die!" The battle that ensued lasted for two full days before the Decepticons were ready to move in for the kill. In the event that Swoop returned in time with reinforcements, Frenzy and the rest of the Decepticons were forced to retreat.

In a completely different possible series of events, Frenzy was amongst the enormous army of Decepticons that Megatron led against Optimus's small squad of Autobots, once the Autobots had been lured out in the open farmlands. If Optimus decided to keep his troops together in one unit while trying to make a dash for a nearby bridge, Frenzy backed up Soundwave, along with Buzzsaw and Laserbeak, in the Decepticons' first attempt to stop them. Although this initial attempt as unsuccessful on the Decepticons' part, they nonetheless eventually managed to halt Optimus's progress and pulverized the Autobots.

In the event that Optimus decided to instead stay behind and provide cover fire while the rest of the Autobots drove to safety, Frenzy was one of the ten Decepticons who ganged up on Optimus all at once. If Jazz backtracked to rescue his commanding officer, Frenzy backed up in fear after seeing Soundwave, Bombshell and Starscream being defeated by the two Autobots, allowing the pair to escape. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Attack of the Insecticons====
Either Rumble or Frenzy were present, yet mostly uninvolved, in a number of possible adventures revolving around the Sun-Pak, a device invented by the Autobots' human ally Sparkplug. {{storylink|Attack of the Insecticons}}

====Earthquake====
For Megatron's latest plot, Frenzy was tasked with monitoring the Destruction Beam which would destroy Center City. {{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}

====Desert Flight====
Frenzy was part of a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshliness’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

In the event that the Autobots used a trojan ruse to infiltrate the Decepticon base, and the Decepticons’ forcefield was disabled, Frenzy and Ravage tackled Powerglide after the later had burst into the Decepticons’ base, guns ablaze, only for the two Decepticons to crash into one another when Powerglide ducked.{{storylink|Desert Flight}}

====Decepticon Poison====
Frenzy is one of the most dreaded of Decepticons! He also has a fighter jet alternate mode.

In one possible sequence of events, Frenzy accompanied Megatron in order to take out the recently poisoned Autobots. They found themselves fighting against the now-cured Autobots, but gained the upper hand early in the fight nonetheless. They were nonetheless force into a retreat when Optimus led a second squad of Autobots into battle.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Frenzy and the others were then quickly defeated.

In another possible scenario, Frenzy was led by Ramjet in a full-scale Decepticon assault. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots managed to weaponize the tainted fuel, took out the first wave of the Decepticons’ attack with the toxic fumes emitted from the liquid when burned. Frenzy and Laserbeak proceeded to attack in the second wave, diving right through the poisonous cloud to drop bombs onto the Autobots. The toxic fumes affected them shortly as well, and when the pair fell out of the sky, the rest of the Decepticons retreated.

In a different sequence of events, Frenzy was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to poison a water supply facility, in order to turn the nearby human population into mindless slaves. In one possible scenario that followed, he was shot down by Powerglide, causing Frenzy to crash into the reservoir, and release his poison supply into it anyways. Whoops. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}

====Autobot Alert!====
Frenzy was stationed at the Decepticons’ command centre, working as a guard to make sure the Decepticons’ latest plan to conquer the Earth went smoothly.

In one possible scenario, he later boarded Astrotrain as the Decepticon shuttle took off from the command centre, and bossed Laserbeak around some.

In a completely different possible scenario, Frenzy accompanied Galvatron on a campaign to retrieve an ancient sphere of cybertite that contained the secrets to an ancient Autobot power-booster. Learning that the sphere was located within a sunken ship off the California coast, Frenzy and the others headed for its location.

If they found the Autobots in the middle of retrieving it, the Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the sphere, and proceeded to rain superior Decepticon firepower upon their foes.

If the Decepticons found the coast deserted, they retrieved the ship themselves, using the might of Devastator.

If Ironhide, Brawn and Grapple attempted to snatch the ship away from the Decepticons, Frenzy and his comrades destroyed the ship and the sphere contained within to keep it out of Autobot hands. The Decepticons then proceeded to pin down the Autobots in their hiding spots, leaving the heroic robots at their mercy.

If Springer, Topspin and Seaspray executed their plan to retrieve the sphere from Decepticon clutches, they successfully distracted the evil robots for long enough to whisk the cybertite sphere back to Metroplex. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

====The Invisibility Factor====
In one possible scenario, Frenzy was one of the Decepticons that happened upon [[Sarah Sanders]]’s ship when it landed in the desert. While Scavenger held the woman captive, Frenzy and the other Decepticons dragged the ship itself to a hidden location.

In another possible scenario, Frenzy and the other Decepticons happened upon Sarah Sanders's ship before any Autobots had come in contact with her. While Scavenger held the woman captive, Frenzy and the other Decepticons dragged the ship itself to a hidden location. In whichever scenario that followed, the Autobots managed to steal the Invisibility Device from the Decepticons, either dazzling Frenzy and the others with their headlights while Hot Rod took the device right out of their hands, or tricking him and most of the other Decepticons into leaving the spaceship behind while they pursued the young Autobot on a wild goose chase. The Decepticons did not succeed in catching Hot Rod no matter what scenario ensued. {{storylink|The Invisibility Factor}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{note|Dreamwave was the first piece of new media to revive confusion over the coloration of Frenzy and Rumble. The blue robot appears in both [[Prime Directive issue 2|''Prime Directive'' #2]] and [[The War Within issue 3|''The War Within'' #3]], but is seen using Rumble's characteristic piledrivers in both instances; given the cartoon-inspired leanings of much of early Dreamwave, these were almost certainly intended to be Rumble in his cartoon color scheme, leaving Frenzy, unnamed in black-and-red, to put in a brief appearance in [[The War Within issue 6|''The War Within'' #6]]. However, ''[[Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]'' and subsequent comics gave the pair their "correct" color schemes, so for the purposes of this article, we go with that approach and consider those early incidents miscolorations.}}

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Frenzy was one of the earliest recruits into Megatron's Decepticons over nine million years ago, apparently associated with Soundwave and his cassettes from the very beginning. Shortly after the appointment of Optimus Prime, Frenzy took part in the major Decepticon offensive against [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], defending one of Cybertron's planetary turbines against Autobot incursion alongside [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Hook (G1)|Hook]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}} In later years, Frenzy served under Shockwave's command during the [[Dark Ages]] as part of the main Decepticon faction. Assigned to guard Shockwave's lab alongside Rumble, the pair were counting up Autobot casualties when one of the lab's machines suddenly exploded. They managed to convince Shockwave that it wasn't their fault, but as they went back to their counting game, another machine similarly blew up. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.3}}

Frenzy was a member of the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' crew when it departed Cybertron in pursuit of the Autobots' Ark four million years ago. Crash-landing on Earth, the Transformers were trapped in stasis until a volcanic eruption awoke them in 1984, and their battle continued on the new world they found themselves on. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #8}} Though not specifically seen or mentioned as one of them, Frenzy was presumably among those defeated Decepticons placed aboard the [[Ark II]] for a return flight to Cybertron. The Ark II was sabotaged by [[Robert Hallo]] and [[Lazarus|Adam Rook]] and exploded mid-flight, but Frenzy was not in evidence among the Transformers salvaged and restored by Rook.

{{note|The novel ''[[Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation]]'', taking place after the Transformers' return, credits a single line of dialogue to Frenzy; however, the description of the character as one who "growled" and was "almost invisible in the dark" indicates that this was an error, and that the speaker in question was actually [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]].}}

Frenzy at last resurfaced in 2003, participating in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons in the Arctic. This fight was interrupted by an unexpected visit from Cybertron—Shockwave and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] working side by side in a unified Cybertronian government. When Shockwave subdued Megatron, Rumble and Frenzy fell under his command, and were assigned watch over their unconscious ex-leader in the hold of the ship that was taking them all back to Cybertron. When Starscream jettisoned Megatron's body into space, the two brothers were nearly sucked out along with him, but managed to cling on to each other and stay aboard the ship. {{storylink|New World Order}}[[File:WarandPeace3 rumble and frenzy.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4]] Once back on Cybertron, Shockwave gave the pair a chance to atone for their failure, dispatching them to surreptitiously free the psychopathic [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] from the [[Detention Banks]] in order to distract Magnus and the [[Wrecker]]s from his true motives. They accomplished their mission, but were caught in the act by Starscream {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} and shanghaied to help liberate the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]] for Starscream's own plans. With Soundwave's assent, Frenzy and the rest of the Nemesis crew agreed to follow Starscream back to Earth and pillage and plunder its energy resources. Things did not go quite as planned, though, as Frenzy was the first to realize that the ship they were departing in was actually the Autobot [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Subduing Sky Lynx, Frenzy and the rest of Starscream's "brigade" were able to return to Earth and reoccupy their old underwater base. After Starscream went missing during a subsequent escapade involving [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], Frenzy and Rumble busied themselves by seeing which of them could shoot the most fish swimming in the waters around their headquarters. When Starscream returned, Frenzy rushed off to warn Soundwave, who had since made contact with the missing Megatron. {{storylink|Infestation (Dreamwave)|Infestation}} A short time later, Frenzy and Rumble were at Soundwave's side to welcome Megatron back to their base, the two brothers opening the doors to allow their leader access. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Frenzy was one of the many Transformers recovered from the crashed ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' by [[Cobra]]. He was repaired and retrofitted by [[Doctor Mindbender]], who proudly displayed him, Soundwave, and his fellow Mini-Cassettes to [[Destro]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #2}} Frenzy was released by Soundwave, along with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], during an attack on the [[SPS Research Facility|SPS Center]]. Frenzy was the first of the [[Battle Android Trooper]]s to fall when [[Sci-Fi]] fired a laser through his head. His body was taken into custody by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Two years later, Frenzy was back on Cybertron under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. When [[Teletran 3]] malfunctioned, sending Transformers of both factions throughout Earth's timeline, Shockwave had his troops encircle the super-computer. Ultra Magnus kept it safe within a force-field, forcing Frenzy and the others to wait around until his power supply ran out. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 2|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #2}}
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===''Transformers/G.I. Joe''===
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Frenzy was among the Decepticons that were pressed into the service of [[Cobra]] in 1938. When [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] attacked Cobra's base on the [[Fera Islands]] the following year, Frenzy was guarding the airfield. He found [[Beachhead|Beach Head]] trying to sneak into the air control tower, and attacked the soldier when he didn't know the password. Beach Head attempted to electrocute Frenzy, but the Decepticon was unimpressed, responding that he always enjoyed that humans had something Autobots don't—a capacity for pain. {{storylink|Wolves}} During the fight, Frenzy was lured out on the airfield, where Beach Head poured airplane fuel on him. [[Grunt]] then opened fire on the airplane's fuel tank, causing an explosion that heavily damaged Frenzy and enveloped him in flames. Defiant till the end, Frenzy got back up, sneering at the "meat" trying to cook him, but the Joes continued to pepper him with bullets until he went down. {{storylink|Trenches}}
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===''The Beast Within''===
Either Rumble or Frenzy participated in a savage Decepticon offensive against the Decepticons. He was defeated by Grimlock.

Then, either Frenzy or Rumble was one of the first victims to fall to [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ monstrous combined form. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===''Lil Formers''===
Frenzy was one of the absurd amount of minions Soundwave ejected out of his chest, all in a row, in preparation for a fight. When Rumble refused to come out (since he now had all the leg-room inside Soundwave's chest to himself!) Frenzy shot him back a disapproving look.

Later, Runamuck had Frenzy repaint him black so as to pass for Runabout, in a ploy to avoid punishment for his latest failure. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Timelines''===
In [[Primax 094.0 Gamma|one universe]], Frenzy sacrificed himself to defend Autobot and Decepticon alike against the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}} which sent his brother [[Rumble (G1)#Minion of Unicron|Rumble]] into a deep depression. Some time later, [[Unicron]] abducted Rumble for the [[Universe War]]; {{storylink|Rumble (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|BotCon 2006 Rumble bio}} [[Vector Prime]] noted that Rumble possibly took comfort in the fact that the individual most responsible for Frenzy's death, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], was abducted and forcibly reformatted as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/30}}

===''Universe'' cartoon===
Either Frenzy or Rumble was present during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. He fought side by side with a green Decepticon.

Either Rumble or Frenzy later participated in a battle alongside Thrust and Soundwave during the early days of the Autobot/Decepticon war. {{storylink|Action Blast 1}}

===''Q-Robo Transformer''===
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===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:HeartsofSteel3 Frenzy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Oh man! When did Frenzy have time to become a coal-miner?]]
Frenzy was among the Decepticons present in [[Death Valley]] when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Tobias Muldoon]] discussed the pros and cons of constructing a base there. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} Some time after the factory was completed, Frenzy was guarding its borders when [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] arrived. At Bonaventure's request, Frenzy escorted him to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}}

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===2005 IDW continuity===
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{{note|The IDW continuity has been inconsistent regarding the colors of Frenzy and Rumble. By and large, Frenzy is depicted as blue in most books, but ''[[The Transformers: Autocracy|Autocracy]]'' and the [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]] colored him red and black, while ''[[The Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' has coloured him '''both''' ways.}}
[[File:MegOrigin 1 FrenzyandRumble captured.jpg‎|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Either a typo, or extremely early practice of his Brooklyn accent.]]
Millions of years ago, Frenzy and Rumble were working together as "industrial equipment" on [[Mining Outpost C-12]], harvesting energon veins for Cybertron. When their employment was terminated by the [[Senate]] in favor of automation, a riot broke out among the miners, and they were taken into custody. With the aid of their fellow miner [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], however, Frenzy and Rumble hijacked the shuttle transporting them to prison, and the trio fled into the bowels of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 1|Megatron Origin #1}} There, they became participants in an underground deathsport tournament fronted by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], fighting alongside him in the arena. After Megatron killed Clench and took control of the gladiatorial circle, Frenzy and Rumble accompanied him to a meeting with [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]], a representative of Senator [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], who wished to help foster the public unrest Megatron was fomenting. The meeting was observed by council spies [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and [[Fastback (G1)|Fastback]]; Rumble and Frenzy held down Bumper so Megatron could interrogate him. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

[[File:Autocracy3 frenzy.jpg|thumb|225px|"Yeah, yeah, FIRRIB, FIBRIR, waa waa waa..."]]
As part of Megatron's growing plans, Frenzy and Rumble were modified to lose their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s and instead fit inside Soundwave's chest compartment. They were not too happy with this, but didn't dare to protest against Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} It was in these new forms that they were able to enact Megatron's "Trojan Horse" scheme, smuggled into the Senate facilities inside Soundwave where they helped assassinate the Senators, free arrested gladiators, and acquire an armory's worth of weapons for all. Megatron's forces began to lay waste to the city, and at the uprising's climax, Frenzy and Rumble watched their leader defeat [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

As Megatron's "Decepticon" movement continued to grow, Frenzy accompanied Soundwave on a mission to spy on [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]. Discovered by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]] and fleeing, Soundwave deployed Frenzy in a crowded marketplace, where the little 'bot used his sonic vibrations to instill panic and fear amongst the civilians present, causing the crowd to turn on Pax. Making use of this distraction, Soundwave managed to reach the borders of Kaon before Orion caught up and shot Frenzy. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} No long after, when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] usurped Decepticon leadership, having exiled Megatron to [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]], Frenzy and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] were a bit confused since they thought Junkion was just a myth. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

[[File:AHM2DrillFrenzy.jpg|upright=1.66|left|thumb|This is why I hate dentists.]]
Frenzy was apparently not with Soundwave when he visited Earth in 1984 and was trapped in his [[alternate mode]], but he eventually reconnected with him and the rest of the Decepticon detachment on Earth by 2007, when the villains tricked and defeated the Autobots on the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} With the Autobots exiled back to the dead Cybertron, the Decepticons declared open warfare on the human populace. Faced with hundreds of armed troops on the Great Lawn of [[New York City]]'s Central Park, Soundwave unleashed Frenzy, who, driven insane by millions of years of exposure to his own sonic vibrations, single-handedly annihilated the entire human detachment. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}

[[File:Bumblebee 1 Frenzy Blood.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Frenzy's heard about bovine contributions to the greenhouse effect and decided to go proactive.]]
After the Autobots returned and drove the Decepticons from Earth, Frenzy was one of the unfortunates left stranded on the planet. Left abandoned for two years, his tenuous mental condition deteriorated even further, and he began talking to himself and engaged in regular cattle mutilation and slaughter. He was tagged for capture by [[Skywatch]], and they sent their new allies, [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]] and the Autobots, to detain the crazed Mini-Cassette. Frenzy was captured and turned over to the humans. {{storylink|The Hanging Sword}}

Despite his capture by Skywatch, contrary reports place Frenzy on the asteroid on which the destitute Decepticons had holed up, assisting Soundwave and [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]] as they built a new body for Megatron. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 2: Altered Carbon|Altered Carbon}} Four months later, Frenzy accompanied Soundwave back to Earth and attacked a Skywatch base holding a number of captured Decepticons. Frenzy used his sonic attack to bring the pain to [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Silverstreak]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 1: The Demolished Man|The Demolished Man}} Later at the Decepticon base, he was amongst those who prepared to watch a fight between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and was presumably caught in the blast when Prime ended the fight early by having a satellite dropped on the base. {{storylink|Revenge of the Decepticons Part 5: Enemy Mine|Enemy Mine}}

After the [[Chaos (IDW)|Chaos Event]] ended the war, Frenzy stayed on Cybertron as the Autobots and [[NAIL]]s tried to rebuild their society. While many Decepticons tried to become part of the new world, Frenzy stuck by Soundwave and Shockwave, who were actually in contact with the missing Megatron, and putting a plan in place to re-ignite the war. When the time came, they used their mind-controlled minion [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] to stage their apparent deaths, so they could put the final pieces of their plan into place in absolute secrecy, though Prowl's catspaw [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] did it in the most violent way possible, incapacitating them all by blowing up the pen in which they were living. {{storylink|The End of the Beginning of the World}}

[[File:IDW RID13 frenzy newbody.jpg|thumb|left|200px|You should 'tread' lightly around the new Frenzy. Eh? Eh?]]

Relocated to the [[Black Room]], Frenzy was upgraded into a new body with a tank alternate mode {{storylink|The Verge}} and took to the streets as the Decepticons put their plans into motion. His new body duplicated the power of his sonic attacks, but unfortunately for him, he hadn't realized the effectiveness of sound waves depend on the thickness of the atmosphere. He learned that lesson after [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] easily waded through his attack and clocked him. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} After the battle was over, all Autobots and Decepticons who wouldn't renounce their factions were banished into the wilderness, including Frenzy. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

Frenzy fought beside Soundwave when [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] challenged his claim for leadership of the Decepticons, {{storylink|Shockpoint}} and went with Soundwave to [[Crystal City]] to confront Shockwave, hiding in Soundwave's chest with the other cassettes until Soundwave let them loose in order to catch the traitorous scientist off-guard. The regenerative properties of the [[Ore-14]] in the city soon made any fighting pointless, and Soundwave's party retreated. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} When the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]] appeared on Cybertron's surface and unleashed its death-wave, Frenzy was heavily affected as his whole body began to corrode away. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} Thanks to [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s "life-wave," Frenzy managed to recover {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} just in time to do some drinking and singing at [[Swerve's]]. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} Frenzy helped Soundwave and his fellow cassettes in defending Cybertron against the [[Ammonite]]s, {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} and looked up to watch when the ''[[Lost Light]]'' came back from Crystal City. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Frenzy wound up as a member of Soundwave and Galvatron's new Decepticons, {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 4: Full Fathom Five|Full Fathom Five}} and went to Earth with the rest of them. Following Soundwave and Galvatron's meeting with the leadership of the [[Earth Defense Command]], Frenzy watched as Galvatron slammed Rumble into a wall in anger. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} When the Decepticons and EDC ambushed the Autobots together at [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]]'s homestead, Frenzy and Rumble attacked [[Kup (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Kup]] together. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} Frenzy then participated in the battle against the Autobots on [[Marshall Islands|Bikini Atoll]]. {{storylink|Earthfall Chapter 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}

[[File:Vs.-RumbleFrenzyAltmodes.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Frenzy was quick to say he and some other Decepticons would be glad to help Galvatron after he interrupted a card game they were playing to invite them along in going after [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} Frenzy and Rumble waited in a [[Tokyo]] back alley in their brand-new motorcycle alt-modes for Witwicky and [[Jimmy Pink]], who were on the run from Prowl and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], to use them to try and escape. Frenzy and Rumble instead brought them to the waiting Galvatron, with Frenzy warning Spike not to provoke his brother. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Frenzy then fought the Constructicons and wasn't too enthused when Jimmy tried to teach him and the other Decepticons how to play Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Three: ONoffON|ONoffON}} Frenzy helped Jimmy in saving Spike from the raging [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] during the combiner's attack on an [[Onyx]]-owned [[Wanmu]] facility, and asked Galvatron about retreating. He, Rumble, and [[Ayana Jones]] then brought Spike and Jimmy to Galvatron and [[Marissa Faireborn]] as prisoners. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati}}

Following the crash-landing of the Decepticon-occupied ''[[Ark-7]]'' in [[Shanghai]], Frenzy was one of those there to greet Galvatron's new soldiers. {{storylink|Conquerors Part 4: Perihelion|Perihelion}} During the subsequent battle with Optimus Prime and his own soldiers, Frenzy was left stunned by the EDC's [[mindbomb]]. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} Fortunately, he managed to get on board the ''[[Peace Without Tyranny]]''. During the trip back to [[Sanctuary Station]], Frenzy and Rumble explained to new Decepticon [[Swift (G1)|Swift]] all about how Optimus was not a true Prime, but just another oppressor. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}} Frenzy was present when Soundwave and Optimus's new alliance discussed plans to launch an underwater assault on the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} and when this attack went south following Galvatron's use of the Onyx interface to control the [[Seeker clone]] combiners and create some new ones, Frenzy and Rumble decided to hang back as the various combiners beat on [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. After Superion ended up prevailing, Frenzy and Rumble came out of hiding to pat each on the back on what excellent work they had done. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}}

[[File:FeelSafeWithoutRegrets-NoRegrets.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Rumble and Frenzy were still being evacuated from the ocean with the others when Earth Defense Command launched a strike on the recovering Cybertronians. {{storylink|White Light}} They briefly fought back before [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] led a retreat by the wounded. {{storylink|White Heat}}

Never ones to stay out of trouble, Rumble and Frenzy became secret arms dealers, in violation of the [[Tyrest Accord]] and...well, just about everybody's good sense. They stockpiled the confiscated and discarded weapons brought aboard Sanctuary Station and arranged to bring them to Earth. Using [[Holomatter|holomatter avatars,]] they began selling Cybertronian weaponry to humans who felt they needed to protect themselves from the alien threat. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 1: To Walk Among the Chosen|To Walk Among the Chosen}} {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}}

Meanwhile, Soundwave requested their aid on an infiltration mission when the [[Junkion (species)|Junkion]]s arrived on Earth. Rumble and Frenzy had lost some respect for Soundwave since he started hanging out with Autobots and the Prime, but they were bored, so whatever. They joined Sanctuary's resident Autobot [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] in entering the Junkion ship to determine the scope of their forces, but ran afoul of a tank of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticon]]s. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 3: Behind My Bleeding Back|Behind My Bleeding Back}} They were overwhelmed by the marauding hordes. {{storylink|New Cybertron Part 4: Dance Among the Shadows|Dance Among the Shadows}} Fortunately, Soundwave managed to talk down the Sharkticons when the Junkions attacked Earth with them, pacifying even the ones facing Rumble and Frenzy. They tried to escape the Junkion ship, but ducked for cover when they saw Arcee facing off against [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]], with no desire to face her blades again. Still, when the wall of the ship was ripped open and everyone was revealed, they totally claimed they were good guys and were helping the whole time! Honest! {{storylink|New Cybertron End: Feel Safe Without Regrets|Feel Safe Without Regrets}}

[[File:PrimelessPart2-HolomatterAvatars.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Rumble and Frenzy's gunrunning scam was eventually uncovered by [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and the Colonist Autobots working with [[Aileron]]. The political ramifications worked to their advantage, though, as the Autobots couldn't figure out how to punish them without making things worse on Earth for Cybertronians. Aileron reluctantly decided to bury the information, letting the Cassettes off scot free. {{storylink|Primeless, Part 2}} Rumble and Frenzy moved on to movie production, trying to create a blockbuster action movie called ''[[Dark Invasion]]'' under their company title, Tape Bros. It bombed so bad at the box office, the market was ruined for Thundercracker's biopic on Starscream. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}} Some time later, when [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] invaded Earth, the pair reluctantly took up arms against the planet-eater's invading [[Maximal]] hordes in [[São Paulo]] with [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]]. {{storylink|Ceremony}}

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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-FrenzyRumble.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

At some undetermined point in time, Frenzy stood in close proximity to [[Lugnut (TF 2010)|Lugnut]] and [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]]. {{storylink|A New Battle!}}

Later, Frenzy was part of a squad of Decepticons that waited in ambush for the Autobots on the planet Nebulos. Hidden away in inner-space, the Decepticons took the small Autobot unit by surprise. Frenzy and Rumble attempted to bar [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]]'s way, only to be taken out by a single shot from the Autobot. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}

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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Fated Rival, Once Again...}} {{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:Frenzy_(NOT_Rumble)_Kre-O_Character_Image.jpg|200px|thumb|"Well, I'm mad and I've gotta smash someth- Oh Bricks!"]]
Frenzy was among [[Bludgeon (Kre-O)|Bludgeon]]'s troops as they discovered the [[Red Bucket]]. He looked up in terror as [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] used the blocks of the bucket to build a giant Mega-Jazz robot to send everyone packing. {{storylink|Treasure Competition! Defeat with Block Power!}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===

[[File:ISawThreeShips-ThreePassengers.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Frenzy was aboard Soundwave when he, Shockwave and Starscream traveled from Cybertron to Earth to demand the humans surrender to Megatron. Frenzy, Laserbeak and Ravage met with the representative of their [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] welcomers, [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]], who made it clear that Earth had no intent of surrendering. This led to a battle which culminated with the Decepticons' defeat. As Frenzy and Laserbeak made their escape from the battleground, they were snatched up by a [[Cobra]] airship, and offered sanctuary by the [[Baroness|Serpentress]]. {{storylink|I Saw Three Ships}}

Now part of the Decepticobra alliance, Frenzy came across [[Duke (G.I. Joe)|Duke]] skulking about within [[Decepticobropolis]]. He restrained the Joe and informed him that he planned on taking revenge for Soundwave's recent demise. But as Frenzy spoke, Duke stuffed a bomb inside his mouth. The explosive killed Frenzy, and Duke made good on his escape. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}}

Much later, a fatally wounded Hawk briefly remembered his first encounter with Frenzy as he passed away. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}

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===''Cloud''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Eagerness}} {{storylink|Lightwave}}}}

===''Universe''/Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 094.0 Gamma|one universe]], Frenzy died in the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] war, courtesy of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s machinations. Afterwards, his brother [[Rumble (G1)#Minion of Unicron|Rumble]] became even more antisocial. {{storylink|Rumble (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|BotCon 2006 Rumble bio}} {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 30 August 2015}}

{{note|This bio was not ''entirely'' official for years. It comes from the [[BotCon 2006]] customization class, but it was apparently never vetted by Hasbro (much like [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]]'s). Almost a decade later, the Facebook edition of "[[Ask Vector Prime]]" would canonize it.}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
Frenzy was one of a number of rogue Decepticons who kidnapped their universe's Optimus Prime before fleeing to a [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|parallel universe]], where they stole a number of human inventions for the express purpose of upgrading themselves into [[Go-Bot (G2)|Go-Bots]]. With their new bodies, they were able to outfight the Autobots sent to rescue their leader, then used a stolen [[Brainwave Scanner]] to turn Optimus into the evil [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/12}}

Nemesis was not content to be a mere soldier in Megatron's thrall, however; after turning Frenzy and [[Crash Test (G2)|Crash Test]] to his side, he and his new followers went their own way. The trio launched an attack on [[Jasper]], [[Nevada]] to steal the D-5 supertrain, and in the ensuing clash Frenzy's sonic powers overwhelmed [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force fields. Nemesis Prime took the human [[Kelly]] prisoner; although his two minions urged him to kill her, the crisis of conscience reawakened his true personality, and the Autobot leader promptly disposed of the Decepticons. Frenzy and Crash Test then took a group of human scientists hostage—the seemingly-helpless humans were in fact disguised operatives of the [[People's Liberation Army Paranormal Taskforce]], who incapacitated the Cybertronians with electro-disruptors and captured them. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/07/14}}

===Precursor World===
A blue Frenzy was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. He and his comrades followed their commander [[Blue Big Convoy]] into battle when a duel between [[G1 World|dimension-tossed]] future warriors [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity#Generations Selects Special Comic (1)|Ultra Megatron]] and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Star Convoy]] threatened the [[Blue Planet (GS)|Blue Planet]] and [[Beast People|its people]]. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 2}}

In short order the battle went sideways when the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, and an infected Frenzy attacked fellow Blue Warrior [[Dai Atlas (G1)#Precursor World|Dai Atlas]] in the ensuing free-for-all. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}}

Evidently eventually slain in the brawl himself, Frenzy was later memorialized with a hologram in the inner sanctum of the [[Ivory Towers]] by [[Magna Convoy]]. {{storylink|Cybertron Magna Convoy prequel comic}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
[[File:PrimesDirectivePart5-Frenzy.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

Soundwave ejected Frenzy during the Decepticon attack on [[Kronos]]. He and Laserbeak successfully tag-teamed [[Scotty]], but were eventually taken out by a [[Klingon]] armada and captured by the organic aliens. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Five}}

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===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Tremors SixshotRumbleFrenzy.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Frenzy was originally a miner, but later transferred to Cybertron's [[Intelligence]] division, and had worked with [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] once or twice. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}} Eventually, Frenzy and Rumble both joined [[The Rise]] as part of a larger plan to affect change on Cybertron. {{storylink|The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five}} Hidden in a network of secret bunkers and abandoned [[War of the Threefold Spark|Threefold Spark]] bases, The Rise did its best to illegally procure [[energon]] through various sources, and at one point Frenzy was part of a team sent to steal energon from the [[energon transmission station]] near [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Under as-yet-unclear circumstances, Frenzy panicked during the raid and, whether deliberately or by accident, murdered [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], the station's operator, by impaling him on his drills. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors}}

When the murder went public, Rise leader [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] hid Frenzy away; as the political situation on Cybertron continued deteriorating, he would later be joined by [[Quake (G1)|Quake]] as two of the most wanted members of the organization. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} [[Security Operations]] would eventually piece together Frenzy as the most likely suspect, {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part One}} and eventually put out a warrant for his arrest. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} Anticipating another security crackdown Shockwave organized the secret relocation of the most dangerous Risers, which included both Quake, Frenzy, and Rumble. However, a violent groundquake sent their trailer tumbling into a fissure, and while trying to lie low the Risers stumbled across [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]]'s scientific team, who called in [[Firestar (G1)|Novastar]]'s counter-terrorism unit. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Tremors}} After Quake had been pinned, [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] ordered the infiltration troopers to cut him free before the arrival of [[Leviathan (G1)|Leviathan]] turned the tide of the battle. Finding the situation unsalvageable, Sixshot reverted to jet mode and flew Rumble and Frenzy away. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Prisoners|Prisoners}}

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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:TheMagicOfCybertron-FrenzysNewHobby.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

After [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] arrived in [[Equestria]], he ejected several minions to scout out the area, including Frenzy. The Decepticons encountered [[Fluttershy]] and [[Discord (MLP)|Discord]]; though many of the other cassettes quickly befriended the compassionate pony, Frenzy had no patience for her and promptly smacked her around—a move that drew the ire of Discord, their animal friends, and even the other Decepticons. After a short fight, Soundwave and Frenzy decided to befriend the Equestrians instead, and enjoyed some time playing together. {{storylink|Pet Sounds}}

After returning to Cybertron, Frenzy developed an affinity for pony culture and took to reading a book Fluttershy had given him during their last encounter, though other Decepticons like [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]] didn't understand his new interest. When Megatron hatched a new scheme to steal the magic of Equestria and bring it to Cybertron, the Decepticons brought back a crystal that contained [[King Sombra]]'s magical essence. During a skirmish between the ponies and Decepticons, [[Twilight Sparkle]]'s magic released the evil king, who put a number of Decepticons, including Frenzy, under his mind-control spell. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}

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==Commercial appearances==
Soundwave, Rumble, and Frenzy had an intense and epic dance-off against Blaster, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]], and [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. {{storylink|Blaster VS Soundwave 2013}}

==Games==
===Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons===
When Optimus embarked on his mission to rescue the Autobots' [[Mini Vehicle|Minicar]] troops from the Decepticons, Frenzy could hinder Optimus Prime's progress, by driving him temporarily crazy, causing the Autobot hero to briefly break down. {{storylink|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons|Adventure Game: Defeat the Decepticons packaging blurb and game}}

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
Frenzy was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey, confronting him in the [[Temple Ruins]]... in theory. In reality, he was nowhere to be seen. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Frenzy's supposed appearance in this game is from a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], but as noted, he's not actually in the game at all. Not even an unused sprite hidden in the code.}}

===''The Transformers'' (Commodore 64)===
[[File:C64 frenzy.jpg|left|thumb|C64FIRRIB]]
Frenzy was among the Decepticons who tried to prevent the Autobots from recovering the scattered pieces of their [[energon cube]]s. Created by the power of [[Robo-Cloning]], innumerable duplicate copies of Frenzy bedevilled the Autobots on their quest. {{storylink|The Transformers (Commodore 64)|The Transformers}}
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===''Transformers G1: Awakening''===
[[File:Gluawakening frenzy.jpg|thumb]]
Frenzy was aboard the Decepticon flagship when it attacked the Autobots' Ark four million years ago, and wound up trapped in stasis on Earth when the vessels crashed. The Decepticons were eventually all reactivated by a volcanic eruption, but the only Autobots to awaken were [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]. As Bumblebee ventured out into the strange new world to search for energon to reactivate his comrades, Frenzy was the first Decepticon he encountered, and promptly dispatched. Frenzy repeatedly returned for more punishment, backing up his larger Decepticon allies as the battle for Earth raged on. {{storylink|Transformers G1: Awakening}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
Frenzy joined [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Beastbox (G1)|Beastbox]] in infiltrating a human science facility to gain access to a technology to increase [[Energon]] production. The trio were faced by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and his tapes. {{storylink|Espionage}}

After Optimus Prime's defeat at the hand of Megatron, Frenzy was involved in the skirmishes in Autobot city that ensued. {{storylink|The Omega Corps}}

When humans unlocked the secrets of [[Gravitronic Energy]], Soundwave and his minions, Frenzy among them, attempted to take possession of the data, but were foiled by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. {{storylink|Box Trap}}

With [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]'s abuse of his men causing dissent in the ranks, Frenzy and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] took him to the planet of the [[Torkuli]] for treatment, however the treatment proved ineffective, and the pair had to flee as Galvatron destroyed the planet. {{storylink|Web World}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Christopher Swindle]]}}
Frenzy aided Soundwave in his battles with the Autobots. {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
Frenzy is - alongside Rumble, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw - one of the minions released by Soundwave as the larger bot's special ability.

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

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

==Notes==
[[File:Frenzyname.jpg|thumb|Boy, times change.]]
*According to his toy's bio, he "Can roll his drums to produce high-pitch, grating sound of 200dB." This is about 100 times as loud as the famous Krakatoa volcanic eruption, which was audible 3,000 miles away. It's also six decibels louder than the 194 dB that is usually quoted as the maximum sound limit in Earth's atmosphere. However, that 194 dB limit assumes one is at sea-level and that the temperature is zero degrees Celsius. A sound of 200 dB is theoretically achievable on Earth under higher-pressure conditions (such as below sea-level) or at sub-zero temperatures.
*An early character bio for Frenzy published in ''[[The Transformers Comics Magazine]]'' gave him the nickname of '''Maddog'''.
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]'s character model in Frenzy's colors is seen retreating with the Decepticons at the end of "[[Attack of the Autobots (episode)|Attack of the Autobots]]". Frenzy himself does not otherwise appear in the episode, making the actuality of his appearance in it arguable.
*Sunbow casting documents indicate that "Frenzy" was originally considered as a name for the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcon]], [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]], but was dropped—presumably because that name was already in use.
*The Rumble/Frenzy head design was used as the basis for the head of [[Freezon]], the Decepticon [[Tyco]] [[Electric Racing Set]] car.
*According to the cardbacks of ''Generation 2'' figures, the Go-Bots version of Frenzy was originally planned to be in red... which would've just added more fuel to the FIBRIR/FIRRIB debates.<ref>[http://transformersgallery.iquebec.com/jouet/bots92-1.jpg Go-Bots gallery]</ref>
*As with most other cameo Kreons, Frenzy uses existing ''Kre-O'' parts to make up his build: he uses the [[Hound (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Hound]] helmet, the [[Onslaught (G1)#Kre-O|Onslaught]] twin cannon backpack and Kreon legs for arms in homage to [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]]'s pile-driver arms (The Japanese dub of ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' corrected the whole FIRRIB/FIBRIR issue by swapping the names, turning Rumble into Frenzy to make him consistent with the toy naming).
**Like almost all Japanese fiction or toys, he is [[FIRRIB|blue]]. His Kreon figure is red (well, black, but that's what anyone really means by saying he's red).

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Frenzy''' (フレンジー ''Furenjī'')
*''French:'' '''Frénétik''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Tomboló''' ("Rampager")
*''Italian:'' '''Tartar'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Franz''' (Taiwan, 法蘭茲 ''Fǎlánzī''), '''Míluàn''' (迷乱, "Frenzy")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Frenesim''' (Portugal comics), '''Frenético''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Dikiy''' (Дикий, "Wild")

==References==
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[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Spin Off Primus Vanguard]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
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SÃ£o Paulo

2021-10-29T20:08:24Z

N.A.T.S.: Forgot to include the categories.

{{picsneeded|Comic interior about the city itself}}
'''São Paulo''' is a major city in [[Brazil]] on [[Earth]]. It is not often served as the site of [[Transformer]] activity, battles, and even bases, but when it does, it can be a bad sign to it's citizens.

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW Continuity===
São Paulo was one of the many cities around the globe that was invaded by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron's]] [[Maximal]]s, with [[Strongarm (G1)|Strongarm]], [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] fighting side by side to defend it. {{storylink|Ceremony}}
{{--}}

==Games==
===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
====Autobot Campaign====
While fighting against [[Decepticon]] forces in the city, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] witnessed a [[protoform]] crashing down close to them. Upon recruting him, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] showed up and Optimus fought against him. As per [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s instructions, the protoform went away from the scene and back to the city area; [[Scanning|scanned]] a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. After meeting with Bumblebee and Ironhide, a subsequent attack by the Decepticons allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing a Decepticon recruit. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots}}

====Decepticon Campaign====
While fighting against [[Autobot]] forces in the city, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] witnessed a [[protoform]] crashing down close to them. Upon recruiting him, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] showed up and Starscream fought against him. As per [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]'s instructions, the protoform went away from the scene and back to the city area; [[Scanning|scanned]] a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. After meeting with Grindor and Sideways, a subsequent attack by the Autobots allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing an Autobot recruit. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons}}

==External Link==
* {{w|São Paulo|São Paulo on Wikipedia}}

[[Category:Cities]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cities]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) cities]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen cities]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]
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SÃ£o Paulo

2021-10-29T20:03:03Z

N.A.T.S.: Okay, the page about São Paulo is finally here.

File:Rise Constructicons Megatron what.jpg

2021-10-29T19:37:00Z

N.A.T.S.: It should be obvious by now that Megatron's shocking face is dull surprise.

{{TFAcap|[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s [[Dull surprise|shocked]] face upon learning that the [[Decepticon]]s have such a bad reputation.|Rise of the Constructicons|8}}

Hearts of Steel issue 3

2021-10-29T19:32:01Z

N.A.T.S.: /* Featured characters */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Evolutions]] [[Hearts of Steel]]'' #3
|prev=Hearts of Steel issue 2
|next=Hearts of Steel issue 4
|title=
|image=Hearts_of_Steel_3a.jpg
|caption=In how many comics do you get to see Starscream and Ravage working together? Not enough, I say.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[August 30]], 2006
|coverdate=August 2006
|written by=[[Chuck Dixon]]
|art by=[[Antonio Vasquez]], [[Luis Czerniawski]], & [[Sulaco Studios]]
|colors by=[[Jay Fotos]] & [[Josh Burcham]]
|letters by=[[Robbie Robbins]]
|edits by=[[Chris Ryall]] & [[Dan Taylor (IDW)|Dan Taylor]] (& [[Justin Eisinger]] for the collection)
|continuity=[[Hearts of Steel]]
}}

'''Ravage attacks Mark Twain... 'nuff said!'''

==Synopsis==
In the "high, arid wastes of [[Death Valley]]", a lonely stagecoach encounters [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]], who is standing guard near the [[Decepticon]] factory. He rather politely tells them to turn around and leave, but the occupant of the stage, [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]], tells him he may have business with Frenzy's employer.

Frenzy escorts him to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]. Bonaventure, while trying to track down [[Bumblebee (G1)|the yellow machine]]'s origins, has learned a great deal about the [[Decepticon]]s' activities, though he has apparently not realized that there are two factions of [[Transformer]]s. He offers to be Starscream's intermediary in dealings with humans. As Starscream no longer has [[Tobias Muldoon]] to serve in that role, he accepts. Bonaventure states that he doesn't really care about Starscream's long-term goals, so long as he makes a profit.

[[Image:Marktwainvsravage.jpg|left|250px|thumb|In how many comics do you get to see Mark Twain fighting a giant robot cat? Not enough, I say.]]
Meanwhile, in [[San Francisco]], Muldoon is telling his story to [[Stanford Merriweather]], [[Kitty Merriweather]], and [[Mark Twain]]. The Merriweathers think he's delirious; Twain is slightly more credulous. The conversation is interrupted by [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], who bursts through the window, apparently intending to kill Muldoon. Twain fends off Ravage with a chair while Muldoon makes sure the Merriweathers (and their [[Cleveland (human)|servants]]) get to safety. Muldoon then covers their retreat with a decorative sword and shield, until Ravage pitches him through a window. Ravage briefly gets caught in debris while exiting the house, which is rapidly filling with gas. Twain uses that moment to (apparently) flick his [[cigar]] at Ravage, which causes an explosion that flings Ravage into the bay. Merriweather is shocked, but now fully believes Muldoon's story, and promises to use his connections to get the Army and the [[President of the United States|President]] involved.

[[Image:Sb hos.jpg|left|200px|thumb|In how many comics do you get to see Squawkbox doing ''anything at all?'' Not enough, I say.]]
Back at the Decepticon factory, Bonaventure and Mister [[Vanflint|Vanfleet]] watch new Decepticons being assembled (or modified), and marvel that all this came from investigating one little yellow locomotive. Starscream overhears, and demands more information. Vanflint recounts how they investigated (the deliveries to the middle of nowhere were the primary clue). Starscream concludes that the yellow locomotive is Bumblebee, and that the [[Autobot]]s are active. He orders [[Squawkbox]] to telegraph the news to all Decepticons.

Elsewhere, a lone [[Autobot]] crouches by a telegraph line. He intercepts a signal, and goes running off to convey the signal to the rest of the Autobots (badly startling a human and his horse).

At [[John Henry]]'s camp, [[Brawley]] and [[Cletus]] are singing a song about Henry. He acts displeased, but is smiling. Bumblebee comes to tell Henry that he and the Autobots are leaving, to fight the Decepticons. Henry says that humans have a stake in this fight too, and wakes his crew, telling them they're riding with a new gang now.

At the Decepticon factory, an Army company arrives, to find it deserted. They telegraph their findings to Muldoon and his companions, who are aboard Merriweather's private train. Tobias correctly deduces the Decepticons' plans, and they set out to intercept them (and, apparently, send instructions to the Army).

Meanwhile, the Autobots, Henry, and his crew, are barreling east, as Brawley adds a new verse about Bumblebee to his song.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
* Wandering Autobot (17)
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (21)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (22)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (23)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (24)

|c2=
* [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (1)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (3)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (5)
* [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] (6)
* [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] (12)
* [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] (13)
* [[Squawkbox]] (14)
* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (15)
* [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] (16)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] trio (26-28)

|c3=
* [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] (2)
* [[Vanflint|Vanfleet]] (4)
* [[Tobias Muldoon]] (7)
* [[Cleveland (human)|Cleveland]] (8)
* [[Stanford Merriweather]] (9)
* [[Kitty Merriweather]] (10)
* [[Mark Twain]] (11)
* [[Brawley and Cletus|Brawley]] (18)
* [[Brawley and Cletus|Cletus]] (19)
* [[John Henry]] (20)
* [[Quincannon]] (25)
}}

==Quotes==
"Soon, and with your aid, the Earth will become as our homeworld of ''Cybertron'' — a ''technoarchy'' ruled by efficiency, logic, mathematics, and science." 
"And profit. Let us not disregard the benefits of ''profit.''"
:—'''Starscream''' and '''Jacob Lee Bonaventure'''

"If seeing clockwork ''pumas'' is a symptom of dementia, then we are ''all'' bound for Bedlam, sir."
:—'''Mark Twain'''

"I ''never'' let a man fight my fights for me. You just let me get my ''hammer,'' friend. You're gonna need some ''muscle'' with your iron."
:—'''John Henry'''

"We stop their train's progress or ''surrender'' our will to their mechanical ministry."
:—'''Tobias Muldoon'''

"Bumblebee was an engine forged from Pittsburgh iron 
Had a furnace for a heart and a bellyful of coal 
And he'd win or he'd die tryin' 
Lawd Lawd 
He'd win or he'd die tryin'"
:—'''Brawley'''

==Notes==
===Errors===
* Death Valley is arid, but it's not "high". It, in fact, includes the ''lowest'' spot in North America.
* Bonaventure offers to be Starscream's "discrete" agent. He means "discreet".
* Starscream talks about his "long, term" plans. He means "long-term".
* Muldoon's speech bubble where he says "I understand your incredulity" is missing punctuation.
* Twain's line about Ravage is "The creature is momentarily thwarted as you home fills with gas." "You" should be "your" here.
* His line right after that is once again missing punctuation.
* Mister Vanflint is called "Vanfleet" here.
* Some of the rail cars being pulled by the Astrotrain incorrectly bear the Autobot logo.
* Timing is once again weird. Presumably the events "Squawkbox sends a signal" and "an Autobot intercepts it" through to the end of the issue happen in very short order, which means that the Decepticons must have abandoned their factory ''very'' quickly. Also, since mobilizing the Army would take some time, several days at least must have passed between Ravage's attack on the Merriweather household, and the cavalry arriving at the factory. (These days apparently fit into the story right after Ravage's attack.)
* In one scene, Starscream wears a body with two engines per wing, as opposed to the one-engine-per-wing body he wears previously and afterward.

=== Other trivia ===
* The "Decepticomments" section features readers' mail answered by [[Chris Ryall]].

===Covers (3)===
— All by [[Guido Guidi]]
* '''Cover A:''' Starscream and Ravage
* '''Cover B:''' Squawkbox sketch
* '''Retailer Incentive:''' Starscream sketch
<gallery>
Image:Hearts of Steel 3a.jpg|"Don't steal my cover, Ravage!"
Image:Hearts of Steel 3b.jpg|Squawkin' the box.
Image:Hearts of Steel 3ri.jpg|"That's better!"
</gallery>

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* [[Hearts of Steel issue 4|''Hearts of Steel'' #4]]
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Vanflint

2021-10-29T19:31:25Z

N.A.T.S.: /* Hearts of Steel */ Replaced Jacob Lee Bonaventure (G1) with Jacob Lee Bonaventure.

:''Vanflint is a [[human]] from the [[Hearts of Steel]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Vanflint.JPG|thumb|200px|Can't you just hear Hans Conreid's voice?]]
'''Vanflint''' (or '''Vanfleet''') is the greedy, amoral supervisor of a rail gang in the latter part of the 19th century. He looks and acts like {{w|Snidely Whiplash}}, except with a slightly better grasp of long-term planning. His first name is unrevealed.

==Fiction==
===''Hearts of Steel''===
Vanflint was supervising a rail gang (which included [[John Henry]] as its spike-driver), when a [[Bumblebee (G1)|mysterious yellow locomotive]] appeared. When the locomotive turned out to be an automated steam hammer, Vanflint ordered [[Smythe]], his assistant, to find out where it came from, so that he could order a dozen more like it and fire all the human track-layers. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 2|Hearts of Steel #2}} He hired the {{w|Pinkerton National Detective Agency|Pinkertons}} to investigate, and they eventually pointed him toward the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]' factory. At that point, Vanflint's superior, [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]], became involved, and together the two met with [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], forging an alliance based on conquest and profit. When Vanflint absently mentioned the "little yellow locomotive", Starscream interrogated him, realizing that the [[Autobot]]s were awake and active. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 3|Hearts of Steel #3}} Vanflint was aboard the [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] during the journey to [[New York City]], but offered nothing but color commentary to the running battle. He presumably perished when the Astrotrain plummeted over a cliff. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 4|Hearts of Steel #4}}

{{IDW HOS}}

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Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac

2021-10-29T19:30:46Z

N.A.T.S.: Replaced a lot of redirect links.

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac''
|image=Allsparkalmanaccover.jpg
|caption=[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]'s going to have his hands full cleaning these two up.
|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|written by=[[Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster]]
|date=[[August 19]], [[2009]]
|illustrated by=
|continuity=[[Animated cartoon continuity]]
|pagecount=220
|price=$19.99 USD
|next=Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
|ISBN=ISBN 1600104878 
ISBN 978-1600104879
}}

{{bigquote|What a brilliant book! Probably the best I've ever read, human or Cybertronian. I can't recommend it strongly enough!|[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]], the rear cover of The AllSpark Almanac}}

'''''Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac''''' is a <s>lusty</s> happy love-letter written to {{SITENAME}} for our carnal pleasure.

''The AllSpark Almanac'' is an encyclopedic examination of the entire ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' storyline universe. It presents exhaustively thorough character profiles and summaries of the first two seasons of the cartoon and the ''Animated [[Transformers Animated: The Arrival|Arrival]]'' comic book...''all written completely in-universe'', in the form of "interviews" with the characters or excerpts from their journals and other in-story media.

"Interstitial" interludes are presented out-of-universe and describe the design process behind the art, animation, and locations, as well as brief story summaries of the [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Titan Comics]] ''Animated'' issues. Elements of toy design are covered as well, but comparatively briefly.

There are also an ''insane'' number of [[easter egg|obscure references]] to Transformers minutiae culled from the 25-year history of the [[Transformers brand|brand]], as well as other sci-fi and entertainment franchises as well. Basically, ''all'' proper nouns and names refer to something or someone, even if that someone is a possibly non-existent character only mentioned once in a letters page of a foreign comic. And that's before we start talking about the ''numbers'': Almost every seemingly incongruous alphanumeric string is a reference to another franchise, be it a ''[[Star Trek]]'' stardate or a [[T-800|Terminator]]'s official designation. And that's just the content in English—about a third of the book's pages have large stretches covered in [[Cybertronix]]. Deciphered, these are all revealed to be non-Transformers-related passages, including song lyrics, catchphrases, memes, map coordinates and extensive, verbatim quotes from diverse sources ranging from Tennyson's ''Ulysses'' to ''Max Headroom''. In particular, the book has a noticeable number of hidden references to [[Iron Maiden]], courtesy of author [[Bill Forster]], a massive fan of the band.

A [[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|sequel]] was published in late June 2010.

==Contents==
*Foreword, by [[Derrick J. Wyatt]]
*Introduction, by the authors
*Interstitial A: ''[[Transformers Hero]]''
*Chapter 1: [[Autobot]]s
*Interstitial B: Lighting
*Chapter 2: [[Decepticon]]s
*Interstitial C: [[Transformation]]s
*Chapter 3: [[Human]]s
*Interstitial D: Opening Credits
*Chapter 4: Events
*Interstitial E: [[Transformers Animated (Titan)|Titan Comics]]
*Chapter 5: Culture
*Interstitial F: Design Evolution
*Chapter 6: [[Detroit]]
*Interstitial G: [[Bee in the City]]
*Chapter 7: Settings
*Interstitial H: Backgrounds
*Afterword, by [[Marty Isenberg]]
*A Word from [[Hasbro]]
*Acknowledgments

==Chapter 1 - Autobots==
Chapter one covers all Autobots who appear in the first two seasons of the cartoon.

{{collist|3|
*[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] by Ultra Magnus
*[[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] by Lockdown
*[[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] by Captain Fanzone
*[[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] by Bulkhead
*[[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] by Sari
*[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]] by Bumblebee
*[[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]] by Blackarachnia
**[[Grimlock (Animated)|Grimlock]]
**[[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]]
**[[Swoop (Animated)|Swoop]]
*[[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] by Ratchet
*[[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] by Bulkhead
*[[Wreck-Gar (Animated)|Wreck-Gar]] by Ratchet
*[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] by Bumblebee
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]] by Bumblebee
*[[Wasp]] by Shockwave
*[[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]] by Ratchet}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 15 – [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s axe is identified as a [[Solitarium]] ultra-axe.
*Pg 20a – As mentioned in his tech spec, [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] is a [[Protihex Medical Mechanics University|Protihex Medical Mechanical graduate]].
*Pg 20b – [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] refers to Ratchet with the nickname "Cool Hand Lube", an epithet coined for [[Ratchet (G1)|the original Ratchet]].
*Pg 34 – Unnamed in the ''Animated'' cartoon, the alien planet visited by the young Optimus, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel]] and [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] populated by giant spiders is here given the name [[Archa Seven]]. Presumably, this puts it in the same system as [[Akalo|Archa Nine]].
*Pg 35 – Sentinel Prime's [[Skyboom (Animated)|shield]] is dubbed a [[Skyboom (Armada)|Skyboom shield]].
*Pg 44 – Ratchet recalls an old flame from [[Crystal City]].
*Pg 55 – [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme's]] profile contains numerous references.
:The language describing Omega's strength deliberately hearkens back to Generation 1 [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega's]] Transformers Universe profile, describing how he can pulverize "steel cubes" of impressive volume and hit diminutive items from a great distance with his head cannon. Numerous Cybertronian units of [[:Category:Measurements|measurement]] are used in the process; Omega is said to be able to lift 600,000 kilo-units (a measurement used by [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] in the ''Animated'' episode "[[Rise of the Constructicons]]"); the dimensions of the aforementioned cube are given in mechanometers (used in the Generation 1 episode "[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]" and mentioned twice more in the book); and the distance at which he can blast a small object is given in hics (from the Marvel UK 1991 annual story "[[The Magnificent Six!]]" and used once more in the book).
:Omega is also noted to be armed with concussion blasters (the personal weapon of Generation 1 [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]), pulsar bombs (used by the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] on two occasions in the 2001 [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] cartoon), quasar beams (Generation 2 [[Blowout]] and Beast Wars [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] both wielded quasar cannons), friction cannons (G1 [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] was armed with a friction blaster) and aquasting missiles (weapon of choice of the Beast Wars Fuzor [[Injector (BW)|Injector]]).
:And finally, Omega has armor enhanced with [[rheanimum]].

===Real-world references===
*Pg 46 – Ratchet speculates that Wreck-Gar must have "27,000 gags" hidden in his trash bin. The number 27 is a running gag in [["Weird Al" Yankovic]]'s songs... Al, of course, being the voice actor who played Wreck-Gar.

===Errors===
*Page 33: The [[Magnus Hammer]] is referred to as a "Storm'''breaker'''" hammer instead of "Storm'''bringer'''," a previously-given name for the weapon.

==Chapter 2 - Decepticons==
Character models for all Decepticons who appeared in Animated seasons one and two.
{{collist|3|
*[[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] by Lugnut
*[[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] by Optimus Prime
*[[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]] by Blitzwing
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] by Lugnut
*[[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] by Bulkhead
**[[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]
**[[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]
*[[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] by Megatron
*[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] by The Angry Archer
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]] by Sari
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] by himself
*[[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] by Thundercracker
*[[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] by Ramjet
*[[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] by Sunstorm
*[[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] by Skywarp
*[[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] by Slipstream
*[[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] by Prowl
}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 60 – Mentioned here and restated on pg 127, Megatron's swords are forged from [[tironium]]. As noted in his tech specs, his armor can deflect anti-proton lasers.
*Pg 66 – As on his toy packaging, Lugnut is referred to with the nickname "The [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Krusher".
*Pg 74 – Shockwave's cannon can fire blasts from anywhere in the electromagnetic spectrum, just like Generation 1 [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] could.
*Pg 77 – Swindle's gyro gun and scatter blaster are named after the weapons of the original Generation 1 [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]].
*Pg 81 – Starscream claims to be the handsomest 'bot "this side of the [[Benzuli Expanse]]".
*Pg 83-84 – Having gone unnamed in the Animated cartoon, [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] and [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] were all given names and powers derived from their Generation 1 counterparts when they were released as toys. The liar and female clones did not get toys, but ''The AllSpark Almanac'' carries on the trend; the liar clone is named [[Ramjet (Animated)|Ramjet]] and is noted to have a reinforced nosecone for mid-air collisions, while the female clone gets the brand new name of [[Slipstream (Animated)|Slipstream]] (which was previously revealed at [[BotCon 2009]]).
*Pg 88 – Numerous weapons used by Lockdown in the cartoon are here given the names of similar weapons from other corners of the Transformers multiverse. He is armed with [[Sleep Net]]s (from the Generation 1 coloring book ''[[Bumblebee to the Rescue!]]''), [[nova spray]], and a [[lightning whip]]. His chainsaw is also described as being "micro-serrated", language frequently used to describe the beak of Generation 1 [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]].

===Real-world references===
*Pg 66 - Blitzwing calls Lugnut a "five-eyed, no-brained, flying purple people eater," paraphrasing the 1958 Sheb Wooley song, "Purple People Eater".
*Pg 82 – Starscream's first sycophantic clone is given the numerical designation [[Clone number 2716057|#2716057]], the serial number of hard-drinking robot Bender from ''{{w|Futurama}}''. The first cowardly clone, meanwhile, is marked [[Clone number 3370318|#3370318]], the serial number of Bender's identical duplicate, Flexo.

==Chapter 3 - Humans==
Character models and the occasional background image for the major humans of Animated.
{{collist|3|
*[[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari Sumdac]] by Bulkhead
*[[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] by Megatron
*[[Carmine Fanzone|Captain Carmine Fanzone]] by Sari
*The [[Angry Archer]] by Swindle
*[[Professor Princess|Professor Penny Princess, PhD]] by Sari
*[[Nanosec]] by Slo-Mo
*[[Slo-Mo]] by Nanosec
*[[Headmaster (Animated)|The Headmaster]] by Bulkhead
*[[Meltdown (Animated)|Meltdown]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Colossus Rhodes]] by Meltdown
*[[Fusion creature]]s
**[[Fusion creature|BAT-MONSTER]] by Grimlock
**The [[Fusion creature|Seafood Louis creature]] by Fanzone
*[[Master Disaster (Animated)|Master Disaster]] by Blurr
*[[Street Demon]] by Bulkhead
**[[Ming-Li]] and [[Roxy Sparkles]] by Sari
**[[Shana Story]] and [[Solon Kitakaze (Animated)|Solon Kitakaze]] by Bumblebee
*[[Porter C. Powell]] by Headmaster
}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 94 – Swindle plans to imitate [[Angry Archer]]'s antiquated dialect to help facilitate his next deal with the [[Darkling Lord]]s of [[Prysmos]]. This is a reference to the 1987 Hasbro toyline, [[Visionaries]]; Prysmos was the planet upon which that series was set, and the Darkling Lords were the villains of the franchise. Visionaries was also a back-up strip for the UK Marvel Transformers comics.
*Pg 101 – The name of Prometheus Black's company is given as [[Biotech Unbound]], referring to the Greek poem, "Prometheus Unbound", which was also the title of a ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Prometheus Unbound|episode]].
*Pg 103 – In the ''Animated'' cartoon, the bat-monster is noted as having formerly been Meltdown's lawyer. Here, Captain Fanzone notes that the shark-monster was his stock broker. In addition, he calls it a "[[Seafood Louis]] creature", and claims that it "kicks some serious fin," one of the multiple catchphrases of the cartoon series ''{{w|Street Sharks}}.
*Pg 105 – [[Solon Kitakaze (Animated)|Solon Kitakaze]] is named after [[Deathsaurus (G1)|Deathsaurus]]'s [[Solon Kitakaze (G1)|cyborg son]] from the infamously kooky ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Victory]]'' [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (manga)|manga]].

===Real-world references===
*Pg 97 – [[Slo-Mo]] is here given the first name of Samantha, and on pg 143, the surname of Lomow. So hey, it turns out that her real name is the same as Hasbro Senior Vice President of Global Marketing [[Samantha Lomow]], on whom she was based.
*Pg 105 – [[Ming-Li]] is named after author Jim Sorenson's wife, Ming-Li Wang. [[Shana Story]] is named for a friend of author Bill Forster, Shana Storey, who is credited in the acknowledgments section of their previous book, ''[[Transformers: The Ark II]]''.
*Pg 106 – Porter C. Powell's limousine is branded as a "TUX model", named for the [[GoBots|GoBot]] it was designed to resemble.

===Errors===
*Page 85: The "d" is left out of "Powdered Sugar."

==Chapter 4 - Events==
The episodes and comic stories that make up the primary Animated continuity, in order.
{{collist|2|
*[[Transform and Roll Out]] as three Autobot Incident Reports by Optimus Prime and a page from Isaac Sumdac's journal
*[[Dispatches]] as musings from [[Vector Prime]]
*[[Home Is Where the Spark Is]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Total Meltdown]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Blast from the Past]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[The Arrival issue 4#.22A Few Loose Strands.22|A Few Loose Strands]] as [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]], the trans-dimensional magazine for Decepti-femmes
*[[The Thrill of the Hunt]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Ratchet
*[[The Arrival issue 5|The Arrival #5]] as a page from Swindle's ledger and an evaluation form
*[[Nanosec (episode)|Nanosec]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Along Came a Spider]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 2#.22Whatever Happened To Whatisname.3F.22|Whatever Happened To Whatisname?]] as a page from Professor Princess' [['Lil Spoiled Brat|diary]]
*[[Sound and Fury]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 2#.22Attention Surplus Disorder.22|Attention Surplus Disorder]] as two pages from the [[Detroit Powell Press]]
*[[Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found]] as Lugnut's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[The Arrival issue 3|The Arrival #3]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Survival of the Fittest]] as a police report from Captain Fanzone
*[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[The Arrival issue 4#.22The Insincerest Form of Flattery.22|The Insincerest Form of Flattery]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bulkhead
*[[Nature Calls]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Prowl
*[[Megatron Rising - Part 1]] as Megatron's Encrypted Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Megatron Rising - Part 2]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[The Elite Guard]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[The Return of the Headmaster]] as Sentinel Prime's private journal and a letter from Sari to her absent father
*[[Mission Accomplished]] as Megatron's Internal Log and a medical report from Ratchet
*[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]] as a box of [[Garbage O's]] cereal
*[[Velocity (episode)|Velocity]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Bumblebee
*[[Rise of the Constructicons]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[A Fistful of Energon]] as Starscream's Internal Log
*[[SUV: Society of Ultimate Villainy]] as excerpts from interrogations conducted by Captain Fanzone
*[[Autoboot Camp]] as Shockwave's Encrypted Internal Log
*[[First (and Second) in Flight]] as a page from Ultra Magnus's memoirs
*[[Black Friday (episode)|Black Friday]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
*[[Sari, No One's Home]] as a letter from Sari to her absent father
*[[A Bridge Too Close, Part I]] as Megatron's Internal Log
*[[A Bridge Too Close, Part II]] as an Autobot Incident Report by Optimus Prime
}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 112 – An observation of the events of the [[Dispatches|first issue]] of the Animated comic by the trans-dimensional [[Vector Prime]]. He uses the aforementioned Universal Stream classification system to catalog this manuscript, identifying the Animated cartoon universe as "Malgus 1207.26 Alpha". The designation is later used again on pg 117.
*Pg 116 - Presumably, the trans-dimensional magazine [[Venus (magazine)|Venus]] is named for Beast Wars [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia's]] voice actor, [[Venus Terzo]]. Whatever currency its cover price is in, it's represented with a "B" in Predacon Cybertronix! Blackarachnia wears the crown, shoulderpads and cape donned by Generation 1 Starscream for his coronation in [[The Transformers: The Movie]]. References on the cover include:
:*"Sparkmate" is a term used in the N64 ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals]]'' video game, to describe Tigatron and Airazor's romantic bond.
:*[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]] is the title of a ''Beast Wars'' episode.
:*Readers are invited to compare several pairs of Decepticon and Predacon fembots:
:**[[Clio]] is a Decepticon [[Powermaster]] mentioned by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] in the letters page of issue #315 of Marvel UK's Generation 1 comic. She is pitted against [[Lyzack (G1)|Lyzack]], the sister of Decepticon Breastforce warrior [[Leozack]] who appears in the final issue of the Victory manga.
:**[[Manta Ray (BW)|Manta Ray]] is a Beast Wars McDonalds Happy Meal figure, who was established as being female by IDW Publishing's Beast Wars Sourcebook. She is up against the equally aquatic [[Scylla]], from ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers#Beast Wars II|Beast Wars II]]''.
:**[[Flamewar (G1)|Flamewar]] and [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]] are both BotCon [[exclusive]] female Decepticons, from 2005 and 1995, respectively. The match-up has a deeper meaning; Nightracer was created by notorious Decepticon fan [[Raksha]], and some fans believe that Flamewar's personality is based on Raksha, though her creator [[Ben Yee]] denies it.
:*''Revenge of the Fallen'''s Pretender [[Alice (ROTF)|Alice]] teaches readers how to disarm a [[foldspace warhead]], a weapon which appears in the second issue of the UK's 2007 live-action movie comic.
:*The magazine's gossip columnist is [[Freezon]], the Decepticon car included with Tyco's Transformers Electric Racing Set released in the 1980s. She is dishing the dirt on Lugnut and [[Strika (Animated)|Strika]]'s relationship, which was established in Strika's profile, published in issue #24 of the Transformers Collectors Club Official Magazine.
:*[[Beta Maxx (RID)|Beta Maxx]] is the partner of BotCon 2007 exclusive [[Alpha Trion (SG)|Alpha Trion]], while [[Caliburn (Universe)|Caliburn]] is partnered with 2004 exclusive, [[Megazarak (Universe)|Megazarak]]. The cover identifies them as Mini-Cons, despite the fact that no previous writing has ever done so (Caliburn is explicitly a [[Micromaster]], while Beta Maxx has only been referred to as an Autobot). Funnily enough, in late 2008, author Jim Sorenson was involved in an argument on the Transformers Wiki about Beta Maxx being a Mini-Con... hmmmn. In 2015, the Facebook version of [[Ask Vector Prime]] would clarify that both ''Robots in Disguise'' and Unicron Trilogy versions of them existed, with the former being Micromasters and the latter being Mini-Cons. Anyway, the Mini-Con versions of [[Beta Maxx (Armada)|Beta Maxx]] and [[Caliburn (Armada)|Caliburn]] are talking to Cybertron [[Thunderblast (Decepticon)|Thunderblast]].
*Pg 119a – Most of the weapons Swindle sells Lugnut and Blitzwing, and the planets he gets them from, are established, if obscure, Transformers items and locales. Most of them were named in the comic story this page covers, "[[The Arrival issue 5#Everything Must Go|Everything Must Go]]", but a few more things are named here. The full list includes:
:*An [[anti-gravity gun|anti-gravity cannon]] from the planet [[Andellor]].
:*A [[triple crusher cannon]] from the planet Talos Four (probably derived from a mistake on TFWIKI.Net, which misspelled [[Taros Four]] in this manner for a time).
:*A decompression pump from [[Torkulon]].
:*[[Glass gas]] and a [[Digital Impact Mace]] (the weapon of choice of [[BotCon 2000]] exclusive toy [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]]) from the planet [[Darhos]].
:*Super glue from the [[Menonia]].
:*An [[omega bomb]] from [[Ganzvort]].
:*Two [[Nemesis Shield]]s from [[Garro|Garo]] and [[Comb|Com]].
:*A [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] from [[Xeptos]].
:*Circuitry repair patches from [[Cheyne]].
*Pg 119b – Optimus's evaluation form is rendered in the style of classic Transformers [[Tech Spec]]s, but not any one particular design. The training exercise from the comic story "Survival Skills" is revealed to have taken place on [[Kyber-5]].
*Pg 124-125 The article text of the Detroit Powell Press included in the AllSpark Almanac contain numerous references.
:*[[Irwin Spoon]] was a journalist who appeared in a three-part story in Marvel UK's Generation 1 comic.
:*[[Quake-Maker]] is a supervillain from the UK's Animated comic.
:*The [[Mechanic]] is a human criminal who battled the Autobots in two issues of the Marvel's original Generation 1 comic.
:*The [[Jack Boys]] are a motorcycle gang from the ''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon.
:*[[Jake Lomax]] is a mob boss from issue #13 of Marvel's Generation 1 comic.
:*[[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]] is an industrialist from IDW's ''[[Hearts of Steel]]'' mini-series.

:The sidebar on the page also makes numerous references:
:*"Defensor United" refers, of course, to the Generation 1 [[Defensor (G1)|Protectobot combiner]], but more specifically to the recurring discussions of [[Mecha-soccer]] in the Marvel UK comic's letters page, where Defensor United played in the Cybertron Premier Division. The team is thrashed by real-life football team West Ham at [[Tigatron Stadium]], the venue named for the [[Tigatron|Beast Wars character]], which appeared in the Animated episode "[[Five Servos of Doom]]".
:*In the Animated universe, the Generation 1 Decepticon ally, mad scientist [[Doctor Arkeville]], is the surgeon general! He recommends [[Ding Dong (food)|Ding Dong]]s (favored by the [[President of the United States]] in the live-action movie!) as a cure for the [[Hate Plague]], a rage-inciting disease that appeared in the Generation 1 two-part episode, "[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1|The Return of Optimus Prime]]".
:*Racing queen [[Kelly (RID)|Junko Shiragami]] is a human female from the ''Binaltech Asterisk'' toyline (who was in turn based upon [[Kelly (RID)|Kelly]] from the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise). Here, she is dating scientist [[Michael Avery (Movie)|Michael Avery]], who appeared in the 2007 movie prequel novel, ''[[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday|Ghosts of Yesterday]]''.
:*Street Demon racer Roxy Sparkles (earlier named on page 105) is here noted to be a member of the band [[Purple Fungus]], who were a favorite of [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]] in the Find Your Fate Junior novel, "[[Attack of the Insecticons]]".
:*"Princess Ringo" was the nickname by which ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]'' character [[Ringo Chikuma]] preferred to be known. Here, she has recently visited [[Mont Porte]], the country that is home to the ''Super-God Masterforce'' Headmaster Junior [[Minerva (human)|Minerva]].

:Adverts refer to:
:*[[Dancitron]], a musical event named for a dance club from the Generation 1 cartoon episode "[[Auto-Bop]]". Cold Slither is playing here, a band from the G.I. Joe cartoon episode of the same name, created as part of an evil Cobra plot. The piece of music composed as their [[Cold Slither (song)|signature tune]] was used as incidental music in several Transformers episodes.
:*Wyatt Toys, the toy store named after Animated art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] which appears in several episodes of the cartoon. The advert notes that the store sells [[Diaclone]] and [[Microman]] figures, the two toylines that were Transformers' progenitors.
:*Roadhog Horton's Motorcycle Show, named after [[Randy Horton|Randy "Roadhog" Horton]], a member of the bounty-hunting motorcyclist [[Roadjammers]] from [[Ca$h and Car-nage!|issue #46]] of the Marvel Generation 1 comic. His show also features autograph signings from Rorza, a reference to the [[Rorza, the Rocket-cycle Racer from Rigel III|Rocket-Cycle Racer from Rigel III]] of the same name from issue #44.
:*A horror movie named "[[Monster from Mars]]", an elaborate reference to the movie of the same name that was the central plot element of "[[Monstercon from Mars!]]", issue #45 of the Marvel comic. In said issue, Decepticon Pretender [[Skullgrin]] starred in the title role; this poster features a monster designed to look like Skullgrin in the style of Meltdown's [[fusion creature]]s, in reference to the fact that Skullgrin's fellow Pretenders [[Submarauder (G1)|Submarauder]] and [[Bomb-Burst (G1)|Bomb-Burst]] were the base for the two fusion creatures in the cartoon. In both the original comic and this version, the movie is directed by [[Rollie Friendly (G1)|Rollie Friendly]] and stars [[Jake Colton (G1)|Jake Colton]] and [[Carissa Carr (G1)|Carissa Carr]]; this version also adds [[Karen Fishook]], an actress from the Generation 1 cartoon episode, "[[Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood]]". The movie's soundtrack is by the [[High Rollahz]], a band featured in ''[[The Transformers Trilogy]]'' novel, ''[[Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired]]''.

*Pg 127 – Unnamed in the original comic "[[The Arrival issue 3#"'Bots of Science"|'Bots of Science]]", Ratchet here notes that he has dubbed the cure for Cosmic Rust "[[Corrostop]]". Its ingredients include [[Ingredient X]] and [[razon gas]].
*Pg 134 – The [[Sigma Supreme|Elite Guard ship]] is here given the name ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''.
*Pg 136 – Sari's notebook paper is decorated with an illustration of "Hello [[Nekomimi A and Nekomimi B|Nekomimi]] Pop-Star", a chibified, "Hello Kitty"-style version of Nekomimi A from the Energon episode, "[[Distribution]]". Nekomimi B appears on pg 147 in a similar fashion.
*Pg 138-139
:*The brand of the tire in the logo is [[Wheeljack's workshop|Wheeljack]] Tyres!

:*In the "fueltritional facts" box alone, there are references to:
:**mercury sauce, a favorite of the [[Mecannibal]]s from the Marvel Generation 1 comic
:**[[Rarified Energon]], introduced in the Transformers Collectors Club magazine storyline, [[Crossing Over]]
:**[[Energon Z]] from [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)#Transformers: Zone (franchise)|Zone]]
:**budianskium basil (referring to Transformers writer [[Bob Budiansky]])
:**grated gears (a serving suggestion for ants by Beast Wars [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] in [[Transmutate (episode)|Transmutate]])
:**janick [[jaAm]] (see below.)

:*The word jumble unscrambles to read "You lived like a warrior ans died to an hero", an infamous quote from the late-1990s fanfic by MG-Dinobot, "Dinobot's Old Technology", which was itself a misquote from the Beast Wars episode "[[Code of Hero]]". The quote went on to become one of the most famous online memes from that era of Transformers [[fandom]].
:**The answer at the bottom of the page, however, claims it actually says "WhY mY ShOuldErs hUrT?", a tortured quote from British fan Blueshift's [[JaAm|famous re-scripting]] of the first Armada pack-in mini-comic. This was also the source of the above-mentioned "jaAm" line, which was since been immortalized on the license plate and packaging bio of the 2009 Universe Hot Shot figure.

:*Illustration B in the "spot the difference" puzzle is, of course, Generation 1 [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock's]] [[character model]].

*Pg 145 – Ultra Magnus's memoir is prefaced with a haiku from "[[Sky-Byte (Animated)|Sky-Byte]], Decepticon poet", referencing the loveable haiku-writing [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]] from the 2001 ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' franchise. He has to be a Decepticon here, of course, because there are no Predacons in the ''Animated'' universe. In the course of this page, Magnus mentions [[mitotic spark]]s and the [[Angarrix sector|Angarix Sector]], a region of space introduced in the Generation 1 episode "[[The Quintesson Journal]]".
*Pg 148 – Megatron refers to the act of [[branding]] the Constructicons with the Decepticon symbol as the "[[Rite of the Deceptibrand]]," after the Autobot equivalent, the "[[Rite of the Autobrand]]".

===Real-world references===
{{Main|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac/Events Real-world references}}

===Errors===
*Page 117: Blackarachnia is spelled "Blacharachnia"
*Page 117: "turbotigers" is spelled "tubortigers"
*Page 119: "Serial" is spelled "Seriel"
*Page 133: "...have tried harder to recruit the Dinobots as allies, but I was so angry at Prowl's deception that I..." is repeated immediately following the first use in the third paragraph.
*Page 145: The "c" is left out of "First (and Second) in Flight."

==Chapter 5 - Culture==
A catch-all for other aspects of Animated including ships, monsters and customs.
{{collist|3|
*The [[AllSpark]] by Optimus Prime
*Autobot Cybertronian forms by Ultra Magnus
*Decepticon Cybertronian forms by Starscream
*The [[Death's Head (Animated)|Death's Head]] by Lockdown
*[[Emergency shuttle|Autobot Shuttle]] by Blitzwing
*[[Automaton|Sumdac robots]] by Porter C. Powell
*Bulkhead's Art by Ratchet, Optimus Prime and Sari
*[[Halloween]] by Bulkhead and Bumblebee
*[[Space barnacle]]s by Sari
*[[Nanite|Nanobots]] by Ratchet
*The Media by Soundwave
*[[Ability|Powers]] by Prowl
}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 161 – Starscream uses the expression "a few [[lightpole|lipoles]] short of a nest", referring to the metal-eating bat-creatures native to Jupiter's moon [[Io]], from the Generation 1 multi-part episode, "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]". The book uses an incorrect spelling for the creatures' names, as the true spelling had not been discovered at the time of publication.
*Pg 164 – Lockdown's spaceship is named the ''[[Death's Head (Animated)|Death's Head]]'', after a certain [[Death's Head (G1)|freelance peacekeeping agent]], yes? It has been upgraded using parts obtained from the planets [[Jörmungandr]] and [[Taxxos]], and the [[Jabbi-Ko]] aliens, outfitted with Vandarian holographic technology (from the same planet as the [[Vandarian fuzz-worm]]s) and [[cybertitanium]] cables (among other items mentioned below as they're non-''Transformers'' references).
*Pg 168 – The Sumdac Constructobots are colored in [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]-style green and purple.
*Pg 170 – Bulkhead describes candy as being like [[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]] for kids.
*Pg 174 – Newscaster [[Lester Black]] is revealed to be the great-nephew of [[Hector Ramirez]], a callback to the Generation 1 news reporter of the same name (who was actually unnamed in his one ''Transformers'' cartoon appearance).

===Real-world references===
*Pg 164 – Lockdown's spaceship used to be an "IG-2000" class ship, referring to the [[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]] ship that bore that name. It is outfitted with Deckard cannons (named for Rick Deckard from ''{{w|Blade Runner}}''), [[Samus-blaster]]s (named for [[Samus Aran]] from the ''{{w|Metroid}}'' series), and isomorphic controls preventing anyone other than Lockdown from piloting it, as does ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s {{w|TARDIS}}. Lockdown rounds out the paragraph by saying "a bot's got to know his limitations", paraphrasing Clint Eastwood in ''{{w|Magnum Force}}''.
*Pg 165 - "A three hour tour!" cackles Blitzwing, quoting the [[theme song|theme tune]] of ''{{w|Gilligan's Island}}''.
*Pg 170/171 - Among the [[Halloween]] costumes are a [[wikia:ghostbusters:Samhain|Samhain]], {{w|Headless Horseman}}, {{w|Afro Samurai}}, [[Destro]], [[Cobra Commander]] and [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|General Hawk]].

==Chapter 6 - Detroit==
People, places and things in and about Detroit.
{{collist|3|
*[[Augustus Edsel|Detroit's Leadership]] by Sentinel Prime
*Buildings by Jazz
*[[Blackwater Prison]] by Captain Fanzone
*Solar Fusion by Porter C. Powell
*[[Human|Organic Inhabitants]] by Sentinel Prime
*Emergency Responders by Captain Fanzone
*Earth Vehicles by Jazz
*Stupid Organics (i.e. animals) by Sentinel Prime
}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 178 – [[Augustus Edsel|Mayor Edsel]] is revealed to be the nephew of famous actor [[Harold Edsel]].
*Pg 183 – The [[Sidney Biggles-Jones Memorial Solar Fusion Plant]] is named after the [[Sidney Biggles-Jones|scientist]] from the Marvel Comics ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' / ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]]'' crossover. The other scientists named as working on solar fusion, [[Brian Jones]], [[Kenneth Onishi|Daichi Onishi]], [[Peter Anthony Morris|Peter Morris]], and [[Felix Adle]], all scientists from other ''Transformers'' media.
*Pg 185 - [[Bobby Bolivia|Uncle Bobby B]], baby. Uncle Bobby B.

===Real-world references===
*Pg 189 – [[Jeff Litvack]] is a friend of Jim Sorenson's, who he credits in the acknowledgments of this book. [[Krista Kohlhausen]] is Bill Forster's "favorite person", according to the acknowledgments of ''[[Transformers: The Ark]]''.

==Chapter 7 - Settings==
Background pictures and associated character models from the first two seasons of Animated.
{{collist|3|
*[[Autobot Earth Base]] by Bulkhead
*[[Decepticon Earth Base (Animated)|Decepticon Earth Base]] by Mixmaster and Scrapper
*[[Sumdac Systems]] by Isaac Sumdac
*[[Nemesis (Animated)|The Nemesis]] by Blackarachnia
*[[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] by Prowl
*[[Meltdown's Subterranean Lab]] by Cyrus "The Colossus" Rhodes
*[[Archa Seven]] by Sentinel Prime
*[[Autobot boot camp]] by Ultra Magnus
}}

===Transformers references===
*Pg 200 – The generic Sumdac Systems technicians are named [[Eddie Fairchild and Matt Conroy]]. These are the names of two prototypical characters who existed in the development phase of the Generation 1 cartoon, who eventually evolved into [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Chip Chase]].
*Pg 203 – Noted architect George R. Apple. [[Grapple (G1)|G.R.Apple]]? Anybody? Anybody? C'mooon!
*Pg 206 – The [[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]] is equipped with a Grand Mal class force field, named after the [[Grand Mal]], the giant fortress-cum-giant head occupied by Beast Wars [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] in the latter stages of the Beast Machines cartoon. It has a cybertroid alloy star drive (just like the Generation 1 [[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]], as mentioned in the G1 episode [[Microbots]]), and has the most sophisticated sensor array this side of the [[Eshems Nebula]], a region of space introduced in IDW Publishing's live-action movie-based [[Transformers: Defiance]] series.
*Pg 207 – To escape the damaged Nemesis, the Decepticons used Devolan escape pods. The planet [[Dabola|Devola]] was the site of a huge victory for the Decepticon [[Tidal Wave (Armada)|Tidal Wave]] in the Armada universe.
*Pg 211 – The crashed Decepticon ship on Archa Seven is named the [[Twilight (Animated)|Twilight]], after the [[Twilight (G2)|flagship]] from the Marvel Generation 2 comics.

===Real-world references===
*Pg 208 – The proper name for [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]] is listed as North Sister Island, evidently a reference to {{w|West Sister Island}}, Ohio.

==Interstitials==
The only place in the book where out-of-universe information is presented, the interstitial pages covered divergent continuities as well as select aspects of the animation process. These appear at the end of a chapter.

{{collist|3|
*Chapter 1: Lighting
*Chapter 2: Transformations
*Chapter 3: Opening Credits
*Chapter 4: Titan Magazine
*Chapter 5: Design Evolution
*Chapter 6: Bee in the City
*Chapter 7: Backgrounds
}}

==Literary elements==
Including the copyright information, title page, foreword and afterwords, notes from the authors and acknowledgments.

===Transformers references===
*Pg 9a – [[Jim Sorenson (Animated)|Jim Sorenson]] and [[Bill Forster (Animated)|Bill Forster]] hail from [[universal stream]] Quadwal -3760.925 Theta. Universal streams are a means of classifying the numerous Transformers universes devised by authors [[Greg Sepelak]] and [[Trent Troop]], which first appeared in the Transformers Collectors Club story, [[Withered Hope]]. This particular classification, however, makes no sense, save for the "Theta" suffix, which indicates a "spoken word" or "live performance" scenario. The "-" sign also indicates they're from a reverse parallel universe, akin to the Shattered Glass fiction introduced at [[BotCon 2008]], the only other universal stream to be marked like this. "Don't ask," the authors say.
**But we're the goddamned Transformers Wiki, so screw that "don't ask" stuff. We're nerds, we're gonna do this thing. "Quadwal" is an obvious play on "fourth wall," which is what this universal stream is breaking. September 25, 3760 BC is the first day of the Hebrew calendar, specifically the date some believe Creation began. (So that "-" sign has a double meaning!) So Sorenson and Forster hail from the Real Life Universe, or the negative universe version of it, hence why they are incarcerated criminals.
*Pg 9b – The Reverse-Pretender technology used by Sorenson and Forster is a reference to several 1980s Transformers toy [[commercial]]s, which featured a child leaping into the air and transforming into Ultra Magnus.
*Pg 215 - Marty Isenberg mentions a [[GEEWUN|certain group of fans]], canonizing yet another fan-made term.

===Errors===
*Page 2: In the indicia, the latter "r" is left out of "characters".

==External links==
*[http://www.angelfire.com/anime2/digipedia/annotated_almanac.html The Annotated AllSpark Almanac], listing all the hidden references in the book

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Animated: The Allspark Almanac}}
[[Category:Animated books|Allspark Almanac]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]
[[Category:Profile books]]
[[Category:Reference texts]]

YÅ«ko Sasaki

2021-10-29T19:13:54Z

N.A.T.S.: Replaced Karen Fishook (G1) with Karen Fishook.

[[File:Yuko_Saski.jpg‎|thumb|right|200px|]]
'''Yūko Sasaki''' (佐々木優子 ''Sasaki Yūko'', born [[November 11]], [[1961]]) is a Japanese voice actress. Most of her anime credits include of Shenhua in ''Black Lagoon'', Blizzar in ''Sailor Moon'', Kotake Sakura in ''Chibi Maruko-chan'', Hitomi Nomura in ''Piano'', Etsuko Kikuchi in ''Someday's Dreamers'', and Catherine Royal in ''Space Adventure Cobra''.

In terms of American Cartoons & Dubbing, Poison Ivy in the Japanese dub of the DC Animated Universe, Dot Matrix in ''ReBoot'', Mystique in [[TV Tokyo]]'s dub of ''[[X-Men]]'', Andrea Beaumont in ''[[Batman]]: Mask of the Phantasm'', Mamma Pig in ''Peppa Pig'', Sarah Hawkins in ''Treasure Planet'', Carol in ''Friends'', Rebecca Donaldson in ''Full House'', Sarah Connor in ''The Terminator'' and [[Lorraine Baines-McFly]] in the ''[[Back to the Future]]'' trilogy.

==Roles==
===''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers''===
*[[Karen Fishook]]

==External Links==
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=7820 ANN Profile]
*[http://www.production-ace.co.jp/s/sasaki/ Production Ace Page]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sasaki, Yūko}}
[[Category:Japanese voice actors]]

Major Pictures

2021-10-29T19:13:20Z

N.A.T.S.: Replaced Karen Fishook (G1) with Karen Fishook.

:''Major Pictures is a [[Human|Terran]] business from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Majorpictures.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|And if you look closely, you'll see a bargain-basement stop sign]]
'''Major Pictures''' is a Hollywood studio.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
Major Pictures was responsible for such films as the [[Harold Edsel]]/[[Karen Fishook]] science-fiction epic, ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]''. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon businesses]]

Attack of the Alien Robots director

2021-10-29T19:12:29Z

N.A.T.S.: /* The Transformers cartoon */ Replaced Karen Fishook (G1) with Karen Fishook.

{{noname-designation}}
:''The director is a [[human]] character from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Director.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|"Mikey! You have to LOOK at Gonard while you're attacking him!"]]
The '''director''' knows exactly what makes a good film when he sees it. It might be some great stunt work, awesome explosions, or [[Transformers (film)|giant transforming robots]], he'll film it and put it in his movie (and change the script to make it fit)! Just don't bug him with the details.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Alan Oppenheimer]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Henry Djanik]] (European French)}}
[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Director and assistant.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Hmm, every time [[Superman]] shows up, my assistant is nowhere to be found.]]
During the filming for his latest action movie, an important stunt was ruined by the arrival of [[Hoist (G1)|Moist]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly]]. The stunt went wrong, leaving the two stunt drivers dangling over a precipice, but Moist promptly mounted a daring rescue. The director was amazed and offered the [[Autobot]] a job as a vehicle robot in the film. Moist turned up for filming, only for a bunch of the other Autobots to arrive as well, and the director hired them all as stunt vehicles.

Filming continued apace, until a [[Dirge (G1)|downed jet]] was discovered in a swamp set. The director was at a loss for a way to extract it, until he had the brilliant idea of working it into the film. Before he could do so, three [[Decepticon]]s turned up to rescue their companion, and the director was able to catch it all on film. On reviewing the footage with his assistant director and actors, he announced that the movie was going to be renamed ''[[Attack of the Alien Robots]]'', much to the distress of star [[Harold Edsel]].

[[File:HoistGoesHollywood Director and pyrotechnics guy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|More lens flare, more explosions, more peeing on that Turturro guy!]]
When they were ready to resume filming, the director presented the Autobots with their new "costumes" and filmed them chasing [[Karen Fishook]]. Edsel as "Dash Jordan" came to her rescue, though the director had to prompt [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] to fall down when Dash "fired" at him. A second scene didn't go much better, as [[Rumble (G1)|someone]] replaced the pyrotechnics with real explosives. Fortunately the film wasn't harmed, no one important was damaged, and the director realised they could use the explosion in the movie. Though he demanded someone find out who was responsible for the accident, his assistant pointed out it was no accident.

As it turned out, it was the Decepticons, in search of the footage of Dirge's rescue. As the director and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] watched, Moist was able to execute a bluff, making [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] think that the film reel had been destroyed. The director was so impressed with Moist's acting that he offered the Autobot a role in his next movie. Moist declined the offer. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

==Associated characters==
===Assistant director===
[[File:Assistantdirector.jpg|thumb|"The camera loves you, baby! Me? I can't stand you, but that's less important."]]
{{voiceactor|[[Bud Davis]] (English)}}
The assistant director's job was chiefly to follow the director around and agree with him a lot. Occasionally he had original ideas, but the director tried to discourage that sort of thing.
{{-}}

===Production assistant===
[[File:Productionassistant.jpg|thumb]]
{{voiceactor|[[Susan Blu]] (English)}}
Spike and Carly encountered the production assistant rummaging through film reels. She explained that someone seemed to have stolen some of the scenes from the work print. Carly had to point out to her that they could make more copies from the negatives.

==Notes==
* The G.I. Joe episode ''Lights! Camera! Cobra!'' and the Inhumanoids episode ''Primal Passions'' both featured a director named George Landisburg with a similar personality. The appearance of Landisburg in G.I. Joe is somewhat different from that of this director, though. While both wear safari suits and have similar faces, their hair differs in both style and color.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Eiga kantoku''' (映画監督, "movie director")

{{DEFAULTSORT:Director, Attack of the Alien Robots}}
[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Entertainers]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon humans]]

List of humans from Generation 1 and 2

2021-10-29T19:10:10Z

N.A.T.S.: /* Cartoon */ Replaced Karen Fishook (G1) with Karen Fishook.

==Comics==
===Marvel===
====The Transformers (US)====
{{collist|3|
*[[Gary Acton]]
*[[Judy Acton]]
*[[Leah Acton]]
*[[Noah Acton]]
*[[Albie]]
*[[Alice (G1)|Alice]]
*[[Altman]]
*[[Ames (G1)|Ames]]
*[[Charlene Barnett]]
*[[Stevie Barnett]]
*[[Walter Barnett (G1)|Walter Barnett]]
*[[Rachel Becker]]
*[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Josie Beller]] aka Circuit Breaker
*[[Berko]]
*[[Bigelow]]
*[[Billy (G1)|Billy]]
*[[G.B. Blackrock]]
*[[Blue Leader]]
*[[Bob (mechanic)|Bob]]
*[[Bomber Bill]]
*[[Jason Boyd]]
*[[Brad (G1)|Brad]]
*[[Casanova Brown]]
*[[Burn-Out]]
*[[James Campbell|General James Campbell]]
*[[Capshaw]]
*[[Carla]]
*[[Casey (G1)|Casey]]
*[[Charlene (cowgirl)]]
*[[Charlene (pool girl)]]
*[[Charlie (Rita)|Charlie]]
*[[Chuck (G1)|Chuck]]
*[[Clifford]]
*[[Clyde]]
*[[Jake Colton (G1)|Jake Colton]]
*[[Marty Cooper]]
*[[Jake Dalrymple]]
*[[Deadhead]]
*[[Dynamo|Hector Dialonzo]] aka Dynamo
*[[Cliff Dietz|Clifford Dietz]]
*[[Waldo Dobbs]]
*[[Dum Dum]]
*[[Dunkin]]
*[[Dwight]]
*[[Earl]]
*[[Eliot]]
*[[Brad Emory]]
*[[Ernest]]
*[[Ernie (G1)|Ernie]]
*[[Ethel]]
*[[Evan (G1)|Evan]]
*[[Farley]]
*[[Felicia]]
*[[Felix]]
*[[Ferdy and Gabe|Ferdy]]
*[[Donny Finkleberg]] aka Robot-Master
*[[Charlie Fong]]
*[[Mechanic (G1)|Nester Forbes]] aka the Mechanic
*[[Forrest Forsythe]]
*[[Francine]]
*[[Frannie]]
*[[Fred (cameraman)]]
*[[Fred (hobo)]]
*[[Rollie Friendly (G1)|Rollie Friendly]]
*[[Nicholas Fury]]
*[[Fuzzy]]
*[[Ferdy and Gabe|Gabe]]
*[[Greco]]
*[[Greeley]]
*[[Thunderpunch|Lee Gruber]] aka Thunderpunch
*[[Gus (hunter)]]
*[[Gus (medic)]]
*[[Hadley]]
*[[Harvey]]
*[[Hawthorne]]
*[[Herb]]
*[[Randy Horton|Randy "Roadhog" Horton]]
*[[Walter Huddleston]]
*[[Jake "The Jackhammer" Jackson]]
*[[Janet]]
*[[Jenkins]]
*[[Jesse (G1)|Jesse]]
*[[Juan (hunter)]]
*[[Juan (thief)]]
*[[Mitch Keno]]
*[[Kim]]
*[[Ted Koppel]]
*[[Kurtz]]
*[[Jed Lindley]]
*[[Robin Lindley (G1)|Robin Lindley]]
*[[Lisa]]
*[[Jake Lomax (G1)|Jake Lomax]]
*[[Big Steve Ludwig (G1)|Steve "Big Steve" Ludwig]]
*[["O"]]
*[[Margaret]]
*[[Marko]]
*[[McBregg]]
*[[Mel (medic)]]
*[[Mel (spectator)]]
*[[Melanie]]
*[[Mister O]]
*[[Monty]]
*[[Morrie]]
*[[Murray]]
*[[Robert Paaswell]]
*[[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] aka Spider-Man
*[[Otis Parsley]]
*[[Peréz]]
*[[Ralph (cameraman)]]
*[[Ralph (soldier)]]
*[[Ralphie]]
*[[Ralston]]
*[[Rita]]
*[[Flo Roccoco]]
*[[Hadley]]
*[[Doris Roland]]
*[[Mitchell Roland]]
*[[Cecilia Santiago]]
*[[Lyle Scoggins]]
*[[Shumway]]
*[[Sid (G1)|Sid]]
*[[Allan Silver]]
*[[Skolnik]]
*[[Skunge]]
*[[Joey Slick]]
*[[Brick Springhorn]]
*[[Carissa Carr|Ethel Stankiewicz]] aka Carissa Carr
*[[Stoler]]
*[[Sue (G1)|Sue]]
*[[Rapture|Katrina Vesotsky]] aka Rapture
*[[Carmen Vasquez]]
*[[Maria Vasquez]]
*[[Ricky Vasquez]]
*[[Sammy Wainwright]]
*[[Charlene Welles]]
*[[Wendell]]
*[[Winowski]]
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
*[[Whitey]]
*[[Ethan Zachary]]
}}

====G.I. Joe and the Transformers====
{{collist|3|
*[[Anthony Duranti]]
*[[Mrs. Duranti]]
*[[Barbara Larkin]]
*[[Garcia (G1)|Garcia]]
*[[Sgt. Slaughter|Sergeant Slaughter]]
*[[McGrath]]
*[[Terence (G1)|Terence]]
*[[Kruchkow]]
}}

====The Transformers (UK)====
{{collist|3|
*[[Aethelric]]
*[[Alan (human)|Alan]]
*[[Alpha Leader]]
*[[Bobby]]
*[[Richard Branson]] (or [[Mister Johnson]])
*[[Mark Brookes]]
*[[Christmas kid]]
*[[Colby]]
*[[Corrinne]]
*[[George Cousins]]
*[[J.D.]]
*[[Dawes|Major Dawes]]
*[[Embrey|Professor Embrey]]
*[[Feminist mob]]
*[[Gordon]]
*[[Grady (G1)|Grady]]
*[[Greg (G1)|Greg]]
*[[Sammy Harker]]
*[[Roy Harker]]
*[[Zeke Heilmann]]
*[[Hemmings]]
*[[Susan Hoffman|Dr. Susan Hoffman]]
*[[Jose (Marvel)|Jose]]
*[[Judy]]
*[[Mabel]]
*[[Joy Meadows]]
*[[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]]
*[[Cindy Newell]]
*[[Nicholson]]
*[[Park ranger]]
*[[Phil]]
*[[Danny Phillips]]
*[[Jennifer Phillips]]
*[[Purnel|Professor Purnel]]
*[[Adam Reynolds]]
*[[Rick (Marvel)|Rick]]
*[[Roxxon Oil security guard]]
*[[Sheriff]]
*[[Simpson]]
*[[Irwin Spoon]]
*[[Godwin the Strongarm]]
*[[Carl Thompson|General Carl Thompson]]
*[[Tony (G1)|Tony]]
*[[Peter Whitley|Captain Peter Whitley]]
}}

====Action Force====
====G.I. Joe Starring Snake-Eyes And Transformers Generation 2====
*[[Sidney Biggles-Jones|Dr. Sidney Biggles-Jones]]

===Dreamwave===
====Prime Directive====
{{collist|3|
*[[Bishop (human)|Bishop]]
*[[Dawson|Defense Minister Dawson]]
*[[Robert Hallo|General Robert Hallo]]
*[[Larry]]
*[[Lou (bodyguard)|Lou]]
*[[Manny (G1)|Manny]]
*"[[Pisser|The pisser]]"
*[[President of the United States]]
*[[Ratzenberg]]
*[[Lazarus|Adam Rook]] aka Lazarus
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]
*[[Carly|Carly Witwicky]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
}}

====''The Transformers Trilogy''====
'''The President's Cabinet'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Vice President of the United States|The Vice President]]
*[[John (human)|John]] (the Secretary of State.)
*[[Bill (soldier)|Bill]] (The Chairman of the Joint Chief)
*[[Elisa]]
*[[Susan (Dreamwave)|Susan]]
*[[Allister Greaves]]
*[[Edmund Greaves]]
}}

'''The Military'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Michelle Grajkowski|General Michelle Grajkowski]]
*[[Ben Fellows|General Ben Fellows]]
*[[Uberhogs|Lieutenant Vic Mellors]]
*[[Uberhogs|Lieutenant Vern Fox]]
*[[Uberhogs|Lieutenant Antoine Debussy]]
*[[Uberhogs|Lieutenant Dave Langer]]
*[[Chuck Cherwonowitz|Chuck “Chubby” Cherwonowitz]]
}}

'''The Media'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Darren Norbert]]
*[[Real Life—Transformers Style|Glynnis]]
*[[Real Life—Transformers Style|Kimberly]]
*[[Real Life—Transformers Style|Bethann]]
*[[Real Life—Transformers Style|Jamal]]
*[[High Rollahz|The High Rollahz]]
}}

====Generation 1 ongoing====
{{collist|3|
*[[EDC Night Force Unit|Cruz]]
*[[EDC Night Force Unit|Dorry]]
*[[Marissa Faireborn]]
*[[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
}}

===IDW===
====2005 IDW continuity====
{{collist|3|
*[[Alexi]]
*[[Allenby|General Allenby]]
*[[Arkurin]]
*[[Arcee Arthur]]
*[[Sanjay Bharwaney]]
*[[Serena Bharwaney]]
*[[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]]
*[[Breski]]
*[[Bridge]]
*[[Bud]]
*[[Luke Cage]]
*[[Campolongo]]
*[[Verity Carlo]]
*[[Charles (G1)|Charles]]
*[[Clive]]
*[[Collins (G1)|Collins]]
*[[Creel|Mister Creel]]
*[[Abraham Dante]]
*[[Ms. Marvel|Carol Susan Jane Danvers]] aka Ms. Marvel
*[[Deacon]]
*[[Peter Dille]]
*[[DJ (G1)|DJ]]
*[[Doctor Doom]]
*[[Douglas (G1)|Douglas]]
*[[Drake (G1)|Mister Drake]]
*[[Emily (G1)|Emily]]
*[[Marissa Faireborn]]
*[[Fleming]]
*[[Joe Gladki]]
*[[Goring|Professor Goring]]
*[[Grant (G1)|Agent Grant]]
*[[Lani Gushman]]
*[[Hawke|Colonel Hawke]]
*[[Joe Henderson]]
*[[Maria Hill]]
*[[Hiro]]
*[[Alexander Holt]]
*[[Gordon Horiuchi]]
*[[Jimmy (G1)|Jimmy]]
*[[Jolly|Mister Jolly]]
*[[Ayana Jones]]
*[[Kim Jong Du]]
*[[Daniel Klonowski]]
*[[Kloss|Mister Kloss]]
*[[Georgi Koska]]
*[[Larsen|Lieutenant Larsen]]
*[[Larson]]
*[[Wolverine (Marvel)|Logan]] aka Wolverine
*[[Lopez]]
*[[Maki Asato]]
*[[Manning|Sergeant Manning]]
*[[Maria (G1)|Maria]]
*[[Markham]]
*[[Nina]]
*[[Hunter O'Nion]]
*[[Spider-Man|Peter Parker]] aka Spider-Man
*[[Kyle Pennington]]
*[[Jimmy Pink]]
*[[John Powell]]
*[[Joshua Red]]
*[[Reese|Mister Reese]]
*[[Andy Reid]]
*[[Captain America|Steve Rogers]] aka Captain America
*[[Sandra (G1)|Sandra]]
*[[Sarah (G1)|Sarah]]
*[[Schwalbe]]
*[[Frank Shin]]
*[[Silver Sable]]
*[[Lindy Simmons]]
*[[Tim Simmons]]
*[[Ben Simpson]]
*"[[Spike's affair]]"
*[[Iron Man|Anthony Edward Stark]] aka Iron Man
*[[Stevens]]
*[[Stoker|Mister Stoker]]
*[[Svenson|Miss Svenson]]
*[[Swati]]
*[[Todorof]]
*[[Carlos Tuyuc]]
*[[Weiss|Mister Weiss]]
*[[Chad Wells]]
*[[Mrs. Wells]]
*[[Weston|Doctor Weston]]
*[[Falcon (Marvel)|Samuel Thomas Wilson]] aka Falcon
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky|Daniel "Sparkplug" Witwicky]]
*[[Mrs. Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
}}

====Hearts of Steel====
{{collist|3|
*[[Abner]]
*[[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]]
*[[Brawley and Cletus|Brawley]]
*[[John Byers]]
*[[Carruthers]]
*[[Brawley and Cletus|Cletus]]
*[[Cleveland (human)|Cleveland]]
*[[Thomas Edison]]
*[[Melvin Frohike]]
*[[John Henry]]
*[[Richard Langly]]
*[[Kitty Merriweather]]
*[[Stanford Merriweather]]
*[[Fox Mulder]]
*[[Katherine Muldoon]]
*[[Tobias Muldoon]]
*[[Toby Muldoon]]
*[[David Simmons]]
*[[Smythe]]
*[[Nikola Tesla]]
*[[Mark Twain]]
*[[Quincannon]]
*[[Vanflint]]
*[[Jules Verne]]
}}

==Cartoon==
===American television series===
====Season 1====
{{collist|3|
*[[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]]
*[[Doctor Arkeville|Dr. Arkeville]]
*[[Chip Chase]]
*[[Ed (worker)|Ed]]
*[[Indian maharaja]]
*[[Jeff (astronomer)|Jeff]]
*[[Joe (MTMTE)|Joe]]
*[[Luisa]]
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]
}}

====Season 2====
{{collist|3|
*[[Aetheling the Red|Sir Aetheling the Red]]
*[[Ali (Sunbow)|Ali]]
*[[Carl Andrews]]
*[[Beorht]]
*[[Shawn Berger]]
*[[Possum Brown]]
*[[Auggie Cahnay (G1)|Auggie Cahnay]]
*[[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]]
*[[Bonnie Carlson]]
*[[Carly]]
*[[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]
*[[Dinsmore]]
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director|Director]]
*[[Harold Edsel]]
*[[Abdul Ben-F'aisal]]
*[[Karen Fishook]]
*[[Doctor Fujiyama the Famous Scientist]]
*[[Furg]]
*[[Paul Gates|Doctor Paul Gates]]
*[[Geddis brothers]]
*[[Greene|Professor Greene]]
*[[Haley|Professor Haley]]
*[[Harding|Doctor Harding]]
*[[Indian maharaja]]
*[[Jeff (ranger)|Jeff]]
*[[Joan]]
*Dash Jordon
*[[Jose (cartoon)|Jose]]
*[[Jumal|Prince Jumal aka Hassan]]
*[[Justin]]
*Larry
*[[Martin and Roland|Martin]]
*[[Marty Minkler]]
*[[Mayor of Central City]]
*[[Merrick]]
*[[Mike]]
*[[Nimue]]
*[[Daina|Oktober Guard One]]
*[[Poplock]]
*[[El Presidente]]
*[[Elise Presser]]
*[[Produce thrower]]
*[[Attack of the Alien Robots director#Production assistant|Production assistant]]
*[[Hector Ramirez]]
*[[Raoul]]
*[[Robbins|Mr. Robbins]]
*[[Rocksteady]]
*[[Martin and Roland|Roland]]
*[[Stylish man]]
*Sultan Salieen
*[[Teranova|Professor Teranova]]
*[[Wigend of Blackthorn|Sir Wigend of Blackthorn]]
*[[Winston]]
*[[Wulf|Sir Wulf]]
*[[Sōji Yoshikawa|Doctor Sōji Yoshikawa]]
}}

====Season 3====
{{collist|3|
*[[Bonnie Carlson]]
*[[Victor Drath]]
*[[Dutch (G1)|Dutch]]
*[[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Dashiell R. Faireborn aka Flint]]
*[[Marissa Faireborn]]
*[[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi, Supreme Military Commander, President-for-Life, and King of Kings of the Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya]]
*[[Lippo the Clown]]
*[[Dirk Manus]]
*[[Michelle]]
*[[Jessica Morgan]]
*[[Mark Morgan|Dr. Mark Morgan]]
*[[Cobra Commander|Old Snake aka Cobra Commander]]
*[[Sullivan (G1)|Sullivan]]
*[[Gregory Swofford|Dr. Gregory Swofford]]
*[[Turan|Chief Turan]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]
}}

==Japanese series==
===Manga===
====Fight! Super Robot Lifeform: The Transformers====
*[[Kenji]]
*[[Makoto (FSRL)|Makoto]]
*[[Takara (G1)|Takara]]

====The Headmasters====
*[[Kane]]
*[[Masato]]
*[[Carly|Carly Witwicky]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]

====Victory====
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]]
*[[Illumina]]
*[[Jan's mother]]
*[[Shūta Gō]]
*[[Doctor Minakaze]]
*[[Jan Minakaze]]
*[[Patty Minakaze]]
*[[Solon Kitakaze (G1)|Solon Kitakaze]]

====G-2====
*[[Junpei]]

====The Battle of the Star Gate====
*[[Felix Adle|Professor Adle]]
*[[Katua Adle]]
*[[Anya]]
*[[Flegg]]
*[[Makoto (Star Gate)|Makoto]]
*[[Ōnishi|Professor Ōnishi]]
*[[Prime Minister of Japan]]
*[[Trov]]

====Henkei! Henkei!====
*[[Mai Hoshinoumi]]
*[[Wataru Hoshinoumi]]
*[[Akira Kihara]]
*[[Osamu Kihara]]

===Cartoon===
====The Headmasters====
*[[Alyssa]]
*[[Papika]]
*[[Pipiro]]
*[[Polonus]]
*[[Carly|Carly Witwicky]]
*[[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]]
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]

====Super-God Masterforce====
'''Autobots'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Cab (human)|Cab]]
*[[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]]
*[[Shūta Gō]]
*[[Lightfoot (G1)|Lightfoot]]
*[[Minerva (human)|Minerva]]
*[[Ranger]]
*[[Road King]]
}}

'''Decepticons'''
{{collist|3|
*[[Bullhorn (G1)|Bullhorn]]
*[[Buster (G1)|Buster]]
*[[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]]
*[[Clouder]]
*[[Giga]]
*[[Hydra (G1)|Hydra]]
*[[Mega]]
*[[Wilder (G1)|Wilder]]
}}

'''Others'''
{{collist|3|
*[[ABCD News announcer]]
*[[Baney Aquarium director]]
*[[Blanieux]]
*[[Breuters]]
*[[Cancer's sensei]]
*[[Carl (Masterforce)|Carl]]
*[[Chang]]
*[[Chris]]
*[[International School coach|Coach]]
*[[Commercial director]]
*[[Copo]]
*[[Dan and Couga|Couga]]
*[[Cruise ship captain]]
*[[Dado (Masterforce)|Dado]]
*[[Dan and Couga|Dan]]
*[[Donq]]
*[[Douglas (Masterforce)|Douglas]]
*[[Driver]]
*[[Driver C and Driver D]]
*[[Izaac Esimov]]
*[[Female nurse]]
*[[Forklift laborer]]
*[[Germain]]
*[[Girl A]]
*[[Girl A's teacher]]
*[[Haruma Gō|Professor Gō]]
*[[Hostage child]]
*[[Billy Husky]]
*[[Japan Air Self-Defense Force pilot]]
*[[Kaiser]]
*[[Kidnapped physician]]
*[[King of Khmer]]
*[[Leftfoot]]
*[[Leftfoot's assistant]]
*[[Little girl (Masterforce)|Little girl]]
*[[Mac]]
*[[Madonna]]
*[[Madonna (Masterforce)]]
*[[S. Maik]]
*[[Maria (Masterforce)|Maria]]
*[[Mary]]
*[[Master (Masterforce)|Master]]
*[[J. Medgal]]
*[[Mine laborer]]
*[[Mine overseer]]
*[[Minerva's parents]]
*[[Robert Mondavi]]
*[[Moon base captain]]
*[[Newlyweds]]
*[[News Abroad announcer]]
*[[Ocean Research Institute operator]]
*[[S. Pakinper]]
*[[Priest]]
*[[Rent-a-car seller]]
*[[Rhodan]]
*[[Ricky]]
*[[Bart Runcastar]]
*[[Sam (producer)]]
*[[Sam (transport boss)]]
*[[Stand boy]]
*[[Stewardess]]
*[[Tony (Masterforce)|Tony]]
*[[United States Air Force pilot]]
*[[Warship captain]]
}}

====Victory====
{{collist|3|
*[[Burns|Mayor Burns]]
*[[Clump]]
*[[Emily (Victory)|Emily]]
*[[Frank (Victory)|Frank]]
*[[Illumina]]
*[[Jan's other classmate]]
*[[Jan's mother]]
*[[Joyce]]
*[[Mayville|Headmistress Mayville]]
*[[Doctor Minakaze]]
*[[Jan Minakaze]]
*[[Moon base captain]]
*[[Ōgaki|Doctor Ōgaki]]
*[[Rami]]
*[[Tom]]
}}
====Zone====
*[[Akira Serikawa]]

===Binaltech===
{{collist|3|
*[[Doctor Arkeville]]
*[[Shawn Berger|Shawn Berger, Jr]]
*[[Chip Chase]]
*[[Chumley|Lord Chumley]]
*[[Flint (G.I. Joe)|Dashiell R. Faireborn]]
*[[Marissa Faireborn]]
*[[Garrison Kreiger|General Kreiger]]
*[[Iron Klaw|Count von Rani]]
}}

===Binaltech Asterisk===
*[[Ai Kuruma]]
*[[Kelly (RID)|Junko Shiragami]]
*[[Lumina Hoshi]]

===Kiss Players===
*[[Hitoshizuku Amaō]]
*[[Shizuku Amaō]]
*[[Ringo Chikuma]]
*[[Marissa Faireborn]]
*[[Atari Hitotonari]]
*[[Shaoshao Li]]
*[[Kayu Michikusa]]

==Other==
*[[Barry]]
*[[Heath Blaisedale]]
*[[Crabtree|Councillor Crabtree]]
*[[Johnny (G1)|Johnny]]
*[[Cee|Madame Cee]]
*[[John Gordon]]
*[[Tim Gordon]]
*[[A. McNulty]]
*[[Osgood|Captain Osgood]]
*[[Abe Walters]]
*[[Butch Witwicky (G1)|Butch Witwicky]]

==Organizations==
{{collist|3|
*[[S.T.A.R.S.]]
*[[Intelligence and Information Institute|I.I.I aka Triple I]]
*[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]
*[[Cobra]]
*[[Daina|Oktober Guard]]
*[[Concurrence|The Concurrence]]
*Screaming Eagles
*I.R.O.N Army
*S.K.A.R.
*[[Earth Defense Command|E.D.C.]]
*[[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|R.A.A.T]]
*[[Avengers]]
}}

[[Category:Generation 1 humans]]
[[Category:Generation 2 humans]]
[[Category:Lists]]

User:JW/Arrogance

2021-10-29T19:04:15Z

N.A.T.S.: /* Hearts of Steel */ Replaced Jacob Lee Bonaventure (G1) with Jacob Lee Bonaventure.

List of pages I arrogantly, smugly, and pointlessly claim a lot of credit for:

==Generation 1==
* [[Ashes, Ashes...]]

==Generation 2==
* [[Realignments]]
* [[Goin' South]]
* [[Sucker Punch]]
* [[Final Transformations]]

* [[Primal Fear!]]
* [[Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!]]
* [[The Power and the Glory]]
* [[The Gathering Darkness]]
* [[New Dawn]]
* [[Escalation!]]
* [[Swarm (issue)|Swarm]]
* [[Total War!]]

==Cybertron==
* [[Haven]]
* [[Hidden]]
* [[Landmine (episode)|Landmine]]
* [[Space (episode)|Space]]

==Hearts of Steel==
* [[Hearts of Steel]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 1]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 2]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 3]]
* [[Hearts of Steel issue 4]]
* [[John Henry]]
* [[Brawley and Cletus]]
* [[Jules Verne]]
* [[Tobias Muldoon]]
* [[Stanford Merriweather]]
* [[Kitty Merriweather]]
* [[Vanflint]]
* [[Jacob Lee Bonaventure]]

==Creators==
* [[Zac Atkinson (colorist)|Zac Atkinson]]
* [[Chuck Dixon]]
* [[Edwin Garcia]]
* [[Manny Manos]]
* [[Mike S. Miller]]
* [[Chris Mowry]]
* [[Ian Rimmer]]
* [[Robin Smith]]
* [[Marv Wolfman]]

==Miscellaneous==
* [[Anatomic euphemism]]
* [[Captain Fanzone's car]]
* [[Computer-generated imagery]]
* The color-coded chart at [[FIRRIB]].
* [[Introdump]]
* [[The many deaths of Optimus Prime]]
* [[Megadeath (Animated)]]
* [[Octus (Animated)]]
* [[Scale]] ([[User:PacifistPrime|PacifistPrime]] created this page and most of its content. All due praise be unto him. I merely organized it, added subheadings, and ruthlessly edited it for length.)
* [[To sell toys]]

* [[Template:Correctenglish]]
* [[Template:Notachatroom]]
* [[Template:Signyourposts]]

==Micromasters==
{|border=0 cellspacing=3 cellpadding=3
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
* [[Barrage (Micromaster)|Barrage]]
* [[Big Shot]]
* [[Blast Master]]
* [[Cement-Head]]
* [[Countdown (G1)|Countdown]]
* [[Crumble]]
* [[Direct-Hit (G1)|Direct-Hit]]
* [[Dropshot (G1)|Dropshot]]
* [[Erector (G1)|Erector]]
* [[Excavator (G1)|Excavator]]
* [[Fireshot (G1)|Fireshot]]
* [[Fixit (G1)|Fixit]]
* [[Flattop (Decepticon)|Flattop]]
* [[Full-Barrel]]
* [[Greaser]]
* [[Grit (G1)|Grit]]
* [[Ground Hog]]
* [[Groundpounder (G1)|Groundpounder]]
* [[Groundshaker]]
* [[Growl (G1)|Growl]]
* [[Gusher]]
* [[Half-Track (G1)|Half-Track]]
* [[Hammer (G1)|Hammer]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
* [[Heave]]
* [[Highjump (G1)|Highjump]]
* [[Hot House (Micromaster)|Hot House]]
* [[Hubs]]
* [[Hyperdrive (Micromaster)|Hyperdrive]]
* [[Ironworks (Micromaster)|Ironworks]]
* [[Knockout (G1)|Knockout]]
* [[Meltdown (G1)|Meltdown]]
* [[Missile Master]]
* [[Moonrock]]
* [[Motorhead (G1)|Motorhead]]
* [[Mudslinger (G1)|Mudslinger]]
* [[Neutro]]
* [[Oiler]]
* [[Overflow]]
* [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]
* [[Phaser (G1)|Phaser]]
* [[Pipeline]]
* [[Power Punch (G1)|Power Punch]]
* [[Power Run]]
* [[Powertrain]]
* [[Red Hot]]
* [[Retro]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
* [[Roadburner]]
* [[Roller Force]]
* [[Roughstuff]]
* [[Seawatch]]
* [[Sidetrack]]
* [[Skyhopper]]
* [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]]
* [[Sledge (G1)|Sledge]]
* [[Slide]]
* [[Stonecruncher (G1)|Stonecruncher]]
* [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]]
* [[Strikedown]]
* [[Surge (G1)|Surge]]
* [[Tailwind (G1)|Tailwind]]
* [[Takedown]]
* [[Terror-Tread]]
* [[Tote]]
* [[Tracer (G1 Decepticon)|Tracer]]
* [[Vanquish (G1)|Vanquish]]
* [[Wheel Blaze]]
* [[Whisper (G1)|Whisper]]
* ...That makes 67 Micromaster pages. Woot!
|}

Brazil

2021-10-29T18:41:59Z

N.A.T.S.: I read the Bumblebee Movie Prequel, and there was a moment Reeve was fighting a woman who appears to be an international assassin, and you can see the green tip of the country's flag during their fight.

'''Brazil''', the '''Federative Republic of Brazil''' in full, is the largest and most populous country of [[South America]]. It is located along the continent's east coast and borders [[Venezuela]], [[Peru]], [[Argentina]], and [[Uruguay]]. The country is divided in states, of which [[Mato Grosso (state)|Mato Grosso]] is one. Another is São Paulo, home to the city São Paulo, which is Brazil's largest city and also one of the largest in the world.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
When the Autobots prepared to go to [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] per [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], they apparently were located in Brazil. {{storylink|The God Gambit}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books continuity===
[[File:Satellite of Doom launch complex.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
The [[Decepticon]]s built their [[crystal satellite]] and its launch complex in the jungles of [[Mato Grosso (state)|Mato Grosso]]. This much to [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]'s dismay, as the jungle humidity had a detrimental effect on his cassette drives. Nobody cared. Once the final piece, a large diamond, had been placed atop the satellite, it was launched into orbit. The [[Autobot]]s had taken note of their enemy's activities however, so [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] blew up the launch complex and withdrew with his troops back to base to continue to monitor and control the crystal satellite's mission in safety. {{storylink|Satellite of Doom}}

The Decepticons' scheme failed and some time later, Megatron and Soundwave returned to the site of the former launch complex, which had been reabsorbed by the jungle. Megatron commented that he aimed to get the [[oil]] underneath the South American jungles. As the two Decepticons spoke, a local Native American approached and, armed with a blowgun and poisoned darts, took a shot at Soundwave, but the dart just bounced off. Megatron and Soundwave were not impressed, but supposedly left him alone.

Since the Autobots stopped the Decepticons' plan in [[Peru]], the Decepticons never got far enough to drain so much as a drop of oil from underneath Brazil. {{storylink|Storms of Destruction}}

===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
[[File:The Dinobots! aggressive Snarl.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb]]
Millions of years ago, the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' crashed on [[Earth]], leaving only four Autobots partially active. The ''Ark'' reconstructed them after the planet's dominant lifeform, [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Renaming themselves [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], the four explored the land and at least [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] were in the area that would become Brazil when they were deactivated due to a meteorite crashing up a dust layer that robbed them of their solar radiation.

In 1994, chaotic deforestation of the jungle that had grown over Snarl's and Grimlock's temporary grave reawakened them. The other Autobots, reawakened since a while too, noticed the [[Transformer]]-coded power emission the Dinobots were producing and went to check. The [[Decepticon]]s followed suit once [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] had reported on the power emission. At first the Dinobots, controlled by their dinosaur programming, attacked the Autobots, but once the Decepticons showed up, Grimlock and Snarl came to their senses and fought them instead. They reintroduced themselves to the other Autobots and promised to rejoin their forces once they'd found their two missing teammates. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}

===Live-action film series===
====''Dark of the Moon'' Annual====
The discovery of large deposits of iron ore made Mato Grosso a prime target for the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Dark of the Moon Annual 2012}}

====''The Last Knight'' film====
Sometime after the fall of [[Cemetery Wind]], a Brazilian named [[Santos]] became the commander of [[Transformers Reaction Force|T.R.F]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight}}

====Bumblebee Movie Prequel====
In one of the many missions given by [[P.R.O.G.R.A.M.M.E.]] for [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[David Reeve]] involved capturing an international female assassin, which happened during a confrontation in Brazil. {{storylink|The Man with the Golden Car}}

==Games==
===Transformers Autobots/Decepticons===
[[File:ROTF DSDecep Sao Paulo skyline.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Pictured: A Decepticon Recruit heading to the fleshies' "worst nightmare".'']]
====Autobot Campaign====
As per [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]]'s instructions, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] met up with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] in São Paulo. While discussing the presence of large numbers of Decepticons in the area, a [[protoform]] suddenly crashed at a few miles distance. Optimus Prime rushed to the location and recruited the protoform. Then [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] showed up, having also intended to claim the protoform, and Optimus Prime attacked him while Ratchet instructed the new recruit away from the scene and back to the city area. Following Ratchet's orders, the recruit [[Scanning|scanned]] a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. Next, he met up with Bumblebee and Ironhide, who worried about his ability to stay alive in battle. A subsequent attack by the Decepticons allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing a Decepticon recruit. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots}}

====Decepticon Campaign====
As per [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]'s instructions, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] met up with [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] in São Paulo. Decepticon-style pleasant talk was cut short when a [[protoform]] suddenly crashed at a few miles distance. Starscream rushed to the location and recruited the protoform. Then [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] showed up, having also intended to claim the protoform, and Starscream attacked him while Soundwave instructed the new recruit away from the scene and back to the city area. Following Soundwave's orders, the recruit [[Scanning|scanned]] a nearby car and adopted a vehicle form. Next, he met up with Sideways and Grindor, who were quick to call him a liability. A subsequent attack by the Autobots allowed the recruit to show his worth, particularly by killing an Autobot recruit. {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Decepticons}}

==Notes==
* During [[The Transformers (toyline)|Generation 1]], [[Estrela]] held the license to manufacture and market ''Transformers'' toys in Brazil. The Estrela line-up was unique to Brazil and included several molds from companies other than [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]. It also was the only line-up to include the [[Bumper (G1)|Mini Vehicle Familia mold]].
*An unproduced joke for the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' episode "[[Trials]]" would have involved [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] popping into Brazil during a music festival. He would then crash the concert and hang out.<ref>"[https://shikai-the-storyteller.tumblr.com/post/613237429097365504/i-absolutely-didnt-go-back-through-and-edit-this Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)]"</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{w|Brazil}} at Wikipedia

[[Category:Dark of the Moon locations]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon locations]]
[[Category:Generation 1 countries]]
[[Category:Generation 2 locations]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen locations]]
[[Category:South American countries]]

Cliffjumper's bazooka

2021-10-29T18:32:51Z

N.A.T.S.: noname-nickname template.

:''Cliffjumper's bazooka is an unnamed weapon that Cliffjumper uses once in the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

{{noname-nickname}}

[[File:Cliffgun.JPG|right|thumb|300px|Where'd that come from?]]

'''Cliffjumper's bazooka''' is a bazooka primarily used by [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]].

==Fiction==
===''Generation 1'' cartoon===
[[File:TransportToOblivion-Cliffjumpersbazooka.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Who cares? I'm more worried about where it's goin'!]]

[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] fired a silver version of the bazooka on [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] from a great distance, hoping to end the war with one shot, but this merely alerted the Decepticons to his location.{{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] fired a green version of the bazooka as he and several other Autobots fired on the Decepticons as they attempted to launch [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]] through the [[Space bridge]].{{storylink|Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion}}

As the Autobots struggled to keep the Decepticons from continuing their plot to orbit [[Cybertron (planet)|Cyberton]] around the [[Earth]], Ironhide ran to Optimus Prime carrying a silver version of the bazooka, suggesting a call for reinforcements. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 3}}

{{-}}

==Toys==
===Generations===
====''War for Cybertron: Earthrise''====
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Deluxe-Cliffjumper.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|We hope you really like this weapon accessory!]]
*'''Cliffjumper''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])

: ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' Cliffjumper includes a disconcertingly large cannon similar to one he briefly used in the G1 cartoon episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", which can split into two smaller blasters and a pair of skis which can attach under his wheels as seen in "[[Dinobot Island, Part 2]]". The back end of the cannon can fold out to fit in his car mode's underside to help balance when skis are deployed, while also being usable as a melee weapon. It can also mount on either his thigh or on the side or top of his shoulder meaning you can put the entire cannon in these spots. Similarly, his [[partformer|detaching]] car trunk can either be put into the robot mode's back or be used as a shield with help of a flip-out peg. This peg and the back end of the cannon use a unique post and port to connect to each other.

:The promotional renders and early product samples showcased at conventions showed his weapons and skis being silver, while the final product had them cast in black plastic (with the guns being painted silver except for their handles).

{{-}}

===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Hubcap.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Phew, okay, one other use of it is probably fine.]]
*'''Hubcap''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])

:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', Hubcap comes with a recolored version of Cliffjumper's hilariously huge cannon.

{{-}}

[[File:TF-Generations-Selects-Bug-Bite.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Okay, this is the third time, but at least it's an attractive purple!]]
*'''Bug Bite''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])

:A ''[[Generations Selects (toyline)|Generations Selects]]'' add-on to ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'', Bug Bite comes with a redeco of Cliffjumper's absurdly enormous cannon.

{{-}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-Trilogy-Deluxe-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now this is just getting excessive. Good thing we're done with it.]]
*'''Bumblebee''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])

:Part of the second wave of ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Deluxe Class toys, promoting the ''Earthrise'' season of [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|the Netflix cartoon]], Bumblebee comes with a copy of Cliffjumper's ominously oversized bazooka, now painted in slightly darker gunmetal color and lacking the paint on the rear piece.
{{-}}

===Buzzworthy Bumblebee===
[[File:TF-WFC-Trilogy-Buzzworthy-Worlds-Collide-Bumblebee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Dangit, Bumblebee got this weapon AGAIN? How many times can Bumblebee get Cliffjumper's weapon?!]]
*'''Worlds Collide''' (4-pack, 2021)

:Released as part of the ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' "Worlds Collide" 4-pack, this Bumblebee features the Brobdingnagian bazooka included with all versions of the mold, this time painted green to resemble the bazooka [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] used in "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]."
{{-}}

===Shattered Glass===

[[File:TF-Shattered-Glass-Collection-Goldbug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|''*throws up hands in the air, storms off*'']]
*'''Autobot Goldbug''' (Deluxe Class, [[2021]])
:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' subline, "Autobot Goldbug" comes with a redeco of Cliffjumper's ridiculously voluminous bazooka.
{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Cliffjumper's bazooka is described in the "More Than Meets The Eye, Part 1" script as a "BAZOOKA-LIKE weapon" and in the "Transport to Oblivion" script as a "bazooka-like tube, the end studded with a circular series of smaller 'rifle' bores." It's not mentioned in the "Ultimate Doom" script. In the the packaging copy for the sixty-billion toys of it, it's referred to merely as a "weapon accessory."

[[Category:Generation 1 weapons]]
[[Category:Ranged weapons]]

Transformers Comic issue 5.4

2021-10-29T18:18:42Z

N.A.T.S.: The Issue's cover is finaly here.

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|caption=
|publisher=[[Titan Books|Titan Comics]]
|date=November/December [[2014]]
|editor=[[Rona Simpson]]
|senior editor=[[Natalie Clubb]]
|designer=[[Dan Bura]]
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'''Lockdown's captives are revolting.'''

==Locked In!==
* '''Script:''' [[Martin Fisher]]
* '''Pencils, inks and colour:''' [[Andres Ponce]]
* '''Lettering:''' [[Comicraft]]
* '''Continuity:''' ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Transformers: Age of Extinction]]'' (prequel)

On board [[Knight Ship|his ship]], [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] gloats to his captives, who will soon be turned in for the bounties on their heads. However, the bounty hunter suddenly realises that one captive, [[Sojex]], has escaped. In the confusion, one prisoner is able to throttle Lockdown through the bars of his cage, but gets electrocuted for his efforts. Nevertheless, Sojex now has control of the entire ship, and she reveals that she intended to be captured, so that she could exact revenge for Lockdown claiming the bounty on the [[Coseem crime gang]]'s leader. She invites the mercenary to confront her in the ship's control room, and Lockdown has his troops stand down, so that he can face her alone.

Making his way through the craft, Lockdown easily deals with mounted guns, crushing walls and saw blades – Sojex may control the security systems, he was the one who installed them in the first place. However, Lockdown is caught unaware by a [[scraplet]], tiny creatures that drain a victim's electrical energy and use it to multiply. As a growing swarm of scraplets covers the mercenary, Sojex begins to celebrate...

...only to have Lockdown burst into the control room! The bounty hunter used his holographic systems, still synced with the ship, to manipulate the CCTV, letting Sojex watch a fake Lockdown whilst he dealt with the scraplets using an [[Earth]] [[Water|liquid]]. Sojex pulls a gun on Lockdown, but he dodges and hits a button, electrocuting the command chair and knocking his assailant unconscious. The mercenary promptly locks Sojex into a prison pod, and launches her back to the Coseem crime gang, who will not be best pleased with her failure.

Some time later, Lockdown receives a transmission from mysterious individuals. They have a job for him – on Earth...
===Featured characters===
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
|h1=Mercenaries|c1=
*[[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] (1)
*[[Steeljaw (AOE)|Steeljaw]] (4)
*[[Shadow Raider]]s (5)
|c4=
*Spiky alien (2)
*[[Sojex]] (3)
*[[Creator (AOE)|Creators]] (6)
}}

===Quotes===
===Notes===
*This issue appears to be the first written with knowledge of the plot of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'', with the end of the story actually leading into the film in a meaningful way.
*Several panels of Lockdown are very obviously traced from [[:File:AOE Lockdown walks.jpg|film screenshots]] and stock art.
===Errors===
*The Steeljaw seen on Lockdown's ship is drawn as ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Steeljaw (DOTM)|Steeljaw]].

==Contents==
===Articles and features===
*'''The Lowdown on... Hound''' – Bio and facts on Hound.
*'''Massive Movie Quiz''' – Quiz on ''Age of Extinction''.
*'''Grimlock VS Scorn''' – Bios and stats for [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] and [[Scorn]].
*'''Crosshairs' Conundrums''' – Solve puzzles to prove yourself to Crosshairs.
*'''Poster''' – Pull-out poster featuring Lockdown and the [[Autobot]]s.
*'''Are You... Battle Ready?''' – Find out which ''Age of Exinction'' Autobot you're most like.
*'''The Sprint for Cybertron''' – Board game, in which the Autobots must race back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to repel an alien invasion.
*'''Lockdown's Letterbox''' – Lockdown and Crosshairs remark on readers' artwork.
*'''Competition''' – Win a Limited Edition copy of ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Transformers: Prime]]'' Season 2 Volume 2, including a ''[[Megatron Returns]]'' book.
*'''Drift's Wordsearch!''' – Find words relating to this issue's comic strip.
*'''Trouble and Strafe!''' – Solve a maze to help Bumblebee feed a hungry [[Strafe (AOE)|Strafe]]!
*'''Competition''' – Win a bundle of ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (franchise)|Rescue Bots]]'' books from [[Autumn Publishing]] by assembling and photographing a papercraft [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]].

===Free Gift!===
*Amazing action figure! – Static ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Transformers: Prime]]'' figurine of either [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] or [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], previously available with Colombian newspaper 'El Tiempo'.

==Notes==
*In further evidence that the magazine staff have now seen the film, [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshair]]'s dialogue on activity pages has dropped the inexplicable cowboy accent of previous issues for a screen-accurate {{w|London}} one.
===Errors===
*The movie quiz asks who off-screen character [[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]] is, despite every other question being about the film itself.

===Trivia===

===Quotes===

[[Category:Age of Extinction Magazine issues]]

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2021-10-29T18:18:03Z

N.A.T.S.: Cover of #5.4 of the TF Comic {{Titanliveactionfilmcover|franchise=aoe}} Category:Age of Extinction covers

Cover of #5.4 of the TF Comic
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[[Category:Age of Extinction covers]]

Go-Bots issue 4

2021-10-29T17:46:18Z

N.A.T.S.: Replaced New York with New York City.

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|publisher=[[IDW Publishing]]
|date=[[February 20]], [[2019]]
|coverdate=January 2019
|written by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|art by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|colors by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|letters by=[[Tom Scioli]]
|editor=[[David Hedgecock]]
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'''Old enemies and mysterious new allies await as the Guardians and their human companions navigate the ruins of the Earth that was.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:GoBots4Humans.jpg|200px|thumb|left]]
Having breached the ruins of [[Earth]] at the center of [[Gobotron]], the four human astronauts now wander through the ruins of [[New York City]], surveying what the passage of time has done to their home. Baffled by how so much could have changed in so little time, it's [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] who reminds them of the fact that their Go-Bot companion [[Spay-C]] holds all the answers. At Turbo's insistence, Spay-C tells them the full story: though he was initially pleased by the Go-Bot revolution taking place on Earth, the war quickly turned ugly, and to protect his cryogenically-frozen human partners Spay-C opted not to return to Earth for years until it seemed safe. When [[Charlotte Scott|Charlotte]] wonders if they're the last surviving humans, Turbo points them to a nearby valley—now home to a small colony of feral, cavemen-like humans. He and Scooter are the beloved protectors of what remains of humanity; not far away however, [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] and his team take a break from their search for the [[Lazer Lance]] as [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s [[Thruster]] arrives above the ruined city, and [[Water Walk]] and [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] swoop out of the spaceship to capture a gaggle of humans. Turbo hops aboard Spay-C to take to the air, and while Turbo battles Water Walk he urges Spay-C to go after Warpath and his prisoners. Spay-C is downed by a laser blast and unable to prevent them from getting away; Turbo is proud, however, noting that Spay-C did his best to defend humanity. The moment is short-lived, however, as the mighty [[Zod]] leaps out of the Thruster, the impact of his landing sending shockwaves across New York and knocking Leader-1 unconscious.

In another vision, Leader-1 is visited by the "Go-Bot god" [[Courageous]], who tells Leader-1 that one day soon the Go-Bots will achieve "communal consciousness". As he awakes, Leader-1 informs his men that he finally knows the way to the Lazer Lance, and sets out to retrieve it. The Guardians only go a short way before they stumble across Scooter, Turbo, and the unconscious Spay-C. Turbo is naturally skeptical of Leader-1 and his intentions, but Leader-1 reminds him that they have a bigger problem in the form of Zod. When Leader-1 draws a pictogram on the ground, Scooter excitedly babbles that he knows the location of the lance—unaware that, not far away, Cy-Kill has just received Warpath's haul of humans, accompanied by two of the astronauts. The journey across ancient Earth takes the Guardians into mountainous uplands, and while [[Royal-T]] remains unmoved by this quest, Leader-1 has faith in his vision. The debate is cut short when the heroes are ambushed by a group of monstrous living rocks—only to be saved by another group of transforming minerals. Their rescuers introduce themselves as the "Go-lems", monastic warriors who seek to attain oneness with the Earth itself. Their leader [[Boulder (GoBots)|Boulder]] warns them that, while the Laser Lance lies within the [[Stonehead|massive skull-shaped mountain]], it is a bad place to be avoided.

[[File:GoBots4GoLems.jpg|300px|thumb|]]
Inside the mountain, the Guardians are greeted by the sight of dozens of [[Vamp]] Go-Bots including one that holds the mangled but still-living remains of [[Zebediah Braxis|Braxis]]. Turbo points out that Braxis intended to kill Scooter's best friend [[A.J. Foster|A.J.]], who grew into an accomplished freedom fighter as the war between humans and Go-Bots tipped in favor of the machines. Turbo accuses Leader-1 as having abetted her death; by ordering Scooter to kill her, the grief drove him mad. Leader-1 defends himself, pointing out that he could've reprogrammed himself like Scooter to relieve himself of the memories and that the story Turbo heard is not exactly what happened. Before Leader-1 can tell him his version of events the group are beset by the Vamps.

[[File:GoBots4Zod.jpg|300px|thumb|left]]
Elsewhere, Cy-Kill and his forces roll across the wastelands until they stumble across the deactivated body of Spay-C. Cy-Kill follows the tracks of the Guardians, while Lee and Venyamin take their chance to escape from Renegade captivity, sneaking into Spay-C to reboot him from the inside. From within Turbo, Charlotte is pleased to see that their friends are alright as the Guardians flee from the Vamps as Scooter transforms and tumbles into a deeper cavern, were he discovers the "big red stick" he's seen in his dreams, held by a massive statue of Courageous. Leader-1 follows suit and grabs the Lazer Lance; the Vamps begin to flee as the Courageous statue separates into separate pieces of armor. Leader-1 wonders if the Vamps fear the lance, but Turbo points out the more obvious culprit: Zod is here. As the Guardians suit up, a lance-wielding Leader-1 sallies forth to battle Zod once and for all; he's reckoned without the arrival of the Renegades, however, and Cy-Kill uses his speedy bike mode to drive by, snatch the weapon out of his enemy's hands, and contemptuously snap it over his knee. The Renegade leader outlines his terms of surrender as Turbo and [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] trade barbs but Cy-Kill is quickly cut short when a massive boulder bowls into him. The boulder reveals himself as the leader of the Rock Lords, and using their powers over earth the assembled warriors are able to open a massive fissure, sending Zod and most of the Renegades plunging into the chasm. Cy-Kill is left hanging by a finger as [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]] decides to take command; the copterbot is quickly dispatched by Leader-1, however, and in the aftermath Leader-1 issues an ultimatum: he will take what remains of the Lazer Lance into the depths of Earth in the hopes that the shattered weapon will still be enough to kill Zod. All he requests are followers, and he's joined by Spay-C, Turbo, Scooter, the humans, and even the Renegade [[Screw Head]].

[[File:GoBots4Burial.jpg|200px|thumb]]
The Guardians head deeper into the Earth, and finally come across Zod in a cavern. The battle is brief, but decisive, and when the monster bites down on Turbo and Scooter, the wounded Leader-1 is able to redirect Zod's momentum to send him hurtling over a cliff; as Zod plummets to his doom, the three Guardians reassemble the lance, spearing him in the eye and allowing gravity to do the rest as Zod lands, blowing him to bits. With Zod vanquished, Screw Head drills a tunnel back up for the triumphant Go-Bots as their [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] arrives to take them back up to the surface of Gobotron. But it's a trick — the Command Center has been hijacked by Cy-Kill and his Renegades, who open fire on their enemies before engaging a [[tractor beam]] to abduct Scooter. The other Guardians cluster around Leader-1's mortally wounded body, with [[Rest-Q (GoBots)|Rest-Q]] grimly pointing out that there's nothing they can do now. Turbo announces that he's going after Cy-Kill, while the humans and Spay-C agree to do the same. As the Guardians pack Leader-1's body into the center of Courageous, Leader-1's spirit—now resembling the dark angel [[Eno]]—watches from afar, as a vision of his long-dead human partner [[Nick Burns]] beckons him home.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in visions or flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]]|c1=
* [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] (5)
* [[Spay-C]] (6)
* [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]] (7)
* [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] (8)
* [[Royal-T]] (9)
* [[Blaster (GoBots)|Blaster]] (10)
* [[Tail Pipe]] (11)
* [[Small Foot]] (12)
* [[Scratch (GoBots)|Scratch]] (13)
* [[Courageous]] (17)
* [[Path Finder]] (33)
* [[Dozer]] (40)
* [[Major Mo|Major Domo]] (41)
* [[Rest-Q (GoBots)|Rest-Q]] (42)
* [[Sparky (GoBots)]] (43)
* [[Good Knight]] (44)
* [[Eno]] (45)

|h2=[[Renegade]]s|c2=
* [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] (14)
* [[Water Walk]] (15)
* [[Zod]] (16)
* [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] (18)
* [[Tank (GoBots)|Tank]] (19)
* [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] (20)
* Multiple [[Vamp]]s (28)
* [[Loco (GoBots)|Loco]] (31)
* [[BuggyMan]] (32)
* [[Fitor (GoBots)|Fitor]] (34)
* [[Screw Head]] (39)

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
* [[Lee Spencer]] (1)
* [[Venyamin Alexander]] (2)
* Third human astronaut (3)
* [[Charlotte Scott]] (4)
* [[Zebediah Braxis|Professor Braxis]] (29)
* ''[[A.J. Foster|A.J.]]'' (30)
* ''[[Nick Burns]]'' (47)

|h4=Others|c4=
* [[Sticks 'n Stones|Sticks'n'Stones]] (22)
* [[Tombstone]] (23)
* [[Spearhead (GoBots)|Spearhead]] (24)
* [[Nuggit]] (25)
* [[Solitaire]] (26)
* [[Boulder (GoBots)|Boulder]] (27)
* [[Pulver-Eyes]] (35)
* [[Granite]] (36)
* [[Marbles]] (37)
* [[Brimstone (GoBots)|Brimstone]] (38)
}}

==Quotes==
"One day you will achieve communal consciousness. On that day you will know me."
:—'''Courageous'''

"You're beautiful beyond measure, Cy-Kill." "I should be. I have artisans who hammer out the dents and imperfections in my face every fortnight."
:—'''Crasher''' and '''Cy-Kill'''

"Little Miss Queen of Darkness." "Turbo, you heartbreaker. Always in my heart, never in my arms."
:—'''Turbo''' and '''Crasher'''

"I am Boulder. We are the rolling stones that gather no moss."
:—'''Boulder''' says it's on

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* In his vision of Courageous, Leader-1 is wearing the rebreather-like mouthplate that he originally wore in [[Go-Bots issue 1|issue #1]]. The Scioli series reimagines the previously non-sentient [[Power Warrior]] Courageous as a deity.
* Likewise, A.J., last seen in [[Go-Bots issue 2|issue #2]], is revealed to have survived the early days of the Go-Bot revolution, becoming a successful resistance leader.
* Screw Head's comment about knowing the "dark places" underground may be a reference to issue #2, which established that he used to work with a mining company before the revolution.
* "Eno" was last glimpsed in [[Go-Bots issue 3|the prior issue]]; this issue ends with him receiving a vision of Leader-1's old partner [[Nick Burns]] talking backwards and thus translating "One" (presumably, as in, "Leader-1") to "Eno."

===Go-Bots references===

* After two issues of appearing in her original red, white, and blue colour scheme, [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] has adopted a new paint job based off the second version of her toy. 
* Boulder describes the state of existence he and his people occupy as the "[[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]"; in the cartoon, this was the home planet of the Rock Lords, with 2015's [[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric]] feature going into more detail about its history.

===Real-world references===
* Continuing the ''{{w|Planet of the Apes}}'' sendup from last issue, this issue's depiction of future humanity as cavemen-like savages—and their being chased and rounded up for sport by the Renegades—is distinctly ''Apes''-esque.
* Boulder refers to the Rock Lords as "Go-lems," a double pun that keeps the "Go-" theme intact while also referencing the {{w|Golem}}, an inorganic creature from Jewish folklore.
* Boulder describes himself and his kind as the "rolling stones that gather no moss," referencing both the {{w|A rolling stone gathers no moss|old aphorism}} as well as the {{w|The Rolling Stones}}.
* Braxis' appearance-specifically his face-is based on the demonic form of {{w|Anton Arcane}}, enemy of DC Comics character {{w|Swamp Thing}}.

==Other Notes==
*According to the Diamond Sales charts, 4,612 copies of the issue were shipped to stores, the 242nd highest of the month.<ref>https://icv2.com/articles/markets/view/42739/top-500-comics-february-2019</ref>
===Covers (3)===
*'''Cover A:''' Turbo amidst the ruins of Earth, by [[Tom Scioli]]
*'''Cover B:''' A.J., Turbo, and Cy-Kill, by [[Dash Shaw]]
*'''Retailer incentive cover:''' Leader-1 vs. Cy-Kill, by [[Giannis Milonogiannis]]
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==External links==
*[https://www.newsarama.com/43948-welcome-to-gobotron-in-go-bots-4-preview.html Preview]

[[Category:Go-Bots issues]]

Xander Crowell

2021-10-29T17:45:35Z