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Road Rocket (G2)

2026-05-14T21:37:54Z

Ookalf: /* Robotmasters comic */

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{{disambig3|Road Rocket}}
:''Road Rocket is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Road Rocket boxart.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damn you! ... Wanna fight, huh? ... FIGHT ME!]]
While most ninja are known for their collected and deliberate behavior, '''Road Rocket''' runs hot all the time. Ever eager for action, he pushes his engine to its limits when roaring towards the battlefield, making it glow red-hot; Road Rocket has to chug a hefty cocktail of motor oil and antifreeze just to keep his systems from melting down. Thankfully, he always has more than enough energy to keep this breakneck pace in battle, using his [[light saber]] buzzsaw weapon to cleave through [[Decepticon]] armor as if it was warm butter.

His eagerness tends to get the better of him on most occasions, though, and he often disobeys orders, breaks rank and goes it alone against all common sense. This gets him out of tight situations as frequently as it gets him into them. Road Rocket plays very poorly with others due in equal parts to his hyperactive tendencies as well as his less-than-pleasant social skills; he's very quiet and standoffish despite his hot-blooded attitude. Considering he was an Autobot living on ''[[Chaar]]'' of all places, his inability to make friends should come as no surprise.

{{bigquote|I'm faster than the speed of light!|Road Rocket's ''Generation 2'' bio quote}}

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Robotmasters'' comic====
Road Rocket originally hailed from [[Chaar]], but relocated to Earth to study the art of ninjutsu. Despite being an Autobot, he abstained from the [[2004]] conflict between [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Beast Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]]s and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots and trained in the mountains of [[Japan]]. When [[Sideways (RM)|Sideways]] informed the Autobots of a [[solitarium]] supply on Chaar, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] sought out Road Rocket so that he could guide them through the hostile planet.

Road Rocket joined Optimus Prime and [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] in exploring a crevasse filled with solitarium crystals. However, they were ambushed from above by Beast Megatron and Sideways, who had led the Autobots into a trap. The Decepticons detonated the crystals around the Autobots. Fortunately, Primal managed to shield the three from the explosion with a huge slab of rock, but they were unable to prevent the Decepticons from making off with a huge load of solitarium. {{storylink|Defend the Solitarium!}}

====''Masterpiece''====
Road Rocket became the disciple of [[Six Clan]] member [[Nightbird (G1)|Nightbird]] along with [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]]. The two students were brought to [[Chaar]] by their teacher once she learned that [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] had been resurrected as [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Super Megatron]] in the 2030s. {{Storylink|Nightbird (G1)#Masterpiece|Nightbird Shadow bio}}

====''Legends'' comic (1)====
Road Rocket and [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]] butted heads over their master, developing a rivalry. {{Storylink|LG-15 Nightbird Shadow Sequel}}

====''G-2'' pack-in manga and story pages====
[[File:AeroRaid-manga.jpg|left|thumb]]
After the [[Cybertron Alliance]] failed, Road Rocket was one of the new warriors assembled by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] to fight back against [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. An effective ninja clan warrior from the planet Chaar, he was also a loner by nature and frequently acted without consulting his fellow Autobots, getting him into trouble. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 3}}

In his first battle against the Decepticons, he, [[Volt]] and [[Electro]] had been cornered by [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]], [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]], [[Skyjack (G2)|Skyjack]] and [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]. Road Rocket broke formation against orders, using his [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] to kick up a blinding cloud of dust before breaking through the Decepticons' line. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #11}}

Later, he was running through the Decepticons' base, eventually finding himself cornered in a dead end by [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]], Jolt and Sizzle. As Road Pig mocked Road Rocket's failings as a ninja, an air vent opened up above them... [[Aero Raid]] had arrived to save Road Rocket's hash! Road, unimpressed, merely muttered out a simple "Thanks", much to Aero Raid's annoyance. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #14}}

====''Legends'' comic (2)====
At some point, Road Rocket was embroiled in a battle around [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{Storylink|LG-EX Metroplex}}

When the [[Cybertron Alliance]] was restored, Road Rocket and Road Pig were reunited with Nightbird, who tried to impose peace between her two former students. {{storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===''Robotmasters'' 3D Diorama manga===
Road Rocket was ordered by Optimus Prime to search for solitarium in [[Egypt]]. After both he and Sideways detected some nearby, they raced to reach the soliarium and Road Rocket won. Sideways, who failed to time his jump properly, fell down a gorge. {{Storylink|Robotmasters Vol. 4}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|''[[Spotlight: Galvatron]]''}}
[[File:SpotlightGalvatron RoadRocketVehicleMode.jpg|upright=1.6|thumb|right]]
During the war, Road Rocket was part of an Autobot squad led by [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] when they were attacked by [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] and his troops. The Autobots lost that battle, and were forced to retreat. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

Later, Road Rocket was a part of [[Hound (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hound]]'s Tactical Response Unit, stationed at [[Thunderhead Pass]] to guard the remains of [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]. He was witness to Hound's dressing down of [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]]. Later he was part of the team responding to the murder of [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and the attack on Sideswipe by [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|an unknown Transformer]]. After an unsuccessful attempt to contain the attacker, he and most of the other members of his team were knocked offline, but their lives were spared by the mysterious being in a strange act of mercy. {{storylink|Spotlight: Galvatron}}

Later, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] informed Hound that his unit should make preparations to come to [[Earth]] as reinforcements. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} However, due to the extraction of prisoners from [[Garrus-9]], Hound's unit, including Road Rocket, was diverted there instead. {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

[[File:SpotlightCyclonus Autobots confront Cyclonus.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|left|Road Rocket is the guy you don't recognize.]]
On the way, their ship, the ''[[Ark-12]]'' was attacked by [[Cyclonus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Cyclonus]] and Road Rocket reported on the ship's damage. He joined the landing party and helped attack Cyclonus on the surface of [[Corata-Vaz]]. He was hit with one of Cyclonus' missiles. {{storylink|Spotlight: Cyclonus}} Road Rocket survived the encounter with Cyclonus and fought alongside the [[Wreckers]] as they attempted to get past Thunderwing, who had been activated by Cyclonus to guard the [[Nega-Core]] that was positioned inside the cavern. {{storylink|Spotlight: Hardhead}}

Hound's squad was soon put under the command of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and sent to [[Earth]] to try and halt the [[Expansion]]. Their job was to get past [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] and [[Grindcore (G1)|Grindcore]] and disable the Nega-Core the two [[Dead Universe]] Transformers were guarding. While Sideswipe held them off, Road Rocket helped Hound and the others dismantle the Nega-Cores and send them into the [[Benzuli Expanse]], thus ending the threat of the Dead Universe...for the moment. {{storylink|Spotlight: Sideswipe}} {{storylink|Spotlight: Doubledealer}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:Cliffjumper road rocket flash forward.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|right|Road Rocket's special power is farting pink.|left]]
Created in a [[Cyberfactory]] on Earth in the 21st century, Road Rocket was part of the "second generation" of Cybertronians who were neither Autobots nor Decepticons. When infighting broke out amongst them, they picked up the old factions and Road Rocket became an Autobot. In [[2010]], he participated in the battle over the [[Large Hadron Collider]] with the [[Decepticon Syndicate]], and was strangled by their leader, [[Clench (G1)|Clench]], until [[Rapido]] bumped into him. Alongside the other combatants, he was exposed to [[forestonite]] in gaseous form and developed a new superpower. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

Not trusting these strange new powers, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] made Road Rocket demonstrate his power on Decepticon dummy targets alongside a number of other Autobots. He was startled when Road Rocket turned out to have the power to [[Teleportation|teleport]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:WreckersTreadsAndCircuits1-BlurrRoadRocket.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Definitely not hints for the upcoming Velocitron toyline!]][[File:WreckersTreadsAndCircuits2-RoadRocket.jpg|right|thumb|200px|I installed hips just so I could stand like this.]]
After racing in the [[Speedia 500]], Road Rocket was appointed head of [[Velocitron]]'s senate only after the winner [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] abdicated the position and left the planet rather than serve. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}} The next Speedia was threatened by terrorist activity orchestrated by the group known as [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]]. Nevertheless, Road Rocket allowed the race to proceed as planned, with extra protection provided the racers by [[Security Operations]]. The ruling First Senator entered the race alongside other competitors, hoping to actually earn the title this time. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 2}}

Road Rocket had an early lead alongside [[Override (BWU)|Override]] and [[Sideways (RM)|Sideways]] coming around the second bend. Mayhem attacked the race as they warned, leading to several injuries and even a fatality. Two Mayhem agitators made it to the front of the pack and blasted Road Rocket and several other racers off the course. Mayhem escaped Security Operations' dragnet, and [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] of the [[Decepticon|Ascenticon]] party ended up crossing the finish line before all the other distracted racers. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 3}}

Days later, Road Rocket was present at the Velocitronian Senate to mark the peaceful transition of power to the new First Senator. Instead, Mayhem struck again with an apparent assassination attempt on Knock-Out. Road Rocket was last seen being escorted to safety by [[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]] of Sec-Ops. In the aftermath, facts emerged showing that Mayhem and Security Operations were working together to facilitate Knock-Out's rise to power on behalf of the Decepticons. What actually happened to Road Rocket and the other senators after Breakdown got them to "safety" is therefore suspect. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 4}}

===''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''===
Road Rocket from the "G2 Universe" competed in the [[Speedia 500]] for the chance to become leader of [[Velocitron]]. She used her ninja disappearing tactics to confuse her opponents. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 1}} Road Rocket would ultimately lose to former champion [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 2}}

In the second week of the race, Road Rocket was met with three new racers. She went on to watch one of them, [[Galaxy Shuttle]], win the race. {{Storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

==Toys==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2RoadRocket-toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|If [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]] was AWESOME.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Road Rocket''' (Laser Cycle, [[1995]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TRF-11'''
{{toydesigner|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: One of the two [[Laser Cycle]]s released in the tail end of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', Road Rocket transforms into a red and blue Yamaha GTS1000 motorcycle. He has a light-up gimmick similar to that of the [[Laser Rod]] toys: pressing a button on his "dashboard" lights up a red [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] at the end of a connector wire, making the clear plastic of his arm-mounted weapon illuminate. This buzzsaw weapon becomes part of his rear wheel assembly in cycle mode.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed to make the ''[[Microman]]: [[Microman#Micro Millennium (1998-2000)|LED Powers]]'' toys [[Microman#MachSpeeder|Mach Speeder]] and [[Microman#HyperSpeeder|Hyper Speeder]]; the retooled mold was then used to make [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|2001 ''Robots in Disguise'']] [[Sideways (RID)#Toys|Sideways]] and ''Robotmasters'' Road Rocket (see below). The original mold was planned for use in ''Generation 2'' as [[Jazz (G1)/toys#LaserCycle|Jazz]], but that toy never saw release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1995/Autobot/RoadRocket/roadrocket.htm More information on Road Rocket at TFU.info.]''
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===''Robotmasters''===
[[File:RoadRocket-RMtoy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|This saw of mine glows with an AWESOME POWER...or an LED.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Road Rocket''' ([[2004]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''RM-18'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 28]] 2004

: Released in the fifth wave of ''[[Robotmasters (franchise)|Robotmasters]]'' toys, this version of Road Rocket is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Microman]]'' [[Microman#MachSpeeder|Mach Speeder]], itself a retool of Road Rocket's first toy, now decoed largely in yellow and black. Mach Speeder featured retooled handlebars, as well as a handle added to the buzzsaw to allow a Microman rider to grip them; though the weapon's handle was removed for later ''Transformers'' releases, the handle base retains the added detailing. Road Rocket reinstates the LED functionality of the original release that was removed for ''Microman''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2004/Cybertron/RoadRocket/roadrocket.htm More information on ''Robotmasters'' Road Rocket at TFU.info]''
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Velocitron-Speedia-500-Road-Rocket.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1PTuMQUu4g Baby, I can rocket to you...]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''G2 Universe Road Rocket''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL EX-03'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January]], [[2023]]
:*''Accessories:'' 2 [[Energon]] blades, front tire/Energon blaster
:*''Known designers'': [[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection]]'' "G2 Universe Road Rocket" is a [[redeco]] and new-head retool of the mainline [[Arcee (WFC)#Legacy|''Legacy'' Prime Universe Arcee]] toy, transforming into a '90s-style sportbike motorcycle. She includes the same [[Energon]] blade accessories as Arcee, but with additional paint decos in the center to resemble a shuriken. The blaster weapon formed by splitting her front tire can also be plugged into a 5 mm port on her back, allowing her to better resemble the original Road Rocket figure with its distinctive shoulder wheels. Unfortunately, she does not include a buzzsaw weapon like the original figure. Road Rocket features ''Generation 2'' Autobot symbols accurate to her origin universe. The back of her head is molded in translucent blue plastic to allow for [[light-piping]].

:Hasbro designer [[Mark Maher]] noted that when it came time to determine retools for the Arcee mold, it was Takara veteran [[Hisashi Yuki]] who put forward the idea of using one of the alternate heads to redesign one of the Laser Cycles as a "female ninja", with Road Rocket ultimately being chosen.<ref name = "Legarcee">[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cgc6YZ_O5xp/?hl=en Design notes on the ''Legacy'' Arcee mold] from Hasbro designer [[Mark Maher]] on Instagram</ref>

: The ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US, with [[Hasbro Pulse]] receiving limited quantities of the figure. The series went up for pre-order on [[July 21]]st 2022, and started arriving in stores by [[August 1]]st. In [[TakaraTomy]]'s markets, it was a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive, put up for preorder in January 2023. It was also a Farmers department store exclusive in New Zealand.

: The original version of this mold was redecoed into ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Shattered Glass Collection|Shattered Glass Collection]]'' [[Flamewar (SG)#Toys|Decepticon Flamewar]] while the Road Rocket version was used for fellow G2 biker bot ''Legacy: Evolution'' [[Laser Cycle (Legacy)|Laser Cycle]]. This mold was then further retooled into ''Legacy: Evolution'' [[Elita One (G1)#WarDawn|Cybertronian Erial]].
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==Notes==
*Confusingly, Road Rocket's French name as featured on his [[multilingual packaging|trilingual French/Dutch/German European packaging]], "Motard", is also his fellow Laser Cycle Road Pig's French name as featured on his bilingual Canadian packaging.
*During the [[Hasbro Pulse]] livestream that announced Road Rocket's ''Legacy'' figure, the ''Transformers'' team consistently used she/her pronouns when describing the toy, demarking the ''Legacy'' incarnation of the character as female.<ref>[[June 23]], [[2022]]'s [https://youtu.be/u-vNMsLdhXo Hasbro Pulse | Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Isabella Weiss]], and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>
**Designer [[Mark Maher]] later elaborated on how this came about in the design process, crediting the character reimagining to Takara designer [[Hisashi Yuki]].<ref name= "Legarcee"/>
**In the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] miniseries ''[[Transformers: Wreckers—Tread & Circuits|Wreckers—Tread & Circuits]]'' released ahead of the toy's announcement, Road Rocket appears in both ''Generation 2'' (historical hologram) and ''Legacy'' (present-day) bodies and is not referred to in the third person at all. Given the line as a whole wrapped shortly thereafter, the gender of Road Rocket's [[2019 IDW continuity]] incarnation is left as something of a choose your own adventure situation.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Road Rocket''' (ロードロケット ''Rōdo Roketto'')
*''French:'' '''Motard''' ("Biker", France), '''Motosprint''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Goblin'''

==Gallery==
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File:SpotlightGalvatron Roadrocket model.jpg|''[[Spotlight: Galvatron]]'' design
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==References==
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[[Category:Earth-born Transformers]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Autobots]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Transformers]]
[[Category:Legacy Autobots]]
[[Category:Legends Autobots]]
[[Category:Ninjas]]
[[Category:Robotmasters Autobots]]
[[Category:Second Cybertron Alliance]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Variable gender characters]]
[[Category:Velocitron]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Autobots]]

File:Miragebluestreakfirst.jpg

2026-05-13T21:17:46Z

Ookalf:

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Starscream clone (Prime)

2026-05-13T03:47:48Z

Ookalf: /* Notes */

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{{disambig3|Starscream clone}}
:''The Starscream clones are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime cartoon]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[Image:Armada-clonessurroundMegatron.jpg|thumb|right|350px|As if one wasn't bad enough.]]

A '''Starscream clone''' is one of an armada of physically [[cloning|identical copies]] of [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]. They have all of his abilities (current and [[Transformation|former]]) with the added bonus of being extremely disposable. They also have all aspects of his personality, including his cunning and ambition. To make matters worse, any damage they sustain is felt by the original Starscream.

==Fiction==
===''Prime'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]](s) (English)}}

[[Image:Armada-protoforms.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Hmm...clones or Combaticons? It's a no-processor-er]]
Searching for [[energon]] in the ''[[Harbinger]]'', Starscream stumbled on a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the necessary equipment for him to clone himself. Before long, he had turned the protoforms into five exact copies of himself, albeit with working [[transformation cog (biology)|T-cog]]s, thanks to his genetic code. Starscream sent the five clones to eliminate [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and the quintet followed the ''Harbinger''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> tracking information to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' where they split up.

One of the clones ran into [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], who was merely after a way off the ship but ended up terminating the clone. The other four managed to lure Megatron to the bridge, where they surrounded him. He attempted to interest them in killing Starscream instead, in exchange for becoming [[second-in-command]], but the clones were unable to be swayed from their mission. It wasn't until an attack by [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] caused a diversion that Megatron turned the tables, eliminating three of the clones. The fifth got away, escaping the ship and returning to the ''Harbinger'' with the intent of eliminating the original Starscream, only for his progenitor to blast him instead. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Starscream took the T-cog of the clone, and began preparations to install it into himself. Starscream declared the procedure postponed when the ''Harbinger''{{'}}s computers detected the [[GroundBridge]] deployment of four different Decepticon detachments on four different continents at once and he decided to investigate. {{storylink|Triangulation}} He kept the corpse of the clone on the ''Harbinger'' and later utilized it as a decoy to allow him to steal the [[Omega Key]]s. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

==Notes==
*This idea is likely derived from the [[Starscream clone (Animated)|''Animated'' incarnation of the concept]].
*Unlike the original Starscream, the clones lack the facial scar gained in "[[Partners (Prime)|Partners]]".

[[Category:Clones]]
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File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Traitor.jpg

2026-05-12T21:59:54Z

Ookalf:

[[Traitor (GoBots)|Traitor]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

Electro

2026-05-11T22:13:03Z

Ookalf: /* Wings Universe */

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:''Electro is an [[Autobot]] [[Laser Rod]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Electro Boxart.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Not quite the [[Spider-Man]] villain.]]
Turbocharged and livin' large, '''Electro''' (aka '''Electrons''') defends the streets. That is, when he's not racing through them at excessive speeds that leave behind the tell-tale treadmarks of a vehicle equipped with posi-traction. This feature, combined with dual racing cams and a nitro-injected fuel supply, gives this [[Laser Rod]] the confidence he needs to never back out of a race. Electro doesn't back down from a fight either, using an armor-slashing [[light saber]] to battle his [[Decepticon]] foes.

{{quote|Smelt this laser rifle scrap... ...'''That's''' a weapon I can handle! This blade has a good heft. Nice balance. It just needs a bit more '''power!'''|Electro|"[[Termination]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic===
[[File:Arageinheaven-electro.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|I serve no purpose, but I have a new toy in stores now!]]
Electro was one of the new Decepticon Laser Rods created by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] using the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], which he had stolen from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. However, Electro was curiously absent from the Laser Rods and [[Rotor Force]]'s first mission on [[Tykos]] to capture the [[rheanimum]]. He was not seen until sometime later on Earth, after the Decepticons had joined forces with the Autobots and engaged in total war with [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. He and [[Volt]] happily used the energies of their swords to zap the Cybertronian soldiers to pieces. {{storylink|Total War!}}

Later, he and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] were scouting the enemy position for the alliance just as the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] arrived. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''G-2'' pack-in manga and story pages====
[[File:ElectroManga1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Sucks to be Electro right about now.]]
During the great G-2 battles, Electro was teamed-up with his Laser Rod partner, [[Volt]], and worked closely with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] as one of his most trusted warriors, joining his commander in battle against [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #1}} After Prime blasted Megatron with a "Matrix Saturn" attack, Electro had a lapse in judgment and moved into the smoking crater to finish their foe off. Megatron rose unharmed from the smoke, grabbing Electro's head with his hand. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #2}} His buddy being held hostage, Volt immediately sprang to Electro's rescue. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #4}}

[[File:JapG2Meg.jpg|thumb|250px|Sucks to be Electro... pretty much all the time.]]
Electro then found himself pitted against the likes of [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]] and [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]], who declared their intent to turn him into Autobot scrap. Electro briskly defeated them with his "Knee Flash Kick" and declared that he'd turn them into Decepticon scrap. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #3}}

Ganged up on in a later battle, Electro and Volt attempted to retreat. Megatron then ordered Jolt to follow them and locate Optimus Prime. Jolt caught up with them and knocked them both out with a powerful jump kick. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #5}}

Eventually cornered by a horde of Decepticons, Electro and Volt ordered the troops not to break formation. The rebellious Autobot ninja [[Road Rocket (G2)|Road Rocket]] ignored that order and took on the entire horrified battalion of Decepticons on his own. Electro and Volt were left thinking their comrade was nuts. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #11}}

Electro and Volt eventually succeeded in busting [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]'s wing, forcing him to attempt to escape their pursuit on foot. Luckily for Hooligan, he managed to run into [[Road Pig (G2)|Road Pig]]. Road Pig and Hooligan then teamed up on the very surprised Electro and Volt. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #12}}

Megatron later took Electro prisoner back to Decepticon headquarters. Admiring his skills in battle, Megatron attempted to turn him to the side of the Decepticons, but Electro refused. He was quickly rescued by [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2 #16}}

Following Optimus Prime's final triumphant battle against Megatron, Electro and Volt helped their badly wounded commander onto his feet and carried him back to base for repairs. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (story page)|G-2 Part 6}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[File:TFLegends26 Convoy's plan.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|left|You've got a Prime face, you've got that sword...I just thought you'd be [[Scourge (RID)|black]].]]
In the 2030s, Electro stood by Optimus Prime when Megatron disbanded the [[Cybertron Alliance]] and launched the G-2 battles. {{Storylink|LG-EX Metroplex}} He was later amazed when Optimus Prime announced his plan to resurrect the legendary hero [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|LG14 Ultra Magnus Prologue Part 1: Resurrection Chapter|Resurrection Chapter}}

In [[2038]], Electro was on Cybertron when [[Violengiguar]] attacked using the possessed bodies of the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2}}
{{--}}

===''G-2 Comic BomBom'' manga===
[[File:Electro jolt g2 bombom.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"You wanna know how powerful I am? Well, I wanna know, too."]]
Electro was being pursued through space by Jolt, when he was forced to land on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. The two Laser Rods fought vigorously until Electro impaled his opponent on the tip of his sword. The crafty Decepticon then set off his engine's afterburners in Electro's face, trying to burn the Autobot away. Electro managed to escape as Jolt exploded and died, but not before the Decepticon revealed that they were after [[Earth]]'s [[forestonite]].

Electro then traveled to Earth, confronting the Decepticon [[Cyberjet]]s at an air show in [[Japan]]. He was briefly able to hold his own, but found himself preoccupied trying to keep a [[human]] boy named [[Junpei]] from getting killed. After sending Junpei to safety on a [[hoverboard]], Electro was battered by [[Hooligan (G2)|Hooligan]]'s missile attack and suffered severe injury and severed limbs. He was only saved by the intervention of Optimus Prime and was later helped off of the battlefield by Volt. {{storylink|The New Battle!!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Brainmasters dreamwave.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|left|"I'm afraid if I stand up my knees will explode."]]
Electro and Volt were with the [[Brainmaster]]s on Cybertron after the fall of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s united government. {{storylink|Atonement}}
{{--}}

===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:Scorch electro g2 redux.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"It's my birthday! Now it's time to light my candles!"]]
Electro was created on [[Earth]] using a combination of human and [[Nebulan]] science. By reverse-engineering the power of [[Vector Sigma]], the humans were able to create a new generation of Transformers native to planet Earth. Electro and his partner [[Volt]] established themselves as energy specialists. Inevitably, conflict broke out on Earth as it once did on Cybertron, and the "second generation" Transformers chose sides. Electro and Volt became part of the Autobots under [[Pyro (G1)|Pyro]]'s command.

During a mission to [[Switzerland]], [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] and his [[Decepticon Syndicate]] seized control of the [[Large Hadron Collider]] and captured Pyro. Electro was part of a squad led by veteran [[Turbomaster]] rear guard [[Scorch (G1)|Scorch]] who delayed the main Decepticon forces long enough for reinforcements to arrive from [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] and for [[Rapido]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] to infiltrate the building secretly from the rear. Once the reinforcements arrived, [[Aquafend]] dispatched Electro and Volt to locate the Collider's control systems and shut it down before the Decepticons could make use of its power. During the fight for the controls with Decepticons [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]] and [[Jolt (G2)|Jolt]], they were exposed to the cyber-mutagenic [[forestonite]] gas accidentally set loose by [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]. Electro developed a Laser Rod power, enabling him to charge his sword with lightning-like effects. The Autobots soon rallied around their new powers and drove the Decepticons away. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}

Two years later, not trusting these strange "new" powers, [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] made Electro demonstrate his electricity bolts on Decepticon dummy targets alongside a number of other Autobots on the outskirts of Autobot City. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} He was a part of Pyro's team investigating the kidnapping of [[Hi-Q]] and [[Quantum Laboratories]] break-in. After they landed on [[Qre]], they were assaulted by a training system and then captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] and some [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} After putting up with Jhiaxus's speeches, the Autobots escaped, rescued Hi-Q, and hightailed it back to Earth. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

When [[Sizzle (G1)|Sizzle]] experienced a flash forward of war coming to Cybertron, Pyro and the Autobots of Earth tried to rally a pre-emptive response. For some reason, however, the Cybertron Security Council seemed unwilling to give merit to Sizzle's warnings. Electro came to Cybertron to prepare the planet for invasion anyway, working outside the law with his new partner, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]. Using smugglers and black market contacts, they provided armaments, body modifications, and even forestonite to the planet's citizens. They were eventually caught and imprisoned by [[Clampdown (G1)|Clamp Down]] on behalf of Cybertron Security.

[[File:ElectrosneaksuponSkywarp-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|"...I just wanted them to see me..."]]
Once the [[Machine Wars (event)|Machine Wars]] actually came to Cybertron, Electro and Mirage were released to assist in the defense effort, although Clamp Down's adherence to regulations nearly kept them imprisoned even after their warnings were proven true. The security agent even refused to give Electro a sword, depriving him of his forestonite-derived lightning powers. [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] was evacuated during the clone invasion, but Electro and Mirage were part of an advance team under General [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] prepared to retake the capital from Jhiaxus's new army. Mirage's [[Electro-disrupter|electro-disruptor]] allowed them to sneak a small army into a tactical position against [[Megaplex]], and the battle for Iacon was joined. During the fighting, Electro managed to toss aside his pulse rifle and claim Megaplex's blade, calling upon his Laser Rod powers once more. {{storylink|Termination}}

Electro continued to fight back against Jhiaxus's clone army. He used his sword to chop up some drones. He and Mirage later attempted to ambush the [[Skywarp (MW)|Skywarp clone]], only for him to teleport away and send his drones after them. They were rescued by a squad of Decepticons. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

By [[2984]], Electro had joined the [[Cybertronian Knight]]s. In that year, he and [[Volt]] were standing in Knight headquarters when [[Apelinq (BM)|Apelinq]] and [[Flareup (G1)|Flareup]] returned in response to [[Ginrai (robot)|Ginrai]]'s recall. {{storylink|Hoist the Flag}}
{{--}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:Drift1-Metalhawk.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left|[[Crispin Freeman|My name's not Max! It's ELECTROOO!!!]]]]
Electro was part of an Autobot squad led by [[Sunstreaker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sunstreaker]] when they were attacked by [[Drift (G1)|Deadlock]] and his troops. He was shot in the back and killed while attempting to retreat. {{storylink|Drift issue 1|Drift #1}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-6-Electro.jpg|thumb|75px]]
Electro was one of several Autobots reeling from the appearance of the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{Storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}}
{{--}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:Tread&Circuits1 OctopunchElectrons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2|"I liked you better before."]]
Electrons was a native of the colony world [[Velocitron]]. The terrorist faction [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhem]] believed he ran the [[Speedia 500]] for wealth and glory rather than to help his people, which led to him being captured by them and executed by [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]] during a live broadcast. {{storylink|Tread & Circuits Part 1}}
{{--}}

==Commercial appearances==
[[File:Sizlectro.jpg|upright=0.75|thumb|Hey, maybe he's Blaze.]]
*[[Dreadwing (G2)|Dreadwing]] and [[Smokescreen (G2)|Smokescreen]] fought [[Sizzle (G2)|Sizzle]]—even though he's supposed to be a Decepticon—and a gold redeco of Sizzle who was presumably meant to be Electro. So that was strange. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Dreadwing and Smokescreen|Dreadwing and Smokescreen commercial}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Generation 2''===
[[File:G2-toy Electro.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Get a good look before he [[Gold Plastic Syndrome|shatters.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Electro''' (Laser Rod, [[1994]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Effectro'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''TRF-3'''
:*''Accessories'': Sword
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy), [[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: Released in the second year of ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)| Generation 2]]'', Laser Rod Electro transforms into a hot-rodded-out vintage Ford pickup truck hot rod. Much like on his fellow [[Laser Rod]]s, pressing a button on his hood causes a red [[Light-emitting diode|LED]] to light up, making his clear plastic engine glow red. In [[robot mode]], this LED can be moved around at the end of a wire, and can plug into the bottom of either of his fists, allowing his light saber to be similarly illuminated. The saber stores under his truck mode, with the handle simulating a back bumper and tailpipe.

: Also like other Laser Rods, he is one of the first ''Transformers'' toys designed with increased [[articulation]] in mind, with extra hinges in his limbs and a waist/hip construction similar to those of ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' figures, giving him an impressively large range of motion for ''any'' action figure at the time. However, the Laser Rods are also generally hard to keep standing upright, being top-heavy and prone to loose hip joints.

: Electro is also one of the more common victims of [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], meaning he is very prone to shattering/crumbling at the joints, most notably at the knees, where the gold plastic is much thinner. Mixed with the rubber-band-based "o-ring" waist construction, which can dry-rot over time, he's one of those toys best handled ''very delicately''. Securely prop him up with something if you're gonna display him in robot mode, just saying.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1994/Autobot/Electro/electro.htm More information on Electro at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

===''Timelines''===
[[File:TL Electrons-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Hi. I'm the one that doesn't crumble in your hands!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Autobot Electrons & Sandstorm''' (Souvenir 2-pack, [[2013]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Rifle

:A [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' [[Kup (G1)/toys#Generations|Sergeant Kup]] with a new head (which he shares with mold-mate and fellow convention toy [[Hoist (G1)/toys#Timelines|Hoist]]), ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' "Autobot Electrons" (thanks, [[trademark]]!) transforms into a "retro"-styled Earth pickup truck. Electrons is covered in 3 mm rungs that are compatible with [[C joint]] clip-on weapons. There are two rungs on his backpack, plus two rungs each on his forearm kibble, and two on his lower back. The rifle can either plug into the underside of the truck, forming a second exhaust pipe, or clip onto the roof of the truck via a C joint. Interestingly, due to his transformation, Electrons's truck mode features a working tailgate.

:While the instructions correctly advise facing the forearm panels sideways or outwards and rotating the truck panels in robot mode. You can rotate them backward to make the forearms look more presentable, and the doors can remain untransformed for a better appearance. Although not mentioned in the instructions or the prototype/stock photos, Electrons' windshield and front hood can be pushed down further (as long as the hood is folded correctly) for a cleaner silhouette. Be aware that the joints holding the wheel may bump against the panels due to their somewhat limited clearance.

:Due to a [[misassembly|factory error]], Electrons and Hoist are not able to convert fully to robot mode thanks to a spring-held panel inside the torso. It is a fairly simple fix to open up the torso with a screwdriver and flip the spring-loaded panel 180 degrees, though the spring may fight you when re-inserting it into the slot. Once this fix is in, the torso will push fully into robot mode. (This misassembly does not affect the [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]].)

:He was only available as a [[BotCon 2013]] at-show [[exclusive]], in a two-pack with [[Sandstorm (MW)#Timelines|Sandstorm]], limited to 2000 pieces.

:This toy was previously retooled to make [[Swerve (G1)#Generations|Swerve]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/BCElectrons/electrons.htm More information on Electrons at TFU.info]''
{{GenerationsKupMold}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Electro's packaging art accompanies a crossword in ''[[The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual]]'', but he doesn't show up in any of the book's stories. The crossword clues indicate that he and [[Volt]] are brothers.
*Like all non-toy robot Kreons in the ''Kre-O'' manga, Electro is made from existing ''Kre-O'' parts. He uses the [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Soundwave]] helmet, and has a backpack of some stripe that's kinda hard to determine. Probably a 1x4 plate attached by a 2x4 harness. He carries a short-sword of the type most commonly carried by the [[Predaking (G1)#Kre-O|Predaking]] components.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Effectro''' (エフェクトロ ''Efekutoro''), '''Electro''' (エレクトロ ''Elekutoro'')

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File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Chaos.jpg

2026-05-10T22:49:05Z

Ookalf:

[[Chaos (GoBots)|Chaos]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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Electro-cell

2026-05-09T23:24:16Z

Ookalf: /* The Transformers cartoon */

[[File:Electrocell.jpg|right|upright=1.4|thumb|Was not found yesterday.]]
The '''electro-cells''' are a powerful energy source devised by [[human]] scientists at the [[Experimental Energy Research Laboratory]]. It is stated that if the electro-cells were to overload, they could start a chain reaction that very well could destroy the entire planet [[Earth]].

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his forces broke into the facility where the electro-cells were being held and stole them, planning to use them for the usual purpose (i.e. conquest). The [[Decepticon]]s took the cells to a canyon, where they labored to find a way to extract the energy from the cells in a usable and non-exploding form. After an attempt by the [[Autobot]]s to recover the electro-cells, and a ploy on the part of [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] that involved his teammates briefly thinking him a traitor, the Autobots made a second effort to recapture the cells. In the end, Megatron decided that if he couldn't have them, no one could, and blew up the electro-cells himself. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] later apologized to the scientists for the loss of their invention, but the scientists were mostly glad the Earth didn't blow up. {{storylink|Traitor (episode)|Traitor}}

===''TransTech''===
The [[Transwarp Dominion Initiative]] of [[Nexus 208.0 Epsilon]] utilized electro-cells in an unmanned sentry outpost monitoring the aggressive [[Skriix]] of [[Skriixos V]]. {{storylink|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News Reporter|Andromeda - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/05/12}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Electro-cells were created by the scientists at the Experimental Energy Research Laboratory, and drew power directly from Earth's magnetic field. However, the slightest misadjustment cause a catastrophic chain reaction that would permanently disrupt Earth's magnetic field and cause mass destruction. {{storylink|Transformers Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook|Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook}}

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File talk:Target 2006 Part Eight Galvatron.jpg

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Ookalf:

What is that weird thing near Galvatron's belt?[[User:WILL3462 PRIME|WILL3462 PRIME]] ([[User talk:WILL3462 PRIME|talk]]) 12:22, 9 May 2026 (EDT)
:You mean his raised knee? [[User:Ookalf|Ookalf]] ([[User talk:Ookalf|talk]]) 18:29, 9 May 2026 (EDT)

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Hitch Hiker.jpg

2026-05-08T22:41:03Z

Ookalf:

[[Hitch Hiker]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell VainTrain.jpg

2026-05-07T20:16:12Z

Ookalf:

[[Vain Train]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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Vain Train

2026-05-07T20:15:39Z

Ookalf: /* Renegade Rhetoric */

{{factions|guardian|renegade}}
:''Vain Train is a [[Renegade]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell VainTrain.jpg|thumb|300px]]
'''Vain Train''' is a Renegade who defected from the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]]. He transforms into a 200 Series Shinkansen. [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] likes to pair him with [[Crain Brain]] because that's just the kind of bot he is.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
During the [[Diaspora]], Vain Train was dispatched to [[Level 29]] along with an assortment of Guardians and Renegades. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
Vain Train and [[Loco (GoBots)|Loco]] learned of the legendary [[Fountain of Youth]] hidden away at the [[Los Jóvenes Dude Ranch]] in the American West, after spying on the [[Robo Rebel]]s' vacation. They siphoned out the waters and isolated an [[anti-chroniton]] agglutination from the liquid. Loco used the substance to freeze his structure in time, making him practically invulnerable. Vain Train wanted to use the substance too, but the selfish Loco locked it up before attacking the Robo Rebels. Unfortunately for the Renegades, [[Bent Wing]] and [[Raizor]] distracted Loco while [[Tail Pipe]] and [[Super Couper]] disabled Vain Train and found a way to reverse the agglutination's effects. The [[Renegade]] rail engines were forced to flee empty-handed. {{storylink|Going Loco}}

After an absence of thousands of years, Vain Train and his brother [[Bullet (GoBots)|Bullet]] were returning to [[Gobotron]] from a deep space exploration mission with their crew. The long mission had only exacerbated the rivalry and bad feelings between the brothers. Before they could reach home, however, they were attacked by Renegades. Their ship was disabled by [[Space Hawk]]s and brought aboard the ''[[Rogue Star]]''. [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] noticed the tension between Bullet and Vain Train and plotted to take advantage of it. He secretly used his mind control powers to make Bullet bully Vain Train more than usual. With the stage set, [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] stepped in and convinced Vain Train to sign on for the Renegades. Bullet and most of the rest of the crew ended up joining the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]], which only further separated the two brothers. {{storylink|Brother's Keeper}}

Using a modified [[Astro-Beam]], Cy-Kill managed to transport the entire [[Communication Moon]] of Gobotron away from Guardian-controlled space. He brought Vain Train and a team of Renegades to the moon to plunder its secrets, unaware that [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] was caught in the Astro-Beam effect too. Leader-1 disabled Vain Train and Cy-Kill's other five lackeys before confronting the Renegade leader himself. {{storylink|The Stolen Moon}}

===Echoes and Fragments===
As [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] played with mixing [[universal stream]]s, the [[Renegade]]s staged an all-out assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. Vain Train was one of the [[Renegade]]s fighting to breach the [[Autobot]] defenses. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

==Notes==
* Vain Train is a [[Repurposing|repurpose]] of a ''Machine Robo'' toy which never made it into the ''GoBots'' line, as are the rest of the colonists.
* There is another [[Yukikaze (G1)|green 200 Series Shinkansen]] with an elder brother who is a [[Shouki|blue 0 Series Shinkansen]] in ''Transformers'' lore.
*Author [[Jim Sorenson]] acknowledged that Vain Train's appearance in "[[Going Loco]]" is a deliberate continuity error in celebration of the continuity errors often found in the original ''{{gb|Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots}}'' series.<ref>[https://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/135861-the-god-damn-gobots-wiki-is-live-pg-10/?p=3454784 Post by Jim S on The Allspark Forums, 2017/03/02]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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Dark Amber Leo Prime

2026-05-06T22:55:38Z

Ookalf:

{{factions|maximal|unicron}}
{{disambig3.5|the cool but rude revenant of [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Leo Prime]]|the nigh identical evil clone|Nemesis Leo Prime|Leo Prime}}
:''Dark Amber Leo Prime is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]].''

[[File:Dark Amber Leo Prime.jpg|thumb|300px|"Nature made me a freak. Man made me a weapon. And God made it last too long."]]

Born from the fusion of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s remnant [[Angolmois Energy]] within [[Earth]]'s crust and the lifeless body of the great [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Leo Prime]], '''Dark Amber Leo Prime''' (ダークアンバーレオプライム ''Dāku Anbā Reo Praimu'') finds himself between two opposing forces—the righteousness of Leo Prime and the evil of Unicron. Which will prevail?

==Fiction==
===''End of G1 Universe''===
In a desperate attempt to "save" the dying universe, the [[Maximal]] [[Blue Bolts (RID)|Bluebolt]] brought the lifeless body of [[Lio Convoy (BW)|Leo Prime]] to [[Earth]], aware that remnants of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s energy still persisted, in an attempt to resurrect the great hero. After drawing a magic circle, Bluebolt was interrupted by [[Untite]], who sought to consume the lion's corpse and summoned an undead [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] to restrain the Maximal. However, the ritual still went off without a hitch and the Angolmois Energy merged with the body to form a new being: Dark Amber Leo Prime. Bluebolt was convinced that this black warrior was Leo Prime reborn, but the arrogant newborn was dismissive of the idea, insisting on being referred to as "Dark Amber". The [[Energon Matrix]] that he inherited from Leo Prime acted as a painful sort of "conscience" and forced him into rescuing the hapless Bluebolt, which Dark Amber dismissed as gratitude for bringing about his existence. Untite, on the other hand, believed Dark Amber to be his maker, Unicron himself, an event which the black robot couldn't recall. Convinced that his opponent was "incomplete" and that he could kill and consume him for great power, Untite attacked and wounded the still-feeble Dark Amber.

To save the dark hero from perishing, Bluebolt gave an offer of self-sacrifice for Dark Amber Leo Prime to consume Bluebolt's body and heal from the energy within. But Dark Amber refused, instead opting to use his planet eater abilities to regain strength from eating... dirt. (It is part of a planet, after all.) Revitalized, Dark Amber easily took down the Seeker. {{Storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime (First)}} After getting more sustenance from the Sparkless's remnants, Dark Amber moved on to Untite, shredding him apart with his attacks. When it was revealed to Dark Amber by (the now bodiless) Untite and Bluebolt that Earth was about to explode with them still on it, the corrupted Maximal refused to accept the destruction of what became, over ten thousands of millennia, his "home" and used the Unicronian energies within him to restore the planet to a lush one filled with its former life. In the process, he also brought Untite back to tiptop shape. Together with Bluebolt and the grateful Untite, Dark Amber Leo Prime set out in Untite's ship to fix the rest of the universe. {{storylink|Dark Amber Leo Prime (Second)}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Age of Primes (End of G1 Universe)|Age of Primes}} {{storylink|Mystery of Speedia 500}}}}

===''Legacy VS500 Collection Special Comic''===
Dark Amber Leo Prime was a spectator of the second week of the [[Speedia 500]] on [[Velocitron]], and fed his lion head a rock as he watched the race. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

==Toys==
===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-48-Black-Lio-Convoy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"You know, the flavor can vary greatly depending on the minerals in the dirt. I can tell which kinds of worms have crawled through there, or what sort of like roly-polies used it to raise their family in."]]
*'''Dark Amber Leoprime''' {{sic}} ([[January 28]], [[2023]])
**''ID number'': '''MP-48+'''
**''Accessories'': 4 missiles, 2 beam launchers, weapon folder
{{toydesigner|[[Kōjin Ōno]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/techspecs/interviewkojinono6.html Interview on the 40th Anniversary of the ''Transformers'' brand] with [[Kōjin Ōno]] in ''[[Transformers Generations 2024]]'', translated at Soundwaves Oblivion</ref>

:''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Dark Amber Leo Prime is a redeco of [[Lio Convoy (BW)#Masterpiece|Lio Convoy]]. He transforms from black lion to robot and is intended to replicate Lio Convoy's animated design, although his coloration is based on [[Black Lio Convoy#Toys|the original Black Lio Convoy toy]]. He is designed to scale with other ''Beast Wars''-based ''Masterpiece'' figures.

:This toy replicates many features of the original toy, like an opening chest hatch with sculpted Matrix inside, deployable arm blades and cannons, and missiles which can be inserted into his cannons, but have no launching mechanisms. He includes opening hatches on his calves which reveal articulated jet boosters. To really go the extra mile for show-accuracy, it has two slightly distinct lion heads, to better depict how in robot mode the lion head goes from furry to smooth and angular.

:Dark Amber Leoprime is also the first ''Masterpiece'' figure with CG renders instead of actual photography on the box. This extends to the front of the box, which seems to intentionally echo the original Lio Convoy figure's box art render.

::*''[[Source:The Transformers: Masterpiece#MP48+|''Masterpiece'' Dark Amber Leo Prime bio translation]]''

===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Nemesis-Leo-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I only work in black. And sometimes, very, very dark gray.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1|'''Nemesis Leo Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2023)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy name:'' '''Nemesis Leo Prime''' (ネメシスレオプライム)
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL-46'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[2023]] [[October 28]]
:*''Accessories'': 4 missile blasters, 2 handheld blaster parts
:*''Known designers'': [[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Shuhei Umezu]] (TakaraTomy)<ref>[[April 4]], 2023's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qv8dh66d48 Hasbro Pulse Transformers Fanstream] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]], [[Mark Maher]], [[Sam Smith]], [[Shogo Hasui]] and [[Delaney Norris]]</ref>
{{note|''Legacy'' [[Black Lio Convoy#Legacy|Nemesis Leo Prime]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Dark Amber Leo Prime in [[Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3]].}}

: Released in the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]'' Voyager-class toys, ''Legacy: Evolution'' "Nemesis Leo Prime" is a redeco of the previously-released [[Lio Convoy (BW)#Legacy|Maximal Leo Prime]], done in a gray and black color scheme with the color placement being more accurate to the ''Beast Wars II'' cartoon (the first black Lio Convoy-based redeco to do this!). Due to his nature as a villain but ''not'' a Predacon in the cartoon, his box denotes his allegiance with a Maximal insignia with a slash through it. Additionally, his QR code bio establishes him as a "Renegade Maximal".

: As a redeco of Leo Prime, Nemesis Leo Prime contains the same "[[Evo-Fusion]]" gimmicks: he includes four missile blasters that can be pegged into sections of the mane, replicating the "Lio Missile" attack, and the front paws can reveal flip-out claws based on his "Lion Claws". Additionally, he includes a two-piece handheld blaster, based on the [[Maximal Buster#Legacy|Maximal Buster]]. All six weapons are [[Fire Blast effect]]-compatible.

::''[https://www.instagram.com/p/CsPweLnMFyw/ Designer commentary from Mark Maher on Instagram]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Dark Amber Leo Prime derives his color scheme from [[Black Lio Convoy]]'s consistently show-inaccurate toy deco.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Black Lio Convoy]]
*[[Galva Convoy]]

[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Maximals]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Loco.jpg

2026-05-06T22:02:35Z

Ookalf:

[[Loco (GoBots)|Loco]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

1982

2026-05-05T22:45:06Z

Ookalf: /* April */

{{yearofthe|1982}}
The year '''1982''' (MCMLXXXII) predates the launch of the [[Transformers brand]] by two years.

{{see|Transformers timeline}}

==Events==
===Non-Fiction===
* The inking team of [[Ian Akin]] and [[Brian Garvey]] see their first co-operative work published, the [[Marvel Comics]] title ''[[Rom|ROM]] Spaceknight''.
* [[Hasbro]] decides to drastically reduce the size of the [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]] figures, broaden the cast, and commission the advertising agency Griffin Bacal and Marvel Comics to develop a brand-new universe for them to occupy. The resulting comic book and toyline is dubbed "[[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe]]: A Real American Hero".

====March====
* Two years after its launch, the ''[[Diaclone]]'' toyline starts introducing toys with [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s based on realistic vehicles (see below).
* The first two toys from Takara's ''Diaclone Car Robo'' line, No.1 Countach LP-500S Super Tuning ([[Spin-Out (G1)|red version]]) and No.2 Onebox Cherry Vanette ([[DK-2 Guard|black version]]), are released to stores in Japan. These toys' molds would later be used in ''Transformers'' as [[Sunstreaker (G1)/toys|Sunstreaker]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/toys|Ironhide]], respectively.

====April====
* The first four toys from the [[Popy]] company's ''{{gb|Machine Robo (toyline)|Machine Robo}}'' line are released to stores in Japan. They will go on to be better known in the West as [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]], [[Tank (GoBots)|Tank]], [[Fitor (GoBots)|Fitor]], and [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]] of the evil [[Renegade]]s in [[Tonka]]'s ''[[GoBots]]'' line, the closest competitor to ''The Transformers''.

====October====
* [[October 3]] — ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' debuts on Japanese television, featuring the transforming {{w|VF-1 Valkyrie}} fighter jet. This vehicle will go on to be '''less''' known in the West as the Transformer [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]. As a ''Transformers'' figure, the 1/55 toy from the associated toyline is distributed by Hasbro in North America and Europe, but not in Japan, where [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] rival [[Takatoku Toys]] is active and not yet defunct.

====Births====
*???? — [[Li Ye]], [[Johann Fohl]], [[Wiktoria Gorodeckaja]], [[David Turba]]
=====January=====
*[[January 10]] — [[Isamu Yusen]]
*[[January 24]] — [[Gustavo Nader]]
*[[January 27]] — [[Romain Redler]]
*[[January 29]] — [[Ke Jiang]]

=====February=====
*[[February 5]] — [[Yū Kobayashi]]
*[[February 7]] — [[Cory Doran]]
*[[February 8]] — [[Szymon Mysłakowski]]
*[[February 9]] — [[Shim Kyu-hyeok]]
*[[February 10]] — [[Yoshimasa Hosoya]], [[Dan Osorio]]
*[[February 16]] — [[Chris Jai Alex]]
*[[February 25]] — [[Greg Matthew Anderson]]

=====March=====
*[[March 2]] — [[Saumya Daan]]
*[[March 5]] — [[Laurie Hymes]]
*[[March 11]] — [[Robbie Daymond]]
*[[March 13]] — [[Wataru Hatano]]
*[[March 16]] — [[Romina Marroquín Payró]]
*[[March 31]] — [[Brian Tyree Henry]]

=====April=====
*[[April 11]] — [[Renu Sharda]]
*[[April 14]] — [[Paolla Oliveira]]
*[[April 18]] — [[César Garduza]]
*[[April 24]] — [[Cassiano Ávila]]
*[[April 25]] — [[Josh Kelly]]
*[[April 30]] — [[Pascaline Crevecoeur]]

=====May=====
*[[May 6]] — [[Anne Düe]]
*[[May 7]] — [[Jun Ichikawa]], [[Hannamaija Nikander]]
*[[May 11]] — [[Tim Kreuer]]
*[[May 24]] — [[Josh Petersdorf]]
*[[May 26]] — [[Tomoaki Maeno]]
*[[May 31]] — [[Ian Flynn]]

=====June=====
*[[June 8]] — [[ScarletGothica]]
*[[June 15]] — [[Roberto Gutiérrez]]
*[[June 20]] — [[Tyler Kirkham]]
*[[June 21]] — [[Cafi Balloussier]]
*[[June 22]] — [[Caroline Anglade]]
*[[June 23]] — [[Stefano Lucchelli]]

=====July=====
*[[July 1]] — [[Dmitry Gavrylov]]
*[[July 6]] — [[Tay Zonday]]
*[[July 8]] — [[Tarah Paige]]
*[[July 10]] — [[Choky Sitohang]]
*[[July 11]] — [[Erin Naas]]
*[[July 12]] — [[Alessandro Zurla]]
*[[July 28]] — [[Ninjaink]]

=====August=====
*[[August 6]] — [[Julia Meynen]]
*[[August 16]] — [[Todd Haberkorn]]
*[[August 18]] — [[Mireya Mendoza]]
*[[August 27]] — [[Daisuke Kikuta]]

=====September=====
*[[September 5]] — [[Domitilla D'Amico]]
*[[September 14]] — [[Jenny van der Wall]]
*[[September 30]] — [[Lacey Chabert]]

=====October=====
*[[October 7]] — [[Natalia Romanko]]
*[[October 11]] — [[Kristy Wu]]
*[[October 13]] — [[Luo Yuting]]
*[[October 17]] — [[Paweł Ciołkosz]]
*[[October 29]] — [[So Jeong-hwan]]

=====November=====
*[[November 1]] — [[Lee Jae-beom]]
*[[November 4]] — [[Travis Van Winkle]]
*[[November 7]] — [[Fabrício Rinaldi]]
*[[November 9]] — [[Christine Byrd]]
*[[November 10]] — [[Arne Stephan]]
*[[November 15]] — [[Jessica Carroll]]
*[[November 18]] — [[Akeno Watanabe]]
*[[November 27]] — [[Ariane-Li Simard-Côté]]
*[[November 28]] — [[Vanderlan Mendes]]
*[[November 29]] — [[Gemma Chan]], [[Shirley Marulanda]], [[Sebastian Cybulski]]

=====December=====
*[[December 1]] — [[Jonny Cruz]]
*[[December 7]] — [[User:Monzo|Monzo]]
*[[December 12]] — [[David Jenner]]
*[[December 24]] — [[Emmanuel Bernal]]
*[[December 26]] — [[Julien Fébreau]]

===Fiction===
====Generation 1====
* Disguised as an F-15 Eagle fighter jet, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] was active on [[Earth]], with documented sightings of jets sporting his unique colors on several continents before he was caught on camera transforming to [[robot mode]] in [[California]]. This sighting (and its subsequent leak) was the direct impetus for [[Hungry Dragon|Hungry Dragon 1]].

====Live-action film series====
* [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] refers to [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] (#11) and himself (#9) being F-15s, implying both were active in 1982.
* [[March 12]] — Starscream is caught on camera in [[Laos]].
* [[April 22]] — Starscream is caught on camera in [[India]].
* [[May 9]] — Starscream is caught on camera in [[Estonia]].
* [[June 16]] — Starscream is caught transforming on camera in [[Sacramento]], [[California]].
* [[July 17]] — A report issued by [[Sector Seven]] initiates Operation Hungry Dragon.

====''Knights of Unicron''====
* The [[Knights of Unicron (band)|Knights of Unicron]] top the music charts again with "Space Bridge over Troubled Energon". [[Optimus Prime (KOU)|Optimus Prime]]'s girlfriend, [[Arcee (KOU)|Arcee]] attempts to seize creative control of the band. {{storylink|Knights of Unicron (band)|''Behind the Music'' pack-in booklet}}

====''Diaclone''====
* [[Dia Cinders]] is born. {{storylink|Burn Out (Diaclone)#Toys|BotCon 2015 Burn Out profile card}}

====2005 IDW continuity====
* The [[Adventure Team]] is founded. {{storylink|Crisis Intervention}}

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

Tank (GoBots)

2026-05-05T22:43:10Z

Ookalf:

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{{disambig3|Tank}}
:''Tank is a [[Renegade]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''
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'''Tank''' is an evil Renegade. Though slow, he has almost impenetrable armor and incredible firepower. He transforms into a Pulverizer Mark VII tank, a war machine of Gobotic origin.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Tank.jpg|thumb|left]]

During the [[Diaspora]], Tank was dispatched to [[Viron 102.0 Beta|Level 44]] along with other Renegades as well as the [[RoGun]]s. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
Tank's converted mode was described by [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] as a [[GoBeing]] Pulverizer Mark VII model tank. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric 2015/10/15}}

Tank and [[Block Head]] were responsible for guarding [[Anya Turgenova]] for the Renegade's [[Space Hawk]] project, but [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]] and [[Tail Pipe]] managed to sneak by them. {{storylink|The Hawks of Space Part 1}} Tank joined [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] and [[Hornet]] in attacking [[UNECOM]] to destroy one of their experimental aircraft. {{storylink|Bears and Bulls}} Tank was one of the Renegade liaisons to [[Greenbeard]] and his pirates. He unwittingly allowed [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] and the Guardians to stow away on his vessel to find the pirates' hideout. {{storylink|Space Pirates of the Helix Nebula}}

===Brain Problem Situation===
When the [[Autobot]] [[Spychanger|Spy Changers]] arrived on [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa|Strata 22]], Tank was one of [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s [[Renegade]]s who helped drive off the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]] during a misunderstanding between them and the Spy Changers, and tried to forge an alliance with the dimensional invaders. {{storylink|Brain Problem Situation}}

===Echoes and Fragments===
As [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] played with mixing universal streams, the Renegades staged an all-out assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on Earth. Tank was one of the Renegades fighting to breach the Autobot defenses.

Later, after [[Zero]] tossed the injured [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] out of the fleeing [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], the Renegades began debating their new leader. Tank scoffed at the idea of following an egghead like [[Doctor Go|Dr. Go]], and a power struggle broke out between various candidates. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===''Go-Bots'' comic===
[[File:GoBots5Cafeteria.jpg|thumb]]
Tank was one of the [[Renegade]] [[GoBot|Go-Bots]] that flocked to [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] in the desert near [[Route 66]], helping surround and subdue the US government Go-Bot [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]]. Tank was then able to retrieve military secrets from his brain. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 1|Go-Bots #1}} He then took part in the first strike of the Go-Bot uprising, stamping on an aqueduct until it collapsed and flooded the town below. Tank was later present when Cy-Kill's army squared off against another one gathered by Leader-1. Leader-1 won against Cy-Kill and Tank implored him to lead the Go-Bots on to the capital. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 2|Go-Bots #2}}

Tank stayed by Cy-Kill's side centuries later. He was on the bridge of [[Thruster]] as the ship tussled with the [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] before their prey jumped into [[Unspace|hyperspace]]. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 3|Go-Bots #3}} Tank went with the other Go-Bots as they returned to [[Earth]], now encased in [[Gobotron]], and experimented on captured humans. While Leader-1, [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]], [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]], [[Screw Head]], and [[Spay-C]] fought [[Zod]] under the planet's surface, Tank and the other Renegades took over the Command Center, soon killing Leader-1 and kidnapping Scooter. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 4|Go-Bots #4}} To save his friend, Turbo invaded the ship. [[Loco (GoBots)|Loco]] and Tank ambushed him in the cafeteria; Tank attempted to push Turbo's face in a pan of oil but Turbo got free and threw the same oil in his face before dispatching Loco in the disintegration chamber, to Tank's shock. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

==Notes==
*Tank was voiced by [[Peter Cullen]] in the ''{{gb|Challenge of the GoBots (cartoon)|Challenge of the GoBots}}'' cartoon.

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Tank}}
*[http://tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/Tank/tank.htm Tank at TFU.info]

[[Category:Renegades]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell DeckerDecker.jpg

2026-05-04T21:10:54Z

Ookalf:

[[Decker Decker]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

M.A.S.K. Energon Universe 2026 Special story

2026-05-04T06:34:11Z

Ookalf: /* Quotes */

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'''Miles Mayhem has begun recruiting agents to his network. Matt Trakker decides it’s time he does the same.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Miles Mayhem]] sits in a café reading about the recent bombings in [[Rio Lindo]], [[Sierra Gordo]] that took out both local warlord General [[Villavaca]] AND the revolutionaries who were opposing them. Mayhem asks the woman sitting at the next table what she thinks about the news. Thinking he’s trying to hit on her, the woman rebuffs him, but Mayhem soon reveals that he knows the woman – [[Vanessa Warfield]] – was responsible for the bombings. He reveals his own identity and presents her with an offer and a [[mask|special helmet]].

Three days later, security footage of this meeting is being watched by [[Matt Trakker]] while driving his [[Thunderhawk]]. Matt calls his friend [[Alex Sector|Alex "Megabyte" Sector]] for help confirming if Mayhem and Warfield were behind the recent break-in of a prison in [[Siberia]]. Sector shares footage with Matt of the Bladejet attacking the prison, confirming that Mayhem was indeed responsible. Sector wonders why, as there were no records of anyone significant being held there, but Matt theorizes that this prison was where [[Sly Rax|Sly "the Wrecker" Rax]] was being held after he assassinated a [[United Kingdom|British]] ambassador on [[Russia]]n soil.

Matt speculates that Mayhem is trying to put together his own version of [[Shadow Watch]] in a bid to "protect" the world by taking it over himself. As such, Matt decides to officially bring the [[M.A.S.K.]] Network online, activating a device on his wrist that sends out a signal to similar devices all around the world.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in photographs. 
{{Featuredcharacters
|h1=[[M.A.S.K.]]||c1=
* [[Matt Trakker]] (3)
* [[Alex Sector]] (4)

|h2=[[V.E.N.O.M.]]||c2=
* [[Miles Mayhem]] (1)
* [[Vanessa Warfield]] (2)
* [[Sly Rax]] (6)

|h3=Others|c3=
* Russian prison guards (5)
}}

==Quotes==
"The world is becoming unrecognizable, Ms. Warfield. [[Mask|This]] is how humanity evolves."
:—'''Miles Mayhem'''

"I thought the internet called you "Megabyte" for a '''reason'''. You’re telling me you can’t do it?" 
"They call me Megabyte because I am very old and my back hurts. And then I track their I.P.s so I can show up at their homes and beat them with my old man cane."
:—'''Matt Trakker''' and '''Alex Sector'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* [[Extensive Enterprises]], the company run by [[Tomax and Xamot]] of [[Cobra]], is mentioned as having previously backed the Sierra Gordo government, which we saw in ''[[Destro (comic)|Destro]]'' [[Destro issue 1|#1]] (also written by Dan Watters). This likely makes the General that Tomax spoke with in that issue Villavaca.
* The newspaper Mayhem is reading has a headline that reads "Robots? Disguised?" in clear reference to the ''[[Transformers (2023 comic)|Transformers]]'' series. Of course, given their recent very-public battle and clean up in [[Chicago]] at the end of the [[Daniel Warren Johnson]] run, "disguise" doesn’t seem to be a major priority for the [[Transformer]]s.
* One of the Siberian guards name-checks [[Darklonia]], the country ruled by [[Darklon (G.I. Joe)|Destro’s cousin]] previously seen in ''Destro'' and ''[[G.I. Joe (2024 comic)|G.I. Joe]]'' [[G.I. Joe (2024) issue 12|#12]].
* Mayhem's Viper mask is looking very different from the last time we saw it in [[Transformers (2023) issue 28|''Transformers'' #28]]. This is likely just an instance of artistic license by [[Dan Mora]], or possibly Pye Parr not having finished designs done by the time that issue had to be drawn. Either way, whether the change will be acknowledged in-story remains to be seen.
* Matt mentions Shadow Watch, the government program he and Mayhem both worked for, first officially introduced in [[Transformers (2023) issue 25|''Transformers'' #25]].
* The ending of this story leads directly into ''M.A.S.K.'' #1.

===''M.A.S.K.'' references===
* Alex Sector being British comes from the original ''[[M.A.S.K. (franchise)|M.A.S.K.]]'' cartoon.
* References are made to Alex Sector being known as "Megabyte" and Sly Rax being known as "the Wrecker". These are both characters' codenames from the original series.

===''G.I. Joe'' references===
* General Villavaca is the name of a character from ''[[G.I. Joe (comic)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' #69. He is a General for the government of Sierra Gordo, the recurring fictional Latin American country that Rio Lindo is the capital of.

===Real life references===
* Sector references the social media platform {{w|Discord}}.

[[Category:M.A.S.K. (2026) issues]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Spoons.jpg

2026-05-03T22:58:37Z

Ookalf:

[[Spoons]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell CrainBrain.jpg

2026-05-03T01:39:59Z

Ookalf:

[[Crain Brain]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
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[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

File:RenegadeRhetoricScrewhead.jpg

2026-05-01T21:18:59Z

Ookalf:

[[Screw Head]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
{{FunPubtextstoryinterior}}
[[Category:Images by Christopher Colgin]]

Doctor Who

2026-05-01T06:50:26Z

Ookalf: /* Notes */

'''''Doctor Who''''' is a [[BBC]] [[television]] show featuring [[time travel]]. It might, just maybe, have something to do with the [[Doctor]].

==Fiction==
===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
After being affected by the interferences of [[Purnel's Auto-Reverse Defence|PARD]], [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]'s errant video scanner picked up a snippet of a ''Doctor Who'' episode, with a mention of the Doctor's enemies, the [[Dalek]]s, and their "Exterminate" battle-cry. {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[Hunter O'Nion]] told [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] that he had plenty of TV shows to catch up on, including ''Doctor Who''. {{storylink|Our Steps Will Always Rhyme}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] enjoyed ''Doctor Who'', despite the show depicting time travel inaccurately. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}}

===''Bumblebee'' film===
[[Memo]] had a pair of ''Doctor Who'' posters in his room. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}

==Notes==
[[File:Tom Baker Doctor Who still used in Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|200px|upright|One of the stills of Tom Baker as the Doctor used in ''Bumblebee'']]

* Various [[Marvel Comics|Marvel UK]] ''Transformers'' creators have written for ''Doctor Who Magazine'', itself a Marvel UK title:
** [[Simon Furman]] wrote several stories at the same time he was writing for the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel ''Transformers'' comic]]. This included the first crossover between [[Death's Head (G1)|Death's Head]] and the Doctor, and a Death's Head story featuring ''DWM'' character Keepsake.
** [[Dan Abnett]] wrote a number of ''Magazine'' strips in the late 80s and early 90s, as well as ''The Incomplete Death's Head''.
** [[Steve Parkhouse]] and [[John Ridgway]] are famous in ''Who'' fandom for their work on the ''Magazine'', which included a long run of Sixth Doctor strips. Sleepy [[Stansham]] is not too far removed from Stockbridge, a sleepy village from Parkhouse's strips.
** [[Mike Collins]] has a lengthy, still-going association with the strip.
* The [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|UK Marvel Generation 1 comic]] featured [[Octus (G1)|Octus]], who has a [[Dalek]] alt-mode, and the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' annual]] has a generic Transformer based on the character {{w|K9 (Doctor Who)|K9}}.
* The character [[Natasha Pyraniac]] from the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' adventure [[Time-Quake]] seems to be based on / influenced by one of the Doctor's foes, {{w|The Rani (Doctor Who)|The Rani}}.
* Other ''Doctor Who'' references in ''Transformers'' include [[Skaro]], [[Trenzalore]], the [[sonic screwdriver]], and [[Verronian Warp Star]]s. ''Who'' superfan [[David Wise]] was known to insert references in his scripts, including a member of the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] repeating "exterminate" in "[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]" and the [[Nebulan]]s [[tardis:Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow|reversing the polarity]] in "[[The Rebirth, Part 3]]".<ref>[https://princeospace.blogspot.com/2009/08/dude-i-have-doctor-who-connection.html Dude! I have a "Doctor Who" connection!]</ref>
* The Ask Vector Prime [[:File:AskVectorPrimeLogo.jpg|logo]] is a parody of the ''Doctor Who'' [https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/s4/features/galleries/gallery_new_logo_wallpaper logo] used from 2010 to 2014.
* [[Spacewarp]]'s [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|''Combiner Wars'']] bio mentions her being shrunk down by "a time traveler wielding a Tissue Compression Eliminator device," a reference to [[tardis:Tissue Compression Eliminator|the weapon]] wielded by the Doctor's notorious rival [tardis:The Master|the Master]].
* In a 2013 episode of ''Doctor Who'', "{{w|The Crimson Horror}}," the character Clara Oswald is shown to have a [[Galvatron (G1)/toys#The Transformers|G1 Galvatron]] toy.
* Sound effects from ''Doctor Who'' have made it into various cartoon episodes from the 80s, including:
** The Dalek control room [[tardis:Static power pulse|pulsing sound]] in "[[Microbots]]", "[[The God Gambit]]", and "[[The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 2]]".
** The TARDIS dematerialisation noise in "[[Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger]]".

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [[tardis:Doctor Who Wiki|Tardis Wiki]], the ''Doctor Who'' wiki
* ''{{w|Doctor Who}}'' at Wikipedia

[[Category:Bumblebee]]
[[Category:Real-world cultural references]]
[[Category:Television programs]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell FlyTrap.jpg

2026-04-30T21:36:33Z

Ookalf:

[[Fly Trap]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
{{FunPubtextstoryinterior}}

[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

Fly Trap

2026-04-30T21:31:27Z

Ookalf:

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{{disambig2|the ''GoBots'' Renegade|the ''Beast Wars'' Predacon|Flytrap}}
:''Flytrap is a [[Renegade]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell FlyTrap.jpg|right|thumb|300px|To him, he smells like flowers, flowers next to a dump, but flowers, none of the less.]]

'''Fly Trap''' is a Renegade who transforms into a garbage truck. He smells terrible.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
[[Vector Prime]] warned readers to not confuse Fly Trap with [[Flytrap]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] considered Fly Trap a good example of diversity among the [[GoBot]]s' alternate modes compared to [[Transformer|Cybertronians]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric 2015/10/14}}

Fly Trap, [[Hornet]], and [[Crasher (GoBots)|Crasher]] joined Cy-Kill in battling [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]]'s unit over the [[Space Hawk]] project. {{storylink|The Hawks of Space Part 1}} When a raid on a Guardian communications hub went bad, Cy-Kill was particularly harsh to his troops. So, when the [[Master Renegade]] appeared offering [[Power Suit]] upgrades to the Renegades if only they made him leader, Fly Trap, Spoiler, [[Loco (GoBots)|Loco]] and [[Screw Head]] eagerly turned on Cy-Kill. Using the P1 suit, Fly Trap became virtually invulnerable. Eager to test their might, the Power Suited soldiers and the Master Renegade launched a direct assault on the [[Gobotron Fortress]]. When the time came to form a dark copy to battle [[Courageous]] directly, however, the "united" Renegades couldn't agree on who should control the combiner. The hobbled "[[Grungy]]" was easily beaten apart by Courageous, and the Renegades meekly limped back to Cy-Kill, begging for his good graces. {{storylink|Coup de Grunge}}

Cy-Kill created an alternate universe by using a [[Time Portal]] to reach back in time and remove Luther Unum from events before he became Leader-1. In this new reality, Renegades ruled [[Earth]] and [[Gobotron]]. A group of Guardian rebels attempted to free Luther from Cy-Kill's clutches, but they ran into Fly Trap and [[Decker Decker]]. {{storylink|Renegade Victory Part 1}} Demonstrating the quick thinking he would one day be famous for, Luther disposed of the giant Renegades by outmaneuvering them and then tricking the villains into firing on each other. {{storylink|Renegade Victory Part 2}} Fly Trap was one of the Renegades tapped by Cy-Kill to become a ninja. He trained earnestly at the [[Ashi Dojo]] in [[Japan]] as Cy-Kill held the [[Sensei]]'s son hostage. Fly Trap and Decker Decker raided the [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] itself to recover an experimental microchip Scooter had been working on. Although the Guardian spotted them, the Renegade ninjas overpowered Leader-1 and [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] with their slick moves. Their fast mouths, however, clued Leader-1 in to their training, and he approached the Sensei for the training to defeat Cy-Kill's ninjas. Ninja Leader-1 defeated Fly Trap and all six of the Renegade ninjas, after which a literal plot device removed all memory of their training from each of the GoBots. {{storylink|Cy-Kill's Ninjas}} Fly Trap coordinated with a human spy inside [[UNECOM]] on behalf of the Renegades. They had a regular drop point in a dumpster behind the base, which Fly Trap covertly emptied to retrieve coded messages, such as the creation of the new element, [[Scootonium]]. {{storylink|The Scootonium Scenario}}

===Echoes and Fragments===
As [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] and [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] played with mixing [[universal stream]]s, the [[Renegade]]s staged an all-out assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] on [[Earth]]. Their hijacked [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] was spotted and shot down by [[Nick Burns]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]]. Fly Trap and [[Destroyer (GoBots)|Destroyer]] deployed to eliminate the interlopers. Destroyer prepared to blast them, but the Autobot [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] spoiled his aim, diverting the cannon blast to Fly Trap instead. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

==Notes==
*Fly Trap's colour scheme inspired the unrelated ''Wings Universe'' character [[Padlock (G1)|Padlockk]].

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Fly Trap}}
*[http://tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/Flytrap/flytrap.htm Fly Trap] at TFU.info

[[Category:Renegades]]

Blaster Blues

2026-04-29T21:41:58Z

Ookalf: /* Featured characters */

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|ep=39
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|ep2=50
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|next2=Prime Target (episode)
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|ep3=34
|prev3=Microbots
|next3=Sea Change
|image=BlasterBlues Megatron threatens Blaster.jpg
|caption=''I woke up this mornin' Feelin' like I been used, And you know by that I Got these ol' Blaster blues''
|title="Blaster Blues"
|season=2
|season ep=23
|production code=#700-38
|airdate=[[October 23]], 1985
|written by=[[Larry Strauss]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssYDHaF0Ba4
|videosite=YouTube
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'''The Decepticons hijack Earth's airwaves. Yet somehow, you are still able to watch this episode.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Blasterbluesconcertcrowd.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Did Spike and Carly take an Autobot on all of their dates?]]
[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]] and [[Carly (G1)|Carly]] are at a rock concert, having taken [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] along for the music. Enjoying the concert, Spike wishes that the rest of the [[Autobot]]s could hear the music, so Blaster begins transmitting to all of them. Off in space, [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] gets a real kick out of the music.

At the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] are observing [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]'s target practice on [[Teletraan I]], when Blaster's music from the concert begins playing on their channel. Sparkplug and most of the Autobots are not enjoying the overwhelming volume, but [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] gets the chance to show off his dancing skills.

At the [[Haley Observatory]], [[Haley|Professor Haley]] introduces his new creation, the [[Voltronic Galaxer]], to his fellow scientists. The device is intended to translate Earth's recordings into other languages and broadcast them into space, in search of intelligent life. Seemingly, the Transformers don't count. During his first test of the device, the scientist is quite surprised when he gets a response... which turns to horror when he sees it's the Decepticons. [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], as he is oft wont to do, begins firing randomly, but [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] orders him to stop, saying that they need the Voltronic Galaxer.

At the Autobot base, Optimus Prime is so annoyed by the music that he outright tells Blaster to "shut up", but to no avail. Only a distress call from the scientist finally gets Blaster to stop. After the Autobots arrive at the observatory, they find that the Decepticons have already fled with their prize. Optimus Prime vows to find it and bring the Voltronic Galaxer back.

[[File:Blasterbluesprimedirectstraffic.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Prime's day job]]
Splitting up into groups, the Autobots begin the search. [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], Spike and Carly have already searched half the hemisphere, while Cosmos and Blaster are searching outer space. They locate the Decepticons in a [[Decepticon lunar dome base|base]] on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]], where Megatron is plotting to take control of Earth's radio airwaves. Blaster and Cosmos are caught, however, before they can contact the Autobots. Blaster is forced into use as a transcrambler, while Cosmos powers the device. Megatron orders the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] to return to Earth as the radio blackout commences.

On Earth, the communications blackout is scrambling even the Autobots' radio channels. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] barely manage to stop a forest fire, while [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]], [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] free motorists trapped on a frozen highway, where [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] attack.

[[File:Blasterbluespgcarriesprime.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm not paid enough to carry this around.]]
At an airport, Powerglide is attempting to land, when Ramjet and Thundercracker attack, damaging both Powerglide and Optimus Prime. Spike manages to strap a [[jet pack]] onto Powerglide, giving him some extra boost. As Megatron begins broadcasting his demands to Earth, Blaster plays music from the concert on the same channel. Carly recognizes the tunes and manages to track the transmission back to the Moon. They head for the Autobot base. Carly does some quick repairs on Optimus then the two teens and Powerglide load Prime onto Omega, who takes them to space.

Once Omega lands on the Moon, Megatron and Astrotrain attack him. Omega manages to get his hand on Megatron, but Astrotrain rams Omega in train mode, causing him to release Megatron. Astrotrain then flees and Omega transforms into rocket mode and follows. Seeing Optimus Prime defenseless, Megatron decides to hit him while he's down, only for the [[Prime (rank)|Autobot leader]] to reactivate just in time to defend himself.

[[File:Blasterbluesop&mdance.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|One shall stand; one shall get tossed around a little bit and run away crying "Retreat!!"]]
With no one to guard them, Blaster and Cosmos cause the voltronic galaxer to receive feedback and explode. Seeing his latest technology ruined, Megatron retreats. After freeing them, Blaster mentions that he could rebuild the Decepticon moonbase into a new Autobot base. Cosmos likes the idea, as it would give him some company. Optimus agrees, but orders him to keep an eye on his volume.

Soon, however, Blaster is back to transmitting loud rock music over the air waves again. Some stereos never learn.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (3)
*[[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (6)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (8)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (9)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (14)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (15)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (16)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (17)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (18)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (19)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (20)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (21)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (22)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (24)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (25)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (26)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (30)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (31)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (33)
|c2=
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (11)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (13)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (23)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (35)
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (36)
|c3=
*[[Carly (G1)|Carly]] (1)
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (2)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (7)
*[[Haley|Professor Haley]] (10)
*Air Traffic Controllers (27)
*Pilot (28)
*Railroad workers (29)
*Meteorologist (31)
*Motorists (34)
}}

==Quotes==
[[File:BlasterBlues Professor Haley.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey, everyone, it's Tuuuuuuesday, and you're listening to the Giant Botcast...]]
"Where are you? In another galaxy?" 
"''Much'' closer than ''that!!'' Huhu~hwa~ha~hahaha~haha~hahaha!!"
:—'''Professor Haley''' contacts '''Megatron''', the master of dry wit.

'''Optimus''': My audio receptors! What is that noise?! 
'''Hoist''': Humans call it 'music'. 
'''Sparkplug''': Not ''this'' human! 
'''Jazz''': Sounds all right to me!
:—Sparkplug and the Autobots share their opinions on Blaster's choice in music.

"The Earth is but a speck on the arm of the universe."
:—'''Human scientist''' bolstering his race's importance in the cosmos.

"Blaster! Decrease volume! ... Blaster! '''SHUT UP!'''"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' in another fine example of subordinate management.

'''Ironhide''': Where did the call originate? 
'''Optimus''': I don't know! All I can hear is that blasted Blaster!
:—[[Peter Cullen]]'s annoyance at Blaster's loud music.

[[File:BlasterBlues blaster altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Today on Capitol Hill, the fish was delish, and according to [[United Nations|UN]] Secretary Council members, it made quite a dish. You are listening to member-supported public radio.]]
"Hey, talk about no place. I can't even get a bottom 40 station out here."
:—'''Blaster''' doesn't enjoy outer space duty inside Cosmos.

"It's Blaster!" 
"Why that son of an 8-track."
:—'''Ratchet''' and '''Trailbreaker'''

"Release Autobots, Megatron!" 
"Never!" 
"Reeeelease them!"
:—'''Omega Supreme''' adds some "hands on" pressure to dealing with '''Megatron'''

"Looks like the big boy needs a little training!"
:—'''Astrotrain''', proving the pun is indeed mightier than the sword. Unfortunately, it's not as mighty as Omega Supreme.

==Notes==
===Production information===
*First draft script: [[March 13|13th March]] [[1985]]
*Script revised by [[Ron Friedman]]: [[March 18|18th March]] 1985
*First draft storyboards completed: 13th March 1985
*Dialogue recording: 16th April 1985
*Storyboards revised: 26th April 1985
*Storyboards slugged: 1st May 1985 (by [[John Walker]])
*Final storyboard revision: 17th May 1985
*Shipped to [[Toei Animation|Toei]]: 20th May 1985

===Deleted scenes===
Changed scenes
* The order of some scenes in Act II is changed from the draft script. Red Alert and Inferno’s scenes of firefighting and coming under attack are combined and moved to happen immediately after the train crash (originally placed after the Autobots roll out from HQ). Likewise, the scene of Blaster and Cosmos watching Megatron give his broadcast is moved until after Ratchet’s group are buried by the avalanche. Allowing all of the action in the mountains to flow as one continuous scene.
* When Omega Supreme grabs Megatron and demands “RELEASE THEM!”, he picks him up by the fusion cannon, crushing it in his fist. Hence why Megatron is limited to hand-to-hand combat during his fight with Prime.

Deleted scenes
* Omega Supreme’s target practice consists of firing “benign darts” at Bumblebee and Cliffjumper, who are racing around in auto mode. Cliffjumper radios Bumblebee that he’s going to use him for a ramp. Thanks to Blaster’s rock broadcast, 'Bee can’t hear this and hits the brakes, causing the speeding Cliffjumper to collide with him. Megatron has been watching all of this through a monitor and gets the idea to jam Earth’s communications.
* Optimus Prime arrives at the airport and offers to help Powerglide with guiding the planes to their runways. The boastful Autobot plane replies “I’ve got everything under control, Prime!” before immediately having to drop low to avoid crashing into another plane “Then on second thought, I suppose it couldn't hurt!”. Prime uses his gun to laser the words “LAND HERE” into the sky with accompanying arrows.
* Once Blaster and Cosmos have overloaded the Voltronic Galaxer, we cut back to Red Alert and Inferno, lying charred and damaged amid the spreading forest fire. Once they realise that their radios work again, Red Alert calls fire control for assistance, much to Inferno’s chagrin. “You’re calling for Earth firefighters? What am I…a toy fire truck?!
* With Prime having won the fight and holding him at gunpoint, Megatron radios Astrotrain for assistance, only to receive static as Blaster is using the circuits he is plugged into in order to “run a little interference – on a local channel!”

===Continuity notes===
[[File:Blasterbluestrailerchase.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Last one out of the parking lot gets stuck with the check.]]
[[File:Trailbreakerdance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|[https://shortpacked.com/comic/iammegatron '''''I... AM... TRAILBREAKER!!!''''']]]
*Jazz has righteous moves, but they are limited by his bulky body.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Blaster's boom box mode in the opening scenes is as tall as a human.
**Red Alert's "horns" flash to indicate Decepticon activity, just like in "[[Auto Berserk]]". This time they're orange, though.
**Ratchet and the rest can deploy tire studs to deal with snow-covered roads.
**Hoist deploys a long snakey tentacle with a claw at the end to catch a falling motorist. How many devices can he [[Auto Berserk|carry]], anyway??
**This time, Trailbreaker's forcefield just kind of radiates out of thin air in front of his head. He's able to form it into a dome, which he can then place where he wants it... but, to his later misfortune, he remains outside the dome himself.
**Powerglide can deploy a suction cup line capable of carrying wounded Autobots around like limp ragdolls, leaving them flapping in the breeze.... say, aren't you supposed to ''not move'' the injured?
**Omega Supreme clearly leaves most of himself behind when he launches for the Moon. When he arrives there, he lands in rocket mode amid a cloud of smoke... and when the smoke clears, the left-behind bits have appeared. Later, he transforms out of just the rocket (conveniently off-screen) while in mid-flight.
*Where's the trailer go?:
**During the scene at the observatory, Optimus transforms and drives away, and there is an extended moment where his trailer drives off after him to catch up.
*Omega Supreme actually uses whole sentences in this episode. That's just crazy.

===Real-world references===
[[File:BlasterBlues Haley Observatory.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*The names of Professor Haley and his eponymous observatory are likely inspired by {{w|Halley's Comet}}, which was beginning its once-every-76-years trip through the inner solar system when the episode aired in late [[1985]].
*''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
**''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst is strangely repurposed as the burning fires at the observatory as the Decepticons close in.
**[[X-wing Fighter|X-Wings]] diving, ''Falcon'' engine burst, and [[Death Star]] superlaser all in a row as the Decepticons launch from the observatory.
**''Falcon'' engine burst as Megatron takes off from Astrotrain
**X-Wings diving as the 'cons fly aboard Astrotrain
**Death Star superlaser as Astrotrain pursues Cosmos.
**[[TIE Fighter]] engine as Cosmos evades.
**The Death Star door slide is used as a steam engine sound effect.
**A [[Stormtrooper (SW)|Stormtrooper]]'s laser gun is used to soundtrack Ramjet and Thundercracker's attack on Inferno and Red Alert, possibly taken from when [[Luke Skywalker|Luke]] & [[Han Solo|Han]] ambush the stormtroopers aboard the ''Falcon''.
**''Falcon'' engine burst as Megatron launches from the Moon.
*Trailbreaker mentions {{w|8-track tape|8-track}}s. Did kids in 1985 even know what an 8-track is?
**Considering 8-track cartridges had only been pulled from mass retail sale in the US in '82 and '83, kids who were well within the cartoon's target demographic would have definitely known of them.
*"Bang, zoom, to the Moon!" - Powerglide's line is a play on a signature line of Ralph Kramden from ''[[The Honeymooners]]''...whose actor Jackie Gleason was also the inspiration for Powerglide's voice.
*"Parting is such sweet sorrow!" - Megatron prepares to kill Prime while quoting one of [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare's]] most famous lines.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The rock band at the concert is playing ''two songs at once'', both "[[Cold Slither (song)|Cold Slither]]" and the generic big band/hard rock song. "Cold Slither" is missing a moment later when Blaster sends the music to the Autobots.
*The guitarist is seen 'playing' his guitar with only his right arm, as his left (which should be doing the fretwork) is up in the air.
*The arena's seats have more than a seat's width between them. The owners must've been expecting some ''seriously'' fat patrons.
*Cosmos's voice in his first couple of lines lacks his usual self-echo.
*As Megatron gloats on top of the observatory, his laugh plays over itself (i.e., the same laugh twice).
*Improbable viewpoints:
**So Blaster sends the music from the concert to the Autobots. How does he manage to send a 3rd-person view of ''himself'' at the same time?
**Do Tracks and Huffer have a video camera with them to report in to Prime?
**Does Prime have a camera stationed at the city docks to show Powerglide flying in aimless circles?
*The reporter at the observatory has already written down Professor Haley's words before he's finished saying them.
*Recycled footage:
**Prime's trailer rolling in from offscreen seems to be recycled from "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]".
**The shot of Ironhide, Trailbreaker and Hound converting to [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] is lifted from "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"
**The pan of Sunstreaker and Sideswipe transforming comes right out of "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]".
**The same "MTMTE1" scene is mined again to show Trailbreaker transforming as the Autobots deploy to deal with the loss of radio communications.
*Astrotrain has no transformation sound effect as he leaves the tunnel and converts from train to shuttle.
[[File:Blasterbluesprowlcarries.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Coloring error not included.]]
*Coloring errors:
**Trailbreaker's eyeband is black instead of blue as Optimus quizzes the professor about the Voltronic Galaxer. The points of his cheeks are colored blue instead.
**Cosmos's "cap" is green instead of red as he lands on the Moon.
**Prowl's head crest is white instead of red as he closes Ratchet's passenger compartment (and can't Ratchet do that himself?)
**Blaster's forehead is red instead of white as Megatron threatens him.
**Cosmos's helmet is green instead of red as Prime frees Blaster (which, by the way, seems to consist of just helping him to his feet, rather than freeing him from any "welding" done by Astrotrain.)
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots: Prime's initial squad fluctuates all over the place.
**The initial group receiving the transmission is Prime, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Hoist & Cliffjumper.
**Mirage, Sideswipe, Sunstreaker and Hound show up to transform prior to rolling out, and are not seen again. Trailbreaker shows up at the same time.
**Bumblebee, Wheeljack, and Prowl (or maybe Bluestreak) show up as the Autobots depart.
**The group that finally arrives at the observatory is Prime, Jazz, Ratchet, Ironhide, Hoist, Bumblebee & Trailbreaker, which means we've lost seven guys.
*When the Autobots drive away from the observatory, a shot of the Autobots from the front shows them driving over bare rock rather than the asphalt road.
*Powerglide's cockpit has changed from a fighter-plane-like single-seater (seen in "[[Dinobot Island, Part 1]]"), to a side-by-side like a passenger jet.
*When Megatron is first shown setting down the Voltronic Galaxer in their moon base, Thundercracker is to his left, Starscream to his right. In the very next panning shot showing Cosmos' approach through the window, Thundercracker is to Megatron's right.
*"This your idea of a joke?" Blaster's line lacks the usual processing.
*Red Alert's "horns" flash orange. Last time, they flashed blue.
*Despite knowing about the pending aerial attack, Red Alert keeps shooting at the trees. It seems likely that the animators recycled previous footage, perhaps not realizing he should be aiming skyward.
*Whatever damage Powerglide sustained from Ramjet pretty much disappears after Spike puts the jetpack on him.
*Blaster first pushes his left-most button. Later, it's the middle two that are deployed. After Megatron kicks him, all but one are engaged.
[[File:Omegasupreme astrotrain.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Pretty damn big, that's how much.]]
*The whole sequence of Megatron discovering Blaster's subterfuge is a bit wonky. Blaster sniggers loudly, Megatron suddenly says "What was that?", then there's a beep and the rock music is heard. The animators/sound guys seem to have not quite gotten the sequence of events down correctly.
*When Spike cheers on Omega Supreme, both his lips ''and'' Carly's are moving.
*When Astrotrain rams Omega Supreme's leg, Omega holds still for two seconds, then drops Megatron.
*If Astrotrain is big enough to hold all the Decepticons, then how big does that make Omega Supreme in the picture to the right here?
*One gun, many lasers:
**When Optimus fires at the fleeing Megatron, he only has one gun, yet four or five lasers streak past Megatron.
*Blaster has four small switches on his chest for most of the episode (clearly seen when Megatron kicks him towards the end), but is drawn with three large ones after Prime frees him.
*At the end of the episode, Blaster seemingly is supposed to be playing his rock tune yet again, complete with Prime yelling at him for it and the other Autobots chasing Blaster off into the sunset... but the music is missing. Oops!

===Continuity errors===
[[File:Blasterbluesonthemoon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"No no, it is totally worth risking the complete failure of the plan to have gloating rights over a couple of guys whose names I probably can't remember!"]]
[[File:BlasterBlues Carly Spike in spacesuits.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*You have to wonder if Megatron thought out all the parts to this plan, given that it would be a lot easier for human society to adapt to life without radio, than life without electricity, petroleum and fossil fuels, and so on... Actually, how would we ''use'' said radio waves, without the power resources the 'Cons would strip out of the planet in exchange for ceasing their jamming?
*Furthermore, one might question the wisdom of leaving two conscious Autobots right across from the critical device... with one of them ''fully armed''. The episode's teleplay explains this a bit better: in it, Cosmos is not treated so dismissively by Megatron, who needs his "magnificent super-sonic engines" to power the transmitter, and at the episode's climax, Cosmos was not supposed to ''shoot'' the transmitter, but rather, exploit his function as a power source to help Blaster overload the machine. Still, there doesn't appear to be any good reason they couldn't have done this a ''lot'' sooner.
*In a world full of Transformers running around on the evening news (and showing up in arcades, research labs, dams, power plants, and basically everywhere), why would a scientist still speak of alien life as though it were some unproved hypothesis?
*One of the journalists in the crowd that's listening to Prof. Haley explain the voltronic galaxer has a portion of the speech ("...enabling alien life to translate them to their own language.") already written on his notepad before the professor even finishes speaking that line.
[[File:BlasterBlues Megatron voltronic galaxer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Don't worry, this won't hurt a bit!]]
*In a rare instance of a falling human seeming to incur some actual injury, Professor Haley is apparently knocked unconscious by falling off the Voltronic Galaxer. Of course, he's up and (literally) running by the time the Autobots arrive (and still hanging out inside the burning building, apparently).
*The joy of size changing: Blaster rides inside Cosmos to the Moon, and in the next scene Cosmos and Blaster are side by side and Blaster is almost twice as tall as Cosmos. Cosmos's improbably large interior has just enough room for Blaster to sit inside. "[[Sea Change]]" and "[[Quest for Survival]]" will portray it as even larger, with room for multiple passengers to walk around.
*The passenger jets at the airport are shown swerving and maneuvering as though they were small-scaled fighters.
*Maybe Astrotrain's alternate mode ''does'' make sense in the bizarre world of cartoon Earth... because the railroad workers are trying to clear the track for a ''steam locomotive''.
*One of the railroad men says he will "radio [the train] to the auxiliary track", but no other track is actually shown.
*Only one guy leaps clear of the steam engine. Where's the fireman?
*Okay, so it's great that Optimus is directing traffic at this one airport, but... what about the hundreds of other airports out there? Much like "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 2]]", the Autobots seem to lack a plan to deal with the actual ''cause'' of the problems.
*If Carly can trace the source of Megatron's transmissions, she really didn't need to wait until they heard Blaster's music.
*If Powerglide's [[jet pack]] is ''out of fuel'', then ''how does he keep flying??''
*Ratchet's team was mostly in [[robot mode]] when they were buried. They emerge from the snow in vehicle mode. Also, all the buried and exploded cars have vanished.
*Does Omega Supreme just keep some human-sized space suits handy? 'Cause Spike and Carly suddenly pop up in space suits when it's time to go to the Moon.

===A loony lunar lineup of astronomical errors===
*As with every other outer space episode in the series, Cosmos, Astrotrain, and all the rest get full sound effects in outer space and on the Moon's surface. Of course, media of far higher caliber than ''The Transformers'' have made the same error, generally because it'd be pretty boring to watch a bunch of silent ships fly around, so we'll let this one slide.
*The depicted activities of any Transformer on the Moon do not bear any resemblance to the movements of creatures under gravity one-sixth that of Earth's own.
*Cosmos really shouldn't have to switch off his engines once he reaches the Moon; he should have just switched them off as soon as he escaped Earth's gravity well.
*Blaster somehow manages to ''listen'' in on the Decepticons across the airless surface of the Moon.
*The burning [[Decepticon lunar dome base]] continues burning and trailing smoke as if it were in an atmosphere.
*Carly: "I've never been to the Moon before!" NO. REALLY??
**And she was just on Cybertron in the last episode. Wouldn't that have been a bigger deal?

===Trivia===
*Throughout the script, '''Trailbreaker''' is referred to as '''Trailblazer''', a name which popped up during "[[A Prime Problem]]".
*Seriously. "I've never been to the Moon before!"

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (Canadian and European French broadcasts):'' "'''La grande catastrophe'''" ("The Great Disaster")
:*''Title (European French DVD release):'' "'''Blaster a le blues'''" ("Blaster has the blues")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*The robotic voice effect is absent on Blaster's first line.
::*For some reason, instead of "Prepare for target practice!", Optimus Prime says "Ready to do the tests with ''Olé''". Why "Olé", nobody knows, and Omega Supreme's real name is used normally throughout the rest of the episode.
::*Blaster's name is ''never'' pronounced:
:::*Instead of saying "Blaster! Decrease volume! Blaster!", Optimus Prime says "Hurry! Decrease volume! Do you hear me?".
:::*Ratchet's line "It's Blaster!" is replaced by "It's the music lover!".
:::*Instead of saying "If Blaster's on the Moon...", Powerglide says "If the music madman is on the Moon...".
:::*Powerglide's line "Hurry! We gotta save Blaster and Cosmos!" is absent from the dub.
::*Prowl's line "Convert to snow tires!" is missing.
::*The Autobots' lines as they drive away from the snow after recognizing Blaster are missing.
::*Instead of giving Blaster a lesson about the use of his music, Optimus Prime tells Blaster that Megatron's plan was pretty good and that they will have to work on a parade to prevent him from doing it again.
::*Blaster's dialogue during the last shot is missing.

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Linee di raggruppamento'''" ("Meeting up Lines")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Broadcasting-wise, not production-wise (keep this in mind), the actors in this episode are different from the previous ones, being the first to use a second group of voice actors. Mainly, [[Piero Tiberi]] replaces [[Diego Reggente]] as Optimus Prime, [[Mario Milita]] replaces [[Gino Donato]] as Megatron and [[Leo Valeriano]] replaces [[Claudio De Davide]] as Starscream. With this group of actors, Powerglide's name, which should be Jumbo, is bronounced "Joombo", despite being pronounced correctly in the episodes using the first group of actors.
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Il blues di Blaster'''" ("The Blues of Blaster")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Broadcast Blues'''" (ブロードキャスト・ブルース, "Blaster Blues")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 27]], [[1986]]

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Lándiào Lùyīnjī '''" (蓝调录音机, "Blues Recorder")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''O Ataque'''" ("The Attack")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1995]] — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Megatron Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[1999]] — ''The Transformers'' — Decepticon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] [[2001]] — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 2 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2002]] — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1: Vol. 4 (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2003]] — ''Transformers'' — Season 2 Part 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2004]] — ''Transformers'' — Collection 2: Series 2.1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 8 ([[Déclic Images]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2006]] — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] [[2007]] — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] [[2008]] — ''Transformers'' — Volume 04: Stagione Due Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] [[2009]] — ''Transformers'' — Season Two: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2011]] — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] [[2014]] — ''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sSKWucY2fCoV3acIOVeW0qDL_HeX_w5B/view?usp=sharing First draft script, originally submitted 13th March 1985]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=155SvBA7NOPYzRivn6VOt0lqIUrwZTjv0 Full episode script, as revised by Ron Friedman 18th March 1985]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WSAmiAWbqHtJZG74g6OGMxOT6rfHnt9i/view?usp=drive_link Model sheets and background layouts]
*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-700-38-blaster.html Gallery of revised storyboards]

[[Category:The Transformers episodes]]
[[Category:Generation 2 episodes]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Magmar.jpg

2026-04-28T21:19:15Z

Ookalf:

[[Magmar]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
{{FunPubtextstoryinterior}}

[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

File:RobotsHaveNightmares Russell finds Autobots.jpg

2026-04-28T04:12:23Z

Ookalf:

{{RID2015cap|[[Russell Clay]] finds [[Chop Shop (RID)|Righty]], [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], [[Denny Clay]], and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] stuck in cocoons.|Even Robots Have Nightmares|5}}

Crasher (GoBots)

2026-04-27T20:43:25Z

Ookalf: /* End of G1 Universe */

{{faction|renegade|decepticon|unicron}}
{{disambig3|Crasher}}
:''Crasher is a [[Renegade]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:GoBots5Crasher.jpg|250px|thumb]]

Evil [[Renegade]] '''Crasher''' is enthusiastic and loves to destroy [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardians]]. [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] considers her obsession with [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] borderline unhealthy.

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon continuity===
Crasher was an "oddly-misplaced Cybertronian". The seismic energy dischargers built into [[Blackout (Animated)|Blackout]]'s feet were reverse-engineered from Crasher. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Complete AllSpark Almanac|Blackout's profile in The Complete AllSpark Almanac}}

===Brain Problem Situation===
In [[Gargent 087.0 Kappa]], Crasher was one of [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s elite lieutenants. When [[Spychanger|six strange visitors]] were detected fighting [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]]s, Cy-Kill, assuming the Guardians' enemies to be allies of his, dispatched [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]], Crasher, [[Fitor (GoBots)|Fitor]], [[Tank (GoBots)|Tank]], and [[Geeper-Creeper]] to assist the strangers. The Renegades drove off the Guardians and brought the Autobots back to the ''[[Rogue Star]]'', but the Autobots turned on the Renegades after discovering the Renegades' malicious nature. {{storylink|Brain Problem Situation}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Multiversal observer [[Vector Prime]] believed that the existence of the Decepticon [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]] across multiple [[Tyran]] realities was the result of (a) [[Gargent]] Crasher dimension-hopping to Tyran and subsequently being duplicated across the cluster. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 17 June 2015}}

===Echoes and Fragments===
[[File:Deadlift and FractureEAF.jpg|thumb|left|''That's me in the corner That's me behind - a - leg Used for reformatting'']]

[[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]] combined two universes, creating a world where the Renegades were at war with the heroic Autobots. Under Cy-Kill's command, Crasher and several other Renegades stormed an Autobot shuttle and Crasher took an injured [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] prisoner. Reality changed again–in this new timeline, she served under [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]. In the ensuing battle for [[Autobot City (G1)|Guardian City]], she was one of the many Decepticons and Renegades fatally wounded in the fight, and became one of the many casualties jettisoned off [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]. When Megatron bargained with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], he reformatted her into [[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]]. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

===Renegade Rhetoric===
Crasher was one of Cy-Kill's most loyal lieutenants, and participated in nearly every one of his schemes. Notably, she refused to play Ruth in the ''Pirates of Penzance'' play, raced in the Alienapolis Five Million, {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (1), 15 October 2015}} flirted with the amnesiac [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]], and found herself in a future where the Renegades had seemingly made peace with the Guardians. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2)}}

Later, she and [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]] hacked a broadcast of [[Ask Vector Prime]] to broadcast information about the [[Convoy (group)|Convoy]] to [[Axiom Nexus]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 16 January 2016}}

===''Go-Bots'' comic===
[[File:GoBots1Crasher.jpg|240px|thumb]]
Crasher was one of several [[GoBot|Go-Bots]] to go rogue and evade deactivation. She lived as an outlaw near [[Route 66]], where she linked up with other rogues to form the [[Renegade]]s. Crasher personally led a raid on a filling station, where she traumatized and injured an attendant. Later, she and the rest of Cy-Kill's Renegades subdued [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] so [[Tank (GoBots)|Tank]] could access his military knowledge; afterwards, full-scale rebellion against humanity occurred. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 1|Go-Bots #1}} With [[Cop-Tur (GoBots)|Cop-Tur]], she captured the [[human]] loyalist [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]], forcing him to lick her tire treads clean or be handed over to [[Psycho]]. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 2|Go-Bots #2}}

Over the years of Go-Bot war that followed, Crasher developed a love/hate rivalry with [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] until the latter left Leader-1's service. The Renegade also developed into a key lieutenant to Cy-Kill and gave herself a darker color scheme. Crasher exchanged barbs with Turbo when the opposing factions faced off on [[Gobotron]]'s organic core—in fact the abandoned and devolved [[Earth]]. While Leader-1, Turbo and their allies were busy fighting [[Zod]], Cy-Kill and the Renegades took over the [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]], capturing Scooter. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 4|Go-Bots #4}}

This resulted in Turbo mounting a rescue that saw the Go-Bot take out several Renegades in a brutal fashion, with Crasher opting to take cover instead of fighting. Disgusted with Cy-Kill's cruelty to captured humans, Turbo killed him and rescued Scooter. Crasher initially activated the Command Center's defenses to kill them before Turbo was finally able to persuade her to let the Go-Bots' war die with Leader-1 and Cy-Kill. The pair ended their rivalry and shook hands before returning to the surface of Gobotron together in the Command Center. Once there, they were saved by [[Road Ranger]] from [[Zebediah Braxis|Braxis]]'s [[Vamp]]s. As Road Ranger took charge of the remaining Go-Bots to lead them towards a new future, Crasher remarked on the irony of a new generation taking over just as they were making progress. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}
{{--}}

===''End of G1 Universe''===
Crasher was a rumored visitor from the [[Multiverse]] {{Storylink|#Legacy|TL EX-10 Crasher bio}} who likely went through the [[Space Bridge Project|Multiverse Space Bridge]] to another world's [[Velocitron]]. There, she acted as a race queen for [[Speedia 500]] races. {{storylink|Mystery of Speedia 500}}

She had an unexplained feud with [[Shadowstrip]] {{Storylink|#Legacy|TL EX-10 Crasher bio}} and took part in a race of the Speedia 500 to determine the leader of Velocitron. Crasher attempted to use her earthquake abilities to create a chasm that the other racers couldn't cross, but this plan didn't take into account fliers like [[Galaxy Shuttle]], who went on to win the race. {{storylink|Velocitron Speedia 500 Part 3}}

==Toys==
===''Transformers'' (2007)===
[[File:Movie-toy Fracture.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This mold makes for an ''astonishingly'' good fembot.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Fracture''' (Deluxe Class, 2008)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Negative-energy blaster"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (deco artist)}}
{{note|The 2007 movie [[Fracture (Movie)#Transformers (2007)|Fracture]] toy was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as the "Cataclysm" incarnation of Crasher.}}

: A [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Classics|Mirage]], ''[[Transformers (2007 toyline)|Transformers]]'' Fracture transforms into a closed-canopy Formula racer concept car. The front aerofoil detaches to become a (non-firing) handheld weapon. The original [[light-piping]] features of the mold have been disabled by the paint applications on the figure's eyes.

: She is extensively painted to resemble the ''[[GoBots]]'' character Crasher, right down to the pink face and black "domino mask" she sported in the ''GoBots'' cartoon. The [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon insignia on the figure features the original design, rather than the slightly streamlined look of the movie faction insignia, owing to the original intent to have her be a ''Classics'' version of Crasher. Her car's deco is inspired by the real world {{w|Midland M16}}.<ref>"DECEPTICON FRACTURE was inspired by the female Gobot Crasher, but the name was changed to DECEPTICON FRACTURE when Crasher was unavailable for use. This deco scheme was one of several ideas for the Classic Series MIRAGE mold, and emerged as the most popular with the team. Her vehicle mode deco is based on a real Russian F1 race car color scheme."—[http://web.archive.org/web/20080913190932/http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/default.cfm?page=News/Item&newsid=950171CF-D56F-E112-41602F3A7E919719 Hasbro.com (Archive), "News from BotCon: New Wal-Mart Exclusive Movie Deluxe Figures", 2008/04/28]</ref>

: This toy also doubles as [[Crasher (G1)#My Little Pony/Transformers|"Generation 1" Crasher]] in ''[[My Little Pony/Transformers: Friendship in Disguise!]]'' [[Friendship in Disguise! issue 4|issue #4]]. This mold was also used to make the 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' version of [[Drag Strip (G1)#Universe (2008)|Drag Strip]].

: Anyone looking to buy this figure on the aftermarket be warned, there is a very convincing-looking [[knockoff]] that's been making the rounds since at least 2010.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Fracture/fracture.htm More info on Fracture at TFU.info]''
{{ClassicsMirageMold}}
{{--}}

===''Legacy''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Velocitron-Speedia-500-Crasher.jpg|300px|thumb|This ''is'' illegal, you know.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Crasher''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TL EX-10'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November]] ??, [[2023]]
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, shoulder-mounted launcher, missile
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro)}}

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection]]'' "Decepticon Crasher" is a redeco of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Kingdom]]'' version of [[Mirage (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Mirage]], transforming into a generic "Formula 1" style race car. While her body is the ''Kingdom'' Mirage, she uses the original-toy-inspired head of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Mirage (G1)/toys#S55|Holo Mirage]] toy. Similarly, her deco hybridizes elements of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon model for Crasher and the 2008 Fracture figure (above). She retains the same accessories.

: In both modes, she has a number of [[5 mm post]]-holes and 3 mm pegs for use with the "[[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]]" for attaching accessories and [[Fire Blast effect|blast effects]].

: Notably, despite originating as a GoBots character, the character doesn't display "GoBots Universe" terminology on the packaging, likely due to [[GoBots#Hasbro and Takara|the weird ownership situation regarding the franchise]]. Instead, the product description refers to Crasher as having a "G2-inspired design" and that the toy is "inspired by the character's appearance in the Transformers comics."

: The ''Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection'' was exclusive to [[Walmart]] in the US, (albeit in ''very'' limited quantities, so good luck) with [[Hasbro Pulse]] receiving limited quantities of the figure. Later in 2023, American collectors were likely to see her in the biggest quantities in Ross stores. The series was a [[TakaraTomy Mall]] exclusive in Japan, and a K-Mart store exclusive in New Zealand.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck1JKj4uVo1/ Design notes on ''Legacy'' Crasher from Hasbro designer Sam Smith on Instagram]''
{{WFCSiegeMirageMold}}
{{--}}

===''Age of the Primes''===
[[File:TF-AOTP-Crasher-PR.jpg|150px|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Crasher''' (Deluxe Class, [[2025]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Cannon, shoulder-mounted launcher, missile

: By popular demand, the ''Legacy'' Crasher figure above was later reissued at standard retail as part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of the Primes|Age of the Primes]]'' Deluxe Class figures, notably two waves and over half a year after the final wave of ''Legacy'' reissued a number of other hard-to-get figures. Outside of the new packaging, which notably uses new art of Crasher and her alt-mode to better fit in with the line's packaging design, this release remains unchanged from the original.
{{WFCSiegeMirageMold}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:GoBotsCrasher.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|"Your franchise is better than ours? ''You must have had so many female toys in the 80s.''"]]
* Crasher originates from ''{{gb|GoBots (franchise)|GoBots}}'', which was later "absorbed" into ''Transformers'' lore.
* The [[2005 IDW continuity|IDW]] comic character [[Aileron]] and the ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' incarnation of [[Strongarm (SG)|Strongarm]] are colored to resemble Crasher.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Crasher''' (クラッシャー ''Kurasshā'')

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Crasher
|disambig=Crasher (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Crasher (G1)|Crasher]], the evil black/white/red racecar Decepticon from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].
*[[Fracture (Movie)|Fracture]], the evil black/white/red racecar Decepticon from the [[live-action film series]].}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Crasher}}
* [http://www.tfu.info/Gobots/Renegades/BlackCrasher/crasher.htm Crasher at TFU.info]

[[Category:Animated Decepticons]]
[[Category:Female Transformers]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Renegades]]

Greene

2026-04-26T23:13:48Z

Ookalf: /* The Transformers cartoon */

{{disambig2|the Generation 1 human|the ''Rescue Bots'' human|Ezra Greene}}
:''Greene is a [[human]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:DesertionDinobots Professor Green.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|When did Mr. Green take Professor Plum's job?]]
Professor '''Greene''' is a scientist who just wants to help the [[Autobot]]s defend [[Earth]] against the [[Decepticon]]s. To this end, he invented the [[Ultra Plane]], an unmanned drone aircraft which can be operated remotely.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Peter Renaday]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama|Chikao Shiroyama]] (Japanese)|[[Francis Lax]] (European French), [[André Filho]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
Professor Greene proudly demonstrated his Ultra Plane to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], and [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], who all made impressed noises. Evidently the Decepticons were impressed enough to regard the Ultra Plane as a threat. To Professor Greene's distress, [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] "discreetly" destroyed his invention with some sort of grenade. The Autobots soon worked out who was behind it, and rushed off to protect the Ultra Plane blueprints from the Decepticons. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Greene-kyōju''' (グリーン教授 ''Gurīn-kyōju'', "Professor Greene")

[[Category:Cartoon-only characters]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon humans]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Story of Binaltech

2026-04-25T23:24:11Z

Ookalf: /* Summary */

{{Nav-Alt}}

'''''Story of Binaltech''''' (バイナルテックのストーリー ''Binaltech no Story''), later simply '''''Binaltech Story''''', is the storyline for ''[[Transformers: Alternators#Binaltech|Binaltech]]'', written by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]. It is only told in small text chunks within each toy's instruction booklet (during the original run of the series) or on the toys' packaging itself (for the toys released in 2007 and 2008). Supplemental information was also included in the characters' [[bio]]s and [[Tech Spec]]s, also included in the books and on the packaging.

The story of ''Binaltech'' continues into ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]''.

{{chapters
|title=''Story of Binaltech''
|next=Transformers: Alternity#Fiction
|align=left
|content=
*[[Binaltech Is... (Chapter 1)|#1]]
*[[Binaltech Is... (Chapter 2)|#2]]
*[[Arise! Evil Binaltechs|#3]]
*[[GT Units Online!|#4]]
*[[Operation: Carwash|#5]]
*[[Expose All of Evil's Designs!|#6]]
*[[Beast in the Machine|#7]]
*[[Ghosts of the Past|#8]]
*[[Reality Check|#9]]
*[[Changing Lanes|#10]]
*[[Project Bodyshop|#11]]
*[[Prowl & Chase|#12]]
*[[Darkest Hour (prose)|#13]]
*[[Widow's Edge|#13X]]
*[[Binal Time|#14]]
*[[Binal Time (preproduction)|#14X]]
*[[Kill Switch|#15]]
*[[Unfinished Business, Part 1|#16]]
*[[Unfinished Business, Part 2|#17]]
*[[Unfinished Business, Part 3|#18]]
*[[Unfinished Business, Part 4|#19]]
*[[Outlier (comic)|#20]]
*[[USA Edition Prowl|EX]]
|}}

==Summary==
Taking place during the 'lost years' between the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]]'s second season and ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'', the ''Binaltech'' storyline saw the [[Autobot]] forces split across Earth and Cybertron, as [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] launched a major offensive to take control of the Transformers' homeworld. With the Autobot forces spread thin, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] unleashed the [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] virus on the Autobots, crippling their bodies. With many of their number damaged beyond repair, the Autobots teamed up with various name-brand car companies to create new "Binaltech" bodies for the infected, which would be immune to the plague. Following the reconstruction of [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], the Autobots launched a counter-offensive that successfully beat back the Decepticon threat, driving the villains off-planet.

As this battle raged, an evil conspiracy group named the "[[Concurrence]]", consisting both of human villains from season 2 of the original ''Transformers'' cartoon and obscure villains from ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' spin-offs from the 1990s, was formed, seeking to create a rift in the Autobot/human alliance. With a little help from [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], the Concurrence hijacked the Binaltech bodies intended for [[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] and [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and used them to restore [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and Swindle. To combat this renewed Decepticon offensive, the Autobots developed "[[Genetronic Translink System|Genetronic Translink]]" technology, allowing a single Autobot to control multiple bodies at once. Smokescreen was outfitted with this technology, and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] received the Binaltech upgrade to make use of it.

The plot of the ''Binaltech'' storyline took a dramatic turn with the arrival of the time-tossed [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]]. It was revealed that, years before, the government organization known as the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] had unearthed the flight recorder from Ravage's [[Transwarp cruiser]] (crashed on Earth during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]]), which contained a copy of the Decepticon's personality. Striking a deal with Ravage's consciousness, the Triple-I staffers uploaded his mind into a Binaltech body, but the felonious feline immediately set about using his knowledge of the future in an attempt to alter the course of history. However, the acts of sabotage he committed were detected by the freshly-Binaltech-upgraded [[Overdrive]], who put the Autobots on Earth on alert, forcing Ravage to take a different approach.

When [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] came to Earth to help restore the damaged [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] in a Binaltech body, Ravage hijacked his shuttle on the return trip to Cybertron. Once on the planet, Ravage uncovered the [[Kronosphere]] time machine, and used it to transport Megatron and the bulk of the Decepticon army outside of time. With this act, Ravage successfully changed the timeline, leaving the Autobots to face the approaching threat of [[Unicron]] alone, after which Ravage would recall Megatron and the Decepticons, allowing them to easily conquer the weakened Autobots and claim victory in the war. To lead the Decepticons in the meantime, Ravage arranged for the recreation of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as a Binaltech warrior.

Having been offered a glimpse of the impending future by Ravage, Wheeljack dedicated himself to finding ways to save the lives of the Autobots that would die in the future. Establishing the "Body Shop" project to create Binaltech bodies for his friends, Wheeljack upgraded himself as well, but when he attempted to transfer [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]]'s [[spark]] into a new body via [[unspace|subspace]], an accident resulted in the spark being lost between dimensions. [[Chip Chase]] downloaded his mind into the Binaltech body instead, becoming the new Prowl, and together with Overdrive, led a strike that resulted in the capture of Ravage. Just at that moment, alas, Unicron appeared in the skies over Cybertron, and in the midst of the ensuing chaos, the Autobots made a desperate last-chance gamble: using the time-warp on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] traveled back in time in an attempt to undo all of Ravage's corruption upon the timeline.

Skids's chapter of the ''Binaltech'' story was released in 2005, after which the toyline was put on hiatus and replaced with ''[[Transformers: Kiss Players (franchise)|Kiss Players]]''. As such, it would be two more years before fans found out how his time-travelling endeavour turned out, in the story chapter released with [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Black Convoy]] in 2007—and as it transpired, things did not go well. Although [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] proved able to defeat Unicron with the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], Skids's trip into the past caused the timestream to destabilize, causing all of time to unravel around the Autobots. A mysterious spark known only as the "[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Protector]]" emerged from the chronal chaos and possessed the body of [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] (created by [[Doctor Arkeville]]). The Protector used its powers to stabilize the timestream, restoring history to its intended flow, while also preserving the "Binal-Time" timeline as a parallel universe, with the explanation that the Binaltech warriors would ultimately lead to the creation of a great force in the future known as the "[[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]". Unfortunately, Nemesis Prime's programming soon overrode the Protector's spark, forcing it from his body and returning to Arkeville, who succeeded in bringing the new Decepticon to true life. The bad news kept on coming when Megatron and his Decepticon forces returned from outside of time, and succeeded in the goal Ravage had envisioned for them, defeating the Autobot and conquering Cybertron. To stop the Decepticons, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] used his invisibility powers to venture into the depths of Cybertron and activate the [[large switch]] created by the [[Quintesson]]s which shut down all non-Binaltech Transformers everywhere. Nearly the entire Decepticon forces were disabled, and Nemesis Prime took control of the remaining troops.

It would be mid-2008 before further ''Binaltech'' toys, and hence more story chapters, were released, but when they did at last arrive, they picked up right where the story had left off. First, Prowl's spark reappeared from its subspace sojourn in another dimension (the original "correct" timeline of the cartoon continuity), the Bluestreak of that world travelled into the Binal-Timeline to inform the Autobots there of their friend's fate. After stopping a Concurrence plan to tap the energy of Prowl's spark to power a war-machine made from animated [[electrum]], the Autobots restored Prowl's spark to his frame, and Chip to his own body. With this crisis averted, the Autobots began focusing their efforts on the Protector, attempting to give him a Binaltech body, while also conducting the [[Timaeus Project]] at his direction to create the substance known as "[[Alternium]]", which would be important for the future he had foretold. Although [[Arcee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Arcee]] successfully carried out the Timaeus Project, she was unable to stop a Decepticon attack that saw the villains kidnap the Protector, as part of a plan by Nemesis Prime to create a synthetic Matrix for himself by removing human consciousnesses from their bodies and fusing them together. A strike by the Autobots prevented the dark Prime from carrying out his horrible scheme, and during the final battle, the Protector merged with Optimus Prime, increasing his strength to the point that he was able to destroy Nemesis Prime.

{{stub|{{storylink|Widow's Edge}}{{storylink|Outlier (comic)|Outlier}}}}

==References==
*[[Source:Story of Binaltech|Complete archive of ''Story of Binaltech'']]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20071112203528/http://www.bwtf.com/binaltech/ Author-endorsed translations of ''Story of Binaltech'' Chapters 1-13] at Ben's World of Transformers (archived)
*[[Source:Story of Binaltech#Additional|Author commentary for ''Story of Binaltech'']]

[[Category:Alternators]]
[[Category:Media]]

Full Throttle Scramble Power!

2026-04-24T20:43:05Z

Ookalf: /* Featured characters */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (franchise)|Transformers]]''
|title="Full Throttle Scramble Power!"
|japanese=スクランブルパワー全開!
|romaji=Scramble Power Zenkai!
|image=ScrambleCityManga01.jpg
|published in=[[Comic BomBom]] Spring Extra Issue
|date=Spring 1986
|writer=[[Raita Kobi]]
|artist=[[Yoshihiro Moritō]]
|inker=[[Ban Magami]]
}}
'''Megatron threatens the Earth with his new death ray: The Omega Wave Cannon. Only Jenny and her feminine charms can save the day!'''

==Synopsis==
The [[Decepticon]]s are up to their old tricks again, this time threatening the peace of the world with an all-powerful electromagnetic cannon called the [[Omega Wave Cannon]]. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] dispatches [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] and his [[human]] partners [[Tōru]] and [[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]] to follow the electromagnetic trail and locate the Decepticons' hidden base.

After being spotted snooping around by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], the trio of [[Autobot]]s are kidnapped by [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and placed behind an electric barrier. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] then proceeds to regale them with a monologue detailing how he intends to plunder Earth's energy and dominate the universe. He then sends the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]] to trash a power plant and relieve it of all its power.

From his command post in [[Autobot City (G1)|Scramble City]], Optimus Prime contemplates what to do. [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] pleads with Optimus to send him and the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] to deal with the situation, as they and the Stunticons are bitter rivals. The other Autobots disapprove of the idea, as the Aerialbots are too young and inexperienced for such an important mission, but Prime concedes to Silverbolt's pleas and allows the Aerialbots into battle.

The Aerialbots engage the Stunticons at the power plant, with both teams combining into their [[Combiner|gestalt forms]]; [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] and [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]], respectively. Superion begins to take the upper hand in combat until Megatron shoots him in the back with the Omega Wave Cannon. By all rights, the electromagnetic blast should have completely shut Superion down, but his [[burning spirit]] keeps him on his feet (albeit, still getting trashed by Menasor).

[[File:StarscreamMangaHugs1.jpg|left|thumb|And fangirls across the world rejoiced.]]
Fearing the worst, Tōru and the rest try to think of a way out of their prison. Jenny takes out her transmitter and reprograms its fusion plate on the fly. Starscream spots her messing around and tries to threaten her. Jenny uses her adorable feminine charms to elicit Starscream into giving her a big ol' hug, at which point she secretly slaps the transmitter onto the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]'s back. Now with complete control over Starscream's body, Jenny orders him to use his heat-seeking missiles to destroy the Omega Wave Cannon.

With the Omega Wave Cannon and the Decepticon HQ destroyed, Tōru and the rest attempt to escape. [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] unleashes [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] to catch them, only to be thwarted by the sudden arrival of [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] and a small unit of Autobots.

[[File:MegatronMangaEnergonMace1.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Oh hey, that's right, I still have this thing in my arm, don't I?]]
As Optimus Prime and Megatron duel (with Megatron unleashing his rarely seen [[energon mace]]), the battle remains a stalemate. Then, from out of the blue, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrives on the scene with the ''entire'' Autobot army. Megatron calls a hasty retreat and the Decepticons vamoose. Still not willing to give up, Superion launches a final attack on Menasor, thoroughly defeating his rival in combat.

As Tōru and Jenny hug and kiss in celebration, Optimus Prime quickly reminds them that Megatron is not gone for good. Prime then proceeds to question their use of affection toward one another, embarrassing them.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
{{collist|2|
*[[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (1)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (2)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (3)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (4)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (6)
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] (19)
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]] (20)
*[[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] (21)
*[[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] (22)
*[[Fireflight (G1)|Fireflight]] (23)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (24)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (25)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (26)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (27)
*[[Superion (G1)|Superion]] (29)
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]] (33)
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] (34)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (35)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] (36)
*[[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] (37)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (38)
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]] (39)
*[[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] (40)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (41)
*[[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] (42)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (43)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (44)
*[[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] (45)
*[[Perceptor (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Perceptor]] (46)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (48)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (49)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (50)
*A jillion generic Autobots
}}
|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (12)
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] or [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] (14)
*[[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] (15)
*[[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] (16)
*[[Wildrider (G1)|Wildrider]] (17)
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] (18)
*[[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] (28)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (30)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (31)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (32)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] or [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (51)
|c3=
*[[Tōru]] (7)
*[[Jenny (G1)|Jenny]] (8)
}}

==Notes==
[[File:TheTransformersElectronicHelmet.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*This story likely takes place after the events of the [[Scramble City: Mobilization|"Scramble City" OVA]], as [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] appears to be fully functional in this special, while he was still under construction during the events of the OVA.
*Tōru appears to be a bizarre doppelganger of another human friend of the Autobots: [[Kenji]] from ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (manga)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]''. He even wears the same helmet, based on [[The Transformers Electronic Helmet]] roleplay toy.
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s [[:File:G1 FireontheMountain SS chestmissiles.jpg|chest missiles]] were only ever seen once before, in the episode "[[Fire on the Mountain (episode)|Fire on the Mountain]]".
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s [[energon mace]] was last seen in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".
*Among some of the other oddities present in this comic, you can also find [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] among the Decepticons on Earth, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] ''hovering above ground'' in battle station mode and about a ''zillion'' generic Autobots appearing prominently in the final splash page.
{{--}}

===''Unite Warriors'' rerelease===
[[File:Scramble Comic cover.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*"Full Throttle Scramble Power!" as a tie-in with the ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' series, was rereleased as an eBook by [[Hero-X]] on [[February 26]], [[2016]]. The title of the rerelease was "'''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers Scramble Comic'''" (戦え！超ロボット生命体トランスフォーマー　スクランブルコミック).

==External links==
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/comics/japanese/fullthrottle.php "Full Throttle Scramble Power!" in English]

[[Category:The Transformers manga issues]]

File:MiiAkira-HeadmasterTeens-Concepts.jpg

2026-04-23T22:47:07Z

Ookalf:

All 23 concept designs for the [[Autobot Master Warrior|Headmaster Teens/Autobot Master Warriors]], featured in the ''Planet of Cybertron Guide 4'' booklet included with Takara's Headmasters LaserDisc set. All drawn by MiiAkira, they are labeled as:
*A. Robot ([[Kirk]])
*B. Robot ([[Loafer]])
*C. Lion ([[Lione]])
*D. Tiger ([[Toraizer]])
*E. Robot ([[Rodney]])
*F. Elephant ([[Shuffler]])
*G. Robot
*H. Robot
*I. Alligator
*J. Dugong
*K. Erabu sea snake
*L. Kouprey
*M. Male flying lizard
*N. Indian rhinoceros
*O. Jackson's chameleon
*P. Bear
*Q. Cobra
*R. Iguana
*S. Chameleon
*T. Crocodile
*U. Buffalo
*V. Wolf
*W. Cougar

{{G1conceptart}}
[[Category:Images by Akira Mii]]

Large switch

2026-04-23T22:38:47Z

Ookalf: /* Story of Binaltech */

[[File:LargeSwitch.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|What do you know—there really IS a Magic Reset Button!]]
Located in the very depths of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was a device created by the [[Quintesson]]s during their rule over the [[Transformer]]s... a device operated by a '''large switch'''.

The true details or capabilities of the device were not known except that it was linked to every [[Autobot]] and [[Decepticon]] to the point that, if switched off, the device would result in all the Transformers becoming inert.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[File:FFoD Part5 Frozen Metroplex.jpg|left|thumb|Iced, iced, baby.]]
The Quintessons used their new Decepticon allies to assault Cybertron while they secretly sent a commando team of [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] into the depths of Cybertron to push the switch to the down position, which would have deactivated all the Transformers. The Sharkticons failed in their task because of [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]. However, the mad [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] thought that the switch was related to the [[Decepticon Matrix|Decepticon Matrix of Leadership]], which was a Quintesson lie, and threw the switch himself. This stopped the Transformers war by stopping all the Transformers, leaving Cybertron back in the hands of the Quintessons. That is, until [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] used Rodimus's gun to destroy the switch, which reactivated the Transformers again, leaving the ever-irrational and maniacal Galvatron really ticked off at the Quintessons.... {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

===''Story of Binaltech''===
Battle-weary from fighting firstly [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], and then a full-strength Decepticon army returned, {{storylink|Binal Time}} from their protective sojourn in the [[Kronosphere]], {{storylink|Changing Lanes}} the Autobots enacted a desperate plan. Using information obtained from [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]], they discovered the existence of a switch that would render all the Transformers inert. While it would mean the Autobots would cease to function, the fighting – and their losses – would stop, and their human allies might be able to restore them at some point. [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] infiltrated the location of the switch and activated it. Across the universe, all the Transformers froze where they were..... except for those in Binaltech bodies. The Binaltech process underwent by numerous Autobots, including [[Genetronic Translink System|storage of their sparks in subspace]], protected them from the switch's effects, resulting in their unexpected immediate victory over their foes, due to the significantly fewer Binaltech-upgraded Decepticons. {{storylink|Kill Switch}}

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[[Category:Cybertron]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon objects]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon technology]]
[[Category:Stasis technology]]

File:Traitormiragepunches.jpg

2026-04-22T21:12:56Z

Ookalf:

{{G1cap|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] swings a punch at [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]].|Traitor (episode){{!}}Traitor|5}}

Blizz-Herd

2026-04-22T00:43:39Z

Ookalf:

{{factions|autobot}}
:''Blizz-Herd is an [[Autobot]] from the [[NFL]] (via [[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]).''

'''Blizz-Herd''' plays for the {{w|Buffalo Bills}}.

==Toys==
===''Collaborative''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Blizz-Herd''' (2025)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories:'' helmet, football, chinstrap, facemask

: ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' Blizz-Herd transforms from a Buffalo Bills football helmet to a Deluxe-sized robot. He features a removable football helmet for his robot mode, as well as a small football that the figure can hold via a [[Fire Blast effect]]-compatible 3 mm peg. The toy is a mild [[partformer]] in that the chinstrap and a portion of the facemask are formed by separate pieces that store on the back of the figure in robot mode. The football can be pegged on the chinstrap for storage in helmet mode. Undocumented in the instructions, the helmet accessory can be stored on a hexagonal peg inside the robot mode's chest.

==Notes==
*Blizz-Herd's name is a play on both 'blizzard', which the Buffalo region is known for experiencing during the winter season, and 'herd', which...y'know, buffaloes live in.
*Buffalo Bills quarterback {{w|Josh Allen}} starred in a number of commercials for [[Paramount+]] alongside Hasbro characters like Peppa Pig and the ''Rise of the Beasts'' versions of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]]. Scourge in particular was not impressed by Allen's football throws, or the announcers claiming that "he's got a cannon for an arm". Scourge decided to show off his own arm cannon but after warming up for far too long, it blew up a nearby mountain garnering Scourge a penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct from the referee.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WP1j-ZFwjK0 Josh Allen & Peppa Pig Caught in Transformer “Crossfire” | A Mountain of Entertainment™ | Paramount+]</ref>

==References==
<references />

[[Category:Athletes]]
[[Category:Collaborative Autobots]]
[[Category:NFL]]

Kill Switch

2026-04-21T20:16:56Z

Ookalf:

{{disambig3|Killswitch}}

{{comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[Story of Binaltech]]'' Chapter 15
|prev=Binal Time
|next=Unfinished Business, Part 1
|title="Kill Switch"
|japanese=キルスイッチ
|romaji=
|published in=September 2007
|packaged with=[[Mirage (G1)/toys#Binaltech|BT-18 Ligier Electro-Disrupter Mode]]
|story=[[Hirofumi Ichikawa]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|chronology=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon timeline#2007 2|2007 (''Binaltech'' timeline)]]
}}

'''Mirage undertakes a treacherous solo mission into the depths of Cybertron, seeking to end the war by deactivating both the Autobots and the Decepticons!'''

==Synopsis==
Some time has passed since the defeat of [[Unicron]] and the return of [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]] army from beyond time. Alas, the goal that [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Battle Ravage]] had sought to achieve by altering history had indeed come to pass: the weakened and battle-weary Autobots have been overcome by Megatron's fighting-fit forces, and [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has fallen to Decepticon control. Worse still, on [[Earth]], [[Doctor Arkeville]]'s creation [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] is scheming behind the scenes. Although times are hard for the Autobots, the knowledge that the fabled "[[Alternity (species)|Alternity]]" would emerge in the future from their struggles gives them hope.

[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] summons [[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl]] and the rest of his advisors for a tactical meeting, during which he reveals that Autobot scientists have managed to recover some of Battle Ravage's data on the events of the future, despite the Decepticon's attempt to delete it when he was captured. From the data, the Autobots have learned of an [[large switch|ancient device]] hidden in the depths of Cybertron that will deactivate all the Transformers, and they resolve to trigger it, despite the fact that they will be shut down as well. For the Autobots, ending the war is the most important thing, but hopefully, their human allies will be able to restore them afterwards.

The homesick [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] volunteers for the dangerous one-man mission to infiltrate the Decepticon-controlled Cybertron and activate the machine. To accomplish this feat, he transfers into one of the [[Binaltech (technology)|Binaltech]] bodies that were developed with the intention of recreating the abilities of his [[power chip rectifier]]; specifically, the body that he adopts for this mission was the result of a particularly anomalous experiment that not only succeeded in replicating his invisibility power, but was incapable of ''becoming visible''. As Mirage ventures into Cybertron's catacombs, [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]], four [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] [[Genetronic Translink System|GT System]] units and a human crew stand by in a camouflaged ship half a light year away from the planet, ready to cause a distraction if Mirage's cover is blown.

Meanwhile, Megatron and the Decepticons launch an attack on the [[Earth Defense Command]] base on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. Into the midst of the firefight steps Nemesis Prime, who announces that Earth's solar system belongs to him, and that he will not allow Megatron to have it. Megatron is disgusted that a mere Earth-made machine dares to wear the Decepticon [[insignia]], and the two lock in battle.

Back on Cybertron, Mirage successfully locates the device, avoiding the traps set by Battle Ravage. With one final rumination, Mirage throws the switch, and across the galaxy, Transformers begin to freeze in place. The human crew on standby monitor the effect of the device... only to discover that Tracks and the Smokescreens are still functioning just fine! Mirage radios in to confirm that he too is still operational, and everyone realizes that all the Binaltech Transformers are still operating: a consequence of the GT System storing their [[spark|life cores]] in [[unspace|subspace]], beyond the reach of the machine's effect. And since most of the Autobots have been upgraded into Binaltech forms thanks to [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s Project: Bodyshop, losses on their side are minimal, while most of the Decepticons are deactivated. Having expected a worst-case scenario, this last desperate ploy has secured the Autobots a triumphant victory!

On Mars, Megatron shuts down in mid-battle with Nemesis Prime, but the evil Binaltech continues to operate, and summons the only other functioning Decepticon on the planet, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], to his side. Instructed to gather up as many fallen Decepticons as possible before the humans take them, Shockwave hesitates only briefly, before acquiescing to the logic of the plan. Nemesis Prime regards the humans abandoning the Mars base, Nemesis Prime decides that if Binaltechs are to become the basis of a great power in the future, then he will allow the human race to continue to exist so that they may contribute to this evolution. After all, Prime thinks, as he calmly boards the Decepticons' ship and sits on Megatron's throne... the entire galaxy will be his soon enough...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Prowl (TM2)|Prowl]] (2)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (3)
*[[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] (4)
*[[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] (5-8)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (9)
*[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] (11)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Marissa Faireborn]] (10)
}}

==Notes==
* This chapter of the ''Binaltech'' story was printed on the packaging of the [[Mirage (G1)/toys#Binaltech|Mirage]] ''Binaltech'' toy. The toy itself was exclusively available through [[e-HOBBY]], ten months after the last toy (and chapter) were released.
* Power chip rectifiers were established as the source of Transformers' unique powers in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 cartoon]] episode "[[Heavy Metal War]]".
* Although shrouded in mystery in this story, the "kill switch" is a [[Quintesson]] creation which originally appeared in the episode "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5]]".
* The EDC's base on Mars appeared in the episode "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3]]". Marissa Faireborn was stationed there then, too.

==References==
*[[Source:Story of Binaltech#15|Complete text of "Kill Switch"]]
*[http://toys.tfw2005.com/bt-18-rijie-electro-disruptor-mode-ford-gt-954 Translation of "Kill Switch"] by the author's preferred translator [[Doug Dlin]] at TFW2005
*[http://www.tfarchive.com/toys/binalternators/bt18-killswitch.jpg Alternate translation of "Kill Switch"] at TFArchive

[[Category:Binaltech chapters]]

File:CountdowntoExtinction Mirage firing missile.jpg

2026-04-20T21:48:02Z

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{{G1cap|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] launches his shoulder missile.|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|4|eptitle=Countdown to Extinction}}

File:DesertionDinobots1 Mirage steals fusion cannon.jpg

2026-04-19T23:47:59Z

Ookalf:

{{G1cap|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] pinches Megatron's [[fusion cannon]].|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1|5}}

Venyamin Alexander

2026-04-18T22:48:56Z

Ookalf:

:''Venyamin Alexander is a [[human]] from the [[GoBots]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:IDW3Crew.jpg|300px|thumb|He's one of the male ones. Probably.]]

'''Venyamin Alexander''' is a [[human]] astronaut.

==Fiction==
===''Go-Bots'' comic===
Venyamin Alexander was one of the four astronauts sent on a deep-space mission onboard the [[GoBot|Go-Bot]] [[Spay-C]]. He apparently woke the crew up early from their cryo-chambers when they found an inhabited metal world. [[Charlotte Scott]] led a scouting sortie in the mission's lunar rover but soon came under attack from [[Monster GoBot|giant insectoid robots]]. All the astronauts were then carried onboard Spay-C's robot mode for safety when the group were attacked by [[Zod|a huge dinosaur]], and then saved by a large group of English-speaking Go-Bots. They were then taken to the [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]], where Spay-C faced disintegration. The astronauts were placed inside the vent system of the ship and had a look around, not needing to hear much from [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]]'s court to realize it would not be a pleasant place to stay. They sprang Spay-C from the brig and were placed back inside the Go-Bot, but he was immediately recaptured by [[Blaster (GoBots)|Blaster]] and [[Heat Seeker (GoBots)|Heat Seeker]]. However, Spay-C and his still-secret human crew were spared when Leader-1 decided that the new arrival was a good omen, having received a visitation from [[Eno]] that told him of the [[Lazer Lance]], a weapon that could destroy Zod. Spay-C then rapidly adapted to life with other Go-Bots, giving his human occupants some concern. They turned off his internal microphones and planned to make a break for it; Spay-C was able to talk them out of it - which was just as well, as the Command Center was locked in battle with [[Thruster]] at that point. The Go-Bot confessed he had not been completely honest with his crew—they had been kept in suspended animation for much longer than they thought, long enough for everyone they knew to be dead. After the Guardians travelled to Gobotron's organic core, Spay-C ran away from the Guardians, where he was found by [[Turbo (GoBots)|Turbo]] and [[Scooter (GoBots)|Scooter]]. The former detected the humans onboard Spay-C; believing them to be under duress he ordered the shuttle Go-Bot to release them. Turbo then realized that Spay-C didn't tell his crew the whole story and attacked the Go-Bot. The four astronauts then used their lander to explore the planet; taking soil and air readings, they found out that the world in the middle of GoBotron was, in fact, [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 3|Go-Bots #3}}

With a breathable atmosphere, the astronauts removed their space-suits while Spay-C finally told them the full story of the rise of the Go-Bots and fall of humanity. Turbo then introduced them to the regressed, primitive remnants of mankind. Venyamin and his crewmates took this with surprising élan, but moments later, he and [[Lee Spencer]] were abducted by the [[Renegade]] [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] and taken to Thruster as part of [[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]]'s experiments. His blue overalls meant he was picked out for special prodding but Cy-Kill took a bowl full of humans, including Lee and Venyamin, back to Earth. They were able to slip away and found Spay-C, deactivated after an unsuccessful attempt to stop Warpath. They were able to climb inside and initiate a hard reboot, brining the Go-Bot back online, and signal to their comrades. They then stayed inside Spay-C as he became part of a loose alliance of Go-Bots who fought and destroyed Zod. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 4|Go-Bots #4}}

After the deaths of Leader-1 and Cy-Kill, the crew split up, with two staying on Earth to help teach the human race and two heading back through the [[Disintegration Chamber]]—actually a time tunnel—to before the Go-Bot uprising. {{storylink|Go-Bots issue 5|Go-Bots #5}}

==Notes==
* It is not particularly clear which one of the astronauts Venyamin is, and thus whether he is one of those who opt to stay on Earth or travel back in time with Charlotte is unknown.

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Venyamin Alexander}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, Venyamin}}
[[Category:GoBots humans]]

Aruno Tahara

2026-04-17T20:41:33Z

Ookalf:

'''Aruno Tahara''' (田原アルノ, ''Tahara Aruno'', born; [[March 23]], [[1949]]) is a Japanese voice actor. He is best known for his roles as Risho in ''Yu Yu Hakusho'', Yoshio Minamoto in ''Stand by Me Doraemon'' and the second voice of Ben Beckman in ''One Piece'' following the passing of his original voice actor, Kazuyuki Sogabe and before being replaced by [[Shinichirō Miki]] in [[2026]].

In the world of dubbing Tahara is one of the voices of William H. Macy, [[Kevin Pollak]], James Hong, Jeffrey Tambor, [[Jim Carter]], John C. McGinely, Tracey Walter, Peter MacNicol and Richard Schiff.

==Roles==
===''Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy''===
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Aruno Tahara}}
*[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2173 Anime News Network entry]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tahara, Aruno}}
[[Category: Japanese voice actors]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell HeatSeeker.jpg

2026-04-16T21:09:09Z

Ookalf:

[[Heat Seeker (GoBots)|Heat Seeker]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
{{FunPubtextstoryinterior}}

[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

File:RenegadeRhetoric Farewell Twister.jpg

2026-04-15T20:45:42Z

Ookalf:

[[Twister (GoBots)|Twister]] as he appears in the "farewell" illustration for ''[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric]]''. Art by [[Christopher Colgin]].
{{FunPubtextstoryinterior}}

[[Category: Images by Christopher Colgin]]

File:Scramblepower autobots say no.jpg

2026-04-14T22:11:52Z

Ookalf:

{{FTSPmanga
|description=[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] are unconvinced of the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]' abilities.
|pageno=7
|panelno=2
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Transformers Animated: The Arrival

2026-04-14T22:09:53Z

Ookalf:

{{disambig2|the ''Animated'' comic miniseries|the ''Rescue Bots'' episode|Arrivals}}

[[Image:Arrival TPB.jpg|right|thumb|252px|Big Effing Robots—YAY!]]
'''''Transformers Animated: The Arrival''''' is a 6-issue mini-series published by [[IDW Publishing]], debuting in August 2008, and set in the ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]'' continuity. Each story seems to be mostly self-contained and (broadly) non-conflicting with the cartoon. In this regard it is of some significance as the first American comic to be explicitly set in the same [[continuity]] as a concurrently ongoing animated series.<ref>Unlike, for example, the [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel G1 Comic]] and concurrent [[The Transformers (cartoon)|G1 cartoon]] or later [[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)|''Energon'' anime]] and [[Transformers: Energon (comic)|Dreamwave's ''Energon'' comic]], which were both examples of conflicting parallel continuities of the same respective [[franchises]] and [[Continuity family|continuity families]].</ref>

Although ''The Arrival'' was released during the break between the second and third seasons of the ''Transformers Animated'' cartoon—drawing on plot details established by that point—the stories mostly take place during (or, in a couple of cases, ''before'') the events of the show's first season, often fleshing out offscreen events which were only alluded to in the show itself. After the opening issue, which retells the [[Transform and Roll Out|pilot movie]] from different perspectives, each of issues #2-5 contains two short stories each. Issue #6, an origin story for [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], was included in the [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] two-pack, but its originally-solicited individual release was cancelled.

{{chapters|title=''Transformers Animated: The Arrival'' issues:|content=
*[[Dispatches|#1]]
*[[The Arrival issue 2|#2]]
*[[The Arrival issue 3|#3]]
*[[The Arrival issue 4|#4]]
*[[The Arrival issue 5|#5]]
*[[First (and Second) in Flight|#6]] (see note below)
}}

==Overview==
{{note|This story retells the events of "[[Transform and Roll Out]]".}}
[[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]'s [[space bridge]] repair crew encounters [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], and all are lost in the space bridge. Both the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s deliver eulogies for their lost comrades. On [[Earth]], [[Isaac Sumdac (Animated)|Isaac Sumdac]] discovers Megatron's head, and over time, progresses from simple attempts at reverse-engineering to the establishment of [[Sumdac Systems]]. The Autobots awaken and meet [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|Sari]], establishing themselves as Detroit's new heroes.

[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] refuses to team up with [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]], but during their scuffle, crashes into the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. Later, he makes his way to Earth and attacks the Autobots, and during the battle, the [[AllSpark]] is briefly opened. The resulting energy burst is detected by both the Autobots and the Decepticons, and the two groups make tracks for Earth. {{storylink|Dispatches}}

{{note|''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' places this story between the events of "[[Sound and Fury (episode)|Sound and Fury]]" and "[[Lost and Found (Animated)|Lost and Found]]".}}
As [[Angry Archer]] attempts to rob a used car lot, he is foiled by a superhero named [[Wraith|The Wraith]]. [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] steals The Wraith's thunder, however, and exposes him as a hack. The Wraith seeks revenge by staging a phony attack by Bumblebee at a football game, causing the Autobots to intervene. The Wraith is caught and sent to an insane asylum. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2#Attention Surplus Disorder|Attention Surplus Disorder}}

{{note|''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' places this story before the events of "[[Sound and Fury (episode)|Sound and Fury]]", which debuted [[Professor Princess]].}}
After his battle with Optimus, Starscream is in temporary [[stasis lock]] and has an embarrassing encounter with [[Professor Princess]], who accidentally reactivates him. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 2#Whatever Happened To Whatisname?|Whatever Happened To Whatisname?}}

{{note|''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' places this story between the events of "[[Lost and Found (Animated)|Lost and Found]]" and "[[Survival of the Fittest]]".}}
Sumdac is robbed by a former kick boxer turned industrial saboteur named [[Stiletto (Animated)|Stiletto]]. The professor reveals that the stolen materials were two new prototypes: a new kind of metal alloy and a high-power laser scalpel. The Autobots catch up to her, and she gives them a good battle, but she's finally captured by Optimus Prime. Megatron, watching the news feed of the capture, considers this test of the material he plans to use for his new swords a successful field run. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3#Stiletto|Stiletto}}

{{note|This flashback story takes place before the flashback scenes in "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]".}}
In Cybertron's past, Ratchet finds dozens of Transformers, both Autobot and Decepticon, killed by a chemical weapon created by the Decepticons that's been nicknamed "Cosmic Rust". When a Decepticon calls for a medic, Ratchet helps, despite his misgivings. The 'Con reveals he can develop an antidote with Ratchet's help, and the medic agrees. As it's created, the two almost become friends before Oil Slick turns on Ratchet, infecting him with the rust. Ratchet is able to steal same of the antidote to not only cure himself but to bring back for mass production. He muses on the little bit of deception he learned from Oil Slick...and whether or not something from the Autobots might rub off on the Decepticons one day. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 3#'Bots of Science|'Bots of Science}}

{{note|''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac]]'' places this story after the events of "[[Headmaster (episode)|Headmaster]]", which debuted [[Porter C. Powell]].}}
Porter C. Powell markets a consumer vehicle line called the Bulkhead, a gas-guzzling "mega van" inspired by the Autobot of the same name. Bulkhead objects but legally has no recourse, and the vans cause chaos throughout the city. Bulkhead disguises himself as a Powell-themed vehicle and takes Powell on a dangerous, high-speed joyride, during which a terrified Powell confesses the perilous design flaws of the unit. A hidden camera captures Powell's entire confession, forcing a recall of the defective vehicles. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#The Insincerest Form of Flattery|The Insincerest Form of Flattery}}

{{note|This story takes place before the events of "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]".}}
On [[New Kaon]], Lockdown is hired by Blitzwing to bring in the Autobot presumed responsible for Megatron's death. He tracks the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' to the location of its crash on the Moon and determines that a repair crew led by Optimus Prime was responsible. However, he is suddenly ambushed by Blackarachnia, who was also investigating the crash. The pair come to blows, and they are both eventually knocked unconscious. When Lockdown comes to, Blackarachnia is seemingly gone, so he boards his ship and heads down to Detroit in pursuit of his real target, Optimus Prime, little realizing that Blackarachnia, stowing away aboard his ship and hidden from its scanners thanks to her techno-organic make-up, has hitched a free ride to Earth and is now hot in pursuit of the very same Autobot... {{storylink|The Arrival issue 4#A Few Loose Strands|A Few Loose Strands}}

{{note|This flashback story takes place before the flashback scenes in "[[Along Came a Spider]]".}}
Optimus undergoes a training exercise, but finds himself facing Megatron. The pair duel at length. Even as it seems Optimus is on the verge of victory, Megatron runs him through apparently killing him, however the whole thing is merely a simulation. [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] notes Optimus's high score. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5#Survival Skills|Survival Skills}}

{{note|This story takes place after the events of "[[The Thrill of the Hunt]]".}}
After [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] attempts to cut a deal with [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], he comes to blow with [[Lugnut (Animated)|Lugnut]]. [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] takes the opportunity to engage in free enterprise, selling weapons to both sides until they eventually wise up and turn on him. {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5#Everything Must Go|Everything Must Go}}

{{note|This story covers a timespan from the start of "[[A Fistful of Energon]]" through to the present-day events of "[[Autoboot Camp]]".}}
Looking for more of an edge against the Decepticons, Ultra Magnus launches [[Project Safeguard]], an attempt to use data gained from Starscream to install flight capability into Autobots. They get their first volunteers when twin Autobots are injured in an industrial accident, and [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]] undergo the upgrade process. Their training goes well, and they're soon strapped into a combat simulator and find themselves facing a simulated Starscream who turns out to be as dangerous as the real thing. Their unexpected ability to combine into [[Safeguard (Animated)|Safeguard]] allows them to defeat the Decepticon, and an impressed Ultra Magnus inducts them into the Elite Guard. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}

==Creative team==
All stories in ''The Arrival'' were written by [[Marty Isenberg]], who is also the story editor for the [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|''Animated'' cartoon]] and has written several episodes. Art duties were handled by [[Dario Brizuela]], [[Leandro Corral]], [[Marcelo Matere]], [[Boo]] and [[Matt Frank]]. Some of the stories were colored by the artists themselves, otherwise they were colored by [[Liam Shalloo]].

==Collections==
* ''Transformers Animated: The Arrival'' TPB ([[April 8]], [[2009]]) ISBN 1600104037 / ISBN 9781600104039
:*Collects issues 1–6; notably, this is the only way to get [[First (and Second) in Flight | issue #6]] besides buying the toy.
:*Bonus material includes all the individual covers.
:*Smaller format: 8.8 x 5.8 inches.

==References==
<references/>

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[[Category:Animated media]]
[[Category:IDW titles]]

Broken Glass!

2026-04-14T07:18:08Z

Ookalf: /* Continuity notes */

{{Comicstory|
|seriesissue=''[[The Transformers: Headmasters]]'' #2
|prev=Ring of Hate!
|next=Love and Steel!
|seriesissue2=[[The Transformers (Marvel comic)#Marvel UK|''The Transformers'' (UK)]] #134–137
|prev2=Headhunt
|next2=Grudge Match!
|title="Broken Glass!"
|image=MarvelHeadmasters-2.jpg
|caption=When you gotta go, you gotta go!
|publisher=[[Marvel Comics]]
|shippingdate=[[May 12]], [[1987]]
|onsaledate=[[June 2]], 1987
|coverdate=September 1987
|writer=[[Bob Budiansky]]
|penciler=[[Frank Springer]]
|inker=[[Ian Akin]] & [[Brian Garvey]]
|colorist=[[Nelson Yomtov]]
|letterer=[[Pat Brosseau]]
|editor=[[Don Daley]]
|continuity=[[Marvel Comics continuity]]
}}
'''While the Autobots seek to prove their peaceful intentions to the Nebulans, Zarak summons the Decepticons.'''

==Synopsis==
The presence of giant f*cking robots threatens the 10,000-year peace of the planet [[Nebulos]], as the citizens gather in protest demonstrations. [[Galen]], a member of the ruling "[[Council of Peers]]" on Nebulos, looks for a solution to the escalating tensions; he tries to break up a fight among the protesters, only to get slugged for his troubles. [[Zarak (G1)|Lord Zarak]], a rival member of the council, seeks to use the situation to further his own political position; he's paid for quite a few of the protestors. Debate in the council is somewhat mollified when [[Gort]] appears and explains that his injuries were an accident.

While Galen consults with the disconnected head of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] about recent events, an unconvinced Zarak and his staff pay a visit to the other [[Autobot]]s, who are setting up an encampment. Though an ostensibly peaceful gesture, their true purpose is to obtain the frequencies required to communicate with [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Using a [[Grax Communications Facility|facility]] owned by [[Grax]], Zarak calls for help in ridding Nebulos of the Autobots.

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s band has invaded the deserted Autobot base, where they receive Zarak's message. Scorponok orders his troops to prepare for interplanetary transport and world conquest.

The Decepticons arrive and, over Zarak's protests, lay siege to the capital city of [[Koraja]] in hopes of getting the citizens of Nebulos to surrender the five captive Autobots to them. The [[Nebulan]]s fight back from within the city's fortified walls, but [[Duros]] and Galen can see that they can't hold out forever against the Decepticons. They need the power of the Autobots. Galen can't simply restore Fortress Maximus and his group, however; it would violate the terms of the peace agreement between them. Fortress Maximus tells him that there is a way for the Nebulans to control the Autobots themselves.

Soon, a group of Nebulan volunteers begin the process of [[binary bonding]] with the Autobots who had sacrificed their heads earlier. Despite [[Llyra]]'s pleas, Galen is the fifth volunteer, stating that he must lead his people by example. The five Nebulans are bio-engineered to actually become the heads of the captive Autobots, creating the first [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]. While the Nebulans control the Autobots' bodies, the original Autobots maintain contact with the Nebulans they now carry, and the result is a group of highly effective warriors, which quickly dispatch the attacking Decepticons. Scorponok orders a retreat to allow time to study this new development.

The Autobots march through their damaged city, and the citizens gape in awe and fear at them, till they disconnect their heads and return to Nebulan form, whereupon they are greeted as heroes. But Llyra cannot find joy; her betrothed Galen has become a machine of war, a man she can no longer recognize.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] (9)
*[[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] (10)
*[[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]] (11)
*[[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] (12)
*[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (13)
*[[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] (16)
*[[Pointblank]] (17)
*[[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] (18)
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] (19)
|c2=
*[[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] (20)
*[[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] (21)
*[[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] (22)
*[[Apeface]] (23)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (24)
*[[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] (25)
*[[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]] (26)
*[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]/''[[Krunix (G1)|Krunix]]'' (27)
*[[Blot (G1)|Blot]] (28)
*[[Flywheels]] (29)
*[[Battletrap (G1)|Battletrap]] (30)
*[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] (31)
*[[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] (32)
|h3=[[Nebulan]]s|c3=
*[[Spasma]] (1)
*[[Galen]] (2)
*[[Duros]] (3)
*[[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]] (4)
*[[Llyra]] (5)
*[[Krunk]] (6)
*[[Grax]] (7)
*[[Vorath]] (8)
*[[Marita]] (14)
*[[Gort]] (15)
*[[Arcana]] (33)
*[[Stylor]] (34)
}}

==Quotes==

'''Galen:''' "I'm the same man I always was. You must believe that." 
'''Llyra:''' "I believe what I see--a man hiding behind a suit of armor." 
:—Apparently '''Galen''' is not more than meets the eye to '''Llyra'''

==Notes==
===Artwork and technical errors===
[[File:Cyclonus Krunix.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Marvel UK: Fixing an error, opening [[Cyclonus's Armada (G1)|another can of worms]].]]
*Even as the narration describes the Nebulans transforming to "look like the heads of" their new Autobot partners, Fortress Maximus's new head (i.e., Galen transformed) is actually the animation model for [[Cerebros (G1)|Cerebros]]'s head. Fortress Maximus randomly changes to his own head design as the Autobots engage the Decepticons... then suddenly changes back to Cerebros's head as the Headmasters prepare to transform back to humanoid form at the battle's end. The Cerebros head would show up a couple more times in future issues.
*On page 8, in the third panel Kup is colored like Highbrow.
*On page 10, a giant sized version of [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]'s future [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmaster]] partner [[Nightstick (G1)|Nightstick]] is referred to as Cyclonus, even though he looks nothing like him. In an attempt to fix this error when the story was published in the UK comic, the character's name was changed to a completely made up "[[Krunix (G1)|Krunix]]".
*On the same page, Mindwipe is drawn as a Nebulan Headmaster partner.
*When the Decepticons prepare to attack the city, a miscolored Misfire identifies himself as Mindwipe, while Slugslinger is drawn as a giant Caliburst, and Cyclonus is once again drawn as an oversized Nightstick. The Marvel UK reprint of this story leaves the first two errors untouched, while the giant Nightstick's line "Save some for Cyclonus!" was changed to "Save some for me!".
* In the followup panel, the beast-mode Decepticons have transformed.... and jet-mode Misfire (presumably intended to be Mindwipe) is just sitting there on the ground with them.
* The pre-attack introdump panel implies that only seven Decepticons have arrived to attack the city, but a variety of other Decepticons and generics show up in subsequent pages. In particular:
** Page 14: the attacking Decepticon force suddenly includes Fasttrack, jet-mode Apeface, and two vehicles that look rather suspiciously like Fortress Maximus's drone-bots [[Cog (G1)|Gasket and Grommet]].
** Page 18: Triggerhappy has also joined the attack force.
** Pages 18 to 20 feature multiple generics to pad out the Decepticon ranks.
*On the surgery table, Stylor is drawn as a mini-Chromedome.
*The Autobot Headmasters' relative proportions are all out of whack when the Nebulans connect to them for the first time. Fortress Maximus is the same size as the other four, when he should be a couple of heads taller. Hardhead is the smallest, while Brainstorm is swollen up like a weightlifter.
* As the Decepticons retreat, Skullcruncher is colored white and blue, and has a bizarrely misshapen helmet. Next to him, Snapdragon seems totally fine, after being crashed and very on fire just a couple of panels earlier.

===Continuity errors===
*While not a direct error as such, the Nebulans' decision to binary-bond with the Autobots rather than fully restoring them seems very much based on the letter, rather than the spirit, of the conditions under which the Autobots remained.
*It seems pretty incredible that Koraja's defenses, which are basically some cannons mounted on a stone wall, could hold off the Decepticons long enough for the Nebulans to perform five radical surgical procedures. The narration states that the surgeries take "hours". Getting past the walls of Koraja looks like it would take ''seconds''.
*Several Decepticons who show up in this issue are never seen again, including [[Flywheels]] and [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]].

===Continuity notes===
*Although it is explained that the Nebulans turn into heads that only ''resemble'' the original heads of the Headmaster Autobots, and that the original heads maintain [[radio]] contact with their Nebulan partners, the original miniseries never mentions what becomes of the original heads. However, "[[The Final Conflict]]" in the [[Transformers Annual 1987|1987 UK annual]] showed that Fortress Maximus, at least, stored his original head in a chest compartment. [[Simon Furman]] explores what became of the original heads much later in IDW's ''[[The Transformers: Regeneration One|Regeneration One.]]''
*In the time it takes Stylor to undergo the Headmaster process and fight in the battle, he misses ''multiple'' Nebulon parties.

===Real-life references===
*TBD

===UK printing===
'''Issue #134'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Headhunt]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''[[Robo-Capers]]''
'''Issue #135'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Grudge Match!]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers''
'''Issue #136'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "Grudge Match!"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers''
'''Issue #137'''
*'''Additional ''Transformers'' story:''' "[[Ladies' Night (issue)|Ladies' Night]]"
*'''Other strips:''' ''Robo-Capers''

===Changes in the IDW ''Classic Transformers'' reprint===
[[File:BrokenGlass-Kupchanges.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|missed it by that much]]
*Page 3 - Last panel, the white highlights on Llyra and Galan's faces are gone, resulting in flesh-colored teeth.
*Page 4 - Last panel, Duros's helmet is changed from pink to its proper dark blue.
*Page 8 - Third panel, upon noting Kup was miscolored, they recolored him ... in his dark teal cartoon colors.
*Page 12 - Middle panel, originally Misfire was colored as Mindwipe and also identified himself as Mindwipe, so this dialog was changed and his colors altered to Misfire's cartoon colors.
*Page 14 - First panel, Skullcruncher's lower jaw is now green.
*Page 19 - First panel, Scorponok's face is corrected to yellow.
*Page 21 - Panels 2 and 3, Scorponok's face is corrected to yellow.
*Page 23 - Fourth panel, "Marita" is changed to "Marika"????

===Covers (5)===
*'''Headmasters #2 cover:''' Scorponok, with Zarak captive, fires on the Nebulans, by [[Frank Springer]], [[Ian Akin]], and [[Brian Garvey]].
*'''UK issue #134 cover:''' Cyclonus and Scourge, by [[Lee Sullivan]].
*'''UK issue #135 cover:''' [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] vs [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]], by [[Jeff Anderson]].
*'''UK issue #136 cover:''' [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] about to crush Divebomb, by [[Robin Smith]].
*'''UK issue #137 cover:''' [[Susan Hoffman]] discovers [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], by [[Lee Sullivan]].
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File:MarvelHeadmasters-2.jpg|'''Headmasters #2'''
File:MarvelUK-134.jpg|'''UK issue #134'''
File:MarvelUK-135.jpg|'''UK issue #135'''
File:MarvelUK-136.jpg|'''UK issue #136'''
File:MarvelUK-137.jpg|'''UK issue #137'''
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*Striped Chips Ahoy! cookies - inside back cover
*''The Amazing [[Spider-Man]]'' Annual #21 and ''Marvel Saga'' #22 (back cover)

====UK====
????

===Reprints===
Other than reprints of the [[The Transformers: Headmasters#Collections|full miniseries]]:
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Radio

2026-04-14T07:17:03Z

Ookalf: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

'''Radio''' is a means of communication used by [[Transformer]]s and [[human]]s.

A '''radio transmitter''' is a component of [[Transformer]] anatomy allowing them to communicate using radio, rather than sound.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1===
[[Freedom Fighter]], [[Enemy (G1)|Enemy]], and [[Radio AM Robot]] are able to receive radio signals in the AM band.

====Marvel Comics continuity====
[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] controls [[Roller (G1)|Roller]] up to 1,200 miles and his [[Combat Deck (G1)|Combat Deck]] up to 1,500 feet through radio control.

[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] are particularly adept at detecting very faint radio signals. Both of them serve as mobile communication stations. Soundwave can maintain contact with fellow Decepticons 100 miles away and Blaster can transmit 4,000 miles.

In ray-gun mode, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] can emit a variety of high intensity electromagnetic energy, including radio waves.

[[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] radio controls his drone units [[Cog (G1)|Gasket]] and [[Cog (G1)|Grommet]] and their combined form [[Cog (G1)|Cog]]. {{storylink|The Transformers Universe (Marvel)|The Transformers Universe}}

Radio can be used by [[Transformer]]s over long distances. However, it is possible for these transmissions to be intercepted by a third party. When in doubt, in person communication is more secure. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}}

While [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]] was restrained with a [[mode lock]], [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] was able to remote-control him by radio. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}}

A Transformer's head, when removed from his body, can operate the body by radio control. {{storylink|Prime Time!}}

[[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partners can control their Transformer by radio-command. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] was able to interrupt [[Skullgrin]]'s radio control over his [[Pretender]] shell. Skullgrin recombined so she couldn't do it again. {{storylink|Monstercon from Mars!}}

During a flight over the British countryside, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] received radio transmissions; one involved a [[Doctor]] and another mentioned [[Gary Davis]]. {{storylink|To a Power Unknown!}}

====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
During their undercover operation to investigate a smuggling ring that was stealing airplane components, [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] found out his radio transmitter was removed and was, thus, unable to contact [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]] and the [[Autobot]]s. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}}

===''Transformers'' film===
[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] uses the radio to communicate with humans such as [[Sam Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Transformers (film)|Transformers}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
The [[United States of America]] used the [[Apollo 11]] mission to investigate an alien disturbance on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. The two human scouts used a period of radio silence to investigate an alien spacecraft crash site without alerting the general public. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

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File:Traitormirageholddscj.jpg

2026-04-13T21:21:09Z

Ookalf:

{{G1cap|[[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] falls across [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]]'s lap.|Traitor (episode)|eptitle=Traitor|5}}

File:CityOfSteel Mirage carrying alligatorcon.jpg

2026-04-13T01:59:53Z

Ookalf:

{{G1cap|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] carrying the [[Alligaticon]].|City of Steel (episode)|5|eptitle=City of Steel}}

Mirtonian constellation

2026-04-12T06:58:06Z

Ookalf: /* Kiss Players */

[[File:Convoy sector17battle.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]

The '''Mirtonian constellation''' is a region of space which has at times been involved in the [[Transformer]]s' constant warring.

==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''G-2'' pack-in manga====
An unknown rocky planet in Sector 17 of the '''Mirtonian Nebula''' was the site of a Decepticon base.

There, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] suffered catastrophic damage at the hands of [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. He was reconstructed by the [[Reconfiguration Matrix]] into a new, more powerful [[Laser Rod]] form. {{storylink|Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|G-2}}

====''Kiss Players''====
While traveling through time, [[Shaoshao Li]] collected an "[[Angolmois Energy|Allspark fragment]]" from Optimus Prime while he was fighting Megatron in the Mirtonian Constellation. {{storylink|Kiss Players episode 44|Kiss Players #44}}

===3H comics===
The Mirtonian constellation was home of the peaceful '''Mirtonian Confederacy''', which was ruled by elected government including Senator [[Drelnar Feh'd]].{{storylink|Betrayal|''The Wreckers'' #2 CatSCAN profile}}

The Maximal [[T-Wrecks]] was stationed in Sector 17 before being called home by the events of [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Megatron's takeover of Cybertron]].{{storylink|T-Wrecks#Beast Machines|''Dinobots'' T-Wrecks toy bio}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
The alien mutant [[Carcass]] hails from the planet of [[Mirtonia]] in "[[Quadrant 4]]", perhaps the world for which the constellation is named.

===''Shattered Glass''===
[[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] was beaten to near-death in Sector 17 of the '''Mirtonian Quadrant'''. When Optimus was abandoned by his troops, a local tech rebuilt him into a new form with a [[G-Metal]] sword. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (SG)#Timelines|BotCon 2012 Optimus Prime profile card}}

===e-HOBBY comics===
A legend known in the '''Mirtonian Constellation''' told of the ancient [[Solarbot (species)|Solarbots]], a mysterious species that lived within stars. {{storylink|Solarbot (individual)#Shattered Glass|e-HOBBY Solarbot bio}}

===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
During a session of stargazing, [[Blades (RB)|Blades]] thought he saw the '''Mirtonian Star Cluster''', though [[Heatwave (RB)|Heatwave]] claimed it was in the other direction to which Blades was pointing. {{storylink|Feed the Beast}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 006.0 Kappa]], Senator [[Drelnar Feh'd]] of the '''Dominion of Mirtonia''' took part in a high-stakes game of [[Cybertronian games|Triad]] on [[Monacus]] for the [[Transwarp Blaster]]. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 17, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 17/09/2015}}

In [[Viron 102.0 Beta]], [[Storm Jet (RID)|Storm Jet]]'s [[Elite Guard]] clashed repeatedly with [[Jhiaxus (RID)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Destructicon (RID)|Destructicon]]s in the '''Mirtonian Expanse'''. {{storylink|Source:Ask Vector Prime/Facebook#September 22, 2015|Ask Vector Prime, 22/09/2015}}

==Notes==
* The Mirtonian Constellation represents an odd bit of [[Hasbro]] synergy. The tech-spec for the 1995 [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#LaserOptimusPrime|Laser Rod Optimus Prime]] toy described a showdown in "sector 17 of the Mirtonian constellation", apparently a reference to the planet "[[Mirtonia]]", home planet of an alien named [[Carcass]] from the ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe]]'' toyline the year before. The showdown itself (in turn) appears to have served as inspiration for the events of the [[Transformers: G-2 (pack-in manga)|Japanese ''G-2'' pack-in comic]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mirton Seiun''' (マートン星雲 ''Māton Seiun'', "Mirton Nebula")

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File:EntertheNightbird invisible Mirage.jpg

2026-04-11T23:50:20Z

Ookalf:

{{G1cap|[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] becomes invisible.|Enter the Nightbird|5}}

Diaspora

2026-04-10T20:40:44Z

Ookalf: /* Fiction */

When the [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|Cataclysm]] threatened [[Gargent 984.08 Alpha|their universe]], many of the native [[GoBot]]s chose to flee their universe in a great '''Diaspora'''.

==Fiction==
===''Timelines''===
A series of cosmic events caused [[Primax 984.0 Gamma]] to splinter off into multiple alternate timelines. One of them, [[Primax 207.0 Epsilon]], vibrated on a frequency nearly identical to Gargent 948.08 Alpha. As a result, the Primax universe began overwriting the Gargent one, in what became known as the [[Cataclysm (GoBots)|Cataclysm]]. To combat this, the natives, a race of cyborgs known as the [[GoBot]]s, sent a group of agents to Primax 207.0 Epsilon to try and undo the Cataclysm. {{storylink|Withered Hope}} Believing that [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] was the cause of their universe's doom, [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] tried to usurp him via [[cerebro-shell]]s, aiming to use the [[Decepticon]]s to enact a [[Transformer|Cybertronian]] extinction and use their technology to save the GoBots, only for Megatron, hilariously unimpressed by Bug Bite, to shrug off the mind control and destroy Bug Bite's head. {{storylink|Games of Deception}} Other missions on this Earth were met with a similar lack of success. {{storylink|Sunrise}}

With no solution to be found, the GoBots simply abandoned their home in a great Diaspora. Rather than all evacuate to one alternate reality, the species, for reasons unknown, chose to spread to a multitude of different realities. A group of [[Renegade]]s, the [[Monster GoBot]]s, chose [[Primax 215.19 Epsilon]] as their new home, coming into conflict with the [[Ex-Bot (BWU)|Ex-Bots]]. During this conflict, [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] found their files relating to the Diaspora and which GoBots had fled to which universe (though she found the GoBot terminology of referring to realities as "Levels" left something to be desired). {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

The Diaspora itself would prove something of a wasted effort for the [[Ultra Magnus (SG)|Ultra Magnus]] of [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] would destroy Primax 207.0 Epsilon, {{storylink|Invasion (issue)|Invasion}} allowing Gargent 948.08 Alpha to heal itself, though [[Vector Prime]] noted that it remained unclear whether or not the Gargent universe was entirely safe to inhabit. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/14}}

==Notes==
* "Diaspora": People settled far from their ancestral homelands.

==External links==
{{GBwiki|Diaspora}}

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