Kranix (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Lithone who escaped being eaten to... get eaten|the giant Fracas|Krunix (G1)}}
:''Kranix is a [[Lithone (species)|Lithone]] from the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Kranix TFUniverse.jpg|thumb|200px|"The ships! Get to the ships, it's our only... Wait, I'M a ship!"]]
'''Kranix''' is the last survivor of the consumed planet [[Lithone (planet)|Lithone]]. Well-versed in the art of combat, the friar warrior Kranix has an advanced artificial intelligence, possessing a full range of emotion. But unlike his companion [[Arblus]], this emotion does not cripple him with fear. Rather, he's friendly and polite, seeming almost human.

That is, until his present situation, which has carved a faultline in his chivalrous exterior.

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Norman Alden]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese)
[[Image:TFTMKranixArblus.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Kranix is the one carrying the flasks.]]
On the planet Lithone, Arblus and Kranix were either friends with or the assistants to [[Lithone scientist|a scientist]]. The pair brought the scientist a couple of fluid-filled vials while he worked, although Kranix was the only one to do any carrying (lazy Arblus). Unfortunately, the building shook, sending the chemicals to the floor.

It wasn't seismic activity, however — running to a nearby window, the Lithones saw it was the menace they knew as [[Unicron]]! Kranix compelled his companions to get to the escape ships, but only the one he was on managed to escape his planet's destruction, as Arblus's shuttle was caught in Unicron's pull as he finished his destruction of the planet itself. After Lithone was destroyed, Kranix somehow became a prisoner on [[Quintessa]], the home of the dreaded [[Quintesson|Quintessons]] and [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]].

Not long afterward, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] were placed in the cell next to Kranix. Kranix told them of the Quintessons and his planet's demise, but would not enjoy their company long, for Quintesson guards soon came to take Kranix to his fate, while he plead for mercy, as he was the last survivor of his planet (to anyone's knowledge). Over the plank above the Sharkticon pit, Kranix protested the mockery of justice that the Quintessons represented in their so-called court. He was then sentenced to death by the Quintesson judges and fed to the Sharkticons and eaten by them. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie|The Transformers: The Movie}}

===''The Transformers: The Movie'' comic===
When Unicron attacked the planet Lithone, he devoured it by emitting a corrosive mist. Arblus was dissolved and eaten by the mist, but Kranix was able to transform into a spaceship and escape. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}} He was inevitably captured by the Quintessons, at which point he was tried and fed to the Sharkticons. {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

==Toys==
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===Transformers (2010)===
[[File:TF2010-toy_Kranix.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Unicron''' (Supreme, 2011)

:Kranix is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Dead End (Armada)#Toys|Dead End]] figure, coming with [[Unicron]] and coloured in homage of his original form. Kranix transforms into a mechanical "moon" (perhaps making his alternate mode Lithone?) with a cannon, and can fit into a specially-shaped socket on Unicron's planet form to act as a turret.

:This mold was used to make [[Dead End Drone|Bug Drone]] and [[Dead End General|Bug General]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Mini-Con/Kranix/kranix.htm More information on Kranix at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
*In a very early draft of ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Lithone was a planet of living rock creatures, and Kranix was named '''G'''ranix (from "granite", you get it?). Although this was amended for later drafts, one or two instances of this original spelling made it through the spell-check, into a much later version of the script, puzzling fans for over a decade.
*It is never revealed within the film how Kranix ended up on Quintessa after escaping Unicron. A deleted line of dialogue explained that the Quintessons hunted down those who escaped the wrath of Unicron and put them on trial, with the sentence always being the same—'''death!''' In the same draft that had the Lithones as rock creatures, meanwhile, Kranix had actually come to Quintessa on a scientific expedition.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Kranix''' (クラニクス ''Kuranikusu'')

==External links==
* [http://www.ntfa.net/universe/english/index.php?act=view&char=Kranix Kranix's Universe profile at NTFA.net]

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