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Battlecharger

2020-05-20T10:49:25Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* Marvel Comics continuity */ adding the title of Rhythms of Darkness !

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''The Battlechargers are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|"Heh heh. He said 'do'."]]

The '''Battlechargers''' are a decidedly devilish duo of deadly Decepticon dragsters diligently dedicated to destruction, demolition and dastardly deviance.

Individually, they are [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]; collectively, they are a copyeditor's worst nightmare.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Iron Man|"DAAAA DAAAA DAN-DAH-DAH, DANANANANA DAAA-NAN DAH!"]]]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. Ignoring their orders, the two reckless Decepticons left and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. [[Gary Acton|His dad]] angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Their actions also attracted the attention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], though he was ordered by Optimus Prime to back off due to the collateral damage the pursuit was causing.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}}

[[File:MarvelUS23 Battlechargers defeated.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Diarrhea]], cha cha cha! Diarrhea, cha cha cha! Di-ACK!"]]
RAAT caught up with them in Philadelphia, where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into a single form which she could partially control. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the Statue of Liberty (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. Circuit Breaker's release of the captive Autobots cost her her job at RAAT, as well as that of [[Donny Finkleberg]], AKA Robot Master, who had helped her do it. Donny had received a $50,000 reward for turning the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] in, and he ended up using that money to help pay for the cleanup of the Battlechargers' antics. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[File:Clubconresort.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"Careers are stupid! Everyone, like, works in a booth."]]
For quite some time, the Battlechargers were complete absent except for one of them helping tourists with their suitcases at [[Club Con]]. We assume many things went missing from those suitcases. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

However, when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers mysteriously returned and for unknown reasons joined his motley band of rebels. They attacked Scorponok's New Jersey base, and a battle ensued. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Just as the battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck died during the planet-rending battle that followed. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[File:MarvelUS71 Shockwaves troops.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"The plan is to all go to Scorponok's base and stand shooting at him. Runamuck, your thoughts?" "This sucks more than anything I have ever seen."]]
The next day Runabout was strolling with [[Battletrap]] when he was pulled below ground by a [[Demon|strange Cybertronian creature]], and devoured. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

====Rhythms of Darkness!====
In an alternate post-apocalyptic future where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Runamuck and Runabout were among the Decepticon ranks. Runamuck was shot down by [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]].{{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Breakin' da lawwww, breakin' da lawwwww!"]]
While under Shockwave's command the Battlechargers were part of a squad that ambushed the Dinobots in an attempt to discover how [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] had revived his warriors without the use of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Grimlock however had other ideas, crushing Runabout's hand and knocking Runamuck down. The Dinobots had the upper hand but were interrupted by Optimus Prime, who lambasted Grimlock over his crude battle tactics, which he believed endangered the humans. The Decepticons used this distraction to hastily withdraw, leaving just Runabout with a [[neutron cannon]] to inflict some face-saving revenge. The Battlecharger had Grimlock in his sights at point blank range but when Grimlock pointed out that the Decepticon would be caught in the blast, the hapless Runabout took two steps back and fell over the edge of a ravine. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

Later the Battlechargers fell under Megatron's command and were sent to retrieve some [[Starting Over!|misplaced gas canisters]]. The gas was intended to accelerate the greenhouse effect to provide extra heat for conversion into energon for the Decepticon cause. However Shockwave also sent [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to secure the canisters for himself in order to see his rival fail. The opposing teams arrived at the same time and, being incappable of finding a diplomatic solution, the situation soon degenerated into violence. Meanwhile, Prowl had already made the canisters safe and sat back with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and some local humans to enjoy the Decepticons beating the frag out of each other! {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}

Runabout and Runamuck were later seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] as part of a united Decepticon force under [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s command but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Despite having apparently died, Runamuck was among the Decepticons under Megatron's command when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. In a rather one-sided battle against the powerful second gen troops, he promptly died again. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Runamuck attacked [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on the planet [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[Death crystal|death-crystal]] shooter (the station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well). The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine Decepticon execution.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|"This is the fourth time you've been sent to my office today! And this laughing, what the hell's with this laughing?! All the generals are sick of it!"]]
Both Runabout and Runamuck were next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]]. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for [[Unicron]]. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Yeah, yeah. We're in the bureau of beer and fire and cigarettes. And maybe some chicks, too."]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point, the Battlechargers were offered a flight mode but they turned it down.{{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the majority of the Decepticon forces, Runabout and Runamuck opted to stay behind because Galvatron was "crazier than a [[three-headed Nullusceran]]". They were recruited by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who had them fill him in on recent history and decided it was time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}
Jhiaxus send the duo to find some personality components, and in the process, they discovered a stasis hibernation pod which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] inside. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}. Then, they took the amnesiac autobot back to Jhiaxus. After that, Jhiaxus ordened the battlechargers to kidnap [[Hi-Q]] in [[Nebulos]] and bring him to [[Qre]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
After they arrived on Qre, the pair engaged in some racing with the amnesic Side Burn.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}}. When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. Then, the Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}}
Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

And then they lived happily ever after.
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===Young Corgi continuity===
In the year 2000, the Battlechargers tried to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but met resistance from [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and were summarily defeated. The battle was shown on the news and recorded by the Autobot ally [[Jeff Grey]], but he accidentally taped over it with an episode of the ''[[Gus Gopher Show]]''. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
The Battlechargers are indestructible. First, [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] ate them when they tried to ambush Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} but they evidently survived and later found [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s lab. Then [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] fried them, {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} but they survived to become part of Shockwave's small army on Cybertron, which Megatron then took over. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]
[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Er, y'know, Runabout, everyone's always runnin' down [[Pat Lee]] and saying he sucks and stuff, but you know, he really does suck and this is one of those times everyone is right."]]

Runamuck and Runabout came from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3 |Megatron Origin #3}} When their leader gave the order to burn [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], Runamuck was one of the first to leap forward in order to carry out Megatron's orders.{{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

Runabout and Runamuck were part of a [[Infiltration protocol|Decepticon insurgent cell]] that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. Along with [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], they were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his SM-40 palmtop PC, which contained data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover; {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} They appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} They got better, but were no longer part of any major operations. When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] arrived on Earth, they, along with the rest of the infiltration team, refused to stand against the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

Despite their part in Starscream's mutiny, Runamuck and Runabout were quickly forgiven by Megatron and returned to active duty.{{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

A year later, when Megatron called [[Sixshot]] to Earth, the Battlechargers questioned his sanity in ruining the careful planning of infiltration protocol. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} The Battlechargers continued their trend of being brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded and Runamuck was decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Following the Decepticons' defeat of the Reapers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] referred to their deaths as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformation}} {{storylink|Rise}} {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]], [[Darryl Kurylo]], [[Jim Ward]]}}
[[File:BattlechargerCarConcept.jpg|thumb]][[File:BattlechargerTankConcept.jpg|thumb]]
The Battlechargers are referred to as '''Ground Soldiers''' and are presented as generic army fodder. They are led by a Ground Soldier General, but otherwise, none are identified by name. Only three types were encountered by the Autobots: Warriors (who use either fists or a sword, along with an energy shield), Sergeants (who use hand-to-hand combat), and Heavy Weapons (who transform into tanks and use hammers). {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

{{charstubgame}}

==Toys==
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"I think they make daytime TV suck so, like, we're ''forced'' to go to school."]]
===Generation 1===
*'''Battlechargers''' ([[1986]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Generation 1|Runabout]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Generation 1|Runamuck]]
:The primary [[gimmick]] of the Battlecharger toys is [[Autotransformation]] from car to [[robot mode]] through the use of a [[pull-back motor]]. The motor gimmick is still usable in their robot modes. It is unlikely that one is a [[retool]] of the other despite sharing exceedingly similar construction, since they had simultaneous production. They come with guns which, since they lack hands and arm articulation, mount on their shoulders. Neither toy was released as part of the original retail line in Japan.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Er, heh heh. I think it's working."]]
*'''Transformers Collectors Club''' ([[2012]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]
:Runabout (renamed to Over-Run for copyright reasons) and Runamuck were promoted to Deluxe-class and are now new-head [[retool]]ings of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model.

:Runamuck was the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, while Over-Run was one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures. As a side-note, extra space was included in Over-Run's display box to store Runamuck as well, because [[Fun Publications]] couldn't bear to break up the team.
{{2010TracksMold}}
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Age of Extinction Collection 2''' ([[2014]])
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Kre-O|Decepticon Runamuck]] (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
:Mysteriously going solo this time, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot.
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==Notes==
[[File:PreBattlecharger.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Runamuckabout.]]
*Like [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], the Battlechargers concept was boiling in the design stages long before it was actually implemented. The most notable version of the concept comes from a 1985 patent where the pullback motor detaches and transforms into a robot separate from the robot formed by the car.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19851221&CC=JP&NR=S60259290A&KC=A Patent #JP60-259290A]</ref>

*Fans joked for ''years'' that the Battlechargers, in their "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]" story, eerily (though coincidentally) resembled the title characters of the MTV animated seires, ''Beavis and Butt-head'' in their attitude and dynamic (a bit of an anachronism, considering ''Beavis & Butt-head'' was a cartoon which came seven years later). If anything, Runabout and Runamuck share a dynamic more closely similar to that of ''{{w|Heckle and Jeckle}}'' (the wannabe sophisticate and the uncultured slob), whose cartoons had been making the rounds for decades prior to "Decepticon Graffiti". It wasn't until much later that [[Bill Forster]], in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [http://billforster.deviantart.com/art/Runabout-and-Runamuck-176356248 made an official Beavis and Butt-head connection]. Kudos, Bill.

*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Battlecharger''' (バトルチャージャー ''Batoruchājā'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Battle Springer'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Battlecharger

2020-05-20T10:37:40Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* 2005 IDW continuity */

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''The Battlechargers are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|"Heh heh. He said 'do'."]]

The '''Battlechargers''' are a decidedly devilish duo of deadly Decepticon dragsters diligently dedicated to destruction, demolition and dastardly deviance.

Individually, they are [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]; collectively, they are a copyeditor's worst nightmare.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Iron Man|"DAAAA DAAAA DAN-DAH-DAH, DANANANANA DAAA-NAN DAH!"]]]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. Ignoring their orders, the two reckless Decepticons left and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. [[Gary Acton|His dad]] angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Their actions also attracted the attention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], though he was ordered by Optimus Prime to back off due to the collateral damage the pursuit was causing.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}}

[[File:MarvelUS23 Battlechargers defeated.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Diarrhea]], cha cha cha! Diarrhea, cha cha cha! Di-ACK!"]]
RAAT caught up with them in Philadelphia, where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into a single form which she could partially control. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the Statue of Liberty (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. Circuit Breaker's release of the captive Autobots cost her her job at RAAT, as well as that of [[Donny Finkleberg]], AKA Robot Master, who had helped her do it. Donny had received a $50,000 reward for turning the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] in, and he ended up using that money to help pay for the cleanup of the Battlechargers' antics. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[File:Clubconresort.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"Careers are stupid! Everyone, like, works in a booth."]]
For quite some time, the Battlechargers were complete absent except for one of them helping tourists with their suitcases at [[Club Con]]. We assume many things went missing from those suitcases. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

However, when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers mysteriously returned and for unknown reasons joined his motley band of rebels. They attacked Scorponok's New Jersey base, and a battle ensued. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Just as the battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck died during the planet-rending battle that followed. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[File:MarvelUS71 Shockwaves troops.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"The plan is to all go to Scorponok's base and stand shooting at him. Runamuck, your thoughts?" "This sucks more than anything I have ever seen."]]
The next day Runabout was strolling with [[Battletrap]] when he was pulled below ground by a [[Demon|strange Cybertronian creature]], and devoured. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

In an alternate post-apocalyptic future where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Runamuck was among the Decepticon ranks... until [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] shot him full of holes. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Breakin' da lawwww, breakin' da lawwwww!"]]
While under Shockwave's command the Battlechargers were part of a squad that ambushed the Dinobots in an attempt to discover how [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] had revived his warriors without the use of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Grimlock however had other ideas, crushing Runabout's hand and knocking Runamuck down. The Dinobots had the upper hand but were interrupted by Optimus Prime, who lambasted Grimlock over his crude battle tactics, which he believed endangered the humans. The Decepticons used this distraction to hastily withdraw, leaving just Runabout with a [[neutron cannon]] to inflict some face-saving revenge. The Battlecharger had Grimlock in his sights at point blank range but when Grimlock pointed out that the Decepticon would be caught in the blast, the hapless Runabout took two steps back and fell over the edge of a ravine. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

Later the Battlechargers fell under Megatron's command and were sent to retrieve some [[Starting Over!|misplaced gas canisters]]. The gas was intended to accelerate the greenhouse effect to provide extra heat for conversion into energon for the Decepticon cause. However Shockwave also sent [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to secure the canisters for himself in order to see his rival fail. The opposing teams arrived at the same time and, being incappable of finding a diplomatic solution, the situation soon degenerated into violence. Meanwhile, Prowl had already made the canisters safe and sat back with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and some local humans to enjoy the Decepticons beating the frag out of each other! {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}

Runabout and Runamuck were later seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] as part of a united Decepticon force under [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s command but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Despite having apparently died, Runamuck was among the Decepticons under Megatron's command when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. In a rather one-sided battle against the powerful second gen troops, he promptly died again. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Runamuck attacked [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on the planet [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[Death crystal|death-crystal]] shooter (the station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well). The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine Decepticon execution.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|"This is the fourth time you've been sent to my office today! And this laughing, what the hell's with this laughing?! All the generals are sick of it!"]]
Both Runabout and Runamuck were next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]]. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for [[Unicron]]. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Yeah, yeah. We're in the bureau of beer and fire and cigarettes. And maybe some chicks, too."]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point, the Battlechargers were offered a flight mode but they turned it down.{{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the majority of the Decepticon forces, Runabout and Runamuck opted to stay behind because Galvatron was "crazier than a [[three-headed Nullusceran]]". They were recruited by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who had them fill him in on recent history and decided it was time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}
Jhiaxus send the duo to find some personality components, and in the process, they discovered a stasis hibernation pod which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] inside. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}. Then, they took the amnesiac autobot back to Jhiaxus. After that, Jhiaxus ordened the battlechargers to kidnap [[Hi-Q]] in [[Nebulos]] and bring him to [[Qre]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
After they arrived on Qre, the pair engaged in some racing with the amnesic Side Burn.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}}. When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. Then, the Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}}
Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

And then they lived happily ever after.
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===Young Corgi continuity===
In the year 2000, the Battlechargers tried to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but met resistance from [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and were summarily defeated. The battle was shown on the news and recorded by the Autobot ally [[Jeff Grey]], but he accidentally taped over it with an episode of the ''[[Gus Gopher Show]]''. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
The Battlechargers are indestructible. First, [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] ate them when they tried to ambush Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} but they evidently survived and later found [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s lab. Then [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] fried them, {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} but they survived to become part of Shockwave's small army on Cybertron, which Megatron then took over. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]
[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Er, y'know, Runabout, everyone's always runnin' down [[Pat Lee]] and saying he sucks and stuff, but you know, he really does suck and this is one of those times everyone is right."]]

Runamuck and Runabout came from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3 |Megatron Origin #3}} When their leader gave the order to burn [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], Runamuck was one of the first to leap forward in order to carry out Megatron's orders.{{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

Runabout and Runamuck were part of a [[Infiltration protocol|Decepticon insurgent cell]] that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. Along with [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], they were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his SM-40 palmtop PC, which contained data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover; {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} They appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} They got better, but were no longer part of any major operations. When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] arrived on Earth, they, along with the rest of the infiltration team, refused to stand against the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

Despite their part in Starscream's mutiny, Runamuck and Runabout were quickly forgiven by Megatron and returned to active duty.{{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

A year later, when Megatron called [[Sixshot]] to Earth, the Battlechargers questioned his sanity in ruining the careful planning of infiltration protocol. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} The Battlechargers continued their trend of being brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded and Runamuck was decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Following the Decepticons' defeat of the Reapers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] referred to their deaths as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

{{groupstub|{{storylink|Transformation}} {{storylink|Rise}} {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]], [[Darryl Kurylo]], [[Jim Ward]]}}
[[File:BattlechargerCarConcept.jpg|thumb]][[File:BattlechargerTankConcept.jpg|thumb]]
The Battlechargers are referred to as '''Ground Soldiers''' and are presented as generic army fodder. They are led by a Ground Soldier General, but otherwise, none are identified by name. Only three types were encountered by the Autobots: Warriors (who use either fists or a sword, along with an energy shield), Sergeants (who use hand-to-hand combat), and Heavy Weapons (who transform into tanks and use hammers). {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

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==Toys==
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"I think they make daytime TV suck so, like, we're ''forced'' to go to school."]]
===Generation 1===
*'''Battlechargers''' ([[1986]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Generation 1|Runabout]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Generation 1|Runamuck]]
:The primary [[gimmick]] of the Battlecharger toys is [[Autotransformation]] from car to [[robot mode]] through the use of a [[pull-back motor]]. The motor gimmick is still usable in their robot modes. It is unlikely that one is a [[retool]] of the other despite sharing exceedingly similar construction, since they had simultaneous production. They come with guns which, since they lack hands and arm articulation, mount on their shoulders. Neither toy was released as part of the original retail line in Japan.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Er, heh heh. I think it's working."]]
*'''Transformers Collectors Club''' ([[2012]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]
:Runabout (renamed to Over-Run for copyright reasons) and Runamuck were promoted to Deluxe-class and are now new-head [[retool]]ings of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model.

:Runamuck was the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, while Over-Run was one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures. As a side-note, extra space was included in Over-Run's display box to store Runamuck as well, because [[Fun Publications]] couldn't bear to break up the team.
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Age of Extinction Collection 2''' ([[2014]])
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Kre-O|Decepticon Runamuck]] (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
:Mysteriously going solo this time, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot.
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==Notes==
[[File:PreBattlecharger.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Runamuckabout.]]
*Like [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], the Battlechargers concept was boiling in the design stages long before it was actually implemented. The most notable version of the concept comes from a 1985 patent where the pullback motor detaches and transforms into a robot separate from the robot formed by the car.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19851221&CC=JP&NR=S60259290A&KC=A Patent #JP60-259290A]</ref>

*Fans joked for ''years'' that the Battlechargers, in their "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]" story, eerily (though coincidentally) resembled the title characters of the MTV animated seires, ''Beavis and Butt-head'' in their attitude and dynamic (a bit of an anachronism, considering ''Beavis & Butt-head'' was a cartoon which came seven years later). If anything, Runabout and Runamuck share a dynamic more closely similar to that of ''{{w|Heckle and Jeckle}}'' (the wannabe sophisticate and the uncultured slob), whose cartoons had been making the rounds for decades prior to "Decepticon Graffiti". It wasn't until much later that [[Bill Forster]], in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [http://billforster.deviantart.com/art/Runabout-and-Runamuck-176356248 made an official Beavis and Butt-head connection]. Kudos, Bill.

*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Battlecharger''' (バトルチャージャー ''Batoruchājā'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Battle Springer'''

==References==
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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Battlecharger

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Ramjet Gunnar: /* Wings Universe */

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:''The Battlechargers are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|"Heh heh. He said 'do'."]]

The '''Battlechargers''' are a decidedly devilish duo of deadly Decepticon dragsters diligently dedicated to destruction, demolition and dastardly deviance.

Individually, they are [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]; collectively, they are a copyeditor's worst nightmare.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Iron Man|"DAAAA DAAAA DAN-DAH-DAH, DANANANANA DAAA-NAN DAH!"]]]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. Ignoring their orders, the two reckless Decepticons left and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. [[Gary Acton|His dad]] angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Their actions also attracted the attention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], though he was ordered by Optimus Prime to back off due to the collateral damage the pursuit was causing.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}}

[[File:MarvelUS23 Battlechargers defeated.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Diarrhea]], cha cha cha! Diarrhea, cha cha cha! Di-ACK!"]]
RAAT caught up with them in Philadelphia, where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into a single form which she could partially control. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the Statue of Liberty (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. Circuit Breaker's release of the captive Autobots cost her her job at RAAT, as well as that of [[Donny Finkleberg]], AKA Robot Master, who had helped her do it. Donny had received a $50,000 reward for turning the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] in, and he ended up using that money to help pay for the cleanup of the Battlechargers' antics. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[File:Clubconresort.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"Careers are stupid! Everyone, like, works in a booth."]]
For quite some time, the Battlechargers were complete absent except for one of them helping tourists with their suitcases at [[Club Con]]. We assume many things went missing from those suitcases. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

However, when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers mysteriously returned and for unknown reasons joined his motley band of rebels. They attacked Scorponok's New Jersey base, and a battle ensued. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Just as the battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck died during the planet-rending battle that followed. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[File:MarvelUS71 Shockwaves troops.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"The plan is to all go to Scorponok's base and stand shooting at him. Runamuck, your thoughts?" "This sucks more than anything I have ever seen."]]
The next day Runabout was strolling with [[Battletrap]] when he was pulled below ground by a [[Demon|strange Cybertronian creature]], and devoured. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

In an alternate post-apocalyptic future where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Runamuck was among the Decepticon ranks... until [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] shot him full of holes. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Breakin' da lawwww, breakin' da lawwwww!"]]
While under Shockwave's command the Battlechargers were part of a squad that ambushed the Dinobots in an attempt to discover how [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] had revived his warriors without the use of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Grimlock however had other ideas, crushing Runabout's hand and knocking Runamuck down. The Dinobots had the upper hand but were interrupted by Optimus Prime, who lambasted Grimlock over his crude battle tactics, which he believed endangered the humans. The Decepticons used this distraction to hastily withdraw, leaving just Runabout with a [[neutron cannon]] to inflict some face-saving revenge. The Battlecharger had Grimlock in his sights at point blank range but when Grimlock pointed out that the Decepticon would be caught in the blast, the hapless Runabout took two steps back and fell over the edge of a ravine. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

Later the Battlechargers fell under Megatron's command and were sent to retrieve some [[Starting Over!|misplaced gas canisters]]. The gas was intended to accelerate the greenhouse effect to provide extra heat for conversion into energon for the Decepticon cause. However Shockwave also sent [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to secure the canisters for himself in order to see his rival fail. The opposing teams arrived at the same time and, being incappable of finding a diplomatic solution, the situation soon degenerated into violence. Meanwhile, Prowl had already made the canisters safe and sat back with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and some local humans to enjoy the Decepticons beating the frag out of each other! {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}

Runabout and Runamuck were later seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] as part of a united Decepticon force under [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s command but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Despite having apparently died, Runamuck was among the Decepticons under Megatron's command when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. In a rather one-sided battle against the powerful second gen troops, he promptly died again. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Runamuck attacked [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on the planet [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[Death crystal|death-crystal]] shooter (the station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well). The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine Decepticon execution.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|"This is the fourth time you've been sent to my office today! And this laughing, what the hell's with this laughing?! All the generals are sick of it!"]]
Both Runabout and Runamuck were next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]]. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for [[Unicron]]. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Yeah, yeah. We're in the bureau of beer and fire and cigarettes. And maybe some chicks, too."]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point, the Battlechargers were offered a flight mode but they turned it down.{{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the majority of the Decepticon forces, Runabout and Runamuck opted to stay behind because Galvatron was "crazier than a [[three-headed Nullusceran]]". They were recruited by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who had them fill him in on recent history and decided it was time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}
Jhiaxus send the duo to find some personality components, and in the process, they discovered a stasis hibernation pod which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] inside. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}. Then, they took the amnesiac autobot back to Jhiaxus. After that, Jhiaxus ordened the battlechargers to kidnap [[Hi-Q]] in [[Nebulos]] and bring him to [[Qre]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
After they arrived on Qre, the pair engaged in some racing with the amnesic Side Burn.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}}. When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. Then, the Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}}
Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

And then they lived happily ever after.
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===Young Corgi continuity===
In the year 2000, the Battlechargers tried to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but met resistance from [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and were summarily defeated. The battle was shown on the news and recorded by the Autobot ally [[Jeff Grey]], but he accidentally taped over it with an episode of the ''[[Gus Gopher Show]]''. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
The Battlechargers are indestructible. First, [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] ate them when they tried to ambush Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} but they evidently survived and later found [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s lab. Then [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] fried them, {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} but they survived to become part of Shockwave's small army on Cybertron, which Megatron then took over. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]
[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Er, y'know, Runabout, everyone's always runnin' down [[Pat Lee]] and saying he sucks and stuff, but you know, he really does suck and this is one of those times everyone is right."]]

Runabout and Runamuck were part of a [[Infiltration protocol|Decepticon insurgent cell]] that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. Along with [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], they were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his SM-40 palmtop PC, which contained data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover; {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} They appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} They got better, but were no longer part of any major operations. When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] arrived on Earth, they, along with the rest of the infiltration team, refused to stand against the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

A year later, when Megatron called [[Sixshot]] to Earth, the Battlechargers questioned his sanity in ruining the careful planning of infiltration protocol. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} The Battlechargers continued their trend of being brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded and Runamuck was decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Following the Decepticons' defeat of the Reapers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] referred to their deaths as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

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[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]], [[Darryl Kurylo]], [[Jim Ward]]}}
[[File:BattlechargerCarConcept.jpg|thumb]][[File:BattlechargerTankConcept.jpg|thumb]]
The Battlechargers are referred to as '''Ground Soldiers''' and are presented as generic army fodder. They are led by a Ground Soldier General, but otherwise, none are identified by name. Only three types were encountered by the Autobots: Warriors (who use either fists or a sword, along with an energy shield), Sergeants (who use hand-to-hand combat), and Heavy Weapons (who transform into tanks and use hammers). {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

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==Toys==
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"I think they make daytime TV suck so, like, we're ''forced'' to go to school."]]
===Generation 1===
*'''Battlechargers''' ([[1986]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Generation 1|Runabout]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Generation 1|Runamuck]]
:The primary [[gimmick]] of the Battlecharger toys is [[Autotransformation]] from car to [[robot mode]] through the use of a [[pull-back motor]]. The motor gimmick is still usable in their robot modes. It is unlikely that one is a [[retool]] of the other despite sharing exceedingly similar construction, since they had simultaneous production. They come with guns which, since they lack hands and arm articulation, mount on their shoulders. Neither toy was released as part of the original retail line in Japan.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Er, heh heh. I think it's working."]]
*'''Transformers Collectors Club''' ([[2012]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]
:Runabout (renamed to Over-Run for copyright reasons) and Runamuck were promoted to Deluxe-class and are now new-head [[retool]]ings of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model.

:Runamuck was the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, while Over-Run was one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures. As a side-note, extra space was included in Over-Run's display box to store Runamuck as well, because [[Fun Publications]] couldn't bear to break up the team.
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Age of Extinction Collection 2''' ([[2014]])
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Kre-O|Decepticon Runamuck]] (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
:Mysteriously going solo this time, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot.
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==Notes==
[[File:PreBattlecharger.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Runamuckabout.]]
*Like [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], the Battlechargers concept was boiling in the design stages long before it was actually implemented. The most notable version of the concept comes from a 1985 patent where the pullback motor detaches and transforms into a robot separate from the robot formed by the car.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19851221&CC=JP&NR=S60259290A&KC=A Patent #JP60-259290A]</ref>

*Fans joked for ''years'' that the Battlechargers, in their "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]" story, eerily (though coincidentally) resembled the title characters of the MTV animated seires, ''Beavis and Butt-head'' in their attitude and dynamic (a bit of an anachronism, considering ''Beavis & Butt-head'' was a cartoon which came seven years later). If anything, Runabout and Runamuck share a dynamic more closely similar to that of ''{{w|Heckle and Jeckle}}'' (the wannabe sophisticate and the uncultured slob), whose cartoons had been making the rounds for decades prior to "Decepticon Graffiti". It wasn't until much later that [[Bill Forster]], in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [http://billforster.deviantart.com/art/Runabout-and-Runamuck-176356248 made an official Beavis and Butt-head connection]. Kudos, Bill.

*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Battlecharger''' (バトルチャージャー ''Batoruchājā'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Battle Springer'''

==References==
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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

Runamuck (G1)

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:''Runamuck is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Runamuckg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damnit Pantera, this beer is warm!]]
'''Runamuck''' (also known as '''Runamok''') and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] are the [[Battlecharger]]s, a nearly inseparable pair of hooligans. Runamuck in particular likes to make things explode, heh heh, and ''loves'' a good wreck. He has been known to wander around junkyards, fascinated by the carnage of twisted metal and shattered glass. This only makes him want to blow more enemies into heaps of slag. Heh heh, slag. He does not consider it beneath him to indulge in petty acts of vandalism, and thinks a good insult sprayed on a clean wall is a Decepticon victory, heh heh.

As a Battlecharger, he's well-equipped to do it. He'll speed up crowded highways at his 180 MPH top speed (at which he can go up to 600 miles), smashing everything in his path, without regard to his fenders. Then he transforms into [[robot mode]] (in less than half a second) to use his prized tool of wholesale destruction—a [[friction rifle]].

This terrible weapon does little damage, but it leaves a field around his target that enhances molecular heating from friction. With the slightest move, a catastrophic buildup of thermal energy bursts his foe asunder in a shower of burned metal fragments and smoke. The field wears off in five minutes, if the target is able to stay absolutely still for that long. Usually they just end up as a big mess. Runamuck loves a big mess, heh heh.

Runamuck is also equipped with short-range rocket boosters to help him jump over obstacles, but strangely enough, he is terrified of heights.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|My car is really fast... it kicks a lotta ass... it runs on gas... I drive it on the grass...]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two immediately ignored their orders, and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a defiant youngster expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a [[Cybertronian language]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a single form which she could partially control]]. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the [[Statue of Liberty]] (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Optimus, worried, watched multiple screens showing the latest attacks by Decepticon arrivals from Cybertron, and saw that Runamuck and Runabout were only the most recent to endanger human life.''{{storylink|Prey!}}

Some contradictory accounts followed. One placed Runamuck alongside [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, aiding in his facade that presented the Decepticons' island base as a [[Club Con|tropical resort for humans]]. Runamuck was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. Another account placed Runamack helping the Autobot Blaster in a training session before he infiltrated said island base. Best to not think too hard about either. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:Hosehead3.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That big guy, like, kicked the little guys' asses.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runamuck, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runabout, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was a casualty in the ensuing planet-wide battle, his wrecked [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (oddly emblazoned with an Autobot symbol) was shown amongst the fallen. {{storylink|Still Life!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During the [[Decepticon Civil War]], Runamuck sided against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and joined [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s team. When Shockwave heard the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had been revived without the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], he and his men attacked [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s crew in an attempt to beat the secret of their resurrection out of them. Runamuck managed to set [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]'s wing on fire with his [[friction rifle]], but just a second later Grimlock decked him with a thunder-lizard punch, taking him out of the fight. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

When the fighting between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, they called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runamuck attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runamuck got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless' {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot Earthbase with the full Decepticon force but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runamuck was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. He was shot down by a charging [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-whatarethey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Yay, I'm alive! Probably forev—]]
Despite his apparent death, Runamuck was with the other Decepticons when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. He was among the first casualties of a battle that nearly cost even the new-and-improved [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] his life. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Prowl streetwise runamuck destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] fiasco, Runamuck was defending the [[Civil Defense Hub]] when the remaining free Autobots besieged and took control of it. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Later, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] out hunting for [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons but they had apparently gone to ground, leaving only "small fry" like Runamuck still visibly active. Having insulted him to his face, the Autobots arrested him anyway, leading him away in cuffs. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Heh heh. FIRE. FIRE!]]
Runamuck first appeared attacking [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[death crystal]] shooter. (The station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well.) The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine RunaboutVsRunamuck.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OW! AHH!! Cut it out, fartknocker!]]
He was next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runabout. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers were not seen again, Trypticon and the others were, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The lads discuss Winger.]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. But as Runamuck was pressing his foot down on the Quintesson's head, he surprised to learn just how strong his would-be victim's tentacles were. A short moment later, all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, the quick-transformation feature from Runamuck's frame was abandoned in order to boost his armament and resistance to harm. Both Battlechargers were also offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this final detail, and would jump off of buildings and cliffs in an effort to take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth|Cybertron's first contact with Nebulos]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runamuck and Runabout kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. The Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
One day, the Battlecharger duo was sent to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but Runamuck's fear of heights prevented him from even driving onto it. Runabout was taken out of by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], who soon came bearing down on Runamuck. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by [[Jeff Grey]], who later discussed it with Hot Rod during a chance meeting. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Aaa, [[Starscream (G1)|this guy]] sucks! Change the channel, Runabout!]]
After the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Runamuck participated in the destruction of [[Altihex]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] got caught up in their first battle, the Battlechargers joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in disabling [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and helping [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Runamuck continued to follow Starscream when, roughly a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident and the Decepticons split into several factions. Runamuck and Runabout joined up with Starscream's new group of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They remained defiant even when the other Decepticon factions were prepared to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots and staged an attack on the ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. They were repulsed. Violently. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} But then, Megatron returned to Cybertron, backed by an [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] army. With these drones, he quickly took over the planet and unified the Decepticon forces. With Cybertron now under Decepticon control, Runamuck was put to work as one of the guards in [[Internment Camp Pi]], overlooking the slave Autobot workforce. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the modern era, Runamuck and Runabout were serving [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] "under the table" as assassins. When the [[Triple Changer]] [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] removed Optimus Prime from his cell, the Battlechargers followed them into the [[Old Slave Trails]] and made an attempt on Prime's life. Sandstorm was killed, but Runamuck was captured and held prisoner by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s resistance movement. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} He apparently broke free and joined back up with Runabout after the Autobots resumed control of Cybertron. The two of them were scrounging around for fresh energon and a hideout to avoid Autobot patrols when they stumbled upon one of Shockwave's hidden bases. While Runamuck amused himself by lighting [[Mini-spy|Mini-spies]] on fire, Runabout accidentally activated one of Shockwave's cloning experiments, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], whose massive energon radiation overloaded the Battlechargers' circuitry, frying them reeeaaal good. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] later watched footage of this incident while trying to unravel Shockwave's schemes. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

When last seen, Runamuck and Runabout had been found by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] was tending to their damaged bodies as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Runamuck was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} When Megatron gave the order to burn [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] to the ground after having done away with the [[Senate]], Runamuck was the first to leap forward in order to carry out his leader's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

[[File:TF Drift Runamuck.jpg|thumb]]
Early in the war, Runamuck was present as [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was accepted into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} [[File:Autocracy Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
Following the fall of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s government, he was among the Decepticons who hunted down and arrested Autobots resisting [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s rule. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} When the captured Autobots staged a prison break, Runamuck, Runabout and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop them. {{storylink|Rise}} The Battlechargers were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

At some point in time, Runamuck fought against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] alongside [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and were thoroughly trounced for their efforts. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|200px|Headliners! At last!]]
Four million years later, Runamuck was part of the Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, Runabout and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. Their attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] disregarded their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|350px]]
Runamuck bore witness to Megatron's disciplinary actions towards Starscream and sided with Megatron after Starscream's botched rebellion. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runamuck was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} He, along with Runabout, were alongside Megatron in the [[Decepticon Command Bunker]], while the decepticon leader communicated with Skywarp.{{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

[[File:Upgraded Battlechargers.jpg|thumb]]
Runamuck moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of Latveria and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. He was the first of Megatron's warriors to be turbocharged by [[Spider-Man]]'s radioactive blood, and subsequently attacked the allied Autobots and [[Avengers]] in [[mirror response mode]] with the rest of his teammates. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runamuck was taken out of the fight in short order, after he was blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runamuck subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

Runamuck was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and [[Sixshot]] were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

[[File:ReapercrushesBattlecharger.jpg|300px|left|thumb|...oh.]]
Along the others decepticons, Runamuck charge into battle to defend their base from the [[Reaper]]s attack.{{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} Sad and upset after seeing that Runabout was electrocuted until it exploded, Runamuck was soon beheaded, and then his wandering head was crushed by a large rock. His fellow Decepticons cared little for the disappearance of the Battlechargers; [[Astrotrain (G1) | Astrotrain]] dismissed them as "acceptable losses".{{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Runamuck AoW5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Runamuck tried (and failed) to prevent the escape of a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] from the [[New Decepticon Army]]'s headquarters. When Runamuck refused to surrender the captive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s location, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tore off his arm and promised that his head would be next. Runamuck became more cooperative. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
In order to avoid getting punished for his latest failure, Runamuck had Frenzy paint him black, so as to pass for Runabout. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runamuck followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runamuck crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runabout and Runamuck were among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runamuck and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runamuck was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}} Runamuck was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} He was also part of a group of Decepticons including [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and the [[Air Strike Patrol]] which conquered and held [[Garrus-9]] until the [[Wrecker]]s liberated the facility. {{storylink|The Wreckers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRunamuck.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Runamuck participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 70 units of Cybermetal, 30 units of Transmetal, and 20 exclusive cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1runamuck toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Look, ma, no hands!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Friction rifle]]
:Runamuck transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Pontiac Firebird Trans Am|Pontiac Firebird Trans Am]] sports car. An [[Autotransformation|autotransformer]], he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runabout, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runamuck/runamuck.htm More information on Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Heh heh heh, you said "jack."]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons
:Runamuck is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. His pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Runamuck is the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in before [[March 16]], 2012. This date, however, was extended to March 21, 2012 due to the setup of their new payment system.

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club-exclusive [[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCRunamuck/runamuck.htm More information on ''Timlines'' Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|right|300px|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Decepticon Runamuck''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, blaster
:Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot. He sports [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ratchet's]] helmet.

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

:This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.
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===Generations===
====War for Cybertron: Earthrise====
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Deluxe-Runamuck.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For the last time, my alt mode is not a secret agent's submarine! If you dare put me in water, I will shoot you!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Fall 2020)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
:''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]]'' Runamuck is an all-new mold that transforms into an 80's sportscar that is somewhat reminiscent of a Lotus Esprit X180 in 16 steps, and comes with a blaster that can be mounted on the vehicle mode. In [[Fan_polls#2019_.282.29|a 2019 fan poll]], Runamuck received more votes than [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], or [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], and thus the Battlecharger got a toy in the ''War for Cybertron: Earthrise'' toyline.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606/2819867618083414/?type=3&eid=ARAtunjR6EXz5s-k7rNTj6XxE4B57Etcpv_W3W6dve-5Qq2PjWXIXfYZ9XKu00vaYcqwRQ7ZPtkzKk8k&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAZ3vD0OrkqQCkjpgsz9N5ikEcapqSz1vT1jdoD3XgESevnk-Ki06Vzx8mVl6nxf4lvz_9frQC558V7rlnBewxDU7N-z__NaSQgLXmfgMRk6A2tbddF5DO97VVVh73F6qnX34gh7hdU6h9zCy5fphZSBQFfThKuBlmg_Ea7b_D0vpmuPU9KiNixgB592Sctv7uluhnWaYDYET0hJqD8w0H6e-XnhqvO2gapkn9rk9P9kljFIngyuu22Vx0Ce7x-KO2VQBvsDRumEgLnnkW5pQ3G9g7uVp5EklZ6I-zd7FYrtfHZNK5_XstrKSFj_whCfTImDJWYIWTDhANPFcMxU2aKzA&__tn__=EEHH-R The fans have spoken and #RUNAMUCK will become a Fall 2020 War for Cybertron figure!]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunamuck.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T37/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

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*'''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P8/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Note==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You think we'd like Steve-O more if ''we'' were black?"]]
*In the [[Toy Fair 1986|1986 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair catalog]], Runamuck's car mode had a dark grey exterior. However, Runamuck's robot mode is represented by... another Runabout!
*Runamuck's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' picture shows him holding Runabout's weapon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runamuck''' (ラナマック ''Ranamakku'')
*''French:'' '''Furioso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Velenix'''
*''Russian:'' '''Dynamic''' (Динамик)

==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]

Dirge (Cyberverse)

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Dirge}}
:''Dirge is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Dirge-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Dirge''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Ramjet (Cyberverse)|Ramjet]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Dirge.jpg|thumb|I still function! For now anyway.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Ryan Nicolls]] (English), [[Tetsu Inada]] (Japanese)}}
Dirge and Ramjet accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], Dirge was among the Decepticons who stayed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Dirge got himself blown away by Windblade. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Dirge was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}

Along with the rest of Transformers, Dirge was released from the Quintesson's simulation. He took part in the combat training alongside [[Alphastrike|Strika]], [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Kup (Cyberverse)|Kup]].{{storylink|The Alliance}}

Dirge was part of the team lead by Windblade in the attack to the [[Judge(Cyberverse)|Judges]], but was easely knocked out by a shockwave, along the rest of the team{{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

After the Judges defeat, the Transformers were taken prisoners by the new Quintesson Judge: Starscream. Then, he join Jetfire, [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]], Ramjet and [[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]] in the attack to [[Croaton]].{{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Dirge was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Dirge and Ramjet were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}

==Notes==
*Dirge's design is an obvious homage to his G1 [[Dirge (G1)|counterpart]].
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dirge''' (ダージ ''Dāji'')

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]

Dirge (Cyberverse)

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Dirge}}
:''Dirge is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Dirge-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Dirge''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Ramjet (Cyberverse)|Ramjet]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Dirge.jpg|thumb|I still function! For now anyway.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Ryan Nicolls]] (English), [[Tetsu Inada]] (Japanese)}}
Dirge and Ramjet accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], Dirge was among the Decepticons who stayed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Dirge got himself blown away by Windblade. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Dirge was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}

{{charfictionstub| {{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Dirge was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Dirge and Ramjet were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}

==Notes==
*Dirge's desing is an obviously homage to his G1 [[Dirge (G1)|counterpart]].
*He and Ramjet are the only seekers with a conehead design in the series.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dirge''' (ダージ ''Dāji'')

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[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]

Dirge (Cyberverse)

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{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Dirge}}
:''Dirge is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Dirge-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Dirge''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Ramjet (Cyberverse)|Ramjet]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Dirge.jpg|thumb|I still function! For now anyway.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Ryan Nicolls]] (English), [[Tetsu Inada]] (Japanese)}}
Dirge and Ramjet accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], Dirge was among the Decepticons who stayed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Dirge got himself blown away by Windblade. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Dirge was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}

{{charfictionstub| {{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Dirge was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Dirge and Ramjet were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dirge''' (ダージ ''Dāji'')

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Runamuck (G1)

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Ramjet Gunnar: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

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:''Runamuck is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Runamuckg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damnit Pantera, this beer is warm!]]
'''Runamuck''' (also known as '''Runamok''') and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] are the [[Battlecharger]]s, a nearly inseparable pair of hooligans. Runamuck in particular likes to make things explode, heh heh, and ''loves'' a good wreck. He has been known to wander around junkyards, fascinated by the carnage of twisted metal and shattered glass. This only makes him want to blow more enemies into heaps of slag. Heh heh, slag. He does not consider it beneath him to indulge in petty acts of vandalism, and thinks a good insult sprayed on a clean wall is a Decepticon victory, heh heh.

As a Battlecharger, he's well-equipped to do it. He'll speed up crowded highways at his 180 MPH top speed (at which he can go up to 600 miles), smashing everything in his path, without regard to his fenders. Then he transforms into [[robot mode]] (in less than half a second) to use his prized tool of wholesale destruction—a [[friction rifle]].

This terrible weapon does little damage, but it leaves a field around his target that enhances molecular heating from friction. With the slightest move, a catastrophic buildup of thermal energy bursts his foe asunder in a shower of burned metal fragments and smoke. The field wears off in five minutes, if the target is able to stay absolutely still for that long. Usually they just end up as a big mess. Runamuck loves a big mess, heh heh.

Runamuck is also equipped with short-range rocket boosters to help him jump over obstacles, but strangely enough, he is terrified of heights.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|My car is really fast... it kicks a lotta ass... it runs on gas... I drive it on the grass...]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two immediately ignored their orders, and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a defiant youngster expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a [[Cybertronian language]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a single form which she could partially control]]. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the [[Statue of Liberty]] (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Optimus, worried, watched different screens with the lastest attacks of decepticons arrived from Cybertron, and that Runamuck and Runabout were only the lasted of many to arrive to Earth and endanger human life.''{{storylink|Prey!}}

Some contradictory accounts followed. One placed Runamuck alongside [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, aiding in his facade that presented the Decepticons' island base as a [[Club Con|tropical resort for humans]]. Runamuck was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. Another account placed Runamack helping the Autobot Blaster in a training session before he infiltrated said island base. Best to not think too hard about either. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:Hosehead3.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That big guy, like, kicked the little guys' asses.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runamuck, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runabout, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was a casualty in the ensuing planet-wide battle, his wrecked [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (oddly emblazoned with an Autobot symbol) was shown amongst the fallen. {{storylink|Still Life!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During the [[Decepticon Civil War]], Runamuck sided against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and joined [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s team. When Shockwave heard the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had been revived without the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], he and his men attacked [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s crew in an attempt to beat the secret of their resurrection out of them. Runamuck managed to set [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]'s wing on fire with his [[friction rifle]], but just a second later Grimlock decked him with a thunder-lizard punch, taking him out of the fight. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

When the fighting between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, they called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runamuck attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runamuck got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless' {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot Earthbase with the full Decepticon force but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runamuck was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. He was shot down by a charging [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-whatarethey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Yay, I'm alive! Probably forev—]]
Despite his apparent death, Runamuck was with the other Decepticons when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. He was among the first casualties of a battle that nearly cost even the new-and-improved [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] his life. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
{{NoteRG1}}
[[File:Prowl streetwise runamuck destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] fiasco, Runamuck was defending the [[Civil Defense Hub]] when the remaining free Autobots besieged and took control of it. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Later, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] out hunting for [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons but they had apparently gone to ground, leaving only "small fry" like Runamuck still visibly active. Having insulted him to his face, the Autobots arrested him anyway, leading him away in cuffs. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Heh heh. FIRE. FIRE!]]
Runamuck first appeared attacking [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[death crystal]] shooter. (The station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well.) The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine RunaboutVsRunamuck.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OW! AHH!! Cut it out, fartknocker!]]
He was next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runabout. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers were not seen again, Trypticon and the others were, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The lads discuss Winger.]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. But as Runamuck was pressing his foot down on the Quintesson's head, he surprised to learn just how strong his would-be victim's tentacles were. A short moment later, all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, the quick-transformation feature from Runamuck's frame was abandoned in order to boost his armament and resistance to harm. Both Battlechargers were also offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this final detail, and would jump off of buildings and cliffs in an effort to take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth|Cybertron's first contact with Nebulos]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runamuck and Runabout kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. The Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
One day, the Battlecharger duo was sent to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but Runamuck's fear of heights prevented him from even driving onto it. Runabout was taken out of by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], who soon came bearing down on Runamuck. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by [[Jeff Grey]], who later discussed it with Hot Rod during a chance meeting. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Aaa, [[Starscream (G1)|this guy]] sucks! Change the channel, Runabout!]]
After the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Runamuck participated in the destruction of [[Altihex]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] got caught up in their first battle, the Battlechargers joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in disabling [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and helping [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Runamuck continued to follow Starscream when, roughly a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident and the Decepticons split into several factions. Runamuck and Runabout joined up with Starscream's new group of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They remained defiant even when the other Decepticon factions were prepared to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots and staged an attack on the ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. They were repulsed. Violently. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} But then, Megatron returned to Cybertron, backed by an [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] army. With these drones, he quickly took over the planet and unified the Decepticon forces. With Cybertron now under Decepticon control, Runamuck was put to work as one of the guards in [[Internment Camp Pi]], overlooking the slave Autobot workforce. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the modern era, Runamuck and Runabout were serving [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] "under the table" as assassins. When the [[Triple Changer]] [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] removed Optimus Prime from his cell, the Battlechargers followed them into the [[Old Slave Trails]] and made an attempt on Prime's life. Sandstorm was killed, but Runamuck was captured and held prisoner by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s resistance movement. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} He apparently broke free and joined back up with Runabout after the Autobots resumed control of Cybertron. The two of them were scrounging around for fresh energon and a hideout to avoid Autobot patrols when they stumbled upon one of Shockwave's hidden bases. While Runamuck amused himself by lighting [[Mini-spy|Mini-spies]] on fire, Runabout accidentally activated one of Shockwave's cloning experiments, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], whose massive energon radiation overloaded the Battlechargers' circuitry, frying them reeeaaal good. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] later watched footage of this incident while trying to unravel Shockwave's schemes. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

When last seen, Runamuck and Runabout had been found by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] was tending to their damaged bodies as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Runamuck was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} When Megatron gave the order to burn [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] to the ground after having done away with the [[Senate]], Runamuck was the first to leap forward in order to carry out his leader's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

[[File:TF Drift Runamuck.jpg|thumb]]
Early in the war, Runamuck was present as [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was accepted into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} [[File:Autocracy Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
Following the fall of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s government, he was among the Decepticons who hunted down and arrested Autobots resisting [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s rule. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} When the captured Autobots staged a prison break, Runamuck, Runabout and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop them. {{storylink|Rise}} The Battlechargers were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

At some point in time, Runamuck fought against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] alongside [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and were thoroughly trounced for their efforts. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|200px|Headliners! At last!]]
Four million years later, Runamuck was part of the Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, Runabout and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. Their attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] disregarded their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|350px]]
Runamuck bore witness to Megatron's disciplinary actions towards Starscream and sided with Megatron after Starscream's botched rebellion. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runamuck was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

[[File:Upgraded Battlechargers.jpg|thumb]]
Runamuck moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of Latveria and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. He was the first of Megatron's warriors to be turbocharged by [[Spider-Man]]'s radioactive blood, and subsequently attacked the allied Autobots and [[Avengers]] in [[mirror response mode]] with the rest of his teammates. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runamuck was taken out of the fight in short order, after he was blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runamuck subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

Runamuck was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and [[Sixshot]] were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

[[File:ReapercrushesBattlecharger.jpg|300px|left|thumb|...oh.]]
Unfortunately, Runamuck was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Upset after Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded, Runamuck was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Their fellow Decepticons cared little for the Battlechargers' demise; [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] wrote them off as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Runamuck AoW5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Runamuck tried (and failed) to prevent the escape of a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] from the [[New Decepticon Army]]'s headquarters. When Runamuck refused to surrender the captive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s location, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tore off his arm and promised that his head would be next. Runamuck became more cooperative. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
In order to avoid getting punished for his latest failure, Runamuck had Frenzy paint him black, so as to pass for Runabout. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runamuck followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runamuck crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runabout and Runamuck were among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runamuck and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runamuck was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}} Runamuck was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} He was also part of a group of Decepticons including [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and the [[Air Strike Patrol]] which conquered and held [[Garrus-9]] until the [[Wrecker]]s liberated the facility. {{storylink|The Wreckers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRunamuck.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Runamuck participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 70 units of Cybermetal, 30 units of Transmetal, and 20 exclusive cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1runamuck toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Look, ma, no hands!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Friction rifle]]
:Runamuck transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Pontiac Firebird Trans Am|Pontiac Firebird Trans Am]] sports car. An [[Autotransformation|autotransformer]], he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runabout, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runamuck/runamuck.htm More information on Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Heh heh heh, you said "jack."]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons
:Runamuck is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. His pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Runamuck is the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in before [[March 16]], 2012. This date, however, was extended to March 21, 2012 due to the setup of their new payment system.

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club-exclusive [[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCRunamuck/runamuck.htm More information on ''Timlines'' Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|right|300px|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Decepticon Runamuck''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, blaster
:Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot. He sports [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ratchet's]] helmet.

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

:This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.
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===Generations===
====War for Cybertron: Earthrise====
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Deluxe-Runamuck.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For the last time, my alt mode is not a secret agent's submarine! If you dare put me in water, I will shoot you!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Fall 2020)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
:''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]]'' Runamuck is an all-new mold that transforms into an 80's sportscar that is somewhat reminiscent of a Lotus Esprit X180 in 16 steps, and comes with a blaster that can be mounted on the vehicle mode. In [[Fan_polls#2019_.282.29|a 2019 fan poll]], Runamuck received more votes than [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], or [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], and thus the Battlecharger got a toy in the ''War for Cybertron: Earthrise'' toyline.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606/2819867618083414/?type=3&eid=ARAtunjR6EXz5s-k7rNTj6XxE4B57Etcpv_W3W6dve-5Qq2PjWXIXfYZ9XKu00vaYcqwRQ7ZPtkzKk8k&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAZ3vD0OrkqQCkjpgsz9N5ikEcapqSz1vT1jdoD3XgESevnk-Ki06Vzx8mVl6nxf4lvz_9frQC558V7rlnBewxDU7N-z__NaSQgLXmfgMRk6A2tbddF5DO97VVVh73F6qnX34gh7hdU6h9zCy5fphZSBQFfThKuBlmg_Ea7b_D0vpmuPU9KiNixgB592Sctv7uluhnWaYDYET0hJqD8w0H6e-XnhqvO2gapkn9rk9P9kljFIngyuu22Vx0Ce7x-KO2VQBvsDRumEgLnnkW5pQ3G9g7uVp5EklZ6I-zd7FYrtfHZNK5_XstrKSFj_whCfTImDJWYIWTDhANPFcMxU2aKzA&__tn__=EEHH-R The fans have spoken and #RUNAMUCK will become a Fall 2020 War for Cybertron figure!]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunamuck.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T37/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

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*'''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P8/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Note==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You think we'd like Steve-O more if ''we'' were black?"]]
*In the [[Toy Fair 1986|1986 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair catalog]], Runamuck's car mode had a dark grey exterior. However, Runamuck's robot mode is represented by... another Runabout!
*Runamuck's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' picture shows him holding Runabout's weapon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runamuck''' (ラナマック ''Ranamakku'')
*''French:'' '''Furioso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Velenix'''
*''Russian:'' '''Dynamic''' (Динамик)

==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]

Runabout (G1)

2020-05-14T15:49:31Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* Fiction */

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{{Disambigm|Runabout (disambiguation)|Over-Run (disambiguation)}}
:''Runabout is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Runaboutg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You treat your stepmother with respect, Pantera!]]

'''Runabout''' (aka '''Over-Run'''<ref name="over-run">"Over-Run" is a substitute name used by [[Fun Publications]] for a [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' toy representing the ''Generation 1'' Runabout character, ''presumably'' because the name "Runabout" is currently not available as a [[trademark]] to Hasbro. Besides that toy, the name has thus far only been used by the ''[[Transformers: Battle Tactics|Battle Tactics]]'' mobile game.</ref>) is not the brains of the [[Battlecharger]]s (they're both pretty much dim-bulbs), but he is much calmer and certainly more articulate<ref>But not more [[Articulation|articulated]].</ref> than [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and his presence helps keep the latter's cross-wired mind on task. That said, Runabout usually joins in with whatever mad ideas Runamuck comes up with, just to keep from being bored. Runabout is very susceptible to boredom.

Besides, Runabout loves a good wreck just as well as his crazy comrade, but it's not because he craves to create wreckage—he simply wishes to destroy, and enjoys the spectacle of chaos and big fiery explosions. To help create these he has a particle beam rifle that shoots a stream of heavy and energetic neutrons. Unfortunately, he craves destruction so much that it continually distracts him from his assigned duties.

Runabout is a little faster than Runamuck, with a 185 MPH top speed, but can only go about 550 miles. He is equally able to transform quickly, taking about .4 seconds to do so. Also like his partner, he is not averse to breaking windows or draping cylinder-wiping paper over the enemy base, or other puerile acts of vandalism. But he uses bigger words when doing so.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Heh heh heh." "Huh huh huh."]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two reckless Decepticons left and promptly ignored their orders, and instead began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a Cybertronian language, thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. They escaped, and took a break to learn English (not ''well'', mind you) for their next stop, the [[Statue of Liberty]]. There they engaged Circuit Breaker once again, only this time, having been stripped of her command for her actions in their last encounter, she faced them in [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a giant machine]] jury-rigged from the Autobots RAAT had captured previously. The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Optimus, worried, watched different screens with the lastest attacks of decepticons arrived from Cybertron, and that Runabout and Runamuck were only the lasted of many to arrive to Earth and endanger human life.''{{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:MarvelUS75 Runabout Demon.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, I guess it's kind of sad that they're dead and all. But it's [[Night of the Combaticons|not]] like they had [[Devastation issue 6|bright futures]] ahead of them.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. Starscream then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runabout, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runamuck, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was killed during the planet-rending battle, but Runabout survived and was strolling with [[Battletrap]] the next day when he was attacked and devoured by a Cybertronian [[Demon]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Runabout grimlock neutron cannon two steps back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
As the [[Decepticon Civil War]] took a different path, Runabout and Runamuck were still working on the side of Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. In a fight with the Dinobots, Runabout got his hand stamped on by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] while reaching for his weapon—very painful. He stayed behind after the battle in order to get revenge, and pulled a [[neutron cannon]] on Grimlock at close range. Grimlock seemed suitably impressed by the weapon, and suggested the Battlecharger take a step or two back for his own safety because of the recoil. Seemed like a sound suggestion to Runabout so he backed himself up... right over a cliff. Dumb 'Con. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The conflict between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, so the two Decepticon leader called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runabout attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runabout got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] with the full Decepticon force, but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

{{note|Runabout and Runamuck are mistakenly named as Megatron's troops in "[[Life in the Slow Lane]]", just as the Stunticons are mistakenly identified as working for Shockwave.}}

=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runabout was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] discovered Runabout's remains in the [[Primus]] chamber deep beneath the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Later in [[Zero Space]], the [[Dark Matrix]] entity revealed to Rodimus Prime that it had sent the Demon to abduct Runabout so that it could feast upon his [[spark]] energy. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub)}}
[[File:GhostMachine PossessedRunabout.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|GAH! Sparkles everywhere! Must shoot!]]
In [[2006]], Runabout was guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runamuck. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, both Battlechargers were offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this detail, and Runabout had to constantly remind him that he couldn't take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runabout and Runamuck kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runabout told him to go after her, and the Battlechargers followed. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
[[File:BBTI-RunaboutandRodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|>>TO BE CONTINUED]]
During a mission to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], the Battlechargers were faced with the Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]. While Runamuck, who was terrified of heights, stopped at the start of the bridge, Runabout chased after Hot Rod while shooting wildly. Unfortunately, the Autobot outmanoeuvred him, and Runabout was sent careening off the bridge and into the San Francisco Bay. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by the human [[Jeff Grey]], who later ran into Hot Rod and discussed it with him. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"So, uh, since you're the president and in charge of the army and stuff, does that mean you can invade a country and, like, set it on fire?"]]
In the early days of the war, while Optimus Prime and Megatron had their first confrontation, the Runabout and Runamuck duo joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in forcibly extracting data from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and helped [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} About a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident, and the Decepticons split into several splinter factions. The Battlechargers joined Starscream's faction of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during this time, but were defeated at [[Tyger Pax]] by the united Autobot, Decepticon and [[Ultracon]] forces. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

In modern times, the Battlechargers were working for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as assassins. In the [[Old Slave Trails]], Runabout caught the double agent [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] leading Optimus Prime to safety with the Autobot revolutionaries, and blasted a hole through the [[Triple Changer]]'s chest. Moving in to eliminate Prime as well, Runabout was caught off-guard by [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] and was... gnawed on for a while. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Somehow he pulled himself back together, and hooked up with Runamuck again after Shockwave's fall. Dodging Autobot patrols while looking for a working [[CR chamber]] to fully repair themselves, the Battlechargers found one of Shockwave's abandoned laboratories, and accidentally unleashed the [[electrum]]-enhanced clone warrior, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The clone's ambient radiation considerably weakened Runabout. Then he incinerated Runabout's head. That didn't help either. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

Runabout was later found, offline but alive, by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] started repairing him and Runamuck as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Runabout was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend Megatron's speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

[[File:Autocracy Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|250px]]
In the early days of the war, Runabout, Runamuck, and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop some captured Autobots from escaping the [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Rise}} They were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"''Hey'', [[Verity Carlo|babeh]]. ''Come'' to Runabout."]]
Four million years later, Runabout was part of a Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}}
{{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Runabout bore witness to Megatron disciplining Starscream. He chose not to rebel against his leader further, under the threat of death. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runabout was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

[[File:Upgraded Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb]]
Runabout moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. When the [[Avengers]] infiltrated [[Array|their base]], Runabout abducted one of their number, [[Spider-Man]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} Runabout and his teammates, turbocharged by Spider-Man's radioactive blood, attacked the allied Autobots and Avengers in [[mirror response mode]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runabout was subsequently blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runabout subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[File:Devastation6 Runaboutdies.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My life is, like, flashing in front of me... ''Whoa.'' My life was ''cool.'']]
Runabout was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and Sixshot were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

Unfortunately, Runabout was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. He was electrocuted until he exploded, upsetting Runamuck, who was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Their fellow Decepticons cared little for the Battlechargers' demise; [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] wrote them off as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runabout followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runabout crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runabout and Runamuck were among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runabout and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runabout was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsOverRun.jpg|thumb|400px|left]]
Over-Run participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He'll Throttle your Bot!]]
*'''Runabout''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' High-energy particle beam rifle

:Runabout transforms into a Lotus Turbo Esprit sports car. An autotransformer, he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runamuck, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runabout/runabout.htm More information on Runabout at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-RunaboutClub.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'll run-you-over!]]
*'''Over-Run''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons

:Over-Run is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. his pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Over-Run is one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures (the other being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drift (SG)|Drift]]).

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club's 2012 "membership freebie" [[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]], for whom extra space is provided in Over-Run's display box!

:Over-Run sold out within a day of being available (taking into account problems with the store's ordering process).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCOver-Run/over-run.htm More information on Over-Run at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunabout.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T36/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

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*'''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P9/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Notes==
*Runabout was the inspiration for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[homage]] toy [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]] ([[trademark]] issues explain away the name-shift).
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Everybody wants to be Runabout.]]
*In Hasbro's 1986 pre-Toy Fair catalog, a Runabout toy in robot mode (minus arm decals) is used to represent Runamuck's robot mode. The toy, however, is holding Runamuck's gun. Hmm....
*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runabout''' (ラナバウト ''Ranabauto'')
*''French:'' '''Rôdo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Diablo'''
*''Russian:'' '''Podryvnik''' (Подрывник, "Miner")
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==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Runabout (G1)

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{{Disambigm|Runabout (disambiguation)|Over-Run (disambiguation)}}
:''Runabout is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Runaboutg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You treat your stepmother with respect, Pantera!]]

'''Runabout''' (aka '''Over-Run'''<ref name="over-run">"Over-Run" is a substitute name used by [[Fun Publications]] for a [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' toy representing the ''Generation 1'' Runabout character, ''presumably'' because the name "Runabout" is currently not available as a [[trademark]] to Hasbro. Besides that toy, the name has thus far only been used by the ''[[Transformers: Battle Tactics|Battle Tactics]]'' mobile game.</ref>) is not the brains of the [[Battlecharger]]s (they're both pretty much dim-bulbs), but he is much calmer and certainly more articulate<ref>But not more [[Articulation|articulated]].</ref> than [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and his presence helps keep the latter's cross-wired mind on task. That said, Runabout usually joins in with whatever mad ideas Runamuck comes up with, just to keep from being bored. Runabout is very susceptible to boredom.

Besides, Runabout loves a good wreck just as well as his crazy comrade, but it's not because he craves to create wreckage—he simply wishes to destroy, and enjoys the spectacle of chaos and big fiery explosions. To help create these he has a particle beam rifle that shoots a stream of heavy and energetic neutrons. Unfortunately, he craves destruction so much that it continually distracts him from his assigned duties.

Runabout is a little faster than Runamuck, with a 185 MPH top speed, but can only go about 550 miles. He is equally able to transform quickly, taking about .4 seconds to do so. Also like his partner, he is not averse to breaking windows or draping cylinder-wiping paper over the enemy base, or other puerile acts of vandalism. But he uses bigger words when doing so.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Heh heh heh." "Huh huh huh."]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two reckless Decepticons left and promptly ignored their orders, and instead began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a Cybertronian language, thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. They escaped, and took a break to learn English (not ''well'', mind you) for their next stop, the [[Statue of Liberty]]. There they engaged Circuit Breaker once again, only this time, having been stripped of her command for her actions in their last encounter, she faced them in [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a giant machine]] jury-rigged from the Autobots RAAT had captured previously. The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} Optimus, worried, watched different screens with the lastest attacks of decepticons arrived from Cybertron, and that Runabout and Runamuck were only the lasted of many to arrive to Earth and endanger human life.{{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:MarvelUS75 Runabout Demon.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, I guess it's kind of sad that they're dead and all. But it's [[Night of the Combaticons|not]] like they had [[Devastation issue 6|bright futures]] ahead of them.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. Starscream then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runabout, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runamuck, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was killed during the planet-rending battle, but Runabout survived and was strolling with [[Battletrap]] the next day when he was attacked and devoured by a Cybertronian [[Demon]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Runabout grimlock neutron cannon two steps back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
As the [[Decepticon Civil War]] took a different path, Runabout and Runamuck were still working on the side of Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. In a fight with the Dinobots, Runabout got his hand stamped on by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] while reaching for his weapon—very painful. He stayed behind after the battle in order to get revenge, and pulled a [[neutron cannon]] on Grimlock at close range. Grimlock seemed suitably impressed by the weapon, and suggested the Battlecharger take a step or two back for his own safety because of the recoil. Seemed like a sound suggestion to Runabout so he backed himself up... right over a cliff. Dumb 'Con. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The conflict between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, so the two Decepticon leader called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runabout attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runabout got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] with the full Decepticon force, but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

{{note|Runabout and Runamuck are mistakenly named as Megatron's troops in "[[Life in the Slow Lane]]", just as the Stunticons are mistakenly identified as working for Shockwave.}}

=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runabout was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] discovered Runabout's remains in the [[Primus]] chamber deep beneath the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Later in [[Zero Space]], the [[Dark Matrix]] entity revealed to Rodimus Prime that it had sent the Demon to abduct Runabout so that it could feast upon his [[spark]] energy. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub)}}
[[File:GhostMachine PossessedRunabout.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|GAH! Sparkles everywhere! Must shoot!]]
In [[2006]], Runabout was guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runamuck. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, both Battlechargers were offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this detail, and Runabout had to constantly remind him that he couldn't take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runabout and Runamuck kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runabout told him to go after her, and the Battlechargers followed. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
[[File:BBTI-RunaboutandRodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|>>TO BE CONTINUED]]
During a mission to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], the Battlechargers were faced with the Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]. While Runamuck, who was terrified of heights, stopped at the start of the bridge, Runabout chased after Hot Rod while shooting wildly. Unfortunately, the Autobot outmanoeuvred him, and Runabout was sent careening off the bridge and into the San Francisco Bay. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by the human [[Jeff Grey]], who later ran into Hot Rod and discussed it with him. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"So, uh, since you're the president and in charge of the army and stuff, does that mean you can invade a country and, like, set it on fire?"]]
In the early days of the war, while Optimus Prime and Megatron had their first confrontation, the Runabout and Runamuck duo joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in forcibly extracting data from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and helped [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} About a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident, and the Decepticons split into several splinter factions. The Battlechargers joined Starscream's faction of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during this time, but were defeated at [[Tyger Pax]] by the united Autobot, Decepticon and [[Ultracon]] forces. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

In modern times, the Battlechargers were working for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as assassins. In the [[Old Slave Trails]], Runabout caught the double agent [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] leading Optimus Prime to safety with the Autobot revolutionaries, and blasted a hole through the [[Triple Changer]]'s chest. Moving in to eliminate Prime as well, Runabout was caught off-guard by [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] and was... gnawed on for a while. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Somehow he pulled himself back together, and hooked up with Runamuck again after Shockwave's fall. Dodging Autobot patrols while looking for a working [[CR chamber]] to fully repair themselves, the Battlechargers found one of Shockwave's abandoned laboratories, and accidentally unleashed the [[electrum]]-enhanced clone warrior, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The clone's ambient radiation considerably weakened Runabout. Then he incinerated Runabout's head. That didn't help either. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

Runabout was later found, offline but alive, by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] started repairing him and Runamuck as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Runabout was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend Megatron's speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

[[File:Autocracy Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|250px]]
In the early days of the war, Runabout, Runamuck, and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop some captured Autobots from escaping the [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Rise}} They were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"''Hey'', [[Verity Carlo|babeh]]. ''Come'' to Runabout."]]
Four million years later, Runabout was part of a Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}}
{{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Runabout bore witness to Megatron disciplining Starscream. He chose not to rebel against his leader further, under the threat of death. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runabout was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

[[File:Upgraded Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb]]
Runabout moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. When the [[Avengers]] infiltrated [[Array|their base]], Runabout abducted one of their number, [[Spider-Man]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} Runabout and his teammates, turbocharged by Spider-Man's radioactive blood, attacked the allied Autobots and Avengers in [[mirror response mode]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runabout was subsequently blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runabout subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[File:Devastation6 Runaboutdies.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My life is, like, flashing in front of me... ''Whoa.'' My life was ''cool.'']]
Runabout was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and Sixshot were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

Unfortunately, Runabout was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. He was electrocuted until he exploded, upsetting Runamuck, who was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Their fellow Decepticons cared little for the Battlechargers' demise; [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] wrote them off as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runabout followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runabout crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runabout and Runamuck were among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runabout and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runabout was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsOverRun.jpg|thumb|400px|left]]
Over-Run participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He'll Throttle your Bot!]]
*'''Runabout''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' High-energy particle beam rifle

:Runabout transforms into a Lotus Turbo Esprit sports car. An autotransformer, he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runamuck, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runabout/runabout.htm More information on Runabout at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-RunaboutClub.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'll run-you-over!]]
*'''Over-Run''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons

:Over-Run is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. his pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Over-Run is one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures (the other being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drift (SG)|Drift]]).

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club's 2012 "membership freebie" [[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]], for whom extra space is provided in Over-Run's display box!

:Over-Run sold out within a day of being available (taking into account problems with the store's ordering process).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCOver-Run/over-run.htm More information on Over-Run at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunabout.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T36/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

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*'''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P9/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Notes==
*Runabout was the inspiration for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[homage]] toy [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]] ([[trademark]] issues explain away the name-shift).
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Everybody wants to be Runabout.]]
*In Hasbro's 1986 pre-Toy Fair catalog, a Runabout toy in robot mode (minus arm decals) is used to represent Runamuck's robot mode. The toy, however, is holding Runamuck's gun. Hmm....
*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runabout''' (ラナバウト ''Ranabauto'')
*''French:'' '''Rôdo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Diablo'''
*''Russian:'' '''Podryvnik''' (Подрывник, "Miner")
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==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Runamuck (G1)

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:''Runamuck is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Runamuckg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Damnit Pantera, this beer is warm!]]
'''Runamuck''' (also known as '''Runamok''') and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] are the [[Battlecharger]]s, a nearly inseparable pair of hooligans. Runamuck in particular likes to make things explode, heh heh, and ''loves'' a good wreck. He has been known to wander around junkyards, fascinated by the carnage of twisted metal and shattered glass. This only makes him want to blow more enemies into heaps of slag. Heh heh, slag. He does not consider it beneath him to indulge in petty acts of vandalism, and thinks a good insult sprayed on a clean wall is a Decepticon victory, heh heh.

As a Battlecharger, he's well-equipped to do it. He'll speed up crowded highways at his 180 MPH top speed (at which he can go up to 600 miles), smashing everything in his path, without regard to his fenders. Then he transforms into [[robot mode]] (in less than half a second) to use his prized tool of wholesale destruction—a [[friction rifle]].

This terrible weapon does little damage, but it leaves a field around his target that enhances molecular heating from friction. With the slightest move, a catastrophic buildup of thermal energy bursts his foe asunder in a shower of burned metal fragments and smoke. The field wears off in five minutes, if the target is able to stay absolutely still for that long. Usually they just end up as a big mess. Runamuck loves a big mess, heh heh.

Runamuck is also equipped with short-range rocket boosters to help him jump over obstacles, but strangely enough, he is terrified of heights.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|My car is really fast... it kicks a lotta ass... it runs on gas... I drive it on the grass...]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two immediately ignored their orders, and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a defiant youngster expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a [[Cybertronian language]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a single form which she could partially control]]. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the [[Statue of Liberty]] (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} Optimus, worried, watched different screens with the lastest attacks of decepticons arrived from Cybertron, and that Runamuck and Runabout were only the lasted of many to arrive to Earth and endanger human life.{{storylink|Prey!}}

Some contradictory accounts followed. One placed Runamuck alongside [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s crew, aiding in his facade that presented the Decepticons' island base as a [[Club Con|tropical resort for humans]]. Runamuck was advertised on television as part of the island's smiling welcoming party. Another account placed Runamack helping the Autobot Blaster in a training session before he infiltrated said island base. Best to not think too hard about either. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

[[File:Hosehead3.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|That big guy, like, kicked the little guys' asses.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runamuck, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runabout, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was a casualty in the ensuing planet-wide battle, his wrecked [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] (oddly emblazoned with an Autobot symbol) was shown amongst the fallen. {{storylink|Still Life!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
During the [[Decepticon Civil War]], Runamuck sided against [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and joined [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]'s team. When Shockwave heard the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had been revived without the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]], he and his men attacked [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s crew in an attempt to beat the secret of their resurrection out of them. Runamuck managed to set [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]'s wing on fire with his [[friction rifle]], but just a second later Grimlock decked him with a thunder-lizard punch, taking him out of the fight. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

When the fighting between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, they called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runamuck attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runamuck got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless' {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot Earthbase with the full Decepticon force but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runamuck was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. He was shot down by a charging [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-whatarethey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Yay, I'm alive! Probably forev—]]
Despite his apparent death, Runamuck was with the other Decepticons when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. He was among the first casualties of a battle that nearly cost even the new-and-improved [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] his life. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Regeneration One''====
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[[File:Prowl streetwise runamuck destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6]]
During [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]]'s [[Gene Key]] fiasco, Runamuck was defending the [[Civil Defense Hub]] when the remaining free Autobots besieged and took control of it. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

Later, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Streetwise (G1)|Streetwise]] out hunting for [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s Neo-Decepticons but they had apparently gone to ground, leaving only "small fry" like Runamuck still visibly active. Having insulted him to his face, the Autobots arrested him anyway, leading him away in cuffs. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}}
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===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Chaos RunamuckonBlastOff.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Heh heh. FIRE. FIRE!]]
Runamuck first appeared attacking [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[death crystal]] shooter. (The station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well.) The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine RunaboutVsRunamuck.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|OW! AHH!! Cut it out, fartknocker!]]
He was next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runabout. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers were not seen again, Trypticon and the others were, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|The lads discuss Winger.]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. But as Runamuck was pressing his foot down on the Quintesson's head, he surprised to learn just how strong his would-be victim's tentacles were. A short moment later, all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, the quick-transformation feature from Runamuck's frame was abandoned in order to boost his armament and resistance to harm. Both Battlechargers were also offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this final detail, and would jump off of buildings and cliffs in an effort to take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth|Cybertron's first contact with Nebulos]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runamuck and Runabout kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. The Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
One day, the Battlecharger duo was sent to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but Runamuck's fear of heights prevented him from even driving onto it. Runabout was taken out of by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]], who soon came bearing down on Runamuck. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by [[Jeff Grey]], who later discussed it with Hot Rod during a chance meeting. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Aaa, [[Starscream (G1)|this guy]] sucks! Change the channel, Runabout!]]
After the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]], Runamuck participated in the destruction of [[Altihex]]. {{storylink|The War Within issue 1|The War Within #1}} When [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] got caught up in their first battle, the Battlechargers joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in disabling [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and helping [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} Runamuck continued to follow Starscream when, roughly a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident and the Decepticons split into several factions. Runamuck and Runabout joined up with Starscream's new group of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. They remained defiant even when the other Decepticon factions were prepared to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots and staged an attack on the ceremony at [[Tyger Pax]]. They were repulsed. Violently. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}} But then, Megatron returned to Cybertron, backed by an [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] army. With these drones, he quickly took over the planet and unified the Decepticon forces. With Cybertron now under Decepticon control, Runamuck was put to work as one of the guards in [[Internment Camp Pi]], overlooking the slave Autobot workforce. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath Pt.2}}

In the modern era, Runamuck and Runabout were serving [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] "under the table" as assassins. When the [[Triple Changer]] [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] removed Optimus Prime from his cell, the Battlechargers followed them into the [[Old Slave Trails]] and made an attempt on Prime's life. Sandstorm was killed, but Runamuck was captured and held prisoner by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)|Kup]]'s resistance movement. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} He apparently broke free and joined back up with Runabout after the Autobots resumed control of Cybertron. The two of them were scrounging around for fresh energon and a hideout to avoid Autobot patrols when they stumbled upon one of Shockwave's hidden bases. While Runamuck amused himself by lighting [[Mini-spy|Mini-spies]] on fire, Runabout accidentally activated one of Shockwave's cloning experiments, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]], whose massive energon radiation overloaded the Battlechargers' circuitry, frying them reeeaaal good. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] later watched footage of this incident while trying to unravel Shockwave's schemes. {{storylink|The Omega Effect}}

When last seen, Runamuck and Runabout had been found by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] was tending to their damaged bodies as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Runamuck was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} When Megatron gave the order to burn [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] to the ground after having done away with the [[Senate]], Runamuck was the first to leap forward in order to carry out his leader's orders. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}}

[[File:TF Drift Runamuck.jpg|thumb]]
Early in the war, Runamuck was present as [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] was accepted into the ranks of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Drift issue 2|Drift #2}} [[File:Autocracy Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|250px]]
Following the fall of [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]]'s government, he was among the Decepticons who hunted down and arrested Autobots resisting [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]]'s rule. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} When the captured Autobots staged a prison break, Runamuck, Runabout and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop them. {{storylink|Rise}} The Battlechargers were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

At some point in time, Runamuck fought against the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] alongside [[Ravage (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ravage]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]] and were thoroughly trounced for their efforts. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|200px|Headliners! At last!]]
Four million years later, Runamuck was part of the Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, Runabout and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. Their attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] disregarded their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|350px]]
Runamuck bore witness to Megatron's disciplinary actions towards Starscream and sided with Megatron after Starscream's botched rebellion. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runamuck was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

[[File:Upgraded Battlechargers.jpg|thumb]]
Runamuck moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of Latveria and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. He was the first of Megatron's warriors to be turbocharged by [[Spider-Man]]'s radioactive blood, and subsequently attacked the allied Autobots and [[Avengers]] in [[mirror response mode]] with the rest of his teammates. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runamuck was taken out of the fight in short order, after he was blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runamuck subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

Runamuck was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and [[Sixshot]] were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

[[File:ReapercrushesBattlecharger.jpg|300px|left|thumb|...oh.]]
Unfortunately, Runamuck was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Upset after Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded, Runamuck was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Their fellow Decepticons cared little for the Battlechargers' demise; [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] wrote them off as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
[[File:Runamuck AoW5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
As part of [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s forces, Runamuck tried (and failed) to prevent the escape of a group of Autobots and [[G.I. Joe (team)|Joes]] from the [[New Decepticon Army]]'s headquarters. When Runamuck refused to surrender the captive [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s location, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] tore off his arm and promised that his head would be next. Runamuck became more cooperative. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
In order to avoid getting punished for his latest failure, Runamuck had Frenzy paint him black, so as to pass for Runabout. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runamuck followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runamuck crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (WFC)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runabout and Runamuck were among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runamuck and [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runamuck was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}} Runamuck was among the Decepticons who joined with the Quintessons in an attempt to destroy the Autobots. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 2}} He was also part of a group of Decepticons including [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and the [[Air Strike Patrol]] which conquered and held [[Garrus-9]] until the [[Wrecker]]s liberated the facility. {{storylink|The Wreckers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRunamuck.jpg|thumb|left|400px]]
Runamuck participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 70 units of Cybermetal, 30 units of Transmetal, and 20 exclusive cores. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1runamuck toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Look, ma, no hands!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' [[Friction rifle]]
:Runamuck transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Pontiac Firebird Trans Am|Pontiac Firebird Trans Am]] sports car. An [[Autotransformation|autotransformer]], he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runabout, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runamuck/runamuck.htm More information on Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Heh heh heh, you said "jack."]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons
:Runamuck is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. His pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Runamuck is the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, mailed to new or returning club members who got their registration in before [[March 16]], 2012. This date, however, was extended to March 21, 2012 due to the setup of their new payment system.

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club-exclusive [[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCRunamuck/runamuck.htm More information on ''Timlines'' Runamuck at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|right|300px|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Decepticon Runamuck''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
**''Collection'': '''''Age of Extinction'' Collection 2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, blaster
:Part of the sixth regular assortment of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[Micro-Changer]]s, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot. He sports [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Ratchet's]] helmet.

:Unlike prior Micro-Changer assortments, this series does not have any sort identification code for the bags' actual contents, meaning you'd best be good at the feel-though-the-bag method.

:This assortment was originally slated to be a [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] [[exclusive]], but US stores dropped the line before its release. It was still available in Canada, Australia and Chinese/Asian markets. In 2015, the Collection appeared in US Dollar Tree stores, with a price tag of a whopping $1 a pop. They didn't last long.
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===Generations===
====War for Cybertron: Earthrise====
[[File:TF-WFC-E-Deluxe-Runamuck.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|For the last time, my alt mode is not a secret agent's submarine! If you dare put me in water, I will shoot you!]]
*'''Runamuck''' (Fall 2020)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
:''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise (toyline)|Earthrise]]'' Runamuck is an all-new mold that transforms into an 80's sportscar that is somewhat reminiscent of a Lotus Esprit X180 in 16 steps, and comes with a blaster that can be mounted on the vehicle mode. In [[Fan_polls#2019_.282.29|a 2019 fan poll]], Runamuck received more votes than [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]], [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]], or [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]], and thus the Battlecharger got a toy in the ''War for Cybertron: Earthrise'' toyline.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606/2819867618083414/?type=3&eid=ARAtunjR6EXz5s-k7rNTj6XxE4B57Etcpv_W3W6dve-5Qq2PjWXIXfYZ9XKu00vaYcqwRQ7ZPtkzKk8k&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARAZ3vD0OrkqQCkjpgsz9N5ikEcapqSz1vT1jdoD3XgESevnk-Ki06Vzx8mVl6nxf4lvz_9frQC558V7rlnBewxDU7N-z__NaSQgLXmfgMRk6A2tbddF5DO97VVVh73F6qnX34gh7hdU6h9zCy5fphZSBQFfThKuBlmg_Ea7b_D0vpmuPU9KiNixgB592Sctv7uluhnWaYDYET0hJqD8w0H6e-XnhqvO2gapkn9rk9P9kljFIngyuu22Vx0Ce7x-KO2VQBvsDRumEgLnnkW5pQ3G9g7uVp5EklZ6I-zd7FYrtfHZNK5_XstrKSFj_whCfTImDJWYIWTDhANPFcMxU2aKzA&__tn__=EEHH-R The fans have spoken and #RUNAMUCK will become a Fall 2020 War for Cybertron figure!]</ref>
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunamuck.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T37/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

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*'''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P8/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runamuck//Infantry•Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Note==
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You think we'd like Steve-O more if ''we'' were black?"]]
*In the [[Toy Fair 1986|1986 Hasbro Pre-Toy Fair catalog]], Runamuck's car mode had a dark grey exterior. However, Runamuck's robot mode is represented by... another Runabout!
*Runamuck's ''[[The Transformers Universe]]'' picture shows him holding Runabout's weapon.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runamuck''' (ラナマック ''Ranamakku'')
*''French:'' '''Furioso''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Velenix'''
*''Russian:'' '''Dynamic''' (Динамик)

==References==
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[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]

File:Rook-IDW-cameo.jpg

2020-05-13T19:00:42Z

Ramjet Gunnar: Rook getting shot by Sideswipe. From {{storylink|Optimus Prime (comic) #9}} *Writter: John Barber *Art: Kei Zama *Colors: Josh Burcham *Letters: Tom B. Long *Editor: Carlos Guzman © 2017 Hasbro.

Rook getting shot by [[Sideswipe (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Sideswipe]].

From {{storylink|Optimus Prime (comic) #9}}

*Writter: John Barber

*Art: Kei Zama

*Colors: Josh Burcham

*Letters: Tom B. Long

*Editor: Carlos Guzman

© 2017 [[Hasbro]].

Ramjet (Cyberverse)

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Ramjet Gunnar: /* Cyberverse cartoon */ adding information

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ramjet-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Ramjet''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Dirge (Cyberverse)|Dirge]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

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==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Ramjet-about-to-punch-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Bees give honey for toast, right?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mike Rose]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)}}
Ramjet and Dirge accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

At some point during the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Ramjet tried to blast Autobots at least 12 thousand times. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

Some time later, Ramjet was among a group of Seekers who attempted to stop [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] from taking the [[AllSpark]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While they succeeded in damaging the [[space bridge]] to the point of deactivation, Optimus was able to toss the AllSpark through the closing portal. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

[[File:Ramjet - Cyberverse - Allspark.jpg|left|thumb|TOAST HIM!]]
During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the AllSpark, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who stayed on Cybertron to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Ramjet opened fire on Windblade only to get shot out of the sky by [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Ramjet was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}

Along with the rest of Transformers, Ramjet was released from the Quintesson's simulation. He was present during the alliance pact between [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]] and Optimus... which ended in Megatron leaving, and with [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] and [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] trying to bring peace to the dispute that broke out between the autobots and decepticons. An outraged autobot pointed Ramjet, blaming him for trying to shoot him 12 thousand times. Ramjet grin at that accusation.{{storylink|The Alliance}}
Ramjet was part of the team lead by Windblade in the attack to the [[Judge(Cyberverse)|Judges]], but was easely knocked out by a shockwave, along the rest of the team.{{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

After the Judges defeat, the Transformers were taken prisoners (Ramjet among then) by the new Quintesson Judge: Starscream! Then, he join Jetfire, [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]], Dirge and [[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]] in the attack to [[Croaton]], but was shot down and then, accidentally, crashed into [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] and [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]]. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Ramjet and Dirge were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}
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==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Scout-Class-Ramjet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ramjet''' (Scout Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Cranium Crush"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Ramjet is a Legends-sized toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a jet with a robot chest and head for a front half</s> a "transformational" mode in five easy steps. His "Cranium Crush" Action Attack gimmick causes his head and chest to spin and pop out of jet mode when triggered. Unlike many ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures, Ramjet can basically assume a full vehicle mode in spite of the oddly-shaped cockpit.

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==Notes==
*Ramjet's desing is an obviously homage to his G1 [[Ramjet (G1)|namesake]], with a more robust and streamlined design.
*He and Dirge are the only seekers with a conehead design in the series.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]
[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]

Ramjet (Cyberverse)

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Ramjet Gunnar: Adding category

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ramjet-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Ramjet''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Dirge (Cyberverse)|Dirge]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

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==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Ramjet-about-to-punch-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Bees give honey for toast, right?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mike Rose]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)}}
Ramjet and Dirge accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

At some point during the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Ramjet tried to blast Autobots at least 12 thousand times. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

Some time later, Ramjet was among a group of Seekers who attempted to stop [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] from taking the [[AllSpark]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While they succeeded in damaging the [[space bridge]] to the point of deactivation, Optimus was able to toss the AllSpark through the closing portal. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

[[File:Ramjet - Cyberverse - Allspark.jpg|left|thumb|TOAST HIM!]]
During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the AllSpark, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who stayed on Cybertron to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Ramjet opened fire on Windblade only to get shot out of the sky by [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Ramjet was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Ramjet and Dirge were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}
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==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Scout-Class-Ramjet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ramjet''' (Scout Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Cranium Crush"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Ramjet is a Legends-sized toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a jet with a robot chest and head for a front half</s> a "transformational" mode in five easy steps. His "Cranium Crush" Action Attack gimmick causes his head and chest to spin and pop out of jet mode when triggered. Unlike many ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures, Ramjet can basically assume a full vehicle mode in spite of the oddly-shaped cockpit.

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==Notes==
*Ramjet's desing is an obviously homage to his G1 [[Ramjet (G1)|namesake]], with a more robust and streamlined design.
*He and Dirge are the only seekers with a conehead design in the series.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]
[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]

Ramjet (Cyberverse)

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Ramjet Gunnar: /* Notes */ adding some information

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ramjet-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Ramjet''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Dirge (Cyberverse)|Dirge]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Ramjet-about-to-punch-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Bees give honey for toast, right?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mike Rose]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)}}
Ramjet and Dirge accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

At some point during the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Ramjet tried to blast Autobots at least 12 thousand times. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

Some time later, Ramjet was among a group of Seekers who attempted to stop [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] from taking the [[AllSpark]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While they succeeded in damaging the [[space bridge]] to the point of deactivation, Optimus was able to toss the AllSpark through the closing portal. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

[[File:Ramjet - Cyberverse - Allspark.jpg|left|thumb|TOAST HIM!]]
During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the AllSpark, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who stayed on Cybertron to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Ramjet opened fire on Windblade only to get shot out of the sky by [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Ramjet was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Ramjet and Dirge were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}
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==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Scout-Class-Ramjet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ramjet''' (Scout Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Cranium Crush"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Ramjet is a Legends-sized toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a jet with a robot chest and head for a front half</s> a "transformational" mode in five easy steps. His "Cranium Crush" Action Attack gimmick causes his head and chest to spin and pop out of jet mode when triggered. Unlike many ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures, Ramjet can basically assume a full vehicle mode in spite of the oddly-shaped cockpit.

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==Notes==
*Ramjet's desing is an obviously homage to his G1 [[Ramjet (G1)|namesake]], with a more robust and streamlined design.
*He and Dirge are the only seekers with a conehead design in the series.
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]

Ramjet (Cyberverse)

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Ramjet Gunnar: /* Cyberverse cartoon */ adding some information

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{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ramjet-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Ramjet''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Dirge (Cyberverse)|Dirge]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

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==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Ramjet-about-to-punch-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Bees give honey for toast, right?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mike Rose]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)}}
Ramjet and Dirge accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

At some point during the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Ramjet tried to blast Autobots at least 12 thousand times. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

Some time later, Ramjet was among a group of Seekers who attempted to stop [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] from taking the [[AllSpark]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While they succeeded in damaging the [[space bridge]] to the point of deactivation, Optimus was able to toss the AllSpark through the closing portal. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

[[File:Ramjet - Cyberverse - Allspark.jpg|left|thumb|TOAST HIM!]]
During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the AllSpark, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who stayed on Cybertron to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Ramjet opened fire on Windblade only to get shot out of the sky by [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After the Great War ended, Ramjet was among the Transformers captured by the [[Quintesson]]s, who outfitted them with control helmets that placed them in a simulation loop where they took part in a parade with varying differences each time. He was among the others decepticons cheering for their ''victory agains the autobots''.{{storylink|The Dead End}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Ramjet and Dirge were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}
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==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Scout-Class-Ramjet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ramjet''' (Scout Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Cranium Crush"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Ramjet is a Legends-sized toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a jet with a robot chest and head for a front half</s> a "transformational" mode in five easy steps. His "Cranium Crush" Action Attack gimmick causes his head and chest to spin and pop out of jet mode when triggered. Unlike many ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures, Ramjet can basically assume a full vehicle mode in spite of the oddly-shaped cockpit.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]

Runabout (G1)

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Ramjet Gunnar: /* Rhythms of Darkness! */

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{{Disambigm|Runabout (disambiguation)|Over-Run (disambiguation)}}
:''Runabout is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battlecharger]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Runaboutg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|You treat your stepmother with respect, Pantera!]]

'''Runabout''' (aka '''Over-Run'''<ref name="over-run">"Over-Run" is a substitute name used by [[Fun Publications]] for a [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' toy representing the ''Generation 1'' Runabout character, ''presumably'' because the name "Runabout" is currently not available as a [[trademark]] to Hasbro. Besides that toy, the name has thus far only been used by the ''[[Transformers: Battle Tactics|Battle Tactics]]'' mobile game.</ref>) is not the brains of the [[Battlecharger]]s (they're both pretty much dim-bulbs), but he is much calmer and certainly more articulate<ref>But not more [[Articulation|articulated]].</ref> than [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and his presence helps keep the latter's cross-wired mind on task. That said, Runabout usually joins in with whatever mad ideas Runamuck comes up with, just to keep from being bored. Runabout is very susceptible to boredom.

Besides, Runabout loves a good wreck just as well as his crazy comrade, but it's not because he craves to create wreckage—he simply wishes to destroy, and enjoys the spectacle of chaos and big fiery explosions. To help create these he has a particle beam rifle that shoots a stream of heavy and energetic neutrons. Unfortunately, he craves destruction so much that it continually distracts him from his assigned duties.

Runabout is a little faster than Runamuck, with a 185 MPH top speed, but can only go about 550 miles. He is equally able to transform quickly, taking about .4 seconds to do so. Also like his partner, he is not averse to breaking windows or draping cylinder-wiping paper over the enemy base, or other puerile acts of vandalism. But he uses bigger words when doing so.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"Heh heh heh." "Huh huh huh."]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. The two reckless Decepticons left and promptly ignored their orders, and instead began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. ''Encountering [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], the two dropped firetraps and wrecked piles of cars behind them. Unable to stop them quietly on his own terms, Prowl grew angry and... was halted by Optimus Prime, who was dismayed with his recklessness.''<ref>This story may not have happened in the Marvel continuity proper, as it occurs in a dream sequence within a story that leads into the incompatible [[Earthforce]] storyline.</ref> {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}} During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. His dad angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in a Cybertronian language, thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots.

[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
RAAT caught up with them in [[Philadelphia]], where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. They escaped, and took a break to learn English (not ''well'', mind you) for their next stop, the [[Statue of Liberty]]. There they engaged Circuit Breaker once again, only this time, having been stripped of her command for her actions in their last encounter, she faced them in [[Circuit Breaker's Autobot suit|a giant machine]] jury-rigged from the Autobots RAAT had captured previously. The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} {{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:MarvelUS75 Runabout Demon.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Well, I guess it's kind of sad that they're dead and all. But it's [[Night of the Combaticons|not]] like they had [[Devastation issue 6|bright futures]] ahead of them.]]
When [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers joined his motley band of rebels. {{storylink|Surrender!}} They attacked Scorponok's [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]] [[New Jersey base|base]], collapsing it onto itself. Starscream then urged his comrades to help him dig out whatever survivors there might be to offer them a choice; join them or be destroyed. Unfortunately, the first to be excavated was Scorponok. Runabout, [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Runamuck, and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] tried to gun him down together, but their laser fire proved ineffective against Scorponok's ultra-dense armor. The enemy leader easily tackled all four of them at once, taking them out of the ensuing battle. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Just as said battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. The pair were in attendance as Primus spoke to the assembled Transformers through the body of [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], though Runamuck was more concerned about some Autobots they'd recently angered as Runabout screwed his [[kibble]] back on. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck was killed during the planet-rending battle, but Runabout survived and was strolling with [[Battletrap]] the next day when he was attacked and devoured by a Cybertronian [[Demon]]. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Runabout grimlock neutron cannon two steps back.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
As the [[Decepticon Civil War]] took a different path, Runabout and Runamuck were still working on the side of Shockwave and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. In a fight with the Dinobots, Runabout got his hand stamped on by [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] while reaching for his weapon—very painful. He stayed behind after the battle in order to get revenge, and pulled a [[neutron cannon]] on Grimlock at close range. Grimlock seemed suitably impressed by the weapon, and suggested the Battlecharger take a step or two back for his own safety because of the recoil. Seemed like a sound suggestion to Runabout so he backed himself up... right over a cliff. Dumb 'Con. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
The conflict between Megatron's and Shockwave's forces reached a height neither faction leader was comfortable with, so the two Decepticon leader called for an [[Enclave]] to negotiate an alliance. Runabout attended the festivities, only for some Autobot saboteurs to fake an assassination attempt on Megatron. A giant brawl ensued, and Runabout got the stuffing beat out of him. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}}

When Megatron lost a [[global warming satellite]] to the Autobots, along with its poison gas canisters, Shockwave sent the Battlechargers out to retrieve it for his own purposes. They ran into [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] and [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] at the crash site, and got into a fight over who would take possession of the rocket and its contents. Little did they know the Autobot [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] had already removed and neutralized the rocket's contents, making their tussle utterly pointless. {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}} Later, after the Decepticon factions unified, Runabout and Runamuck were seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] with the full Decepticon force, but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

{{note|Runabout and Runamuck are mistakenly named as Megatron's troops in "[[Life in the Slow Lane]]", just as the Stunticons are mistakenly identified as working for Shockwave.}}

=====Rhythms of Darkness!=====
In an alternate future in [[2009]], Runabout was among the warriors defending the [[Decepticon Powerbase]] against a desperate assault launched by the last seven remaining Autobots. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

====''Regeneration One''====
[[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] discovered Runabout's remains in the [[Primus]] chamber deep beneath the surface of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Later in [[Zero Space]], the [[Dark Matrix]] entity revealed to Rodimus Prime that it had sent the Demon to abduct Runabout so that it could feast upon his [[spark]] energy. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Roger Behr]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub)}}
[[File:GhostMachine PossessedRunabout.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|GAH! Sparkles everywhere! Must shoot!]]
In [[2006]], Runabout was guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]] with Runamuck. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for Unicron. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}
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====''Legends'' comic====
Runabout and Runamuck were among the Decepticons who attacked the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]] in the 1980s to steal the [[Transform Super Cog]]. Using their car modes, the duo barreled through the Autobot defenders, entered the base and seized the cog only to be defeated by [[Topspin (G1)|Topspin]] and [[Twin Twist]]. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

At some point between various upgrades, both Battlechargers were offered a flight mode but turned it down. Runamuck often forgot this detail, and Runabout had to constantly remind him that he couldn't take to the air. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 43|Runamuck's profile in Club magazine #43}}

After having been absent from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] for a very long time, [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] made a secret return. He enlisted Runabout and Runamuck in filling him in on what he had missed, and the pair gave him a very amusing, yet sufficiently informative, recollection of the events of the [[Battle of Autobot City]] and [[The Rebirth]]. The information convinced Jhiaxus that this would be the perfect time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

The two Battlechargers were dispatched to find some [[personality component]]s, and in the process discovered a [[stasis hibernation pod]] which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}} They took the amnesiac Side Burn him back to Jhiaxus, after which they all headed to [[Nebulos]], where Jhiaxus had Runabout and Runamuck kidnap [[Hi-Q]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}} After they arrived on [[Qre]], the pair engaged in some racing with Side Burn. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}} When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runabout told him to go after her, and the Battlechargers followed. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}} Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}
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===Battle Beneath the Ice===
[[File:BBTI-RunaboutandRodimus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|>>TO BE CONTINUED]]
During a mission to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], the Battlechargers were faced with the Autobots [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]], and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]]. While Runamuck, who was terrified of heights, stopped at the start of the bridge, Runabout chased after Hot Rod while shooting wildly. Unfortunately, the Autobot outmanoeuvred him, and Runabout was sent careening off the bridge and into the San Francisco Bay. The battle was televised on the news and recorded by the human [[Jeff Grey]], who later ran into Hot Rod and discussed it with him. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Predaconstww.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"So, uh, since you're the president and in charge of the army and stuff, does that mean you can invade a country and, like, set it on fire?"]]
In the early days of the war, while Optimus Prime and Megatron had their first confrontation, the Runabout and Runamuck duo joined [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] and [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] in forcibly extracting data from [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]], and helped [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] assume control over Megatron's plans. {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} About a million years later, Megatron was lost in a [[space bridge]] accident, and the Decepticons split into several splinter factions. The Battlechargers joined Starscream's faction of [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] during this time, but were defeated at [[Tyger Pax]] by the united Autobot, Decepticon and [[Ultracon]] forces. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

In modern times, the Battlechargers were working for [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] as assassins. In the [[Old Slave Trails]], Runabout caught the double agent [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]] leading Optimus Prime to safety with the Autobot revolutionaries, and blasted a hole through the [[Triple Changer]]'s chest. Moving in to eliminate Prime as well, Runabout was caught off-guard by [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] and was... gnawed on for a while. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

Somehow he pulled himself back together, and hooked up with Runamuck again after Shockwave's fall. Dodging Autobot patrols while looking for a working [[CR chamber]] to fully repair themselves, the Battlechargers found one of Shockwave's abandoned laboratories, and accidentally unleashed the [[electrum]]-enhanced clone warrior, [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]. The clone's ambient radiation considerably weakened Runabout. Then he incinerated Runabout's head. That didn't help either. {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}}

Runabout was later found, offline but alive, by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]]. [[First Aid (G1)|First Aid]] started repairing him and Runamuck as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Black Sunshine}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]

[[File:Megs Origins Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|200px]]
Runabout was one of many bots to come from distant regions of Cybertron to attend Megatron's speeches and demonstrations of power as the Decepticon faction begun to take shape. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

[[File:Autocracy Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|250px]]
In the early days of the war, Runabout, Runamuck, and [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] tried and failed to stop some captured Autobots from escaping the [[Citadel]]. {{storylink|Rise}} They were later present in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] when [[Scorponok (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Scorponok]] announced he was the new leader of the Decepticons. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|"''Hey'', [[Verity Carlo|babeh]]. ''Come'' to Runabout."]]
Four million years later, Runabout was part of a Decepticon insurgent cell that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilise Earth's governing organisations and create global anarchy. He, [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]], and [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his [[SM-40]] palmtop PC, containing data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover: they appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}}
{{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} {{storylink|Infiltration issue 3|Infiltration #3}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|300px]]
Runabout bore witness to Megatron disciplining Starscream. He chose not to rebel against his leader further, under the threat of death. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}} Despite his part in Starscream's mutiny, Runabout was quickly forgiven and returned to active duty. {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}}

[[File:Upgraded Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb]]
Runabout moved to [[Latveria]] with the rest of the Decepticons to spark a war between the nations of [[Latveria]] and [[Symkaria]] using the [[Psycho-Prism]]. When the [[Avengers]] infiltrated [[Array|their base]], Runabout abducted one of their number, [[Spider-Man]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} Runabout and his teammates, turbocharged by Spider-Man's radioactive blood, attacked the allied Autobots and Avengers in [[mirror response mode]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Runabout was subsequently blasted by the newly arrived [[Iron Man]] and sliced up by [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} The badly-damaged Runabout subsequently fled via an [[emergency warp-out]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[File:Devastation6 Runaboutdies.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|My life is, like, flashing in front of me... ''Whoa.'' My life was ''cool.'']]
Runabout was cowering in a nearby room while Megatron and Sixshot were arguing in the Decepticon's base on Earth. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}}

Unfortunately, Runabout was brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. He was electrocuted until he exploded, upsetting Runamuck, who was soon decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Their fellow Decepticons cared little for the Battlechargers' demise; [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] wrote them off as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Runabout followed [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] to [[Earth]] in his quest for the [[AllSpark]]. There, he encountered [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Not much of a match against the Autobot titan, Runabout crawled away from the battle as Omega occupied himself with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
When [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] increased recruitment in the [[Ascenticon Guard]], Runabout and Runamuck were among the new members. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down}}

==Commercials==
[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ordered Runabout and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] to attack [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and his Autobots as they spoiled an Energon-gathering mission. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Battlechargers|Battlechargers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
Runabout was part of a convoy led by [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]] which attempted to deliver the final component for a super weapon to Decepticon HQ. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] successfully intercepted them right as they neared their goal, and the four Decepticons had to destroy the weapon to keep it out of Autobot hands. {{storylink|Eagle Eyes}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsOverRun.jpg|thumb|400px|left]]
Over-Run participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Rare character who could be recruited after collecting 160 units of Cybermetal, and 95 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}}}
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|He'll Throttle your Bot!]]
*'''Runabout''' (Battlecharger, [[1986]])
**''Accessories:'' High-energy particle beam rifle

:Runabout transforms into a Lotus Turbo Esprit sports car. An autotransformer, he uses a pull-back motor to propel him forward in both car and [[robot mode]]s, though starting in car mode triggers his transformation to robot after he rolls forward a short distance. His mold is very similar to his partner Runamuck, but it is highly unlikely one is actually a [[retool]] of the other since they had simultaneous production.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Runabout/runabout.htm More information on Runabout at TFU.info]''
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-RunaboutClub.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|I'll run-you-over!]]
*'''Over-Run''' (Deluxe, [[2012]])
**''Accessories:'' Pistol, 2 side-pipes/shoulder-cannons

:Over-Run is a new-head [[retool]]ing of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model, though it kind of resembles a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Chevy Corvette|Chevy Corvette]] with a heavily-modified front end. He can also assume a third "flying car" mode by folding down the car doors and flipping out wing extensions. his pistol can be hand-held, or become a shoulder-mounted gun through the use of the [[c joint]] clip on its back. His two side-pipes can attach to the c joint bars on his upper body as well to form shoulder-mounted cannons, or be held in his hands by the barrels as wrenches.

:Over-Run is one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures (the other being ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (toyline)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drift (SG)|Drift]]).

:This mold (with the new head) was also used to make the Club's 2012 "membership freebie" [[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]], for whom extra space is provided in Over-Run's display box!

:Over-Run sold out within a day of being available (taking into account problems with the store's ordering process).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/TFCCOver-Run/over-run.htm More information on Over-Run at TFU.info]''
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==Merchandise==
===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W3RaiderRunabout.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T36/T48'''
**''Stars: ''10

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*'''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3P'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''P9/2019'''
**''Stars: ''10
:A reprint of '''Raider Runabout//Infantry•Soldier''' was made available as an in-store play promo card for the release of Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Seige II. The card is identical to the original release, printed with gold-foil on the Robot Mode side.
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==Notes==
*Runabout was the inspiration for the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[homage]] toy [[Runamuck (Cybertron)|Runamuck]] ([[trademark]] issues explain away the name-shift).
[[File:ToyFair1986-TFpage06a.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Everybody wants to be Runabout.]]
*In Hasbro's 1986 pre-Toy Fair catalog, a Runabout toy in robot mode (minus arm decals) is used to represent Runamuck's robot mode. The toy, however, is holding Runamuck's gun. Hmm....
*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Runabout''' (ラナバウト ''Ranabauto'')
*''French:'' '''Rôdo''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Diablo'''
*''Russian:'' '''Podryvnik''' (Подрывник, "Miner")
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==References==
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[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Timelines characters]]
[[Category:War Within Predacons]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Battlecharger

2020-05-10T14:24:34Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* Wings Universe */

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:''The Battlechargers are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Battlechargers-marvel23a.jpg|upright=2.5|thumb|"Heh heh. He said 'do'."]]

The '''Battlechargers''' are a decidedly devilish duo of deadly Decepticon dragsters diligently dedicated to destruction, demolition and dastardly deviance.

Individually, they are [[Runabout (G1)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]; collectively, they are a copyeditor's worst nightmare.

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:Battlechargersperchance.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|[[Iron Man|"DAAAA DAAAA DAN-DAH-DAH, DANANANANA DAAA-NAN DAH!"]]]]
The Battlechargers were summoned to [[Earth]] from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], who wanted a dramatic way to announce his challenge to [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] for a fight to the death. Ignoring their orders, the two reckless Decepticons left and began to raise a bit of random highway havoc. During a break in the mayhem, they rested in a parking lot and saw a [[Noah Acton|defiant youngster]] expressing his disgust of family vacations through graffiti. [[Gary Acton|His dad]] angrily escorted him back to the station wagon, and their holiday trip resumed. The Battlechargers, impressed by the boy's disregard for authority, began following the family on a road trip through the [[United States of America|U.S.]], defacing any monuments they happened upon (such as [[Mount Rushmore]], the [[Gateway Arch]] in [[St. Louis]], and the [[Washington Monument]]). They wrote insults and jokes in [[Cybertronian language|Cybertronian]], thus attracting the attention of [[Rapid Anti-robot Assault Team|RAAT]], which had already captured thirteen Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}} ''Their actions also attracted the attention of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], though he was ordered by Optimus Prime to back off due to the collateral damage the pursuit was causing.'' {{storylink|...Perchance to Dream}}

[[File:MarvelUS23 Battlechargers defeated.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"[[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Diarrhea]], cha cha cha! Diarrhea, cha cha cha! Di-ACK!"]]
RAAT caught up with them in Philadelphia, where [[Circuit Breaker (G1)|Circuit Breaker]] engaged them in a battle that nearly killed the graffiti-inclined boy. Because of her disregard for civilian safety, Circuit Breaker was temporarily stripped of her command and ordered to stay out of action. Itching for revenge, she found her only allies to be the partially-disassembled [[Autobot]]s in her RAAT lab. She didn't have time to rebuild them all properly, but she knew she could jury-rig them together into a single form which she could partially control. However, she needed the Autobots' consent, and they only agreed to do it if she would release them afterward. She agreed, and she soon fought an aerial battle with the two Decepticons at the Statue of Liberty (where, incidentally, they had written "humans are wimps" in poor English). The two hooligans met quick defeat at the hands of her makeshift gestalt, their charred bodies sent plunging into the harbor. Circuit Breaker's release of the captive Autobots cost her her job at RAAT, as well as that of [[Donny Finkleberg]], AKA Robot Master, who had helped her do it. Donny had received a $50,000 reward for turning the Autobot [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] in, and he ended up using that money to help pay for the cleanup of the Battlechargers' antics. {{storylink|Decepticon Graffiti!}}

[[File:Clubconresort.jpg|upright=1.4|left|thumb|"Careers are stupid! Everyone, like, works in a booth."]]
For quite some time, the Battlechargers were complete absent except for one of them helping tourists with their suitcases at [[Club Con]]. We assume many things went missing from those suitcases. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

However, when [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] wanted to wrest control of the Earth-based Decepticons from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], the Battlechargers mysteriously returned and for unknown reasons joined his motley band of rebels. They attacked Scorponok's New Jersey base, and a battle ensued. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Just as the battle ended, the combatants were transported to Cybertron by [[Primus]], who was gathering his Transformer children to stand against the demigod [[Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Runamuck died during the planet-rending battle that followed. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

[[File:MarvelUS71 Shockwaves troops.JPG|upright=1.4|thumb|"The plan is to all go to Scorponok's base and stand shooting at him. Runamuck, your thoughts?" "This sucks more than anything I have ever seen."]]
The next day Runabout was strolling with [[Battletrap]] when he was pulled below ground by a [[Demon|strange Cybertronian creature]], and devoured. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

In an alternate post-apocalyptic future where the Decepticons had conquered much of Earth, Runamuck was among the Decepticon ranks... until [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] shot him full of holes. {{storylink|Rhythms of Darkness!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Battlechargers stunticons life in the slow lane.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Breakin' da lawwww, breakin' da lawwwww!"]]
While under Shockwave's command the Battlechargers were part of a squad that ambushed the Dinobots in an attempt to discover how [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] had revived his warriors without the use of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Grimlock however had other ideas, crushing Runabout's hand and knocking Runamuck down. The Dinobots had the upper hand but were interrupted by Optimus Prime, who lambasted Grimlock over his crude battle tactics, which he believed endangered the humans. The Decepticons used this distraction to hastily withdraw, leaving just Runabout with a [[neutron cannon]] to inflict some face-saving revenge. The Battlecharger had Grimlock in his sights at point blank range but when Grimlock pointed out that the Decepticon would be caught in the blast, the hapless Runabout took two steps back and fell over the edge of a ravine. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}}

Later the Battlechargers fell under Megatron's command and were sent to retrieve some [[Starting Over!|misplaced gas canisters]]. The gas was intended to accelerate the greenhouse effect to provide extra heat for conversion into energon for the Decepticon cause. However Shockwave also sent [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Dead End (G1)|Dead End]] to secure the canisters for himself in order to see his rival fail. The opposing teams arrived at the same time and, being incappable of finding a diplomatic solution, the situation soon degenerated into violence. Meanwhile, Prowl had already made the canisters safe and sat back with [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] and some local humans to enjoy the Decepticons beating the frag out of each other! {{storylink|Life in the Slow Lane}}

Runabout and Runamuck were later seen attacking the Autobot [[Earthbase]] as part of a united Decepticon force under [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s command but they ultimately failed to gain any ground and retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Despite having apparently died, Runamuck was among the Decepticons under Megatron's command when they ran into [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. In a rather one-sided battle against the powerful second gen troops, he promptly died again. {{storylink|New Dawn}}

===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Runamuck attacked [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and some other Autobots investigating a decimated [[Earth Defense Command]] station that had crashed on the planet [[Goo 8739B]]. Riding [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], Runamuck strafed the Autobots with a [[Death crystal|death-crystal]] shooter (the station had been destroyed by death crystals, so it's possible that was Runamuck's work as well). The Autobots engaged the duo in a short space battle that ended when Runamuck blew up a comet with the death crystals, delaying the Autobots long enough to get away. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

[[File:GhostMachine Decepticon execution.jpg|upright=1.15|thumb|"This is the fourth time you've been sent to my office today! And this laughing, what the hell's with this laughing?! All the generals are sick of it!"]]
Both Runabout and Runamuck were next seen guarding [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]'s city mode on [[Chaar]]. They were attacked by [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the ghost of [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], who wanted to steal one of Trypticon's eyes for [[Unicron]]. Starscream possessed Runabout, shot Runamuck, then ran into a wall, knocking Runabout unconscious. Runamuck, however, was able to sound an alarm, and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] arrived to help. Scourge got Trypticon's eye, and Starscream possessed Astrotrain and escaped. Later, under Unicron's orders, Starscream returned to Chaar and took control of Trypticon, not knowing that Dirge, Thrust, and the Battlechargers were inside. Starscream used Trypticon to bring Unicron's head down Cybertron's surface, but Thrust sabotaged Trypticon from within before Starscream could connect Unicron to the planet. Starscream came out of Trypticon and demanded that Unicron give him a corporeal form so he could complete the connections. Just as Unicron did so, Autobot-planted explosives detonated and sent Unicron's head back into orbit. Starscream was also flung into outer space, where [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] began pursuing him. Trypticon (and the Decepticons inside him) were probably thrown into space as well. Although the Battlechargers never appeared again, Trypticon and the others did, so they most likely did survive. {{storylink|Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
[[File:ComingStorm1-Battlechargers.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|"Yeah, yeah. We're in the bureau of beer and fire and cigarettes. And maybe some chicks, too."]]
Runabout and Runamuck were present during the battle that led to the destruction of [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}} At some other time, the pair were hanging out with the equally-delinquent pair of [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and [[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] when a [[Nexus Prime|giant Autobot]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson cohort]] wandered into their territory. While Jetstorm and Deluge jumped the Autobot, Runabout and Runamuck tortured the Quintesson. The Decepticons misjudged the strength of their victims, and a short moment later all four Decepticons were defeated, left brutally embarrassed. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

When [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] abandoned [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the majority of the Decepticon forces, Runabout and Runamuck opted to stay behind because Galvatron was "crazier than a [[three-headed Nullusceran]]". They were recruited by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], who had them fill him in on recent history and decided it was time to rebuild his [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}
Jhiaxus send the duo to find some personality components, and in the process, they discovered a stasis hibernation pod which opened to reveal [[Side Burn (RID)|Side Burn]] inside. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}. Then, they took the amnesiac autobot back to Jhiaxus. After that, Jhiaxus ordened the battlechargers to kidnap [[Hi-Q]] in [[Nebulos]] and bring him to [[Qre]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 3}}
After they arrived on Qre, the pair engaged in some racing with the amnesic Side Burn.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 4}}. When Side Burn's advances were rebuffed by [[Nightracer (G2)|Nightracer]], Runamuck suggested giving her some space, but Side Burn followed Runabout's advice to follow her instead. Then, the Battlechargers trailed behind him. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 5}}
Following Jhiaxus's defeat, Side Burn promised the pair leniency, and indeed after the pair returned to Earth with the Autobots, Hi-Q said he wouldn't press charges.{{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 6}}

And then they lived happily ever after.
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===Young Corgi continuity===
In the year 2000, the Battlechargers tried to destroy the [[Golden Gate Bridge]] in [[San Francisco]], but met resistance from [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]], [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] and [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)|Skydive]] and were summarily defeated. The battle was shown on the news and recorded by the Autobot ally [[Jeff Grey]], but he accidentally taped over it with an episode of the ''[[Gus Gopher Show]]''. {{storylink|Battle Beneath the Ice}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
The Battlechargers are indestructible. First, [[Gnaw (G1)|Gnaw]] ate them when they tried to ambush Optimus Prime, {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} but they evidently survived and later found [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s lab. Then [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] fried them, {{storylink|Night of the Combaticons}} but they survived to become part of Shockwave's small army on Cybertron, which Megatron then took over. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Infiltration issue 0|Transformers: Infiltration #0]]
[[File:Infiltration1-gimme.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Er, y'know, Runabout, everyone's always runnin' down [[Pat Lee]] and saying he sucks and stuff, but you know, he really does suck and this is one of those times everyone is right."]]

Runabout and Runamuck were part of a [[Infiltration protocol|Decepticon insurgent cell]] that had operated covertly on Earth for at least four years, working to destabilize Earth's governing organizations and create global anarchy. Along with [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]], they were assigned by [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] to intercept the human [[Stoker]] and retrieve his SM-40 palmtop PC, which contained data on their [[Nebraska]] operation. The team caught up with and killed Stoker outside Phoenix, AZ, by which time [[Verity Carlo]] had already stolen the SM-40. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 0|Infiltration #0}} The Battlechargers' attempts to retrieve it from Verity and [[Ratchet (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ratchet]] blew their cover; {{storylink|Infiltration issue 1|Infiltration #1}} They appeared in full public view both in primary mode and in a secondary [[alternate mode]], where the panels of their sports-car disguises split apart to reveal weapons and ram-plates. While pursuing Ratchet, both Battlechargers were run off the road by a semi-trailer. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 2|Infiltration #2}} They got better, but were no longer part of any major operations. When [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] arrived on Earth, they, along with the rest of the infiltration team, refused to stand against the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Infiltration issue 6|Infiltration #6}}

A year later, when Megatron called [[Sixshot]] to Earth, the Battlechargers questioned his sanity in ruining the careful planning of infiltration protocol. {{storylink|Devastation issue 1|Devastation #1}} The Battlechargers continued their trend of being brutally off-lined when the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticon command bunker in Oregon. Runabout was electrocuted until he exploded and Runamuck was decapitated and then had his errant head crushed by a large boulder. Following the Decepticons' defeat of the Reapers, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] referred to their deaths as "acceptable losses." {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

{{groupstub|{{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3 |Megatron Origin #3}} {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 4|Megatron Origin #4}} {{storylink|Transformation}} {{storylink|Rise}} {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 1|Escalation #1}} {{storylink|Escalation issue 2|Escalation #2}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part One}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}}}

[[File:Ratchet vs Battlechargers.jpg|thumb|left|350px]]
In [[2017]] when [[Joe Colton (Dire Wraith)|Joe Colton]] and [[Scarlett]] discussed the Cybertronian influence on Earth, they reviewed Ratchet's initial fight with the Battlechargers. {{storylink|Secret Raiders: A Revolution Prelude|Secret Raiders}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]], [[Darryl Kurylo]], [[Jim Ward]]}}
[[File:BattlechargerCarConcept.jpg|thumb]][[File:BattlechargerTankConcept.jpg|thumb]]
The Battlechargers are referred to as '''Ground Soldiers''' and are presented as generic army fodder. They are led by a Ground Soldier General, but otherwise, none are identified by name. Only three types were encountered by the Autobots: Warriors (who use either fists or a sword, along with an energy shield), Sergeants (who use hand-to-hand combat), and Heavy Weapons (who transform into tanks and use hammers). {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

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==Toys==
[[File:G1 Runabout toy.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"I think they make daytime TV suck so, like, we're ''forced'' to go to school."]]
===Generation 1===
*'''Battlechargers''' ([[1986]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Generation 1|Runabout]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Generation 1|Runamuck]]
:The primary [[gimmick]] of the Battlecharger toys is [[Autotransformation]] from car to [[robot mode]] through the use of a [[pull-back motor]]. The motor gimmick is still usable in their robot modes. It is unlikely that one is a [[retool]] of the other despite sharing exceedingly similar construction, since they had simultaneous production. They come with guns which, since they lack hands and arm articulation, mount on their shoulders. Neither toy was released as part of the original retail line in Japan.
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===''Timelines''===
[[File:Timelinestoy-Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Er, heh heh. I think it's working."]]
*'''Transformers Collectors Club''' ([[2012]])
**[[Runabout (G1)#Timelines|Over-Run]]
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Timelines|Runamuck]]
:Runabout (renamed to Over-Run for copyright reasons) and Runamuck were promoted to Deluxe-class and are now new-head [[retool]]ings of [[Transformers: Generations|''Generations'']] [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Generations|Wheeljack]] (itself a retool of [[Tracks (G1)#Transformers (2010)|Turbo Tracks]]), transforming into a sports car of made-up model.

:Runamuck was the [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] free figure, while Over-Run was one of two [[2012]] [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] [[exclusive]] figures. As a side-note, extra space was included in Over-Run's display box to store Runamuck as well, because [[Fun Publications]] couldn't bear to break up the team.
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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy Runamuck.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|His spoiler tastes great on a cracker!]]
*'''Age of Extinction Collection 2''' ([[2014]])
**[[Runamuck (G1)#Kre-O|Decepticon Runamuck]] (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2014)
:Mysteriously going solo this time, Runamuck is a [[Kreon]] mini-figure that can be rebuilt into a sports car. While clearly based on the Generation 1 Battlecharger, the details of his deco are much more based on the [[live-action film series|live-action movie]] style of bot.
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==Notes==
[[File:PreBattlecharger.jpg|thumb|upright=0.55|Runamuckabout.]]
*Like [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], the Battlechargers concept was boiling in the design stages long before it was actually implemented. The most notable version of the concept comes from a 1985 patent where the pullback motor detaches and transforms into a robot separate from the robot formed by the car.<ref>[http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=0&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_EP&FT=D&date=19851221&CC=JP&NR=S60259290A&KC=A Patent #JP60-259290A]</ref>

*Fans joked for ''years'' that the Battlechargers, in their "[[Decepticon Graffiti!]]" story, eerily (though coincidentally) resembled the title characters of the MTV animated seires, ''Beavis and Butt-head'' in their attitude and dynamic (a bit of an anachronism, considering ''Beavis & Butt-head'' was a cartoon which came seven years later). If anything, Runabout and Runamuck share a dynamic more closely similar to that of ''{{w|Heckle and Jeckle}}'' (the wannabe sophisticate and the uncultured slob), whose cartoons had been making the rounds for decades prior to "Decepticon Graffiti". It wasn't until much later that [[Bill Forster]], in ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II]]'', [http://billforster.deviantart.com/art/Runabout-and-Runamuck-176356248 made an official Beavis and Butt-head connection]. Kudos, Bill.

*The ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]] [[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Blackjack#Generations|Blackjack]] figure was originally designed as a new Runabout toy.<ref>[[Toy Fair 2015#Notes|TFWiki.net's Toy Fair 2015 report]]</ref> The reasons for its new identity are unknown, but likely involve [[Trademark|name unavailability]] and/or a desire for a more colorful toy. Takara later released the toy as [[Runabout (Adventure)|Runabout]] and [[Runamuck (Adventure)|Runamuck]] for their [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japanese toylines|''Adventure'' toyline]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Battlecharger''' (バトルチャージャー ''Batoruchājā'')
*''Dutch:'' '''Battle Springer'''

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Dreamwave Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 2 subgroups]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) subgroups]]
[[Category:Wings Universe subgroups]]

User:Ramjet Gunnar

2020-05-09T19:51:08Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* Other stuff */

Hey there, fellas, my name is ******, but you can call me Gunnar...or Ramjet, or Ramjet-Gunnar, whatever you like more.

==Completely unnecessary information about me that you don't really care==
Firts of all, I'm from Spain, so many of The things I done are on that language. Big fan of Sci-fi, Martial Arts and Fantasy stuff. Weird combination? Probably. I am also a frequent editor of the Hokuto no Ken wiki (Big fan of that series) and I own a blog. Within the Transformers theme, I'm a fan of Marvel G1, G2 and Beast Wars.

==Other stuff==

∆And to finish this little description, here I leave my top of favorite decepticons∆

•Astrotrain

•Rook G2 (if you can count the Cybertronian Empire as decepticons)

•Megaempress (don't judge me, please)

•The Stunticons

•Ramjet

•Ratbat

•Runamuck & Runabout

•Swindle

•Soundwave

•Bludgeon

∆And...my favourite autobots∆

•Moonracer

•Brawn

•Tracks

•Hot Rod

•Kup

•Devcon

•Springer

•Ironhide

•Xaaron

•Blaster

User:Ramjet Gunnar

2020-05-09T19:49:59Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* Other stuff */

Hey there, fellas, my name is ******, but you can call me Gunnar...or Ramjet, or Ramjet-Gunnar, whatever you like more.

==Completely unnecessary information about me that you don't really care==
Firts of all, I'm from Spain, so many of The things I done are on that language. Big fan of Sci-fi, Martial Arts and Fantasy stuff. Weird combination? Probably. I am also a frequent editor of the Hokuto no Ken wiki (Big fan of that series) and I own a blog. Within the Transformers theme, I'm a fan of Marvel G1, G2 and Beast Wars.

==Other stuff==
And to finish this little description, here I leave my top of favorite decepticons:

•Astrotrain

•Rook G2 (if you can count the Cybertronian Empire as decepticons)

•Megaempress (don't judge me, please)

•The Stunticons

•Ramjet

•Ratbat

•Runamuck & Runabout

•Swindle

•Soundwave

•Bludgeon

Andy...my favourite autobots

•Moonracer

•Brawn

•Tracks

•Hot Rod

•Kup

•Devcon

•Springer

•Ironhide

•Xaaron

•Blaster

User:Ramjet Gunnar

2020-05-09T19:46:06Z

Ramjet Gunnar: Created page with "Hey there, fellas, my name is ******, but you can call me Gunnar...or Ramjet, or Ramjet-Gunnar, whatever you like more. ==Completely unnecessary information about me that you..."

Hey there, fellas, my name is ******, but you can call me Gunnar...or Ramjet, or Ramjet-Gunnar, whatever you like more.

==Completely unnecessary information about me that you don't really care==
Firts of all, I'm from Spain, so many of The things I done are on that language. Big fan of Sci-fi, Martial Arts and Fantasy stuff. Weird combination? Probably. I am also a frequent editor of the Hokuto no Ken wiki (Big fan of that series) and I own a blog. Within the Transformers theme, I'm a fan of Marvel G1, G2 and Beast Wars.

==Other stuff==
And to finish this little description, here I leave my top of favorite decepticons:

•Astrotrain

•Rook G2 (if you can count the Cybertronian Empire as decepticons)

•Megaempress (don't judge me, please)

•The Stunticons

•Ramjet

•Ratbat

•Runamuck & Runabout

•Swindle

•Soundwave

•Bludgeon

Predator (subgroup)

2020-05-08T09:57:28Z

Ramjet Gunnar: Expand the Predator (subgroup) page by adding their participation in the story of "Predator Air Attack!"

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{{disambig3|Predator}}
:''The Predators are a [[Decepticon]] [[subgroup]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:EuroPredators1992Catalog.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2]]

The '''Predators''' are a team of Decepticon Brutalists, most of whom transform into jets. The group spent 2412 [[Units of time|meta-cycles]] in the [[Skomiloch Territories]], during which time they [[Reformatting|reformatted]] their bodies to better adapt to the unique environment of that system. Modifications include: super-dense armor plating, camouflage decoes suitable to local geography, and green-hued [[Sensors|optic]] filters to adapt to the prevailing color spectrum.<ref>[[The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Snare's personnel evaluation]]</ref> Their ranks include:

* [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], the leader and huge jet-thing.
* [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]], the ICBM launcher tank.
* [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]], the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk.
* [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]], the Northrop YF-23 Black Widow II.
* [[Snare]], the Grumman X-29.
* [[Talon (G1)|Talon]], the McDonnell-Douglas F-15 Eagle.

==Fiction==
===Predator Air Attack!===
With Supersight, the Predators found [[Flash (G1)|Flash]] speeding through the Desert, and, as the Turbomaster raced back to his base to warn of an impending Decepticon attack, Skydive and the other aerial Predators followed behind, allowing the unwitting Autobot to show them the way to their target. During the attack, Stalker finally clashed with his mortal enemy, the legendary [[Rotorstorm (G1)|Rotorstorm]]. And as his troops ''bravely'' fought against the autobots, Skyquake was in [[Skyswoop]], commanding his troops at a safe distance.
{{storylink|Predator Air Attack!}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
The Predators, under the command of [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]], are a force almost entirely devoted to aerial dominance. While Skyquake's intimate circle consists of the more 'well-known' Predators, there are many other members of the unit, all of whom have adopted the form of jets.

Skyquake led a force to the [[Skomiloch Territories]] to put down local resistance to the Decepticons' [[Star Harvester|star harvesting]] efforts. After crushing the resistance, Skyquake set up a mini-empire there, ruling the area for 2412 [[Units of time|meta-cycles]] while managing to stay on good terms with [[Decepticon High Command]] and [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] himself. While there, they made adaptations to their bodies to suit the unique local environment. {{storylink|The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers|Snare's personnel evaluation}}

At the height of the cross-galactic Decepticon uprising, Skyquake and his Predators were charged with securing [[Garrus-9]] as an important element of Megatron's long term plan. [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] had other ideas. Most of the lower ranking Predators who saw Overlord arrive were scared senseless—likely due to his infamous reputation—and their fears were proven true when Overlord casually gunned down their commander following a disagreement. Overlord's sudden arrival allowed the Predators to tip the odds of the ongoing battle even further in their favour, resulting in utter victory for the Decepticons on Garrus-9.

It's possible that, while not strictly part of the official unit, that the Decepticons who were liberated from Garrus-9 also joined the Predators.

Three years later, the Predators remained on the planet under Overlord's command, engaging in mindless slaughter. Some of the Predators, such as [[Snare]], were growing sick of it... but none dared stand up to the sociopath. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 1|Last Stand of the Wreckers #1}} Eventually, Snare released [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] in hopes that he would bring the Autobots to defeat Overlord. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 2|Last Stand of the Wreckers #2}}

When Impactor returned with the [[Wrecker]]s in tow, many Predators lost their lives to [[Ironfist (G1)|Ironfist]]'s cerebro-centric bullets. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 3|Last Stand of the Wreckers #3}} Stalker captured and tortured several of the Autobots and fatally wounded Snare for betraying the Predators, but was in turn killed by [[Springer (G1)|Springer]]. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}} After the Wreckers successfully defeated Overlord, the remaining Predators fled from Garrus-9, likely feeling quite relieved. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 5|Last Stand of the Wreckers #5}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
The [[Multiforce]] fought the Predators in the Skomiloch Territories after they were displaced from their native time by a dimensional shock. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/01}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Predators'''
** [[Falcon (G1)|Falcon]]
** [[Skydive (Predator)|Skydive]]
** [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]]
** [[Stalker (G1)|Stalker]]
** [[Snare]]
** [[Talon (G1)|Talon]]

:The Predators were released in 1992, only in European, Australasian, and Canadian markets. They were the "headliner" Decepticons, with their leader [[Skyquake (G1)|Skyquake]] apparently being the leader of all the Decepticons at the time.

:While the Predators shared the missile-launching shtick of their [[Autobot]] counterparts the [[Turbomaster]]s (though the Predator launchers are entirely uniform across all the toys), they also had the [[Megavisor]] [[gimmick]] to unify the team further, allowing the smaller jets to physically link with the larger.

:Due to a combination of factors, the Predator launchers are quite delicate. It's best never to load one of the launchers while it is in the hand of a Predator—the post is most likely to just snap right off. This is often mistaken for [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]], but it actually isn't.

:In at least France, the Netherlands, and Belgium, the Predators were referred to as '''Scope Masters'''.

==Notes==
* The four small Predator jets were released—without changes—in [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (franchise)|Operation Combination]]'' line as the "[[Jet Corps]]". Also, it is likely that Skyquake is the "model" for the ever-unseen ''Operation Combination'' head badguy [[Scrash (OC)|Scrash]].

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Generation 1 subgroups]]

Ramjet (Cyberverse)

2020-05-07T23:48:42Z

Ramjet Gunnar: /* Cyberverse cartoon */

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{{disambig3|Ramjet}}
:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Ramjet-Cyberverse-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|]]

'''Ramjet''' is a Seeker under the command of [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. He and his fellow [[conehead]] [[Dirge (Cyberverse)|Dirge]] tend to serve as their leader's heavies.

{{TOCclear}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e7-Cube-Ramjet-about-to-punch-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|300px|Bees give honey for toast, right?]]
{{voiceactor|[[Mike Rose]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)}}
Ramjet and Dirge accompanied Starscream and the visiting [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] match between [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] and [[Polyhex]]. Bored with the game, they relished the opportunity to beat up on [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] before the stadium's security guard intervened, then attempted to assist Starscream in "spicing up" the game with a spiked Cube—a plan that resulted in Ramjet and Dirge being repeatedly bonked on the head by Cubes thrown by Windblade and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

At some point during the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Ramjet tried to blast Autobots at least 12 thousand times. {{storylink|The Alliance}}

Some time later, Ramjet was among a group of Seekers who attempted to stop [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] from taking the [[AllSpark]] off of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. While they succeeded in damaging the [[space bridge]] to the point of deactivation, Optimus was able to toss the AllSpark through the closing portal. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

[[File:Ramjet - Cyberverse - Allspark.jpg|left|thumb|TOAST HIM!]]
During the ''[[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|Nemesis]]'' crew's search for the AllSpark, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who stayed on Cybertron to fight off [[Autobot]] forces. During the climatic battle with the Autobots upon their return to Cybertron, Ramjet opened fire on Windblade only to get shot out of the sky by [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|The Dead End}} {{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}}}

When [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] infiltrated the Decepticon half of Cybertron in search of a comatose Windblade, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who surrounded them. However, [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]] was able to convince Megatron to release the trio, citing an Autobot held captive in Decepticon territory as treason. The Decepticons complied and let Bumblebee and Whirl go. {{storylink|Enemy Line}}

Ramjet and Dirge were busy firing their [[null-ray]]s at a Decepticon soldier in an act of amusement before an unimpressed [[Wild Wheel]] shot their barrels, prompting the two coneheads to flee. {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}}
{{--}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Scout-Class-Ramjet.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Ramjet''' (Scout Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Cranium Crush"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Ramjet is a Legends-sized toy that transforms from a robot to <s>a jet with a robot chest and head for a front half</s> a "transformational" mode in five easy steps. His "Cranium Crush" Action Attack gimmick causes his head and chest to spin and pop out of jet mode when triggered. Unlike many ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures, Ramjet can basically assume a full vehicle mode in spite of the oddly-shaped cockpit.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')

[[Category:Cyberverse Seekers]]