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|caption=So for now, let the battle be here, on this strange, primitive world. And let it be called... Beast Wars!
|production companies=[[Skydance Media]] [[Entertainment One]] [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura|di Bonaventura Pictures]] [[New Republic Pictures]] [[Michael Bay|Bay Films]]
|distributor=[[Paramount Pictures]]
|executive producer=[[Steven Spielberg]] [[Brian Goldner]] [[Brian Oliver]] [[Bradley J. Fischer]] [[Valerii An]] [[David Ellison]] [[Dana Goldberg]] [[Don Granger]]
|associate producer=[[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] [[Tom DeSanto]] [[Don Murphy]] [[Michael Bay]] [[Mark Vahradian]] [[Duncan Henderson]]
|story by=[[Joby Harold]]
|screenplay by=[[Joby Harold]] [[Darnell Metayer]] [[Josh Peters]] [[Erich Hoeber]] [[Jon Hoeber]]
|directed by=[[Steven Caple Jr.]]
|cinematography by=[[Enrique Chediak]]
|edited by=[[Stuart Levy]] [[Brett M. Reed]]
|music by=[[Jongnic Bontemps]]
|release date=[[June 9]], [[2023]]
|continuity=[[Live-action film series]]
|runtime=127 minutes <ref>https://www.ifco.ie/en/ifco/pages/C0D78E2B005A16FE</ref>
|budget=$200 million
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'''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' is the seventh film in the [[live-action film series]], serving both as a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and a tribute to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''. The film is directed by [[Steven Caple Jr.]] and written by [[Joby Harold]], [[Darnell Metayer]], [[Josh Peters]], [[Erich Hoeber]], and [[Jon Hoeber]]. Originally expected to be released on [[June 28]], [[2019]],<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref> the film was delayed multiple times until finally being released on [[June 9]], [[2023]].<ref name="2023release"/>

When [[Noah Diaz]], a struggling young man trying to provide for his family, is roped into a conflict between the marooned [[Autobot]]s and the recently arrived [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcons]], he must learn to work with weary Autobot leader [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] so they, with the help of the wise [[Maximal]]s and the unadventurous researcher [[Elena Wallace]], can stop the arrival of the planet-eater [[Unicron]].

==Synopsis==
Somewhere in time and space, the dark god [[Unicron]] and his minions invade a [[Jungle Planet (colony)| jungle world]] populated by [[Maximal]]s. Unicron, seeking a way to cross galaxies, sends his [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] herald [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] to retrieve the [[Transwarp Key]], an advanced device that can open portals in space-time. Although the Maximals attempt to fight back, their leader [[Apelinq (ROTB)|Apelinq]] entrusts [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] and a small group of Maximals—[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]], [[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]], and [[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]]—with the Transwarp Key and orders them to keep the artifact from Unicron. As Primal and his followers use the key to escape their doomed planet and flee to prehistoric [[Earth]], Scourge kills Apelinq after a brief fight and takes his [[insignia]] as a trophy.

Thousands of years later, in the year [[1994]], ex-military electronics expert [[Noah Diaz]] attempts to find a job to support his sick brother [[Kris Diaz|Kris]]. However, after another failed interview, his friend [[Reek]] convinces him to steal a expensive car from a nearby hotel. However, the "car" turns out to be the Autobot [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] in disguise, who takes the terrified Noah on a joyride through the streets of [[New York City]]. At the same time, a museum on Ellis Island comes into possession of an unusual stone falcon with a Maximal insignia. After closing hours, museum intern [[Elena Wallace]] investigates the statue and accidentally breaks it open to reveal half of the Transwarp Key. The artifact releases an energy pulse that attracts the attention of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the other Autobots, who have been stranded on Earth since their evacuation of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] seven years prior. Prime summons the nearest Autobots—[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and Mirage, who arrives at the meeting spot with Noah in tow. Although Optimus distrusts humans, he believes that they can use the Transwarp Key to return home and liberate their homeworld; eventually, Mirage hatches a scheme to sneak into the museum and have Noah steal the key for them.

Unbeknownst to the Autobots, the accidental activation of the Transwarp Key summons the Terrorcons to Earth. Noah meets Elena inside the museum, but cannot convince her to turn over the relic before the Terrorcons attack; despite Prime's best efforts, Scourge successfully overpowers the Autobot leader, steals the Transwarp Key, and mortally injures Bumblebee before Airazor arrives to help drive the villains away. Airazor explains that the Maximals have been on Earth for millennia, and deliberately split the Transwarp Key in half to prevent Unicron or his followers from using it. The loss of Bumblebee only further galvanizes Optimus's resolve that they must reassemble the key and return home; Noah, fearful of Unicron's arrival, tells Elena that they must destroy the key to protect their own homeworld.

Elena deduces that the other half of the key is located in a hidden temple in [[Peru]], and Prime recruits the airborne Autobot [[Stratosphere]] to take them there. Near the city of [[Cusco]], the Autobot [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] guides them to the temple, located beneath a [[Convent of Santo Domingo|local monastery]]. A festival prevents the Autobots from moving through the city inconspicuously; as a result, Noah and Elena must make the journey on foot. The pair discover a hidden mechanism that leads to a hidden temple with a stone sarcophogus but find that the other half of the key is no longer inside it. The Terrorcons attack again, and although the Autobots are able to evade the villains, the conflict ends with Scourge infecting Airazor with a portion of Unicron's dark energy. On the other side of the temple, Noah and Elena encounter Optimus Primal and the other two Maximals, who, after a brief standoff, agree to join forces with the Autobots. Optimus Primal explains that they entrusted the Transwarp Key to a tribe of humans who live near the [[energon]]-rich valley that Primal and his followers inhabit—while Optimus Prime distrusts humanity, Primal has lived among them for millennia, and has come to view them as friends and even allies.

The next morning, however, Scourge's corruption finally overtakes Airazor; in the ensuing battle, Primal is forced to kill her to save Elena. Amidst the chaos, Noah makes an attempt to destroy their half of the Transwarp Key until Optimus convinces him to stand down. However, amidst the chaos, Scourge and the Terrorcons steal the other half of the key and relocate to a nearby volcano, which they reshape into a massive portal that will summon Unicron to Earth.
Having found some common ground between their two races, Optimus Prime and Noah agree to work together; while the Autobot-Maximal alliance battle Unicron's minions, Noah and Elena attempt to sneak into the Terrorcon base and deactivate the [[Unspace|transwarp]] device with a manual shutdown code based on Elena's studies of the Maximal language. Mirage attempts to distract Scourge so that the humans can complete their mission, but the Terrorcon leader gravely injures him; with the last of his strength, Mirage reshapes his body into an [[exosuit]] for Noah. As Unicron begins pushing his way through the portal to Earth and sending down an army of [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Scorponok (ROTB)|Scorponoks]] as reinforcements, the energy pulses released by the key ignite the nearby energon deposits and restore Bumblebee to life. As Bumblebee joins the fight, Optimus Prime gains the upper hand and finally kills Scourge, but not before the Terrorcon damages the console and leaves the heroes unable to close the portal. With no other options, Prime destroys the key and triggers a devastating implosion, but Noah and Primal successfully rescue the Autobot leader from falling into the collapsing vortex.

In the aftermath, the surviving Maximals remain in Peru, while the Autobots return to America. Elena is recognized for her archeological discovery, while Noah applies for another security job—but discovers that the job opportunity is actually a front for a clandestine government organization codenamed "[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]," who promise to cover his brother's treatment going forward.

Some time later, Noah has used spare Porsche parts to cobble together a new body for Mirage, and reveals his existence to a bewildered Reek.

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Autobot]]s / [[Maximal]]s|c1=
;Autobots
* [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
* [[Mirage (Movie)|Mirage]] ([[Pete Davidson]])
* [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
* [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] ([[Liza Koshy]])
* [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] ([[Cristo Fernández]])
* [[Stratosphere]] ([[John DiMaggio]])

;Maximals
* [[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] ([[Ron Perlman]])
* [[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]] ([[Michelle Yeoh]])
* [[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]] ([[David Sobolov]])
* [[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]] ([[Tongayi Chirisa]])
* [[Apelinq (ROTB)|Apelinq]] (David Sobolov)

|h2=[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]s / [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
;Terrorcons
* [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] ([[Peter Dinklage]])
* [[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]] ([[Michaela Jaé Rodriguez]])
* [[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]] (David Sobolov)
* [[Freezer]]

;Predacons
* [[Scorponok (ROTB)|Scorponok]]

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
* [[Noah Diaz]] ([[Anthony Ramos]])
* [[Elena Wallace]] ([[Dominique Fishback]])
* [[Breanna Diaz]] ([[Luna Lauren Velez]])
* [[Kris Diaz]] ([[Dean Scott Vasquez]])
* [[Reek]] ([[Tobe Nwigwe]])
* [[Jillian Robertson]] ([[Sarah Stiles]])
* [[Bishop (ROTB)|Bishop]] ([[Aidan Devine]])
* [[Mrs. Greene]] ([[Leni Parker]])
* [[Amaru]] ([[Lucas Huarancca]])
;[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]
* [[Agent Burke]] ([[Michael Kelly (actor)|Michael Kelly]])

|h4=Others|c4=
* [[Unicron]] ([[Colman Domingo]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Quotes==
"There’s a legend that precedes the dawn of our civilization: a vile god so large, so powerful, that it consumes entire planets as fuel. Few believed such a thing could be true, until the day we saw Unicron with our own eyes…"
:—'''Optimus Primal's''' opening narration.

"So you're this planet's... ''great'' warrior. You have such a beautiful world, filled with an abundance of life. Savory."
:—'''Scourge''' waxes poetic to Apelinq.

"Benefits, to serving the almighty Unicron."
:—'''Scourge''' taking Apeling's insignia and placing it on himself, [[Lockdown (Animated)|like a trophy]].

"Okay, what are the rules?" 
"Bros before hoes." 
''[Noah glares at Kris]'' 
''(sigh)'' "Don't be a problem. Don't go looking for a problem—" 
"Or else we're gonna have a problem."
:—'''Noah''' and '''Kris''' clarify the rules.

"I ain't breaking into a museum for some space robots." 
"What about for friendship?"
:—'''Noah''' and '''Mirage'''

''"You can't handle the truth!"'' 
"I do not want you going to that drive-in theater anymore."
:— '''Bumblebee's''' references grate on '''Optimus Prime'''.

"And you call yourself a Prime...Primus would be ''ashamed.''"
:—'''Scourge''' isn't too impressed with Optimus Prime.

"I'm going to take back Scourge's key, and then...''take off his head.''"
:—The origins of '''Optimus Prime's''' "GIVE ME YOUR FACE" phase.

"I love your fire, Prime, but you're going to die on this speck of dust." 
"I can think of no better place to bury you!"
:—'''Scourge''' has gotten on '''Optimus Prime's''' last nerve

"I am sorry, Noah." 
"You were looking out for your own. I can't even be angry at you for that." 
"On my homeworld, we believe that. the battle with darkness will continue [['til all are one]]. I lost sight of that. You fought for yours as I fought for mine, when we should've been fighting the darkness together." 
"But I ain't done fighting yet."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Noah''' have a moment as Unicron approaches.

"''I have come here to kick ass!''"
:—'''Bumblebee''' announces his return with a clear message.

"Time to show you the real power of a Prime!"
:—'''Optimus Prime''' lays the smackdown on Scourge. An ass kicker cometh.

"Don't, Prime. I can give you everything you want." 
"Then DIE!"
:—'''Unicron's''' temptation falls flat in '''Optimus Prime's''' face.

==Continuity notes==
''Rise of the Beasts'' is a direct sequel to 2018's ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film, taking place seven years after its events, in 1994. The plot of the film has little impact on this one, beyond it being established that the Autobots have been stranded on Earth since arriving at its end. While waiting for Noah to infiltrate the museum, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee have a conversation that alludes to Bee's time with [[Charlie Watson]].

More notably, ''Rise of the Beasts'' serves to continue the heated debate among fans over whether or not the ''Transformers'' live-action film series has been rebooted, following reshoots to ''Bumblebee'' which served to distance it from prior continuity as directed by [[Michael Bay]]. Promotion for the film has delivered a lot of fuzzy statements and mixed messaging; it appears to be the perspective of director Steven Caple Jr. that it ''is'' a reboot of some description,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I feel like we have a lot to unravel, because this feels like a true reboot if you will, into the ''Transformers'' franchise, so we're about to see a lot more beyond the Decepticons moving forward.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPr_LLZx2HY&t=354s|site=Black Girl Nerds|title=Steven Caple Jr and Anthony Ramos on Rivalry and War in 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts'|year=2022|month=12|day=01}}</ref> but observes that they are preserving many elements of the films that have gone before.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=It's a reboot for sure. The Bayverse... you can still watch the Bayverse and be on your own verse, so to speak. With us, we're definitely like, we want this to work, you know? We want people to... it's a refresher, so we can call reboot in terms of like, where we were starting. But yeah so definitely a new direction for sure. There's some things you could probably connect to it, clearly Bee is like a huge connection to all the movies, you know what I mean? In terms of his car, his design, a Camaro, and things like that, but... it's a very small one, in terms of the big ideas that we have. And so you guys will see definitely where we're going at the end of this film, which is crazy.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MfMFxvT_-Q&t=2452s|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=The Alfonso Nation|title="BAYVERSE vs REBOOT" & Wheeljacks Design | ROTB DIRECTOR STEVEN CAPLE JR Interview!|year=2023|month=05|day=27}}</ref> Meanwhile, longtime producer [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]] has repeatedly denied that it is a reboot, stating that the film shows how Optimus Prime grows to become the character seen in the Bay films,<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Hey you know if you look at it from a timeline point of view, it follows ''Bumblebee''... but it is a prequel, in that it's before all the previous movies. So it sort of exists in its own way. What I don't think it is, is a reboot, because it's still our characters. One of the things that Steven brought to the table right from the beginning, which was so great, was the idea that when we meet Optimus Prime, he's different than what we think of him, and we're watching him grow up—if you would—as a leader. And for me that was one of the most exciting parts of the movie, and what was interesting was watching it with audiences, and at first they were uncomfortable a little bit, like, "wait, that's not exactly the Optimus... he should like humans!" You know? So I think it gives the movie a really interesting point of view, and that therefore it stands alone in that way.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h11sKGYcq9k&t=871s|name=Lorenzo di Bonaventura|site=a panel at the premiere of ''Rise of the Beasts''|year=2023|month=05|day=26}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=But what's interesting is, and you will appreciate this as a fan, at the end of ''Bumblebee'', Optimus comes to Earth. What he's experienced is failure, probably for the first time in his life, right? He's had to retreat, he's leaving the planet Cybertron. What's happened to him from that experience? When we meet him in 2007, he's a particular person, if you would. In 1994, he's not the same person. He still has growth to do between ‘94 and 2007. So the character arc for Optimus in this, and the fun for the audience is, when you first meet Optimus – and we've had this experience because we've watched it with audiences and we've heard them talk about it – they're like, “It's definitely Optimus, but there's something a little different…” At first, they're like, “Wait, what, who… what Optimus is this?” And by the end of the movie, Optimus has become the guy that you've recognized from the Bay movies. Emotional.|link=https://collider.com/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-michael-bay-movies-producer-comments/|name=Lorenzo di Bonaventura|site=Collider|title='Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Producer on How It Differs From Michael Bay's Movies|year=2023|month=05|day=24}}</ref> and many reviews of and articles about the film have casually referred to it as a prequel. Some web outlets would even run articles commenting on Paramount's indistinct stance on the movie's (and ''Bumblebee'''s) place in continuity.<ref>[https://www.cbr.com/transformers-7-bumblebee-reboot-mistake "Rise of the Beasts Is Repeating Bumblebee's Worst Mistake" on CBR.com]</ref><ref>[https://movieweb.com/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-is-a-reboot/ "Why Does Paramount Keep Pretending Rise of the Beasts Is Not a Reboot?" on MovieWeb.com]</ref>

Whichever approach you subscribe to, it's pretty clear the decision to set the film in 1994 was one primarily made to avoid having to directly deal with the timeframe of the Bay movies in any capacity, and tell a new story free of their immediate baggage. For what it's worth, the film takes some steps to preserve the broad continuity of at least the first Bay film; the Transwarp Key's energy is explicitly stated to operate on a frequency that humans cannot perceive, meaning that they literally cannot ''see'' the huge sky-beam or the portal. As such, the film ends with the general population of Earth (beyond secret forces within the US government) still entirely unaware of the Transformers' existence, as was the case when the 2007 film began. As the time-gap between these "prequels" and the first movie narrows, though, it becomes increasingly difficult to imagine them fitting together without a lot of hand-waving away of specific details, unless future movies actually start making active attempts to address this.

In terms of active contradictions to established continuity, ''Rise of the Beasts'' appears to take the same approach as ''Bumblebee'' and ignores the events of the final Bay film, 2017's ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]'', by depicting Unicron as a separate planet, rather than the Earth itself, as he appeared in that film. However, it's probably important to note that the film lightly implies that the Maximals are time-travellers from the future (see "Transformers references" for more details), which would mean that the Unicron who appears in this film is also from the future. Thus it ''could'' be argued that his appearance here doesn't technically contradict ''The Last Knight''—but of course, that would mean he was trying to eat his own past self.

==Transformers references==
*The Maximals are broadly depicted the same as they were in the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon: as a "highly-advanced race" of beast-mode Transformers who use transwarp technology to travel to other planets and interact with their native species, whose travels bring them to ancient Earth. Steven Caple Jr. has noted that earlier drafts of the screenplay explicitly depicted the Maximals as time-travellers from the future, as they were in the cartoon, and while the concept is so toned down for the finished movie that it probably won't even occur to general audiences, several references to the idea are still made on-screen. Transwarp technology is stated to open portals in time as well as space; Airazor states that the Maximals are "from both [the Autobots'] past and future"; and Optimus Primal says that he is named after the "legendary" Optimus Prime, which all combine to suggest that the Maximals originate from the future.
*The idea of the Maximals hailing from a [[Jungle Planet (colony)|jungle planet]] originates in [[IDW Publishing]]'s comic books, which depicted many ''Beast Wars'' characters as the residents of the planet Eukaris. The planet is implied to be one of many colonised by Transformers in ages past using space bridges generated by the Transwarp Key, before the planets became separated and the key "lost." This concept of a great era of Cybertronian expansion that led to the foundation of lost colonies on other planets where Cybertronian life evolved in new and different directions dates back to 2005's [[Transformers: Cybertron (cartoon)|''Cybertron'' cartoon]], and became a recurring element in ''Transformers'' series in the 2010s and beyond after it was incorporated into the lore of the [[Aligned continuity family|Aligned continuity]].
*Unicron's armies being named the "Terrorcons" hearkens back to both 2004's ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' and 2010's ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'', which both featured the power of Unicron being used to create armies of warriors known as Terrorcons. In particular, the corrupted Airazor's rusted appearance resembles the ''Prime'' Terrorcons, which were also rusted, dilapidated, shambling bots controlled by the will of another.
*Though not identified by name onscreen, Unicron's army includes multiple duplicates of a robotic scorpion identified by the movie's toyline as "Predacon Scorponok." The idea of "Scorponok" being a mass-produced "species" of robots has recently been seen in the [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron'' cartoon]], where both [[Scorponok (G1)|Generation 1 Scorponok]] ''and'' [[Scorponok (BW)|''Beast Wars'' Scorponok]] were treated this way.
*Optimus Prime's design features alterations from his earlier ''Bumblebee'' appearance that are influenced by his appearance in the first three Bay films; he has silver hands, feet, sun visors, angled chest windows, retractable orange [[Dual Energon Swords|Energon swords]], a handheld orange [[Energon-axe]] (which transforms out of his arm, coincidentally similar to the [[Optimus Prime (ES)|''Earthspark'' version]]), and a mask-less face sporting similar details. Arcee also transforms into a {{w|Ducati}} motorcycle, like her ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' character.
*Scourge combines aspects of both [[Scourge (G1)|Generation 1 Scourge]] and [[Scourge (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Scourge]]; he's a herald of Unicron like G1 Scourge, and transforms into a black truck like ''RID'' Scourge. The various insignia he wears as trophies include the symbols of the [[Decepticon]]s, [[Autobot]]s, [[Maximal]]s, [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s, [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]s, [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] and [[Wreckers]].
*More obscure characters appear such as Apelinq, who originates from a [[Apelinq (BM)#Toys|BotCon 2000 toy]] and tie-in [[3H Productions]] comics, and Stratosphere, returning from the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' toyline.
*The two music tracks used in Unicron's scenes feature segments taken from [[Vince DiCola]]'s "Unicron's Theme" in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Scourge stands and talks to Unicron's face from inside his body, similar to a scene with their characters from the Generation 1 episode, "[[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]".
*The symbols Elena studies are Maximal [[Cybertronix]], from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon. They don't translate to anything specific; the access code Elena assembles simply reads "XQB."
*The authors of the paper Elena reads about Peru's unexplained glyphs are Asahi Takara and Daniel H. Tomy, a reference to [[TakaraTomy]], Hasbro's longtime business partner in Transformers toys.
*After meeting Optimus Prime for the first time, Noah incorrectly calls him "Optimal". "Optimal Optimus" is the name of the original [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#OptimalOptimus|Optimus Primal's Transmetal 2 body]].
*When proposing different alternate modes to Noah, Mirage briefly turns into an F1 car, a reference to [[Mirage (G1)|his Generation 1 counterpart]]'s alternate mode. He also turns into a Lamborghini Countach, which was just a really cool, sexy car, but also famous in ''Transformers'' lore for being the alternate mode of [[Sideswipe (G1)|Generation 1 Sideswipe]], [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]], and [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]].
*Mirage is incredulous over the news that musician [[Mark Wahlberg]] is leaving his band, the Funky Bunch, and going into acting—a good-natured jab at the actor's [[Cade Yeager|leading role]] in the earlier ''Transformers'' movies, ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' and ''The Last Knight''.
*Scourge name-drops [[Primus]] as he taunts Optimus Prime, the first reference to the Transformers' creator god in any of the live-action movies.
*Airazor explains that Unicron imbues his heralds with a "dark energy," which increases their power, but also has a corrupting effect—almost certainly a reference to [[Dark Energon]], the life-energy of Unicron introduced in the Aligned continuity.
*Unicron psychically tortures Scourge from afar in the same way he did [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] in ''The Transformers: The Movie''.
*When Optimus Primal talks to Optimus Prime about how the Maximals trust the humans, he says there's "[[More than Meets the Eye (disambiguation)|more to them than meets the eye]]". The phrase "[['Til all are one]]" is also uttered a few times in the movie, thematically linked to the shared struggle of the Autobots, Maximals, and humans.
*When the heroes are lining up for the final battle, brown fins briefly pop out of the sides of Wheeljack's head, evoking his [[Wheeljack (G1)|Generation 1 design]].
*As the heroes charge towards the Terrorcon army, Optimus Primal commands Rhinox and Cheetor to "Maximize!", which was the Maximal [[activation code]] from the ''Beast Wars'' cartoon.
*Optimus Primal briefly fights with his double bladed scimitar from his [[Optimus_Primal_(BW)/toys#Beast_Wars|original toy]].
*In the final battle, when Unicron sends an army of Freezers to reinforce his minions on Earth, they make their descent in the form of yellow-and-black orbs, which appears to be a nod to Unicron's [[Mini-Con]] from ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Armada]]'', the yellow-and-black sphere, [[Dead End (Armada)|Dead End]].
*The armored suit Mirage forms over Noah is conceptually an homage to the Generation 1 [[exosuit]]s, while its overall design hews closer to [[Kicker Jones]]' battlesuit from ''[[Transformers: Energon (cartoon)| Energon]]''.
*When Optimus Prime arrives to help Noah, he enters in a pose similar to his promo render for the [[Transformers The Game|2007 video game]].
*In a glorious homage to [[Transformers (film)|the 2007 movie]], the musical highlight of [[Steve Jablonsky]]'s "Arrival to Earth" plays as Optimus, Noah, and Primal escape the collapsing transwarp portal's suction.
* Optimus Prime's final speech is set to a remixed version of the track "No Sacrifice, No Victory" from the 2007 movie's score, which was also reprised for the endings of ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''.
*[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and Transformers have frequently crossed over in comics and the occasional toyline over the years, though this marks the first time the two have co-existed in a feature film. Notably, the G.I. Joe insignia on Burke's business card is the version introduced in the film ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''.

==Real-life references==
*A TV screen briefly shows news coverage of the {{w|Murder trial of O. J. Simpson#Bronco chase|O.J. Simpson white Ford Bronco car chase}}, which places the events of the film near June 17th, 1994.
*Throughout the film, Noah and Kris use the codenames "[[Sonic the Hedgehog (character)|Sonic]]" and "{{w|Tails (Sonic the Hedgehog)|Tails}}" (and in one instance, Mirage is referred to as "{{w|Knuckles the Echidna|Knuckles}}"), a nod to the characters from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' videogame series.
*Kris attempts to comfort Noah after his unsuccessful interview by relating his struggle to [[Superman|Superman's]] difficulty finding a job before being hired by the {{w|Daily Planet}}.
*Kris wears a shirt of the ''Mighty Morphin' [[Saban Entertainment|Power Rangers]]'', another property owned by Hasbro. A poster of said series also appears on his wall.
*Kris is heard playing ''Super Mario Bros.'' on his [[Game Boy]]. However, see "Errors".
*Noah calls Mirage {{w|E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial|E.T.}} for obvious reasons. He also makes a reference to [[Indiana Jones]] when discovering the hidden temple in Peru.
*Bumblebee drops various voice lines from famous real-life films throughout the whole movie, including ''{{w| Die Hard}}'', ''[[Spaceballs]]'', ''{{w| A Few Good Men}}'' and ''{{w| Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface}}.''
*Elena sings the TLC song "{{w|Waterfalls (TLC song)|Waterfalls}}" to herself during the flight to Peru. However, see "Errors".
*When meeting Primal, Elena brings up the {{w|Nazca Lines}}, asking if the Maximals were responsible for creating them. [[Order of the Witwiccans|In this case]], however, Primal takes no credit for human ingenuity.
*Mirage calls Optimus Primal "{{w|Donkey Kong (character)|Donkey Kong}}".
*At the end of the film, Elena appears on the CBS news program ''[[60 Minutes]]''; host [[Lesley Stahl]] makes a cameo appearance as herself during the segment.
*When Mirage compliments Noah after the car chase, he quotes the line "I like it a lot" from ''Dumb and Dumber''. However, see "Errors".
*The award on the wall that serves as the hidden switch to access the G.I. Joe base reads "Real Hero Award" with the image of an American flag, referencing the subtitle of the original G.I. Joe cartoon series: "A Real American Hero".

==Errors==
*When Scourge kills Apelinq, he welds his Maximal insignia to his right shoulder, but throughout the rest of the film, Apelinq's insignia is gone. In the same scene, Scourge says "They never learn...", but his mouth is not moving.
*Though the "you died!" music and mention of Bowser imply Kris is playing ''Super Mario Bros.'' on his Game Boy, that game wouldn't see a release on the system until 1999's ''[https://www.mariowiki.com/Super_Mario_Bros._Deluxe Super Mario Bros. Deluxe]'' on the Game Boy Color. The only Mario platformers released for Game Boy by 1994 were the ''Super Mario Land'' games, which featured different antagonists and music.
*When Reek yells down the street as Noah and Kris depart, his dialogue does not match with his lips.
*Elena sings "Waterfalls" to calm herself down. Assuming the film takes place in the summer, as implied by the aforementioned coverage of the O.J. Simpson chase, it would still be a few months until the November 1994 release of the album ''CrazySexyCool'', which the song first appeared on.
*Similarly, Mirage quotes a line from ''Dumb and Dumber'', a film that would not release until December of 1994.
*When the Autobots arrive at Cuzco, they land at the citadel of Sacsayhuaman, an Inca fortress on the northern outskirts of the city, and the site is deserted. Even on a normal day it should be crawling with tourists, but the Autobots are specifically said to arrive during the Inti Raymi festival… whose central activity is a recreation of an Inca ceremony ''at'' Sacsayhuaman.
*The doors that go onto Wheeljack's back are unmarked brown in the scene of him transforming from van mode, but feature text on them in the very next cut where he is in robot mode.
*When Wheeljack audibly gasps at Noah assuming he can speak Spanish, his mouth is not moving.
*When Wheeljack is recovering from being attacked by Rhinox, his mouth is not moving as he says "Ay-ay-ay."
*As the heroes are walking through the jungle, the scene cuts to Elena while she is saying "So, what are you?", which does not match with her lips.
*The fight with the brainwashed Airazor takes place at Machu Picchu, which nobody is witness to, as again it is completely deserted. It should be crawling with tourists, the staff that work at the site, the guests and staff of the lodge located right next to the complex, or the population of the town of Aguas Calientes at the base of the mountain.
*When Scourge walks away with second half of the key, his left arm switches from the claw to the cannon between shots.
*Elena audibly whimpering in Bumblebee as he drives through hoards of Freezers does not match with her lips.
*The promo for ''60 Minutes'' uses the program's contemporary imaging, including the use of the current CBS News logotype above that of the show.
*A green car that was smashed and thrown in the Museum scene was a B5.5 Volkswagen Passat which would not be released until 2001

==Music==
A score album, ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (Music from the Motion Picture)]]'', was released alongside the film on June 9, 2023. Paramount also compiled a Spotify Playlist, ''[[Transformers Rise of the Beats]]'', featuring songs that appeared in the film.

==Reception==
{{quote|Thanks to some genuine human drama between the set pieces and palpable affection for the title characters, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is one of the franchise's more enjoyable outings.|Critics Consensus|[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/transformers_rise_of_the_beasts Rotten Tomatoes]}}

==Development details==

[[File:TRANSFORMERS-2022.jpg|thumb|Why did it take so long?|250px]]

* March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Christina Hodson]] (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
* October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, [[Allspark (company)|Allspark]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_P2fw_DlS4&t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>
* February 12, 2016 — At [[Toy Fair 2016]], Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.<ref name="toyfairreveal" />
* September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/23/2019-transformers-movie-feature-entirely-new-storyline-349463 2019 Transformers Movie To Feature An Entirely New Storyline] on TFW2005</ref>
* February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarifies at [[Toy Fair 2018]] that the film will be a reset of the franchise and has been delayed indefinitely until a new creative team is in place.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/16/transformers-cinematic-universe-current-movie-series-rebooted-358641 Transformers Cinematic Universe Is Over: Current Movie Series To Be Rebooted] on TFW2005</ref>
* May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.<ref>[http://collider.com/transformers-7-cancelled/amp/ Paramount Officially Pulls the Next 'Transformers' Sequel from Their Release Date Schedule] on Collider</ref>
* March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' is in development.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/two-sequels-in-transformers-live-action-franchise-confirmed-in-development/43083/ Two Sequels in Transformers Live Action Franchise Confirmed in Development] on Seibertron</ref>
* March 18, 2019 — di Bonaventura claims that the next main ''Transformers'' film will be a reboot closely tied to the ''Bumblebee'' sequel, rather than a direct sequel to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''. Either way, Paramount will pick the best script for ''Transformers 7'' and release that first.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bumblebee-producer-says-next-transformers-movie-wi/1100-6465652/ Bumblebee Producer Says Next Transformers Movie Will Be A Reboot] on GameSpot</ref>
[[File:Stevencaplejr autobot cast.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Arcee (G1)|KARR]] [[GEEWUN|NOT BIKE!]]]]
[[File:Stevencaplejr terrorcon cast.jpg|thumb|250px|Actually, [[Megatron (Movie)#Dark of the Moon film|not the first time]] The Transformers meet {{w|Mad Max|Mad Max}}...]]
* January 27, 2020 — Variety reports two ''Transformers'' films are being penned, to be produced simultaneously: one written by [[James Vanderbilt]], another to be written by [[Joby Harold]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2020/film/news/transformers-franchise-revamp-bumblebee-james-vanderbilt-joby-harold-1203482496/ ‘Transformers’ Franchise Gets a Revamp With Two Separate Films in the Works] on Variety</ref> Deadline reports that Vanderbilt's script is for a spin-off film based on ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', while Harold's script continues the story from the ''Bumblebee'' film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/01/transformers-movies-paramount-1202843234/ Dual ‘Transformers’ Movies In The Works At Paramount] on Deadline</ref>
* May 2, 2020 — [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] confirms that a new Transformers live-action movie is slated to release on [[June 24]], 2022. However, only one between Harold's ''Bumblebee'' sequel and Vanderbilt's ''Beast Wars'' film will make it to production first.
* August 21, 2020 — New Republic Pictures is announced as a new co-financier for Paramount in a ten picture deal in the wake of the success of 2019's ''Rocketman''.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/08/paramount-pictures-new-republic-pictures-10-picture-cofinancing-deal-top-gun-maverick-1203018250/ New Republic Pictures Signs 10-Pic Co-Fi Deal With Paramount Pictures; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Among Films] on Deadline</ref>
* November 16, 2020 — [[Steven Caple Jr.]] is announced as the director.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/11/transformers-director-steven-caple-jr-1234613830/ Transformers’: ‘Creed 2’ Director Steven Caple Jr. Tapped To Direct Next Installment In Paramount And Hasbro Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
* April 1, 2021 — [[Anthony Ramos]] is in talks for a starring role.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-7-cast-anthony-ramos/ Exclusive: Anthony Ramos in Talks to Star in New 'Transformers' Movie] at Collider</ref>
* April 29, 2021 — [[Dominique Fishback]] is in final negotiations to star in the film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/04/transformers-dominique-fishback-anthony-ramos-paramount-eone-and-hasbro-franchise-1234746855/ 'Transformers': Dominique Fishback Lands Lead Role Opposite Anthony Ramos In Next Installment For The Paramount Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
* June 13, 2021 — A casting call sheet for filming in Montreal reveals that the film is set in [[1992]].<ref>[https://www.transformersfr.com/t5190p250-parlons-des-films-transformers-a-venir#190206 Rumeur ― le "7ème Film Transformers en prise de vue réelle" se déroulerait en 1992] on transformersfr.com</ref>
* June 22, 2021 — A Paramount virtual event is held in which the movie's title, premise, and few of the characters and cast are unveiled (revealing it to be both the ''Bumblebee'' and ''Beast Wars'' films in one).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Currently attending a Paramount virtual event about the next #Transformers film. Report to follow!|link=https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3ABWTF_Ben)%20until%3A2021-06-23%20since%3A2021-06-22|name=Ben Yee|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://bwtf.com/news/rise-of-the-beasts-character-descriptions|name=Ben Yee|site=BWTF|title=Movie News: "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" Character Descriptions|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref> The film's logo and official premise are also unveiled on official Transformers social media accounts.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The battle on Earth is no longer just between Autobots and Decepticons… Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons join Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, in theatres June 24, 2022.|link=https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1407422768602181632|name=@transformers|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref>
* June 28, 2021 — [[Ron Perlman]] is announced to be reprising his role as Optimus Primal from ''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]''. [[Darnell Metayer]] and [[Josh Peters]] are confirmed as writers, inspired by Joby Harold's earlier draft.<ref>{{citesocial|quote='''Ron Perlman''' has been tapped to voice Optimus Primal in '''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''', Collider has exclusively learned. [...] ''Rise of the Beasts'' will be led by rising stars '''Anthony Ramos''' (''In the Heights'') and '''Dominique Fishback''' (''Judas and the Black Messiah''), and '''Steven Caple Jr.''' (''Creed II'') is directing from a script by '''Darnell Metayer''' and '''Josh Peters''', who worked off an earlier draft by '''Joby Harold'''.|link=https://collider.com/ron-perlman-optimus-primal-voice-transformers-7-rise-of-the-beasts/|name=Jeff Sneider|site=Collider|title=Exclusive: 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Adds Ron Perlman as Voice of Optimus Primal|year=2021|month=06|day=28}}</ref>
* July 11, 2021 — Rapper [[Tobe Nwigwe]] announces on Instagram that he's been cast in the movie.<ref>[https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/houston-s-tobe-nwigwe-earns-emmy-nom-16317174 Houston’s Tobe Nwigwe earns Emmy nom, 'Transformers' role] from the Houston Chronicle</ref>
* October 6, 2021 — Caple Jr. reveals the vehicle modes for the Autobot and Terrorcon cast through his Instagram account.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The squad is out…|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsm_wyLory/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2021|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
* October 20, 2021 — Filming is completed.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=That’s a wrap 🎬|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOw5z2r9TP/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2021|month=10|day=20}}</ref>
* October 21, 2021 — Cuscopolita reports on the vehicles with the film's Peru crew, confirming the unidentified vehicles as [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/cuscopolitamagazine/videos/1941112319403899|name=Cuscopolita|site=Facebook|title=Exclusiva con los Transformers|year=2021|month=10|day=20}}</ref>
* October 22, 2021 — Ramos makes a guest appearance on [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]], confirming Cheetor, his favorite ''Beast Wars'' character, will be in the film.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I am a ''Transformers'' fan, ''Beast Wars'' fan, Cheetor is my #1 favorite of all time, so it's dope to have Cheetor, to be in this movie with Cheetor, it's gonna be crazy.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=6051s|name=Anthony Ramos|site=YouTube|title=Hasbro PulseCon 2021 - DAY ONE|year=2021|month=10|day=22}}</ref>
* November 10, 2021 — Paramount announces the film has been delayed to [[June 9]], [[2023]].<ref name="2023release">{{citesocial|quote=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has moved back a year and will now bow June 9, 2023. It previously was slated for June 24, 2022.|link=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-transformers-movie-release-date-1235045937/|name=Aaron Couch|site=The Hollywood Reporter|title=‘Star Trek,’ ‘Transformers’ Movies Pushed Back at Paramount|year=2021|month=11|day=10}}</ref>
* February 15, 2022 — Paramount confirms that ''Rise of the Beasts'' will be the first entry in a trilogy of films.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released theatrically in 2023 and is the first of three new installments. A new animated series from @Nickelodeon arrives this fall. And in 2024, the franchise expands further with a CG animated Transformers theatrical film. #ParamountPlus|link=https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1493706271207292928|name=Paramount+|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=02|day=15}}</ref>
* October 11, 2022 — Caple Jr. reveals through Instagram that [[Pete Davidson]] is the voice of Mirage, and [[Michelle Yeoh]] is the voice of Airazor.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Sneak peek of Pete voicing Mirage & @michelleyeoh_official blessing us as the voice of Air Razor|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjlx3PPPC_J/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=10|day=11}}</ref>
* October 21, 2022 — [[Tobe Nwigwe]] states on an Instagram post that they are doing some re-shoots for ''Rise of the Beasts'', including featuring his character in additional scenes.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The head people from ''Transformers'' said I did so good in my part they wanna add me to some more scenes. So I gotta go shoot some more stuff for ''Transformers''.|link=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj9PnevsVb1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY|name=Tobe Nwigwe|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=10|day=21}}</ref>
[[File:ROTBTeaserPoster.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
* December 1, 2022 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWWDskI46Js official teaser trailer] is released by Paramount Pictures in conjunction with São Paulo's CCXP convention, giving audiences a first glimpse of the film and its various characters, including Mirage, Arcee, Scourge and the Maximals. Multiple voice cast members are also announced.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2022/12/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-peter-dinklage-liza-koshy-john-dimaggio-cast-1235186104/]</ref>
* December 2, 2022 — [[Jongnic Bontemps]] is announced as the film's score composer. <ref>[http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/12/02/jongnic-bontemps-to-compose-music-for-steven-caple-jr-s-transformers-rise-of-the-beasts/]</ref>
* December 16, 2022 — Caple Jr. shares a clip of Peter Cullen performing on his Instagram account.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=🐐|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPM80yPcsP/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=12|day=16}}</ref>
* December 26, 2022 — Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal make a "guest" appearance on the 2022 [[Nickelodeon]] Nickmas NFL game, showcasing both modes and their transformations.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5X0F_AvY8Q YouTube upload] of a recording for Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal on the 2022 Nickmas NFL game</ref>
* January 31, 2023 — [[Sam Smith]] reveals toy concept art for a new character from the film, [[Freezer]].<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFlXXNOly1/</ref>
* February 12, 2023 — Paramount airs a 30-second TV spot detailing Mirage's Porsche 911 vehicle mode for Super Bowl LVII in collaboration with Porsche.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/02/2023-super-bowl-movie-trailers-the-flash-fast-x-transformers-ant-man-expected-1235247160/ Super Bowl Movie Trailer Spots Will Include ‘The Flash’, ‘Fast X’, ‘Transformers’ & ‘Ant-Man’ — Deadline]</ref>
* April 2, 2023 — During the 2023 NCAA Division I Men’s Final Four on CBS, Paramount aired a first-of-its-kind mixed reality TV spot that showed off Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal appearing on a 90s basketball court that transformed from the court the actual basketball match was being played on. A few brief clips from the first trailer were also shown. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeIfpbUAHg]</ref>
* April 6, 2023 — Actor [[Tongayi Chirisa]] announces on Instagram that he is the voice of Cheetor.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So there is a story to this!!! Per the usual standard .. I had to sign an NDA, so I had NO IDEA what I was reading for.. it was only when I was in the booth to do my voice over that it dawned on me that I was reading for TRANSFORMERS Like what!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯 I totally geeked out in the moment.. Man, to say this is mad exciting is an understatement... So thankful. So honored, so blessed!!!! Massive shout out and THANK YOU to @stevencaplejr for putting your boi on! Appreciate you, fam!!! @transformersmovie..🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 IT WAS ALL A DREAM!!!! Welcome, y'all. I am your transformer #CHEETOR!!!! Let's goooo!!!!!! #NdezvaMwari #Yeshua #smallbeginnings #ontherise|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqs_PQ1J_s6/|name=Tongayi Chirisa|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=04|day=06}}</ref>
* April 14, 2023 — To promote the film, Optimus Prime introduces Tobe Nwigwe's performance of "[[On My Soul]]" at {{w|Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella}}.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Calling all Autobots. @TobeNwigwe and #OptimusPrime have rolled out to #Coachella. #Transformers #RiseOfTheBeasts|link=https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1647069845731803136|name=Transformers|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=04|day=14}}</ref>
* April 27, 2023 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itnqEauWQZM official trailer] is released by Paramount Pictures, revealing more of the movie and Unicron's role in the plot, as well as delivering a first, brief look at the Predacons.
* May 6, 2023 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zxore0Gxwpc first clip] was showcased at the 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards, showing the Autobots' first interaction with the Maximals.
* May 12, 2023 — The website Puliwood reveals the film's Hungarian dub cast...including the voice of [[Apelinq (ROTB)|Apelinq]], a character that had not yet been announced to be appearing in the film.<ref>[https://www.puliwood.hu/ismertetok/exkluziv-ilyen-szinkronhangokkal-jon-a-transformers-a-fenevadak-kora-325900.html EXKLUZÍV: ilyen szinkronhangokkal jön a Transformers: A fenevadak kora]</ref>
* May 27, 2023 — The film's world premiere is held at Marina Bay Sands in [[Singapore]].
* June 5, 2023 — David Sobolov confirms on Instagram that he is also voicing Apelinq in the film.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CtIhCcwu4Ld/|quote=#transformers #riseofthebeasts fans… I just saw our epic premiere in Brooklyn! Tonight, I’m excited to reveal that I am the voice… of Apelinq!|name=David Sobolov|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=06|day=05}}</ref>
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===Changes before, during, and after production===
* A Decepticon named [[Transit (ROTB)|Transit]] was a character who was planned to appear early in the film, dispatched from a Decepticon-controlled Cybertron to kill Optimus Prime, before himself being killed by Optimus and dumped into the Hudson River alongside numerous other Decepticons who have tried to do the same in the past few years. [[Steven Caple Jr.]] has indicated that the visual effects for much of the sequence were completed prior to its removal—a result of test audiences finding it too dark—and that he intends to release it as a deleted scene via the film's home media release or otherwise.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=One was this Decepticon scene, Transit, that I've been talking about, because Optimus Prime fights Transit at the beginning of the movie—or at least he ''used'' to—and you find out that Optimus Prime wants to go home. That's all he wants to do, and Cybertron's in deep trouble, and this guy Transit was telling him that "we're just here to kill you", AKA "Cybertron's already ours." And it was a really epic fight scene, and then you saw Optimus Prime dump his body in the Hudson River, and all these Decepticons are dead, and you see he's been hunting for the last few years.|link=https://twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/1666216854996791298|name=Steven Caple Jr. in a Collider interview|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=6|day=6|(defunct=)}}</ref> The entertainment press reported that Transit was voiced by [[John DiMaggio]] for his removed appearance in the film.<ref>[https://ew.com/movies/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-everything-we-know/ "Everything we know about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts"] on Entertainment Weekly</ref> Despite not appearing in the final film, DiMaggio is still credited as Transit.
* Earlier drafts of the film more directly referenced the events of ''Bumblebee'', including a scene where Bumblebee shows Prime a photo he carries of himself and [[Charlie Watson]] to try and emphasize his belief that humans are good.<ref name=AltEnding>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-ending-1235512382/ ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’ Director Steven Caple Jr. Talks That Ending, Hailee Steinfeld and Test Screening Changes — The Hollywood Reporter]</ref>
* Multiple changes were made to the film's ending, which originally had a much darker tone like the scrapped opening. Originally, Mirage wasn't planned to survive the final battle, and Optimus would have been sucked into the portal after destroying the Transwarp Key and wind up floating in space before Unicron in the post-credits scene. Reactions by the audience in test screenings convinced Caple to change the ending to something a bit more hopeful, wanting to let the good guys get a solid win.<ref name=AltEnding/>
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==Notes==
* In a first for the franchise, the lead human actors, multiple writers, the composer, and the director are all people of color.
* This is the first movie in the series not to be worked on by [[Industrial Light & Magic]]; this time around the CG effects were done by [[Moving Picture Company]] and [[WetaFX]].
* Steven Caple Jr. was initially sceptical of working on a ''Transformers'' movie, which at that point in development was being called ''Bumblebee 2'', because he was uncertain about jumping right into another sequel after directing ''{{w|Creed II}}''—however, the incorporation of elements inspired by ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'', which Caple Jr. had been a fan of, helped sway him. Upon joining the project, he pitched several revisions, drawing from his enthusiasm for ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' by adding [[Unicron]] (and the [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]s) and Noah's exosuit, along with a prologue on the [[Maximal]]s' homeworld and a new arc for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] centred around his initial misanthropy.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The first time that- I did ''Creed 2'', and the first time the studio ever knocked on my door, it was for ''Bumblebee 2''. And I was like, "I don't want to do- I just came out from ''Creed 2'', I don't want to do a sequel..." you know? And so a year had gone by—or maybe two, right before COVID—and they said, "we found out the story we want to tackle: we want to bring in ''Beast Wars''." I was like, "I know all about ''Beast Wars'', I'm down for ''Beast Wars''." And so they developed a script on their own, they passed it to me—2020, October 5th, I remember the date—and I jumped right in and I kind of did my own version of the pitch, I said: "I love where you guys are going, you guys want to do New York, you guys want to do the 90s, you want to do Peru, but here's what I'll do, with the characters..." So I changed up Optimus Prime, I gave him a whole pitch on how I would start him with like, not loving humans at first, and not besiding Noah right off the rip, they're gonna have friction between the two... Gave 'em a pitch for Optimus Primal, where they start off in the top of the movie, and I gave them a new Unicron- I mean a new villain, which was Unicron and the Terrorcon squad. I just felt like, as a fan, we've been tiptoeing around Unicron, and all the other films kind of like hinted towards him towards the end, and I just really want to expand the universe and I felt like he was that perfect source to do so, because he tells us there's another world out there, there's more Transformers out there, it's not just Autobots and Decepticons. And then of course the [[exosuit]], that was my idea, it was homage to the 80s cartoon, so... It was a bit of that, pitched it to 'em and they loved the heart, they love where I was going with the direction of the characters, and yeah, they kind of gave me the key to play!|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxUukVwKLCc|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Collider|title=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Interview: Director Reveals Big Change to Film|year=2023|month=06|day=06}}</ref>
* [[Tobe Nwigwe]]'s character of [[Reek]] was based on a friend of Steven Caple Jr.'s, who passed away before shooting began in 2021.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The way I got the ''Transformers'' role was insane. [...] One of [Steven Caple Jr.'s] best friends was a fan of the music, and his best friend, right, like, as they was getting ready to start shooting the movie... passed. Passed, yeah. And he had Paramount Studios reach out to me to try to play a specific- the best friend role in ''Transformers''. They kind of emulated who his best friend was in real life. He told Paramount [...] "reach out to Tobe and if he send anything back that's even ''halfway'' decent... I want to use him." But because I had never done no acting ever in my life, I just had this script right here, and just read it like I was acting, and just recorded myself on the iPhone and I was like, "yo there's no way in hell..." [...] I did that, sent that in, and they liked it!|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfAoWTKh3R8&t=2638s|name=Tobe Nwigwe|site=Sway's Universe|year=2023|month=01|day=23}}</ref>
*The fourth-wall-breaking [[Mark Wahlberg]] namedrop was ad-libbed by [[Pete Davidson]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=We wanted to break the fourth wall. In all fairness, Pete Davidson made that up in the booth, and we laughed so hard, we're like in tears, and we're like there's no way we could not use this. We had ad-libbed a whole bunch of stuff. One was on, "Beanie Babies was weird", and he was like, what about Marky Mark leaving the Funky Bunch? And we were just in tears. And then we showed the studio and everybody loved it and was like, "let's just break the fourth wall. Do it."|link=https://gizmodo.com/breaking-the-fourth-wall-in-transformers-rise-of-the-b-1850514340|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=io9|title=Breaking the Fourth Wall in ''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''|year=2023|month=06|day=09}}</ref>
* During the production of the film, Ramos had to acquire a driver's license at Caple Jr.'s behest.<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DDi5f1SL4oESslcZLjhhG|name=Anthony Ramos|site=the Spout Podcast|year=2021}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=I had a two-week window to get an appointment at the DMV, and the DMV was initially uncooperative. Finally, after much haggling, I was able to secure an appointment. I took the test in my mother's car after a few months of practice with an instructor. Fortunately, I was able to pass.|link=https://theplaylist.net/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-anthony-ramos-talks-representation-in-franchises-getting-his-drivers-license-for-the-film-interview-20230607/|name=Anthony Ramos|site=The Playlist|title='Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts': Anthony Ramos Talks Representation In Franchises & Getting His Driver's License For The Film [Interview]|year=2023|month=06|day=07}}</ref>
* During an interview with a fan, voice actor David Sobolov revealed that Caple Jr. would create storyboards using Transformers toys. Awesome!<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdsfclO5etE&t=1106 "ROTB UNICRON IS THRILLING!" | Interview with DAVID SOBOLOV (Rhinox + Battletrap)! - YouTube]</ref>
* According to Caple Jr., Optimus's unmasked face was modeled after Peter Cullen's.
* As a result of Transit's removal, this is the first live-action film to not feature the Decepticons in any capacity.
* To keep the secret of the ''G.I. Joe'' tease at the end of the movie, most copies of the script and the version of the scene shot for test screenings all used [[Sector Seven]] instead. Michael Kelly also didn't know the big twist with his character until he arrived on set. Caple Jr. even had only a single ''G.I. Joe'' business card printed, on the day of filming, and took it from the set himself afterwards for safekeeping!<ref>{{citesocial|quote=There was one version of the script that mentioned the G.I. Joe reveal. All other copies, including the one in the studio's possession, described the military organization as Sector 7. "That way no one could leak the script," Caple notes. [...] Caple says they shot two versions of Kelly's scene, one where Burke's business card reads Sector 7 and one where the card reads G.I. Joe, so audiences in test screenings wouldn't know the true reveal. There was only one copy of the G.I. Joe business card, and Caple took that himself from set for safe keeping. "I was like, 'I'm taking this. I don't want this to be found on the floor,'" he says. "I actually didn't have them printed out until that day [on set]. We were very cautious of it, man. We were really trying to be as secretive as possible."|link=https://ew.com/movies/transformers-g-i-joe-crossover-plans/|name=Nick Romano|site=Entertainment Weekly|title=Inside the top-secret plans for Transformers and G.I. Joe|year=2023|month=06|day=12}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
* ''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/Beast Kakusei''''' (トランスフォーマー/ビースト覚醒 ''Toransufōmā Bīsuto Kakusei'', "Transformers: Beast Awakening")
* ''Cantonese:'' '''''Bin3jing4 Gam1gong1: Kwong4sau3 Gwat6hei2''''' (變形金剛：狂獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
* ''French:'' '''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' (France), '''''Transformers : Le Réveil des Bêtes''''' (Canada, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
* ''German:'' '''''Transformers: Aufstieg der Bestien''''' ("Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
* ''Hungarian:'' '''''Transformers: A fenevadak kora''''' ("Transformers: The Age of the Beasts")
* ''Italian: '' '''''Transformers: Il Risveglio''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening")
* ''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Wàn Shòu Juéqǐ''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛：萬獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Chāonéng Yǒngshì Juéqǐ''''' (Mainland China, 变形金刚：超能勇士崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beast Wars")
* ''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Despertar das Feras''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
* ''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El Despertar de las Bestias''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
* ''Russian:'' '''''Трансформеры: Восхождение Звероботов''''' ("Transformers: Rise of the Beastbots")
* ''Ukrainian:'' '''''Трансформери: Час Звіроботів''''' ("Transformers: Time of the Beastbots")

==References==
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[[Category:Real world films]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts| ]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts media]]

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Battletrap (ROTB)

2023-06-09T23:40:18Z

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:''Battletrap is a [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[Movie continuity family]].''
[[File:ROTB-Battletrap-Render.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I had more punch at a birthday party."]]

Menacing, unrelenting, and bloodthirsty, '''Battletrap''' is an elite scout and enforcer for the Terrorcons that takes great pride in being part of the most sinister brigade of hunters to ever stalk the universe. He relishes in the fury of battle, eagerly carrying out the orders handed down to him by his leader, [[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]], and dishing out punishments with glee.

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
{{Voiceactor|[[David Sobolov]] (English)}}
{{comingsoon|when=June 9, 2023}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-SS-99-Voyager-ROTB-Battletrap.jpg|thumb|300px|Mater took a dark turn years after being told he was the last straw in why the ''Cars'' franchise went downhill.]]
*'''Battletrap''' (Voyager Class, [[2023]])
**''Movie'': '''''Rise of the Beasts'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''99'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-104'''
**''Accessories'': Mace, "Attack at the Museum" backdrop
{{toydesigner|[[Sam Smith]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2O7UksJlG/ Design notes on ''Studio Series'' Battletrap] from [[Hasbro]] designer [[Sam Smith]] on Instagram</ref>

:A Voyager-scaled release, the Terrorcon Battletrap converts into a licensed GMC tow truck, and comes with a mace accessory, which can be wielded in both modes. His tow truck crane converts into forearm enhancements when in robot mode.

:Intriguingly, his box render shows him sporting a Decepticon insignia on his forehead.
::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl2O7UksJlG/ Designer commentary on ''Studio Series'' Battletrap from Sam Smith]''

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===''Rise of the Beasts''===
[[File:TF-ROTB-Autobots-Unite-Battletrap.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Irontrap.]]
*'''Battletrap''' (2023)
**''Accessories'': Igniter core
:Released as part of the "Autobots Unite" subline for the ''Rise of the Beasts'' toyline, this Battletrap is an orange redeco of the ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' [[Ironhide_(Movie)/toys#Bumblebee|Energon Igniters Ironhide]], transforms from a robot into a 1980's pickup with giant exhaust stacks. As a redeco of a Power Plus series figure, Battletrap is compatible with energon cores, one of which is included. Inserting a core in his vehicle mode deploys weapons on the side of the truck.

:Bizarrely, this toy's package art depicts a digitally recolored [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] instead of Battletrap's own image!

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==Notes==
*Despite being a Terrorcon, his promo artwork (featured at the top of this page), features a [[Decepticon]] Logo on his forehead, which is most noticeable on the box of his ''Studio Series'' toy. In the movie proper it was replaced with a Terrorcon logo.
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===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Battletrap''' (バトルトラップ ''Batorutorappu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Terrorcons]]

Transit (ROTB)

2023-06-09T23:38:08Z

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{{disambig3|Transit}}
:''Transit was to have been a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''
[[File:ROTB-Transit-Render.jpg|Right|thumb|250px|Bringing the bay in Bayverse.]]

'''Transit''' is a Decepticon who turns into a bus.

==Notes==
* Transit is a character who was planned to appear early in ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts]]'', dispatched from a Decepticon-controlled Cybertron to kill Optimus Prime, before himself being killed by Optimus and dumped into the Hudson River alongside numerous other Decepticons who have tried to do the same in the past few years. [[Steven Caple Jr.]] has indicated that the visual effects for much of the sequence were completed prior to its removal—a result of test audiences finding it too dark—and that he intends to release it as a deleted scene via the film's home media release or otherwise.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=One was this Decepticon scene, Transit, that I've been talking about, because Optimus Prime fights Transit at the beginning of the movie—or at least he ''used'' to—and you find out that Optimus Prime wants to go home. That's all he wants to do, and Cybertron's in deep trouble, and this guy Transit was telling him that "we're just here to kill you", AKA "Cybertron's already ours." And it was a really epic fight scene, and then you saw Optimus Prime dump his body in the Hudson River, and all these Decepticons are dead, and you see he's been hunting for the last few years.|link=https://twitter.com/colliderfrosty/status/1666216854996791298|name=Steven Caple Jr. in a Collider interview|site=Twitter|year=2023|month=6|day=6|(defunct=)}}</ref> The entertainment press has reported that Transit was voiced by [[John DiMaggio]] for his removed appearance in the film.<ref>[https://ew.com/movies/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-everything-we-know/ "Everything we know about Transformers: Rise of the Beasts"] on Entertainment Weekly</ref>
* Likely as a result of the flux his sole scene was in, Transit was completely absent from all promotional material for the film. The character was "revealed" when people found unused character art (seen at the top of the page) among the assets for TakaraTomy's ''Rise of the Beasts'' website; the image has since been removed from the server. Notably, this image labelled Transit as a [[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]—given what we know about his role in the film, it seems likely this was an error or deliberate conflation of bad guys on TakaraTomy's part.
* Despite not appearing in the final film, actor [[John DiMaggio]] is still credited as the voice for Transit.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Transit''' (トランシット ''Toranshitto'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Fiction-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Decepticons]]
[[Category:Things that don't exist]]

Mirage (Movie)

2023-06-09T23:35:55Z

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:''Mirage is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (franchise)|Rise of the Beasts]] portion of the [[Movie continuity family]].''
[[File:ROTB-Mirage-render.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|thumb|This is probably a lot for you, huh?]]

'''Mirage''' likes to think that he's the life of the party, always eager for a chance to show off his unique skills; like his ability to generate lifelike holograms which he can use to disorient and outmaneuver foes, or his impressive shapeshifting ability that allows him to take multiple alternate modes at a time. He ''hates'' being cooped up and forced to hide out on [[Earth]], because doing so means he has no one to get into trouble with. He's also quite the talker, always ready to rattle off a wisecrack or a reference to some Earth media he's seen since his time on the planet. This unfortunately has lead him to become a bit of an outcast among the other Autobots, who see him as reckless and aloof, compounded by his frequent disregard for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] orders.

Beneath all this, though, lies a genuine heart. Mirage cares deeply for his friends and would go to great lengths to keep them safe, and he has a fondness for humanity matched only by fellow Autobot [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

Not to be confused with [[Dino]], who sometimes ''also'' goes by the name "Mirage".

==Fiction==
===''Rise of the Beasts'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Pete Davidson]] (English)|[[Yvick Letexier]] (European French), [[Louis-Philippe Berthiaume]] (Canadian French), [[Lucas Wecker]] (German), [[Stefano Crescentini]] (Italian), [[Javier Ibarreche]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Miguel Angel Leal]] (Latin American Spanish, Second Trailer), [[Douglas Silva]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
{{comingsoon|when=June 9, 2023}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)|Rise of the Beasts}}

==Toys==
===''Studio Series''===
{{anchor|SS105}}
[[File:TF-Studio-Series-SS-Deluxe-ROTB-Mirage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Be thankful they got that license!]]
*'''Mirage''' (Deluxe Class, [[2023]])
**''Movie'': '''''Rise of the Beasts'''''
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''105'''
**''Accessories'': Arm cannon

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Mirage is based on his appearance in ''Rise of the Beasts'', and transforms into a licensed Porsche 911 (964) Carrera RS 3.8. He comes with an arm cannon and a backdrop.

:This figure also marks a milestone in the franchise, being the first Transformers toy to have a fully licensed Porsche alt mode.

:Hasbro revealed the figure on [[February 13|February 13th]], 2023, following the release of the Big Game Spot a day earlier.

:The [[stock photography|stock renders]] used for his reveal have white background surrounding his head that have mistakenly not been photoshopped out, making it appear as though his head has white fins on the sides.

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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:TF-ROTB-Deluxe-Mirage-Stock.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Is this thing a dog?]]
*'''Jungle Mission 3-pack: Bumblebee, Airazor, and Autobot Mirage''' (Multipack, 2023)
**''Accessories'': Arm cannon

: Included as part of a Target-exclusive ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' Jungle Mission 3-pack, this Mirage is another Deluxe Class iteration of the character that converts into an unlicensed approximation of a Porsche 911 (964) Carrera RS 3.8. He includes a blaster that can fit over his forearm or store on his rear bumper in vehicle mode. His headsculpt uses what is either a battle mask or an early concept head design.

:Mirage comes packaged with [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#JM|Bumblebee]] and [[Airazor (ROTB)#Buzzworthy Bumblebee|Airazor]].

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===''Rise of the Beasts''===
[[File:TF-ROTB-Deluxe-Mirage.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Autobot Mirage''' (Deluxe Class, 2023)
**''Accessories'': Arm cannon

:The Mirage from the ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' Jungle Mission 3-pack was also available individually at general retail under ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (toyline)|Rise of the Beasts]]'' packaging.
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[[File:TF-ROTB-Battlechanger-Mirage.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]]
*'''Autobot Mirage''' (Battle Changer, 2023)
{{toydesigner|[[Koki Yamada]] (TakaraTomy)}}

:Released as part of the "Beast Alliance" subline for ''Rise of the Beasts'', this Mirage is a 4.5-inch toy that converts from a robot to an unlicensed approximation of a Porsche 911 in 11 steps. His right arm has a molded in cannon that can be flipped out.

:This toy was discovered in the United States before any official announcement was made.
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==Merchandise==
===''3D Battle-Card Game''===
[[File:3DCard-Mirage.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|He seems familiar, but I can't place the face.]]
*'''Mirage''' (2007)
**''Card number'': '''8'''
:Mirage is a 26-point "Common" piece in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]. Constructed of punch-out pieces from randomly-packed plastic cards (two full robots per pack), he can be assembled into his car mode (model undetermined), or into a rather stumpy robot mode. His twin blaster-weapons can be mounted on his arms (their nominal placement) or on his shoulders.

:He uses the same construction as the [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Earth]] mode [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and [[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]] cards. This style is similar to the one used by [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]], [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], and [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]].

:Though his card is clearly ''based'' on the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' [[Mirage (G1)#Alternators|Mirage toy]], he's not remotely as obvious about it as the Cliffjumper and Smokescreen cards are. While all the parts are in roughly the same place as the ''Alternators'' toy, the detailing is very much in line with the movie aesthetic, featuring a lot of shifted panels and extensive mechanical greeblies.
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==Notes==
*[[Pete Davidson]]'s portrayal of Mirage is based on the zany energy of Davidson's favorite comedy actors, such as Jim Carrey in ''The Mask'' and Adam Sandler. It is meant to play off Noah's innocent look upon discovering a talking car.
*The scene where Noah and Mirage first meet was made by [[Anthony Ramos]] acting his part, then Davidson reacting to it.<ref>[https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/what-it-feels-like-to-take-second-billing-in-transformers-sequel-after-a-big-metal-alien]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Mirage''' (ミラージュ ''Mirāju'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Huànyǐng''' (幻影, "Mirage")

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:3D Battle-Cards]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts Autobots]]
[[Category:Studio Series Autobots]]

Shockwave (ES)

2023-05-28T07:08:45Z

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:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Warzone-Shockwaverobot.jpg|thumb|250px|Finally a Shockwave who's not afraid to show a little tummy.]]

Years ago, '''Shockwave''' served as one of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron's]] top lieutenants during the [[Great War (ES)|war]]. His ambitions, however, eventually outgrew Megatron's once noble goals. To Shockwave, the weak should serve the strong, and the war necessary to enforce the glory of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. To this end, Shockwave toils away in his lab, plotting to conquer not only [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but [[Earth]] as well. And Shockwave can back that up, possessing enough strength and firepower to go toe-to-toe with his former commander, in robot or spider tank mode. The tool he has instead of his left hand can be used to blast or ensnare other bots and probe their minds, combined with various weapons and traps he keeps up his sleeves (literally, as his left arm is covered in buttons to activate them). Only through Megatron's change of heart and defection was the mad scientist defeated.

Unlike most other Cybertronians, Shockwave finds the Earthborn [[Terran]]s abhorrent, viewing them as disgusting hybrids unworthy of being considered Transformers.

{{bigquote|The war continues so long as '''I''' stand to oppose you!|Shockwave|''"[[Warzone]]"''}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Troy Baker]] (English)|[[Sérgio Fortuna]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Warzone-Shockwavealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|300px|A mobile turret on roller skates is perfectly logical.]]
Shockwave originally served under Megatron during the war against the Autobots, however he assumed a leadership role upon Megatron's defection to the Autobots sometime after the war came to Earth. Planning to use the [[AllSpark]] to bring to life a massive [[protoform]] army that would bring Cybertron and Earth under Decepticon rule, Shockwave was stopped by Megatron when the former [[Decepticon leader]] snuck behind enemy lines to steal the AllSpark and return it to Cybertron. Uninterested in Megatron's pleas for peace, Shockwave was forcibly shoved into a stasis chamber by Megatron when his back was turned. Shockwave only muttering a spiteful "traitor" jab at Megatron as he went into slumber. In the battle that followed, the AllSpark was sent through the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] connecting Earth to Cybertron, stranding the Earth-bound Transformers on the organic world and leaving the fate of the AllSpark unknown.

Many years later, Shockwave finally awoke from his forced imprisonment when his long derelict stasis pod malfunctioned. Emerging from the forgotten Decepticon base to find Megatron with a group of humans and a new Transformers species known as the [[Terran]]s. Horrified at seeing that the spacebridge was destroyed, Shockwave grabbed a hold of the young Terran, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], and performed a mind scan of him to see what Megatron's interest in them was. Shockwave however became disgusted at learning the Terran was a hybrid of organic and Cybertronian material, calling him and his type abominations.

Vowing the war continued so long as he lived, Shockwave battled it out with Megatron. Intending to finish off his old leader for good he initiated an overload of the old power core chambers beneath them that would wipe the whole local area. His efforts were thwarted however when the Terran [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] was able to disconnect the wiring of the power cores. Shockwave himself getting forced, once again, into stasis lock after a shot from the [[Immobilizer]], courtesy of Megatron, while Shockwave was distracted by the human child, [[Mo Malto]]. His threat neutralized for now, the inert Shockwave was handed over to the forces of [[G.H.O.S.T.]] {{storylink|Warzone}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:EarthSpark-Deluxe-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2023)
**Accessories: Mandroid BAF piece, arm cannon, gun

:"Deluxe Class" Shockwave is a redeco of his [[Shockwave_(Cyberverse)#Deluxe_Class|''Cyberverse'' deluxe figure]], meaning the toy isn't very accurate to his onscreen appearance. While lacking the effect parts of that release, he does include an alternate Cybertronian left arm for [[Mandroid]], which gives the buyer the choice to display Dr. Meridian with two mechanical arms.

:Hasbro stock photos are slightly mistransformed- his "pincers" from his spider tank mode are not folded down, making it appear as though he has spiked shoulders.

{{--}}

==Notes==

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Shockwave (ES)

2023-05-28T07:08:28Z

RazorSlash: /* EarthSpark */

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{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Warzone-Shockwaverobot.jpg|thumb|250px|Finally a Shockwave who's not afraid to show a little tummy.]]

Years ago, '''Shockwave''' served as one of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron's]] top lieutenants during the [[Great War (ES)|war]]. His ambitions, however, eventually outgrew Megatron's once noble goals. To Shockwave, the weak should serve the strong, and the war necessary to enforce the glory of the [[Decepticon Empire]]. To this end, Shockwave toils away in his lab, plotting to conquer not only [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], but [[Earth]] as well. And Shockwave can back that up, possessing enough strength and firepower to go toe-to-toe with his former commander, in robot or spider tank mode. The tool he has instead of his left hand can be used to blast or ensnare other bots and probe their minds, combined with various weapons and traps he keeps up his sleeves (literally, as his left arm is covered in buttons to activate them). Only through Megatron's change of heart and defection was the mad scientist defeated.

Unlike most other Cybertronians, Shockwave finds the Earthborn [[Terran]]s abhorrent, viewing them as disgusting hybrids unworthy of being considered Transformers.

{{bigquote|The war continues so long as '''I''' stand to oppose you!|Shockwave|''"[[Warzone]]"''}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Troy Baker]] (English)|[[Sérgio Fortuna]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:Warzone-Shockwavealtmode.jpg|left|thumb|300px|A mobile turret on roller skates is perfectly logical.]]
Shockwave originally served under Megatron during the war against the Autobots, however he assumed a leadership role upon Megatron's defection to the Autobots sometime after the war came to Earth. Planning to use the [[AllSpark]] to bring to life a massive [[protoform]] army that would bring Cybertron and Earth under Decepticon rule, Shockwave was stopped by Megatron when the former [[Decepticon leader]] snuck behind enemy lines to steal the AllSpark and return it to Cybertron. Uninterested in Megatron's pleas for peace, Shockwave was forcibly shoved into a stasis chamber by Megatron when his back was turned. Shockwave only muttering a spiteful "traitor" jab at Megatron as he went into slumber. In the battle that followed, the AllSpark was sent through the [[Space bridge|spacebridge]] connecting Earth to Cybertron, stranding the Earth-bound Transformers on the organic world and leaving the fate of the AllSpark unknown.

Many years later, Shockwave finally awoke from his forced imprisonment when his long derelict stasis pod malfunctioned. Emerging from the forgotten Decepticon base to find Megatron with a group of humans and a new Transformers species known as the [[Terran]]s. Horrified at seeing that the spacebridge was destroyed, Shockwave grabbed a hold of the young Terran, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], and performed a mind scan of him to see what Megatron's interest in them was. Shockwave however became disgusted at learning the Terran was a hybrid of organic and Cybertronian material, calling him and his type abominations.

Vowing the war continued so long as he lived, Shockwave battled it out with Megatron. Intending to finish off his old leader for good he initiated an overload of the old power core chambers beneath them that would wipe the whole local area. His efforts were thwarted however when the Terran [[Nightshade (ES)|Nightshade]] was able to disconnect the wiring of the power cores. Shockwave himself getting forced, once again, into stasis lock after a shot from the [[Immobilizer]], courtesy of Megatron, while Shockwave was distracted by the human child, [[Mo Malto]]. His threat neutralized for now, the inert Shockwave was handed over to the forces of [[G.H.O.S.T.]] {{storylink|Warzone}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:EarthSpark-Deluxe-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2023)
**Accessories: Mandroid BAF piece, arm cannon, gun

:"Deluxe Class" Shockwave is a redeco of his [[Shockwave_(Cyberverse)#Deluxe_Class|''Cyberverse'' deluxe figure]], meaning the toy isn't very accurate to his onscreen appearance. While lacking the effect parts of that release, he does include an alternate Cybertronian left arm for [[Mandroid]], which gives the buyer the choice to display Dr. Meridian with two mechanical arms.

Hasbro stock photos are slightly mistransformed- his "pincers" from his spider tank mode are not folded down, making it appear as though he has spiked shoulders.

{{--}}

==Notes==

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)

2023-04-26T07:14:09Z

RazorSlash:

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'''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' is the planned seventh film in the [[live-action film series]], serving both as a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and a tribute to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''. The film is directed by [[Steven Caple Jr.]] and written by [[Joby Harold]], [[Darnell Metayer]], [[Josh Peters]], [[Erich Hoeber]] and [[Jon Hoeber]]. Originally expected to be released on [[June 28]], [[2019]],<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref> the film was delayed multiple times and is currently scheduled for release on [[June 9]], [[2023]].<ref name="2023release"/>

==Cast==
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*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Dino|Mirage]] ([[Pete Davidson]])
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] ([[Liza Koshy]])
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] ([[Cristo Fernández]])
*[[Stratosphere]] ([[John DiMaggio]])

;Maximals
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] ([[Ron Perlman]])
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]] ([[Michelle Yeoh]])
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]] (David Sobolov)
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]] ([[Tongayi Chirisa]])

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;Terrorcons
*[[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]] ([[Peter Dinklage]])
*[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]] ([[Michaela Jaé Rodriguez]])
*[[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]] ([[David Sobolov]])
*[[Transit (ROTB)|Transit]] (John DiMaggio)
*[[Freezer]]

;Predacons
*[[Scorponok (ROTB)|Scorponok]]

|h3=[[Human]]s|c3=
*[[Noah Diaz]] ([[Anthony Ramos]])
*[[Elena Wallace]] ([[Dominique Fishback]])
*[[Noah's mother]] ([[Luna Lauren Velez]])
*[[Reek]] ([[Tobe Nwigwe]])

|nonumbering=true
}}

==Confirmed information==

[[File:TRANSFORMERS-2022.jpg|thumb|Why did it take so long?|250px]]

*March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Christina Hodson]] (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
*October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, [[Allspark (company)|Allspark]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_P2fw_DlS4&t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>
*February 12, 2016 — At [[Toy Fair 2016]], Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.<ref name="toyfairreveal" />
*September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/23/2019-transformers-movie-feature-entirely-new-storyline-349463 2019 Transformers Movie To Feature An Entirely New Storyline] on TFW2005</ref>
*February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarifies at [[Toy Fair 2018]] that the film will be a reset of the franchise and has been delayed indefinitely until a new creative team is in place.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/16/transformers-cinematic-universe-current-movie-series-rebooted-358641 Transformers Cinematic Universe Is Over: Current Movie Series To Be Rebooted] on TFW2005</ref>
*May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.<ref>[http://collider.com/transformers-7-cancelled/amp/ Paramount Officially Pulls the Next 'Transformers' Sequel from Their Release Date Schedule] on Collider</ref>
*March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' is in development.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/two-sequels-in-transformers-live-action-franchise-confirmed-in-development/43083/ Two Sequels in Transformers Live Action Franchise Confirmed in Development] on Seibertron</ref>
*March 18, 2019 — di Bonaventura claims that the next main ''Transformers'' film will be a reboot closely tied to the ''Bumblebee'' sequel, rather than a direct sequel to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''. Either way, Paramount will pick the best script for ''Transformers 7'' and release that first.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bumblebee-producer-says-next-transformers-movie-wi/1100-6465652/ Bumblebee Producer Says Next Transformers Movie Will Be A Reboot] on GameSpot</ref>
[[File:Stevencaplejr autobot cast.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Arcee (G1)|KARR]] [[GEEWUN|NOT BIKE!]]]]
[[File:Stevencaplejr terrorcon cast.jpg|thumb|250px|Actually, [[Megatron_(Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon_film|not the first time]] The Transformers meet {{w|Mad Max|Mad Max}}...]]
*January 27, 2020 — Variety reports two ''Transformers'' films are being penned, to be produced simultaneously: one written by [[James Vanderbilt]], another to be written by [[Joby Harold]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2020/film/news/transformers-franchise-revamp-bumblebee-james-vanderbilt-joby-harold-1203482496/ ‘Transformers’ Franchise Gets a Revamp With Two Separate Films in the Works] on Variety</ref> Deadline reports that Vanderbilt's script is for a spin-off film based on ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', while Harold's script continues the story from the ''Bumblebee'' film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/01/transformers-movies-paramount-1202843234/ Dual ‘Transformers’ Movies In The Works At Paramount] on Deadline</ref>
*May 2, 2020 — [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] confirms that a new Transformers live-action movie is slated to release on [[June 24]], 2022. However, only one between Harold's ''Bumblebee'' sequel and Vanderbilt's ''Beast Wars'' film will make it to production first.
*August 21, 2020 — New Republic Pictures is announced as a new co-financier for Paramount in a ten picture deal in the wake of the success of 2019's ''Rocketman''.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/08/paramount-pictures-new-republic-pictures-10-picture-cofinancing-deal-top-gun-maverick-1203018250/ New Republic Pictures Signs 10-Pic Co-Fi Deal With Paramount Pictures; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Among Films] on Deadline</ref>
*November 16, 2020 — [[Steven Caple Jr.]] is announced as the director.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/11/transformers-director-steven-caple-jr-1234613830/ Transformers’: ‘Creed 2’ Director Steven Caple Jr. Tapped To Direct Next Installment In Paramount And Hasbro Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
*April 1, 2021 — [[Anthony Ramos]] is in talks for a starring role.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-7-cast-anthony-ramos/ Exclusive: Anthony Ramos in Talks to Star in New 'Transformers' Movie] at Collider</ref>
*April 29, 2021 — [[Dominique Fishback]] is in final negotiations to star in the film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/04/transformers-dominique-fishback-anthony-ramos-paramount-eone-and-hasbro-franchise-1234746855/ 'Transformers': Dominique Fishback Lands Lead Role Opposite Anthony Ramos In Next Installment For The Paramount Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
*June 13, 2021 — A casting call sheet for filming in Montreal reveals that the film is set in [[1992]].<ref>[https://www.transformersfr.com/t5190p250-parlons-des-films-transformers-a-venir#190206 Rumeur ― le "7ème Film Transformers en prise de vue réelle" se déroulerait en 1992] on transformersfr.com</ref>
*June 22, 2021 — A Paramount virtual event is held in which the movie's title, premise, and few of the characters and cast are unveiled (revealing it to be both the ''Bumblebee'' and ''Beast Wars'' films in one).<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Currently attending a Paramount virtual event about the next #Transformers film. Report to follow!|link=https://twitter.com/search?q=(from%3ABWTF_Ben)%20until%3A2021-06-23%20since%3A2021-06-22|name=Ben Yee|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|link=https://bwtf.com/news/rise-of-the-beasts-character-descriptions|name=Ben Yee|site=BWTF|title=Movie News: "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts" Character Descriptions|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref> The film's logo and official premise are also unveiled on official Transformers social media accounts.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The battle on Earth is no longer just between Autobots and Decepticons… Maximals, Predacons, and Terrorcons join Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, in theatres June 24, 2022.|link=https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1407422768602181632|name=@transformers|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=06|day=22}}</ref>
*June 28, 2021 — [[Ron Perlman]] is announced to be reprising his role as Optimus Primal from ''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]''. [[Darnell Metayer]] and [[Josh Peters]] are confirmed as writers, inspired by Joby Harold's earlier draft.<ref>{{citesocial|quote='''Ron Perlman''' has been tapped to voice Optimus Primal in '''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''', Collider has exclusively learned. [...] ''Rise of the Beasts'' will be led by rising stars '''Anthony Ramos''' (''In the Heights'') and '''Dominique Fishback''' (''Judas and the Black Messiah''), and '''Steven Caple Jr.''' (''Creed II'') is directing from a script by '''Darnell Metayer''' and '''Josh Peters''', who worked off an earlier draft by '''Joby Harold'''.|link=https://collider.com/ron-perlman-optimus-primal-voice-transformers-7-rise-of-the-beasts/|name=Jeff Sneider|site=Collider|title=Exclusive: 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Adds Ron Perlman as Voice of Optimus Primal|year=2021|month=06|day=28}}</ref>
*July 11, 2021 — Rapper [[Tobe Nwigwe]] announces on Instagram that he's been cast in the movie.<ref>[https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/houston-s-tobe-nwigwe-earns-emmy-nom-16317174 Houston’s Tobe Nwigwe earns Emmy nom, 'Transformers' role] from the Houston Chronicle</ref>
*October 6, 2021 — Caple Jr. reveals the vehicle modes for the Autobot and Terrorcon cast through his Instagram account.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The squad is out…|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsm_wyLory/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2021|month=10|day=06}}</ref>
*October 20, 2021 — Filming is completed.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=That’s a wrap 🎬|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOw5z2r9TP/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2021|month=10|day=20}}</ref>
*October 21, 2021 — Cuscopolita reports on the vehicles with the film's Peru crew, confirming the unidentified vehicles as [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]].<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://www.facebook.com/cuscopolitamagazine/videos/1941112319403899|name=Cuscopolita|site=Facebook|title=Exclusiva con los Transformers|year=2021|month=10|day=20}}</ref>
*October 22, 2021 — Ramos makes a guest appearance on [[Hasbro Pulse Con 2021]], confirming Cheetor, his favorite ''Beast Wars'' character, will be in the film.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=I am a ''Transformers'' fan, ''Beast Wars'' fan, Cheetor is my #1 favorite of all time, so it's dope to have Cheetor, to be in this movie with Cheetor, it's gonna be crazy.|link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI&t=6051s|name=Anthony Ramos|site=YouTube|title=Hasbro PulseCon 2021 - DAY ONE|year=2021|month=10|day=22}}</ref>
*November 10, 2021 — Paramount announces the film has been delayed to [[June 9]], [[2023]].<ref name="2023release">{{citesocial|quote=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts has moved back a year and will now bow June 9, 2023. It previously was slated for June 24, 2022.|link=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-transformers-movie-release-date-1235045937/|name=Aaron Couch|site=The Hollywood Reporter|title=‘Star Trek,’ ‘Transformers’ Movies Pushed Back at Paramount|year=2021|month=11|day=10}}</ref>
*February 15, 2022 — Paramount confirms that ''Rise of the Beasts'' will be the first entry in a trilogy of films.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released theatrically in 2023 and is the first of three new installments. A new animated series from @Nickelodeon arrives this fall. And in 2024, the franchise expands further with a CG animated Transformers theatrical film. #ParamountPlus|link=https://twitter.com/paramountplus/status/1493706271207292928|name=@paramountplus|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=02|day=15}}</ref>
*October 11, 2022 — Caple Jr. reveals through Instagram that [[Pete Davidson]] is the voice of Mirage, and [[Michelle Yeoh]] is the voice of Airazor.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Sneak peek of Pete voicing Mirage & @michelleyeoh_official blessing us as the voice of Air Razor|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cjlx3PPPC_J/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=10|day=11}}</ref>
*October 21, 2022 — [[Tobe Nwigwe]] states on an Instagram post that they are doing some re-shoots for ''Rise of the Beasts'', including featuring his character in additional scenes.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The head people from ''Transformers'' said I did so good in my part they wanna add me to some more scenes. So I gotta go shoot some more stuff for ''Transformers''.|link=https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cj9PnevsVb1/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY|name=Tobe Nwigwe|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=10|day=21}}</ref>
*December 1, 2022 — The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWWDskI46Js official teaser trailer] is released by Paramount Pictures in conjunction with São Paulo's CCXP convention. Multiple voice cast members are also announced.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2022/12/transformers-rise-of-the-beasts-peter-dinklage-liza-koshy-john-dimaggio-cast-1235186104/]</ref>
*December 2, 2022 — [[Jongnic Bontemps]] is announced as the film's score composer. <ref>[http://filmmusicreporter.com/2022/12/02/jongnic-bontemps-to-compose-music-for-steven-caple-jr-s-transformers-rise-of-the-beasts/]</ref>
*December 2, 2022 — Caple Jr. shares a clip of Peter Cullen performing on his Instagram account.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=🐐|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/CmPM80yPcsP/|name=Steven Caple Jr.|site=Instagram|year=2022|month=12|day=16}}</ref>
*December 26, 2022 — Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal make a "guest" appearance on the 2022 [[Nickelodeon]] Nickmas NFL game, showcasing both modes and their transformations.<ref>[https://youtu.be/A5X0F_AvY8Q YouTube upload] of a recording for Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal on the 2022 Nickmas NFL game</ref>
*January 31, 2023 — [[Sam Smith]] reveals toy concept art for a new character from the film, [[Freezer]].<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CoFlXXNOly1/</ref>
*February 12, 2023 — Paramount airs a 30-second TV spot detailing Mirage's Porsche 911 vehicle mode for Super Bowl LVII in collaboration with Porsche.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2023/02/2023-super-bowl-movie-trailers-the-flash-fast-x-transformers-ant-man-expected-1235247160/ Super Bowl Movie Trailer Spots Will Include ‘The Flash’, ‘Fast X’, ‘Transformers’ & ‘Ant-Man’ — Deadline]</ref>
*April 2, 2023 — During the 2023 NCAA Men’s Final Four on CBS, Paramount aired a first-of-its-kind mixed reality TV spot that showed off Optimus Prime and Optimus Primal appearing on a 90s basketball court that transformed from the court the actual basketball match was being played on. A few brief clips from the first trailer were also shown. <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeeIfpbUAHg]</ref>
*April 6, 2023 — Actor [[Tongayi Chirisa]] announces on Instagram that he is the voice of Cheetor.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=So there is a story to this!!! Per the usual standard .. I had to sign an NDA, so I had NO IDEA what I was reading for.. it was only when I was in the booth to do my voice over that it dawned on me that I was reading for TRANSFORMERS Like what!!!🤯🤯🤯🤯 I totally geeked out in the moment.. Man, to say this is mad exciting is an understatement... So thankful. So honored, so blessed!!!! Massive shout out and THANK YOU to @stevencaplejr for putting your boi on! Appreciate you, fam!!! @transformersmovie..🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 IT WAS ALL A DREAM!!!! Welcome, y'all. I am your transformer #CHEETOR!!!! Let's goooo!!!!!! #NdezvaMwari #Yeshua #smallbeginnings #ontherise|link=https://www.instagram.com/p/Cqs_PQ1J_s6/|name=Tongayi Chirisa|site=Instagram|year=2023|month=04|day=06}}</ref>
*April 14, 2023 — To promote the film, Optimus Prime introduces Tobe Nwigwe's performance at {{w|Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella}}.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Calling all Autobots. @TobeNwigwe and #OptimusPrime have rolled out to #Coachella. #Transformers #RiseOfTheBeasts|link=https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1647069845731803136|name=Transformers|site=Twitter|year=2022|month=04|day=14}}</ref>
{{--}}

==Notes==
*In a first for the franchise, the lead human actors, multiple writers, the composer, and the director are all people of color.
*During the production of the film, Ramos had to acquire a driver's license at Caple Jr.'s behest.<ref>[https://www.buzzfeed.com/joyannjeffrey/anthony-ramos-transformers-drivers-license Anthony Ramos Had To Quickly Get His Driver's License While Filming "Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts"]</ref>
*This is the first movie in the series not to be worked on by [[Industrial Light & Magic| Industrial Light & Magic]].

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/Beast Kakusei''''' (トランスフォーマー/ビースト覚醒 ''Toransufōmā Bīsuto Kakusei'', "Transformers: Beast Awakening")
*''Cantonese:'' '''''Bin3jing4 Gam1gong1: Kwong4sau3 Gwat6hei2''''' (變形金剛：狂獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
*''French:'' '''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' (France), '''''Transformers : Le Réveil des Bêtes''''' (Canada, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers: Aufstieg der Bestien''''' ("Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
*''Hungarian:'' '''''Transformers: A fenevadak kora''''' ("Transformers: The Age of the Beasts")
*''Italian: '' '''''Transformers: Il Risveglio''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Wàn Shòu Juéqǐ''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛：萬獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts"), '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Chāonéng Yǒngshì Juéqǐ''''' (Mainland China, 变形金刚：超能勇士崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beast Wars")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Despertar das Feras''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El Despertar de las Bestias''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")

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

[[Category:Real world films]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts| ]]
[[Category:Rise of the Beasts media]]

Decoy (episode)

2023-03-06T03:04:35Z

RazorSlash: /* Continuity notes */ Thought this was worth noting. Could just be an animation error but I think it's too soon to call it that.

{{disambig2|the ''EarthSpark'' cartoon episode|the soft-rubber toys from Generation 1|Decoy}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 8
|image=EarthSpark-Decoy-Faceoff.jpg
|caption=Staring contests last a lot longer when you don't have the ability to blink.
|prev=Friends and Family
|next=Age of Evolution, Part 1
|title="Decoy"
|airdate=[[November 11]], [[2022]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writers=[[Isabel Galupo]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|director=[[Alex Kwan]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/r27C5fQFFRHRExt3s19qIx_WtzHepd0a/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''While the Maltos train with Arcee, an encounter with rogue cassette-bots puts Optimus and Megatron at odds.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:EarthSpark-Decoy-MegatronGrabsLaserbeak.jpg|thumb|left|300px|A bird in the hand...]]
At an abandoned factory, [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]] is being pursued by [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], attempting to recover the ID badge they stole from [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]. While Prime fires futilely at the wily Decepticon, [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] is similarly engaged nearby with [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]], who swoops in to take the badge from Ravage. Though Megatron manages to momentarily incapacitate Laserbeak, he's interrupted by the arrival of [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]], who lands a sneak attack and grabs the badge before escaping into the nearby forest. As they begin searching for her, Optimus chastises Megatron for going easy on the criminals, but Megatron rebukes him, claiming the theft to be just a childish prank and that the [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassette-bots]] are harmless. As Optimus finally grabs Frenzy, she and the other cassette-bots unleash their Tri-Tone ability, creating powerful sonic waves that overwhelm Optimus and Megatron's sensors. Now free, the three resume harassing the two faction leaders, with Megatron refusing to use his [[fusion cannon]] on the small bots.

Meanwhile, [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] is attempting to teach the [[Terran]]s about using decoys. Unfortunately, [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] and [[Twitch]] fundamentally misunderstand the concept, leading them to simply begin fighting and claiming they each "decoyed" the other. Back at the farm, Bumblebee once again attempts to explain the use of a decoy to distract an enemy, inadvertently rhyming and leading [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto|Mo]] to turn the the lesson into a song:

''"Draw the enemy's eye away; Then boom-bang! Ruin their day!"''

[[File:EarthSpark-Decoy-ArceeBeeReunited.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
However, they're interrupted as Mo receives a phone call from Optimus, asking her to let Bumblebee know his comms aren't working—and he needs backup. The Terrans are eager to join the fight, but Bumblebee declares they're not ready and that someone more experienced—by which he means himself—will need to go. Just as he says this, the group receives an unexpected visitor: [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]], who's stopped by to check up on Bumblebee. The others are awestruck by Arcee, having heard the stories of her many adventures, while Bumblebee, seeing an opportunity, decides Arcee will be their substitute teacher for the day and drives off. Though momentarily confused, Arcee quickly takes to her new role and gives the four her first lesson: digging trenches.

As Bumblebee arrives, he finds Optimus and Megatron continuing to struggle against the nimble cassette-bots, causing heavy destruction to the factory. Optimus chastises Bumblebee for not sending someone else, worrying about questions that may arise if [[G.H.O.S.T.]] discovers he is alive. Fortunately, Bumblebee packed some spare [[restraining bolt]]s and uses them to catch Frenzy and Ravage, [[mode lock]]ing them in cassette mode and placing them in Optimus's trailer. Megatron retrieves Laserbeak, but refuses to place the last restraining bolt on him, finding its use inhumane, and places him inside with the others. As Bumblebee bolts Laserbeak, Megatron questions G.H.O.S.T.'s treatment of the Decepticons to Optimus, who reminds him of the bargain G.H.O.S.T. made with the Cybertronians and the oath he took, but Megatron declares he wanted to save their people, not imprison them. Their debate is ultimately interrupted by Bumblebee, who reminds them they should be going.

As the exhausted Terrans and humans finally finish digging the trenches, Arcee compliments them on their good work...then tells them to fill the trenches again. This leads to a series of increasingly mundane tasks given by Arcee to the students, including perimeter patrol, hay-stacking, and tractor-polishing, increasingly grating on their nerves. Finally, Twitch has had enough and refuses to continue, with her siblings agreeing and pointing out how much better Bumblebee's instruction was. Arcee stares at them sternly...then laughs, telling them they finally passed her test. Seeing their confusion, Arcee explains that she was trying to teach the kids to speak up if something doesn't feel right, lest they allow others to take advantage of them. When Robby lets slip that the reason Arcee was subbing was because Bumblebee was heading on a mission, Arcee decides that they should all follow.

[[File:EarthSpark-Decoy-SoundwaveAndCassettes.jpg|thumb|left|300px]]
Things remain tense as Optimus and Megatron transport the prisoners, continuing to debate G.H.O.S.T.'s trustworthiness, with Bumblebee attempting to lighten the mood with stories of training the Terrans. Unbeknownst to any of them, Laserbeak manages to send out a distress signal, and an unknown figure appears behind the convoy as they enter a tunnel, releasing an [[electromagnetic pulse]] that disables the restraining bolts. Now freed, the cassette-bots burst from the trailer and regroup with the figure, revealed to be their master, [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]. The Decepticon orders the cassette-bots to attack Megatron, leaving him to square off against the three alone while Optimus and Bumblebee attempt to fight Soundwave off. The two [[Autobot]]s are quickly overwhelmed, but help arrives in the form of Arcee and the Maltos. As the Terrans help Megatron, Bumblebee is knocked off a cliff by Soundwave, and his arm becomes trapped under a boulder at the bottom, rendering him immobile. Soundwave transforms to jet mode to finish the trapped Autobot, but is prevented by Arcee, who grabs onto him and forces him to land. Optimus and Megatron follow him down, with Megatron attacking his vengeful former subordinate, while Arcee frees Bumblebee and he runs off to protect the kids.

Back at the top of the cliff, the cassette bots unleash their Tri-Tone attack, putting the Maltos on the back foot. Robby exclaims they need something to block out the sound, prompting Mo to begin singing their song from earlier. As the others join in, even the cassette-bots can't help but sing along with the catchy tune, giving the Terrans an opening to attack. While each cassette-bot is occupied with a different opponent, Bumblebee catches all three off guard, taking them down in short order. Down below, Megatron is temporarily caught off guard by Soundwave calling him a traitor, but he is saved from an oncoming blast by Optimus, and the two reaffirm their commitment to protecting all Cybertronians. Now in sync, Optimus and Megatron work together to overpower Soundwave, as Arcee delivers the final blow and knocks him out.

[[File:EarthSpark-Decoy-SoundwaveUnleashesRavage.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
As the prisoners are loaded into Optimus's trailer, Arcee excitedly talks about all the exciting drills and lessons she intends to put the kids through, but Bumblebee reaffirms that she was just a substitute and that teaching them is ''his'' responsibility. Arcee grins; ''that'' was Bumblebee's test, and he just passed as well. Optimus congratulates Bumblebee on a job well done, though he still orders Bumblebee to write up a full field report as punishment for disobeying orders. As the others drive off, Megatron thanks Optimus for having his back and apologizes for what he said. Optimus too apologizes, agreeing to release the cassette-bots if Megatron will vouch for them. Megatron destroys the restraining bolts, warning the cassette-bots not to waste this lone second chance they are being given. As they retreat, Ravage runs back in the opposite direction despite Frenzy's protests.

Later at G.H.O.S.T.'s holding facility, Soundwave is placed in containment. Upon being left alone, he declares the decoy operation was successful and uses his sonic pulses to create a small gap in his cell's barrier...as Ravage emerges from his chest and leaps right through it. Given reconnaissance orders by Soundwave, he takes off, observed with glee by the occupant of the next cell: [[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (2)
*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (8)
*[[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] (12)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]] (1)
*[[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] (3)
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (4)
*[[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] (5)
*[[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]] (13)
*[[Starscream (ES)|Starscream]] (15)

|c3=
*[[Mo Malto]] (10)
*[[Robby Malto]] (11)

|h4=[[Terran]]s||c4=
*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (7)
*[[Twitch]] (9)

|c5=
*[[Fluffy Ears]] (6)
}}

==Quotes==
"Field report: Twitch still hasn't fallen for my amazing decoy. Fluffy Ears remains cute." 
"And a ''horrible'' source of cover."
:—'''Thrash''' attempts to show off his stealthiness to '''Bumblebee'''.

''(sigh)'' "I miss adults."
:—'''Bumblebee''' needs a break from teaching.

"Optimus, does it not concern you that our human allies control where Decepticons live and what form they take, even in so-called times of peace? This is not freedom."
:—'''Megatron''' calls out Mr. "Freedom is part of my catchphrase" on Decepticon rights.

'''Megatron:''' ''Hah!'' 
'''Optimus:''' Something funny to you, Megatron? 
'''Megatron:''' Just that you cannot trust G.H.O.S.T. with the knowledge of your own scout, yet you are content to deliver every Decepticon you encounter into their hands! 
'''Bumblebee:''' ...doesn't actually sound like he thinks that's funny.

''(hums decoy song)'' "Curse that annoyingly catchy tune."
:—Even the mighty '''Megatron''' isn't immune to earworms.

"Do not make this personal, Soundwave!" 
"It already is."
:—No love lost between '''Megatron''' and '''Soundwave'''.

"What even ''is'' a cassette anyway?"
:—'''Robby''' makes all the old-school fans age another 30 years with just one line.

"Perhaps your leadership style is not so different from my own..." 
"Or maybe you're growing to appreciate mine."
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus''', ro-bros for life.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* Both Soundwave and Starscream were previously shown among Megatron's troops in [[Alex Malto|Alex]]'s story back in "[[Secret Legacy, Part 1]]"; this is the first time we're getting a look at their "real-world" designs.
* Soundwave's cassettes were mentioned in passing in the [[Friends and Family|previous episode]].
* Optimus tells Bumblebee to update [[Teletraan I (ES)|Teletraan I]] with his report, which was last seen in G.H.O.S.T. HQ in "[[Classified]]". Considering G.H.O.S.T. isn't supposed to know Bumblebee is alive, that, uh...may be a little tricky.
* G.H.O.S.T.'s Decepticon holding facility was first introduced in "Classified".
* Starscream sports red optics in his brief appearance at the end of the episode, yet all subsequent appearances thus far have shown him to have ''blue'' optics- even in flashbacks. What significance this has, if any, is unknown for now.

===Transformers references===
* Though Soundwave no longer transforms into a tape deck, his minions all retain the (very large) cassette [[alternate mode]]s of their Generation 1 counterparts; even Robby comments on their dated nature.
* Starscream is voiced by [[Steve Blum]], who previously portrayed [[Starscream (WFC)|a different Starscream]] in the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Robots in Disguise]]'' cartoons.

===Real-world references===
*

===Animation and technical errors===
*

===Trivia===
* This episode marks the first appearance of a female incarnation of [[Frenzy (disambiguation)|Frenzy]] (and decked out in purple, dodging [[FIRRIB|the whole red/blue thing]]). Notably, she appears on her own rather than accompanied by her usual counterpart [[Rumble (disambiguation)|Rumble]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Le leurre'''" ("The Bait")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 7]], 2022

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Köder'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 7]], 2022

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Csalétek'''" ("Bait")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 7]], 2022
:**Though given a high-pitched voice, Frenzy is a male in this dub.

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Armadilha'''" ("Trap")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 23]], 2022

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''L'esca'''" ("The lure")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 11]], 2022

[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Shockwave (ES)

2023-03-05T03:27:47Z

RazorSlash: Created page with "{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}} {{disambig3|Shockwave}} :''Shockwave is a Decepticon from the EarthSpark continuity family.'..."

{{factions|decepticon|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Shockwave}}
:''Shockwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Earthspark-Trailer-Shockwave.jpg|thumb|350px]]

Years ago, '''Shockwave''' served as one of [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron's]] top lieutenants during the war. His ambitions, however, eventually outgrew Megatron's once noble goals. To Shockwave, the weak should serve the strong, and the war necessary to enforce the glory of the Decepticon empire. To this end, Shockwave toils away in his lab, plotting to conquer not only Cybertron, but [[Earth]] as well. Only through Megatron's change of heart and defection was the mad scientist defeated.

These days, Shockwave is thankfully frozen in stasis below what is now the [[Space Bridge Memorial Park]]. Who knows what twisted machinations he might get up to should he ever be set free.

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Troy Baker]] (English)}}

{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|Warzone}}}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:EarthSpark-Deluxe-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Shockwave''' (Deluxe, 2023)
**Accessories: Mandroid BAF piece, arm cannon, gun

:"Deluxe Class" Shockwave is a repaint of his [[Shockwave_(Cyberverse)#Deluxe_Class|''Cyberverse'' deluxe figure]] in colors referencing his Action Master toy, but lacks the effect parts of that release. Being a repaint of his ''Cyberverse'' figure also unfortunately means he is fairly inaccurate to his appearance in the cartoon proper.

{{comingsoontoy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==

[[Category:EarthSpark Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

File:EarthSpark-Deluxe-Shockwave.jpg

2023-03-05T02:49:51Z

RazorSlash: Stock photo of the Earthspark Deluxe Class Shockwave.

Stock photo of the Earthspark Deluxe Class Shockwave.

Optimus Prime (ES)

2023-01-22T07:09:46Z

RazorSlash: /* EarthSpark */ First wave Warriors are out

{{factions|autobot|ghost|hofsilver}}
{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}
:''Optimus Prime is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: EarthSpark (franchise)|EarthSpark]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ES-Ep01-05 OptimusCoolPose.jpg|upright=2.33|thumb|The dad of the task force.]]

Long ago, '''Optimus Prime''' took up arms to save [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] and his [[Decepticon]]s, a conflict that eventually brought him and his followers to [[Earth]]. Although he and the [[Autobot]]s finally blunted the Decepticon advance and shattered their ranks for good, victory left them stranded on a world that had turned against them.

In his new role as a [[G.H.O.S.T.]] operative, Optimus now serves as a liason between humanity and his own kind as he mops up Decepticon stragglers with the assistance of [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] and the repentant Megatron. The bumpy post-war transition weighs heavily upon him, as do the occasionally-amoral actions of his human colleagues, but Optimus perseveres; only by bringing the people of Earth and Cybertron together can they forge a unified future, and the rise of a new generation of Earth-born "[[Terran]]s" might be the first step on the road to permanent peace.

To this end, Optimus tries hard, really ''really'' hard, to be #Relatable to the humans, earnestly attempting to put on a non-threatening, light-hearted tone when dealing with them... despite the fact that it smashes headlong into the wall of his natural stoicism and gravitas. He needs handwritten cue cards to remind him to smile. He's given to Dad Jokes that would even give [[Alex Malto]] pause. His text messages are overloaded with emojis. But as laughably cringe as his attempts are, it's all utterly ''sincere''. His desire for peace and harmony with the people of Earth burns deep in the core of his [[spark]]. He's honestly trying his hardest, no matter how difficult it is. He wouldn't be Optimus if he didn't.

{{bigquote|After decades of fighting, humans have reason to fear my kind. We found that visual aids and cheerful slogans make us less... scary.|Optimus is really trying|"[[Classified]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''EarthSpark'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Alan Tudyk]] (English)| [[Víctor Hugo Aguilar]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Alberto Angrisano]] (Italian), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Imre Szélyes]] (Hungarian), [[François Berland]] (French)}}
The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, fought against the Decepticons on Cybertron. In [[1984]], the war resulted in both factions traveling to Earth by [[space bridge]] where the Autobots gained human allies in their struggle. The war ended when Optimus destroyed the space bridge, stranding the factions on Earth and forcing them to work together. The humans immortalized the conflict in a comic book series.

[[File:Optimus and Elita alt-modes.jpg|thumb|left|320px|"Hey honey, it's been [[:File:ElitaVehicle01.jpg|a while]] since we drove together like this. Weren't you on my left side last time?"]]
Years later, Optimus worked alongside Megatron as a part of the covert human organization [[G.H.O.S.T.]] to round up the Decepticons who were still making trouble. He and Elita-1 ambushed [[Swindle (ES)|Swindle]] and [[Hardtop (ES)|Hardtop]], and despite being unexpectedly attacked by [[Arachnamech]]s, managed to capture Hardtop. While later investigating the crash of the truck transporting Hardtop, Optimus and Elita encountered old ally [[Dot Malto]], and were joined by Megatron. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 1}} Optimus released some of [[Wheeljack (ES)|Wheeljack]]'s drones in an attempt to learn more about the mysterious Arachnamechs. When that turned up nothing, Optimus's group continued the search and found the Arachnamechs in the process of attacking Dot's children and two new Transformers who had been created on Earth. Optimus's belief that [[Twitch]] and [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] would be safest in G.H.O.S.T. custody resulted in the pair being captured by human villain [[Mandroid]] who provided a fake G.H.O.S.T. transport. Following the rescues of the two "Terrans", Optimus was instead in favor of Dot taking care of them, and assigned [[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] as their teacher. {{storylink|Secret Legacy, Part 2}}

[[File:HiddenLegacyPart1-Optimus.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.5|]]
Bumblebee attempted to contact Optimus to get advice on teaching, only to get Megatron and Elita-1 as Optimus was indisposed. Optimus later returned his calls, but Bee was busy with Family Game Night by that point. {{storylink|Moo-ving In}} While searching for a dangerous Decepticon who'd been spotted near [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]], Optimus found the Terrans and Dot's kids caught in a Decepticon pit trap. He hid them in his trailer in the G.H.O.S.T. base while he took Dot on her orientation. He and Dot later had to extract the kids from Megatron's combat simulation after they went wandering, and smuggled them out of the base, though Optimus was uncomfortable at having to show Dot the accommodations provided for the captured Decepticon. {{storylink|Classified}}

Optimus and Megatron were lured to an abandoned factory after [[Ravage (ES)|Ravage]], [[Laserbeak (ES)|Laserbeak]] and [[Frenzy (ES)|Frenzy]] stole [[Jon Schloder|Agent Schloder]]'s ID badge, and with his comms down, Optimus was forced to phone [[Mo Malto]] to ask Bumblebee to send backup. Bumblebee instead turned up himself, and the trio managed to subdue the three cassettes. They headed back to base and en route were ambushed by [[Soundwave (ES)|Soundwave]]. With the help of [[Arcee (ES)|Arcee]] and the Maltos, Optimus and his team were able to triumph, however Megatron talked Optimus into at least letting the three cassettes go before they took Soundwave to G.H.O.S.T. {{storylink|Decoy (episode)|Decoy}}

When G.H.O.S.T. held a ceremony celebrating the human/Autobot alliance, Optimus and Megatron found themselves defending the humans against [[Skywarp (ES)|Skywarp]] and [[Nova Storm (ES)|Nova Storm]], who had come intending to procure Optimus's left arm for Mandroid. Though the Decepticons were successfully defeated, they avoided being captured. Regrouping with the Maltos and Terrans at a burger bar, Optimus learned that the Terrans had been brought online by a glowing rock and resolved to investigate further. This led them to recover the [[Emberstone]], just in time for Skywarp and Nova Storm to again attack, this time revealing that Megatron and Dot had been captured by Mandroid as barter for Optimus's arm. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 1}} Optimus and Bumblebee managed to capture the pair and discovered that the Emberstone had created three more Terrans. Aiming to rescue Dot and Megatron, Optimus came up with a plan for him, Thrash and Twitch to pose as prisoners being brought in by the newborn Terrans. Mandroid quickly saw through the ruse, however it gave the group the opportunity to free Dot and Megatron, and after Mandroid revealed his base was actually a giant mech, the group fought together to destroy it. {{storylink|Age of Evolution, Part 2}}

==Toys==
===''EarthSpark''===
[[File:TF-Earthspark-Tacticon-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Tacticon Assortment, 2022)

:"Tacticon assortment" Optimus Prime is a small figure that converts from a small truck into an [[Brick (term)|unposeable]] robot with just a single step controlled by your fingertip.

{{-}}

[[File:TF-Earthspark-1-Step-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (1-Step Flip Changer, 2022)

:"1-Step Flip Changer" Optimus Prime is a simple toy that converts in a single step; Pulling back his upper truck cab transforms him into robot mode, and laying him down on a flat surface automatically turns him back into a truck, triggered by his kneecaps. This feature can also be activated by simply pressing his knees without even touching the ground.

{{-}}
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Warrior, 2023)
[[File:Transformers-EarthSpark-Warrior-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|HEREEE'S PRIMEEEE!-]]

:Released as part of the first Warrior Class wave, Optimus Prime is a simpler version of the Deluxe Class figure. The action feature includes an axe that flips out from the underside of his right arm.
{{-}}

[[File:TF-EarthSpark-Deluxe-Optimus-Prime.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.66|His axe is minty fresh!]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (Deluxe, 2023)
**''Build-a-Figure part:'' left arm for [[Mandroid]]
**''Accessories:'' Blaster, Energon axe,

:Released as a part of the second Deluxe Class wave, Optimus Prime is a show-accurate figure that transforms from a robot to semi-truck in 19 steps. He comes with his trademark Ion Blaster (or "Iron Cannon Blaster" as dubbed by the product description) and a Energon axe, both of which can be wielded by his 5mm hands, as well a Build-A-Figure piece for [[Mandroid]].

:He shares a similar transformation with the [[Optimus_Prime_(Cyberverse)#Deluxe_Class| prior deluxe Cyberverse toy]], and also uses the same crotch piece, Ion Blaster and wheels.
{{comingsoontoy}}

{{toystub}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Hungarian:'' '''Optimusz Prime, a fővezér''' ("Optimus Prime the Supreme Commander")

[[Category:EarthSpark Autobots]]
[[Category:G.H.O.S.T.]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]

Moo-ving In

2022-12-08T03:39:03Z

RazorSlash: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: EarthSpark (cartoon)|Transformers: EarthSpark]]'' ep 3
|image=EarthSpark-MoovingIn-DotandAlexhelpBee.jpg
|caption="Vitamins?" "Check." "Minerals?" "Check." "List of daily fruits and vegetables?"
|prev=Secret Legacy, Part 2
|next=House Rules
|title="Moo-ving In"
|airdate=[[November 11]], [[2022]]
|production company=[[Entertainment One]] [[Nickelodeon]]
|writer=[[Isabel Galupo]]
|animation studio=[[Icon Creative Studio]]
|directors=[[JJ Conway]]
|video=https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/video/D8BBQL_k8LFgGDPVMXeO7qnYmpTNllMd/
|videosite=Paramount+
}}

'''Bumblebee struggles in his mission to train Twitch and Thrash, because they won't listen to him.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] speeds through the streets of [[Witwicky (town)|Witwicky]] as the clock ticks. Roaring out into the countryside, he uses a trailer being towed by another vehicle in order to vault a moving train, all so he can arrive at the Malto house by 9AM. His triumph at a new speed record is interrupted by items being thrown from the barn, and he heads inside to where [[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]], [[Twitch]], [[Robby Malto|Robby]] and [[Mo Malto|Mo]] are tidying up so the Terrans and Bumblebee will have somewhere to rest. As [[Dot Malto|Dot]] arrives, [[Alex Malto|Alex]] takes a photo of the family at work.

Alex later finds Bumblebee reviewing his to-do list, particularly the last "rejoin the Autobots" item. Alex and Dot offer their help with Bee's main mission of training the Terrans, but Bee believes it will be a simple, routine matter he'll have completed in no time. The Terrans and their kid partners are meanwhile picking apples when their work is interrupted by one of the nearby cows munching down on dropped fruit. Twitch is instantly charmed by the calf and her emotion leaks over to Thrash and the kids. They're all admiring the calf when Bumblebee arrives, intending to begin their training. Thrash confidently goes to demonstrate his ability to transform to Bumblebee, only to discover he can't, and has to cover for it by speaking the sound effect and contorting his body. Bumblebee tells the amused Twitch that it's her turn to try, but she finds herself unable to transform as well. The kids and Terrans are more interested in doing what they're doing than training, so Bee suggests they can train after hours. Robby points out that tonight is Malto Family Game Night. Mo suggests Bee can take part, but his speech about how he's on a serious mission is lost on deaf ears, as the others are back to playing with the calf, now dubbed "[[Fluffy Ears]]".

Bumblebee trudges back to the barn, grumbling that the others are ignoring him, and is intercepted by Alex, who is conveniently moving his collection of Bumblebee merchandise. Bee signs the piece of merchandise Alex is holding up, only for Alex to hint that he'd like the rest of his collection signed too. Bee's also less than impressed with the faces on the Bumblebee walkie talkies, and tells Alex to leave the merchandise with him. Heading inside, he tries to contact [[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]], only to instead get [[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]], who has some helpful advice on getting the others to listen to him by using force. Bee returns to the field, only to find everyone's gone, except Twitch who is hiding behind a bale of hay and fruitlessly attempting to transform. After overhearing her opinion of him, Bumblebee heads back to the barn and again attempts to reach Optimus, only to get [[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]], who suggests he should get to know the Terrans better to be a more effective leader.

Bumblebee finds the Terrans and kids lying in a field, working on their emotional connection, and presents them with walkie talkies as presents. He gets upset after they laugh at the Bumblebee faces on them, but attempts to persevere, asking about the upcoming family game night. That night, the family convenes in the barn and splits into teams — Bumblebee finds himself with Alex and Dot while the kids pair with their respective Terran partners. They proceed to play a series of games. Bumblebee's advice to Twitch while playing Tic-Tac-Toe actually results in her losing, and his further attempts to give helpful advice to the Terrans leads to an argument breaking out, culminating in Twitch yelling at Bumblebee before transforming and smashing through the roof. Thrash and the kids similarly storm out, leaving Bumblebee with their parents.

As Twitch flies along angry at Bumblebee, she suddenly realized she's transformed. She swoops down to show Fluffy Ears, but when the calf is terrified at her appearance, she attempts to change back, only to find she can't. Meanwhile Bumblebee again attempts to contact Optimus and finally gets through, but it turns out to be Optimus's voice mail. Dot and Alex find him slumped in dejection at the side of the barn and offer some words of encouragement. Elsewhere Robby, Mo and Thrash find Twitch crashed into a fence, and she laments that the cows have all escaped. Thrash contacts Bee over the walkie talkies to ask for help, as the cows are currently stampeding towards the railway tracks.

Soon Bee arrives in the field and has Twitch fly up to survey what's happening. Thrash is still unable to transform, and from discussion, it turns out the Terrans need to feel safe and calm. The group holds hands, and Thrash finally succeeds in transforming. He, Mo and Twitch triumphantly head over and begin herding the cows away from the tracks, but Twitch realizes Fluffy Ears is still missing. While Thrash and Mo continue to guide the cows back to the pasture, Twitch goes in search of the missing calf and rescues it from the tracks at a road crossing. In doing so, Twitch finds she's gotten her own foot stuck on the track, and in her panic, is unable to transform. Bumblebee heads off to respond to her call for help, leaving the others to send her calm feelings. Bee continues to talk to Twitch as he fruitlessly attempts to stop the oncoming train, eventually giving up and joining Twitch on the tracks ahead. With Bee present, she is able to focus enough to succeed in transforming, yanking Bee and Fluffy Ears out of the way moments before the train roars through the crossing. The trio returns to the others, who hug Twitch and thank Bumblebee, who finally feels like he's part of a team again.

The family sits down for take two of family game night, with the barn now repaired. Optimus finally contacts Bee, but Bumblebee's now busy and says he'll call the Prime back.

==Featured characters==
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*[[Bumblebee (ES)|Bumblebee]] (1)
*[[Elita-1 (ES)|Elita-1]] (11)
*[[Optimus Prime (ES)|Optimus Prime]] (12)

|c2=
*[[Megatron (ES)|Megatron]] (10)

|c3=
*Pedestrian (2)
*[[Alex Malto]] (3)
*[[Robby Malto]] (6)
*[[Mo Malto]] (7)
*[[Dot Malto]] (8)

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*[[Thrash (ES)|Thrash]] (4)
*[[Twitch]] (5)

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*[[Fluffy Ears]] (9)
}}

==Quotes==
"Wait, is this supposed to be me?" 
"Yeah! Aren't they fun?" 
"My eyebrows do ''not'' look like that."
:—'''Bumblebee''' discovers '''Alex's''' Bumblebee walkie talkies.

"Aww, they're made of you!" 
"Yeah, but the brows are all wrong."
:—'''Mo''' and '''Robby''' are also amused at the walkie talkies.

"I just wish I knew how to get these Terrans to listen to me." 
"If you figure that out, could you let me know? Kids can be a mystery."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Dot'''

"Yes! Maltobots, let's go wrangle us some cows!"
:—'''Bumblebee'''

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
*

===Transformers references===
*Bumblebee swears by [[Primus]], and later cries out "Mother of [[Solus Prime|Solus]]!".

===Real-world references===
*The collection of board games at family night includes the [[Hasbro]] game "Sorry! Not Sorry!".

===Animation and technical errors===
*

===Trivia===
*

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Seguindo em Frente'''" ("Moving on", dubbed-in title), "'''Mudança da Mo'''" ("Mo's Change", Paramount+ catalogue title)
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 19]], 2022

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Aller de l'avant'''" ("Moving forward")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 30]], 2022

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mú és öröm a háznál'''" ("Moo and Joy at the House")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[November 30]], 2022
:** The title is a blend of the expressions "mú" (moo), "bú és öröm" (sadness and joy) and "vendég a háznál, öröm a háznál" (guest at the house, joy at the house).

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[[Category:EarthSpark episodes]]

Ravage (ROTF)

2022-03-12T02:21:41Z

RazorSlash: barrel cannot attach to Soundwave's handheld weapon, unfortunately

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:''Ravage is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROTF_Ravage_promo.jpg|thumb|400px|Twisted tales of Felix the death-dealing moggy.]]

'''Ravage''' specializes in infiltration. A frequent partner of [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], he does the dirty work of the larger Decepticon. Ravage's body and armament are all dedicated to hitting the enemy before they even know what hit them. He can be orbitally inserted at fifteen times the speed of sound, spy inside highly secure locations using swarms of [[Microcon (ROTF)|microcons]], and generally ruin your day. He respects the danger [[human]]s present though, as they were the ones who managed to kill [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

Perhaps due to his origin as a reengineered [[mechanimal]], some doubt Ravage's sentience, and there is debate on the degree to which he is a distinct entity, rather than an extension of Soundwave's will.<ref>[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe]]</ref> However, he's displayed guile, cunning, and split-second tactical thinking, making it hard for others to believe he does not have some innate intelligence.<ref>[[Transformers Comic issue 2.4|Titan Ravage Profile]]</ref> In reality, Ravage just considers the other Decepticons ''beneath'' him, and allows his eerie, silent ways and manner to alienate him from his comrades. Soundwave is the one exception: the two are kindred spirits, understanding each other's true nature and motives.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Battle Bios]</ref>

==Fiction==
===Movies===
{{note|The six movies are the primary component of the live-action movie continuity family. Their events should be taken as canon for all other pieces of fiction listed below, unless otherwise specified.}}
====''Revenge of the Fallen'' film====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]]}}
[[File:Ravagerotfteaser.jpg|250px|thumb|Meowth! That's right!]]
From his vantage point high in orbit above Earth, Ravage's master [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] located the last remaining shard of the [[AllSpark]] in a [[NEST]] holding facility on [[Diego Garcia]], and dispatched Ravage to retrieve it. Launched from Soundwave's chest, Ravage plummeted through Earth's atmosphere in re-entry mode and impacted just off Diego Garcia's shore, bounding to land in the blink of an eye. Quickly and stealthily, the feline Decepticon knocked several of the base's security sensors offline to cover his approach, then proceeded to vomit a large quantity of [[Microcon (ROTF)|small, metallic spheres]] down a ventilation shaft. Once inside the base, the spheres transformed and combined into "[[Reedman]]", who successfully stole the shard and returned to the surface to reunite with Ravage. As the human soldiers attempted stop Reedman, Ravage provided cover fire, killing several humans in the process. The pair then made their escape.

[[File:ROTF-Ravagefires.jpg|left|250px|thumb|He arms himself in case a Monday comes along.]]

Having secured the shard, Ravage traveled to the ''[[Bayos]]'', a human freighter carrying the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]] which was passing the area of the sea in which [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] was buried. After diving over the side of the barge and reaching the bottom where Megatron's body rested, Ravage ejected [[Scalpel (ROTF)|the Doctor]] from a compartment in his chest. While the Constructicons began to tear apart "[[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|ze little one]]", Ravage was going for a swim, apparently enjoying the water, but quickly ended his little frolic when the Doctor demanded the shard. After the Doctor resurrected Megatron using the AllSpark shard, Ravage and the Constructicons swam up to the surface following their revived leader.

[[File:ROTF Ravage death.JPG|thumb|250px|Remember to neuter your pets. Or Bumblebee will kill them!]]
Some time later, Ravage joined the other Decepticons in searching for [[Sam Witwicky]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership]] amid some [[Egypt]]ian ruins. The forces of NEST soon arrived, and [[Operation: Firestorm|battle]] broke out, complicating their search. Spotting Sam, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] instructed [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] to release [[Ron Witwicky|Ron]] and [[Judy Witwicky]]. Ravage jumped out of the Constructicon when he ejected the fleshlings, and went stalking. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] managed to get the jump on Rampage, and Ravage in turn jumped on Bumblebee's head, clawing off part of his battle helmet. Unfortunately for Ravage, Bumblebee still had plenty of fight left in him, and he promptly dispatched the killer kitty by ''tearing out'' Ravage's own goo-covered spine. ''Ouch''. He even used the torn out spine to whip Rampage across the face. ''Double Ouch.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|Ravage's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, was also chronicled in the novels ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen]]'', ''[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel]]'', and ''[[The Last Prime]]''; the comic mini-series ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Official Movie Adaptation]]''; and the storybooks "[[Rise of the Decepticons]]" and "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Mix & Match]]".}}

====''Bumblebee'' film====
{{note|''Bumblebee'' takes place before the other films (supposedly), but was released last. As such, it is placed at the bottom here.}}
[[File:BBfilm-Ravage-survives-Optimus.jpg|thumb|250px|Just you wait, I'll come back with just one eye and then I'll get degloved!]]
As [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] leapt off an exploding launchpad and fought off several attacking [[Seeker (Movie)|Seeker]]s, Soundwave ejected Ravage and commanded him to attack the Autobot leader as well. He fared much better than his full-sized comrades, evading several shots from Prime's [[ion blaster]] and even wrestling him to the ground, but ended up being grabbed by the jaw and bodily thrown off by the Autobot. His attack, however, bought the Decepticons some time to bring reinforcements and surround Optimus completely. Despite this, Prime managed to escape the planet. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
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===''The Veiled Threat''===
Ravage made his way to Earth following the destruction of the [[AllSpark]]. After the [[crab spy]] successfully infiltrated [[NEST]] headquarters at [[Diego Garcia]], it made its way back to the sea where Ravage was waiting to pick it up. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

===Titan movie comics===
[[Image:Titan4_Ravagedescends.jpg|left|250px|thumb|Ceiling cat is watching you masturbate.]]

Ravage was dispatched to NEST's [[United Kingdom|Scotland]] base to find, interrogate, and kill [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] before they could pass on information about the Decepticon plans. Easily breaking into one of the most secure bases on Earth, he went on to swiftly knock out [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] and attempt to rip into the twins. While they were able to evade him, Ravage shrugged off any attack and finally cornered Mudflap, broadcasting Soundwave's demands to him.

This, however, was a trap the twins had set up, and Ravage found himself trapped in a simulated combat exercise. To escape, he faked unconsciousness and then snuck out the back when nobody was looking. But he made sure to bug the base before he left... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}

[[Image:Titan2-4 SkidsRavage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Said the Cat, I know a fun game I will win. I think it is called Dismember the Twin!]]

When the twins temporarily pretended to defect, poor Ravage had to listen to them nattering throughout briefings. Not even his ominous growl would silence them! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}
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===IDW movie comics===
Early in the war, Ravage joined Megatron's Decepticon malcontents in attacking [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] and his archeological digs. However, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] anticipated this move by the Decepticons and arrived on scene, literally on top of Ravage, to protect his mentor. {{storylink|Foundation issue 3|Foundation #3}}

After the moon landing of [[1969]], Soundwave sent Ravage to gather agents to ensure a stop to human exploration of the [[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Convergence chapter 4}}

Months after Ravage's death at the hands of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], his reconstructed form was brought back on-line in an undisclosed location by a mysterious new master. Subsequently, Ravage appeared outside [[Guantanamo Bay]], searching for a "new target". Ravage snuck in, found the remains of the [[appliancebot]]s and appropriated them. Ravage leaped into the ocean to escape the military, who had located him.

Ravage emerged on a beach near [[MacDill Air Force Base]]. Though he curled up on the ground to wait for further instructions from his unknown benefactor, he was once again discovered. Ravage destroyed several helicopters before being surrounded by soldiers and jeeps. To bolster his defensive, he unleashed [[Reedman]], and although the smaller robot was eventually taken down, it provided the distraction needed to allow Ravage to escape into a [[Kingdom Petrochemicals|petrochemical plant]].

Deciding the relatively subtle approach wasn't working, officials at the White House asked the [[President of the United States]] for permission to level the plant. As the explosion engulfed the plant, Ravage tried to conceal himself beneath its foundation. Ravage's attempt to survive was mostly successful; his damaged form was still online, waiting in a pit beneath the rubble for new instructions. The remnants of the smuggled appliancebots reached out to him with streams of energy... {{storylink|Tales of the Fallen issue 5|Tales of the Fallen #5}}

[[Image:Nefarious3 Ravage.jpg|thumb|left|350px|The Cat Kingdom ''really'' wants Haru back.]]
Shortly after, Soundwave, disturbed by Ravage's reactivation, dispatched a quartet of minions ([[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]], [[Rumble (ROTF)|Rumble]], [[Beastbox (ROTF)|Beastbox]] and [[Ratbat (ROTF)|Ratbat]]) to investigate. This soon erupted into a conflict with cleanup crews and Autobot reinforcements, which prompted Soundwave to intervene. Although the battle resulted in several casualties on both sides, Ravage was undisturbed. While the other Decepticons retreated, [[Buzzsaw (ROTF)|Buzzsaw]] stuck around to tend to Ravage. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 1|Nefarious #1}} Buzzsaw managed to get Ravage operational, and the pair burst out of the ruins of the petrochemical plant, surprising an NSA team which was investigating the disaster zone. Soundwave ordered Ravage to find a quiet location. There Soundwave rendezvoused with him in order to give him a scan. Ravage subsequently accompanied Soundwave in going to the aid of a Decepticon team in [[Wendover]], under attack by Autobot forces. He attacked [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and was thrown aside. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 2|Nefarious #2}}

Following Soundwave's capture by the Autobots, Ravage took part in a rescue mission, however, when he was about to free Soundwave, [[Ingrid]] overrode his higher functions, and Ravage fled. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 3|Nefarious #3}} Ravage returned to his new masters, the [[Initiative]], however Soundwave tracked him and mounted an unsuccessful attack on the [[Initiative base]]. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 4|Nefarious #4}} Soundwave returned, having teamed up with Autobot forces, to assault the base. He was able to regain control of Ravage and had his minion unleash Reedman in an attempt to stop [[Carter Newell]] from destroying all Transformer life on Earth. {{storylink|Nefarious issue 6|Nefarious #6}}

[[Image:RisingStorm 3 Arcee, Ravage and Ratbat.jpg|thumb|right|200px|It is now the time of huggings. '''I demand it.''']]
After the defeat of the Initiative, Ravage returned to the Decepticon fold and spent some time at their base in [[Namibia]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 2|Rising Storm #2}} Soundwave later sent Ravage and his other minions to attack [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] and [[Elita-One (Movie)|Elita-One]] when they discovered the cage holding [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]'s [[Driller|"pet"]]. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 3|Rising Storm #3}} The battle ended with the Autobots setting off a massive bomb. While only they and Soundwave got away unharmed, Ravage was possibly killed once more. {{storylink|Rising Storm issue 4|Rising Storm #4}}
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===''Spot the 'Bots''===
Ravage was waiting at an old warehouse when Megatron came driving in, with several Autobots in tow! Ravage then participated in a battle in the warehouse that would decide Earth's ultimate fate! {{storylink|Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Spot the 'Bots}}

===''Unite for the Universe''===
Along with fellow Decepticon [[Skystalker (ROTF)|Skystalker]], Ravage joined in on [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s plan to steal the results of [[NEST|N.E.S.T.]]'s [[Project Unite|Project: Unite]] and apply it to Decepticons. He stealthily followed [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] into the [[N.E.S.T. Divisional Headquarters]] in [[South Africa]], where he released an airborne [[nano-virus]] that let Starscream access N.E.S.T's computers. He fled after a quick brawl with Bumblebee, not knowing he was being stalked by [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 1|Ambition Instigated}} While Starscream was making use of Project: Unite, Autobots [[Sea Spray (TF 2010)|Sea Spray]] and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]] located his base in [[Greece]]. Ravage and [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] attacked them but were defeated and captured. {{storylink|Unite for the Universe issue 2|Bludgeon's Revenge}}

===''Sector 7 Adventures''===
[[File:S7 BB Ravage.jpg|thumb|250px|Should I speak with a [[Ravage (G1)#Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Russian accent]] during [[Cold War (history)|Cold War]]?]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Sector 7 Adventures: The Battle at Half Dome|The Battle at Half Dome}}}}

==Games==
===Autobot Stronghold===
[[File:Ravage autobotstronghold.gif|left|170px]]
Ravage was used as the basis for an army of [[drone]] units, who were part of the constant attacks on the Autobot's [[LG]] Stronghold. These Ravage drones were weak, but fast, and attacked in great numbers. {{storylink|Autobot Stronghold}}

===''Transformers: The Ride – 3D''===
[[File:BumblebeevsRavageTheRide.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2]]
Ravage and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] were dispatched by Megatron to break into the [[NEST]] secret facility and steal the last shard of the [[AllSpark]]. Ravage manages to get hold of the shard and starts clawing at [[you]]. However, Bumblebee suddenly appears and tears apart Ravage and hands over the Allspark to [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] and you. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ride – 3D}}
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==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
[[Image:ROTFtoy-Soundwavemissile.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Do not aim Ravage towards face.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-04'''
**''Accessories:'' 1 Ravage missile

: [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#Deluxe Class toys|Soundwave]] comes with an intricately sculpted missile that appears to represent Ravage in transition form. He can't transform, though. Bummer.

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[[Image:ROTF_Deluxe_Ravage_toy.jpg|thumb|300px|Admit it: between the spiky spine and that dead, purple eye, you just want to cuddle the guy.]]
*'''Ravage''' (Deluxe Class, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RD-13'''

: Part of the third wave of ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Deluxe Class toys, Ravage transforms from "panther mode" into a [[transition form|"reentry mode"]] based on a fish-like mode used for pre-production animatics. (The "reentry mode" is exactly as involved as it looks.) He has two pivotable cannons, and by pulling back on the long lever/spike on his back, Ravage's head will extend forward, his ears will swing back, and his jaws will open; sliding the lever back and forth will reverse and reactivate the gimmick. The tip of his tail is on a [[ball joint]] and can be popped off. His waist also plugs into his torso by a ball joint, so his toy ''sort of'' meets the same fate as him.

: During part of 2010, [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/transformers-toy-giveaway.cfm Hasbro did a promotion] wherein US fans could receive three free Deluxes in exchange for receipts showing the purchase of $25 or more of select Transformers product. As noted in [http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=69645&st=0 this thread over at Allspark.com], and later confirmed by [http://web.archive.org/web/20110221171904/http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HT83971G3 this listing here], Ravage was one of a pool of eight figures (all from the same wave) from which the free Deluxes were drawn, with several people having noted receiving him.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/Ravage/ravage.htm More information on Ravage at TFU.info]''

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*'''Gathering at Nemesis''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 Ravage missile

: A [[Toys"R"Us]] [[exclusive]] three pack (technically a four pack if you want to count Ravage), also featuring [[The Fallen#GatheringNemesis|The Fallen]], and a [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#GatheringNemesis|silver Voyager Class Megatron]] from the first movie toyline. [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#GatheringNemesis|Soundwave]] was [[redeco]]ed predominantly in blue as an homage to the [[Soundwave (G1)|original Soundwave]]. The Fallen was unchanged from his original release.
{{picsneeded|A picture of the missile itself.}}

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[[Image:CharaHobbyROTFSoundwaveBlack.jpg|thumb|300px|There I am, peeking out like a backpack rocket...]]
*'''Soundwave Black Version''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' 1 Ravage missile

:Exclusive to the 2009 "C3 X Hobby Chara Hobby" show that ran across [[August 29]]-[[August 30|30]] in Japan, Soundwave Black Version is a redeco of the deluxe ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#BlackVersion|Soundwave]] toy in black and red with orange highlights. Following the convention, remaining quantities of the figure were made available to purchase via lottery through the [[e-HOBBY]] website. The Ravage missile is still there.

::*''[http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/cgi-bin/omc?port=33301&req=PRODUCT&code=tf_ev_07 Soundwave Black Version at e-HOBBY]''

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[[Image:ROTFtoy-SoundwavemissileNESTAlliance.jpg|right|thumb|300px|I'm not an accessory! I'm a human being! Wait, that's not right either.]]
*'''Battlefield Bumblebee vs Infiltration Soundwave''' (NEST Global Alliance two-pack, 2010)
**''Accessories:'' 1 Ravage missile

: Part of the "[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|N.E.S.T. Global Alliance]]" campaign, a two-pack of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#VsSoundwave|Battlefield Bumblebee]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#Infiltration|Infiltration Soundwave]] included yet another [[redeco]] of that damn Ravage missile!

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[[Image:ROTFtoy-RavageRecon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|And I'll form the yikes!]]
*'''Recon Ravage''' (Deluxe mail-in exclusive, 2010)

: When you buy the above Bumblebee/Soundwave pack and two specially-marked Transformers products, you can send in for an exclusive Recon Ravage figure! All you need is the order form and "starter sticker" from the N.E.S.T. Alliance two-pack, stickers from two additional specially-marked "N.E.S.T. Global Alliance" products, $4.95 for shipping and handling, and 6-8 weeks. He is a redeco and [[retool]] of his Deluxe-Class toy, being decoed in black, [[Vacuum metallizing|chrome]], and red, in what appears to be an [[homage]] to Voltron's Black Lion. The ball joint joining his torso to his hind legs from the original version has been replaced with a [[swivel joint]], and his tail was [[retool]]ed to remove the rotational articulation just above the middle hinge.

: Ravage was mailed in a white box with the NEST logo on it. Also, it came with a letter from Optimus Prime and a $5 off coupon for ROTF toy purchases over $20.

:In Canada and Australia, this toy was sold at retail as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.

:In New Zealand, this figure was available as a Toyworld exclusive and packed as a bonus when one purchased a NEST Voyager-Class figure.

:This toy was also later offered as a gift to attendees at the Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong fair 2010 if they made a combined purchase of [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2010)]] toys amounting to more than HK$400.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/ReconRavage/ravage.htm More information on Recon Ravage at TFU.info]''

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===''Transformers'' (2010)===
[[Image:TF2010toy-RavageLegends.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Transforms from jaguar to jaguar-with-pointy-nose and back!]]
*'''Ravage''' (Legends Class, 2010)

:Legends Class Ravage transforms from a metallic jaguar to a "[[transition form|reentry mode]]". He possesses a high level of articulation for a Legends class figure, with ball-jointed shoulders and hips, hinge joints at the knees, wrists, toes, and the base of his tail, and guns that pivot up and down. The tip of the figure's tail is rotatable, meaning it can be turned round and changed from a "grappling hook" configuration to more of an "impaling spike" configuration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/LegRavage/ravage.htm More information on Legends Ravage at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:TF2010toy-RavageSeaAttack.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Catfish.]]
*'''Sea Attack Ravage''' (Deluxe, 2010)

: Sea Attack Ravage is a redeco of his Deluxe-Class toy, retaining the ball-jointed hind legs of the original release, but using the retooled tail from the Recon Ravage release. His color scheme is a combination of black and light blue plastic with painted silver body parts and cannons, some painted gold details here and there, painted red wings, and an eye cast in translucent red plastic. This color scheme is meant to recall his attack on Diego Garcia.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Decepticon/SeaAttackRavage/ravage.htm More information on Sea Attack Ravage at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:TF2010toy-RavageRampageAmongTheRuins.jpg|right|thumb|300px|This is not kawaii! This is not kawaii at all!]]
*'''Rampage Among the Ruins''' (Multi-pack, 2010)

:A soon-to-be-mutilated Ravage, decoed in gunmetal and caramel, comes packaged with that murderous jerk [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#RampageAmongTheRuins|Bumblebee]] and a red [[Rampage (ROTF)#Deluxe Class toys 2|Rampage]]. This [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] set was included in the [[Hunt for the Decepticons]] promotion.

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[[Image:Ravage-Infiltration-Ravage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Bluesteel Ravage?]]
*'''The Ravage Infiltration''' (Multi-pack, 2010)

:This three-pack comes with a more movie-accurate version of Ravage, as well as [[Flak (TF 2010)#Toys|Flak]], a [[Scattorshot (ROTF)|Scattorshot]] redeco, and [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]], a [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] redeco. He also comes with 3 NEST soldier figurines, redecoed from ''Screen Battles'' figures from the [[Transformers (2007 toyline)|first movie]]. The instructions included with this release show the on-package alternate mode as the "vehicle mode" and how to get to a third "re-entry" mode; essentially the normal vehicle mode with his legs folded back into his thighs.

:While this set was originally planned for North American [[Target]] stores, it is only known to have been sold through the Sainsbury's supermarket chain in the United Kingdom.

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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:Studio-Series-MV2-73-Ravage.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And now he gets partnered with a [[Grindor (ROTF)|helicopter]] [[:File:EarlyMovieBlackout.jpg|like originally intended]].]]
*'''Grindor & Ravage''' (Leader Class, [[2021]])
**''Movie'': '''''Revenge of the Fallen'''''
**''Hasbro ID number:'' '''73'''

:A non-transforming figurine of Ravage is packed in with ''[[Studio Series]]'' [[Grindor (ROTF)#Generations|Grindor]] (despite the two having never appeared together in the movie), replacing the [[Scorponok (Movie)#Generations|Scorponok]] figure found with the original release of [[Blackout (Movie)#Generations|Blackout]]. Ravage possesses articulation via ball joints in each of his legs, and his tail can hinge back and forth. Ravage is scaled considerably smaller than Scorponok's figure.

:Much like with Scorponok, Ravage can be stored in the tail section of Grindor's helicopter mode. This requires splaying Ravage's legs out and attaching him to Grindor's circular port within the helicopter underside.

:Grindor and Ravage were found at [[Australia]]n retail in June 2021, and subsequently at [[Target]] stores in the United States, before any official reveal.<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/06/24/transformers-studio-series-ss-73-grindor-and-ss-86-07-slug-daniel-found-in-australia-436101 Transformers Studio Series SS 73 Grindor And SS 86-07 Slug & Daniel Found In Australia]</ref>

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[[File:Studio-Series-Core-Class-Bumblebee-Ravage.jpg|thumb|300px|From a rectangular prism to a cube. Your mileage may vary on if that's an improvement.]]
*'''Ravage''' (Core Class, [[2022]])
**''Movie'': '''''Bumblebee'''''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-78'''
** ''TakaraTomy release date'': [[May 28]], 2022
**''Accessories'': Left & right missiles, blaster, missile pod
:Part of the 2022 Core Class introduction of ''[[Studio Series]]'', Ravage is an extremely accurate depiction of his appearance in the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' film and transforms into a cubic Cybertronian cassette. He can fit into the chest of the concurrently-released [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#SSBB|Soundwave]], allowing him to "eject" Ravage. Ravage comes with a missile pod and two missiles to enhance his accuracy to the model, the latter of which can store on the back of his alternate mode. He also includes a blaster barrel based on [[Soundwave (G1)|"Generation 1" Soundwave]]'s that can attach to his tummy for storage, but is intended to attach to Soundwave's over-the-shoulder weapon barrel to emulate the G1 weapon.

:Ravage's Hasbro stock photography is missing his bottom jaw. Thankfully, TakaraTomy's stock photography rectifies this error. His package art also depicts parts of his back legs clipping into his front legs, with all four of his feet missing.

:Despite the Core Class lacking the backdrops included with all other ''Studio Series'' classes, the insides of Ravage's packaging is decorated with the artwork used as the second version of the "Cybertron Falls" backdrop.
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==Merchandise==
===Burger King===
[[Image:ROTFmerchandise-BurgerKingRavage.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Jaguar? I thought you were some kind of outer space potato man.]]
*'''Ravage Reveal''' [[Burger King]] free toy (2009)
:Ravage is revealed from his <s>hand grenade</s> <s>kitty toy</s> pod (presumably representing his reentry mode) with a flick of the wrist. Or by manually holding the two halves of the pod apart so that Ravage pops out. Oddly there are what appear to be four holes on either side of the pod, perhaps so Ravage has air holes to breathe through.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/BKRavage/ravage.htm More information on Burger King Ravage at TFU.info]''

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===''Robot Heroes''===
[[File:Robotheroesjoltravage.jpg|right|thumb|300px|At least he's not packaged with that monster, Bumblebee!]]
*'''Jolt & Ravage''' (Two-pack, 2009)
:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Ravage is part of the second ''Revenge of the Fallen'' wave. He has articulation at the shoulders, hips, and neck, and comes packaged versus [[Jolt (ROTF)#Robot Heroes|Jolt]].

:He's adorable.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Decepticon/RHRavage/ravage.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' Ravage at TFU.info]''
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===Threezero===
[[File:ThreeZero_DLX_Ravage.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"All Profits of this will go towards Ravage's Eye Removal Surgery."]]
*'''Soundwave and Ravage''' (DLX Scale, 2020)
:[[3A|Threezero]] Ravage is a foldable figure bundled with the Threezero DLX [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#ThreeZero|Soundwave]] figure. He is fully articulated, painted with detail designed to match the final onscreen appearance in the ''Bumblebee'' movie and designed to fit specifically inside Soundwave's tape deck.

:This mold was redecoed to make ''Shattered Glass'' [[Ravage (SG BB)#Merchandise|Ravage]].
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===Prime 1 Studio===
====''Museum Masterline''====
[[File:Prime 1 Studio Museum Masterline Ravage.jpg|upright=1.11|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave and Ravage''' (2021)
**''ID number:'' '''MMTFM-27''' (Standard), '''MMTFM-27EX''' (EX Version)

:A statue of Ravage in robot mode is included with the [[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Bumblebee'' [[Soundwave (ROTF)/toys#Prime 1 Studio|Soundwave]] statue. It can be displayed separately and features light-up LED eyes.

:The exclusive version also comes with an additional Ravage in "cassette mode". The standard version was limited to 100 pieces while the exclusive version was limited to only 70 pieces.
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==Notes==
* Ravage and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] were part of an early draft for [[Transformers (film)|''Transformers'']]. However, when Soundwave was changed to [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] and the initial jungle setting was replaced with a desert, Ravage was changed to [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]].
* As with poor [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], sources differed on how sentient Ravage was. Luckily for Ravage, Hasbro's website outright states him to be a sentient being.
*Whether through misinformation or to hide his identity, the Ravage deluxe figure shows up in the Wal-Mart computers as "TRA DLX WOLF". Of course, they're [[Andy Reid|not the first to make this mistake]]. However, when it scans at a register, it commonly comes up as "TRA MOV PANTHER".
*In the ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (novel)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' novelization, Ravage has a flying [[alternate mode]]. He flew out to the freighter where the four Constructicons were waiting and transformed on deck. While descending into the ocean, he was described as a sphere, so he might have two alternate modes. (His Burger King toy perhaps?)
*In the scene where all the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s wait aboard the barge for Ravage and the [[AllSpark]] shard to arrive, a red bulldozer resembling [[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]] is visible in the flyover shot. When the scene cuts to when Ravage crash-lands into the bulldozer, it is suddenly recolored yellow to resemble [[Skipjack (ROTF)|Skipjack]]. When the Constructicons transform into robot mode and dive into the ocean, the bulldozer is colored red again.
**Therefore, Rampage is the one who Ravage crashes into and remains present for Megatron's resurrection. Trying to distinguish how many Constructicons appeared in ''Revenge of the Fallen'' only continues to get harder with each watch.
* Despite having a red/orange eye in the movie, all of Ravage's toys and merchandise had a purple one until his Legends figure and the Sea Attack Ravage redeco.
* On his blog, Furman said that Ravage's spine-torn death was a late addition to the film... so late that [[IDW Publishing]] had already made Ravage a key part of their post-ROTF comics! Quick, to the Rewritemobile!<ref>[http://simonfurman.wordpress.com/2009/07/25/next-up-%e2%80%94-transformers-nefarious/ NEXT UP — TRANSFORMERS: NEFARIOUS]</ref>
* Originally, Ravage was intended to also have an aquatic alternate mode, where he swam to Diego Garcia as a spike-covered fish.<ref>[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film)/home video#Two-disc Special Edition|Deconstructing Visual Bayhem]] on the ''Revenge of the Fallen'' special two-disc release.</ref> The reason for dropping this was not stated.
*Ravage was in an early draft of ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'', but was dropped at Hasbro's request.<ref>[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/members/mowry-73165.html#vmessage167559 TFW2005 boards]</ref>
*Ravage's Cybertronian design in ''Bumblebee'' is heavily influenced by his Generation 1 [[Ravage (G1)|namesake]], right down to the cassette tape mode. His Earth body in ''The Battle at Half Dome'' adds a touch of his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' design.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ravage''' (ラヴィッジ ''Ravijji'')
*''French:'' '''Molosse''' (Canada, "''Mastiff''", in the ''Bumblebee'' film only)

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cats]]
[[Category:Mail order exclusives]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]
[[Category:Toys"R"Us exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers (2010) Decepticons]]

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (film)

2021-11-10T23:01:47Z

RazorSlash: Paramount pushed the film back a year, according to THR.

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'''''Transformers: Rise of the Beasts''''' is the planned seventh film in the [[live-action film series]], serving both as a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' and a tribute to ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]''. The film is directed by [[Steven Caple Jr.]] and written by [[Darnell Metayer]] and [[Josh Peters]], inspired by [[Joby Harold]]'s earlier draft. Originally expected to be released on [[June 28]], [[2019]],<ref name="toyfairreveal">[http://news.tfw2005.com/2016/02/12/transformers-5-transformers-6-bumblebee-spin-off-movie-revealed-309503 Transformers 5, Transformers 6 And Bumblebee Spin-Off Movie Revealed] ToyFair news at TFW2005</ref> the film was delayed to [[June 24]], [[2022]] due to creative differences.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/05/paramount-dates-new-transformers-movie-for-2022-1202924176/ Paramount Dates New ‘Transformers’ Movie For 2022] on Deadline</ref> It is currently scheduled for release on [[June 9]], [[2023]]<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/star-trek-transformers-movie-release-date-1235045937/]</ref>.

==Cast==
{{featuredcharacters|
h1=[[Autobot]]s|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]
*[[Dino|Mirage]]
*[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]]
*[[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]]

|h2=[[Terrorcon (ROTB)|Terrorcon]]s|c2=
*[[Scourge (ROTB)|Scourge]]
*[[Nightbird (ROTB)|Nightbird]]
*[[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]]

|h3=[[Maximal]]s|c3=
*[[Optimus Primal (ROTB)|Optimus Primal]] ([[Ron Perlman]])
*[[Airazor (ROTB)|Airazor]]
*[[Rhinox (ROTB)|Rhinox]]
*[[Cheetor (ROTB)|Cheetor]]

|h4=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c4=

|h5=[[Human]]s|c5=
*[[Noah]] ([[Anthony Ramos]])
*[[Elena]] ([[Dominique Fishback]])
*[[Noah's mother]] ([[Luna Lauren Velez]])
|nonumbering=true
}}

==Confirmed information==

[[File:TRANSFORMERS-2022.jpg|thumb|Why did it take so long?|250px]]

*March 27, 2015 — [[Paramount Pictures]] negotiates with [[Akiva Goldsman]], hiring him to create a "writer's room" with the intention of building a cinematic universe.<ref name="goldsman">[http://deadline.com/2015/03/transformers-akiva-goldsman-paramount-sequels-spinoffs-1201400027/ Paramount Enlisting Akiva Goldsman To Ramp Up 'Transformers' Output] on deadline.com</ref> Goldsman goes on to hire a number of writers over the next few months: [[Steven DeKnight]] (''Daredevil''),<ref>[http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/transformers-cinematic-universe/35696/transformers-cinematic-details-more-writers-over-10-films Transformers cinematic details]</ref> [[Robert Kirkman]] (''The Walking Dead''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-writers-robert-kirkman-zak-penn-art-marcum-matt-holloway-jeff-pinkner-1201430601/ 'Transformers' Spinoff & Sequel Scribes Set] on Deadline.com</ref> [[Art Marcum]] and [[Matt Holloway]] (''Iron Man''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Christina Hodson]] (''Shut In'', ''The Fugitive''),<ref name="hodsonbeer">[http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/446175-christina-hodson-and-lindsey-beer-join-transformers-writing-team Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer Join the Transformers Writing Team]</ref> [[Lindsey Beer]] (''Dig''),<ref name="hodsonbeer" /> [[Zak Penn]] (''Pacific Rim 2''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Jeff Pinkner]] (''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'', ''Lost''),<ref name="deadlinewritersroom" /> [[Andrew Barrer]] and [[Gabriel Ferrari]] (''Ant-Man''),<ref name="barrerferrari">[http://deadline.com/2015/05/transformers-ant-man-andrew-barrer-gabriel-ferrari-cybertron-1201433402/ 'Ant-Man' Scribes Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari Join 'Transformers' Writers Room] on Deadline</ref> [[Ken Nolan]] (''Black Hawk Down''), and [[Geneva Robertson-Dworet]].<ref name="nolandworet">[http://www.slashfilm.com/transformers-writers-room/ Akiva Goldsman Teases 'Transformers' Franchise Plans]</ref> Involved in the pitching process are [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Michael Bay]], [[Brian Goldner]], [[Lorenzo di Bonaventura]], [[Mark Vahradian]], and [[Don Murphy]].<ref name="deadlinereveal">[http://deadline.com/2015/09/transformers-writers-room-akiva-goldsman-transformers-5-1201531918/ 'Transformers' Writers Room Wraps] on Deadline</ref>
*October 3, 2015 — During his keynote speech at the MIP Junior Conference, [[Allspark (company)|Allspark]]'s [[Stephen J. Davis]] notes that the writing team has come up with film concepts for Transformers 5, 6, 7, and 8.<ref name="stephendaviskeynote">[https://youtu.be/F_P2fw_DlS4?t=812 Stephen Davis's keynote speech] at MIPJunior.</ref>
*February 12, 2016 — At [[Toy Fair 2016]], Hasbro reveals the projected release date of Transformers 7, along with the dates for the two preceding films.<ref name="toyfairreveal" />
*September 23, 2017 — At Licensing Europe 2017, Hasbro announces Transformers 7 will have an "entirely new, exciting storyline".<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2017/09/23/2019-transformers-movie-feature-entirely-new-storyline-349463 2019 Transformers Movie To Feature An Entirely New Storyline] on TFW2005</ref>
*February 16, 2018 — Hasbro clarifies at [[Toy Fair 2018]] that the film will be a reset of the franchise and has been delayed indefinitely until a new creative team is in place.<ref>[http://news.tfw2005.com/2018/02/16/transformers-cinematic-universe-current-movie-series-rebooted-358641 Transformers Cinematic Universe Is Over: Current Movie Series To Be Rebooted] on TFW2005</ref>
*May 24, 2018 — Paramount drops the film from their release schedule.<ref>[http://collider.com/transformers-7-cancelled/amp/ Paramount Officially Pulls the Next 'Transformers' Sequel from Their Release Date Schedule] on Collider</ref>
*March 15, 2019 — di Bonaventura states a sequel to ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' is in development.<ref>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/two-sequels-in-transformers-live-action-franchise-confirmed-in-development/43083/ Two Sequels in Transformers Live Action Franchise Confirmed in Development] on Seibertron</ref>
*March 18, 2019 — di Bonaventura claims that the next main ''Transformers'' film will be a reboot closely tied to the ''Bumblebee'' sequel, rather than a direct sequel to ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''. Either way, Paramount will pick the best script for ''Transformers 7'' and release that first.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/bumblebee-producer-says-next-transformers-movie-wi/1100-6465652/ Bumblebee Producer Says Next Transformers Movie Will Be A Reboot] on GameSpot</ref>
[[File:Stevencaplejr autobot cast.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Arcee (G1)|KARR]] [[GEEWUN|NOT BIKE!]]]]
[[File:Stevencaplejr terrorcon cast.jpg|thumb|250px|Actually, [[Megatron_(Movie)#Dark_of_the_Moon_film|not the first time]] The Transformers meet {{w|Mad Max|Mad Max}}...]]
*January 27, 2020 — Variety reports two ''Transformers'' films are being penned, to be produced simultaneously: one written by [[James Vanderbilt]], another to be written by [[Joby Harold]].<ref>[https://variety.com/2020/film/news/transformers-franchise-revamp-bumblebee-james-vanderbilt-joby-harold-1203482496/ ‘Transformers’ Franchise Gets a Revamp With Two Separate Films in the Works] on Variety</ref> Deadline reports that Vanderbilt's script is for a spin-off film based on ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'', while Harold's script continues the story from the ''Bumblebee'' film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/01/transformers-movies-paramount-1202843234/ Dual ‘Transformers’ Movies In The Works At Paramount] on Deadline</ref>
*May 2, 2020 — [[Hasbro]] CEO [[Brian Goldner]] confirms that a new Transformers live-action movie is slated to release on June 24th, 2022. However, only one between Harold's ''Bumblebee'' sequel and Vanderbilt's ''Beast Wars'' film will make it to production first.
*August 21, 2020 — New Republic Pictures is announced as a new co-financier for Paramount in a ten picture deal in the wake of the success of 2019's ''Rocketman''.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/08/paramount-pictures-new-republic-pictures-10-picture-cofinancing-deal-top-gun-maverick-1203018250/ New Republic Pictures Signs 10-Pic Co-Fi Deal With Paramount Pictures; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Among Films] on Deadline</ref>
*November 16, 2020 — [[Steven Caple Jr.]] is announced as the director.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2020/11/transformers-director-steven-caple-jr-1234613830/ Transformers’: ‘Creed 2’ Director Steven Caple Jr. Tapped To Direct Next Installment In Paramount And Hasbro Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
*April 1, 2021 — [[Anthony Ramos]] is in talks for a starring role.<ref>[https://collider.com/transformers-7-cast-anthony-ramos/ Exclusive: Anthony Ramos in Talks to Star in New 'Transformers' Movie] at Collider</ref>
*April 29, 2021 — [[Dominique Fishback]] is in final negotiations to star in the film.<ref>[https://deadline.com/2021/04/transformers-dominique-fishback-anthony-ramos-paramount-eone-and-hasbro-franchise-1234746855/ 'Transformers': Dominique Fishback Lands Lead Role Opposite Anthony Ramos In Next Installment For The Paramount Franchise] on Deadline</ref>
*June 13, 2021 — A casting call sheet for filming in Montreal reveals that the film is set in [[1992]].<ref>[https://www.transformersfr.com/t5190p250-parlons-des-films-transformers-a-venir#190206 Rumeur ― le "7ème Film Transformers en prise de vue réelle" se déroulerait en 1992] on transformersfr.com</ref>
*June 22, 2021 — A Paramount virtual event was held in which the movie's title, premise, and few of the characters and cast were unveiled (revealing to be both the ''Bumblebee'' and ''Beast Wars'' films in one).<ref>[[Ben Yee]]'s [https://twitter.com/BWTF_Ben/status/1407406238183346178 Twitter] live-blog of the event</ref> The film's logo and official premise were unveiled on official Transformers social media accounts.<ref>Logo and premise from Transformers [https://twitter.com/transformers/status/1407422768602181632 Twitter]</ref>
*June 28, 2021 — [[Ron Perlman]] is announced to be reprising his role as Optimus Primal from ''[[Transformers: Power of the Primes (cartoon)|Power of the Primes]]''. [[Darnell Metayer]] and [[Josh Peters]] are confirmed as writers, inspired by Joby Harold's earlier draft.<ref>[https://collider.com/ron-perlman-optimus-primal-voice-transformers-7-rise-of-the-beasts/ Exclusive: 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' Adds Ron Perlman as Voice of Optimus Primal ] on Collider</ref>
*July 11, 2021 — Rapper [[Tobe Nwigwe]] announces on Instagram that he's been cast in the movie.<ref>[https://preview.houstonchronicle.com/music/houston-s-tobe-nwigwe-earns-emmy-nom-16317174 Houston’s Tobe Nwigwe earns Emmy nom, 'Transformers' role] from the Houston Chronicle</ref>
*October 6, 2021 — Caple Jr. reveals the vehicle modes for the Autobot and Terrorcon cast through his Instagram account.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CUsm_wyLory/ Steven Caple Jr.'s Instagram cast reveal]</ref>
*October 20, 2021 — Filming is completed.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CVOw5z2r9TP/ Steven Caple Jr. Instagram post announcing the wrap up of filming]</ref>
*October 21, 2021 — Cuscopolita reports on the vehicles with the film's Peru crew, confirming the unidentified vehicles as [[Wheeljack (Movie)|Wheeljack]] and [[Battletrap (ROTB)|Battletrap]].<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/cuscopolitamagazine/videos/1941112319403899 Vehicle tour on Cuscopolita Facebook]</ref>
*October 22, 2021 — Ramos makes a guest appearance on [[Hasbro PulseCon 2021]], confirming Cheetor, his favorite ''Beast Wars'' character, will be in the film.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjtxJqrv-bI Hasbro PulseCon 2021]</ref>
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''''Transformers/Beast Kakusei''''' (トランスフォーマー/ビースト覚醒 ''Toransufōmā Bīsuto Kakusei'', "Transformers: Beast Awakening")
*''Cantonese:'' '''''Bin3jing4 Gam1gong1: Kwong4sau3 Gwat6hei2''''' (變形金剛：狂獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
*''Mandarin:'' '''''Biànxíng Jīngāng: Wàn Shòu Juéqǐ''''' (Taiwan, 變形金剛：萬獸崛起, "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")
*''Italian: '' '''''Transformers: Il Risveglio''''' ("Transformers: The Awakening")
*''Spanish:'' '''''Transformers: El Despertar de las Bestias''''' (Latin America, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
*''Portuguese:'' '''''Transformers: O Despertar das Feras''''' (Brazil, "Transformers: The Awakening of the Beasts")
*''German:'' '''''Transformers: Aufstieg der Bestien''''' ("Transformers: Rise of the Beasts")

==References==
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[[Category:Real world films]]

Megatron (G1)/merchandise

2021-02-21T00:45:39Z

RazorSlash: /* R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design) */

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Peace through merchandising!

==Wireless Microphone==
[[File:MegsMicrophone.jpg|thumb|Die kids construction — it's a lost art.]]
* '''Megatron''' (Nasta, 1984)
:One of the earliest pieces of Megatron merchandise is also one of the strangest. Taking the form of Megatron's Walther P-38 gun mode — itself quite controversial and anachronistic due to [[For safety reasons|recent safety regulations]] — the microphone allows children to broadcast their voices to a nearby AM radio by pointing the gun at their mouth (at the rear sight, not the ''barrel muzzle'' at least) and speaking into it.

:'''''Seriously'''''.
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==Collegeville Costumes==
[[File:Megatron collegeville costume.jpg|thumb|<insert questionable joke about package description here>]]
*'''Megatron''' (1984)
:Although [[Collegeville Costumes]] only released a small number of Transformers costumes, and made some odd choices for characters to depict in the process, Megatron was an obvious choice as one of their first releases. The costume consists of a thin plastic facemask based directly on the original Megatron toy's head, and in time-worn, super-crappy tradition, a red and white plastic smock decorated not with the details of Megatron's body, but with his package art and the Transformers logo.
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==Spindex Corporation==
[[File:Spindex megatron stationery.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (eraser set, 1985)
:This two-pack of erasers from [[Spindex Corporation]] depicted Megatron in his robot and gun modes.
*'''Megatron''' (Character eraser, 1985)
:One of three different "character erasers" produced by Spindex, this small Megatron figurine came on either a red or purple blister card.
*'''Optimus Prime and Megatron''' (Pencil Toppers and Pencil, 1985)
:Small rubber figurines of Megatron and Optimus Prime came packaged with a pencil they could perch on the end of.
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==Transformers Milk Caramel==
[[File:TFcaramel megatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (1985)
:A soft rubber figurine—known in Japan as a ''keshigomu''— of Megatron was released as part of the second wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' [[candy toy]] range. He came packaged with chocolate-covered caramel candies, and was available in red, blue and yellow.
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==Transformers Gum==
[[File:TFGum megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (1985)
**''Accessories:'' High-density infra-red laser cannon
:A snap-together transformable model kit of Megatron was available as part of the second wave of Kabaya's ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line. Essentially a downsized version of his original toy, the kit was made out of grey and black plastic, featuring stickers for detail, and came with a stick of gum. Like the original Japanese release of his toy, Megatron lacks his fusion cannon, armed merely with his infra-red laser cannon accessory.
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==Hero Set==
[[File:HeroSet megatron keshi.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (1985)
**''ID number:'' '''16'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword, high-density infra-red laser cannon
:A large ''keshigomu'' of Megatron was produced by TakaraTomy licensee [[Maruka Toys]]. Packaged on a blister card, the static, unposeable Megatron figure came with removable laser cannon and sword accessories, and feature a few small stickers for colour and detail. Maruka also produced an Optimus Prime figure in the same scale, and both Megatron and he were available in red, yellow or green.
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==Decoy==
*'''Defeat Dinosaurer Strategy Game''' (board game, 1986)
*'''Destron Hero Collection 22''' (multi-pack, 1986)[[File:Decoy megatron.jpg|thumb]]

:Megatron was among the many characters rendered by [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] as part of their series of 1.5" ''keshigomu'' figurines. Like all the Decepticons in the series, Megatron was molded in soft purple rubber, and featured a number sculpted into his back that was the sum total of his [[Tech Spec]]s, for use in the various games that could be played with the figurines. As the figure is a Japanese creation, it's particularly notable for the fact that it lacks Megatron's signature fusion cannon, just as his original Japanese toy release did, instead sculpting him with his hand-held laser cannon and Japanese-exclusive sword.

:Megatron was available as part of a 22-piece box set of Decepticon figures, as well as being included as one of several possible random Decepticon figures included as playing tokens with the "Defeat Dinosaurer Strategy Game", and in a variety of different colours via "gachapon" capsule machines. Later, [[Seven]] made him available in a peach coloration, randomly included in a variety of multi-packs.

*'''Megatron''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''32'''

: The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number (32, in Megatron's case). Like all Decepticon Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], and was, very early on in the promotion, available in an alternate red coloration that was only packed in with the Throttlebots. Unsurprisingly, this red figurine is much rarer.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Decoys/Megatron/megatron.htm More information on Decoy Megatron at TFU.info]''

==Parody Deformed==
[[File:PDtype megatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (1990)

:A small non-transforming [[super deformed]] model kit of Megatron was available as part of Kabaya's "[[Parody Deformed]]" line of candy toys. The third figure in the series, Megatron was part of the larger class of kits, and as such is made from three colors of plastic (white, grey and blue) with eye and Decepticon symbol stickers for detail. He came with a "[[PDTF Comic]]" comic about himself—"Don't Cry! Megatron!!"—and a stick of chewing gum.
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==Generation 2==
[[File:G2Megatron watch.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron Watch''' (Watch, 1995)

: A non-transforming digital wristwatch of Megatron's tank mode manufactured by [[Ostrum International]] was released during ''Generation 2'', in the same green and purple coloration as his first ''Generation 2'' toy.
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==Choro-Q==
[[File:ChoroQ megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (2000)

:''[[Choro-Q]]'' Megatron is a ''Generation 2''-themed [[redeco]] of the Camouflage Tank toy from Takara's ''Choro-Q'' toyline of non-transforming super deformed vehicles. He was an [[exclusive]] at [[BotCon]] Japan 2000, and features a [[pull-back motor]] and a rear license plate that reads "BotCon Japan 2000".

:Along with ''Choro-Q'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]] and [[Mirage (G1)|Ligier]], Megatron was given out randomly to convention attendees. Each toy was limited to 1000 pieces.
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==Super Collection Figure==
[[File:SCF Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (2000)
**''Act'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: A three-inch tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Megatron was available as part of the first wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full color figure and a clear plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

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[[File:SCF Megatron chase mace.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron with Chain Weight''' (2000)
**''Act'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:Also available in the first ''Super Collection Figure'' wave was a rare "[[Chase figure|chase]]" version of the Megatron (分銅付きメガトロン, ''fundō-tsuki megatoron''), decorated in metallic paint and replacing his right hand with his energon flail.

: It was ''presumably'' released at a ratio of one per every ten cases; while this has not been officially confirmed, later waves gave these odds for Secret Figures. It is also ''presumed'' to have replaced the regular Megatron in the lucky case (color or clear, well, that's less certain).

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[[File:SCF Optimus chase jetpack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron & Convoy''' (2000)
**''Act'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

: The second ''Super Collection Figure'' wave featured an Optimus Prime chase figure wielding Megatron in gun mode and wearing [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'s [[jet pack|rocket pack]] (the latter seen in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]").

: It was ''presumably'' released at a ratio of one per every ten cases. It is unknown what figure it replaced in the lucky case.

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[[File:SCF Megatron Reincarnation.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Reincarnation Megatron''' (2001)
**''Act'': '''3'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:Megatron got another chase figure in the third ''Super Collection Figure'' Act. Based on the scene in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]'' where Megatron is reincarnated as [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], "Reincarnation Megatron" (転生メガトロン ''tensei megatoron'') is cast in transparent plastic with a light purple hue and gold sparkles inside, and given grid patterns on his lower body. It was presumably packed at a ratio of one per ten cases.

:It needs to be noted that there are a significant number of [[knockoff|bootlegs]] of this figure. Thankfully, most have a very obvious tell: the real figure has a white Decepticon symbol, while the knockoffs have a purple symbol.

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[[File:SCF Megatron Laserbeak.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron (B)''' (2001)
**''Act'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Stand

:For the fourth ''Super Collection Figure'' wave, Megatron's left arm was changed to feature [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] perching on it. His feet have also been painted bright white rather than the body-matching light gray of the original. Like all the figures in the fourth wave, Megatron was available in both standard full color and metallic silver "pewter" versions, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures.

:The pewter version of the figure has a potential problem with connector peg breakage, due to said pegs often getting a layer of pewter paint before being forced into a socket, leading to sticking and tearing. Care should be used when moving or removing the arms; shaving down the socket interior with a thin hobby knife is usually sufficient to fix the issue. This holds true for pretty much every pewter figure in the entire line.

:In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version of Megatron came packaged with the right arm of the collectible [[Metroplex (G1)#Super Collection Figure|Metroplex]] build-a-figure.

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[[File:SCF Optimus Act6.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Convoy (C) with Megatron Gun Mode''' (2002)
**''Act'': '''6'''
**''Accessories'': Right fist, stand

:The sixth ''Super Collection Figure'' wave featured a [[retool]]ed version of Prime wielding Megatron's gun mode, now sold at mass-retail rather than being a chase figure. Unlike the chase one, Prime also came with an interchangeable empty fist, so he doesn't ''have'' to wield Megatron. His right arm has also been tooled to be straight-elbowed, and his left hand is now clenched. The figure was available in both full color and pewter versions in a 1:1 ratio per case.

:In eight out of every ten cases, the pewter version came with the head for the wave's [[Grand Maximus#Super Collection Figure|Grand Maximus]] build-a-figure.

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[[File:SCF Optimus Earth Obliteration.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Special "The Earth Obliteration Plan": Exclusive Convoy Set''' (2002)
**''Accessories'': Stand

: Available exclusively at the Wonder Festival convention, this set includes two metallic-paint versions of Convoy figures from Act 2: the "Convoy w/ Megatron Gun" chase figure (minus the jetpack), and the truck-mode "figure".

: The set was limited to only 1000 units.

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[[File:SCF Megatron Confrontation.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''TF Confrontation Set 01: Convoy vs Megatron''' (2002)
**''Accessories:'' Energon mace

: Exclusive to the Tokyo Game Show 2002, this special set includes a new version of the original first-Act Megatron figure, along with a new version of the first-Act Optimus. Both are cast in transparent plastic and completely painted over in a grimy, battle-damaged look. Both also come with the interchangeable energon-axe and mace weapons from their first-wave chase figures. Completing the theme of the set is the backdrop of the packaging interior, which depicts [[Sherman Dam]].

: As with the Wonder Festival set, this set was also limited to 1000 units.
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==Mega Super Collection Figure==
[[File:MegaSCF megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (2002)
**''ID number:'' '''03'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, energon mace, Laserbeak, two clenched fists, two open hands

:A five-inch tall, non-transforming highly-articulated PVC figure of Megatron was the third entry in Takara's ''Mega Super Collection Figure'' series. He comes with a small PVC of Laserbeak that can perch on his arm, and his fists can be swapped out for alternate splayed-palm hands, or his energon mace, as seen in the Generation 1 cartoon.

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*'''Megatron Metallic Ver.''' (Exclusive, 2002)
**''ID number:'' '''03-X1'''
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, energon mace, [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]], two clenched fists, two open hands

:A metallic redeco of ''Mega SCF'' Megatron was offered as an exclusive at the 2002 Japanese conventions, Hobby Expo and Wonderfest. He comes with all the same accessories as his standard release, except for this exclusive, Laserbeak has been redecoed into Buzzsaw.
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*'''Convoy Metallic Ver.''' (2002)
**''ID number:'' '''01'''
:A gun mode Megatron came as an accessory with the metallic redeco of the Optimus Prime ''Mega SFC'' figurine, taking the place of the [[energon-axe]] weapon included with the original Prime figure. Prime's hand is permanently sculpted around Megatron's handle, and can be swapped out for Prime's other hands.

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*'''Starscream''' (2002)
**''ID number:'' '''07'''
:Optimus Prime's Megatron gun accessory was redecoed for inclusion with ''Mega SCF'' Starscream; while Megatron himself remained the same, the fist was repainted from Prime's metallic dark blue to Starscream's lighter shade.
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==Heroes of Cybertron==
[[File:HOC Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2002)

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Heroes of Cybertron#Heroes of Cybertron|Heroes of Cybertron]]'', this figure is functionally the same as the first ''Super Collection Figure'' Megatron. Like all the standard ''Heroes'' figures, he is cast in transparent plastic, then painted over, save for the eyes and a small patch on the back of his head, giving him a [[light-piping]] gimmick. However, there are a few other tiny deco differences, most importantly (and noticeable) being the addition of a black circle on the muzzle of his back-mounted gun barrel, and the back of his midsection is painted light gray rather than red like the ''SCF''. He's also a cooler super-light-gray than the ''SCF'' figure.

: There is a [[variant|running change variant]] of this figure, which adds a bit of red paint to the raised bit on the back of Megatron's fusion cannon, a detail from the animation model missing from the ''SCF'' Megatrons.

: Megatron was re-released in 2006 as part of a short-lived ''Heroes of Cybertron'' revival, celebrating the 2006 DVD release of the original ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. This version was cast in opaque off-white plastic and is virtually identical to the original ''SCF'' Megatron, with the unpainted back-barrel and red-painted mid-back. At best, in certain lights the 2006 ''Heroes'' version is an ever so slightly warmer light gray plastic than the ''SCF''.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/HoCMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Megatron at TFU.info]''

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[[File:HOC Megatron Mace.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|All flail Megatron]]
* '''Megatron''' (2002)

: Released in the second wave, this version of Megatron is a mass-release variation of the chase figure from the first ''SCF'' Act, replacing his right hand with a clear-plastic energy flail. His left hand is the clenched fist of the later "Laserbeak" version of Megatron, instead of the open-hand the chase figure had. This version also keeps the paint additions from the previous version of the figure, always having the red-dotted cannon.

: Oddly, he comes with the same collector card as the first version, and the packaging does not call out the energy weapon in any way. The card-back cross-sell even shows only the original Megatron. (The same happened to this wave's energy-weapon-wielding [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Heroes of Cybertron|Optimus Prime]].)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/HoCMaceMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Heroes of Cybertron'' Megatron (with mace) at TFU.info]''

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[[File:HOC Megatron Laserbeak.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Give us a kiss.]]
* '''Megatron with Laserbeak''' (2003)

: The fifth-wave Megatron figure is a release of the Megatron/[[Laserbeak (G1)/toys#Heroes of Cybertron)|Laserbeak]] figure from the fourth ''SCF'' Act. He keeps the paint alterations of the energy-mace Megatron, though his black paint is much glossier this time around. Laserbeak's grays are also much lighter than on the SCF, matching Megatron's main body coloring.

: The collector card does not list Laserbeak on the front, but does mention him at the end of a severely truncated version of the first card's [[bio]].

: This release came with the right arm for the wave's collectible [[Metroplex (G1)#Heroes of Cybertron|Metroplex]] build-a-figure.
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==Hard Hero==
[[File:HardHero Megatron bust.JPG|thumb|Englishmen, you're all so f@#$ing pompous. None of you have got any balls...[[Edmund Burton|wait a minute.]]]]
*'''Megatron''' (2002)
:The second of [[Hard Hero]]'s series of ''Transformers'' products, Megatron is a six-inch tall bust sculpted from cold-cast porcelain.
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[[File:HHero MegatronStatue.jpg|thumb|People can pay retail for a [[Thrust (G1)#Generations|Thrust]] now!?!]]
*'''Megatron''' (2003)
:A 12.5-inch tall Megatron statue sculpted aiming his fusion cannon while screaming in rage.
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==MyClone==
[[File:Myclone megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
* '''Megatron''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''ID number:'' '''MTF002'''
**''Accessories:'' Grey display base

:Released in the first wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this super deformed Megatron comes with a hexagonal grey display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other MyClone figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other MyClone figure.

* '''Megatron''' (MyClone, 2003)
**''Accessories:'' Clear display base, energon mace

: A [[chase figure|chase]] variant of ''MyClone'' Megatron was also available in the same wave. Cast entirely in colorless clear plastic, this version of Megatron also came with an energon mace, which could be exchanged for his fist. Thanks to the modular MyClone design, the mace can easily attach to the standard Megatron figure as well.
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==Q-Robo Collection==
[[File:Qrobo megatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2003)

:A super-deformed PVC of Megatron was released as part of the ''[[Q-Robo Collection]]''. Like all the figures in the series, Megatron was sold blindpacked in a plastic capsule, featured articulation in the neck and shoulders, and was also available in a translucent colored plastic: as a Decepticon, Megatron came in translucent purple.

::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/figure/q_robo1.htm More information on the Q-Robo Collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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==Generation 1 Figure-Collection==

[[File:Bottlecap megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]

*'''Megatron''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-1'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:At only one inch in height, this Megatron "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers [[Generation 1 Figure-Collection]]. The figure was available in both a "retro" black and white color scheme and a rare full-color [[chase figure|chase]] version, and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/misc_item/kabaya_bottle.htm More information on the Generation 1 collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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==History Collection==
[[File:History collection megatron.jpg|thumb|100px]]
*'''Megatron''' (2004)
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:A second "bottlecap" figurine of Megatron was produced by Takara as part of their blindpacked [[History Collection]] line of PVCs. Despite its diminutive size, this two-piece full-color figure features articulated shoulders.

::*''[http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act234/ More information on the History Collection at TFKenkon.com]''
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==Palisades Toys==
[[File:Palisades Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Megatron after getting pushed down a flight of stairs by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]].]]
*'''Megatron''' (statue, 2004)
:A twelve-inch tall polystone statue of Megatron was produced by [[Palisades Toys]] as the logical second entry in their line of Transformers statues. Standing on a thick base formed from a silver Decepticon insignia, Megatron is decorated with dirt to simulate battle damage, and features articulation at and his neck and shoulders, allowing owners to position him with fusion cannon ready to fire. Megatron was limited to 1000 pieces worldwide.
::*''[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-images/toys/Non-Transforming+Transformers/Misc/Transformers+Busts+and+Statues/Palisades+12+Megatron+Statue/ Megatron statue gallery at TFW2005.com]''

* '''Megatron''' (mini-statue, 2005)

:A downscaled version of the Megatron statue, essentially identical to the larger one but for the fact that it's only six inches tall, was produced as an [[exclusive]] for [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2005. With only 500 units produced, the statue sold out in two days, setting a new record for Palisades at the show.
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==Diamond Select==

* '''Decepticon Motion Globe''' (Snow globe, 2007)
[[File:Diamond select megatron products.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
:Megatron is featured in [[Diamond Select Toys]]' Decepticon-themed snow globe, sitting on a throne inside the globe whilst pointing with one hand and holding an [[energon cube]] in the other. The globe's base is based on [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Earth)|Decepticon Headquarters]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]]. It was sculpted by [[Art Asylum]], and limited to 1000 pieces.

* '''Megatron Mini Head Replica''' (Bust, 2007)
:This small statue of Megatron's head designed by Art Asylum stands at roughly five inches tall, and was limited to 2500 pieces.

* '''Megatron Wall Statue''' (2007)
:Standing at nine inches tall and limited to 1000 pieces, this statue of Megatron is a free-standing diorama that attaches to the owner's wall, complimenting Art Asylum's Optimus Prime wall statue.
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[[File:Diamond select megatron busts.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Wonder if they used his legs to make another [[Alligaticon]]?]]
* '''Megatron Bust''' (2008)

:Released by Diamond Select Toys in 2008, this Megatron mini-bust was sculpted by Mark Wong of Art Asylum and limited to 1,500 pieces. The sculpt features a Megatron, looking regal in metallic silver, perched above a raised Decepticon symbol while the front of the bust showcases the [[Heart of Cybertron]] as seen in the Generation 1 episode "[[Microbots]]".

* '''Megatron Reformatted Bust''' (Action Figure Xpress exclusive, 2008)

:The Megatron bust was retooled for its second release as "Megatron Reformatted", exclusively availably through Action Figure Xpress, depicting the Decepticon leader in the beginning stages of his reformation into Galvatron as featured in ''The Transformers: The Movie''. In addition to his new partially-translucent appearance and battle-damage paint detail, this version of the bust features a new head and a new base in the shape of [[Unicron]].

* '''G1 Animated Megatron Bust''' (San Diego Comic Con exclusive, 2009)
:Mark Wong's Megatron bust was retooled a third time to create "G1 Animated Megatron", available exclusively at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con. In addition to his reinstated Heart of Cybertron base, Megatron features a new head and a more matte color scheme to better match the cartoon's palette.
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[[File:DiamondSelect Megatron bustbank.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Megatron Bust Bank''' (Diamond Select, 2010)

:This 6-inch hollow Megatron bust would have featured plenty of space for coins along with articulation in its shoulders and neck, but was sadly canceled.
 
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==Attacktix==
*'''Megatron''' (Booster, 2007)
[[File:Attacktix Megatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|How am I supposed to aim with this thing in the way?]]
{{attacktix
|ID=TF2-20
|faction=Decepticon
|class=Leader
|special=Recover - 16/26 (61%) success ratio
|cost=40
|speed=6
|attacktype=Shooter (Force Blast)
}}
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:Based on his G1 cartoon appearance, this Megatron toy is a killer. He was available only in the Series 2 Starter Set along with ''[[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise|Optimus Prime]], ''[[Transformers: Energon (franchise)|Energon]]'' [[Landquake (Energon)|Landquake]] and ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' [[Skywarp (Armada)|Skywarp]].

:Megatron has an incredibly powerful translucent missile (don't fire it at children or small dogs if you value their lives) and a ''Recover'' special power that allows the figure to stand back up if there's another Decepticon in play. Two Megatrons are a dangerous combination, feeding each other's recover powers and making them very hard to kill off. Plus you can pretend one of them is [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]].

:As an added bonus, because of the way it is worded, you can use the ''Cybertron'' [[Megatron (Armada)/toys|Megatron]] vehicle mode figure's ''Transform'' power to bring Megatron into play from your back-ups.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/AttacktixMegatron/megatron.htm More information on ''Attacktix'' Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Robot Heroes==
[[File:Robot heroes megatrons.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Cuteness through tyranny!]]
*'''Ultra Magnus / Megatron''' (Two-pack, 2007)

:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Megatron is an adorably super-deformed figurine depicting the Decepticon leader aiming his fusion cannon with a great big smile on his mouth. Megatron has swivel articulation in his shoulders and was sold in a two-pack with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys|Ultra Magnus]].
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Robot Heroes Megatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Decepticon Sneak Attack''' (Multi-pack, 2007)

: "Supermetal Finish" Megatron is a redeco of the standard ''Robot Heroes'' Megatron, colored a shiny silver instead of off-white.

: He was only available in a [[Walmart]] exclusive five-pack alongside "Hologram" [[Mirage (G1)/toys#RH5pack|Mirage]], [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Cliffjumper]], "Supermetal Finish" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#RH5pack|Optimus Prime]], and [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Robot Heroes|Skywarp]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/RHWMMegatron/megatron.htm More information on Supermetal Finish Megatron at TFU.info]''
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==Revoltech==
[[File:Revoltech Megatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Action Masters? Eat your Spark out!]]
*'''Megatron''' (2007)
**''Yamaguchi Series number:'' '''025'''
**''Accessories:'' Alternate head, 3 alternate hands (left & right open palms, right gun-holding hand)

:A non-transforming but ''highly'' articulated Megatron action figure(ine), ''[[Revoltech]]'' Megatron uses the ''Revoltech'' "revolver joints" (appropriate, if you think about it...) for maximum poseability. Megatron includes a non-removable fusion cannon and a few alternate hands, as well as an alternate head with its mouth open in either a smirk, growl or sneer, [[Dull surprise|depending on how you read it]]. His sculpting is explicitly in the style of [[Pat Lee|Pat "serfdom" Lee]]'s interpretation of Megatron.

:This figure uses specialized gray revolver joints in order to better blend with the surrounding sculpted parts.

:He includes a hand obviously meant for holding a gun... but has no gun to use it with. Though if you buy ''Revoltech'' Starscream as well, you can always make him wield himself.
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*'''Starscream''' (2008)
**''Yamaguchi Series number:'' '''046'''

:The [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Revoltech|''Revoltech'' Starscream]] toy included a Megatron accessory in his Walther P-38 altmode. While the silencer and scope are molded on, the stock is removable (necessary in order to plug it into a hand). The gun can be held by any ''Revoltech'' toy with a standardized gun-wielding hand, which includes all five Transformers characters in the line.

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==Boss Coffee==
[[File:Boss coffee megatron.jpg|right|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2008)

:A non-transforming PVC figure of Megatron was released as part of a promotion by [[Boss Coffee]]. The small figure was randomly included with single cans of the company's "Rainbow Mountain Blend" coffee, contained in a plastic capsule affixed to the top of the can which then became a display base for the figurine once removed. Megatron features articulation at the shoulders and waist and came with a small catalog leaflet that could be folded up and attached to the lid/base to form a diorama background of Decepticon Headquarters for added display value.

:Due to his size, Megatron hypothetically scales with ''Encore'' [[Metroplex (G1)#Encore|Metroplex]].

*'''Megatron''' (2008)

:A larger, metallic gold version of Megatron was also part of the promotion. Nearly twice as tall as the smaller figure, it was not merely an upsized version, but an entirely different sculpt. This Megatron was randomly included with two-packs of Rainbow Mountain Blend coffee cans, which featured a double-wide plastic capsule to hold him.
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==Mighty Muggs==
[[File:MightyMuggs Megatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon

: This super-deformed, non-transformable Megatron figure uses the standard ''[[Mighty Muggs]]'' body template, with swivel joints in his neck and limbs. He comes with a similarly super-deformed version of his fusion cannon that fits into a hole on his right arm.
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[[File:MightyMuggs 2018 Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.44]]
*'''Megatron''' (2018)

: Part of the first year of the ''Mighty Muggs'' relaunch, Megatron features the new line-wide face-changing [[gimmick]]. Pressing down on his bucket helmet will switch his face to one of three options: neutral, angry, and [[The Transformers: The Movie|"I still function!"]] The toy is based on Megatron's [[evergreen]] design, and includes a matching fusion cannon molded onto his right arm.
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==Transformers Wacky Wobblers==
[[File:WackyWobblers Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
*'''Megatron''' (2009)

: This Megatron {{w|bobblehead}} is part of the popular ''[[Wacky Wobblers]]'' line produced by {{w|Funko}}. Aside from the standard-issue big wobbling head, he features a teeny-tiny fusion cannon and arms that swivel at the shoulders. Megatron is affixed to a base with his name on it.
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==Transformers x Mimobot==
[[File:Mimobot megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Peace through Storage!]]
*'''Megatron''' (Mimoco, 2011)
:Produced by [[Mimoco]] as part of their multi-brand line of designer USB "Mimobot" flash drives, this Megatron memory stick comes in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB and 16GB sizes, and comes pre-loaded with "digital editions of classic comics, videos, and scripts", as well as a suite of screensavers, avatars, and more standard to all Mimobots.
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==Titan Warriors==
[[File:TitanWarriors Megatron.jpg|thumb|right]]
*'''Titan Warrior 5-Pack''' (2013)
:Available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013, this Megatron is a 6" PVC ''[[Titan Heroes|Titan Warriors]]'' figure (similar to Bandai's ''Ultra/Sentai/Rider Hero, Movie Monster Series'') with articulated arms. He was packed with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Optimus Prime]], [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Titan Warriors|Grimlock]], [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Soundwave]].

*'''Megatron''' (Titan Warrior, 2014)
:The ''Titan Warriors'' Megatron toy was released individually, under the ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]] Titan Heroes'' subline.

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==Mecha Nations==
[[File:Mn02-blackconvoy-megs.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Black Convoy''' (2014)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN02'''
**''Accessories:'' Ion Blaster, Energon Axe, Removable Armor, Megatron gun, alternate hands.

:A small gun mode version of Megatron, similar to [[Megatron (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary/Masterpiece|those included with]] ''Masterpiece'' Soundwave and the original ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime/Convoy mold, was added to [[Kids Logic]]'s [[Nemesis Prime (G1)#Mecha Nations|Black Convoy]] redeco (and insignia-remold) of Mecha Nations [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Mecha Nations|Optimus Prime]]. It includes light up effects, gun barrel that can be replaced with a barrel extension, and removable stock. To hold the gun, Black Convoy includes an additional specifically molded right hand, however the stock must be removed to allow him to do so.

:The Megatron gun was also included with Mecha Nations Starscream (below). Mecha Nations [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Mecha Nations|Ultra Magnus]], like Optimus Prime before him, does not include the Megatron gun, keeping this a Decepticon-only accessory.

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*'''Megatron''' (2014)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN03'''
**''Accessories:'' Energy flail, alternate face, alternate hands, alternate right forearm, display stand.

:Created by [[Kids Logic]], this [[super deformed]] G1 Megatron stands 6" tall and is articulated, featuring a shiny metallic color scheme, removable armor and replacement hands. He also features LED light up eyes, Decepticon chest insignia, and fusion cannon. The set includes an alternate right forearm piece allowing the fusion cannon and the forearm to which it's attached to be removed.

:This figure was redecoed into Mecha Nations Megatron 2014 Toy Soul Exclusive Edition (below).

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*'''Megatron (2014 Toy Soul Exclusive Edition)''' (2014)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN03G'''
**''Accessories:'' Energy flail, alternate face, alternate hands, alternate right forearm, display stand.

:Created by [[Kids Logic]], this [[super deformed]] G1 Megatron is a redeco of their previous Megatron figure (above), based on the color scheme of ''Masterpiece'' [[Megatron (G1)/toys#MasterpieceGoldMegs|Megatron Gold Ver]]. He stands 6" tall and is articulated, featuring a shiny metallic color scheme, removable armor and replacement hands. He also features LED light up eyes, Decepticon chest insignia, and fusion cannon. The set includes an alternate right forearm piece allowing the fusion cannon and the forearm to which it's attached to be removed.

:This figure was exclusive to 2014's Toy Soul expo, an event run annually in Hong Kong.

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[[File:Mn05-starscream-megs.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Starscream''' (2015)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN05'''
**''Accessories:'' Megatron gun, alternate hands, display stand.

:Mecha Nations [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#Mecha Nations|Starscream]] includes the same gun mode Megatron (above) as introduced with Black Convoy. A specially molded hand allows Starscream to hold Megatron for posing.

:Starscream was subsequently redecoed with new faces into Mecha Nations [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Mecha Nations|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#Mecha Nations|Thundercracker]], but neither of the later figures included the Megatron gun.

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==Thrilling 30==
*'''Megatron''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''1 / #2'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Megatron was released among the blindpacked [[Thrilling 30#Collectible Figurines|''Thrilling 30'' Collectible Figurines]] by [[Goldie Marketing]]. He comes with a base to help him stand, a collector's card that doubles as a puzzle piece, and a checklist.

*'''Collectible Figurines''' (5-pack, 2014)
**''Series:'' '''1'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Megatron figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Optimus Prime]], [[Ratchet (G1)/toys#Thrilling 30|Ratchet]], [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Thrilling 30|Soundwave]].

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==D-Style==
[[File:D-Style-Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Multiple faces to convey the various forms of tyranny.]]

*'''Megatron''' (2015)
**''ID number:'' '''44'''
**''Accessories:'' Scowling face, smirking face, shouting face, energon mace, Megatron gun

:A super deformed Megatron model kit was produced by [[Kotobukiya]] as part of their franchise-spanning ''[[D-Style]]'' line. His accessories include three interchangeable face plates, an energon mace and a representation of his gun mode that can be wielded by ''D-Style'' figures.

:There are a fewer paint apps than [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#D-Style|Optimus Prime]]. The eyebrows, two of the mouths and the silencer on the gun all require painting in black. In a change from the promotional photos opposite, Megatron's feet come in metallic, with the box images showing the center section on the feet highlighted with black.

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==D-Collection==
[[File:D-Collection Megatron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Megatron''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' Fusion cannon, sword

:[[Kabaya]]'s ''D-Collection'' Megatron is a small super deformed figure that requires some assembly for his arms and features articulation limited to his shoulders. He comes with an attachable fusion cannon and a purple energy sword. Sold blindpacked, Megatron is available as both a standard full color figure and a rare clear plastic version. He comes with chewing gum.

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[[File:D-Collection Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Starscream''' (2015)
**''Accessories:'' 2 null-ray blasters, Megatron gun

:A gun mode Megatron is included with the ''D-Collection'' [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#D-Collection|Starscream]] figure as an accessory. The default Starscream comes with a fully painted Megatron, while the one included with the clear plastic version is completely black.

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==Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments==
[[File:Hasbro-transformers-megatron-ornament.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|It's toy accurate.]]
*'''Megatron''' (July 11, 2015)
:Produced by Hallmark for the 2015 Christmas season, this ornament is sculpted based on the original Megatron toy in robot mode.

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==Block Wars==
*'''Megatron''' (2016)
**''Number:'' '''3'''

:Part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Block Wars]]'' candy toy line, this Megatron kit is based on his [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Cyber Series|Cyber Series Battalion toy]]. Molded in blue and grey plastic with detailing from stickers, he transforms into a tank when finished. He can also be taken apart and combined with ''Block Wars'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Block Wars|Optimus Prime]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Block Wars|Bumblebee]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Block Wars|Starscream]] in various configurations, the ones involving Megatron shown on the packaging being:

:*Giving Megatron's cannon and Starscream's wings to Optimus Prime.
:*Placing Megatron's turret on Prime's truck mode.
:*Giving Bumblebee Megatron's arms and Starscream's wings and arming him with Optimus Prime's spear.
:*Attaching Megatron's cannon and Starscream's wings to Bumblebee's vehicle mode, making him a flying death car.
:*Arming Megatron with Starscream's weapons and transforming him into a base/turret mode.
:*Attaching Prime and Starscream's legs to Megatron's vehicle mode to create a walking tank.
:*Combining Megatron and Starscream's vehicle modes into a jet-tank.
:*Combining all four into an unnamed combiner, with Megatron forming the right leg and providing his cannon as a handgun.

==Bitfig==
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*'''Megatron''' (12-2016)
:Part of the first wave of Transformers Bitfig capsule toys.
:Megatron's design is inspired by his appearance in the G1 cartoon, and is articulated at the neck and shoulders.
:Bitfig toys were packaged in capsules color coded to the toy they contained.
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==Prime 1 Studio==
[[File:TF-Premium-Masterline-PMTF-02-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.55|thumb|"As Prime said, this design would've shut [[Geewun|you]] [[True fan|people]] up if [[Paramount|th]][[Michael Bay|ey]] decided to use this design."]]
*'''Megatron''' (Premium Masterline Statue, 2017)
**''ID Number'': '''PMTF-02''' (Regular), '''PMTF-02EX''' (exclusive)
**''Accessories'': Sword (exclusive), Mace (exclusive)

:Transformers ''Premium Masterline'' Megatron is a ''massive'' non-transforming statue based on his ''Generation 1'' appearance with a blend of live-action film aesthetic, with light-up eyes and fusion cannon. The statue was also designed by [[Josh Nizzi]] himself. If customers had purchased the statue at [https://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/transformers-megatron-transformers-generation-1-prime-1-studio-9028261/ Sideshow's website], they would receive an exclusive Sword and Mace accessories, which can be attached on Megatron's left hand. Megatron is limited to 1000 (exclusive is 500) pieces.

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[[File:TF-Premium-Masterline-PMTF-02GL-Megatron-Gold-Edition.jpg||upright=1.55|thumb]]
*'''Megatron Gold Edition''' (Premium Masterline Statue, 2018)
**''ID Number'': '''PMTF-02GL'''
**''Accessories'': Sword

:Limited to 350 pieces, Megatron Gold Edition is a redeco of the statue above, evoking his Electrum-coated appearance in the ''Generation 1'' episode [[The Golden Lagoon]]. He also comes with a Left hand/Sword accessory.
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==My Busy Books==
[[File:TF-My-Busy-Books-Transformers-Megatron-figurine.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|At least one of your nerd parents would complain that I'm not a <s>gun</s> upside down Submarine on this one.]]
*'''Transformers: My Busy Book''' (2017)
:Available with the huge book consists of a integrated 10-page board book and a box filled with 12 figurines & a playmat consists of a destructed city & Cybertron, this Megatron is a pair of small, PVC non-transforming figurines consists of his robot and his tank alternate mode, which was based on his [[evergreen]] design. Like most of the land-based vehicle figurines, his wheels does not roll.

:Since his tank turret is made out of softer plastic, it tends to droop down occasionally.
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==McDonald's==
*'''Megatron''' (fast food promotion, 2018)
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==Transformers Trading Card Game==
[[File:W1MegatronDL.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron, Decepticon Leader''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T26/T40'''
**''Stars: ''10
:Megatron, Decepticon Leader is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]].

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[[File:W1MegatronLW.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron, Living Weapon''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T27/T40'''
**''Stars: ''13
:Megatron, Living Weapon is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]].

:The artwork for the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile game.
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*'''Megatron, Arrogant Ruler''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2: Rise of the Combiners'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T29/T46'''
**''Stars: ''10
:Megatron, Arrogant Ruler is one of forty-six character cards released in Wave 2 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Rise of the Combiners.

:Line-art for both Bot and Alt Mode was drawn by [[Dan Khanna]]. The Alt Mode artwork is based on the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Leader Class Megatron toy.

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*'''Megatron, Cybertronian Tyrant''' (2019)
**'''Wave 2S: Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T02/T04'''
**''Stars: ''7

:Megatron, Cybertronian Tyrant was released as part of the Transformers Trading Card Game's Bumblebee vs. Megatron Starter Set. The card was packaged alongside [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Least Likely, Most Dangerous, [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Decepticon Lieutenant, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]], Defender of Truth, and a 40 card ready-to-play deck of Battle Cards.

:The cards Alt Mode artwork is based on the [[Combiner Wars (franchise)|Combiner Wars]] Leader-Class Megatron toy. Line-art for both Alt and Bot Mode was drawn by [[Dan Khanna]].
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[[File:W3GeneralMegatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''General Megatron, Infantry-Leader''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T06/T48'''
**''Stars: ''13

:General Megatron, Infantry-Leader is one of forty-eight double-sided character cards available in Wave 3 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege I.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Voyager-class Megatron toy, with the Bot Mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art.
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[[File:W4LordMegatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Lord Megatron, Conqueror of Cybertron''' (2019)
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T08/T52'''
**''Stars: ''12

:Lord Megatron, Conqueror of Cybertron is one of 52 character cards released in Wave 4 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], War for Cybertron: Siege II.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''Siege'' Megatron toy. The Alt Mode artwork is was drawn by [[Marcelo Matere]] with colors by [[Volta]]
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[[File:EEMegatron.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Megatron, Living Weapon''' (2019)
**'''Wave 1: Energon Edition'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T06'''
**''Stars: ''13

:Released as part of the TCG's Wave 1: Energon Edition, this card is a reprint of Wave 1's Megatron, Living Weapon. Printed on semi-transparent plastic instead of a normal Character Card, this version features new art by [[Marcelo Matere]].
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*'''Megatron, Fallen Hero''' (2020)
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T27/T46'''
**''Stars: ''11

:Megatron, Fallen Hero is one of forty-six double sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]], Titans Masters Attack. As a character with a body mode, Megatron begins the game with a Titan Master attached in head mode. Once Megatron is KO'd, said Titan Master is deployed.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''[[Titans Return (franchise)|Titans Return]]'' Megatron toy, with the body mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art and original alt mode artwork based on the toy's tank mode (line art by [[Ken Christiansen]]).

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.

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==ReAction==
*'''Megatron''' (2020)
:Released in Super7's line of multi-property 3.75-inch action figures, ''ReAction'' Megatron is a non-converting action figure with 5 points of articulation and a [[Fusion cannon]] permanently affixed to his right arm. As with all releases in the ''ReAction'' toyline, Megatron comes packaged in a small cardback that emulates the nostalgic packaging style of [[Kenner]] [[Star Wars]] action figures of the late 1970's.

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==Flame Toys==
===Furai Model===
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*'''Megatron (IDW Autobot ver.)''' (July 2019)
**''Number:'' '''06'''
:''Furai Model'' Megatron is a highly articulated snap-together model kit (no glue required!) based on the [[:File:RageRage-Megatronappears.jpg|IDW Autobot design]] by Alex Milne, as seen in ''[[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye]]''. Molded in PS and ABS plastic with polycaps for the joints, Megatron features a number of stickers for detailing but doesn't require much in the way of paint for a complete look, being molded in all the appropriate colors straight out of the box. The finished kit is Voyager-sized in height.
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*'''Megatron (IDW Decepticon ver.)''' (May 2020)
**''Number:'' '''14'''
:A redeco/retool of Megatron (IDW Autobot ver.). Key differences being a Decepticon insignia sticker, a ''slightly'' more dour face sculpt, and... well, that's about it, really.
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===Kuro Kara Kuri===
[[File:FlameToys-KuroKaraKuri-05-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (January, 2021)
:A high-end non-transforming figure based on the [[:File:IDWongoing15 megatrons new body.jpg|IDW stealth bomber design]] by Don Figueroa.
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==Daiki Kougyou==
[[File:Daiki-Kougyou-Megatron-Water-Gun.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Raining Pain.]]
*'''Megatron Water Gun''' (2021)

:Manufactured by Daiki Kougyou, this Megatron water gun (yes, really) is based on his show-accurate pistol alt-mode, complete with silencer and stock. The prototype is sculpted by ''Model Works Grenade''.

:Megatron is available as a limited order item, where Japanese customers must preorder him until it reaches the deadline on November 27, 2020. The item will be shipped for buyers on February 2, 2021.

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==R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design)==
[[File:TF-R.E.D.-Megatron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Megatron''' (2020)
**''Accessories'': Fusion Cannon, Energon Mace, Energon Cube, 4 alternate hands

:Released in the first wave of the "[[Robot Enhanced Design]]" line, Megatron is a non-transforming 6-inch action figure that is akin to the ones from Hasbro's ''[[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] Legends'' and ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]: The Black Series'' line. He is sculpted to be as accurate to the original cartoon model as possible while still retaining extensive posability.

: He comes with multiple alternate left hands for posing, as well as his energy flail and an energon cube to guzzle from.

: The ''R.E.D.'' series is a [[Walmart]] exclusives in the US.

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Talk:Transformers/Ghostbusters

2021-01-29T05:02:08Z

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==Disappearance of IDW's Ghostbusters Comics==
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Earthrise episode 6

2021-01-05T02:19:22Z

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{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise]]''
|image=EarthRise6PrimeVsMegatron.jpg
|caption="Any last words?" "None you'd wanna hear, Megatron."
|prev=Earthrise episode 5
|next=
|title=Episode 6
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Tim Sheridan]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}
'''Autobots, Decepticons, Mercenaries, and a Quintesson meet in the orbit of a familiar world to determine the fate of the Allspark.'''

==Synopsis==

On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] and her team of [[Autobot|Autobots]] and [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] prepare to raid [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Arena. They quickly learn that the arena is empty, and that [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is nowhere to be found. As the team places detonation charges across the arena, Elita finds a terminal and accesses a log of [[Doubledealer]] confirming his captive of the still-living [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his [[Ark (G1)|''Ark'']] crew. She feels relief that Prime is still alive, but the relief is immediately interrupted by Shockwave, who now possesses a cloaking ability. Elita is forced to rely on her last resort: the [[Guardian robot|Guardians]]!

[[File:Earthrise6ElitaAims.jpg|left|thumb]]
Seeking cover, Elita arms the detonation charges, but is waylaid by Shockwave, who demands she call off her Guardian attack. Smirking, she kicks Shockwave in the eye for falling for a simple deception, damaging his cloaking system. Unfortunately, Shockwave has harvested [[energon]] for his own strength and eventually overwhelms Elita after a brief battle, rendering her unconscious. Elita's team fares no better; as they await her signal, they are attacked by invisible assailants. Chromia is shot at close range, and the firearms of the resistance are taken, floating at their faces at point-blank range. [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] de-cloaks, knocking [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] unconscious.

As Elita's team is led towards the energon harvesting area, [[Scrapface]] attempts to warn Spinister that explosive charges are set to go off all over the arena. Spinister is unmoved since none of them have the ability to detonate them, ignorant that the charges are set by timer. Suddenly, the team is saved by a still-functional Chromia, who shoots both Spinister and Skytread in the head. Elita herself is strapped down in a torture chamber and awakens just in time to see Shockwave threaten her with a knife; she is saved only by Spinister's message that her team is captured. Frustrated, Shockwave jams the knife into the operating table slab and leaves the room. She uses her dexterity (and [[teeth]]) to grab the knife and try to free herself. But then, the explosives finally go off, engulfing Shockwave's and Elita's teams alike in flames and destruction!

In near-[[Earth]] space, the ''Ark'' and [[Nemesis (G1)|''Nemesis'']] are disabled following their return from the [[Dead Universe]]. The [[Autobot|Autobots]] aboard the ''Ark'' attempt to re-establish orbital stability around Earth. [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] determines that the unresponsive ''Ark'' is dedicating all of its resources towards processing a massive data upload it received upon exiting the Dead Universe.

Nearby, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] communes with the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]], seeking wisdom on the best of action on how to handle [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] arrives and suggests that Megatron cannot be redeemed and must be stopped, no matter the cost. But the pair have no time to debate; the ''Nemesis'' is now active, and extending a tractor beam to the ''Ark''! The ''Nemesis'' then collides with the Autobot spacecraft, breaching its hull.

[[File:Earthrise6CogBewilderment.jpg|right|thumb|Out of the way, Cog! That's Prime's fight!]]
Megatron and a team of Decepticons storm the bridge and find it empty. [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] calls the Autobots cowards before they leap out from hiding, ambushing the invaders. The Autobots gain the upper hand against the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] as Megatron searches for Prime elsewhere on the ship. Prime, horrified by the Matrix-induced visions he received in the Dead Universe, unleashes a ferocious attack on Megatron, gaining resolve to end his life in order to save billions in the future. Megatron mocks his honor, but Prime's resolve will not shatter, and he demands forgiveness from Megatron for the loss of the Allspark. At that moment, Cog encounters the two leaders and questions Prime's decision to kill Megatron. This gives Megatron an opportunity to counterattack Prime, and while they are locked in struggle, an explosion occurs just behind Cog, who is helplessly sucked into space. Prime and Megatron grab onto the ship as the room depressurizes.

The culprits behind the explosion are the [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]], piloting the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'' through the rift in the Dead Universe. Ostensibly, they have come to honor their agreement with Megatron. On the bridge of the ''Ark'', Starscream is impatient as he asks [[Doubledealer]] for assistance, but the latter's tone has changed: he plans to destroy both Autobots ''and'' Decepticons, and begins firing at the ''Ark''! Starscream and Bumblebee hastily form an alliance to fight back, but the ''Fortune'' soon further disables the ''Ark''. But the ''Fortune'' is not without its own troubles: [[Exhaust]] and [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] are patching up a hole on the craft and making plans for the future when an unexpected assailant—Cog—fires on them both, sending them careening into space!

On the bridge of the ''Ark'', [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] redirects all available energy to shielding as a tentative defense against the ''Fortune''. Doubledealer hails them again, hellbent on revenge. His actions don't make sense to Bumblebee; why would Doubledealer knowingly try to kill both Autobots as well as Decepticons given that he has a deal with the latter? But it all becomes clear, as Doubledealer is revealed to be mind-controlled by [[Deseeus]]! The [[Quintesson]] receives a surprise himself as the ''Nemesis'' begins firing on the ''Fortune''. This is no act of Decepticon support; while the Decepticons were invading the ''Ark'', Wheeljack stole aboard the ''Nemesis'' and led a team take control of its bridge!

His plans for vengeance unraveling, Deseeus summons Bug Bite and Exhaust via Doubledealer's body, but he receives only Cog, who shoots off one of Deseeus's tentacle spikes, preventing him from attacking his colleagues. The Autobots on the ''Ark'' detect a unstable warp system on the ''Fortune'', and note the immense danger to them if it were to explode. Wheeljack doesn't know this yet, however, and keeps firing on the ''Fortune'', jostling Cog and giving Deseeus the opportunity to attack him, critically wounding him with a tentacle stab through the chest before leaving the bridge. Cog sends an emergency distress signal to that he has taken control of the ''Fortune'', calling for a cease fire, but no one receives it, and he sits alone on the bridge, inadvertently under attack from his own colleagues...

[[File:Earthrise6DinobotOptic.jpg|left|thumb|The eye sees not itself, but by reflection, by some other things.]]
Prime and Megatron bicker about which of them will possess the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], but Prime turns words into action and begins pummeling his adversary. Megatron soon begs Prime for mercy, but the request was a feint; Megatron shocks Prime with a nearby electrical cable. Megatron opens the chest cavity of the stunned Prime and extracts the Matrix! Optimus awakens, but Megatron no longer refers to him as Optimus Prime, but rather ''Orion Pax''. Clutching the Matrix, Megatron fulfills the counsel recently given to him by his [[Galvatron (G1)|guide from the future]], and as he raises his [[fusion cannon]] to slay Prime, Bumblebee comes to his rescue. Megatron escapes with the Matrix as Bumblebee helps Optimus to his feet. The two Autobots limp to the bridge to stop Megatron from retrieving the Allspark on the planet below. Wheeljack and the other Autobots on the bridge have only bad news to report: the ''Nemesis'' is disengaging from the ''Ark'', beginning to tear it apart, while the ''Fortune'' hurtles towards both spacecraft. Prime orders the shields be raised as the ''Fortune'' explodes, sending debris hurtling into meteoric streaks in Earth's atmosphere...

''Time passes.''

On the surface of ''prehistoric'' Earth, [[Dinobot (BW)|a ''Velociraptor'']] stalks through a jungle. It pauses, its optic sensor detecting something unusual: a crashed spacecraft, the ''Ark''!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (1)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (2)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (3)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (4)
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]] (5)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (9)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (16)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (17)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (18)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (20)
*[[Comms Officer]] (21)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (23)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (28)

|c2=
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (10)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (11)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (12)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[Scrapface]] (19)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (22)
*[[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (26)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] (29)
*[[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (30)
*[[Flywheels|Skytread]] (31)

|h3=[[Mercenary|Mercenaries]]|c3=
*[[Doubledealer]] (15)
*[[Exhaust]] (24)
*[[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] (25)

|h4=Others|c4=
*[[Deseeus]] (27)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (32)
}}

==Quotes==
"You don't need a Matrix to be a hero."
:—'''Bumblebee''' inspires Optimus Prime and does some foreshadowing

"Whose side are you on?" 
"''Mine.''"
:—'''Starscream''' learns that '''Doubledealer''' plays by his own rules

"Who's paying you, Doubledealer?" 
"Payment? No. ''Payback''."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Doubledealer/Deseeus'''

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*Megatron's feigning weakness and begging for mercy is yet another callback to the [[The Transformers: The Movie|1986 movie]].
*Shockwave and Elita-1 had a rivalry in the episode of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''The Transformers'']] that introduced the latter, "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]".
*Once he steals the Matrix, Megatron calls Prime "Orion Pax", a name frequently given to a younger, pre-leader version of Optimus. It was first used in ''[[The Transformers (cartoon)|The Transformers]]'' episode "[[War Dawn (episode)|War Dawn]]".

===Animation and technical errors===
*Optimus's line to Megatron, while the former has the latter at gunpoint, is likely meant to be "I can end this here and now". However, Prime's voice actor, Jake Foushee, delivers the line as if it were two sentences- "I can end this here. And now with one terrible act to prevent a billion more". As a result, this exchange feels ever so slightly ''off'' on Prime's part.

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Earthrise episode 5

2021-01-03T22:45:17Z

RazorSlash: /* Transformers references */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise]]''
|image=Earthrise5BeholdGalvatron.jpg
|caption=GALVATRON CAN HAVE ANY CAMEO HE WANTS!
|prev=Earthrise episode 4
|next=Earthrise episode 6
|title=Episode 5
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}
'''Optimus Prime and Megatron receive visions of a dark future while trapped in the Dead Universe.'''
==Synopsis==

''Long ago, [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] carries both the [[Staff of Solus]] and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]. Suddenly, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] blocks the path of the venerable elder and demands that Trion give him the Matrix. Instead, Trion berates him, since he fails to realize that the Matrix should not be won with simple power and arrogance. Furious, Sky Lynx charges at Trion, but Trion uses the Staff to open a portal, banishing him far, far away...''

In the present, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' are baffled as to their current location, only vaguely concluding that they're in some sort of "un-space". However, the appearance of Sky Lynx on the viewscreen confirms to Prime that the Autobots find themselves in the [[Dead Universe]]. Sky Lynx quickly demonstrates his complete mastery over this realm, and teleports Prime to a private area in un-space so that Sky Lynx may judge his worthiness to bear the Matrix. Prime informs Sky Lynx about the mission to retrieve the Allspark, while Sky Lynx reveals his long mission as well—his quest to calm the inner storm that drove him to banishment. Alpha Trion's punishment gave him time to become more stoic and to relinquish his craving for the power of the Matrix. Now, he only seeks redemption for his past behavior, and to be freed from the Dead Universe.

He guides Prime through the Dead Universe, a realm where thought is power. Prime's inner turmoil manifests as painful memories of his pledge to Alpha Trion, to protect Cybertron with Megatron and Ultra Magnus. Sky Lynx accompanies the angst-ridden Prime as he reflects on the death and destruction of so many on his homeworld. He confronts a deep fear: that Elita and all his Autobots will die on Cybertron under the tyrannical rule of Megatron, and that Cybertron itself will be destroyed due to his removal of the Allspark.

Sky Lynx enjoins Prime to let go of the self-blame; if he doesn't, he can never escape the Dead Universe. He is greeted with further visions: witnessing his own death; bombardment of meteors in an icy mountain range; even a [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|terrifying evil reflection of himself]]. Sky Lynx helps Prime to focus his thoughts, and use the Matrix as a guide to the Allspark. Prime finally unleashes the power of the Matrix, opening a fissure out of the Dead Universe!

Aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] awakens to see a portal just ahead of him in space. Before he can figure out what it means, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arrives on the bridge, ready to pay Starscream back for his treachery, knocking him flat with a punch. After banishing Starscream from the bridge, Megatron orders [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] to take the ''Nemesis'' into the rift to pursue Prime. Within the rift, the ''Nemesis'' is subjected to stresses and mysterious light, sending Megatron crashing to the ground. As he recovers, a new surprise awaits: a [[Galvatron (G1)|mysterious purple Decepticon]] materializes in front of Megatron, laughing at him!

The mysterious figure only introduces himself to Megatron as a guide to the future, being careful to not reveal ''too'' much information. Megatron wants no help and lashes out, but the intruder easily matches him in strength and counters Megatron's attacks with suspicious familiarity. The two fire their arm-mounted cannons at each other, somehow transporting them to a strange location within the Dead Universe. The guide tells Megatron that even though the risk taken to arrive here and now was great, it will be all worth it if Megatron can kill Optimus Prime, whose death will cause the guide to no longer exist! Megatron relents and is prepared to listen.

[[File:Earthrise5MegatronPowerup.jpg|left|thumb|And this—is to go even further—beyond!]]
The guide emphasizes the importance of taking the Matrix and killing Prime, taking Megatron on a journey through his past, telling him that the Prime is part of a legacy that seeks to suppress those whose strength was forged in the gladiator pits. Megatron remembers that only his self-reliance and strength kept him alive, not trust; hatred was his source of power. Megatron confesses that the guide truly understands him. The guide agrees; after all, the pits are where ''they both'' were born. Despite his strength, the guide explains that he is still a slave in [[Unicron/Generation 1|''his'']] thrall, and that Megatron must master his fate before ''he'' realizes the guide's treachery!

On the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', Megatron and the guide see the ''Ark'' only moments away from exiting the Dead Universe. The guide tells Megatron to channel his hate and rage, and soon he is brimming with crimson, coruscating energy, unleashing it as a powerful beam towards the ''Ark''. However, Sky Lynx soars between the beam and the ''Ark'', taking the full brunt of the beam as he implores Prime to escape. Sky Lynx is atomized, but the ''Ark'' makes it through the rift.

The guide tries to get Megatron to pursue them, but they are stopped as ''he'' intervenes, summoning the guide painfully back from where he came. The guide attempts to give Megatron [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|something that might help him vanquish the Prime]], but it quickly dissipates, and the guide vanishes. The ''Nemesis'' pursues the ''Ark'' through the rift.

Both spacecraft find themselves in orbit over a watery, blue world—[[Earth]]!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] (2)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (5)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (7)
*[[Cog (G1)|Cog]] (8)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (13, flashback)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (14, imagined)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (15, imagined)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (16, imagined)

|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (9)
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (10)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (11)
*[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] (12)

|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] (1)
*[[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]] (17, imagined)
*[[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] (18)
}}

==Quotes==

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
[[File:ERvsTFTMGalvatron.jpg|right|thumb]]
*Galvatron's initial appearance is an homage to his "neon wireframe" sequence from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Starscream references the [[Celestial Spires]] when looking at the Dead Universe rift.
*Sky Lynx tells Prime that Cybertron can be saved "even in its darkest hour", a phrase usually associated with the unleashing of the Matrix from ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Galvatron refers to Megatron's energy as a "[[Hate Plague|plague of hate]]".
* The [[Dead Universe]] first originated in the [[2005 IDW continuity]], where it played a key role in the [[Simon Furman]] run and in the [[Dark Cybertron (IDW)|Dark Cybertron]] crossover. However, its portrayal here seems to owe more to the concept of [[Infraspace]] as a realm of pure thought than the actively malevolent location of the comics that zombifies those who enter it. Sky Lynx certainly doesn't appear to be undead.
* [[Nemesis Prime]], the evil counterpart of [[Optimus Prime]], has long been a staple in Transformers fiction. The idea of a Prime becoming Nemesis Prime after an encounter with the [[Dead Universe]] may be a nod towards [[Nova Prime]], a prominent antagonist in the 2005 IDW continuity. The idea of ''Optimus'' becoming Nemesis, meanwhile, was a plot point in the live-action film ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (film)|The Last Knight]]''.

===Animation and technical errors===

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056823 Episode 5 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Nemesis Prime (G1)

2021-01-02T06:10:06Z

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{{disambig3.5|the evil clones of Optimus Prime|the corrupted Dead Universe version of Nova Prime from the [[2005 IDW continuity]]|Nova Prime|Nemesis Prime}}
:''Nemesis Prime is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AltNemesisPrimeArt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Serpentor|THIS, I COMMAND!]]
'''Nemesis Prime''' is the dark mirror of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], a [[Cloning|clone]] of the [[Autobot]] leader imbued with many of his abilities but lacking all moral restraint.

He also hates [[Christmas]].

==Fiction==
===''Alternators'' toy bio===
[[Doctor Arkeville]] spent years personally constructing Nemesis Prime piece by stolen piece, hiding his handiwork from both [[Concurrence]] agents and the Decepticons. Designed to be the ultimate military commander, he had arguably the mightiest [[Binaltech]] Transformer body ever constructed, but it remained without a life-force. Dr. Arkeville planned to acquire one by tapping into an amazingly powerful extra-spatial source that the Autobot Translink Project had uncovered. It is unknown whether this final step ever came to fruition.<ref>[http://tformers.com/article.php?sid=6142 Nemesis Prime's ''Alternators'' bio.] This was not on the toy's packaging, but rather distributed online to Transformers news sites to promote the figure's availability at San Diego Comic-Con. It was later confirmed to be the work of [[Hasbro]] copywriter Forest Lee.{{fact}}</ref>

{{note|This is the only known ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' fiction, aside from a brief blurb on a promotional Mazda website for the "RX-8 Transformer" (which was later released as [[Jazz (G1)/toys#Alternators|Meister]]) that summarized the initial backstory of the first chapter of the ''Binaltech'' story. While it is clearly based on the ''[[Binaltech]]'' storyline, borrowing elements with no precedent in English-language canon, it differs from ''Binaltech''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "Black Convoy" bio in some details and may be considered a separate continuity. Also, since this bio was only made public through online retailers with access to Hasbro's promotional material library and [[Ben Yee]]'s review of the Nemesis Prime toy, it's hard to say if the bio was ever actually "officially" released, even though release had been fully intended.}}

===''Story of Binaltech''===
Dr. Arkeville, seeking to create an evil leader greater than [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], used a subspace impulse cloner to duplicate Optimus Prime (with a snazzy black-and-teal paint job). To this end, Arkeville twisted Prime's imported essence to evil with a rewriting program, but the clone still lacked life. He experimented with a subspace linkup to channel a life force, but the operation was interrupted: A time warp suddenly appeared and produced a [[Spark|mysterious orb]] which touched the clone body, causing the clone to both activate and vanish.

Meanwhile, on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], the Autobots were enacting [[Operation: Distant Thunder]] to undo the changes that [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] had wrought upon the timeline. The Autobots had just send a drone into the past with the intent of restoring the correct timeline, expecting reality to change around them, returning to its proper state. Instead, the successful restoration of the correct flow of history caused their alternate timeline to become undone, as all of their reality was torn apart by warp holes. At that moment, Arkeville's clone appeared before them, extending his hands as an orb of light engulfed first the island, then the entire world. The warp holes were extinguished, and the clone announced that it had used the power of the spark that now inhabited it to preserve the "Binal-Time" that the Autobots inhabited. The Autobots continued questioning this "Black Optimus", who explained that he was a spark who had been sent back in time from the distant future, referring to himself only as "the [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Protector]]". His mission was to preserve the Binaltechs, as their existence would, in the future, bring about the [[Alternity]], a "great existence" involving beings who would ensure prosperity and protection across the multiverse.

When these explanations were done, the clone's core AI suddenly asserted itself, and he began taunting the Autobots, even manifesting a Decepticon symbol on his body. Using what remained of the Protector's power, the clone rejected his foreign spark and formed a warp portal back to Arkeville's lab. Reduced to an automated state, the clone still was able to leap through the portal to its creator. There, the doctor initiated another subspace translink experiment, this one succeeding in connecting the clone to an ancient, evil, greedy life force. At last, Arkeville's creation became Nemesis Prime. {{storylink|Binal Time}}

What happened to Dr. Arkeville after that is unknown, but soon after activation, Nemesis Prime began to make his move. When Megatron's forces attacked the [[Earth Defense Command]] base on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], Nemesis Prime appeared to block any further progress by the Decepticon leader, refusing to let him dominate Earth's solar system, which Nemesis Prime desired for himself. Megatron was disgusted that an Earth-born machine would wear the Decepticon [[insignia]], but just as they were about to battle, across the galaxy, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] accomplished his mission to activate the [[Quintesson]]-created [[Large switch|killswitch]], deactivating all non-Binaltech Transformers. Megatron was frozen, and Nemesis Prime calmly seized the opportunity to take power, ordering Shockwave to gather as many Decepticon bodies as possible. Seeing the logic in this order, Shockwave complied. Nemesis Prime sat on Megatron's throne and plotted future moves. {{storylink|Kill Switch}}

Seeking to make himself a true match for Optimus Prime, Nemesis Prime schemed to create an artificial [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] by using a device to wrench minds from their bodies and combine them in a crystalline storage unit. Attempting a test run in a human settlement in [[Australia]], Nemesis Prime was thwarted by a contingent of Autobots led by Optimus Prime and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. The two Primes went one-on-one during the ensuing battle, but when Optimus was sent tumbling into a riverbank, the Protector's spark flew to his aid and fused with him, lending Prime its power. Supercharged by the power of the Protector's spark, Optimus absorbed Nemesis Prime's next attack and redirected it upon his dark twin, who was engulfed and finally destroyed as his body exploded into shards. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

===''Universe'' toy bio===
[[File:NemesisPrimebox.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|"They'll never guess I'm evil."]]
Nemesis Prime was the product of a mad plan by [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]], who put a lowly, unknown warrior through an excruciating rebuilding process, tortuously reforging him into the very image of Optimus Prime. Through forcible data uploads and brainwashing, the Decepticon was imbued with memories and skills culled from many sources, giving him much of Optimus Prime's knowledge and combat algorithms. This, however, cost him not just his sense of identity, but also any framework with which to process this knowledge. His creator having since perished, Nemesis Prime became a threat to all, skulking in the dark parts of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and targeting both Autobots and Decepticons in his murderous insanity.<ref>[http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/ProductsByBrand.htm?BR=496&ST=SO&ID=22380&PG=1 ''Universe Classic Series'' Nemesis Prime's on-package bio]</ref>
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===''Lil Formers''===
Upon learning about [[Optimus Prime (SG)|the negative-polarity version]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Nemesis Prime accused him of "biting his style." {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
[[File:All Spark chpt 06 black optimus.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|left|"I could feel all my bad parts being drawn away into this thing. All my nasty habits, my filthy desires... they were now the stuff of this Anti-Me."]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|The False Power}}}}

===''Masterpiece'' toy bio===
Though marked as a Decepticon, the clone Nemesis Prime holds allegiance only to his creator, [[Unicron]]. His very nature is destruction. His only purpose is to return his master to life.<ref>[http://www.soundwavesoblivion.com/toyarchive/masterpiece/mp10bblackconvoy.html Translation of MP-10B's toy bio]</ref>

===Loyal Subjects figure bio===
Nemesis Prime took the form of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and went on a rampage bent on destroying whole worlds. It had no thoughts or allegiance to either Autobot or Decepticon and merely craved destruction. Its rampage threatened to upset the balance of power.

At one point shortly before [[Christmas]] it attacked [[Santa Claus]]'s village, utterly destroying it and incinerating the reindeer. It was challenged by {{w|The Elf on the Shelf|a teleporting elf}} who fought valiantly but was twisted into a scratch-back. Nemesis Prime was in the process of choking Saint Nick himself when it was transported away on December 14 by [[You|one who wished to wield his awesome power for their own]]...<ref>No seriously, this is the long bio of the Loyal Subjects 8" vinyl figure. [https://web.archive.org/web/20171115171953/https://theloyalsubjects.com/blog/nemsis-prime]</ref>

===Renegade Rhetoric===
The [[Optimus Prime (G1)#The Battle for Planet Earth|Optimus Prime]] of [[Primax 085.0 Eta]] was abducted by [[Megatron (G1)#The Battle for Planet Earth|Megatron]]'s [[Renegade Decepticon]]s to another reality and subjected to a stolen [[Brainwave Scanner]] stolen from Professor [[Peter Anthony Morris|Morris]]. The Decepticons used it to turn Optimus Prime into Nemesis Prime, who turned the defense systems of the [[Spy Changer]]s' base against them. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/12}} Subsequently, however, Nemesis Prime made a play for leadership of the Decepticons, gaining the loyalty of [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] and [[Crash Test (G1)|Crash Test]]. [[Wheeljack (G1)#The Battle for Planet Earth|Wheeljack]] mused that turning Optimus evil may not have been the Decepticons' best idea. {{storylink|Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (2), 2016/05/19}}

===''Power of the Primes'' marketing material===
An evil clone of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Nemesis Prime was fueled by the [[Dark Matrix of Leadership]], driven to annihilate all in his path. Nemesis Prime could further augment himself by bonding with [[Prime Master]]s. {{storylink|#Power of the Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Nemesis Prime packaging bio}}

===''Generations Selects'' comic===
At least two incarnations of Nemesis Prime were members of the [[Black Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. They were present on the [[Black Planet]] when it was invaded by [[Coelagon]], who desired the Black [[Legendisc]]. The Black Order failed to prevent Coelagon from wresting the artifact from them. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 2}}

===War For Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise===
While stranded in the [[Dead Universe]], [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] was shown visions of possible futures by a humbled [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]; in one such future, Optimus fell down a dark path and became Nemesis Prime. {{storylink|Earthrise Episode 5}}

==Games==
===''Bot Shots Battle Game!''===
[[File:Bsbg-nemesis-prime.jpg|thumb|Evil Clone in Mukky's colors.]]
Nemesis Prime participated in numerous one-on-one matches against other Autobots and Decepticons, using his fists, his sword, or his gun to defeat his opponents. Sometimes, he even faced off against himself! {{storylink|Bot Shots Battle Game!}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends-NemesisPrime.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|left|No amount of trimming will ''ever'' make those smokestacks [[For safety reasons|safe]].]]
Nemesis Prime was constructed from scrap and stolen parts by [[Doctor Arkeville]] in an attempt to create a robot rivaling Optimus Prime. The uncontrolled fury of the creation resulted in it getting loose and going on a rampage that was only stopped by the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]. Nemesis Prime was forced into a retreat. {{storylink|Nemesis Rising}}
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===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
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Nemesis Prime appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by Red. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsNemesisPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|With this cannon on my roof, they'll never know I'm not a real truck!]]
Nemesis Prime participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Uncommon character who could be recruited by collecting 35 units of Cybermetal and 16 units of Transmetal. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{Note|A Nemesis Prime costume for Optimus Prime appears as downloadable content.}}

[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] could don Nemesis Prime's colors during the Autobots' battle to stop the Decepticons from cyberforming Earth. When wearing the paintjob, he would comment that it "felt odd" and that it made him a real "robot in disguise". {{storylink|Transformers: Devastation}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file: TransformersEarthWarsNemesisPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|JACK IS BACK IN BLACK!!!!]]

Nemesis Prime was the result of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s [[Cloning|cyber-cloning]] experiments. He was programmed with some of Optimus Prime's skills and memories, but he lacked the experience to actually ''process'' them, which caused him to go a bit nutty, dedicating himself to tearing down everything Optimus stood for. Upon his arrival through the space bridge, Nemesis immediately declared himself the enemy of life.

When Nemesis first arrived on earth, he promptly proclaimed who he was to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. He then tracked down Optimus Prime's location with the help of [[Luca]], and went to destroy the Autobot outpost, only to be thwarted by Hot Rod. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Light Our Darkest Hour event}}

*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest star rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons''' Nemesis Prime has an Ion blaster the same make as Optimus Prime, and a Flame thrower. He uses the Ion cannon to blast the target a few times, then gets closer and burns it with his flame thrower.
*'''Ability: Power of the Darkness''': Make a friendly bot invulnerable to damage, knockback, and stun effects for 6 seconds! Upgrading this ability will increase duration
**'''Cost''': 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:nemesis-prime Nemesis Prime at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:FTFNemesis Prime.JPG|thumb|350px]]

Nemesis Prime was a clone of Optimus Prime created using a [[subspace impulse cloner]]. Although he wore the Decepticon mark, his true allegiances were unclear. {{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===Transformers Trading Card Game===
[[File:W1NemesisPrime.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Nemesis Prime, Dark Clone''' (2018)
**'''Wave 1'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T28/T40'''
**''Stars: ''12
:'''Nemesis Prime, Dark Clone''' is one of forty double-sided character cards available in Wave 1 of the [[Transformers Trading Card Game]].

:The artwork on the card is reused from the ''[[Transformers Legends (mobile game)|Transformers Legends]]'' mobile card game.
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[[File:EENemesisPrime.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Nemesis Prime, Dark Clone''' (2019)
**'''Wave 1: Energon Edition'''
**''Rarity: '''''SRT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T04/T06'''
**''Stars: ''12
:Released as part of the TCG's Wave 1: Energon Edition, this card is a reprint of Wave 1's '''Nemesis Prime, Dark Clone'''. Printed on semi-transparent plastic instead of a normal Character Card, this version features new art based on the [[Power of the Primes]] Nemesis Prime toy by [[Ken Christiansen]].
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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2001)===
[[File:RID-toy ScourgeSpyChanger.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Sword-less fury!]]
*'''X-Brawn / Scourge''' (Basic, 2002)
{{note|The [[Spy Changer]] version of [[Scourge (RID)|''Robots in Disguise'' Scourge]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Generation 1 Nemesis Prime in "[[Transformers: Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric]]".}}

: Released in the fourth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' Basic figures, Spy Changer Scourge, aside from being the only all-new tooling toy of the character, features high speed axles and can roll very well across smooth surfaces, but lacks the weight to propel him quickly. He was only available in a 2-pack with a Spy Changer version of [[X-Brawn#Spychanger|X-Brawn]].

: As with most of the new ''Robots in Disguise'' releases, the X-Brawn / Scourge pack was available in Japan as a "USA Edition" mass-released toy.

: This mold was later redecoed ''both'' as Generation 1 Spy Changer [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Universe (2003)|Optimus Prime]] in the ''[[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|Universe]]'' toyline, and as "Movie" [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Optimus Prime Figure|Optimus Prime]] for a Japanese pack-in DVD exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Decepticon/ScourgeGobot/scourge.htm More information on Spy Changer Scourge at TFU.info]''

===''Alternators''===
[[File:AltNemesisPrime toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|In Australia, I'm a shelfwarmer.]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (2006)
**''Alternators ID number:'' '''24'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster

: Nemesis Prime is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]/[[Transformers: Kiss Players (toyline)|Kiss Players]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Optimus Prime]] with red translucent windows and blue paint detail. Like Optimus, he transforms into a Dodge Ram SRT-10 at 1:24 scale, with opening doors, hood, and tailgate, plus an open passenger compartment. His engine transforms into a handgun.

: He was initially sold [[exclusive]]ly at San Diego Comic-Con 2006 and for a limited time at Hasbro Toy Shop, selling out roughly an hour after its 2pm sales debut. Prior to that, he was released in large quantities at regular retail in various Asian countries, becoming a [[shelfwarmer]] there, ironically.

: Later, he was offered in Australia through online stores. A few weeks later he showed up in massive numbers in the Australian retail store Toy World for half the price.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Decepticon/NemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''
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===''Binaltech''===
[[File:BTBlackConvoy toy.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|I am the evil clone of an evil clone! How do you beat this?]]
*'''Black Convoy''' (2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-17'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/blaster

: Black Convoy is the first ''Binaltech'' release since [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] in early 2006, and was available exclusively in Japan at the winter Wonder Festival in 2007. His plastic colors are different from Nemesis Prime's, with grey plastic replacing the black on his shins, waist, shoulders and forearms. In addition, Nemesis Prime's windows are tinted red, but Black Convoy's windows are completely clear. His paint deco is based upon ''Kiss Players'' Convoy's, arranged in the same patterns but using teal, and he has vacuum-metallized wheels and front grill. The paint deco on his head is meant to evoke that of Car Robots [[Scourge (RID)|Black Convoy]]. Perhaps the most important differences are that he has die-cast metal parts, and most of his truck body panels are coated in gloss black paint.

: Perhaps due to cost-cutting, this toy was released in the large bubble-on-a-tray packaging also used in the ''Alternators'' line. However, he came with no character or packaging art.

: This figure was later [[repurposing|repurposed]] into a new body for [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] in the ''[[Transformers: Alternity|Alternity]]'' fiction.
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===''Universe'' (2008)===
[[File:Nemesisprimesdcc08.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Straxus died before he could finish my trailer.]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Voyager Class, 2008)
**''Series:'' Classic Series
**''Accessories:'' 2 smokestacks/"Stellar Converter Cannon", wind vane/"Disruptor Cannon"

:Nemesis Prime is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Classics|Optimus Prime]], transforming into a modern cab-over style truck of made up model, dominated by a large aero fairing on his roof. Premiering as a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2008 [[exclusive]], it later saw wider release via [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] as part of the Classics Series of the 2008 ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' toyline. The figure largely follows the same paint application map as the original figure, with some minor omissions as well as new paint applications. As well, it features metallic purple and silver [[tampograph]]s of the Decepticon symbol on its forearm and shoulder, as well as red paint blocking the [[light-piping]] feature in the figure's head. Undocumented in the instructions, Nemesis can also use the wind vane as a shield, If one of his fists is folded down.

:In robot mode, his aero fairing transforms into a large "Disruptor Cannon", and his smokestacks transform into a smaller "Stellar Converter Cannon". Additionally, both can combine together to form a back-mounted shoulder weapon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/SDCCNemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on ''Universe'' Nemesis Prime at tfu.info.]''
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===''Bot Shots''===
[[File:Bot Shots S1 BP005 Nemesis Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|For the last time, I am NOT Primal!]]
*'''Nemesis Prime / Megatron / Acid Storm''' (Multi-pack, 2012)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''BP005'''
***''Fist strength'': '''855'''
***''Blaster strength'': '''555'''
***''Sword strength'': '''215'''

: A [[redeco]] of ''[[Bot Shots (toyline)|Bot Shots]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys|Optimus Prime]], Nemesis Prime is a teeny little long-nosed semi truck with "trailer", with a spring-loaded automatic transformation to robot mode triggered when his front bumper is pressed. He has a "spinner" in his chest that shows his three attack types and power levels. Despite being a Decepticon, he still has Optimus Prime's [[Autobot]] hood ornament. He was only available in a three-pack with a black version of [[Megatron (G1)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/BSNemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''

===''Masterpiece''===
[[File:MP10 Black Convoy Official.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb|"Do you know what 'nemesis' means...?]]
*'''Black Convoy''' ([[March 30]], [[2013]] / [[December 28]], [[2017]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-10B'''
**''Accessories:'' Laser blaster, battle axe, [[Dead Matrix#Masterpiece|Dead Matrix]]

: ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' MP-10B Black Convoy is a black redeco and minor [[retool]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP10|MP-10 Convoy]], in the typical black/grey/teal color scheme with red windows, and with a tampoed Decepticon [[insignia]] shoulder panel instead of the molded [[Autobot]] one, but lacking the [[Combat Deck (G1)#MP10|trailer]], [[Roller (G1)#Masterpiece|Roller]], and the [[Spike Witwicky (G1)#Masterpiece|Spike Witwicky figure]].

:He transforms into a Freightliner FL86, and comes with a hand-held laser blaster which can collapse and store inside a compartment on his back in either mode, as well as a battle axe that slips over Black Convoy's right hand. His chest opens up to reveal the removable Dead Matrix, which is made of [[die-cast]] metal, and can be held by one of Black Convoy's hands.

:When purchased from sellers supplied by Hasbro Asia, Black Convoy came with a [[collector coin]], in a unique black metallic finish. The coin is mounted on a card resembling a dark-tinted Matrix which slides open laterally, like the Matrix itself, to reveal the coin inside.

:TakaraTomy reissued this figure in December 2017.
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[[File:TF-Masterpiece-MP-49-Black-Convoy.jpg|upright=2.2|thumb]]
*'''Black Convoy''' ([[July 25]], [[2020]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-49'''
**''Accessories:'' Altrernate head, Ion Blaster, Beam effect part, Dark Matrix of Leadership, Energon axe
: MP-49 Black Convoy is a [[Black repaint|black redeco]] and slight [[retool]] of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#MP44|MP-44 Convoy]], cast in the typical black/grey/teal color scheme with red windows, plus some more toy-based paint apps absent on Convoy. He omits many of the original figure's accessories (as well as the soundbox gimmick), keeping only the alternate character model head, Dark Matrix and Ion Blaster alongside the Energon axe and blast effects (which are now molded in clear teal plastic). The knee joints are different compared to the original release, modified in order to move smoothly, preventing the original knee breaking issue. Since this release has no voice chip, there’s a new piece with no holes in the backpack and the sound button parts have also been removed. This Black Convoy is the first ''Masterpiece'' figure of the character with its own ID number rather than that of the original release with "B" appended.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy NemesisPrimeKreon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66|[[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Imagine being able to turn into this]].]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''Collection 3'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 52'''
**''Accessories'': Stand brick, Optimus rifle

:As part of the third wave of [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] [[Micro-Changer]]s, Nemesis Prime is a Kreon that can be rebuilt into a cabover-style semi truck. He unsurprisingly reuses all of [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]'s parts, including his helmet, gun, and smokestacks, but comes with extra parts to turn him into a truck.

: This Micro-Changer assortment was the last one to appear at [[Target]], with later waves showing up only at [[Toys"R"Us]] or drug/discount stores.

: Nemesis can't seem to catch a break in the [[stock photography]] department. His promotional online shots show him with this headpiece turned around inside his helmet, showing only a flat gray plastic instead of red eyes. Meanwhile, his truck-mode picture on the front page of his [[instructions]] are lacking the red windscreen [[paint operation]]s. In both photo sets, his helmet is missing all of its silver paint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-ONemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''

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*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2017]])
**''Collection'': '''Collection 3'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, Optimus rifle

:In 2017, the Collection 3 Micro-Changers were re-released in a whole new production run, first appearing at [[Walgreens]] stores in the US. These releases use the almost-entirely-[[retool]]ed 2015 Kreon (making most parts incompatible with older Kreons), with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. Nemesis Prime's [[tampograph]]s are slightly altered, changing the flat light gray to metallic silver... and losing all of the silver on his helmet, ''and'' the cab-brick's windows.

:Sadly, this release has no individual-identification code on the bag, requiring you to use the feel-through-the-bag method or just buy blind and hope.

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===''Generations''===
====''Thrilling 30''====
[[File:TF-Generations-Thrilling-30-Nemesis-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"... a righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent...]]
*'''Nemesis Prime & Spinister''' (Legends Class, [[2014]])
**''Series / Number'': '''08 / 018'''
**''Accessories'': Rotors
:A redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#GenerationsLegends|''Thrilling 30'' Legends Class Optimus Prime]], ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Nemesis Prime is about the size of a ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Commander Class toy. He transforms from a generic cab-over truck into a robot based on Optimus Prime's appearance in [[IDW Publishing|IDW]]'s [[The Transformers (IDW)|2009-2011 ongoing series]], and features [[5 mm post|5 mm-compatible]] hands and roof. He features teal paint on his hands, feet, knees, forehead, and even his mouthplate. (which is probably a nod to [[Nemesis Prime (Animated)|''Animated'' Nemesis Prime]]'s teal detailing.)

: He comes with [[Spinister (G1)#Generations|Spinister]], who can transform into a helicopter, a robot with [[C joint|3mm-compatible]] hands, and a weapon with a 5mm handle.

:Hasbro's original [[Stock photography|stock photo]] for the figure depicting a hand-painted prototype shows Nemesis with Optimus Prime's ion cannon, which the final toy does not include. That weapon is instead included with the [[wave]]-mate [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Suppressor|Cliffjumper]]/[[Suppressor (Generations)|Suppressor]] two-pack. The version of the photo featured on the back of the toy's packaging is massively edited (in addition to being shown as mirrored), with the weapon edited out and the rotor piece moved from Spinister's back to the hand that originally held the weapon. The stock photos also show a Decepticon insignia tampographed on his vehicle mode, which the final product didn't have.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/GenNemesisPrime/nemesisprime.htm More information on ''Generations'' Nemesis Prime at TFU.info]''
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====''Alt-Modes''====
[[File:Alt-Modes NemesisPrime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (Alt-Modes, 2016)

:A redeco and minor (yet still fairly substantial) retool of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Optimus Prime]] from the ''[[Alt-Modes]]'' portion of ''Generations'', Nemesis Prime is a super deformed toy whose body transforms into a truck when the Decepticon faction symbol on his head is flipped. He was [[Blindpacking|blind-boxed]] and available in two of the cases from the first collection.

:This mold was retooled into [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Alt-Modes|Ultra Magnus]].
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====''Power of the Primes''====
[[File:POTP-Leader-Evolved-Nemesis-Prime.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|''Dashing through the snow'' ''In a one-box open sleigh'' ''O'er the shelves we go'' ''Not selling all the way!'']]
*'''Evolution Nemesis Prime''' (Leader Class, [[2018]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''PP-42'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[December 29]], 2018'''
**''Accesories'': trailer/evolution armor, ion-blaster (formed by two blasters), [[Dark Matrix of Leadership#Toys|Dark Matrix of Leadership]] frame, Matrix core, two forearm blasters, [[Dark Saber#Toys|Dark Saber]], [[Giza (Generations)#Toys|Decepticon Giza]]
:''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]'' "Evolution Nemesis Prime" is an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]]-exclusive retool of ''Power of the Primes'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Power of the Primes|Optimus Prime]] with two new heads—the evolution one based on ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Toxitron (G1)#Generations|Toxitron]]'s (originally intended to be a "Nemesis Prime")—as well as new weapons. He transforms from a truck with a trailer into a robot and back. The individual truck transforms into '''Nemesis Pax''' and is able to form the core of Nemesis Prime's robot mode, while the trailer forms Nemesis Prime's entire body. His [[ion blaster]] can be split into two weapons, or plug into Nemesis Pax's hand as shown in stock photography to serve as a shoulder-mounted cannon. He includes the Dark Matrix of Leadership, which can store in his chest in the 'Evolved' form. The center of his Matrix can be replaced with any [[Prime Master]].

:He includes a pair of blasters that can be mounted on his forearms ([[Homage|homaging]] ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)#Toys|Nemesis Prime]]) or on his trailer (in the fashion of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#PMOP|Powermaster Optimus Prime]]) by flipping out a panel on each side of the trailer. He also comes with the Dark Saber and Giza, a robotic bird who transforms into a sword (in reference to the [[Giza (Prime)|Arms Micron partner]] of [[Nemesis Prime (Prime)|''Prime'' Nemesis Prime]]).

:Unlike other ''Power of the Primes'' figures, Nemesis Prime does not include a collector card featuring a [[Prime Master/Combinations|Prime Master power description]].

:Like his moldmate Optimus, Nemesis Prime is prone to having a small number of [[quality control]] issues. Depending on the individual copy, Nemesis Prime may have two left/right arms and/or legs/feet on the evolution armor, an unpainted face in Nemesis Pax mode, a missing Nemesis Pax head, or missing stickers on the trailer. It is also known for many copies to have weak or floppy ankles in combined robot mode, making standing difficult even on a properly assembled specimen.
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====''War for Cybertron: Siege''====
[[File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Voyager-Nemesis-Prime.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' ([[March 28]], 2020)
**''Accessories:'' Ancient Sword, "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster"

:''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Nemesis Prime is (inevitably) a [[black repaint]] of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Voyager Class Optimus Prime mold]], transforming from robot to short-smokestacked Cybertronian armored truck and back. He also comes with the [[Ion blaster]] (the only weapon for this release) compatible with the [[C.O.M.B.A.T. System]], and the "Ancient Sword", redecoed from the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Alpha Trion (G1)#Titans Return|Alpha Trion]] figure. Unlike most of the ''Siege'' brethren, Nemesis Prime is practically spotless, but retains multiple hardpoints all over himself and his weapons to accommodate "Fire Blasts" from the [[Battle Master]]s assortment, which can be used to simulate blaster fire or explosions.

:In vehicle mode, opening the figure's windows shows the [[Matrix of Leadership]]-like panel molded into the plastic behind the windows. Due to the transformation, the Matrix doesn't end up in the chest in robot mode. Whether through coincidence or design, it's possible to fit a ''Power of the Primes'' Matrix core (and by extension, a [[Prime Master]] or [[Titan Master]]) in his chest.

:Nemesis Prime was released as a TakaraTomy Mall exclusive in Japan. He was also sold online through [[EB Games]] and Zing in Australia.

:Peculiarly, his packaging labels him as an Autobot and he reuses an unaltered version of Optimus Prime's artwork.
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====''War for Cybertron Trilogy''====
[[File:WFC-Netflix-Nemesis-Prime.jpg|thumb|400px]]
*'''Nemesis Prime Spoiler Pack''' (Leader Unboxing, 2020)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''WFC-16'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 27]], [[2021]]'''
**''Accessories:'' [[Dark Saber#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Dark Saber]], "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster", two forearm blasters, shield/ramp, artillery robot, trailer/[[Combat Deck (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Combat Deck]], [[Giza (Generations)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Giza]], [[Fangtron#Toys|Fangtron]] [[Battle Master]], "Fire Blast", 3 [[energon cube#War for Cybertron Trilogy|energon cubes]], [[Play-Doh|compound]]

:This ''[[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' Leader Unboxing set contains a redeco of ''Siege'' Voyager Class [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Optimus Prime]] as Nemesis Prime. The figure comes with ''Siege'' Optimus's "W-M3 RF Ion Blaster" (but not his "W-50 Dual-Mech Energon Strikeshield") plus a sizeable number of extras that beef up the price. These include: a redecoed trailer from ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Optimus Prime]]; the Dark Saber, [[Giza (Generations)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Giza]], and large forearm blaster accessories, all from the [[#Power_of_the_Primes|''Power of the Primes'' Evolution Leader Class toy]]; [[Fangtron#Toys|Fangtron]], a [[redeco]] of ''Earthrise'' Battle Master [[Slitherfang#Toys|Slitherfang]], along with their blast effect part; and a compound through which a buyer can dig to reveal red energon cubes, redecoed from those included with the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Ultra Magnus Spoiler Pack]]. Fangtron and the Combat Deck ramp are both compatible with the [[A.I.R. Lock System]], as the former can turn into a ramp or a shield for Nemesis Prime. This toy also features a different deco compared to the above TakaraTomy Mall exclusive.

:The Hasbro stock photography for the truck mode is also ''laughably'' mistransformed, with the robot mode crotch being plainly visible, an error that actually requires a considerable amount of effort to replicate with the actual toy. In addition, neither the truck windows or panels that cover the robot mode hands are compressed fully.

:This set is a shared exclusive between online retailers and [[Walmart]] in Canada and the USA.
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===Black Convoy Pen===
[[File:BlackConvoyPen.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Personified in this case by a horrible 'bot...]]
*'''Transformers Black Convoy Pen''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

: A redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Optimus Prime Pen|Optimus Prime Pen]] produced by [[Sentinel (company)|Sentinel]] as part of the 30th anniversary of ''Transformers'', Black Convoy Pen is a well-articulated little robot that folds into the shape of a rather chunky, but functional ballpoint pen. The tip of the pen is formed from his blaster, with the barrel acting as a cap.

: This mold was also used to make [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Ultra Magnus Pen|Ultra Magnus Pen]].

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===''Bearbrick''===
[[File:Bearbrick NemesisPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"...me."]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (June [[2015]])

:A redeco of the [[Bearbrick]] [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Optimus Prime]] figure, Nemesis Prime transforms into a cuddly Bearbrick bear and back. He has no accessories, but holes in his robot mode hands can accommodate other toys' weapons. This figure is an exclusive release shared by the online retailer [http://www.hmv.co.jp/ hmv.co.jp] and Lawson convenience stores in Japan.

: This mold was also used to make Bearbrick ''Age of Extinction'' [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Bearbrick|Optimus Prime]] and retooled into [[Megatron (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Megatron]], [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Bumblebee]], and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Bearbrick|Starscream]].

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===''Q-Transformers''===
[[File:QTransformers BlackConvoy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"So what if I don't come with an evil Spike-clone guy or a slaghead Roller! You'll still buy me anyway because I have a trailer!"]]
*'''Black Convoy''' ([[November 14]], [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''QT-33'''

:A redeco of ''[[Q-Transformers]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Convoy]], Black Convoy transforms from a [[super deformed]] truck with integrated trailer to a cute little robot. On the package card, his English name is given as "Black Optimus Prime," but with a Decepticon logo, similar to ''[[Transformers United|United]]'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#UnitedBlack|Black Optimus Prime]].

:This mold was retooled into ''Q-Transformers'' [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/toys#Q-Transformers|Ultra Magnus]].

:Although usually sold in Japanese markets, some department stores in Asia had sold the figure as well.

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===G-Shock X Transformers===
[[File:G-Shock X Transformers Master Nemesis Prime with G-Shock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|<big>"'''''THE WORLD!'''''"</big>]]
*'''Master Nemesis Prime''' (2019)
**''Release Date'': [[December 7]], [[2019]]
**''Accessories'': 2 Energy Musket, Dark Spark

:Master Nemesis Prime is a slight retool of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#G-Shock X Transformers|Master Optimus Prime]], featuring a new head sculpt. Master Nemesis Prime transforms into a "Nemesis Altar Mode" that can hold the included "Dark Spark" accessory or a G-Shock watch. In particular, it is able to hold G-Shock DW-5600 series and DW-6900 series watches. The included "Energy Muskets" can be held in the hands in robot mode, or attached to its Nemesis Altar Mode.

*'''Master Nemesis Prime Resonant Mode [With G-Shock]''' (2019)
**''Release Date'': [[December 7]], [[2019]]
**''Accessories'': 2 Energy Musket, Dark Spark

:Essentially the same release as above, but includes a compatible DW-5600TF watch.

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==Merchandise==
===''Titanium Series''===
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (3" Robot Masters)
**''Accessories:'' Ion Blaster, display stand

:Had it been released, this toy would have been a redeco of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Titanium Series|''War Within'' Optimus Prime]]. His unpublished bio described a character much like the ''Universe'' version mentioned above, but without reference to Straxus or any type of origin story. As a redeco of a ''War Within'' toy, this Nemesis would presumably—but not necessarily—have been part of the [[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] [[Dreamwave Generation One continuity|comics continuity]].

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===The Loyal Subjects===
[[File:Loyalsubjects-nemesisprime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"You killed Santa"! "No, ''I'' am Santa"!]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' (8" Figure, 2013)
: A [[redeco]] of the 8" [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] vinyl figure, Nemesis Prime features shoulder and neck articulation and comes with a large gun. The figure was limited to a series of 500.

: This mold was also used for the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Loyal Subjects|8" Optimus Prime, "Dead Prime", and DIY Optimus Prime]] figures.

::*''[https://www.theloyalsubjects.com/blog/nemsis-prime Nemesis Prime figure announcement (with bio) from the ''Loyal Subjects'' blog]''
::*[https://www.theloyalsubjects.com/store/nemesis-prime Nemesis Prime's other bio from the Loyal Subjects' web-store.]
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===D-Style===
[[File:D-Style-NemesisPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Next time, I'll see if [[Deep Cover]] has a jet pack I can borrow, instead.]]
*'''Black Convoy''' (2015)
**''ID number:'' 46
**''Accessories:'' Two fists, two pointing hands, laser blaster, battle axe, Dead Matrix, "Trailer" vehicle mode, jet pack

:''[[D-Style]]'' Black Convoy is a redeco of ''D-Style'' [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#D-Style|Convoy]], a super deformed model kit produced by [[Kotobukiya]]. He comes with redecoes of Convoy's accessories—assorted hands, a blaster, an axe, a [[Dead Matrix]] that stores in his chest, a tiny representation of his truck mode which can carry his blaster—plus a new one: [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]'s jet pack, which can be plugged into Convoy's back to replicate his use of it in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]". Moving Black Convoy's antennae causes his mouthplate to move up and down.

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===Mecha Nations===
[[File:Mn002-blackconvoy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Black Convoy''' (2014)
**''ID Number:'' '''MN02'''
**''Accessories:'' Ion Blaster, Energon Axe, Removable Armor, Megatron gun, alternate hands.

:Created by [[Kids Logic]], this [[super deformed]] G1 Black Convoy is, naturally, a redeco of their [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Mecha Nations|previous Optimus Prime figure]] in traditional Black Convoy/Nemesis Prime colors.

:He stands 6" tall and is articulated, featuring a metallic color scheme, removable armor and replacement hands. He also features LED light up eyes, lights, weapons and [[Dead Matrix]].

:This figure was also redecoed into Mecha Nations [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/merchandise#Mecha Nations|Ultra Magnus]].

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===Bitfig===
[[File:Bitfig-Black-Convoy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Black Convoy''' (June 2017)
:Part of the second wave of Transformers Bitfig capsule toys. Black Convoy is a redeco of Convoy whose design is inspired by his appearance in the G1 cartoon. Black Convoy is articulated at the neck and shoulders.

:Bitfig toys were packaged in capsules color coded to the toy they contained.
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===Flame Toys===
[[File:Flame-Toys-Model-Kit-Nemesis-Prime-Attack-Mode.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Nemesis Prime (Attack Mode)''' ([[October 4]], 2018)
**''Accessories:'' Ion cannon, axe, 4 hands

:Debuted as an exclusive item for [[New York Comic Con|NYCC]] 2018, "Nemesis Prime (Attack Mode)" is a redeco of the [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Furai Model|Optimus Prime (Attack Mode) model kit]]. Using parts made of hard ABS plastic and some polycaps, Nemesis Prime (Attack Mode) is an original design created by Flame Toys in collaboration with [[Akira Amemiya]] of [[Studio Trigger]]. The finished model kit's height is approximately Voyager-sized.

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[[File:Flame-Toys-Model-Kit-Nemesis-Prime-IDW.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Nemesis Prime (IDW ver.)''' ([[July 18]], 2019)
**''Number:'' '''08'''
**''Accessories:'' Ion cannon, 4 hands

:Debuted at [[San Diego Comic-Con|SDCC]] 2019, and then sold as a Barnes & Noble exclusive, the second Nemesis Prime model kit is a redeco of the second [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Furai03|Optimus Prime]] model kit, patterned on [[Don Figueroa]]'s [[:File:Ongoing Issue 1-Optimus Surrenders.jpg|2009 comic design]] for Optimus in [[The Transformers (IDW)|''The Transformers'' vol. 1]]. As with the Attack Mode kit, the finished IDW-style kit is Voyager-sized.

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[File:MightyMuggs 2018 Nemesis.jpg|thumb|upright=1.44]]
*'''Nemesis Prime''' ([[2019]])

:Nemesis was released in the second wave of the 2018 [[Mighty Muggs]] relaunch, redecoed from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#2018mightymugg|Optimus Prime]]. As with his heroic counterpart, his helmet can be bopped to alter his mood. He features three different faces: [[Mouthplate|classic]], distressingly happy, and moderately smug.
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==Notes==
[[File:Generic decepticons marvel 1.jpg|thumb|You can tell I'm important 'cause I'm in color!]]
*A rather similar black redeco (allowing for 1980s Marvel coloring limitations) appeared leading the Decepticons' charge onto the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' in [[The Transformers (issue)|the first Marvel U.S. issue]].
*[[Forest Lee|The author of Nemesis Prime's ''Alternators'' bio]] has said that the "extra-spatial source" that Arkeville tapped into was actually a pocket dimension that served as [[Unicron]]'s power battery—and that Unicron gave Arkeville exactly what he wanted, in the form of a [[spark]] fragment from Unicron's [[Nemesis Prime (Universe)|own attempt at cloning an Optimus Prime]].{{fact}}
*Nemesis Prime's ''Universe'' bio seems directly inspired by the Marvel UK "[[Two Megatrons!]]" storyline, which revealed that Straxus had rebuilt a "[[Archforce|hapless trooper]]" into a Megatron clone, complete with copied brain patterns. Unlike Nemesis Prime, however, this clone became a repository for Straxus's consciousness after Straxus's botched attempt to invade the original Megatron's mind.
*According to [[Hasbro]] copy writer [[Forest Lee]], the reference to Straxus was included in Comic-Con 2008 Nemesis Prime's bio entirely to make [[David Willis]] happy.
*Stellar Converter Cannons are also weapons found on the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' [[Primus]] toy.
*The Loyal Subjects figure had 2 bios: a short version copied verbatim from the ''Armada'' [[Nemesis Prime (Armada)|Nemesis Prime]] article and a longer original write-up that includes a bizarre Christmas-themed rampage.
*The ''Masterpiece'' Black Convoy toy is used to represent a Decepticon truck transporting [[Megatron (G1)|GT-R Megatron]] to a race in the [[Transformers GT: Mission GT-R (story page)|''Transformers GT'' story pages]], though there is no indication it's actually him.
*[[Fun Publications]] scrapped preliminary plans to do a ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Nemesis Prime toy because TakaraTomy effectively did so with [[Grand Scourge#Unite Warriors|''Unite Warriors'' Grand Scourge]]. Thus the Club release of [[Motormaster (G1)#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' Motormaster]]'s alternate "pretooled" head went to [[Toxitron (G1)#Generations|Toxitron]] instead.<ref>[http://www.allspark.com/forums/topic/127659-future-of-unite-warriors-from-figure-king/page-2#entry3212769 Post by Powered Convoy on The Allspark Forums, 2016/04/22]</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Black Convoy''' (ブラックコンボイ ''Burakku Konboi''), '''Nemesis Prime''' (ネメシスプライム ''Nemeshisu Puraimu''), '''Nemesis Pax''' (''Power of the Primes'', ネメシスパックス ''Nemeshisu Pakkusu'')
*''Cantonese:'' '''Am Hak O Baak Man''' (暗黑柯柏文, "Dark Optimus Prime")

==References==
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[[Category:Bitfig]]
[[Category:Black Order]]
[[Category:Bot Shots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Evil clones]]
[[Category:Exclusives]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Man-made Transformers]]
[[Category:Masterpiece]]
[[Category:Power of the Primes Decepticons]]
[[Category:Q-Transformers characters]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:SDCC exclusives]]
[[Category:Unicron-related characters]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise characters]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege Decepticons]]

Earthrise episode 3

2021-01-01T21:03:45Z

RazorSlash: /* Notes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise]]''
|image=Earthrise3AutobotsFleeScorp.jpg
|caption=
|prev=Earthrise episode 2
|next=Earthrise episode 4
|title=Episode 3
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}
'''Aboard an abandoned space station, the Autobots encounter a titanic threat. On Cybertron, Elita-1 and Scrapface swear to take down Shockwave for good.'''

==Synopsis==
On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] leads her Autobot team and [[Scrapface|Scrapface's]] exhausted Decepticons to their current base, Ratchet's former clinic within a theater. They are approached by a Seeker search party sent by [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], and as the fugitives hide, Scrapface experiences the horror of constantly being hunted, a dread Elita and the Autobots know all too well. The Seekers double back, and Scrapface and the fugitive Decepticons fight back, shooting down two Seekers, forcing [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] to take to the sky to eliminate the third. Scrapface earns sharp words from Elita; even though he was trying to protect her, such rash action has exposed both the Autobot base as well as the weak Cybertronians in the clinic. She demands their obedience if they are to remain allies.

Inside the clinic, Scrapface is amazed at the care shown to Decepticons when a priority signal is received: [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] has sent a broadcast all over Cybertron recalling all Decepticons to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Arena, promising to protect them. Scrapface and Elita strengthen their Autobot-Decepticon coalition, vowing to go to Kaon Arena not to submit to Shockwave, but to destroy his operations once and for all.

In space, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] stands upon the hull of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], doubting the wisdom of his decision to cast the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] away from their world. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] joins him and reassures Prime that he acted on good faith, and that he is not alone in the quest to retrieve the Allspark and save Cybertron. Prime notices that Bumblebee has finally chosen a side, brandishing an [[Autobot]] symbol on his chest.

Prime is summoned to the Ark's bridge, where [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] tell him some good news and some bad news. The good news is that the Allspark has been located; the bad news is that, because the Ark is so low on [[energon]] and has been flung so far into space after the [[Battle of the Spacebridge]], they cannot close the great distance to retrieve it. However, Ratchet immediately proposes a way forward: even though [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] destroyed all the [[space bridge|Spacebridges]] on Cybertron, there is still a perpetually-active Spacebridge in the [[Nebulos|Nebulon]] system that they ''can'' reach. Even though the Autobots can't figure out ''why'' the bridge is perpetually active, it's their only feasible hope to reach the Allspark. Prime orders Ironhide to take the Ark towards the Nebulon system, wary of a potential [[Decepticon]] trap.

Arriving at the Nebulon Spacebridge, the Autobots easily understand why the Spacebridge is perpetually active: a space station remains immobile traversing the Spacebridge, nearly halfway through. Teletraan-1 detects no life-forms and minimal energon present. The Autobots decide to board the station and determine the best to remove it from the Ark's path.

Aboard the space station, Wheeljack activates emergency power and deduces that shutting down the Spacebridge is impossible while the space is partway through due to a system fail-safe. As Ratchet has no success establishing control of the station, Wheeljack proposes a controlled explosion to shatter the station in two. Prime decides that the Autobots will lay charges over the station, but that he and Bumblebee will cross the Spacebridge and lay charges on the other side. As charges are laid, the Autobots are aware that even a small miscalculation could destroy the ''Spacebridge'' and not merely the station, trapping them far from home and condemning them to a slow death.

As the Autobots set charges and wonder how the station came to be in its current state, they are suddenly attacked by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], who immediately skewers an Autobot on its stinger! It promises to punish the Autobots, whose return fire has little effect on it.

Prime and Bumblebee cross the Spacebridge and find themselves within the atmosphere of a planet resembling paradise. They detect no sentient life below, and wonder what destroyed the many structures on the surface, when they receive Wheeljack's distress call about Scorponok. As Wheeljack is being crushed, suddenly [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] appears behind Scorponok, ready to save the day! But "Omega" were merely a hologram generated by [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]], leaving an opening for Optimus Prime to arrive and punch the mechanical scorpion in the face, using his axe to drive it down a shaft. But the behemoth scorpion ''transforms'' and returns up the shaft, threatening to punish those who "poisoned the sky", and killing another Autobot. The Autobots manage to get behind a reinforced door, but time is against them, as the charges have been set, and the raging Scorponok stands between them and their path back to the Ark!

Unbeknownst to the Autobots, the [[Nemesis]] is approaching the space station. Megatron intuits that Prime has journeyed this far to retrieve the Allspark and will not risk losing it again by destroying the Spacebridge. Instead, he prepares a boarding party, and will crush Prime with his bare hands!

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (1)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (2)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (3)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (6)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (7)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (8)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (9)
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (11)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (13)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (14)

|c2=
*[[Scrapface]] (10)
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] (12)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (15)
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (18)

|h3=Others|c3=
}}

==Quotes==
"They still search for us. And they won't stop." 
"Eventually, you get used to it."
:—'''Scrapface''' and '''Elita-1'''

"Appearances can be more than meets the eye."
:—'''Optimus Prime''' won't waste an opportunity to quote a classic tagline

==Notes==

===Transformers references===
*On the Ark's bridge, [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] invokes the name of [[Prima]].
*Megatron dramatically swore to crush Prime "with his bare hands" in [[The Transformers: The Movie|the 1986 movie]].

===Animation and technical errors===
*Scorponok is presented as a neutral, but a Decepticon insignia is visible while he is in scorpion mode.

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056821 Episode 3 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Earthrise episode 2

2021-01-01T05:26:51Z

RazorSlash: /* Quotes */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Earthrise]]''
|image=Earthrise2MercsSaveAutobots.jpg
|caption=The time has come to ''rejoice'' and ''renounce'' your paltry GODS! Your salvation...is at hand.
|prev=Earthrise episode 1
|next=Earthrise episode 3
|title=Episode 2
|airdate=[[December 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Tim Sheridan]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}
'''An imprisoned Elita-1 tries to get Megatron to see the error of his ways. Optimus Prime and Autobots are at the mercy of Mercenaries and a mysterious benefactor.'''

==Synopsis==
In space, [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]] are hard at work on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'', analyzing data and binding the unconscious [[Autobot]] crew. [[Doubledealer]] communicates with a mysterious, multi-voiced entity, promising to get the ''Ark'' functioning. Doubledealer only cares about the ship and payment, while the mysterious entity requires that a ''prize'' be undamaged for payment. Doubledealer informs the entity that it's only a matter of time before they repair it and deliver their cargo.

Back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] shoves [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] into [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron's]] chamber, where she berates him again for murdering Cybertronians, including his own Decepticons, for energon. Megatron in turn believes that they have more in common than she realizes. Elita is sickened by the comparison, and Megatron angrily dismisses her. Back in her cell, Elita confers with the rest of her imprisoned team from their nearby cells, wondering about the nature of Project Nemesis, still strong in her resolve to resist the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]].

The Autobots realize their only chance of escape is to overtake the guards coming to take them for [[energon]] harvesting. Elita hears approaching footsteps, and prepares her team to attack. Their attempt fails, and her team is escorted out to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Arena for harvesting. Before Elita is destroyed, Megatron proposes that she join him and help lead [[Nemesis (G1)|Project Nemesis]]. Megatron remembers when she was called Ariel, and how Prime failed to appreciate her leadership. Elita pleads on behalf of her team, her friends, but Megatron is unmoved. Elita tries a final time to appeal to the gladiatorial champion of old within Megatron, even inviting him to join ''the Autobots''. Megatron quickly rebuffs her and the Autobots await their death. At the last minute, a sudden power outage deactivates the harvesting system, and a lone Decepticon runs out onto the arena to free the Autobots—[[Scrapface]], returning the favor to Elita! Scrapface and the Autobots quickly find another ally as they escape the arena; even Skytread thinks Megatron has gone too far, and asks the Autobots to knock him out to make it seem that they overpowered him, a task [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] happily performs.

Aboard the ''Ark'', [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] is suddenly jolted awake just in time to hear Doubledealer order the mercenaries to set course for planet Chaar. Just as [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] checks on the captive crew, Bumblebee ambushes him, strangling him with his restraining cuffs and using him as a shield. Mercenaries Thrust and Exhaust don't care, however, and fire at Bumblebee as Doubledealer aims at him. Suddenly, the recently-awoken Optimus tells Bumblebee to desist as the Autobots are outnumbered.

On [[Chaar]], Optimus tries to learn about his fate from Doubledealer, as he leads the shackled Autobots towards [[Quintesson Cruiser|a large, helical structure]]. Doubledealer is nonchalant and only sees Prime's predicament as just another job. His interest is piqued, however, as soon as Prime mentions that he knows how to find the [[AllSpark|Allspark]]. This doesn't stop Doubledealer from sending the captives to his mysterious patron—the [[Quintesson Judge]] [[Deseeus]]!

Only Doubledealer and Prime are allowed to hold an audience with Deseeus, who tells Prime that it was ''Deseeus'' themselves that freed ancient Cybertronians from the protracted cruelty of the Quintesson Empire, declaring themselves "Deseeus the Renegade, Breaker of Shackles". Deseeus claims that they gave the Cybertronians the ability to transform their destinies; Prime counters by saying only the ''Allspark'' grants them the ability to transform. Doubledealer grows tired of the arguing between Prime and Deseeus (as well as among Deseeus's own faces) and only wants his energon payment. As Prime wonders why their so-called "Breaker of Shackles" has them all shackled, Deseeus requires something from the Autobots, but cannot reach consensus on what that actually is.

Prime is returned to the other restrained Autobots, but Deseeus, screeching in attempts to reach consensus with themselves, leads Prime to hope the Autobots can exploit that disunity somehow and escape. However, Deseeus exercises extreme methods to reach self-agreement; the Face of Wrath simply and brutally ''slices off'' the other faces, silencing them! The Wrath of Deseeus quickly reneges on the deal with the Mercenaries, much to the latter's chagrin. The Mercenaries hold Deseeus at gunpoint, until Deseeus's own army forces them to stand down.

Deseeus prepares to destroy the Autobots, believing them too dangerous in their ability for individual, critical thought. As Bumblebee is about to be destroyed, Doubledealer and the other Mercenaries swoop in to save them! As Autobots and Mercenaries battle Deseeus's army, Doubledealer ignores Prime's gratitude and only cares if he can truly find the Allspark. Prime swears that he will, and he and the Autobots escape towards the ''Ark''. Doubledealer hopes to cross paths with Prime again someday, as Deseeus slinks away from the battle...

Back aboard the ''Ark'', Prime and Bumblebee realize that not only has Megatron not found the Allspark, but that they have the means and the will to find it. The ''Ark'' takes off, in search of the Allspark.

On Cybertron, a furious Megatron blames [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] for the loss of the captive Autobots. [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] notes that yet another sector will need to be offlined so that more sparks can be harvested. Megatron angrily agrees as Soundwave delivers startling news: he has received a signal from the ''Ark''! Megatron feels there can be no further delay; he forces Shockwave to activate Project Nemesis, a large spacecraft powered by the sacrificed sparks of both Autobots and Decepticons. Megatron addresses a crowd of Decepticons, swearing to exact revenge on Optimus Prime for the loss of the Allspark. Starscream wonders how they can even ''find'' Prime in space. Megatron answers that he already has!

''In space, the [[Fool's Fortune|Fortune]] surreptitiously follows the Ark...''

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (6)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (8)
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (9)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (10)
*[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (11)
*[[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (12)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (13)
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Head of Ultra Magnus]] (16)
*[[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (18)
*[[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (19)
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (20)
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (21)
|c2=
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (15)
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (17)
*[[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (23)
*[[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] (24)
*[[Scrapface]] (25)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Refraktors]] (flashback) (26)
*[[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] (28)
*[[Hotlink (G1)|Hotlink]] (29)
*[[Flywheels|Skytread]] (30)
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (31)
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (32)
|h3=Others|c3=
*[[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] (1)
*[[Exhaust]] (2)
*[[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] (3)
*[[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]] (4)
*[[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] (5)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (7)
*[[Doubledealer]] (14)
*[[Deseeus]] (22)
*Deseeus's army (27)
}}

==Quotes==
"Where's the ugly one?" 
"Hey! Yellow is sporty!"
:—'''Bug Bite''' and '''Bumblebee''' bicker about their paint colors

'''Doubledealer:''' "What's taking so long with that Energon, Deeseus?" 
'''Wrath:''' "IT'S COMING." 
'''Doubt:''' "Is it?" 
'''Wit:''' "They already paid!" 
'''Wrath:''' "NO, I DIDN'T!" 
'''Wisdom:''' "Patience, Doubledealer, while I reach...consensus." 
'''Doubledealer:''' ''Scrapping Quintessons...''
:—Oh, that '''Deseeus'''!.

"Please! If the council sees that a...a peaceful faction has emerged, their fears might at last-" (screams) 
"...''consensus...''"
:—The Wrath of '''Deseeus''' literally cuts off Wisdom before we learn their intentions.

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*The Quintessons make a return to the screen, though they're eclipsed by ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (cartoon)|Cyberverse]]'' Chapter 3, released the same year. Similar to the [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]] in that show, Deseeus has unique voice actors for each face, with two having feminine voices, supplied by voice actresses.
*Much like the [[The Transformers: The Movie|movie]] that introduced the Quintessons, Deceesus has a shot of rotating laughter from all five faces.
*Elita-1 mentions how [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] disappeared after [[Crystal City]]'s destruction, hearkening back to the original ''The Transformers'' episode, "[[The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme]]".

===Animation and technical errors===
*During Bumblebee's scuffle with Bug Bite, the subtitles refer to Bug Bite as "Exhaust".
*The subtitles do not capitalize the first letter of the ''Fortune'', though this would be remedied in the [[Earthrise episode 6|season finale]].

===Trivia===
*We have full view of [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], who are depicted with ''Siege'' "tetrajet" models, as opposed to their Earthen alternate forms in the actual ''Earthrise'' toyline.

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056820 Episode 2 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Dropkick (Movie)

2020-12-31T04:13:58Z

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{{disambig2|the movieverse individual/drones|the Generation 1 drones|Dropkick (G1)}}
:''Dropkick is a [[Decepticon]] and also a bunch of mass-produced [[Drone Unit (Movie)|drones]] used by both sides from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BumblebeeMovie Dropkick.jpg|thumb|250px|This planet is too loud. I'm hungry. I wish I was on Cybertron playing simultronics. My feet hurt.]]

'''Dropkick''' really doesn't like being on [[Earth]], but he wasn't given much choice. If he had his way, he'd be back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] right now, sitting alone in the dark and feeling angry. He doesn't really "get" why folks are so interested in the [[AllSpark]] or why the [[Autobot]]s are making things so hard for him... but at least once the [[Decepticon]]s get what they want, he'll have plenty of things to blow up and [[human]]s to liquefy.

{{bigquote|The humans are multiplying. Please, let me kill some.|Dropkick|''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Titan movie comics===
[[Image:Titan9_Dropkick.JPG|right|200px|thumb|In Soviet Russia, You want Dropkick. Here, DROPKICK WANTS '''YOU'''!]]

In a splinter timeline where Megatron won the battle of Mission City, Dropkick was Megatron's right-hand man in the occupation of [[Earth]]. The other Decepticons heard Megatron's orders through him. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

Having gone ''way'' down in the world after Starscream seized command, he ended up acting as "escort" to ensure [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] would leave human areas. In a final "up yours", Bumblebee led Dropkick in a high-speed chase which saw the Decepticon damaged and humiliated. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part 1}}

===IDW movie comics===
[[File:Dropkickincineratorscanningalliance3.jpeg|thumb|upright=1.5|left|It looks like he's scanning that truck. But he's actually crying all over it.]]
[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] dispatched Dropkick and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] to [[Florida]], where they completely destroyed an American military base before scanning suitable Earth forms. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3|Alliance #3}} Their victory was short-lived, as soon afterwards, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] and their [[human]] allies tracked the Decepticons down and systematically destroyed them one by one. Dropkick was defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and was finished off by [[NEST]] soldiers. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
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===''The Veiled Threat''===
Dropkick was one of a number of Decepticons who responded to [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s signal and came to Earth. He admired the alternate form he'd chosen for its primitive elegance. After Starscream enlisted the help of the [[Human Accessory Force]], Dropkick helped them raid a [[Zambia]]n dam construction site, confronting [[Ghiwa|Major Ghiwa]], whom he was disappointed to realize was not armed, and therefore not much sport. He tried to do a trick with a piece of fencing to entrap the Major, but it didn't work as he'd hoped.

When Autobots responded to the Decepticon activities, Dropkick, [[Macerator (ROTF)|Macerator]] and [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] lured them into the Zambezi River. Dropkick attempted to keep Ratchet distracted as they were pulled downstream towards Victoria Falls, but the plan didn't work as well as hoped, and he retreated with a damaged arm. The Decepticon trio next went to cause havoc at Kariba dam. The Autobots, however, followed them. Optimus rammed Macerator and Dropkick, the latter of whom found himself wrestling with [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]]. After Macerator was terminated by Optimus, and Payload was lost in the waters released from the dam, Starscream ordered Dropkick to retreat. Dropkick fled, though not without being stung by [[Kaminari Ishihara]]'s [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] gun. {{storylink|Transformers: The Veiled Threat|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Bumblebee'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Justin Theroux]] (English), [[Daiki Hamano]] (Japanese)|[[Darko Bozovic]] (European French), [[Marc-André Bélanger]] (Canadian French), [[Lutz Schnell]] (German), [[Ramón Canals]] (Spain Spanish), [[Alex Montiel]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Simone D'Andrea]] (Italian), [[Samay Raj Thakkar]] (Hindi), [[Guilherme Lopes]] (Portuguese)}}

[[File:ShatterDropkickhologram.jpg|thumb|300px|Ha! Suck it, [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]]! I got to be in a movie before you!]]
Dropkick was among the Decepticons under the command of [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] in their conquest for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s absence. After [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was attacked by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]], Dropkick and the other Decepticons closed in to attack the Autobot leader. Following the apparent failure of the Autobot resistance effort, Dropkick was paired with [[Shatter]] and the two began hunting Autobots who escaped the planet.

By [[1987]], Dropkick assisted Shatter in following Autobot lieutenant [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]] to one of [[Saturn]]'s moons, where they tortured him in an attempt to learn the whereabouts of Optimus Prime. Though the Autobot refused to co-operate, they received a signal from Autobot scout [[Bumblebee (Movie)|B-127]] on the nearby planet [[Earth]], prompting the pair to change course for the planet, but not before Dropkick vertically bisected Cliffjumper, killing him instantaneously.

Upon their arrival near a trailer park, Dropkick acquired a muscle car [[alternate mode]] and killed [[Roy (BB)|a random human]], expressing his disappointment with the primitive indigenous species yet taking pleasure in how they "popped." The two then headed towards the West Coast in the direction of B-127's signal, with Dropkick picking up a {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} alt mode whilst driving through Texas. They were then intercepted by Agent [[Jack Burns]] and his team of [[Sector Seven]] agents, accompanied by [[Dr. Powell]]. Dropkick wanted to dispose of the humans when Shatter came up with the idea of them masquerading as a "Decepticon peacekeeping patrol" pursuing the "dangerous escaped criminal" B-127, which he begrudgingly went along with. The Decepticons were escorted to a Sector Seven outpost and given limited access to their satellites, thus creating [[Internet|a global system of interconnected computer networks]] to track B-127.

[[File:BBmov-DropkickEntangled.jpg|left|thumb|300px|''SOME. DAY. Love will find you! BREAK. THOSE. Chains that bi-'' oh.]]

A brief [[Energon]] surge in [[California]] attracted the Decepticons' attention, and they accompanied Sector Seven in capturing B-127, now calling himself "Bumblebee". Dropkick tortured Bumblebee to find out Prime's location, when he accidentally triggered a video message from the Autobot leader revealing his plans to retreat to Earth from Cybertron. Before departing to inform their comrades on Cybertron of this information via a radio tower at a nearby harbor, Dropkick killed Powell (who overheard their conversation and informed Burns of the Decepticons' true colors) and left the critically injured Bumblebee for dead.

While Shatter was busy transmitting the message to Cybertron, Bumblebee appeared and opened fire on the radio tower, provoking Dropkick to engage the scout. During their fight, Bumblebee's [[Charlie Watson|human friend]] sneaked her way towards the radio tower. Once Bumblebee gained the upper hand, Dropkick assumed his helicopter mode only for his propeller to become ensnared in a discarded chain wielded by Bumblebee. Dropkick transformed into robot mode in a failed attempt to escape, which forced the chain to wind under his armor as his parts shifted between modes. He mocked Bumblebee's "little chains", but before he could finish the sentence, the Autobot yanked the chain ''hard'', dismembering him and rupturing his internals, causing him to explode; his burning, decapitated head landed beside the Autobot scout's feet. {{storylink|Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee}}
{{note|Dropkick's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novel "[[Transformers: Bumblebee: The Junior Novel]]".}}

===Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway figure online description===
{{bigquote|The movie-inspired details are exactly what I've been hunting for.|Dropkick|''Rolling Decepticon''}}
Dropkick's positive opinion on the movie-inspired details on the [[Studio Series#United States/worldwide|Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway]] [[Toy|figure]] was published on ''[[Rolling Decepticon]]''.<ref>[https://shop.hasbro.com/en-sg/product/transformers-studio-series-20-bumblebee-vol-2-retro-pop-highway:6EB03BBE-F290-4C15-9249-CC395A992232 Studio Series 20 Bumblebee Vol. 2 Retro Pop Highway product page on the official Hasbro Shop site]
</ref>

==Games==
===''Transformers: The Game'' (console)===
[[Image:Dropkick-gamedrone.jpg|thumb|right|160px|Hey, who let this guy have a new name?! What the hell?]]
Hordes of identical Dropkick units are used by both the Autobot and Decepticon armies. Decepticons are blue like Blowpipe with a lens-face, while Autobot versions are red like Salvage and have a facemask with individual optics. They are protected from most artillery by energy shields in robot mode ([[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout's]] EMP bombs can penetrate the shields & damages them easily), and are fond of throwing stuff at foes rather than getting in with melee attacks.

Dropkicks are most commonly found in [[Tranquility|urban missions]], but pop up for certain sub-missions in other areas as well. {{Storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

===''Battle for the Allspark''===
{{note|Dropkick was used as the basis for a chassis available to players as their combatant for the ''Battle for the Allspark'' game. Units using this body came in two variations. Autobot-aligned units had a helmet and facemask that vaguely resembled Optimus Prime, while the Decepticon-aligned units had the single-lens design seen in other film-related media.}}
[[Image:Dropkick head.jpg|thumb|left|Dropkick units can be either Autobot (top) or Decepticon (bottom). Both feel nobody understands them.]]
Dropkick units had equal Attack & Speed abilities with a strong Defense skill. {{Storylink|Battle for the Allspark}}
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
{{Note|Dropkick appears in the [[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark]] game for Nintendo 3DS as support a unit. Equipping him allows all Earth Mercenaries with the Ranged Attack ability to deal double damage.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie2007_Dropkick_toy.jpg|upright=1.66||thumb|His Decepticon symbol can be seen from space.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Claw/plier weapon
**''Japanese ID number'': '''MD-18'''

: Dropkick transforms into a customized {{w|Chevrolet Silverado}} pickup truck (or a similar model just different enough to avoid paying a licensing fee). His hood and roof feature a fairly cleverly done gigantic Decepticon symbol. His flatbed cover conceals a giant claw/plier deployed from the tailgate by a sliding knob on top. This assembly becomes a hand-held weapon for his robot mode. He also has (non-firing) twin blasters on the underside of each forearm in robot mode.

: Unlike most of the other "drone" toys, Dropkick does not use the Decepticon "lens-face", instead going with a new, more complicated face design with a visor. (It is ''not'' the Autobot face from the game, but it is similar.)

:This mold was later [[redeco]]ed as the Autobot [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] and ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2007/Decepticon/Dropkick/dropkick.htm More information on Dropkick at TFU.info]''
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===Bumblebee===
[[File:EnergonIgnitersPowerDropkick.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb| All right, who honestly expected me to come back?]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Power Series, 2018)
:Standing at approximately 5-inches, ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' Energon Igniters Power Dropkick transforms into a blue and black muscle car loosely based on the first generation Chevrolet Camaro (rather than the AMC Javelin mode he has in the film). As with other Power Series figures, he can interact with the Cores of larger Energon Igniters toys. Note that his stock photography is slightly mistransformed, with the arms not completely tabbed in for vehicle mode.

:This mold was also used for the simultaneously released [[Hot Rod (DOTM)#Bumblebee|Energon Igniters Power Hot Rod]] and was later retooled into [[Shatter#Energon Igniters|Shatter]].

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[[File:Bumblebee-Energon-Igniters-Nitro-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px| I got my guns and now I need some drums.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Nitro Series, [[2019]])
:''Bumblebee'' Energon Igniters Nitro Dropkick is an approximately Voyager Class-sized mold that transforms into an attack helicopter. Like other Energon Igniters, he comes with a core that he can interact with, as well as being able to interact with the cores that come with other figures in the line.
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===Generations===
====Studio Series====
[[File:Studio-Series-MV6-Deluxe-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px|The ''Blue Thunder/Transformers'' crossover we never thought we’d get.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe Class, 2018)
**''ID number:'' '''22'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''SS-28'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 23]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' Two guns, "Chicago Aerial Offensive" backdrop

:Part of the fourth wave of ''[[Studio Series]]'' Deluxes, Dropkick transforms from an officially-licensed {{w|Bell AH-1 SuperCobra}} attack helicopter to robot and back! Similar to [[Drift (AOE)#Toys|his fellow]] [[Shatter#Toys|triple changers]], he only transforms into ''two'' of his three modes. Dropkick's robot mode has knee accents to imitate car taillights and back "wings" to imitate car doors, but otherwise his car kibble in robot mode is missing, making this one of the less screen-accurate ''Studio Series'' toys and one of the possible reasons for this toy becoming a [[shelfwarmer]]. The figure comes with two guns and a cardboard backdrop display depicting an aerial dogfight scene... which, if the blurb is anything to go by, seems to depict a scene from ''Dark of the Moon'' instead of ''Bumblebee''! It even appears to connect with the backdrop included with ''[[Thundercracker (Movie)#Generations|Thundercracker]]'', a ''Dark of the Moon'' figure, despite the two figures being from two different movies.

:A post on his right arm prevents his tail kibble from folding as flat as on the other arm in robot mode.

:This figure was ''extensively'' retooled into ''Studio Series'' [[Drift (AOE)#SS45|Drift]].

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[[File:Studio-Series-46-MVBB-Deluxe-Dropkick-car.jpg|thumb|300px|"Am I blanchin, girl we blanchin."]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Deluxe Class, 2019)
**''ID number:'' '''46'''
**''Japanese name:'' '''Dropkick 2'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SS-36'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[August 31]], 2019'''
**''Accessories:'' Liquification gun, "Decepticon Arrival" backdrop

:Released in the seventh wave of ''Studio Series'', this version of Dropkick transforms into his 1973 AMC Javelin muscle car alternate mode in 26 steps. His robot mode is based on his initial appearance on Earth, where he had only a car mode. He comes with the gun he uses to liquefy humans in the film and a cardboard backdrop display of his and Shatter's arrival.

:It has been reported on multiple copies that due to a molding error on the mushroom peg, his right thigh swivel is difficult and in some instances, downright impossible to be used without popping his right leg off from the loose ball joint.

:In 2020, Dropkick was rereleased in new packaging as part of the ''Buzzworthy Bumblebee'' subline.
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====Movie Edition====
[[File:Movie-Edition-Tiny-Turbo-Changers-Series-4-Dropkick.jpg|thumb|300px| He really wanted to become a Tiny Triple Changer, but turned even bluer upon hearing he was mistaken.]]
*'''Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''D'''
:Released in Series 4 of [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 2 [[Cogman#Toys|Cogman]] figure, changing from robot to an unlicensed approximation of an Aston Martin DB11 in a few steps.

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*'''Chopper Mode Dropkick''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2018)
**''Series'' '''4'''
**''Bag Code'': '''G'''
:Also released in Series 4 of Tiny Turbo Changers, Chopper Mode Dropkick is a blue redeco of the Series 1 [[Blackout (Movie)#The Last Knight|Blackout]] figure, changing from robot to an unlicensed approximation of the MH53 Pave-Low Helicopter.

:This mold was also used to make [[Chopter]].
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==Merchandise==
===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[Image:3DBattleCard_Dropkick.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Face down in the gutter, won't admit defeat...]]
* '''Dropkick''' (3D Battle Card, 2007)
**''Card number:''

: In the [[3D Battle-Card Game]], Dropkick is on the Decepticon side. Pieces punched out from two different cards can be assembled to form a pickup truck or a robot, while a third double-sided card gives its stats and attacks for each mode. The credit for the card's artist, [[Lucio Parrillo]], doesn't capitalise his surname. He (it?) uses the same parts layout as Movie [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] and Generation 1 [[Skids (G1)|Skids]] (or Movie [[Skids (Movie)|Skids]]).

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==Notes==
[[File:DropkickWipers.jpg|thumb|120px|I'm angsty because my [[gimmick]] sucks.]]
*There has been no ''official'' word on whether ''Bumblebee'' Dropkick was inspired by the character from the 2007 movie toyline — but they're both blue-and-grey Decepticon grunts from the live-action movie continuity who grumble and moan about being on Earth, so for the purposes of the wiki we're considering them to be the same character. Dropkick's partner, Shatter, similarly seems to [[Shatter#Notes|share conceptual DNA]] with [[Fracture (Movie)|another 2007 movie character]], which lends some credence to the idea that the pair were at least partially inspired by those characters.
*Dropkick's name is derived from a professional wrestling maneuver in which a wrestler jumps up and lands a kick with both feet, often knocking their opponent to the ground.
===2007 toyline===
* Artist [[Ken Christiansen]] designed Dropkick, along with the other new characters in the [[Transformers The Game|''Transformers'' - The Game]] and [[Revenge of the Fallen (video games)|''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' - The Game]] video games.
* Dropkick's card art shows him with windshield wipers on his visor. They are probably to wipe away his tears.
* Dropkick appears on several covers for [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Transformers: The Reign of Starscream|The Reign of Starscream]]'' comic despite not actually appearing in the story itself.

===''Bumblebee''===
[[File:BBDropkickCobraRender.jpg|thumb|200px|Suck it [[Whirl (G1)|Whirl]]!]]
* Even if briefly, Dropkick is one of the few Transformers from the live action film series who seems to have the ability of flight in robot mode.
* In the film and the first ''Studio Series'' toy, Dropkick's helicopter model is depicted as a Bell AH-1W SuperCobra with two blades. However, his robot mode kibble is actually from a Bell AH-1Z Viper, with four blades (with bright yellow stripes) and different turbine sections, placed on his lower back.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Dropkick''' (ドロップキック ''Doroppukikku'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-01.html Dropkick concepts] and [http://badflipblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/tf1-truck-drone-02.html final rendering] on Ken Christiansen's blog.
* [http://www.transformersgame.com/battle/index.html ''Battle For the Allspark'' online game]
* [http://www.wizards.com/transformers/ 3D Battle Card Game at Wizards of the Coast]

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[[Category:Bumblebee Decepticons]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Movie Autobots]]
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Scrapface

2020-12-30T22:02:18Z

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[[File:TF-Generations-Netflix-WFC-Decepticon-Scrapface.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Hey Scrapface! Why dontcha blow it out your ear.]]
:''Scrapface is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[War for Cybertron Trilogy (toyline)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

'''Scrapface''' is a blue and red [[Cloning|clone]] of [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] who is itching to fight the Autobots on the frontlines.<ref>https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers-Generations-War-for-Cybertron-Series-Inspired-Scrapface/695839517 Walmart USA product description for Scrapface</ref>

He was presumably at the back of the line on naming day.

==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron Trilogy''===
*'''Scrapface''' (Deluxe Class, 2020)
**''TakaraTomy ID number:'' '''WFC-05'''
**''TakaraToy release date'': '''[[November 28]], 2020'''
**''Accessories:'' blaster/tripod part, shield/lens part, chest module

:Part of the first assortment of toys promoting the [[Netflix]] [[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon]], Scrapface is a blue-and-red redeco of ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Reflector (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Refraktor]], transforming into a Cybertronian "artillery hovercraft".<ref name=seibertron>https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/siege-red-alert-revealed-stock-photos-for-nycc-siege-figures-design-notes-from-warden-nycc/42180/</ref> Scrapface is molded almost entirely in shades of grey plastic with his splashes of colour being an extensive paint wash; this gives him the appearance of being covered in accumulated grime and battle scars.

:As with any version of this mold, Scrapface can also transform into one third of a camera, allowing buyers to combine three units into Reflector's classic camera mode ([[Shortpacking|good luck with getting three, though!]]). The shield becomes one third of a telephoto lens, while his blaster becomes one third of a tripod.

:The military insignia on Scrapface's box has him as a Ground Division Infantry Private, while his instructions place him in the Espionage unit like his Refraktor mold-mates. Given a similar copy/paste error in the concurrent Voyager Class [[Hotlink (G1)#War for Cybertron Trilogy|Hotlink]]'s instructions, the box probably has it right.

: This toy, like all of the Netflix ''War For Cybertron Trilogy'' toys, was a [[Walmart]] exclusive in the U.S. and Canada, and a [[TakaraTomy]] Mall exclusive in Japan.

: Scrapface was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as an [[Angolmois Energy|Angolmois]]-corrupted form of [[Reflector (G1)#Generations Selects Special Comic|Reflector]] in ''[[Generations Selects Special Comic]]''.
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==Notes==
*Unlike other toys in the first wave of the ''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' subline, Scrapface did not appear in the ''Siege'' cartoon, not even as a color scheme for the [[generic]]s. He would go on to have a prominent role in ''Earthrise'', however.
*Similar to [[Spy-Eye]], Scrapface coincidentally [[:File:Reflector in red.jpg|resembles]] a [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]-based [[animation error]] of Reflector from the G1 episode "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 2]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scrapface''' (スクラップフェイス ''Sukurappufeisu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Clones]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron: Earthrise Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy characters]]

Starscream (Cyberverse)

2020-12-30T03:01:48Z

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{{disambig3|Starscream}}
:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]], and later a [[Quintesson]] [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Good afternoon, ma'am! Have you heard the good news about our lord and savior, me?]]
Leader of the [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]]s and [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s [[second-in-command]],<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/cyberverse Character bios] at the official ''Cyberverse'' website</ref> '''Starscream''' is the kind of guy who'd sell you out to Megatron in a heartbeat, then sell ''Megatron'' out to whoever offers him more power. He's not a very loyal sort, and often comes at odds with the heroic and loyal [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]]—both traits Starscream despises.

Lack of loyalty isn't his only flaw: Starscream himself has earned Megatron's scorn for his cowardice and incompetence over the eons, and neither [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] nor [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] have much respect for him. Just about the only things he has going for him are his skills as a flier, and the leadership of the Seekers. Strangely enough, despite Starscream's own lack of loyalty, he somehow has the complete loyalty of his Seekers.

So complete that one wonders if they had to choose, would they follow Starscream or Megatron?

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Billy Bob Thompson]] (English), [[Satoshi Tsuruoka]] (Japanese) |[[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Jean-Marc Amé]] (French), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Carlos Hernández]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:Starscream - Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero promo.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Excitement? Amusement? Fear? [[Dull surprise]]?]]
Before the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]], Starscream took the newly arrived [[Caminus (planet)|Camien]] [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] to a [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] game where he flaunted his upper-class credentials by mocking the plebs and having [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] be kicked out of the stadium. Attempting to spice up the game, Starscream made his way to the Cubes and reprogrammed the AI in one of them to cause chaos only for Bumblebee and Windblade to foil his plot. {{storylink|Cube (episode)|Cube}}

Starscream later attended the rally where Megatron unveiled the [[Decepticon]] faction and emblem. Soon enough however, the movement had gone from civil disagreements to open revolution with Starscream derisively greeting [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus]] when the "file clerk" tried to deter Megatron's ambitions. Later in the war, Megatron conspired to use [[Vector Sigma]] to reprogram the [[AllSpark]] and have it birth a new generation of loyal Decepticons. When the Autobots got wind up of this plot, {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} they stole the AllSpark and launched it through a [[space bridge]] despite the [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]]' best efforts to retrieve the artifact. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

[[File:Cyberverse - Matrix of Leadership - Sleek Screamy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Seekers, the scavenger hunt will proceed-]]
As Cybertron's condition deteriorated due to the loss of the AllSpark, Starscream led [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]], and [[Nova Storm (Cyberverse)|Nova Storm]] to the [[Grand Imperium]] where the trio attempted to slay Optimus Prime only to be bested and forced to retreat. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

Some 66 million years later, the AllSpark had been tracked to the distant world of [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Fractured}} Starscream sent [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] to scout the planet and locate the artifact while he rallied the [[Decepticon fleet]]. {{storylink|Siloed}} {{storylink|Awaken Sleeping Giants}}

Once the scouting team had made planetfall, Starscream contacted their [[Decepticon scout ship|shuttle]] for a status report only for the [[Autobot]] Bumblebee to answer his call instead. {{storylink|Memory (Cyberverse)|Memory}} Much to his ire, this would not prove an isolated occurrence and he swore to demote Slipstream as far he could when he came to Earth. {{storylink|Siloed}}

With his fleet, Starscream entered the [[Solar System|Sol system]] only to find [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] had beaten him there. {{storylink|Awaken Sleeping Giants}} After the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] crew had been awoken, Starscream's fleet arrived to back up the Decepticons and invade the planet. {{storylink|Eruption}}

Months of Earth-bound battles eventually resulted in the [[human]]s becoming aware of the [[Transformer]]s. When Megatron opted to simply destroy the Earth, he had Shockwave construct a [[Planet Smasher]] on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], its complex coming under attack from the Autobots. Starscream led his Seekers into battle, engaging Windblade in a dogfight before he was chomped on by [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]]. As the Seekers fled to the safety of the Planet Smasher, Megatron radioed Starscream for air support, an order that the Seeker chose to ignore and instead ordered the [[force field]] raised, intending to leave Megatron at the mercy of the Autobots. Unfortunately, Megatron had managed to extradite himself from the danger and had made it to the forcefield. Furious, the warlord threw Starscream around before demoting him, making Slipstream the new leader of the Seekers. {{storylink|Sea of Tranquility}}
[[File:Cyberverse-s2e2 Starscream's victory.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Vote for me and I promise you'll all get new toys! Yes, even you, [[Red Wing]]!]]

As Starscream seethed over this, the Autobots destroyed the Planet Smasher, prompting the Decepticons to retreat underground and enact their backup plan of using [[planetary engine]]s to smash the moon into the Earth. When Megatron's injured leg caused him to stumble, a maddened Starscream leapt on the opportunity, kicking his master to the floor and bombarding him with a [[missile]] swarm before beating him senseless. Considering Megatron deceased, Starscream declared himself the new [[Decepticon leader]] only for his confidence to flounder when the Autobots neared the control room. After Shockwave had primed the control room to self-destruct, Starscream ordered his troops back to the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] with Megatron left behind. Back on the flagship, an exceptionally smug Starscream kicked Soundwave off the command throne, before ordering the ''Nemesis'' to take off. As the warship rose, Autobot sabotage caused the planetary engines to begin reversing. Before Starscream could issue a command, a furious Megatron entered the bridge and began silently and relentlessly pummelling Starscream across the ship, even as the Seeker begged for mercy. As Megatron prepared to execute Starscream, he ran for the bay doors only for the full force of Megatron's [[fusion cannon]] to strike him in the back, seemingly deactivating him. Contemptuously, Megatron threw Starscream's body onto the moon's surface as the ''Nemesis'' left. {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}}

Despite Megatron's assault, Starscream barely clung to life. Fatally wounded, he awoke on the moon's surface under the gaze of [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]]. Witnessing the bestial Cybertronian run through a [[GroundBridge]], Starscream followed, the portal's AllSpark energies healing his wounds. {{storylink|Dark Birth}} Reaching out to his Seekers, Starscream rallied them to him and had them procure [[Vector Sigma]]. As a propaganda move, Megatron made a video directed at the people of Earth that claimed that Starscream tragically lost his life at the hands of the Autobots. As soon as the broadcast was over, however, he immediately warned the other Decepticons to take Starscream's fate as a reminder of the price of failure. He then issued a challenge to them: anyone who succeeded in bringing him the head of Optimus Prime would take Starscream's place as his second-in-command. {{storylink|Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime}}

When Optimus and Megatron were fighting over the AllSpark in new [[spark armor]], Starscream took the opportunity to steal the AllSpark and escape through another GroundBridge. {{storylink|Trials}} Starscream's brush with death had left him insane, believing he had come back from the AllSpark with the purpose of creating a new era of peace by returning all other Transformers to it. To facilitate this, he used the AllSpark to give himself his own spark armor while tasking [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)|Acid Storm]] with programming Vector Sigma to command the AllSpark and have it create an army of [[Scraplet]]s. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}
[[File:Starscream and Scraplets.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Starscream shows off his homemade [[Sunstorm (disambiguation)|Sunstorm]] cosplay.]]

Believing these new beings housed the sparks of ancient Transformers reclaimed from the AllSpark, Starscream plotted to use his new "children" to further his plans. Though he attempted to convince Slipstream to join him, she fled to warn the Autobots and Decepticons of his intentions, managing to reveal his location to Windblade before being killed by [[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)|Bludgeon]]. {{storylink|Parley}} Anticipating the Autobots' arrival, Starscream abandoned his temporary base and led his Scraplets in an attack on the ''Nemesis'', draining the energon from the Decepticons. Megatron managed to send out an SOS, prompting Optimus and a team of Autobots to investigate. Optimus and Windblade eventually found Starscream waiting for them on the bridge, where he ordered his Scraplets to attack and drained their energon, preparing to take the Matrix of Leadership from Optimus. His attempt was interrupted by Cheetor's arrival, who fought Starscream and extracted the AllSpark from his armor, using it to restore everyone and disable the Scraplets. His armor now destroyed, Starscream swore vengeance before making a hasty retreat with the AllSpark in tow. {{storylink|Starscream's Children}}

Starscream’s next scheme would involve him kidnapping Cheetor and Bumblebee, which he did by sending his seekers to pursue them. While it seemed as though Cheetor and Bumblebee escaped through the [[Groundbridge Nexus]], they were unexpectedly attacked and paralyzed by Acid Storm, who took them back to Starscream’s new lair. After they had awoken only to be surrounded by more Scraplets, Starscream explained how he shared much in common with Cheetor, with the knowledge that the AllSpark gave the young guardian it’s power, he planned to forcibly merge Cheetor’s Spark with his own, but first opted to give his captive a demonstration as he had Bumblebee strapped to a table that was part of the device, and attempted to merge the scout’s Spark with one of his Scraplets, but his plan was ultimately foiled after Cheetor used some Energon as a distraction for the other Scraplets, and broke Bumblebee free of his bonds, ceasing the merging process, and the two escaped, leaving Starscream to continue scheming. {{storylink|Spotted}}

The Decepticon would then hasten his plans further with the timely arrival of both [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]] and [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]], and approached both of the warriors with the promise of defeating one another. Giving them Spark Armor, he assured each of them individually that the other didn’t have anything like their Spark Armor, and revealed to Acid Storm that he planned to have them destroy each other, and possibly both the Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Infinite Vendetta}}

[[File:Cyberverse-IAmTheAllspark-StarscreamsNewPower.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Transform and Roll Out|"IT'S MORE POWERFUL THAN I EVER IMAGINED!"]]]]
Acid Storm eventually finished the reprogramming of Vector Sigma, allowing Starscream to absorb it and increase his power. As a reward for his Seekers' loyalty, he extracted all of their sparks. When he returned to the GroundBridge Nexus, he found all the Autobots and Decepticons already there and, after some verbal jousting with Megatron, prepared to extract their sparks only for Optimus to channel the power of the Matrix, its energy blasting the AllSpark out of Starscream and knocking him into stasis. Knowing that Optimus would want the Seeker to face a trial, Bumblebee dragged the unconscious Starscream back to the ''Ark''. {{storylink|I Am The Allspark}}

Guarded by [[Prowl (Cyberverse)|Prowl]] and [[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]], Starscream attempted to unleash his AllSpark power upon reawakening, only to realize he no longer had it after Rack'n'Ruin mocked him for it. He didn't like this one bit. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}} Later, he attempted to have the Autobots destroy each other by sabotaging one of the [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack's]] new AllSpark emitters. However, his plan was foiled when Optimus Prime destroyed the device connecting the emitters. {{storylink|Party Down}}

Managing to dupe Teletraan-X into giving him enough space to escape, Starscream made it out of the ''Ark'' but soon became a tag-along to the Titan [[Croaton (Cyberverse)|Croaton]], screaming as he left for parts unknown. {{storylink|Ghost Town}}

After Croaton had flown through a storm and dangerously close to a sun, he happened upon a [[Quintesson]] Cruiser, both Cybertronians being taken prisoner. Brought by the [[Sharkticon (species)|Sharkticons]] before a [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]], Starscream's ego quickly won him the death sentence before he, in a panic, sold out his species and the AllSpark by pointing the aliens towards Cybertron. Pleased with his gift, the Judge sent Starscream to the [[Scientist (Cyberverse)|Scientist]] so he could be rewarded by becoming part of the new Judge alongside a [[Gray]] and a [[Velgrox]]. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}}

To fuel Starscream's metamorphosis, the Quintessons began draining the energon of both the Cybertronian race and the AllSpark once they conquered the metallic planet. {{storylink|The Scientist}} Working together, the Autobots and Decepticons managed to destroy the Quintesson ship whereupon Starscream made his dramatic return, declaring his race to be guilty. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} Using his newfound powers on his foes, Judge Starscream prolonged the Transformers' trial, wanting both Optimus Prime and Megatron present so they could stand trial for all their wrongdoings towards him. He also repainted the [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|Prosecutor]]s and Sharkticons in his colors, {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}}
[[File:Cyberverse EOTU I JudgeStarscream.jpg|230px|thumb|right]]

Holding the assembled members of his species prisoner, Judge Starscream ranted to them about the injustices that they had inflicted on him over the course of his life before he demanded Prime and Megatron's locations. As one, the Cybertronians gave him contradictory information prompting him to take [[Arcee (Cyberverse)|Arcee]] as a hostage, threatening to kill her. Before he could make good on this, Windblade awoke the War Titan [[Iaconus]]. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}}

Though Judge Starscream panicked, the Scientist calmly called in the brainwashed Croaton to deal with Iaconus, even if the War Titan proved able to punt Starscream across the horizon. When he returned to the battlefield, Croaton was on the verge of defeat, forcing Starscream to kill Iaconus by dumping some [[Transwarp|unspace]] matter on his head. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}}

Ordering Coraton to annihilate [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] and every Transformer in it, Judge Starscream finally found Optimus Prime. Before he could pass his judgment on the Prime, Megatron returned aboard [[Astrotrain (Cyberverse)|Astrotrain]], attacking Starscream with exotic energy manipulation abilities that he had gained while in another reality. After Croaton left the battlefield, his mind freed by Windblade, Judge Starscream attempted to attack Astrotrain personally before both Prime and Megatron, having stolen one from [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|another universe]], unleashed the power of two Matrices of Leadership on the rogue Seeker, overwhelming him and bringing his reign of terror to an end. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

Starscream's head, as depicted from his time as a Quintesson Judge, was eventually recovered at some point following the downfall of the Quintessons by [[Meteorfire]] and stored among his alien memorabilia. {{storylink|Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos}}

====Alternate universe====
In [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|Megatron X]]'s reality, after the tyrant fatally wounded Optimus Prime when his once friend refused to join the Decepticons, Starscream restrained Bumblebee alongside Shadow Striker. However, he was later executed by Megatron X, who claimed he outlived his usefulness after easily winning the Great War. {{storylink|The Other One}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Battlegrounds''===
{{voiceactor|[[Billy Bob Thompson]] (English)|[[Philippe Dumond]] (French), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[Leonardo Graziano]] (Italian), [[Santiago Martínez]] (Spanish)}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Battlegrounds}}}}

==Toys==
===Cyberverse===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|Less gerwalk and more "gerstand."]]
*'''Starscream''' (Scout Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Wing Slice"

:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Scout Class Starscream is roughly the size of a Legends Class figure that converts from robot to <s>Gerwalk mode</s> jet with limbs (Also known as a "transformational mode") and back. His wings swing around in a spring-loaded "Wing Slice" attack attached to his waist, which can be locked in using the landing gear. In transformational mode, Starscream can fold his legs up to approximate a more "complete" jet mode.

:This figure is one of the few ''Cyberverse'' Starscream toys to feature knee joints. The figure was later redecoed into [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Toys|Slipstream]].

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[[File:Cyberverse-2018-One-Step-Changer-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|One-step, yet not enough knee articulation to take one.]]
*'''Starscream''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)

:''Cyberverse'' 1-Step Changers Starscream is an all-new mold, transforming from jet to robot by flipping the nosecone backwards.

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Warrior-Class-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|All the side-kicking action you could ask for.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Warrior Class, 2018)
**''Action Attack'': "Wing Slice"

:Released as part of the first wave of ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class lineup, this Starscream is a Deluxe-sized figure that converts from robot to jet and back. His "Wing Slice" Action Attack gimmick is activated by winding up a spring in his waist and releasing the upper part of the figure, allowing it to spin and flip out its spring-loaded wing blades with centrifugal force. The underside of these panels, normally hidden, are painted over in bright pink with large silver Decepticon [[Insignia]]. The waist can be locked in place by pegging his landing gear onto a peg on his backside. Additionally, he has non-firing Null Ray blasters molded into his forearms with [[5 mm post]] hole hands.

:While his arms have articulation comparable to other ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class toys, Starscream has the unusual distinction of having his hip swivels molded together, meaning the front-to-back movement is in tandem. He also lacks knees, likely due to his whole legs being cast from the same grey plastic. Despite this otherwise restricted movement, he can splay his legs out to the sides due to hinges on his hips, allowing splits and high kicks. Also unusual, the middle recess on his forehead is shown as unpainted in promotional images (including on the back of his box) and yellow in character art, but is painted in metallic blue on the actual toy. He lacks the red stripes on the inner wings on the final product as well.

:This mold was redecoed into [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Thundercracker]], [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Acid Storm]], and [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Slipstream]].

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-BCA-Warrior-Cybertronian-Starscream.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"[[wikia:gradius:Vic Viper|Something's wrong. I transform into a ''heroic'' space ship?]]"]]
*'''Starscream''' (Warrior Class, 2020)
**''Action Attack'': "Starseeker Missile"
:This Warrior Class version of Starscream transforms into a Cybertronian jet that resembles the [[wikia:gradius:Vic Viper|Vic Viper T-301 from ''Gradius V'']]. His new Starseeker Missile Action Attack has his null rays (now fixed to his wings rather than his arms) flip up and forward. This Starscream has more show-accurate paint apps and proportions in robot mode than the last version, but only just. Differences include larger wings, transparent orange wing-mounted null rays, no outward movement in the arms, a more show accurate whitish plastic, darker blue paint and forearm plastic, painted hands, and separately jointed legs with ''knees'' of all things, plus many other features making him a different figure.

:Due to his large wings extending so far above his head, he is packaged in a squatting position. His poor knees.
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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultra-Starscream.jpg|thumb|300px|The Scout figure took the Gerwalk mode from ''Macross''. The Ultra takes its missiles.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Ultra Class, 2018)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Launcher Strike Starscream'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': July [[2019]]
**''JapanesE ID Number'': '''TCV-04'''
**''Action Attack'': "Starseeker Missile"

:This ''Cyberverse'' Starscream is a Voyager-sized figure that converts from a robot to a jet with two giant missile pods under his wings and back. His Action Attack gimmick, when triggered, pops fourteen non-firing missiles from his missile pods (seven on each side), with molded 'smoke trails' to simulate a carpet bombing attack.

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Starscream.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Starscream saw ''Killdozer'' and thought he could do one better.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Battle Class, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Shovel Fighter Starscream'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': September [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-14'''
**''Spark Armor'': "Demolition Destroyer"

:''Cyberverse'' Battle Class Starscream is a smaller (about the size of older Scout Class toys), less Action Attack-laden new mold that transforms from robot to a fighter jet. He comes with the "[[Demolition Destroyer]]" bulldozer accessory that also splits into 4 parts to form his battle armor. He features very few paint applications, which is more evident than his larger Warrior class figure due to being uniformly cast in dark grey plastic. He also features more articulation that his previous toy, with ball joints in his shoulders and hips as well as elbow, knee, and waist joints. His bulldozer armor becomes a new helmet, leg armor, and a shovel weapon. His forearms also sport hexagonal, [[5 mm post]] compatible ports. His transformation scheme is similar to the [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Thrilling_30|''Thrilling 30'']] and ''[[Starscream (G1)/toys#Authentics|''Authentics'']]'' figures.

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*'''Starscream''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''1, 2'''
**''Bag code'': '''K'''
[[File:Cyberverse-Starscream-Turbo-Charger.jpg|thumb|300px|Delightfully tiny]]
: Part of the first Series of ''Cyberverse'' [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Starscream is a soft-plastic robot who transforms into a tiny fighter jet.

: This mold was also used to make [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Acid Storm]].

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[[File:SinisterStrikeforce-Starscream.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Sir Not-Appearing-As-A-Ghost-In-This-Cartoon]]
*'''Seekers Sinister Strikeforce''' (Multi-pack, [[2020]])
**''Action Attack'': "Nova Seeker Missile"
:This ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Starscream is a redeco of his Warrior Class "Cybertronian Mode" figure, using translucent plastics emulating a ghostly appearance. His action attack is renamed the "Nova Seeker Missile", and functions exactly the same as the last version of the mold.

:Starscream was released exclusively at [[Target]] with fellow Seekers [[Skywarp (Cyberverse)|Skywarp]], [[Thrust (Cyberverse)|Thrust]], and [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)|Thundercracker]], all of whom were also redecoed from the same Starscream figure. The product was first sighted in July 2020 with no prior announcement from Hasbro.
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*'''Starscream''' (Battle Call Trooper, 2020)
**''Accessories'': Whip, 2 claws, body armor

:Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'''s Battle Call subline, the Trooper Class Starscream is a roughly deluxe-sized figure and can transform into a Cybertronian jet. Much of the transformation engineering is based on the Cybertronian-Mode Warrior class figure, but the molding is unique. He features molded on Null-rays and includes a whip weapon that gives his jet mode a tail. Like his sub-line's brethren, Starscream features a "Battle Call" voice-activated gimmick, wherein if you flip the on-switch on his shoulder and shout really loud at him (or just blow on his torso), the electronic light in his chest glows slightly brighter and sometimes flashes. Strangely, his head and hands are painted bronze.

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*'''Starscrean''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Null rays, 3 effect parts

:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Deluxe Starscream is an all-new mold, transforming from Cybertronian jet to robot. Like his wavemates, Starscream does not come with a piece to a Build-A-Figure like previous Deluxes. What he lacks in BAF pieces he more than makes up for with accessories- Starscream includes his null rays, two laser blast effect parts, and a relatively large "missile launching" effect piece meant to emulate his chest missiles from the cartoon.
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==Merchandise==
===McDonalds===
*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2018)
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*'''Starscream''' (Happy Meal Toy, 2019)
:As a second Happy Meal promotion for ''Cyberverse'', Starscream is a 4-inch-tall non-transforming figure with articulation at the neck, hips and arms. As an [[Action Master]]s-esque play feature, he includes a small excavator (reminiscent of his Battle Class toy) that can be separated in half and reattached into various pins around his body as weapons or pieces of armor.
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===Burger King===
*'''Starscream''' (Burger King Toy, 2019)
:Oddly enough released just one month before the aforementioned Happy Meal toy, Burger King's take on Starscream is a non-transforming figure that also looks rather reminiscent to his Battle Class toy with the inclusion of yellow excavator parts sculpted on his body as armor. His hips are articulated and both his arms can be flung upwards at the same time by pressing an action feature button on the rear. Interestingly, he includes a decal sheet for his chest, wings and legs, making him the only one of the four Burger King Cyberverse toys to feature stickers.
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==Notes==
[[File:Judge-Starscream-Boulder-model.jpg|thumb|250px|All rise for the dishonorable Judge Mental.]]
*As with some of the ''Cyberverse'' cast, Starscream's design is based on the [[Evergreen]] design also used for his [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], with some minor stylistic tweaks that, unlike almost every other version of Starscream in existence, make him look different from his Seeker comrades aside from paint jobs. However, this is not reflected on their toys, as all current toys of the Seekers are simple [[redeco]]s of Starscream's (save Ultra Class Slipstream). Firstly, he has a unique head sculpt that is very different from the other default "male" and "female" heads the rest of the Seekers use. Secondly, his wings are wide with a zigzagging edge compared to the other Seekers' narrow wings with a sharp tip at the end. Lastly, he has forearm-mounted [[null-ray]]s whereas the other Seekers have their null-rays mounted on their upper arms.
*Starscream's voice actor in the Japanese dub gives him the same mannerisms and histrionic personality as [[Starscream (WFC)|''Prime'' Starscream]] had in the Japanese dub of his respective show.
*Starscream's death in "The End Of The Universe IV" hurt [[Mae Catt]] the most. She wanted Starscream to emerge from the remains of his Quintesson Judge body and conceived a redemption arc, though she is okay this got scrapped.<ref name="Q+A">"[https://shikai-the-storyteller.tumblr.com/post/613237429097365504/i-absolutely-didnt-go-back-through-and-edit-this Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)]"</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')

==See also==
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*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] and Decepticon [[second-in-command]] from [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]].
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]], the conflicted Decepticon (and briefly Autobot) jet from the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous Seeker and Decepticon second-in-command from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]].''
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous Seeker and Decepticon second-in-command from the [[live-action film series]].
*[[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], the conniving, treacherous Seeker and Decepticon second-in-command from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
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:''Laserbeak is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Laserbeak_Cyberverse_dogfight.jpg|thumb|300px|"I'm going to get more screen time soon, right?"]]
'''Laserbeak''' is a Cybertronian bird adopted by [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)|Soundwave]] as his partner.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
Originally part of a flock, Laserbeak was captured by Soundwave, who gave him his name and role as his partner-in-crime. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

Believing the Decepticons had the [[AllSpark|Allspark]], the [[Autobot]]s launched an attack on the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']]. During the battle, Laserbeak got into a dogfight with [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}

Laserbeak returned to Cybertron along with the other Decepticons and pursued a recently escaped [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]. Although he was knocked aside, Soundwave was able to detain the Autobot. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} During the subsequent Autobot-Decepticon battle, Laserbeak attacked [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]], only to get shot out of the sky by [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After infiltrating a [[Quintesson]] stronghold to free the Autobots and Decepticons imprisoned inside, Soundwave and [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] managed to find the location of the control node holding their allies in a simulation. Restrained by a scientist, the former released Laserbeak to relay the information back to the Cybertronian resistance. {{storylink|The Scientist}} As the Autobot-Decepticon alliance battled a possessed [[Croaton (Cyberverse)|Croaton]], Laserbeak directed Windblade to an opening within the Titan. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

As Megatron prepared to confront an [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)|alternate version]] of himself from another universe, Laserbeak monitored his conversation with [[Wildwheel]] and reported the interaction back to Soundwave amd [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]]. {{storylink|Silent Strike}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
*'''Soundwave''' (Warrior Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Laserbeak Blast"
:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Laserbeak extends from [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]]'s chest when his Action Attack is activated. Laserbeak is cast in translucent pink plastic with painted eyes and cannot actually detach from Soundwave.

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*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
:A transforming minifigure of Laserbeak is included with Deluxe Soundwave, and can store in his chest or perch on his arm.

:Laserbeak's transformation is pulled directly from his ''Siege'' counterpart, though lacking the neck articulation.
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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Condor''' (コンドル ''Kondoru'')

[[Category:Birds]]
[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]

Soundwave (Cyberverse)

2020-12-30T02:54:27Z

RazorSlash: /* Cyberverse */

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{{disambig3|Soundwave}}
:''Soundwave is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseSoundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A Soundwave with [[Soundwave (BW)|bat ears?]] Ridiculous!]]

'''Soundwave''' is not the most orthodox of [[Decepticon]]s. He's got a flair for the dramatic and a penchant for blaring music at everyone within hearing distance, mostly for his own amusement.

Seeing as how he ''really'' gets on [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]]'s nerves, it would be best if Soundwave were to be placed in the same room as [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]].

{{bigquote|I may be unorthodox, but at least I get the job done. |Soundwave|"[[Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Swint]] (English), [[Yōji Ueda]] (Japanese)|[[Roman Kretschmer]] (German), [[Olivier Cuvellier]] (French), [[János Bácskai]] (Hungarian, [[Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark]]), [[Róbert Bolla]] (Hungarian, [[Megatron Is My Hero]]), [[Marco Balbi]] (Italian), [[Antonio Llano]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Manuel Pérez]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:Cyberverse-s01e10-Soundwave-Dance.gif|left|250px|thumb|''It's just a jump to the left, a step to the right-'']]

Prior to the war, Soundwave was a patron at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] when [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] brought [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]] there for the first time. There, he did a dance that impressed Maccadam's other customers, and even convinced two other Seekers to join in. {{storylink|Maccadam's}} At some later point, Soundwave captured a Cybertronian bird and named him [[Laserbeak (Cyberverse)|Laserbeak]]. {{storylink|The Scientist}} Afterwards, he attended [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron's]] rally, and eventually fell in with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}

[[File:Soundwave takes out the trash (Cyberverse - Megatron Is My Hero).jpg|thumb|250px|[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Time to drop some science on you all.]]]]

During the war, Soundwave attacked Bumblebee after the scout overheard [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)|Shockwave]] discussing the Decepticons' plans for [[Vector Sigma]], and successfully incapacitated the Autobot after [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] failed to do so. The duo brought Bumblebee before Megatron, and were subsequently ordered to leave while Megatron interrogated their prisoner. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}} Bumblebee survived the encounter, and some time later, when the [[Autobot]]s attempted to take the [[Decepticon]]s' [[space bridge]] to send the [[AllSpark]] offworld, Soundwave defended the bridge's control panel from him by laying down a hailstorm of sonic blasts. Unfortunately for him, Megatron attempted to achieve the same goal as well by firing at the scout, with the resulting explosion knocking Soundwave into the depths below. {{storylink|Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark}}

In the modern era, Soundwave was part of the [[Decepticon fleet]] that had arrived to seek out the AllSpark on [[Earth]]. When Megatron opted to simply destroy Earth via a [[Planet Smasher]] on the [[Moon (moon)|moon]], Soundwave took part in defending it against the Autobots, knocking aside a trio of Autobot soldiers before blasting [[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]]. When Starscream ignored Megatron's orders to reinforce him and furthermore activated the Planet Smasher's [[force field]] despite Megatron apparently still being outside, the [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seeker]] declared himself the new [[Decepticon leader]]. Noticing Megatron standing behind Starscream, Soundwave had a laugh at the boast before punctuating Starscream's demotion with with some dramatic music. {{storylink|Sea of Tranquility}}

[[File:Cyberverse-BadMoonRising-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"This seat isn't very comfortable but it'll have to do."]]
Following the Planet Smasher's destruction, the Decepticons split into two groups, with Soundwave overseeing the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] and playing some Space Opera music to set the mood. He was surprised when Starscream and the others appeared on the bridge sans Megatron, and even more so when Starscream announced himself as their new leader and ordered Soundwave off the command throne. Cutting the music, a silent Soundwave stomped up to Starscream but was prevented from attacking the Seeker by Shadow Striker. Soundwave would later bear witness to an irate Megatron's return, and arrived in the hangar bay in time to watch Megatron blast Starscream and then dump his prone form on the lunar surface. {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}}

Soundwave attended a fake memorial service for Starscream with the other Decepticons. With the role of second-in-command left open, Megatron set the spot as a price to whoever would deliver to him the spark of [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]]. Eager for his commander's favor, Soundwave confronted Shockwave in overly dramatic fashion, mockingly suggesting the scientist to back off from the challenge. To ensure his chances, he tasked [[Clobber (Cyberverse)|Clobber]] with blowing up Shockwave's lab, only to later witness her and [[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]] to deliver [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] to front of their leader to use as a bait against Prime. After the Autobot broke free, Soundwave stood behind to monitor his escape, spotting a [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|strange spotted creature]] watching from the sidelines. Soundwave was ready to carry out his leader's order to capture the creature, only for it to flee trough a [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Bring Me The Spark Of Optimus Prime}}

After Shockwave managed to replicate the GroundBridge process and locate the Allspark, Soundwave was ready to follow Megatron trough the portal along with Shadow Striker. However, the portal failed to send them after their leader, much to Soundwave's frustration. {{storylink|Trials}} Unaware that Starscream had stolen the Allspark for his own ambitions, the Autobots stormed the ''Nemesis'' in order to retrieve the relic. The assault erupted into a huge battle in the ship's hangar, untill Cheetor arrived to break up the fight after sensing the Allspark's absence from the ship. {{storylink|Dark Birth}}

After Optimus Prime and Megatron agreed to meet and discuss forming a unified front against Starscream, Soundwave was part of the initial meeting. However, he was unable to stop himself from needling Windblade, causing an argument to break out that ended with Megatron ordering everyone except himself and Optimus out of the meeting room. As he was returning to the ''Nemesis'', Soundwave encountered Slipstream. As the Seekers had previously gone AWOL along with [[Vector Sigma]], Soundwave attacked the presumed traitor. However, she managed to knock him off his feet and fled. Shortly after, the talks broke down when a fight broke out, and the Decepticons departed with no peace in sight. {{storylink|Parley}}

When Starscream launched a sudden assault on the ''Nemesis'' with a horde of [[Scraplet|monstrosities]], Soundwave was barely able to draw his weapon before his energon was drained and left him paralyzed. His paralyzed form was discovered by a rescue team of Autobots, with Optimus Prime expressing concern that whatever had happened must've been bad if even Soundwave had been overcome. He was restored along with everyone else when Starscream was driven off. {{storylink|Starscream's Children}}

When Shockwave's drone hand Lefty went berserk on the bridge of the ''Nemesis'', even attacking Megatron himself, Soundwave was unable to keep his amusement hidden. Shadow Striker expressed her glee at the thought of the cyclopean scientist being permanently on the outs, but both Decepticons were disappointed when Shockwave revealed he now had a way of controlling Starscream's beasts. {{storylink|Secret Science}}

Soundwave was later part of a group that confronted the Autobot superjet [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)|Jetfire]] when he attacked the ''Nemesis'' in search of his archfoe [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|Infinite Vendetta}} Soundwave was present on the bridge of the ''Nemesis'' when the warship pursued a quintet of Autobot shuttles trying to get the AllSpark off of Earth. The shuttles turned out to be a decoy, but Shockwave successfully tricked the Autobots into thinking the Space Bridge in Earth's orbit had been destroyed and allowed the Decepticons to get a head start on their foes. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

Soundwave returned to Cybertron along with the other Decepticons. He followed Laserbeak and recaptured an escaped [[Chromia (Cyberverse)|Chromia]]. He ushered her back to her cell when they witnessed the ''[[Ark (Cyberverse)|Ark]]'' get destroyed by Shockwave. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} However, the Autobots managed to abandon ship and survive. During the climatic battle with the Autobots, Soundwave attacked [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]] and an injured Autobot soldier with a sonic attack before getting knocked aside by [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

After Windblade and [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]] managed to send Vector Sigma to [[Transwarp|unspace]], Soundwave made a mad dash for Optimus Prime but was tossed aside by the Autobot leader. He later bore witness to the rebirth of Cybertron and the end of the war. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

After the [[Quintesson]]s invaded Cybertron, Soundwave was among those who was locked in the Loop, a virtual reality. When [[Dead End (Cyberverse)|Dead End]] broke free, he found Soundwave's inactive body. {{storylink|The Dead End}} During a battle with the [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|Prosecutors]], [[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Whirl]] accidentally knocked off the machinery connecting Soundwave to the Loop. However, due to not being awoken from inside the Loop, Soundwave was left unstable, left glitching before collapsing in front of Clobber and Dead End. Taken to Maccadam's to be analysed by [[Perceptor (Cyberverse)|Perceptor]], Soundwave was left inactive. Over time, Soundwave began to return to functionality, in time to overhear Clobber and Dead End plotting to get rid of him, which he disagreed with. By the time Hot Rod and Whirl returned, a fully functional Soundwave "thanked" them. {{storylink|The Trial}}

{{charstubfiction| {{storylink|The Prisoner}} {{storylink|The Scientist}} {{storylink|The Alliance}} {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}} {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}} {{storylink|Wild Wild Wheel}} {{storylink|Rack 'n' Ruin 'n' Ratchet}} {{storylink|Silent Strike}} {{storylink|The Other One}}}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Battlegrounds''===
{{voiceactor|[[Marc Swint]] (English)|[[Loïc Houdré]] (French), [[Roman Kretschmer]] (German), [[Roberto Fidecaro]] (Italian), [[Daniel Rey]] (Spanish)}}
{{charfictionstub|{{storylink|Transformers: Battlegrounds}}}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:Cyberverse-2018-1-Step-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|A Soundwave in disguise as Soundwave.]]
*'''Soundwave''' (1-Step Changer, 2018)

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' 1-Step Changers, Soundwave is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Soundwave (WFC)/toys#One-Step Changers|Soundwave]], painted to disguise the fact that he's a completely different design, and transforms from robot to vehicle in a single step.

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Warrior-Class-Soundwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Warrior Class, [[2019]])
**''Action Attack'': "Laserbeak Blast"

:Part of the third wave of ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class toys, Soundwave is a Deluxe-sized mold that transforms from robot into an armored SUV and back. He features a "Laserbeak Blast" Action Attack gimmick, which "deploys" a spring-loaded Laserbeak from his chest when activated. However, [[Laserbeak (Cyberverse)#Toys|Laserbeak]] himself is permanently affixed to Soundwave and is not removable.

:Soundwave's headsculpt is based on the design used in promotional artwork, differing slightly from the animation model.

:In late 2019, Soundwave was re-released by Hasbro Asia under the ''Battle for Cybertron'' subline imprint.

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*'''Soundwave''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Gun/shoulder cannon, effect part, [[Laserbeak (Cyberverse)|Laserbeak]]

:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Deluxe Soundwave is an all-new mold, transforming from armored car to robot. Like his wavemates, Soundwave does not come with a piece to a Build-A-Figure like previous Deluxes.

:Soundwave's chest (or hood in vehicle mode) is capable of opening to store a small minifigure of Laserbeak, which itself can transform from cassette to bird in just a few steps, as well as perch on Soundwave's arm or shoulder via the same tabs uses for the effect parts.

:Unlike his Warrior Class counterpart, Soundwave uses the animation model's head- though the box art still displays promotional artwork using the old head.
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[[File:CV-toy SoundwaveTTC.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|]]
*'''Soundwave''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''1, 2'''
**''Bag code'': '''I'''

: Part of the first Series of ''Cyberverse'' [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Soundwave is a soft-plastic robot who transforms into a tiny armored SUV. He is one of the few Tiny Turbo Changers with independent neck articulation. However, his shoulders are jointed so far back on his torso due to his transformation that he can't reach past his own chest.

: Soundwave was released without changes in the second Series as well.
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==Notes==
[[File:SoundwaveCyberversePromo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|]]
*As with several ''Cyberverse'' characters, Soundwave's design is based on the [[evergreen]] design also used for his [[Soundwave (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], with some minor stylistic tweaks.
*His head design used in Hasbro promotional artwork (seen to the right) differs from the head used on his Boulder animation model.
*Soundwave's on-screen portrayal differs fairly dramatically from his original promotional bio. Whereas he was initially stated to be emotionless,<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/cyberverse Character bios] at the official Hasbro USA ''Cyberverse'' website</ref> the ''Cyberverse'' cartoon features him clearly displaying a wide range of emotions, complete with a comedic barrage of music from his circuits.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Cyberverse'', Soundwave speaks in a operatic singing voice.
*According to Megatron's threat of replacing Shockwave, Soundwave has some degrees of science skills.
*An unproduced joke for "[[Trials]]" would have involved Soundwave popping into [[Brazil]] during a music festival. He would then crash the concert and hang out.<ref name="Q+A">"[https://shikai-the-storyteller.tumblr.com/post/613237429097365504/i-absolutely-didnt-go-back-through-and-edit-this Transformers: Cyberverse – Mae Catt Q&A Session (Unedited Edition)]", 21 March 2020</ref>
*According to writer [[Mae Catt]], Soundwave's favorite music is EDM, and his favorite song is "Despacito", because he thinks it's very sad.<ref name="Q+A"/>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Soundwave''' (サウンドウェーブ ''Saundowēbu'')

==See also==
{{OtherVersions
|charname=Soundwave
|disambig=Soundwave (disambiguation)
|body=
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], the [[Decepticon]] Communications Officer in the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].
*[[Soundwave (Cybertron)|Soundwave]], the Decepticon [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]]-born stealth bomber from the ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (franchise)|Cybertron]]'' portion of the [[Unicron Trilogy]].
*[[Soundwave (Animated)|Soundwave]], the Decepticon music box/Scion xB with a [[Laserbeak (Animated)|guitar]] and a [[Ratbat (Animated)|keytar]] from ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Transformers Animated]]''.
*[[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]], the Decepticon satellite/spaceship from ''[[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' and sports car from ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]''..
*[[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], the Decepticon Cybertronic car/drone plane from the [[Aligned continuity family]].}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cyberverse Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Spies]]

Prowl (Cyberverse)

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RazorSlash: /* Toys */

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{{disambig3|Prowl}}
:''Prowl is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ProwlCyberversePromo.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Stylized prick.]]

Patient, loyal, and highly intelligent, the high-ranking '''Prowl''' ''definitely'' needs to loosen up a bit. He's serious-minded, detests anything that's unorderly and is always following protocol. Because of this, [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] wants to show him the meaning of the word "fun". Just don't sneak up on him. He has a VERY tenuous trigger-finger.

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==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dick Terhune]] (English), [[Tetsu Inada]] (Japanese)|[[Olivier Cuvellier]] (French), [[Hans-Eckart Eckhardt]] (German), [[Antonio Cremades]] (Castilian Spanish), [[David Allende]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}
[[File:Cyberverse - Matrix of Leadership - Pr-ow-l.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Thinks Optimus should have been a prick to him.]]
While retreating from an overwhelming force of [[Seeker (Cyberverse)|Seekers]], Prowl was almost overwhelmed when he fell behind [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack]]. He was saved by [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime]], although Prowl insisted Prime should have left him behind. {{storylink|Matrix of Leadership (episode)|Matrix of Leadership}}

After it was determined that Optimus had made a mistake in launching the [[AllSpark]], the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] was launched to retrieve it, Prowl amongst its crew. As the ship sailed through the void, however, its [[energon]] stores dipped, forcing the crew into [[stasis pod]]s. [[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]] eventually tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]], only for the ''Ark'' to suffer a hull breach and crash-land in [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Some 66 million years later, Prowl, along with the rest of the crew, was reawakened by Bumblebee and [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] in time to see the [[Decepticon fleet]] invade Earth. {{storylink|Eruption}}

[[File:Cyberverse - Sea of Tranquility - Prowl on the Moon.jpg|thumb|right|250px|First prick on the moon.]]
The Cybertronians eventually became known to humankind, with Prowl being caught on a news channel that mistook his pursuit of [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]] for a police chase until Prowl and Shadow Striker transformed into their robot modes. He later took part in a battle on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] where the Decepticons had erected a [[Planet Smasher]]. He attempted to reach the weapon with [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]], before Shadow Striker knocked them off the trail, and Wheeljack brought down its [[force field]]. {{storylink|Sea of Tranquility}} When the Planet Smasher was destroyed, the Decepticons activated a set of [[planetary engine]]s to slam the satellite into the planet. Along with Wheeljack and Hot Rod, Prowl reversed the polarity on the boosters, returning the moon to its normal orbit. {{storylink|Bad Moon Rising}}

As Prowl polished a blaster, he informed Bumblebee that he hadn't seen any animals on the moon. A rampaging [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] soon sent him hiding, as his own weapon was now firing at any random target, including him. {{storylink|The Visitor}} After a series of events saw the Autobots and Decepticons forced into another round of peace talks, Prowl managed to discuss weapon techniques with Shadow Striker only for [[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)|Bludgeon]] killing [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)|Slipstream]] to cause a brawl to break out. {{storylink|Parley}}

[[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]]'s attempt to ask Prowl if he needed assistance was quickly flushed thanks to the decorated bot's trigger finger. He sent Cheetor back to [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)|Ratchet]], sending the newbie into depression until Bumblebee took him for scout training. As Wheeljack examined his [[scraplet]] specimen, Prowl found that he was short one blaster cartridge. {{storylink|Spotted}}

After [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]] had been defeated and the AllSpark secured, Prowl oversaw [[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)|Rack'n'Ruin]] locking up the Seeker before he remotely piloted an [[Autobot shuttle]] as part of a stall tactic so Hot Rod could restart the ''Ark''. Though the ruse allowed the ''Ark'' to make a b-line for the [[space bridge]], [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]] had seen through the ruse and delayed the ''Ark'' long enough for the [[Nemesis (Cyberverse)|''Nemesis'']] to catch up. Though the Decepticons nearly destroyed the ''Ark'', Cheetor managed to repair the ship with the AllSpark only for the Decepticons to destroy the space bridge, forcing the Autobots to take the long way home. {{storylink|Escape From Earth}}

During a celebration party, Prowl was among those who fell into a maddened rage when Wheeljack's AllSpark badges, tampered with by Starscream, overloaded their circuits. Prime soon set things right and got the party back on track. {{storylink|Party Down}} Prowl later celebrated as the Autobots returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. {{storylink|The Crossroads}}

As the ''Ark'' entered Cybertron's atmosphere, Prowl eagerly awaited to return home. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} However, along with the rest of the crew, he bailed out of the ship when Optimus suspected a Decepticon trap, later taking part in the final battle of the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]]. However, when Shadow Striker attempted to shoot a distracted Optimus, Prowl threw himself between the two and took the blast, ultimately perishing from his injuries. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}
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==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-One-Step-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Prowl''' (1-Step Changer, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Turbo Change Prowl'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[Calendar|September]] [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-11'''
**''Action Attack'': "Jet Blast"

:''Cyberverse'' One-Step Changer Prowl is a brand-new mold that transforms from a robot into a police car and back. He features an Action Attack gimmick, "Jetblast" which extends a pair of cannons over his head when the spoiler on his back is slid into position. This then allows you to manually flip out the blue blast effects built into the end of each "barrel".

:Prowl was retooled into [[Jazz_(Cyberverse)#Toys|Jazz]].

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[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Prowl.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Prowl''' (Warrior Class, 2019)
**''Action Attack'': "Jetblast"

:''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class Prowl is a deluxe-sized mold that shares a similar transformation from [[Bumblebee_(Cyberverse)#Ultra_Class|Bumblebee]]. Like all ''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class toys, Prowl features an attack gimmick, a "Jetblast", which pops out a pair of cannons from his back when his chest is pushed down.

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Ultra-Class-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Prowl''' (Ultra Class, 2019)
**''Action Attack'': "Siren Blast"

:''Cyberverse'' Ultra Class Prowl is a voyager-sized mold that transforms from a robot into a police car and back, while sharing Bumblebee's transformation scheme. Like all ''Cyberverse'' Ultra Class toys, Prowl features an attack gimmick, a "Siren Blast", which pops out a pair of cannons from the center of his roof when the center of his lightbar is pushed down.

:Unlike the stock render, Prowl's robot mode eyes are not painted.

:Prowl saw a very limited release in the United States. Essentially he, was only ever stocked by [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]], since the [[wave]] he was supposed to be ship in was never available at retail, and wasn't even solicited by action figure online retailers such as [[BigBadToyStore]] either. In fact, it was even omitted from the wave numbering at Entertainment Earth entirely! Despite that, the wave ''did'' see a retail release in Canada, Russia and Germany.

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Prowl''' (Battle Class, 2019)
**''Japanese Name'': '''Jet Mission Prowl'''
**''Japanese Release Date'': [[Calendar|September]] [[2019]]
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TCV-13'''
**''Spark Armor'': Cosmic Patrol

:''Cyberverse'' Battle Class Prowl is a downsized figure, roughly the size of previous Scout/Legends/Basic class figures but larger than contemporary ''Cyberverse'' Scout Class figures. He comes with the "[[Cosmic Patrol]]" fighter jet, which seems to be based on the alternate mode of Decepticon [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]]. It splits apart into his battle armor that includes shoulder-mounted guns similar to the [[Prowl (G1)/toys#The Transformers|original Prowl toy]].

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[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-BFC-Quintesson-Invasion-Prowl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Quintesson Invasion''' (2019/2020)

:A re-release of the Battle Class Prowl toy without the Spark Armor comes with an equally unchanged and Spark Armor-less [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle_Class|Shockwave]] and a new [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Quintesson Judge]] figure. Prowl also comes with something that looks like a mind-control helmet to wear on. Ironically, Prowl himself died before encountering the Quintessons.

:This item was first sighted at [[Target]] in late December without any prior announcement from Hasbro.

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*'''Prowl''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])
**''Accessories'': Gun, 2 effect parts

:''[[Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' Deluxe Prowl is an all-new mold, transforming from police car to robot. Like his wavemates, Prowl does not come with a piece to a Build-A-Figure like previous Deluxes.

:Prowl's transformation shares elements with his [[Prowl (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|''Siege'' counterpart]].
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*'''Prowl''' (Tiny Turbo Changer, 2019)
**''Series'': '''1, 2'''
**''Bag code'': '''L'''

: Part of the first Series of ''Cyberverse'' [[Tiny Turbo Changers]], Prowl is a soft-plastic robot who transforms into a tiny police car. He has tiny cannons molded over his shoulders.

: Prowl was released without changes in the second Series as well.
{{-}}

==Notes==
* The Japanese dub of ''Cyberverse'' has Prowl generally end his sentences with "de arimasu" (であります), a talking style often assigned to military-related characters. In anime shorthand, this suggests a character is a by-the-book sort.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Prowl''' (プロール ''Purōru'')

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[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Law enforcement]]
[[Category:Security officers]]
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Hate Plague

2020-12-27T07:26:07Z

RazorSlash: /* 2019 IDW continuity */

[[File:Hate Plague Rodimus.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You've got red on you.]]
{{quote|It's a madness plague, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]! If one of those [[Transformer]]s touches you, you're infected.|[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]]|"[[The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1]]"}}

Wretched scumbags! Before you die an agonizing chainsaw-related death, you're gonna hear about the '''Hate Plague'''! This insidious, maddening blood-red malady was one of the few capable of affecting those disgusting rust-bucket Transformers. Any ''filthy'' organism infected turns bright red like freshly spilled gore and displays incredibly high levels of SHUT UP AND DIE toward everything and everyone. Now get on your knees and pray, because it's all over!

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
[[File:ReturnOptimusPrime2 crazycons.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4|''With blood and rage of crimson red.'' ''Ripped from a corpse so freshly dead.'']]
Long ago, the Hate Plague ravaged the universe, but was contained by a wise man using sheer wisdom. However, nobody was wise enough to completely destroy the plague spores, so they were simply sealed inside a star. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

Eventually, the star went supernova and exploded while being studied by [[human]] scientists [[Jessica Morgan]] and [[Gregory Swofford]], covering their spaceship in Hate Plague spores. Taking them back to [[Earth]], Gregory studied the spores with his colleague [[Mark Morgan]] and learned of their properties. Jessica was later injured in a scuffle between the [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s, prompting the two men to trap various Autobots and infect them with the spores. However, the Hate Plague spread like wildfire, infecting [[Transformer]]s, humans, and aliens alike. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 1}}

The newly resurrected [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] was tasked with curing the disease. Not knowing what to do, Prime dove into the accumulated knowledge of the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to question the spirits of leaders before him about the matter. Eventually, the mysterious [[It]] informed him of the Hate Plague's past and its weakness to pure wisdom. Going back to the real world, Prime opened the Matrix and unleashed its accumulated wisdom unto the universe, eradicating the Hate Plague. {{storylink|The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2}}

====Known infected====
{{collist|2|
*Thousands, if not ''millions'' of [[human]]s
*[[Mark Morgan]]
*[[Gregory Swofford]]
*[[Aerialbot (G1)|The Aerialbots]] (and by extension [[Superion (G1)|Superion]])
*[[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blaster]]
*[[Combaticon (G1)|The Combaticons]] (and by extension [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]])
*[[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and his Sweeps
*[[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]]
*[[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] (previously Bumblebee)
*[[Jessica Morgan]]
*[[Predacon (G1)|The Predacons]] (and by extension [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]])
*[[Protectobot (G1)|The Protectobots]] (and by extension [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]])
*[[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime (later Hot Rod)]]
*[[Sharkticon (species)|The Sharkticons]]
*[[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]
*[[Stunticon (G1)|The Stunticons]] (and by extension [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]])
*[[Throttlebot|The Throttlebots]]
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]
*[[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]]
*[[Blurr (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Blurr]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
*[[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]
*[[Steeljaw (G1)|Steeljaw]]
*And two lab rats}}

{{note|The only characters in "The Return of Optimus Prime" who definitely never get infected by the Hate Plague are Optimus Prime himself, [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (who was deactivated to prevent him from getting infected) and the [[Klementia|Quintesson]] that [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] brought to [[Earth]] to revive [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]].}}

===''Beast Machines''===
[[File:Wolf in the Fold Silverbolt infected.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|mfw you don't wash your hands]]
[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] used a new variety of virus based on the Hate Plague in an attempt to destroy the [[Maximal]]s. [[Nightscream (BM)|Nightscream]] compared it to the original Hate Plague. The Maximals were ultimately able to overcome this new strain of the Hate Plague by working together and purging the infection from their systems. {{storylink|A Wolf in the Fold}}

===''Animated''===
[[Surgeon General Arkeville]] suggested that [[Ding Dong (food)|Ding Dong]]s might be an effective remedy for the Hate Plague. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[Deluge (G2)|Deluge]] listed the Hate Plague as one of many bygone Cybertronian crises that few spoke of in the 24th century because of [[information creep]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===''Of Masters and Mayhem''===
Given [[Firecracker]]'s temper and unusually bright red colour scheme, [[Punch (G1)|Punch]] suspected that he'd contracted a permanent, non-communicable strain of the Hate Plague and had decided to own it. {{storylink|The Truth We Make}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
The Hate Plague was vanquished ages ago, to the point that [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Orion Pax]] thought it a half-legend in the era before the Great War. When Pax bonded to the Matrix of Leadership, he witnessed a fragment of the Plague within the Matrix, the Mediator software informing him that an echo of the Plague's contamination survived in the [[spark]]s it had claimed but that it could not harm him. {{storylink|War World: Prime}}

{{--}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Uchū Pest''' (宇宙ペスト ''Uchū Pesuto'', "Space Plague")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Chóuhèn Bìngdú''' (仇恨病毒, "Hate Virus")
*''French:'' '''Maladie de la haine''' ("Hate Disease")

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Siege episode 6

2020-12-27T02:02:29Z

RazorSlash: /* Animation and technical errors */

{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy: Siege]]''
|image=WarForCybertronSiege Ep6.jpg
|caption="Ten thousand years will give you SUCH a crick in the neck..."
|prev=Siege episode 5
|next=
|title=Episode 6
|airdate=[[July 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[Brandon M. Easton]] and [[Gavin Hignight]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
}}

'''With the planet itself on the line, the Autobots and Decepticons each make their final plays for the Allspark.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] has [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], and [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] surrounded by [[Dome Guard]]s for daring to steal his [[energon]] reserves. As Bumblebee tries to reason with Soundblaster, the infrastructure-destroying virus released by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] causes a power outage, providing a diversion for Bumblebee and the Autobots to escape. As they board a transport, Bumblebee grabs his head in pain as the virus attacks his mind and falls unconscious. Arcee quickly takes control and exits Soundblaster's base.

Meanwhile, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and several [[Autobot|Autobots]] are battling the [[zombie|Sparkless]] in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. The zombie-like Cybertronians overwhelm [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]], killing her. Prime has no time to grieve her death, and continues the desperate search for the [[AllSpark|Allspark]] while fending off the Sparkless. Suddenly, the Allspark appears over their heads, and Prime transforms, bowling over the Sparkless and launching himself into the air to seize it. His possession of the Allspark causes the Sparkless to dissolve, ending the battle.

At the same time, [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage's]] hologram cloak around the [[space bridge|spacebridge]] has failed due to exhaustion, and another team of Autobots along with [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] defend the spacebridge from a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] attack. Due to Shockwave's virus, [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] is unable to reach Autobot Command, and Impactor prepares to make a last stand. Meanwhile, Arcee's transport arrives at the uncloaked [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and learns from [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] that the virus has exposed their location to an approaching Decepticon army. But there's hope, as Cog bears gifts of stolen energon. Elita orders a jubilant Wheeljack to prepare the Ark for launch as Seekers begin to bombard it. Prime heads for the spacebridge and sends Prowl and Jetfire to assist Elita at the Ark.

At the Ark's hangar, Bumblebee awakens in the middle of battle and realizes that the virus has destroyed the [[Alpha Trion Protocols]]. [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] hands a weapon to Bumblebee, and the scavenger begins actively fighting against Decepticon forces. Jetfire confronts Starscream and a team of Seekers at the Ark.

Surveying the battle, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is informed that Optimus Prime is en route to Sector Seven instead of the Ark. Megatron is perplexed, but soon intuits that Prime not only has the Allspark, but also is intending to use the spacebridge to remove it from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] altogether. Fearing the likely destruction of Cybertron upon the Allspark's removal, Megatron orders Starscream to cease fighting Jetfire and to destroy the spacebridge, and orders Soundwave to destroy the Ark. Megatron and [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] head towards Sector Seven to destroy Prime and claim the Allspark.

Cog warns Prime about the approaching Decepticons, who then forwards the message to Mirage and Impactor. Megatron intercepts Prime on the way to the spacebridge, and they each argue that the other has caused the destruction of Cybertron. Prime refuses to let Megatron weaponize the Allspark, but Megatron counters that taking it off-world is far worse, since its removal will destroy the planet. Megatron orders his army to attack Prime and [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] just as Jetfire arrives and trades blows with his former leader.

Wheeljack activates [[Teletraan I]], and Elita commands the ship to take off after clearing a path from the surrounding Decepticons, and the Ark speeds towards the spacebridge. At the same time, Prime speeds towards the spacebridge, giving Ratchet the signal to activate it. As Ratchet runs to the control panel, Starscream aims for him; Impactor blocks the attack, saving Ratchet's life at the cost of his own.

High upon the activated spacebridge, Prime and Megatron battle for the Allspark with each of their respective teams fending each other off. Megatron wrests control of the Allspark from Prime, but Bumblebee arrives and shoots him in the back. Megatron is stunned and drops it; Prime quickly reclaims it and hurls the Allspark through the spacebridge at last, enraging Megatron. The Decepticon leader demands the death of the Autobots, only for the ground to shatter and erupt in front of him, revealing the gargantuan form of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Omega quickly routs the Decepticons and claims that Megatron must be stopped for the good of Cybertron.

Meanwhile, Prime aids the Autobots in boarding the Ark. Elita declares that she chooses to continue fighting on Cybertron. She and Prime barely have time to say goodbye before the Ark lifts away from the surface, and not all Autobots are able to board the spacecraft. As the Ark rockets through the spacebridge, there is a blinding flash of light, and afterwards, only the rubble of the destroyed spacebridge remains. His plans for the Allspark ruined, Megatron can only sigh in frustration and defeat.

Chromia wonders if the Ark made it through safely; Elita replies that they must honor the sacrifice of every Autobot who died on the ship. She knows that the war hasn't ended, and exhorts Chromia and Red Alert to continue fighting the good fight against Megatron. Jetfire emerges from the wreckage of the spacebridge and joins their group.

''Elsewhere, a slow beeping is heard. Teletraan-1 issues a warning: unknown vessel approaching''...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=

* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (2)
* [[Cog (G1)|Cog]] (3)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (5)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (6)
* [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] (7)
* [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]] (9)
* [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] (10)
* [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] (11)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (13)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (14)
* [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]] (15)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (16)
* [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] (17)
* [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] (18)
* [[Comms Officer]] (28)

|c2=
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (8)
* [[Impactor (G1)|Impactor]] (12)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (19)
* [[Reflector (G1)|Refraktor]] (20)
* [[Ion Storm]] (21)
* [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]] (22)
* [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] (23)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (24)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (25)
* [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] (26)
* [[Barricade (IDW)|Barricade]] (27)
* [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] (29)
* [[Spinister (G1)|Spinister]] (30)
* [[Flywheels|Skytread]] (32)

|h3=Others|c3=
* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)
* [[Soundblaster (G1)|Soundblaster]] (4)
* [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] (31)
}}

==Quotes==
"I won't let you destroy Cybertron!" 
"And I won't let you enslave it!" 
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Omega Supreme! So the Guardians have chosen a side in this conflict!" 
"My actions are my own, Megatron. For the good of Cybertron, you must be stopped!"
:—'''Megatron''' and '''Omega Supreme'''

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*Optimus heads to "Sector Seven" to reach the space bridge, a reference to the human organization [[Sector Seven]] from the [[Live-action film series]].
*During the final battle, Prime is the Autobot who ultimately ejects the Allspark from Cybertron by directly picking it up and throwing it through the space bridge, a desperation tactic that [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|''Cyberverse'' Optimus Prime]] employed in the episode "[[Allspark (Cyberverse)|Allspark]]".
*Elita-1 staying behind on Cybertron while the ''Ark'' takes off is a callback to "[[The Search for Alpha Trion]]", though here it was by choice rather than the result of her presumed demise. Much like that G1 episode, Chromia stayed behind on Cybertron.

===Animation and technical errors===
*The subtitles mistake Starscream's line to Jetfire "I'll rip your optics out!" as the much less threatening "I'll rip your ''rockets'' out!"
*The subtitles credit one of Arcee's shouts and one of Chromia's grunts as Elita's.

===Trivia===

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056818 Episode 6 on Netflix]

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[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Transformers: Cyberverse (toyline)

2020-12-23T04:34:27Z

RazorSlash: /* Deluxe Class */

{{disambig2|the 2018 toyline based on the animated series|the 2011 cross-series toy gimmick system|Cyberverse (toyline)}}
{{nav-cyberverse}}
[[File:Cyberverse overview small.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Who said that [[scale]] was a thing?]]
The '''''Transformers: Cyberverse''''' toyline continues the trend set by ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' of targeting the young demographic lying between the preschool and preteen audiences.

Announced in time for New York [[Toy Fair 2018]], ''Cyberverse'' brought with it the line-wide "Action Attack" [[gimmick]], with figures from most assortments including a unique "attacking" play feature. Starting in [[2019]], the toyline entered a new [[subline imprint]], '''''Power of the Spark''''', reflecting the second chapter of the television show. While the "Action Attack" subline continued under this, the new "Spark Armor" line-wide gimmick was added, involving accessory vehicles that could split apart into armor. ''Cyberverse'' also received a second, more ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]''-esque subline of figures featuring [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]] details and accessories, more complex transformations, and better [[articulation]]. The first wave also included pieces for a [[Maccadam]] build-a-bot figure.

The "Action Attack" line also reintroduces a line-wide [[size class]] naming system, following ''Robots in Disguise''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s erratic mix of designations, with the one exception being the returning 1-Step Changers. Whilst Warrior Class remains similar to its ''Robots in Disguise'' counterpart, the new Scout, Ultra, and Ultimate Classes bear little correlation to previous assortments with those names, beyond relative sizing.

The ''Power of the Spark'' subline imprint introduces two completely new price points that utilize the "Spark Armor" gimmick at varying sizes, namely the Battle Class and Elite Class, along with the large 12 inch Optimus Prime with "Ark Power".

The ''Battle for Cybertron''/''Bumblebee Cyberverse Adventures'' subline imprint also revamped Ultra and Ultimate Class figures, featuring similarly sized figures with flip-up energon armor and accompanying weapons, along with various toys (often retools of older Warrior Class figures) labeled with a "Cybertronian Mode." The Deluxe Class figures were released under this subline imprint.

The ''Battle Call'' subline imprint sees the introduction of "Officer" and "Trooper Class" figures making use of voice-activated commands, though while all figures feature Energon armor, only the Officer class figures armor up by voice command.

{{TOCclear}}

==Toys==
===Action Attack===
====Scout Class====
While a similar size to previous Scout assortments, these figures possess the unique quirk of having only partial transformations, converting into hybrid robot/alt-mode forms in which their Action Attack gimmicks are activated as the final transformation step. Due to their simplicity, some figures' Action Attacks can also be activated in robot mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Windblade]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)#Scout Class|Shadow Striker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#2019ScoutClass|Optimus Prime]] (retool)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Scraplet#Cyberverse|Scraplet]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Scout-Class-Bumblebee.jpg|thumb|250px|Scout Class Bumblebee]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Ramjet (Cyberverse)#Toys|Ramjet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Toys|Dead End]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#POTSScout|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Scout|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#StealthForce|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|}
{{Note|Officially, the second Bumblebee figure was slated to debut in a second wave of ''Power of the Spark''-branded Scout Class figures. However, that wave was ultimately never released, leaving a gap in the official wave numbering, and Bumblebee instead debuted in the wave that also included Wheeljack, in ''Bumblebee: Cyberverse Adventures''-branded packaging.}}

====1-Step Changers====
Initially, this assortment was essentially unchanged from previous toylines, even reusing ''Robots in Disguise'' molds for the entire first wave, but beginning with wave 3 (the first wave of 2019 product), the assortment introduced Action Attacks. These typically activate only in robot mode, but some (mostly those that fire projectiles) can also work in alt-mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Blurr (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Blurr]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Bumblebee]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1Step2ndMold|Megatron]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#1Step2ndMold|Optimus Prime]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Prowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Wheeljack]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:Cyberverse-2018-1-Step-Soundwave.jpg|thumb|250px|1-Step Changer Soundwave]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Sky-Byte]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jazz (Cyberverse)#Toys|Autobot Jazz]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Bludgeon (Cyberverse)#Toys|Bludgeon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Whirl (Cyberverse)|Autobot Whirl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Repugnus (Cyberverse)#Toys|Repugnus]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 9''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#1-Step Changers|Megatron]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Toys|Autobot Ratchet]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 10''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron X (Cyberverse)#Toys|Megatron X]]}}
</ul>
|}

====Warrior Class====
''Cyberverse'' Warrior Class figures are broadly similar to the ''Robots in Disguise'' assortment of the same name, although they exhibit a greater willingness to forgo points of articulation which aren't required for transformation. Their Action Attacks are activated in robot mode, although some figures can also activate their Attack in vehicle mode.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Windblade (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Windblade]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Acid Storm]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Soundwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Gnaw (Cyberverse)#Toys|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Drift (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Deadlock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CV-toy Gnaw.jpg|thumb|200px|Warrior Class Gnaw]]
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#POTSWarrior|Bumblebee]] (retool)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Drift (Cyberverse)#WarriorDrift|Autobot Drift]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Jetfire]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#CybertronianWarrior|Bumblebee]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#StealthForce|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#CybertronianWarrior|Megatron]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Hammerbyte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Starscream]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Warrior Class|Optimus Prime]] (Cybertronian Mode)}}
</ul>
|}
{{-}}

====Ultra Class====
Closest in size and design to 3-Step Changers, Ultra Class figures' Action Attacks activates in their alternate mode, though a few can also activate in robot mode. These were later dropped in favor of the energon armor.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Shadow Striker]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Slipstream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Alpha Trion (Cyberverse)#Toys|Alpha Trion]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Prowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultra-Class-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultra Class Grimlock]]
|-
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Bumblebee]] (new mold)}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Clobber (Cyberverse)#Toys|Clobber]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Hot Rod]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 6''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Rack'n'Ruin (Cyberverse)#Toys|Rack'n'Ruin]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 7''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thunderhowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 8''' (BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Skullcruncher (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skullcruncher]]}}
</ul>
|
|}

====Ultimate Class====
Similar in size to a modern Leader Class figure, but significantly simpler, Ultimate Class figures feature Action Attacks specifically designed to be activated in both robot and alt-mode. These were later dropped in favor of the energon armor.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3''' (PotS)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Grimlock]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 4''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ultimate Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Ultra Class|Shockwave]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ultimate-Class-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|Ultimate Class Wave 1 Optimus Prime]]
|-
|width="20% valign="top"|'''Wave 5''' (BFC/BCA)
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Iaconus#Toys|Iaconus]]}}
</ul>
|
|}

===Spark Armor===
;Battle Class
Added for the ''Power of the Spark'' rebranding, these figures are in-between the Warrior and Scout toys size-wise. Each one includes a drone-vehicle that disassembles to form power-up armor, connected via [[5 mm post|5 mm attachment points]].

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Toys|Jetfire]] & [[Tank Cannon]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Prowl]] & [[Cosmic Patrol]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Sky-Byte]] & [[Driller Drive]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Starscream]] & [[Demolition Destroyer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Autobot Ratchet]] & [[Blizzard Breaker]]}}
{{bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Battle Class|Decepticon Shockwave]] & [[Solar Shot]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Battle-Class-Sky-Byte.jpg|thumb|250px|Battle Class Sky-Byte]]
|}

;Elite Class
A slightly-upscaled version of the Battle Class figures, these Warrior-sized figures come with drone-vehicle/armors that transform "normally" into add-on armor, rather than splitting into multiple pieces. The armors also attach via twin pegs connecting with receiving ports on the back of each figure.
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Bumblebee]] & [[Ocean Storm]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Megatron]] & [[Chopper Cut]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Optimus Prime]] & [[Sky Turbine]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Grimlock]] & [[Trash Crash]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Elite-Class-Megatron.jpg|thumb|250px|Elite Class Megatron]]
|}

;Ark Power
Ark Power Optimus is the size of a Leader Class figure, and has battle armor which can be assembled into a ship resembling the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']].
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Ark Power|Optimus Prime]] & [[Ark (Cyberverse)#Toys|Ark Power]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-Ark-Power-Optimus-Prime.jpg|thumb|250px|Optimus Prime & Ark Power]]
|}

===Battle Call===
The ''Battle Call'' subline makes use of voice-activated commands. The larger "Officer Class" armors up on command, while the "Trooper Class" features electronic lights. All figures feature Energon armor.

;Officer Class
<ul class="icon-list">
'''Wave 1'''
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#OfficerClass|Bumblebee]]}}
</ul>
;Trooper Class
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#TrooperClass|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Meteorfire#Toys|Meteorfire]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Wildwheel#Toys|Wildwheel]]}}
</ul>
|width="70%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Battle Call|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Battle Call|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Battle-Call-Trooper-Wild-Wheel.jpg|thumb|250px|Battle Call Trooper Class Wildwheel]]
|}

===Tiny Turbo Changers===
''[[Tiny Turbo Changers]]'' is a line of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] vinyl figures featuring characters from ''Cyberverse''. Despite them ostensibly being blind-bagged, it's possible to tell which figure you're getting thanks to a small clear window and embossed letter code on the reverse of the package.

The first Series barely made it to US retail, showing up at (some) [[Kmart]]s and later some grocery store chains during the holidays in 2019. Series 2 started to pop up in [[Target]]s in July 2020, while Series 3 was available in a few international markets (in some of them as early as late 2019), but has yet to be found in the United States. Series 4 has thus far only been found in Canada.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(D) [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(E) [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Jetfire]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F) [[Drift (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Drift]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-p1|(G) [[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)|Blackarachnia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(I) [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(J) [[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Megatron]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(K) [[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Starscream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Prowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-p1|(G) [[Blackarachnia (Cyberverse)#Toys|Blackarachnia]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Decepticon Shockwave]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(I) [[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Soundwave]] (re-release)}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|(J) [[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Megatron]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Prowl]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(M) [[Silverbolt (Cyberverse)#Toys|Silverbolt]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(N) [[Sideswipe (Cyberverse)#Toys|Sideswipe]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(O) [[Jazz (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Jazz]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(P) [[Acid Storm (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Acid Storm]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top" rowspan=2|[[File:CV-toy SoundwaveTTC.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Soundwave]][[File:CV-toy TTC Chromia.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1|Chromia]]
<ul class="iconlist">
|-
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(A) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Bumblebee]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Optimus Prime]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(C) [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Grimlock]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-a1|(E) [[Jetfire (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Jetfire]] (re-release)}}
{{Bp-d1|(A2) [[Shrapnel (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skrapnel]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B2) [[Whirl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Whirl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(C2) [[Chromia (Cyberverse)#Toys|Chromia]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(D2) [[Dead End (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Dead End]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(E2) [[Arcee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Arcee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F2) [[Ratchet (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Autobot Ratchet]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(G2) [[Megatron X (Cyberverse)#Toys|Megatron X]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(H2) [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#StealthForceTTC|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Series 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|(A) [[Gnaw (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Gnaw]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(B) [[Kup (Cyberverse)#Toys|Kup]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(C) [[Wildwheel#Tiny Turbo Changers|Wildwheel]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(D) [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Sky-Byte]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(E) [[Alphastrike#Toys|Alpha Strike]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(F) [[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Thunderhowl]]}}
|
|width="20%" valign="top"| 
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|(G) [[Ironhide (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Ironhide]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(H) [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Slipstream]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(I) [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Energon Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(J) [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Stealth Force Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-d1|(K) [[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Dark Energon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-a1|(L) [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)#Tiny Turbo Changers|Wheeljack]]}}
|
|}

{{-}}

===Deluxe Class===
Traditional Deluxe Class figures debuted at the same MSRP as the concurrent ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'', aimed at older audiences and featuring similar elements, including 5 mm ports and effect parts. Figures released in Waves 1 - 4 have a piece of [[Maccadam#Toys|Maccadam]] as a Build-A-Figure, while Wave 5 figures lack a Build-A-Figure altogether. The figures were also released in Japan under the name "'''Action Master'''" (Oh, the irony!). Originally regular releases with the "TCV" ID number, they were moved to being Takara Tomy Mall exclusives with an August 2020 release. The reason for this is unknown, though this is most likely due to poor sales of previous toys or in light of the current COVID-19 outbreak.

{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 1'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Bumblebee]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Optimus Prime]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Decepticon Shockwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Megatron (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Megatron]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 2'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Grimlock (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Grimlock]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#Deluxe Class|Autobot Hot Rod]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 3'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Arcee (Cyberverse)#Toys|Arcee]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 4'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Thunderhowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thunderhowl]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Wave 5'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#Toys|Prowl]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Soundwave (Cyberverse)#Toys|Soundwave]]}}
{{Bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Toys|Starscream]]}}
</ul>
|
|width="20%" valign="top"|[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Deluxe-Class-Shockwave.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Deluxe Class Shockwave]]
|}
{{-}}

===Exclusives===
{| style="margin-left:1em;" width="100%"
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Toys"R"Us'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{Bp-d1|Warrior Class [[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Cyberverse|Thundercracker]]}}
{{Bp-a1|[[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#TrailerPlayset|Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer]]}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Target'''
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-a1|Elite Class [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)#Elite Class|Cheetor]] & [[Sea Fury]]}}
{{Bp-d1|Warrior Class [[Slipstream (Cyberverse)#Warrior|Slipstream]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|Quintesson Invasion (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Prowl (Cyberverse)#BattleForCybertron3Pack|Prowl]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Shockwave (Cyberverse)#BattleForCybertron3Pack|Shockwave]]}}
:{{Bp-qu|[[Quintesson#Cyberverse|Quintesson Judge]]}}
{{bp-a1d1|Sharkticons Attack (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-a1|[[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)#SharkticonSet|Stealth Force Hot Rod]]}}
:{{bp-d1|3 [[Sharkticon (species)#Toys|Sharkticon]]s}}
</ul>
|width="20%" valign="top"|
<ul class="iconlist">
{{bp-d1|Seekers Sinister Strikeforce (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Thrust (Cyberverse)#Toys|Thrust]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Skywarp (Cyberverse)#Toys|Skywarp]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Thundercracker (Cyberverse)#Sinister|Thundercracker]]}}
:{{bp-d1|[[Starscream (Cyberverse)#Sinister|Starscream]]}}
{{bp-d1|Repugnus Revenge (Cybertronian Villains)}}
:{{Bp-d1|[[Repugnus (Cyberverse)#Revenge|Repugnus]]}}
:{{bp-d1|3 [[Monsterbot (Cyberverse)#Revenge|Pesticons]]}}
|width="20%" valign="top"|'''Walmart'''
{{Bp-a1|Officer Class[[ Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)#Battle Call| Optimus Prime]]}}
</ul>
|[[File:Cyberverse-Warrior-Thundercracker.jpg|thumb|250px|Warrior Class Thundercracker]]
|}
{{Note|Both Thundercracker and the Optimus Prime Battle Base Set were originally intended as Toys"R"Us exclusives, but due to the company's bankruptcy in the United States and several other countries in 2018, they were only released that way in markets that still ''have'' Toys"R"Us (which basically means Asia and Canada). In the United States, the Optimus Prime playset was instead available as a Walmart exclusive, while Thundercracker didn't show up until 2019, at the chains Go! Calendars, Tuesday Morning, and Ollie's. Spark Armor Cheetor, meanwhile, was a Target exclusive in the United States, but was available as a general retail release in Europe.}}

==Notes==
*Like with previous lines, Hasbro used character-specific code names for the toys.
:*For the 2018 releases, the theme was "''{{w|Seinfeld}}'' characters":
{{collist|3|
:::*Acid Storm: "Uncle Leo"
:::*Blurr: "Morty"
:::*Bumblebee: "Costanza"
:::*Grimlock: "Puddy"
:::*Megatron: "Newman"
:::*Optimus Prime: "Peterman"
:::*Shadow Striker: "Susie"
:::*Shockwave: "Kramer"
:::*Slipstream: "Estelle"
:::*Soundwave: "Kruger"
:::*Starscream: "Bania"
:::*Windblade: "Elaine"
}}

:*For the 2019 releases, Hasbro abandoned the "Seinfeld" theme in favor of a new "baseball teams" theme:
{{collist|3|
:::*Bumblebee: "Ironbirds"
:::*Hot Rod: "Isotopes"
:::*Megatron: "Quakes"
:::*Optimus Prime: "Woodducks"
:::*Prowl: "Flying Squirrels"
:::*Ratchet: "Aces"
:::*Shadow Striker: "Rockhounds"
:::*Slipstream: "Greenjackets"
:::*Soundwave: "Dust Devils"
:::*Wheeljack: "Blueclaws"
}}

:*For the 2020 releases, only one code name is currently known:
{{collist|3|
:::*Shadow Bumblebee: "Alpha Strike"
}}

:*The "Optimus Prime Battle Base Trailer" set didn't fall under either of those themes; instead, it used the code name "Radar" for toys of Optimus Prime's [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|live-action film series counterpart]] from the ''[[Studio Series]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Bumblebee (toyline)|Bumblebee]]'' lines, with the theme for the code names from ''those'' lines being "Australian race horses".
*Because Hasbro frequently uses the shorthand "TRA" for the brand name in solicitations to stores and on shipping cases, the name of the Ul'''tra''' Class assortment ended up being interpreted as "Ultransformers" in numerous places.
*''Cyberverse'' toys made their global retail debut at Toyworld stores in Australia on [[July 3|3 July]] [[2018]], before arriving at US retail at the end of the same month.
*''Cyberverse'' features a minor but still noteworthy difference compared to previous toy lines that had featured [[subline imprint]]s: In the case of those previous lines, any previously released toys that were re-released under those subline imprints were given new packaging that followed the design template for the subline imprint in question, but retained the original release's UPC (or EAN for European releases) barcode. By contrast, ''Cyberverse'' toys that were re-released in ''Power of the Spark'' packaging were all given new UPC (or EAN) barcodes. This even applied to the assortments themselves, which were also assigned new assortment UPC (or EAN) barcodes.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cyberverse (2018 toyline)}}
[[Category:Cyberverse (2018)| (toyline)]]
[[Category:Toylines]]

Siege episode 1

2020-08-01T02:32:42Z

RazorSlash: /* Animation and technical errors */

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|title=Episode 1
|airdate=[[July 30]], [[2020]] (Netflix)
|production company=[[Allspark Animation]], [[Rooster Teeth]]
|written by=[[George Krstic]]
|director=[[Takashi Kamei]]
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
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'''Weary from war with the Decepticons and desperate for energy, Optimus Prime attempts to recruit an energon scavenger named Bumblebee to the Autobot cause.'''

==Synopsis==
War rages across Cybertron. [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] skulk about on the ravaged surface, hiding from the [[Seeker_(body-type)|Seekers]] overhead. Wheeljack's stumbling nearly gets the pair caught by [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]; after the [[Decepticon]] abandons his quick search, Bumblebee berates Wheeljack for his lack of stealth. As Wheeljack grows impatient with the scavenger, Bumblebee leads him to a hidden chamber that contains a cache of energon. More surprising, however, is the presence of a derelict [[space bridge|spacebridge]]! Wheeljack can hardly contain himself, earning rebukes from Bumblebee as he rushes to activate it. For Wheeljack, the spacebridge is a matter of the [[Autobot|Autobots']] survival and could turn the course of the war in their favor. But Bumblebee explains he was only hired to scout for [[energon]] and has no interest at all at choosing an allegiance in the Autobot-Decepticon war. Unfortunately, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and his Seekers arrive and force the issue.

[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] prepares to attack them both, but Jetfire puts him in his place for overstepping his authority by slicing off his arm just above the wrist. An agonized Starscream accuses Jetfire of weakness before their enemies and rallies the other Seekers against him. As Jetfire battles against his own team, [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] arrives, cutting off Wheeljack's and Bumblebee's retreat.

Megatron mocks the "disarmed" Starscream and offers empathy to the war-weary Wheeljack, claiming that ''he too'' wants the war to end. Wheeljack resists his attempt to recruit him to the Decepticon cause. Megatron then chastises Bumblebee for remaining neutral and orders that the two be executed just as [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] arrives. The two leaders argue, with Megatron claiming the war will end as soon as Prime signs a treaty. Prime rebuts that the treaty will enslave all of Cybertron. They discuss their shared legacy from [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and lament how far they've strayed from his teachings. At an impasse, they begin to fight, with Megatron quickly gaining the upper hand. As Megatron prepares to deal the deathblow, [[Elita One (G1)|Elita]] ambushes him from above, sending the Decepticons into disarray. Prime orders Elita to detonate hidden explosives around the Decepticons, covering the Autobots' (and Bumblebee's) retreat.

En route to the Autobots' base, Elita doubts Bumblebee's trustworthiness; he in turn has no interest in following the Autobots, but throws in his lot with them rather risk encountering the Decepticons again. He follows the Autobots into their hologram-cloaked base, a Vanguard-class starship. Inside, Bumblebee understands the Autobots' desperation for energon as he witnesses their beleaguered state; low on energon, many lie near-deactivated waiting for medic [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] to repair them.

Meanwhile, Prime goes to confer with military commander [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]], after Elita expresses her concern over Prime's safety. Magnus believes that the interminable struggle is useless and urges Prime to sign Megatron's treaty. After Prime refuses to sign it again, Magnus bitterly notes his stubbornness and leaves.

At his repair bay, Red Alert patches up Bumblebee as Prime enters. Bumblebee is not moved by the Autobots' plight or mission, and rejects Prime's invitation to join them. As [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and Elita express concern that Bumblebee may reveal their hidden location to the enemy, Prime demands they allow him to leave.

Meanwhile, Megatron gives a speech to the Decepticons, stating that the Autobots not only refuse to sign the treaty, but also attempted to assassinate him. This galvanizes the Decepticons to attack the Autobots and end the war as soon as possible. Afterwards, as Jetfire and Starscream bicker over how to destroy the Autobots, Megatron claims he knows Prime's weakness: his sense of honor and brotherhood.

This discussion is interrupted by the arrival of a lone, cloaked figure, seeking an audience with Megatron...

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
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* [[Wheeljack_(G1)|Wheeljack]] (2)
* [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] (8)
* [[Elita One (G1)|Elita]] (9)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (10)
* [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] (11)
* [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] (12)
* [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] (13)
* [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] (14)

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* [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] (3)
* [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] (4)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (5)
* [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (6)
* [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] (7)

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* [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] (1)
}}

==Quotes==
"If the Seekers were under my command, you would be dead by my hand." 
"You mean ''that'' hand?"
:—'''Starscream''' got his arm sliced off by Jetfire, but it's '''Wheeljack''' who ''really'' cut him

"Cybertron needs freedom." 
"Cybertron needs strength...''my'' strength." 
:—'''Optimus Prime''' and '''Megatron''' summarize their philosophies

"He’s a pain in the ass, that’s who he is." 
:—'''Wheeljack'''’s low opinion of Bumblebee challenges the show’s TV-Y7 rating.

"No, I'm not signing up for your fight!" 
"I was not asking you to—" 
"You were ''about'' to." 
"Huh...am I that obvious?"
:—'''Bumblebee''' is wise to '''Optimus Prime's''' game

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
*The series opens with Bumblebee and Wheeljack searching for energon while evading enemies, mirroring the first moments of [[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1|the original ''Generation 1'' cartoon pilot]].
*Wheeljack speaks by flashing his "ears", a technique not seen since the original cartoon and briefly in the ''[[Bumblebee (film)|Bumblebee]]'' movie.
*A yellow/black, green/black, and blue/black trio of Seekers appear in the opening scene (the blue one is shot down immediately), but these are not [[Ion Storm]], [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]], and [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm.]] The real Rainmakers in their real colors show up in [[Siege episode 6|Episode 6]].
*Bumblebee mentions racing on [[Velocitron]].
*As with many versions of the character, Jetfire starts as a Decepticon. However, his position as Starscream's commanding officer stands in contrast to their traditional portrayal as old friends.
*As he defies Megatron, Wheeljack quotes Optimus Prime's original motto.
*Red Alert is an Autobot medic, much like his [[Red Alert (Armada)|''Armada'']] and [[Red Alert (Animated)|''Animated'']] counterparts.
*As has become the standard for his character, Megatron is portrayed as a revolutionary who rebelled against Cybertronian corruption alongside Optimus Prime after ascending from a life in the energon mines and [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial pits]]. His insistence that his followers were oppressed for how they were born draws parallels to [[Functionism]].
*From its notable mentions of Alpha Trion as a revolutionary leader to Autobots and Decepticons being separate types of Transformers constructed for different purposes, ''Siege'' seems to be using elements of the G1 cartoon's [[Quintesson]] origin alongside the Aligned-esque conventions that Hasbro has tried to standardize in recent years.

===Animation and technical errors===
*Megatron's fusion cannon disappears after he offers Wheeljack a chance to renounce the Autobot cause, and doesn't reappear until Optimus arrives.

===Trivia===
*Unlike most of the cast, Bumblebee and Elita-1's designs are based on their appearances in the [[2019 IDW continuity]] rather than any specific toy.
*Jetfire is seen using a forearm-mounted laser sword, a weapon not seen on prior versions of the character.

===Foreign localization===

==External Links==
*[https://www.netflix.com/watch/81056813 Episode 1 on Netflix]

[[Category:War for Cybertron: Siege‎]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Trilogy episodes]]

Arcee (Cyberverse)

2020-07-16T02:18:20Z

RazorSlash: /* Cyberverse */

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:''Arcee is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers: Cyberverse (franchise)|Cyberverse]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:CyberverseArcee.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|But is she [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron's sister]]?.]]
'''Arcee''' is a loyal member of [[Optimus Prime (Cyberverse)|Optimus Prime's]] crew. She has an adventurous streak, with plenty of selfies to document the many places she's been and things she's seen.

==Fiction==
===''Cyberverse'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Jaime Lamchick]] (English)}}, [[Chinatsu Akasaki]] (Japanese)
[[File:Cyberverse-s1e11-Sabotage-Arcee-AllSpark-found-(false-memory).jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"No, no, this is a *genuine* smile! Don't run away!"]]
Arcee was present at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]] when the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]] [[Cube (sport)|Cube]] team won. {{storylink|The Citizen}} Arcee and [[Grimlock (Cyberverse)|Grimlock]] had numerous adventures together, that included fending off a horde of wild [[Bantor (Cyberverse)|Bantor]]s by mimicking their call and weathering the collapse of an icy moon. {{storylink|Perfect Storm}} Arcee was present during [[Megatron (Cyberverse)|Megatron]]'s speech to the masses when he was unveiling the Decepticons but signed onto the Autobots when the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] broke out. {{storylink|Megatron Is My Hero}}

After it was determined that Optimus had made a mistake in launching the [[AllSpark]], the [[Ark (Cyberverse)|''Ark'']] was launched to retrieve it, Arcee amongst its crew. As the ship sailed through the void however, its [[energon]] stores dipped forcing the crew into [[stasis pod]]s. [[Teletraan-1 (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-1]] eventually tracked the AllSpark to [[Earth]] only for the ''Ark'' to suffer a hull breach and crash land in [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Some 66 million years later, Arcee, along with the rest of the crew, was reawakened by [[Bumblebee (Cyberverse)|Bumblebee]] and [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] in time to see the [[Decepticon fleet]] invade Earth. {{storylink|Eruption}}

The Cybertronians eventually became known to [[human]]kind, {{storylink|Sea of Tranquility}} with Arcee using this publicity to visit a zoo and take photos of herself with the animals. She later used her photos of the animals she had encountered on her travels to help Bumblebee identify the [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|creature]] he saw on the moon. {{storylink|The Visitor}}

Once the AllSpark had been retrieved, the Autobots set course back for Cybertron, enjoying a victory celebration on the way. Along with her crew-mates, Arcee fell victim of [[Wheeljack (Cyberverse)|Wheeljack's]] malfunctioning AllSpark Energy Emitter Badges, driving her to attack everything in a maddened rage. Optimus eventually managed to shut down the chips, and later made the ultimate sacrifice, dancing, to get the victory celebration back on track. {{storylink|Party Down}}

After forty cycles of maddening boredom, Arcee joined Grimlock in visiting a nearby nebula only to find it uneventful. When the duo returned, they found that their ship and crew-mates had been immobilized by an electromagnetic storm that the dull nebula had shielded them from, with Arcee snapping a selfie of her and the prone [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]]. As Arcee theorized how to reboot the ship, she found Grimlock's attention seized by a flock of [[Air Hammer (Cyberverse)|Air Hammers]]. As the two marvelled at the creatures, they soon realized that the beasts posed a threat to the immobilized ship. Recreating the plan used against the Bantors, the duo lured the Air Hammers away via a pimped out [[Autobot shuttle]] and Arcee mimicking an Air Hammer call.

As she and Grimlock patted themselves on the back, they remembered that Air Hammers heralded meteor showers. Recalling the time the ''Ark'' ran across the crystal ice moon, Arcee and Grimlock broke out the heavy artillery and shot the rocks from atop the hull. Once they were all taken care of, Arcee reminded Grimlock that comets were often the herald of a supernova. As realization set in, the two tried to use the AllSpark and the prone [[Cheetor (Cyberverse)|Cheetor]] to reboot the shields. Eventually the two tried to use their [[spark]]s to restart the ship and as they quarrelled over who would sacrifice themselves, [[Teletraan-X (Cyberverse)|Teletraan-X]] showed up and simply pressed a big red button to reboot the ship allowing the supernova to pass harmlessly. As normal operations resumed, Arcee smiled to Grimlock that they should go on another such adventure in the future. {{storylink|Perfect Storm}}

As the ''Ark'' entered [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s atmosphere, [[Hot Rod (Cyberverse)|Hot Rod]] asked other Autobots what they planned doing once they got home. Arcee replied that she wanted to kick back and relax after unpacking all her souvenirs from Earth. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron I}} Along with the rest of the crew, Arcee bailed out of the ship when Optimus suspected a Decepticon trap. She took part in the fight with the amassed Decepticon forces, during which she rode on Grimlock's back while opening fire only to be blasted by [[Alphastrike]]. She recovered in time to fight [[Sky-Byte (Cyberverse)|Sky-Byte]]. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron II}}

As the battle began to stalemate, gigantic versions of [[Shockwave's drones]], surrounding the Autobots. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron III}} Despite the drones' intimidating appearance, the Autobots soon overcame their shock and leapt back into battle, their nimbler frames allowing them to fell the war beasts before Bumblebee and Cheetor returned the AllSpark to the Well, revitalizing the planet and ending the war. {{storylink|Battle For Cybertron IV}}

After the [[Great War (Cyberverse)|Great War]] was won in the Autobots' favor, Arcee was among the Transformers imprisoned by the [[Quintesson]]s in the Loop, which made him relive the same five minutes of a parade over and over, during which she was talking selfies with her friends. {{storylink|The Loop}} {{storylink|The Sleeper}} Arcee was eventually freed from the simulation alongside the other Autobots thanks to the Cybertronian resistance, who got them to transform when they unleashed Air Hammers into the Loop. {{storylink|The Scientist}}

As part of a team-building exercise, Arcee was placed in a team with Bumblebee, [[Shadow Striker (Cyberverse)|Shadow Striker]], and [[Lockdown (Cyberverse)|Lockdown]], taking on swarms of drones. {{storylink|The Alliance}} When it was determined that the only way to destroy the Quintesson flagship was to draw out the [[Judge (Cyberverse)|Judge]] and its army, [[Iaconus]]' cloak was deactivated and Arcee joined the fight against the endless [[Sharkticon (Cyberverse)|Sharkticon]] and [[Prosecutor (Cyberverse)|Prosecutor]] hordes alongside Shadow Striker and Lockdown. When both the Judge and the ship were destroyed, the new Judge hovered out of the wreckage revealing itself to be [[Starscream (Cyberverse)|Starscream]]. {{storylink|The Judge (episode)|The Judge}}

Like the rest of her species, Arcee was imprisoned by Starscream, intending to draw out the trial by humiliating Optimus Prime and Megatron. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe I}} As Starscream continued his temper tantrum, Arcee lied that Prime and Megatron were hiding out at the [[Lithium Flats]] and the Core of the Singing Lights at [[Binary City]] before inviting her friends to join the lying. Seeing through the ruse, Starscream seized Arcee and intended to execute her before Iaconus reactivated. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe II}}

Held in Starscream's [[tractor beam]], Arcee was sent falling back into the cell when the Judge intervened in Iaconus' dual with [[Croaton]] before they were all freed by [[Maccadam]] and sent fleeing before the Titans destroyed the coliseum they were held in. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe III}} After Starscream had managed to slay Iaconus, it seemed as though his victory was assured before Megatron returned and saved the universe. With the Quintesson threat ended, the Transformers formed a truce. {{storylink|The End Of The Universe IV}}

As the Autobots rebuilt Iacon, Arcee questioned Optimus on which metal to use for the reconstruction of the [[Gigax Comm Array]]. {{storylink|Enemy Line}} Hanging out with Hot Rod and Grimlock in [[Maccadam's Old Oil House|Maccadam's]], Arcee witnessed the revival premiere of ''[[Alien Hunt!]]'', celebrating its return. {{storylink|Alien Hunt! With Meteorfire And Cosmos}}

Suspecting that Megatron was up to something, Optimus Prime sent Arcee to scout Decepticon territory but she could not find any unusual activity to report. {{storylink|Rack N' Ruin N' Ratchet}} When another scouting party discovered evidence of an oncoming threat, Arcee attended a briefing on the subject only for Optimus to freeze up as the Matrix called to him. {{storylink|Dweller In The Depths (Cyberverse)|Dweller In The Depths}}

Along with Hot Rod, Arcee was assigned to mission control duties when the larger Autobot force snuck across the border, assuring Optimus that the army was on standby if need be. When a hemisphere encompassing shield went up however, the Autobots in Iacon lost contact with the strike force. {{storylink|Silent Strike}} Once the threat had passed and peace properly returned to Cybertron, Arcee joined her friends in cheering [[Windblade (Cyberverse)|Windblade]]'s return. {{storylink|The Other One}}

==Toys==
===''Cyberverse''===
[[File:TF-Cyberverse-2018-Deluxe-Arcee.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Arcee''' (Deluxe Class, 2020)
**''Build-a-Figure part'': Maccadam's shoulders and weapon
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[November 28]], [[2020]]
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''Action Master-07'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster, effect parts
**''Action Attack'': TBA

:Released as part of the ''Cyberverse'' [[Transformers:_Cyberverse_(toyline)#Deluxe_Class|Deluxe Class]] lineup, Arcee is a show-accurate mold that is more poseable than most figures of the toyline and comes with three pieces of the Build-a-Figure [[Maccadam#Toys|Maccadam]]. She also comes with a blaster based on her in-show firearm, with two effect parts to go with it. In vehicle mode, the effect parts can mount in 2 holes on the back of her trunk, simulating an energon boost.
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==Notes==
*As with several of the ''Cyberverse'' cast, Arcee uses an [[evergreen]] design inspired by her Generation 1 [[Arcee (G1)|counterpart]] but with some minor stylistic tweaks.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Arcee''' (アーシー ''Āshī'')

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