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Bisk (RID)

2026-03-28T19:32:59Z

SerafettinB: I think Bisk firing his mouth laser makes for a more interesting image in the fiction section than him standing around with two minicons

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Predacon|Bisk (BWU)}}
:''Bisk is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RIDconcept Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|300px|GIT GUD]]
Many [[Decepticon]]s fight because of boredom, for a higher cause, or because they just like to kill. '''Bisk''' does not qualify for any of those, preferring to fight for the highest score. He speaks in video game lingo, thinks of main objectives as "quests", and even gets irritated when even one thing makes him deviate from the main quest...like side quests or even the n00b [[Autobot]]s.

Despite his dislike of working with other "players," particularly ineffectual, low-XP scrubs like [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], Bisk is no slouch when it comes to PvP. His impressive strength and overwhelming tactics allow him to take on multiple opponents at once, and he can even fire a laser from his mouth to knock his opponents unconscious. He's just as likely to frag you in a fistfight as he is in a video game.

Sometimes, he can play co-op mode with [[Saberhorn]] and form the tag-team avatar [[Saberclaw]].

{{quote|Whoever you are, you're playing against opponents with much higher combat attributes than yourself!|Bisk|"[[Bumblebee's Night Off]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Daniele Demma]] (Italian), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Frederik Haùgness]] (French, "Bumblebee's Night Off"), [[Christoph Drobig]] (German), [[Vagner Fagundes]] (Brazilian Portuguese, season 1), [[Francisco Brêtas]] (Brazilian Portuguese, season 2), [[Ju-chang Lee]] (Korean, Tooniverse dub), [[Lee Jae-beom]] (Korean, Daewon Broadcasting dub)}}

[[File:RID ep 4 Bisk mouth laser.jpg|thumb|left|250px|]]

Bisk was held in stasis aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', breaking free after it crashed on [[Earth]]. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team found him on a golf course, and after a brief battle, managed to overwhelm him with teamwork (and by having [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] land on him). The golf course did not survive intact. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] broke into [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], he deactivated Bisk's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster [[Glowstrike]]'s forces. When [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they was inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "[[Steeljaw's Pack|elite warriors]]". {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:TRID E 33 Bisk Vehicle Mode.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Eighty thousand dollars for this car and you ain't got no damn cup holder?]]

Bisk partnered up with the Mini-Cons [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]]. The trio set about breaking into the backstage of a [[Rear Axle]] concert so that they could steal some soundboards, a component vital for constructing a spaceship. Although the heist started off well, things took an unexpected turn when [[Russell Clay]] stumbled across the Decepticons and alerted [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to the intrusion. Bisk then crashed the concert proper to steal another soundboard, although the director mistook him for a human in an elaborate costume. Before he could storm the audience, he was attacked by Bumblebee, and they both tumbled onto the stage right in the middle of one of Rear Axle's songs. The two fought as the band rocked out; the humans at the concert thought that the fight was just a choreographed part of the show. With his Mini-Cons out of commission, Bisk tried to take on Bumblebee solo. While seemingly overpowering Bumblebee and being about to blast him off, the Autobot managed to gain the upper hand, throwing Bisk into a wall of speakers. Bisk and his Mini-Cons were stashed in a nearby crate and taken back to the scrapyard for questioning. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

Bisk's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
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| Starter
|500
|10
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|Legion
|1500
|30
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|1-Step
|2000
|40
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|Warrior
|4000
|80
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|Hero
|6000
|120
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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

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[[File:TF-RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And the winner of the big race is... Hot Rod Zoidberg!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bisk''' (One-Step Changer, 2016)}}</ul>

: As part of the eighth wave of the ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' One-Step Changer assortment, and the second wave of the ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' subline, Bisk transforms from a robot to a sleek sports car in... well, not ''actually'' a single step. You do have to bend his elbows and rotate his lower claws to finish the transformation either way, but the ''bulk'' of the transformation is one step.

: Despite being labeled as "Mini-Con Weaponizer" compatible (and showing him holding [[Lord Doomitron]] in weapon mode), he does not actually have any [[5 mm post|5 mm post-holes]] anywhere on him, so the packaging is a liar. On the other hand, He can ride on [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Stomp .26 Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], although this does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his vehicle front, accessible while still in-package.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/OSCBisk/bisk.htm More information on 1-Step Changer Bisk at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Three-Step-Changer-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm the Video Game Boy! I'M THE ONE WHO WINS!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bisk''' (3-Step Changer, 2016)}}</ul>

: Part of the ninth wave of the Three-Step Changer assortment, Bisk is a Voyager-sized figure which transforms from a robot into a sleek sports car in just 3-steps. His scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package.

: In-box, he has a plastic tray on his head to prevent his head's paint applications and thin antennae for getting damaged.

: In Asia, Bisk is a notorious shelfwarmer.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're welcome. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-60-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bisk''' (Warrior Class, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV60'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October 29]], [[2016]]
:*''Accessories'': 2 blasters

:Part of the eighth wave of the Warrior Class assortment, and the second wave of the ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' subline, Bisk transforms from a googly-eyed lobster-bot into a futuristic sports car. He comes with a pair of non-firing blasters, which can slot into the top of his claws via [[5 mm post]]s. Because of his unique appearance, two-thirds of his head is molded in a softer plastic to safely transform the figure without damaging any of his many spindly facial features.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package. The ''Adventure'' release of Bisk features some paint applications for show-accuracy, and he features a different scan-badge.

:Bisk was only ever available in one wave of Warrior Class figures. For unknown reasons, this wave apparently only saw release in the United States and Canada.

:He was later retooled into [[Thermidor]], and he was meant to be redecoed/retooled as ''Beast Wars'' [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] if [[Fun Publications]] didn't lose the TFSS club license.

:He is basically the greatest thing ever.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Class-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shrimp Biskit. (''Combiner Force Version Pictured'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Bisk''' (Legion Class, 2016)}}</ul>

:This smaller version of Bisk transforms into the same futuristic sports car. Bisk features 3 mm compatible holes on his side knees and front claws, And because of this, he only can wield his weapons horizontally.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his chestplate, accessible while still in-package. Bisk was later re-released in a ''Combiner Force'' packaging in 2017. His badge is also altered: Scanning it only unlocks 5 Ultra Sparks and a Ticket for [[Cryostase]] to unlock a random character.

:This figure has been released twice: First in mid-2016 under the ''Robots in Disguise'' line's ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' [[subline imprint]], as part as part of the ninth wave of the Legion Class assortment that was only ever available at retail in the United States, and then again in early 2017 in the ''Combiner Force'' subline imprint packaging refresh, in a wave that saw considerably more widespread release around the world, to the point where it ended up as a shelfwarmer at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Asian Hasbro markets.

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[[File:RID2015 CombinerForce Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Saberhorn & Bisk''' (Crash Combiners, [[2018]])}}</ul>

:Part of the fourth and final wave of the ''[[Combiner Force]]'' [[Crash Combiner]]s subline, Bisk is a roughly Scout-class sized figure that changes from his futuristic car with a combiner chest that doubles as his spoiler into a robot in 5 simple steps. His individual robot mode only has limited articulation on his elbows. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on his vehicle back indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A 5 mm post hole on top of his vehicle mode can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode.

:Bisk comes packaged with [[Saberhorn#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Saberhorn]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Saberclaw]]'s upper torso. Connecting them to each other (more like bumping each other's asses) will activate Bisk's automatic transformation, but Saberhorn must be converted manually. He can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner. Bisk's smaller arms also function as lower pincers for Saberclaw's arms.

:This two-pack was a very late addition to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the wave 1 Prime Masters from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It wasn't a 'bot... it was a 'bot lobster!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Bumblebee Disc Demolisher''' (2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': B0949
:*''Pieces'': 186
:*''Kreons'': Bisk, [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#KreORid|Bumblebee]], [[Clampdown (RID)#Kre-O|Clampdown]]

:The [[Kreon]] version of Bisk was only available in the "Bumblebee Disc Demolisher" set. Rather than normal Kreon hands, he has a pair of asymmetrical claws. And a helmet for some reason.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers Kre-O'' product was skipped by retailers in the U.S. (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In fall 2015, almost all of it was finally released in the U.S. through TJ Maxx discount stores, including this set. The "Bumblebee Disc Demolisher" was the first set to hit, and easily the most plentiful of them.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Headmaster (Animated)|Ownage! Total ownage!]]]]
*'''Bisk''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Bisk is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode. The toy depicts him in his second-season Earth body as opposed to his original Cybertronian form, and also possesses a scratched-out Decepticon insignia that marks him as a member of Steeljaw's pack... both concepts that were revealed by this toy ''first'', long before the toys or show implemented them.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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==Notes==
*Bisk's name is a delicious nod to {{w|Bisque (food)|lobster bisque}}.
*Bisk shares a [[body-type]] with the just-as-deliciously named [[Thermidor]].
*Bisk is stated to be a [[Lobstercon]] by show writer [[Adam Beechen]].<ref>[https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-927]</ref> Beechen also notes that Bisk was banned from gaming competitions after being caught cheating during one of them. He went on a rampage, attacking many gaming competitions and injuring scores of innocents.<ref>[[Adam Beechen]]'s blog</ref>
*In the Japanese dub, Bisk's first person pronoun is ''orechi'' (おれち) and frequently uses crab-related words such as ''zuwai'' (楚, snow crab), ''taraba'' (鱈場, red king crab), and ''miso'' (味噌), and also speaks in a ''-gani'' (蟹, crab) tone. When he spits a beam from his mouth, he shouts "e-beam".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bisk''' (ビスク ''Bisuku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bisk''' (比斯克 ''Bǐsīkè'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Steeljaw's Pack]]

Terrashock

2026-03-28T16:48:12Z

SerafettinB: Added an image of his tiny titans figure

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:''Terrashock is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RID-terrashock.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Don't mess with the bull, young man. You'll get the horns.]]

As a [[Buffaloid]], the [[Decepticon]] enforcer '''Terrashock''' is fast, powerful... and dumber than a sack of hammers. As a result, he requires someone else to do most of his thinking; back on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], his employer [[Contrail (WFC)|Contrail]] used him as hired muscle. Eventually, Terrashock was imprisoned on the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' and awoke without his master after the ship crashed. That said, his undying loyalty to his former employer means that he'll do — or break — just about anything to find him again.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Michael Richardson]] (English), [[Masafumi Kimura]] (Japanese)|[[Walter Rivetti]] (Italian), [[Thomas Kästner]] (German), [[Paulo Porto]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Zbigniew Konopka]] (Polish)}}

[[File:Terrashock-RID-intro.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Everybody's got a water buffalo; yours is fast but mine is slow.]]

Terrashock was one of the many Decepticons incarcerated aboard the ''Alchemor'' when the ship suddenly crashed. His damaged [[stasis pod|stasis cell]] was eventually recovered by [[human]] scientists and placed in the [[Crown City Museum of Natural History and Sciences]] for scientific investigation. Terrashock eventually awoke and smashed his way out of the cell, frightening [[Denny Clay]] in the process. Feeling hemmed in by the room's walls, Terrashock panicked and headbutted his way out into the main museum. Believing himself to still be on Cybertron, Terrashock set off in search of Contrail, although he was bewildered by the museum's various animatronics and displays, mistaking a robotic buffalo exhibit for a fellow Buffaloid enforcer. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] attempted to intercept him and was defeated. He then mistook a museum planetarium for a transmitter, and attempted to contact Contrail with it. [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] attempted to jump him and was quickly knocked aside. He eventually stumbled on an exhibit about water; Sideswipe tried to jump him while he was alarmed by a video of a tsunami, but was thrown against the wall.

[[File:WWOD Terrashock vehicle mode.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Oh my god he's [[:File:Buffalo-dump motorworld concept.jpg|Buffalo-Dump]] reborn.]]

Terrashock charged toward the front doors of the museum, where he encountered [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Terrashock quickly bumrushed the Autobot through the doors, then transformed and drove off into traffic. Terrashock continued to recklessly drive along the highway, yelling for Contrail, until he was intercepted by Bumblebee's team, who had come up with a new strategy to take advantage of the Buffaloid's need for external direction. Together, the quartet managed to herd Terrashock away from traffic before Bumblebee tripped him up, leaving Terrashock open for a body slam courtesy of Grimlock. The Autobots loaded the unconscious Decepticon onto Strongarm's trailer and drove off into the sunset. {{Storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his gang broke into the scrapyard, Terrashock's stasis pod was deactivated. He was quickly re-frozen by the Autobots before he could escape from his pod. {{Storylink|Lockout}}

Terrashock's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:RID 2015 Terrashock Tiny Titans Figure.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now that's a lot of bull.]]
*'''Terrashock''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''2'''
**''Number'': '''3/12'''

:Part of the second assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], Terrashock is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode, snorting out steam and crushing the pavement under his feet.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrashock''' (テラショック ''Terashokku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Zhèndìwáng''' (震地王, "King that Shocks the Earth")

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

File:RID 2015 Terrashock Tiny Titans Figure.jpg

2026-03-28T16:30:56Z

SerafettinB: The ''Tiny Titans'' version of "Terrashock". {{RID2015stock}} Category: Robots in Disguise (2015) toy images Category: Tiny Titans toy images

The ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' version of "[[Terrashock]]". 

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File:RID 2015 Octopunch Tiny Titans Figure.jpg

2026-03-27T16:21:52Z

SerafettinB: SerafettinB uploaded a new version of "File:RID 2015 Octopunch Tiny Titans Figure.jpg"

The ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' version of "[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]". 

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File:RID 2015 Octopunch Tiny Titans Figure.jpg

2026-03-27T16:21:33Z

SerafettinB:

The ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' version of "[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]". 

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Octopunch (RID)

2026-03-27T12:33:49Z

SerafettinB:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Octopunch}}
:''Octopunch is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:JoseLopez-Octopunch.jpg|thumb|350px|You still have Zoidberg! You ''all'' still have Zoidberg!]]

Though he may come off as grouchy and more than a bit whiny, you'd best not let '''Octopunch'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s personality and gangly appearance fool you. He's as formidable on land as he is underwater, and his tentacles allows him to engage multiple opponents at once. He employs his talents in raiding downed vessels... which he does his part to help crash beforehand, so he might raid them for salvage. His submarine alternate mode allows him to probe the depths of any sea, even those on [[Earth]], with their "weird" [[water]] fluid.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ted Biaselli]] (English), [[Chafūrin]] (Japanese)|[[Claudio Ridolfo]] (Italian), [[David Manet]] (French), [[Uwe Büschken]] (German), [[Wojciech Machnicki]] (Polish)}}
[[File:OctopunchRID.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Octopunch was imprisoned aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', but escaped from his stasis pod after the ship's crash. He located a crashed Cybertronian vessel underwater, which he intended to plunder and activate, only to be set upon by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his crew. Octopunch used his underwater combat skills and multiple limbs to defeat the team, and entered the ship's bridge through an access hatch, where he immediately began to activate the vehicle. The Autobots were forced to enter another hatch, prompting Octopunch to activate the vessel's defenses to hinder them as he brought the four engines online one by one.

Despite successfully managing to trap the majority of Bumblebee's team, Bumblebee himself, along with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], managed to reach the bridge, where the two Autobots engaged Octopunch in battle. This time, they were able to beat him by tying up Octopunch's tentacles. They destroyed the ship's launch mechanism, and then escaped the ship's self-destruct sequence with the others thanks to the Autobots' [[GroundBridge]], returning home and successfully putting Octopunch back into stasis. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his gang broke into the scrapyard, Octopunch's stasis pod was deactivated. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] grappled with one of his tentacles, but he was quickly re-frozen by the Autobots before he could escape. {{Storylink|Lockout}}

Octopunch's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:RID 2015 Octopunch Tiny Titans Figure.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|At least he doesn't have blade tentacles and isn't called Octochop.]]
*'''Octopunch''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Number'': '''7/12'''

:Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], Octopunch is a very small, soft-plastic figure of in robot mode. Due to his mass being spread out amongst many tentacles, he's one of the shortest Tiny Titans.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

==Notes==
[[File:TRID_E_18_Octopunch_Earth_Vehicle_Mode.jpg|thumb|Yellow Submarine's deadlier cousin.]]

*In the Japanese dub, Octopunch ends his sentences with ''geso'' (ゲソ), a colloquial term for squid tentacles.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Octopunch''' (オクトパンチ ''Okutopanchi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bā Zhuǎ Guài''' (八爪怪, "Octopus Monster")

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Octopunch (RID)

2026-03-27T12:32:10Z

SerafettinB:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Octopunch}}
:''Octopunch is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:JoseLopez-Octopunch.jpg|thumb|350px|You still have Zoidberg! You ''all'' still have Zoidberg!]]

Though he may come off as grouchy and more than a bit whiny, you'd best not let '''Octopunch'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s personality and gangly appearance fool you. He's as formidable on land as he is underwater, and his tentacles allows him to engage multiple opponents at once. He employs his talents in raiding downed vessels... which he does his part to help crash beforehand, so he might raid them for salvage. His submarine alternate mode allows him to probe the depths of any sea, even those on [[Earth]], with their "weird" [[water]] fluid.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ted Biaselli]] (English), [[Chafūrin]] (Japanese)|[[Claudio Ridolfo]] (Italian), [[David Manet]] (French), [[Uwe Büschken]] (German), [[Wojciech Machnicki]] (Polish)}}
[[File:OctopunchRID.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Octopunch was imprisoned aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', but escaped from his stasis pod after the ship's crash. He located a crashed Cybertronian vessel underwater, which he intended to plunder and activate, only to be set upon by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his crew. Octopunch used his underwater combat skills and multiple limbs to defeat the team, and entered the ship's bridge through an access hatch, where he immediately began to activate the vehicle. The Autobots were forced to enter another hatch, prompting Octopunch to activate the vessel's defenses to hinder them as he brought the four engines online one by one.

Despite successfully managing to trap the majority of Bumblebee's team, Bumblebee himself, along with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], managed to reach the bridge, where the two Autobots engaged Octopunch in battle. This time, they were able to beat him by tying up Octopunch's tentacles. They destroyed the ship's launch mechanism, and then escaped the ship's self-destruct sequence with the others thanks to the Autobots' [[GroundBridge]], returning home and successfully putting Octopunch back into stasis. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his gang broke into the scrapyard, Octopunch's stasis pod was deactivated. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] grappled with one of his tentacles, but he was quickly re-frozen by the Autobots before he could escape. {{Storylink|Lockout}}

Octopunch's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:RID 2015 Octopunch Tiny Titans Figure.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|At least he doesn't have cybernetic tentacles and isn't called Octochop.]]
*'''Octopunch''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Number'': '''7/12'''

:Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], Octopunch is a very small, soft-plastic figure of in robot mode. Due to his mass being spread out amongst many tentacles, he's one of the shortest Tiny Titans.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

==Notes==
[[File:TRID_E_18_Octopunch_Earth_Vehicle_Mode.jpg|thumb|Yellow Submarine's deadlier cousin.]]

*In the Japanese dub, Octopunch ends his sentences with ''geso'' (ゲソ), a colloquial term for squid tentacles.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Octopunch''' (オクトパンチ ''Okutopanchi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bā Zhuǎ Guài''' (八爪怪, "Octopus Monster")

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

File:RID 2015 Octopunch Tiny Titans Figure.jpg

2026-03-27T12:29:57Z

SerafettinB: The ''Tiny Titans'' version of "Octopunch". Photo by SerafettinB. Category: Robots in Disguise (2015) toy images Category: Tiny Titans toy images

The ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' version of "[[Octopunch (RID)|Octopunch]]". 
Photo by [[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]].

[[Category: Robots in Disguise (2015) toy images]]
[[Category: Tiny Titans toy images]]

Octopunch (RID)

2026-03-27T11:45:26Z

SerafettinB: there's a Tiny Titans figure of him, so he's not ''cartoon-only''

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Octopunch}}
:''Octopunch is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:JoseLopez-Octopunch.jpg|thumb|350px|You still have Zoidberg! You ''all'' still have Zoidberg!]]

Though he may come off as grouchy and more than a bit whiny, you'd best not let '''Octopunch'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s personality and gangly appearance fool you. He's as formidable on land as he is underwater, and his tentacles allows him to engage multiple opponents at once. He employs his talents in raiding downed vessels... which he does his part to help crash beforehand, so he might raid them for salvage. His submarine alternate mode allows him to probe the depths of any sea, even those on [[Earth]], with their "weird" [[water]] fluid.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Ted Biaselli]] (English), [[Chafūrin]] (Japanese)|[[Claudio Ridolfo]] (Italian), [[David Manet]] (French), [[Uwe Büschken]] (German), [[Wojciech Machnicki]] (Polish)}}
[[File:OctopunchRID.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Octopunch was imprisoned aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', but escaped from his stasis pod after the ship's crash. He located a crashed Cybertronian vessel underwater, which he intended to plunder and activate, only to be set upon by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his crew. Octopunch used his underwater combat skills and multiple limbs to defeat the team, and entered the ship's bridge through an access hatch, where he immediately began to activate the vehicle. The Autobots were forced to enter another hatch, prompting Octopunch to activate the vessel's defenses to hinder them as he brought the four engines online one by one.

Despite successfully managing to trap the majority of Bumblebee's team, Bumblebee himself, along with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], managed to reach the bridge, where the two Autobots engaged Octopunch in battle. This time, they were able to beat him by tying up Octopunch's tentacles. They destroyed the ship's launch mechanism, and then escaped the ship's self-destruct sequence with the others thanks to the Autobots' [[GroundBridge]], returning home and successfully putting Octopunch back into stasis. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RID)|Deep Trouble}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] and his gang broke into the scrapyard, Octopunch's stasis pod was deactivated. [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] grappled with one of his tentacles, but he was quickly re-frozen by the Autobots before he could escape. {{Storylink|Lockout}}

Octopunch's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
{{--}}

==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
*'''Octopunch''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''5'''
**''Number'': '''7/12'''

:Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], Octopunch is a very small, soft-plastic figure of in robot mode. Due to his mass being spread out amongst many tentacles, he's one of the shortest Tiny Titans.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

==Notes==
[[File:TRID_E_18_Octopunch_Earth_Vehicle_Mode.jpg|thumb|Yellow Submarine's deadlier cousin.]]

*In the Japanese dub, Octopunch ends his sentences with ''geso'' (ゲソ), a colloquial term for squid tentacles.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Octopunch''' (オクトパンチ ''Okutopanchi'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bā Zhuǎ Guài''' (八爪怪, "Octopus Monster")

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Chop Shop (RID)

2025-11-12T19:16:58Z

SerafettinB: I think the concept art shows him better than the original main image.

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{{disambig3|Chop Shop}}
:''Chop Shop is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RID 2015 Chop Shop Concept.jpg|right|thumb|350px|"You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys, you've got to pick a pocket or two!"]]

'''Chop Shop''' isn’t really your average Decepticon combiner. He lacks the usual stubborn bloodthirstiness you might expect to find in a low-ranking ‘Con, preferring to flee the scene before things get really violent. It’s not that he ''can’t'' fight, it’s just that he ''knows'' that sticking around a crime scene for too long means a one-way trip to the nick, and that’s not an experience he wants to repeat anytime soon. Something of a kleptomaniac, he’s racked up a massive rap sheet over the years, enough to be branded one of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]’s most notorious thieves.

When raw strength won’t get the job done, Chop Shop can split apart into his five insectoid components to become a one-bot heist team. Each one of his "lads" can deliver a painful sting, capable of paralyzing any coppers while the rest of the team makes a break for it. In a pinch, he can even improvise, forcing smaller Cybertronians to combine with him… whether they want to or not.

Beyond all this, Chop Shop mostly just wants to be left alone to do his own thing, which wouldn’t be so bad if his favorite pastime didn’t involve robbing everyone blind. It may be that he’s got a good [[Spark]] somewhere down there, although it’d take a lot to bring his altruistic side to the surface.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[David Hunt]] (English), [[Will Friedle]] (English, as Righty), [[Yōhei Tadano]] (Japanese), [[Akihiro Matsushima]] (Japanese, as Righty), [[Ryo Aoi]] (Japanese, as Left-handed Spider)|[[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian), [[Pino Pirovano]] (Italian, as Righty), [[Frederik Haùgness]] (French, ''More than Meets the Eye''), [[David Manet]] (French, ''The Trouble with Fixit''), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Glauco Marques]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Zbigniew Suszyński]] (Polish), [[Kwon Sung-hyuk]] (Korean)}}

[[File:RIDMTMTE Chop Shop component.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Spiders! A giant legion of spiders!]]

Chop Shop was one of the Decepticon criminals aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', and was freed when the ship crash-landed on [[Earth]]. Shortly after escaping captivity, he began scrounging for the parts he needed to construct a spacecraft to return home, and set up a temporary base in an abandoned building. After stealing several components, Chop Shop visited a nearby airfield and began tearing apart a plane to find a gyroscope. However, he was interrupted when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his team found him and attempted to bring him in. Chop Shop broke apart into his components, who stung all three of them into paralysis. When [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] attempted to intervene, Chop Shop did the same to him, before hopping into a manhole and escaping.

[[File:RIDMTMTE Chop Shop Fixit arm.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, I'm Stealy. Follow me on my adventure through this office!]]

Chop Shop then infiltrated a manufacturing plant to steal liquid oxygen. His components began filling a tanker truck with the chemical, but the Autobots intervened once again. Since [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] had grabbed his right arm component, Chop Shop made do with a replacement — the Mini-Con [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]. With his new limb, Chop Shop took down Strongarm and commandeered the truck, unaware that the Autobots were still on his trail. While two of his components continued work on the ship, the rest of Chop Shop angrily confronted his pursuers, demanding why he couldn't simply leave the planet like the Autobots wanted. Before they could answer, however, he began fighting against them with Fixit, quickly gaining the upper hand. Meanwhile, [[Denny Clay]] attempted to take out "Righty" with a crowbar, but the blow had little effect. Chop Shop grabbed Bumblebee and began electrocuting him, but before he could finish him off, Fixit rebelled against the Decepticon. Bumblebee convinced Fixit to keep fighting back. After being punched repeatedly by his new right arm, Chop Shop released Fixit and was subsequently frozen with liquid oxygen. The majority of Chop Shop was placed in a rebuilt [[Stasis pod|stasis cell]], but Righty managed to evade capture and remained at large. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares Russell finds Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Looks like a god damn town meeting."]]
Righty eventually sneaked into the scrapyard to try and free the rest of Chop Shop, only to be abducted by [[Nightstrike]]. Along with the Autobots, Nighstrike put Righty in a cocoon so that he could feed off of his [[energon]]. Later, Bumblebee freed Righty from the cocoon and asked him to help protect Denny and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] from Nightstrike. Initially, the spider sought to just scutter off, but upon discovering a discarded bucket of paint, he tossed it at the vampiric 'Con to temporarily blind it. The debt paid, Righty left. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Righty later returned to the scrapyard to liberate Chop Shop, with a great deal more success. Once freed, Chop Shop reattached Righty before grabbing some Energon cubes to go. Splitting apart to throw off Strongarm and Grimlock, Chop Shop might have escaped if Fixit hadn't accidentally rebooted into his sentry mode. Overwhelmed by the Mini-Con's superior firepower, Chop Shop was knocked apart, although [[Denny Clay]] intervened before Fixit could use lethal force on the escaped prisoner. All of Chop Shop's components were placed back in stasis. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

Chop Shop's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Notes==
*Chop Shop seems to have a Cockney accent, though Righty does not.
*In the Japanese dub Chop Shop speaks in a Hakata dialect.
*[[Ryo Aoi]] was cast through an audition held on the streaming service SHOWROOM. The character's profile was revealed to be "a timid and cautious person who admires the right-hand spider, who has a completely opposite personality. He is lonely, and is happiest when he is combined with the spider."
===Foreign names===
====Chop Shop====
*''Japanese:'' '''Chop Shop''' (チョップショップ ''Choppu Shoppu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Túfú''' (China, 屠夫, "Butcher")

====Righty====
*''Japanese:'' '''Migete Kumo''' (右手クモ, "Right-Hand Spider")
*''Italian:'' '''Lefty'''

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[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
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File:RID 2015 Chop Shop Concept.jpg

2025-11-12T19:15:40Z

SerafettinB: Concept art of ''Robots in Disguise'' Chop Shop. {{RID2015stockmodel}} Category:Images by Jose Lopez

Concept art of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]].

{{RID2015stockmodel}}
[[Category:Images by Jose Lopez]]

Chop Shop (RID)

2025-11-11T18:36:37Z

SerafettinB: added more info about what happened in that scene.

{{factions|decepticon|}}
{{disambig3|Chop Shop}}
:''Chop Shop is a [[Decepticon]] [[combiner]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Chop Shop-RID.jpg|right|thumb|350px|"You've got to pick a pocket or two, boys, you've got to pick a pocket or two!"]]

'''Chop Shop''' isn’t really your average Decepticon combiner. He lacks the usual stubborn bloodthirstiness you might expect to find in a low-ranking ‘Con, preferring to flee the scene before things get really violent. It’s not that he ''can’t'' fight, it’s just that he ''knows'' that sticking around a crime scene for too long means a one-way trip to the nick, and that’s not an experience he wants to repeat anytime soon. Something of a kleptomaniac, he’s racked up a massive rap sheet over the years, enough to be branded one of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]’s most notorious thieves.

When raw strength won’t get the job done, Chop Shop can split apart into his five insectoid components to become a one-bot heist team. Each one of his "lads" can deliver a painful sting, capable of paralyzing any coppers while the rest of the team makes a break for it. In a pinch, he can even improvise, forcing smaller Cybertronians to combine with him… whether they want to or not.

Beyond all this, Chop Shop mostly just wants to be left alone to do his own thing, which wouldn’t be so bad if his favorite pastime didn’t involve robbing everyone blind. It may be that he’s got a good [[Spark]] somewhere down there, although it’d take a lot to bring his altruistic side to the surface.

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[David Hunt]] (English), [[Will Friedle]] (English, as Righty), [[Yōhei Tadano]] (Japanese), [[Akihiro Matsushima]] (Japanese, as Righty), [[Ryo Aoi]] (Japanese, as Left-handed Spider)|[[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian), [[Pino Pirovano]] (Italian, as Righty), [[Frederik Haùgness]] (French, ''More than Meets the Eye''), [[David Manet]] (French, ''The Trouble with Fixit''), [[Rainer Fritzsche]] (German), [[Glauco Marques]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Zbigniew Suszyński]] (Polish), [[Kwon Sung-hyuk]] (Korean)}}

[[File:RIDMTMTE Chop Shop component.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Spiders! A giant legion of spiders!]]

Chop Shop was one of the Decepticon criminals aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', and was freed when the ship crash-landed on [[Earth]]. Shortly after escaping captivity, he began scrounging for the parts he needed to construct a spacecraft to return home, and set up a temporary base in an abandoned building. After stealing several components, Chop Shop visited a nearby airfield and began tearing apart a plane to find a gyroscope. However, he was interrupted when [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his team found him and attempted to bring him in. Chop Shop broke apart into his components, who stung all three of them into paralysis. When [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] attempted to intervene, Chop Shop did the same to him, before hopping into a manhole and escaping.

[[File:RIDMTMTE Chop Shop Fixit arm.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hey, I'm Stealy. Follow me on my adventure through this office!]]

Chop Shop then infiltrated a manufacturing plant to steal liquid oxygen. His components began filling a tanker truck with the chemical, but the Autobots intervened once again. Since [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] had grabbed his right arm component, Chop Shop made do with a replacement — the Mini-Con [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]]. With his new limb, Chop Shop took down Strongarm and commandeered the truck, unaware that the Autobots were still on his trail. While two of his components continued work on the ship, the rest of Chop Shop angrily confronted his pursuers, demanding why he couldn't simply leave the planet like the Autobots wanted. Before they could answer, however, he began fighting against them with Fixit, quickly gaining the upper hand. Meanwhile, [[Denny Clay]] attempted to take out "Righty" with a crowbar, but the blow had little effect. Chop Shop grabbed Bumblebee and began electrocuting him, but before he could finish him off, Fixit rebelled against the Decepticon. Bumblebee convinced Fixit to keep fighting back. After being punched repeatedly by his new right arm, Chop Shop released Fixit, and shortly after Bumblebee punched him into the liquid oxygen-filled truck, freezing him. The majority of Chop Shop was placed in a rebuilt [[Stasis pod|stasis cell]], but Righty managed to evade capture and remained at large. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

[[File:RobotsHaveNightmares Russell finds Autobots.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Looks like a god damn town meeting."]]
Righty eventually sneaked into the scrapyard to try and free the rest of Chop Shop, only to be abducted by [[Nightstrike]]. Along with the Autobots, Nighstrike put Righty in a cocoon so that he could feed off of his [[energon]]. Later, Bumblebee freed Righty from the cocoon and asked him to help protect Denny and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] from Nightstrike. Initially, the spider sought to just scutter off, but upon discovering a discarded bucket of paint, he tossed it at the vampiric 'Con to temporarily blind it. The debt paid, Righty left. {{storylink|Even Robots Have Nightmares}}

Righty later returned to the scrapyard to liberate Chop Shop, with a great deal more success. Once freed, Chop Shop reattached Righty before grabbing some Energon cubes to go. Splitting apart to throw off Strongarm and Grimlock, Chop Shop might have escaped if Fixit hadn't accidentally rebooted into his sentry mode. Overwhelmed by the Mini-Con's superior firepower, Chop Shop was knocked apart, although [[Denny Clay]] intervened before Fixit could use lethal force on the escaped prisoner. All of Chop Shop's components were placed back in stasis. {{storylink|The Trouble with Fixit}}

Chop Shop's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

==Notes==
*Chop Shop seems to have a Cockney accent, though Righty does not.
*In the Japanese dub Chop Shop speaks in a Hakata dialect.
*[[Ryo Aoi]] was cast through an audition held on the streaming service SHOWROOM. The character's profile was revealed to be "a timid and cautious person who admires the right-hand spider, who has a completely opposite personality. He is lonely, and is happiest when he is combined with the spider."
===Foreign names===
====Chop Shop====
*''Japanese:'' '''Chop Shop''' (チョップショップ ''Choppu Shoppu'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Túfú''' (China, 屠夫, "Butcher")

====Righty====
*''Japanese:'' '''Migete Kumo''' (右手クモ, "Right-Hand Spider")
*''Italian:'' '''Lefty'''

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[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]

File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg

2025-07-16T17:34:01Z

SerafettinB:

File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg

2025-07-16T17:33:18Z

SerafettinB: SerafettinB uploaded a new version of "File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg": Higher-quality image taken from the Wii version.

Vehicon (Prime)

2025-07-16T15:33:26Z

SerafettinB: Added images of the vehicle modes of the variants exclusive to the Prime game.

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Vehicon concept TFP.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and/or [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, tanks or trucks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

They can appear in a large variety of colors, including black, silver (indicating "elite" soldiers), blue, red, green, yellow, and purple.

Many of them were placed on board the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' after the defeat of [[Unicron#Aligned continuity family|Unicron]] and Megatron's self-exile.

They are also known as '''Eradicons''', or simply as '''Decepticon Troopers'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] battered his way through hordes of Vehicons after crashing into the Nemesis while he made his way towards the engines to sabotage them. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] / [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] / [[Frank Welker]] / [[Daran Norris]] / [[Josh Keaton]] / [[David Kaye]] / [[David Sobolov]] / [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]], [[Yasunori Masutani]] (episode 49) (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] / [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] / [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] / [[José María Carrero]] / [[Jorge Saudinós]] / [[Carlos López Benedí]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Arturo Cataño]] / [[Héctor Moreno]] / [[Sergio Gutiérrez Coto]] / [[Ricardo Tejedo]] / [[Héctor Emmanuel Gómez]] / [[Raymundo Armijo]] / [[Armando Coria]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] / [[Uwe Jellinek]] / [[Roman Kretschmer]] / [[Matthias Klages]] / [[Jan Kurbjuweit]] / [[Raimund Krone]] (German), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Élcio Sodré]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Lukasz Węgrzynowski]] (Polish, episode 6), [[Krzysztof Cybiński]] (Polish, episode 13), [[Hyeon Lee]] / [[Yeong-wung Jeong]] / [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

A couple of Vehicons were present when Starscream chewed out (and subsequently punished) Knock Out for his going out on a street racing escapade one too many times. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}}

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Two Vehicons accompanied Knock Out when he presented his latest find, a powerful force-field generator, to Megatron. When Megatron performed an impromptu test of the device by shooting at Knock Out, his companions quickly scampered away. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Vehicons could be seen going about their regular duties as Dreadwing first pledged his loyalty to Megatron.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Only Soundwave was successful in retrieving the relic he was sent to fetch, and the Vehicons manning the bridge once more got an earful of Megatron chewing out the rest of his subordinates for their failures. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

A squad of Vehicons bore witness to Shockwave bringing his [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Predaking (Prime)|experiment]] to Earth, and unleashing it to track down Wheeljack. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The Vehicon forces were subsequently spread thin all over America as Starscream dispatched them to investigate "Autobot mischief." Those that remained at Darkmount had to deal with various fronts of attack from the Autobots, the invaders were all eventually taken prisoner... until Optimus returned in an upgraded body. The tide of the battle turned once more, and the Vehicons were defeated en masse by the Autobots. Though Megatron planned to use the fortress's fusion cannons to destroy nearby metropolises, this plan when to scrap as well when Optimus threw his nemesis into the cannons' power core. With the battle ultimately lost, Starscream ordered a couple of Vehicons to escort Megatron back to the warship, despite their leader's protests. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[File:RID 2015 Vehicons.jpg|thumb|left|Finally they don't die!!!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}
[[Glowstrike]] had a number of colorful Vehicons at her command, {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} using them to guard her Mini-Con prisoners. {{storylink|Portals}}

Two Vehicons who were guarding Decepticon Island were very impressed with the supposed captures made by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], who was forced to knock his admirers out when they got suspicious. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Vehicons were some of the many Decepticons who helped [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] in his attempt to capture the invading Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Adventure'' toy bios=====
Certain Vehicons who displayed particular talent were promoted to the rank of Ground Vehicon General, becoming soldiers considered above and beyond regular Vehicons. Following the Decepticons' defeat and disappearance of the Vehicon armies, one of these generals fell in with [[Black Shadow (RID)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|#Adventure|Ground Vehicon General bio}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
During an intrusion from [[Cloud World]] into his universe, a Vehicon witnessed the bloodthirsty [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] shoot a downed [[Override (RID)|Override]] in the head. {{Storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm when Megatron tasked Starscream with finding a way to flush out the Autobots. Starscream took a bunch of them with him to then take [[Air Force One]] hostage, and secured the plane's passengers within the Grand Canyon. Though the Autobots took the bait, they easily dispatched all of Starscream's troops in their rescue attempt. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He ain't no dummy, He's chummy, And he's myyyyyyy mummy!]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
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====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Three Vehicons, designated XL-917, XL-571, and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] were assigned by Starscream to establish an energon mine. Many years later, unaware that the Decepticon army had been defeated, the trio continued to toil until they were discovered by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw convinced them that he was a superior officer, and had them help him kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and [[Russell Clay]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Together with Steeljaw's men, the Vehicons set about mining the energon. When Bumblebee and his team arrived, the Vehicons joined in the combat, revealing the bomb which Starscream had left them. Optimus Prime arrived and revealed that the war was over, the Decepticon army defeated, and Steeljaw was not part of Starscream's command, at which point the Vehicons turned on their would-be leader. Though Optimus offered them an olive branch, they instead opted to go back into hiding and await Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====''Adventure''====
A Ground Vehicon General was witness to [[Deadlock (Cloud)|Deadlock]] killing [[Override (RID)|Override]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After Optimus and Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, they turned their new acquisitions on legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Ratchet and Bumblebee used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to blast legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

*A bunch of Vehicons watched video footage from {{w|The Super Hero Squad Show|various}} {{w|Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange}} {{w|Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms}}, and one [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha|realm]] [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Huboom!|Huboom! Saturdays}}

*A couple of Vehicons reacted to Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. They mostly seemed dismayed at his replies. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

*As Megatron read ''{{w|A Visit from St. Nicholas}}'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Naughty List|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pudding|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Wave after wave of Terrorcons attacked the town of [[Jasper]] and its surrounding area in a bid to amass as much Dark Energon as possible before launching an assault against the Autobots' headquarters. They were defeated by Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)|[[Frédéric Souterelle]] (French)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom The Fabulous Adventures] of [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]]
The Vehicons were the primary foot soldiers of the Decepticons, coming in five variants with different alternate modes.
*Car Vehicons don't have access to blasters, instead relying exclusively on melee combat.
*Jet Vehicons slowly fire lasers and will stop shooting for a while after enough shots.
*Helicopter Vehicons act as snipers, firing lasers when in vehicle mode. In robot mode they aim at the player with a laser sight for some seconds before firing a powerful projectile that can knock them out.
*Tank Vehicons are heavyweights that use a shield that completely protects them from damage. The shield can be only broken if the player uses the vehicle attack.
*Truck Vehicons, also known as Tankers, can use the energon tanks on their backs to create a damaging shield that knocks the player out if it touches them. They can also use a vehicle mode attack similar to the player characters.
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Eradicons pestered Bulkhead on his missions inside a Dark Energon cave, the Nemesis, and the Autobot headquarters. They blasted incessantly at the Autobot until they were themselves destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Hordes upon hordes of Vehicons weaved across the sky before Optimus Prime, pestering him with weapons' fire, as the Autobot leader fought his way through Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]
Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe (Jagex)|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a [[grenade launcher]] (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
{{anchor|FirstEdition}}
[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Number'': '''006'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 28]], 2011
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon transforms into a sleek roadster of made-up model. It comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on the vehicle-mode hood or stored in the vehicle mode underside, or be (loosely) hand-held in robot mode. It features a [[5 mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of the hands, and flipping either hand back into the arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto the arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry.

: The Hasbro version includes a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: The [[instructions]] say to swing down the rear wheels from the shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to the elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in the shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. The [[stock photography]] also depicts it with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: The mass-retail release of wave 2 ''First Edition'' toys was canceled in Hasbro's US markets, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Canadian and Asian markets, and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012, which eventually filtered into closeout stores like Ross months later.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''2 / 002'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Decepticon Vehicon'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''EZ-07'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 31]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, this tiny, simple version of the Vehicon transforms into the usual sleek roadster. It also comes with a soft translucent purple blaster based on the in-show model, featuring two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto its hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[EZ Collection]]'' single-card release of the toy is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, except the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version). You probably don't care, and we don't blame you. This release comes with a variant of the weapon.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Vehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|<big>"'''''VEHICON BLASTER! SNEAK ATTACK!'''''"</big>]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Set''' (Multi-pack, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 24]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: The ''EZ Collection'' Vehicon was also available in a six-pack of figures. This version is cast in metallic purple plastic, and once again, the weapon uses the variant from later releases of the original mold.

: This set also includes metallic-plastic versions of ''EZ Collection'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and a clear-plastic [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
:*''Accessories'': "Hooksaw Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, transforming into a jet-car as seen on the show.

: Instead of the Vehicon blaster of the ground-mode Vehicon, this one comes with a "Hooksaw Cannon" chainsaw-bayonetted blaster with 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto its hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Toys|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)#Toys|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
:*''Release date'': [[October 26]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': chainsaw/cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black, while retaining the same paint masks, including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''3 / 015'''
:*''Accessories'': "Hooksaw Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fifth and final wave of [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' toys]] under the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' banner, the Ace Vehicon is a "Seeker"-colored redeco of the Air Vehicon, now in white and gunmetal with bright orange highlights. The Hooksaw Cannon is now cast in vibrant red plastic.

: Curiously, the [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the vehicle mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of the instructions oddly shows the vehicle mode from behind.

: Due to being slated for release after the [[Christmas]] season and right before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of this [[wave]] were skipped by US and Canadian retailers, ultimately only seeing release in Europe, Australia, and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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====''Robots in Disguise''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Decepticon Vehicon'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 30]], 2012
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''AM-14'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]], due to its transformation having the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form its heels and calves. Astounding. It also has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode, activated by pulling down the rear bumper and pushing it into its back. The Vehicon comes with a blaster cannon that can peg into both hands and the sides of the rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of the vehicle hood, as well as be tabbed onto the arms once the fists are flipped back in, emulating the arm-weapon from the show model.

: In wave six of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, plus came with a DVD featuring the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: Stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on the cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, has been [[retool]]ed to include new [[5 mm post]]-holes just before the front wheel-wells, plus one on the back bumper to serve as a booster of sorts. In a minor deco change, it has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor. Many of its paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in the chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji#Toys|Noji]], a robotic boar who, once assembled, turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: The Hasbro version of the mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2014]] "[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Pirate Clone Pounce]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[July 28]], 2012
:*''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
:*''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a [[redeco]] and ''extensive'' [[retool]]ing of the normal Vehicon mold, now transforming into a jet-car. All of the dark-purple plastics and paint/sticker details from the ground-based Vehicon are now a brighter reddish-lavender.

: It comes with a new Arms Micron partner, [[Igu#Toys|Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron. Just as before, this blaster mode cannot be positioned as a "wrist blaster", and due to the retooled side-panels on the Jet Vehicon's arms, neither can the Hasbro Vehicon's blaster. Sorry.

: The Jet Vehicon was originally [[exclusive]] to the Takara ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him, until Hasbro's [[#10 Year Anniversary|10 Year Anniversary re-release]].

: This version of the mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2014]] "[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Pirate Clone Wingspan]]".

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 23]], 2013
:*''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
:*''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold, based on (but not completely accurate to) the "Seeker" color scheme that debuted in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".

: The Vehicon now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of the Igu kit.
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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-Anniversary-Vehicon-(Jet).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'', this Vehicon is a mostly-unaltered re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' Deluxe Class Jet Vehicon, complete with decal sheet and un-assembled Arms Micron [[Igu#10 Year Anniversary|Igu]] (more on that in a moment). The only "major" difference between this and the original release is the addition of a tampographed product number on the Hasbro release's right leg. The Hasbro version also uses slightly less "red" lavender plastic and chestplate paint, but this is only really noticeable in a direct side-by-side comparison.

: His pack-in Arms Micron partner Igu, however, is inexplicably cast in silver plastic, rather than the proper Vehicon-matching dark gray, making him kind of stand out weirdly when the Vehicon holds him in blaster mode.

: In the U.S. and Canada, the Vehicon comes in a [[Hasbro Pulse]]-exclusive two-pack with a similarly-almost-unaltered [[Breakdown (WFC)#10 Year Anniversary|War Breakdown]]. This set was made available for pre-order concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], 2020, and mailed out in December 2021. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:KreO-Toy VehiconKreons.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Ambush''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''38781'''
:* ''Pieces'': '''80'''
:* ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: Released in the second year of the ''[[Kre-O]]'' building-brick line, this set features [[Kreon]] [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] busting through a Decepticon checkpoint guarded by three Vehicon Kreons. While all three Vehicons use the same base body and [[tampograph]]s, each one is slightly different from the others: one comes with wheels on the legs, another has a [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] wrist-mounted blaster, and one has [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] wings on its back and the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] arm-mounted blasters.

: All three Vehicons use the same helmet as [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 1 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon2/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 2 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon3/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 3 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-O-Toy Vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''2'''
:*''Bag number'': '''***** 71'''
:*''Accessories'': Large rifle, logo brick (pre-2015), logo plate (2015 release)

: Part of the second regular collection of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, the Vehicon comes with extra parts to rebuild it into a car somewhat roughly evocative of the old roadster mode.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Micro-Changer Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Brick Box''' (2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B2579'''
:*''Pieces'': '''82'''
:* ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: Part of the "red box" line for discount stores in the US (like Dollar General and Big Lots!), this "[[Brick Box]]" is just the "Decepticon Ambush" set repackaged and sold for a mere $5. Good deal! As with all the Brick Boxes, this set lacks the [[instructions|instruction manual]], with the idea you're supposed to build whatever you can think of from it. It ''does'' retain the decals for the ATV and light post, however.

: The box shows the render for Kreon Cliffjumper, who does come in the set, but give no other indication of what else is actually in the box, using the same generic pile of random parts as a background as all of the other "brick box" releases.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''2'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, large rifle

: In 2016, Micro-Changers Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) The Vehicon's [[tampograph]]s underwent a slight color change, replacing the light gray with shiny silver, changing the black Decepticon symbol to purple, and making the blue on the legs a darker shade. The front bumper, originally a 1x2 angled "roof" block, has been replaced by a plain 1x2 plate, presumably as the original part was no longer in production (a similar part changed happened to the remake of Kreon [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#2016|Blast Off]]).

: 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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===''Adventure''===
[[File:TFAdv-toy VehiconGroundGeneral.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|... is that you, [[Rom]]?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ground Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV28'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 19]], 2015
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: Released in the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japan|Adventure]]'' toyline (their version of 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]''), the Ground Vehicon General is a redeco of the ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Deluxe-sized car Vehicon mold, in a silver color scheme based on the Jet Vehicon General.

: As ''Adventure'' doesn't make use of the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick, the Ground General uses the Hasbro version of the mold without the added [[5 mm post]]-holes, and comes with the original blaster, plus a complete set of paint applications.

: The Ground Vehicon General features a scan-badge on its hood which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Adventure'' app.
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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[Hub Network|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Conversely, they were always referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Prime'' comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
**At the Transformers Prime panel from [[San Diego Comic-Con]] International [[2013]] (included as a bonus feature on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Season 3: Beast Hunters|Beast Hunters]]), an audience member asked if the Vehicons were meant to be drones or individuals. Apparently, season 2, episode 10 "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" was [[authorial intent|meant]] to suggest the Vehicons' being [[Cloning|clones]], "birthed"{{sic}} similarly to [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream's clones]], as [[personal canon|evidenced]] by the Vehicons having faceplates similar to the "mono-eyed" [[protoform]]s found aboard the ''[[Harbinger]]''.
*Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's ''[[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]]'' online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s locker.
*''The Art of Prime'' revealed that originally the Vehicons were not going to speak, with the decision being made late in production, hence the lack of mouth.
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.
*Both the ground and air Vehicons' designs were later used in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'']] as generic members of the [[Titan Hunter]]s. The Vehicon design was also used for a [[Badgeless]] officer in the [[Choose Me|''Windblade'' Holiday Special]] and as a pre-war civilian in the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' Annual]].

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīxiè Bīng''' (机械兵, "Machine Soldier")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|Alternate mode stock art
File:TFP game helicopter vehicon.jpg|Concept art of a helicopter Vehicon from ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game|Prime - The Game]]''
File:TFP game tank vehicon.jpg|Concept art of a tank Vehicon from ''Prime - The Game''
File:TFP game truck vehicon.jpg|Concept art of a truck Vehicon from ''Prime - The Game''
File:Helicopter Vehicon Vehicle Mode.jpg|Helicopter Vehicon in vehicle mode.
File:Tank Vehicon Vehicle Mode.jpg|Tank Vehicon in vehicle mode.
File:Truck Vehicon Vehicle Mode.jpg|Truck Vehicon in vehicle mode.
</gallery>

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[[Category:Aligned Vehicons| ]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Mass-produced Transformers]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game Decepticons]]
[[Category:Vampires]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:StarscreamPrime.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|In a cruel twist of fate, perhaps the most legitimately competent Starscream ever, but no one will take him seriously for even a minute.]]
'''Starscream''' was an Air Commander of the [[Energon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s, [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s finest air warriors. His dream was to recover the [[Matrix of Leadership]] and become the [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] that would return the Transformers to the [[Golden Age]], and he saw opportunity with the rebel upstart [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]. A patient and polite schemer, Starscream used to wish Megatron would drop the heroic anti-[[Functionism|caste]] charade and be more honest about his lust for power.

These days, he alternatively wishes Megatron would stop being obsessed with ''his'' lust for power and chafes under having to work for such a madman. While he serves as Megatron's right-hand man, he constantly looks for a way to become the commander himself and Megatron knows it: Starscream's extremely volatile personality means he is not adept at hiding his true intent. Fortunately for Megatron, Starscream is prone to panic, cowardice and bombastic gestures, meaning that it'd take exceptional circumstances for Starscream to actually manage to get behind him to shove the knife in.

He may be a scientist, but [[#Notes|we're not quite sure]].

{{quote|That shot was perfect, much like the one who fired it!|Starscream after achieving a headshot|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
Starscream may or may not have had a history as a scientist. Regardless of what he did prior, in the early days before the war began he was one of the leaders of the Cybertronian Air Command. When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] fell into chaos following bombings by [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s [[Decepticon]] followers, Starscream was posted as [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Sentinel Prime]]'s bodyguard. He was with the Prime at [[Altihex]] Casino during a performance by comedian [[Armorhide (WFC)|Armorhide]] when the Decepticons attacked. Sentinel's attempt to flee rather than fight back made Starscream ashamed of his leader, so he had [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] take him to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison rather than the safety of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. This earned him loyalty with Megatron, but wary of how sour a revolution could quickly turn Starscream opted not to be directly involved in the gladiator's operations, posting his Seekers at [[Moonbase One|Moon Base One]] and [[Trypticon (WFC)|Trypticon]] Station. Megatron was intrigued by why Starscream wanted to occupy "that semi-sentient pile of junk" but despite [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Orion Pax]]'s research they found no clues, with information regarding the Station seemingly censored.

Whenever Starscream's Seekers were present, the Decepticons were victorious in battle against the [[Autobot]]s. Starscream however, found Megatron's strategies overly convoluted. As the war devolved into a siege of Iacon, Megatron and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], by probing into forgotten areas of the [[DataNet]], discovered Trypticon was a storage of [[Dark Energon]], the life essence of [[Unicron]]. When questioned, Starscream explained since even the Air Command was not sure what Dark Energon was, he had forbidden its use, fearing the damage Megatron's gladiators would unleash. Megatron forgave Starscream, noting how he "was smart enough to be afraid of it", and was granted access.

Starscream sent a message to the Autobots proposing a meeting. Optimus only granted him a communication channel. Starscream stated if the Autobots did not know what Dark Energon was (they did) they would need to find out—and asked what would he could expect from them if something happened to Megatron. Optimus replied that he sought a just peace. Starscream said he understood, broke off the conversation and flew to [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] Prison where Sentinel was held. Starscream offered Sentinel a chance to redeem his cowardly behavior at Altihex. The ultimate aim of this road to becoming Decepticon leader was to become [[Prime (rank)|Prime]] in a peace settlement with Optimus, and lead Cybertron back to its [[Golden Age]]. Starscream then flew to Moon Base One when Megatron ordered him to Trypticon, where he found the Decepticons had invaded the Station and slaughtered and maimed his scientists.

Megatron and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] forced Starscream to select two survivors to absorb [[Dark Energon]], for what was a successful experiment. Requiring more for the Decepticon war effort, Megatron ordered Starscream to capture the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge]], below the ruins of [[Crystal City]]. Empowered by his first taste of Dark Energon, Starscream activated the device that transmitted Energon to the Station for it to be Darkened. But the Bridge still did not produce enough, and Starscream was ordered to find the [[Code Key]] of Power and Key of Justice to the [[Plasma energy|Plasma Energy Chamber]] underneath the [[High Council Tower]] in Iacon. Starscream decided it was time to release Sentinel, renouncing Dark Energon after realizing Megatron had turned his soldiers into addicts. Starscream found the Key of Power within the [[High Council Tower|Hall of Justice]] and flew underground to find his plan had failed, as Megatron had mortally wounded Sentinel. He could see within Sentinel's body was the Key of Justice, but was prevented from taking it by [[Blackout (WFC)|Blackout]]. Megatron fought Starscream to a standstill, sparing him because he realized he was a better soldier than a would-be example.

As Megatron entered the Chamber, [[Teletraan-1 (WFC)|Teletraan-1]] activated the legendary [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] to fly it away. Aware Starscream had a better chance of escaping Omega's awakening, Megatron ordered Starscream and his Seekers to down Omega, in exchange for more Dark Energon. Giving up on his attempt to give up his addiction, Starscream gleefully accepted and they successfully blew Omega out of the sky, allowing the Decepticons to retrieve the Chamber and corrupt the [[core]]. As Cybertron became uninhabitable, the Autobots left on the largest starship ever built - the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]''. Starscream left the planet with Megatron as they gave pursuit on Trypticon, now a ''Nemesis''-class supercruiser. The two ships entered a [[space bridge]], which separated the two ships to unknown parts of space... {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

{{note|Starscream's involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic "[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (comic)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]."}}

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===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Uniend 610.23 Zeta]], {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime}} Starscream lead the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s in the Battle at [[Tyger Pax]]. Focused on taking the pressure off the Decepticons' vulnerable rear, Starscream opened fire on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to protect [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], and then forced the Autobot into a retreat, despite [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]'s attempts to bring Starscream down.

After the [[AllSpark]] was launched into space, Starscream, stunned and damaged, tumbled out of control and crashed on the surface of Tyger Pax, though he recovered in time to retreat with Megatron. {{storylink|Bumblebee at Tyger Pax}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====IDW Aligned comics====
Visiting [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]]'s citadel to check up on his research, Starscream was annoyed to find that the scientist was prioritizing his experiments on [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]] over supplying the Decepticon war effort with more energon. He failed to see how the "bugs" would win them the war but gave up on trying to convince Shockwave otherwise, choosing to let Megatron deal with him instead. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} Starscream later participated in Megatron's assault on [[Metroplex (FOC)|Autobot City]]. {{storylink|Last Stand (FOC)|Last Stand}} {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}}

While [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s mind was suffering from Shockwave's experiments, he had a vision of himself being approached by Starscream and throwing him into a nearby console. {{storylink|Fall}} This vision eventually came to pass, and Grimlock was able to escape from Shockwave's lab by exploiting Starscream's greed and lust for power. {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Primecomic-Starscream.jpg|left|thumb||I am okay with the events that are unfolding currently.]]
Starscream had been on [[Earth]] at some point, but was assigned by Megatron to scour the galaxy for remnants of space bridge technology. Returning to their dead homeworld, Starscream built a weapons lab in Kaon and began building a space bridge. He was informed by his [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicon]]s elsewhere they had apprehended the Autobot spy [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. Later, after basking in the glory of successfully activating the space bridge that would return them to Earth and its [[Energon]], Starscream realized Cliffjumper was present. The Autobot claimed to be freed by his captors after defecting to the Decepticons, and warned them of [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]: this ruse successfully distracted Starscream long enough for Arcee to activate and overload the space bridge, but he jumped in after them moments before the lab was blown sky high.

Falling to Earth, a dazed Starscream picked up a [[bunny rabbit]], commenting that [[human]]s were smaller than he remembered. [[Scanning]] a fleet of jets flying overhead, he found Cliffjumper and Arcee driving on a road and launched a missile at them. He picked up Arcee's blown off arm and started battering Cliffjumper with it, but the Autobot blew up the rock formation above them and crushed Starscream with the rubble. Having received Starscream's signal, [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] came to his rescue, and the duo pursued and overwhelmed the Autobots. Just as Starscream was about to send them back to the [[AllSpark]], Optimus jumped and landed on him, while gunning Breakdown away. As Starscream greeted his opponent, [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] tapped him on the shoulder and sent him flying. Optimus opted not to finish the job, allowing Starscream to escape and fight another day as he got Cliffjumper and Arcee to base. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
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[[File:DarknessRising1-Starscreamsneer.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|One look sells him as Starscream.]]
Before Starscream joined Megatron and the Decepticons, he was commander of a squadron of Energon Seekers on Cybertron. {{Storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}} During the War, Starscream was present at [[Tyger Pax]] when [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] interrogated the Autobot [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Following the [[Great Exodus]], Starscream intercepted a coded Autobot transmission and managed to trap [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]]. When his interrogation methods failed to extract anything he could use to decode the transmission, he took them to [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], who used a [[cortical psychic patch]] on Arcee and revealed the transmission to be from Optimus Prime on [[Earth]]. Upon being questioned by Cliffjumper of his lack of bravery, Starscream tried to kill the Autobot only to be captured by Arcee. Upon being threatened by Arcee, he cracked and revealed Shockwave's plan; to build a space bridge under Kaon. Starscream was then knocked out but regained contentiousness and pursued the two Autobots to the space bridge. Unfortunately, the space bridge was destroyed with Shockwave, Cliffjumper, and Arcee still inside, but Starscream was able to escape. Starscream presumably took the Decepticons to Earth via the Nemesis soon after. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When the Decepticons arrived on Earth, Starscream scouted an old Decepticon ship called the ''[[Harbinger]]'' that had crashed landed years back. However, he failed to record the coordinates of the crash site or find the [[Immobilizer]]. {{Storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}} In time, Megatron departed Earth to gather an army out in space, leaving Starscream in charge. Starscream spent his time sending out [[Vehicon (Prime)|Decepticon grunts]] to search for [[Energon]] deposits{{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}, and managed to set up a lucrative energon mine in secret. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

Three years later, one of Starscream's energon searches was interrupted by Cliffjumper. Once Cliffjumper was defeated by the Vehicons, Starscream personally killed the Autobot. [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] alerted him to Arcee's location, and Starscream decided she would be their next target. Later, when Soundwave received a signal from deep space, Starscream hesitantly opened the space bridge for Megatron's return. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}} Megatron revealed to Starscream that he'd brought back [[Dark Energon]], and Starscream provided Cliffjumper's corpse so they could test the substance's reanimation properties. When the undead Cliffjumper's signal led the Autobots to the mine, Starscream blew the facility up on Megatron's orders. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 2}}

[[File:DarknessRising3-interrogateFowler.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"No, Mister Fowler, I expect you to be saved at the last minute!"]]
Following a test of Dark Energon on himself, Megatron took off for parts unknown, leaving Starscream in charge once more. When Soundwave picked up [[William Fowler|Agent Fowler]]'s transmissions, Starscream had the human captured and began trying to extract the location of the Autobot base from him. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} The interrogation almost succeeded, but for the arrival of Arcee, Bumblebee and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] who, after a standoff, forced Starscream to retreat. Once Megatron returned to the ship, he was outraged at Starscream's actions and proceeded to beat his subordinate for "delaying his plans". Starscream managed to quell his master's anger by announcing he had a way to get their plans back on course. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

[[File:DarknessRising5-ohgeez.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Oh my God. It's called toothpaste, use it.]]
As it turned out, his plan was to send Soundwave down to use the [[Giant Sized Array]] radio telescope on Earth to set the space bridge's target. Once the bridge was properly targeted, Starscream opened it so that Megatron could throw the chunk of Dark Energon though. Starscream moved the ship back to a safe distance when the fighting on the rim of the space bridge became more intense, while imploring his master to withdraw as well. Alas, the space bridge exploded, apparently taking Megatron with it, and Starscream gave a brief eulogy before declaring himself leader {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}} and danced in celebration while imploring the troops to chant his name. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}
[[File:Patch Starscream dances.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|What'cha doin' on your back?! You should be dancing, YEAH!!!!]]

[[File:Masters&Students-SoundwaveStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|*ping*"FINE! FINE! I'LL WRITE A THANK-YOU NOTE!"]]
Starscream's speeches were poorly received. Intending to find more potentially-loyal warriors, Starscream took Soundwave to try to revive the long-dormant [[Skyquake (Prime)|Skyquake]]. To Starscream's disappointment, Skyquake was loyal only to Megatron, and interested only in fighting the Autobots who arrived. A signal detected by Soundwave sent Starscream to the location of the space bridge explosion, where he found Megatron's body and ripped the sliver of Dark Energon from it. He was forced by the observing [[Laserbeak (WFC)|Laserbeak]] to return the body to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', where he also learned that Skyquake had been terminated by the Autobots. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

When [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] arrived on Earth, Starscream had him captured and substituted [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] with the mission to open the Autobot [[GroundBridge]] to let the Decepticon forces into the Autobot base. Unfortunately Wheeljack broke free before the plan could succeed, and as a result, Makeshift was expelled from the Autobot base onto the ''Nemesis'' hull with an activated grenade. Starscream vacated the hull before Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}} After Soundwave picked up on [[Dynamic Nuclear Generation System|another Autobot operation]], Starscream figured it was a good opportunity to get rid of the Autobots while they were distracted, and sent a squadron of Vehicons on a search and destroy mission. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

[[File:DeusExMachina-Screamer grins.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"We've had too much Energon shed. I think that a cleansing is in order."]]
To Starscream's discomfort, the crew held a vote and he was obliged to call in [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to aid in Megatron's recovery. The discovery that an [[Energon Harvester]] was located in an museum on Earth was all the excuse Starscream needed to put that on hold, and the other Decepticons soon obtained the device for him. While they were testing it in [[Greece]], Bulkhead attacked them and destroyed the Harvester. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} Starscream was irritated by Knock Out's participation in street racing, and eventually decided to make an example of him. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutOfHisHead-grabby.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|That's ''not'' how ATB Megatron and Starscream combine!]]
Some time later, after the ship's electromagnetic shielding failed, Starscream put the Vehicons to work fixing it. Offering Knock Out a post as second-in-command, Starscream persuaded him to help convince Soundwave that Megatron was a lost cause. They were interrupted by Arcee and Bumblebee, who were doing something with Megatron's corpse, and after chasing the two Autobots off, they discovered that Megatron no longer had any brain activity. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} Overjoyed at this, Starscream began a new plan, constructing a heat ray which he attempted to use to melt a glacier to get to a huge [[energon]] deposit. Unfortunately, not only did the Autobots arrive and destroy the heat ray, but Megatron was resurrected and dragged the protesting Starscream away for punishment. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

[[File:Shadowzone-gah.jpg|thumb|225px|Damn, in [[Starscream (Movie)|another continuity]] the arm comes off and they mock it in this one.]]
Starscream ended up in the infirmary as a result of Megatron's punishment, but continued undaunted in his plans. He took the chunk of Dark Energon he'd been hiding, and went to the site of Skyquake's grave, intending to resurrect the warrior as well as imbuing himself with Dark Energon. Unfortunately the Autobots arrived before Skyquake rose, and Starscream had to retreat through the Decepticon GroundBridge, albeit minus his right arm. After subjecting himself to treatment from Knock Out, Starscream returned to the site to confirm whether Skyquake had risen, only to be attacked by Skyquake's zombified right arm. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}}

When Breakdown was captured to [[MECH]], Starscream's suggestion they rescue their comrade was turned down by Megatron. Starscream went anyway, and found Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead, but escorted Breakdown back to the ship. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}} At an old energon mine, Megatron confronted Starscream about his many transgressions and prepared to terminate his subordinate. Starscream was only saved by the arrival of the Autobots, but on escaping the collapsed mine, realized that he would have to go back in and attempt to rescue Megatron, or face his master's possible wrath later. Venturing back inside, he ended up tangling with the Autobots, and when Megatron later found him, he had been left supporting a large boulder. {{storylink|Rock Bottom}}

[[File:Partners-ScreamPrisoner.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left|Why am I always seen like this? Chest and lower body off to one side, head towards y'all.]]
Starscream was sent with [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] to locate the ''Harbinger'' wreck, only for the spider to leave him webbed up when it turned out the ship was broken in half and the weapon they sought was in the other half. Starscream was found by the Autobots and attempted to convince them he wanted to switch sides, even pointing them to the location of the weapon Airachnid was after. Unfortunately he let slip he'd been the one to kill Cliffjumper, provoking Arcee into attacking him. After fighting her, he was able to limp away, though he decided from then on he would be an independent. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}}

Many months later, Starscream snuck on board the ''Nemesis'' to steal [[energon cube]]s and blundered into the workroom that was being used by the recently-amnesiac Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Starscream soon realized what was going on, but when more Vehicons arrived, he was wounded while fleeing the ship. He contacted the Autobots to exchange information for medical help. When [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bulkhead arrived, it turned out they already knew about Optimus's situation, but were interested in what he knew about the space bridge, so he was able to trade the information for aid. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee1 Silas meets Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Wanna know how I got these scars?"]]
Tracking a signal, Starscream stumbled upon a MECH trap already sprung by Bumblebee. He was intrigued and followed the MECH helicopter and watched as they tried to install the [[transformation cog|T-cog]] they'd taken into a robot. When their attempt to make the robot work failed, Starscream revealed himself and managed to strike a partnership with them. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} With Starscream's help, MECH secured a source of energon and Starscream was there when they used it on their robot. As Bumblebee came looking for his T-cog, Starscream helped defend it, but when it looked like Bumblebee might get it back, Starscream blasted it and left. Unfortunately Silas was less than impressed, and after a short nap thanks to MECH's weapons, Starscream woke up minus his own T-cog. {{Storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

When [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] arrived on Earth looking for Skyquake, Megatron informed him of Skyquake's passing, noting that Skyquake had perished under Starscream's command. {{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[File:Crossfire Starscream injured.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|Ouch.]]
While scavenging for energon, Starscream found that Airachnid had been cast out from the Decepticons and obtained a pet in the form of an [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticon]]. She spurned his suggestion that they team up to defeat Megatron, and he barely escaped with his life. Wounded, he employed his previous trick to get medical help from the Autobots in exchange for information about Airachnid's activities, and even later saved Arcee from Airachnid, sparing her life like she spared his much, much earlier. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

Starscream returned to the ''Harbinger'' in search of energon, and instead found a laboratory containing five [[protoform]]s and the equipment necessary for [[cloning]]. He had soon whipped up five [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream clone]]s, which he dispatched to dispatch Megatron. Unfortunately he soon discovered that he could sympathetically feel every injury they suffered, which gave him a good idea how the mission was going. When the last clone returned to report failure, Starscream sensed the clone's treachery and blasted it. Fully aware of the effect on him, he terminated the clone, screaming in their shared pain as he did. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

[[File:Triangulation Starscream Apex armor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.34|Starscream SMASH!]]
He was about to operate on himself to install the clone's T-cog when the ship detected the Decepticons sending teams out to locations around the globe. Intrigued, he used the ship's GroundBridge to reach [[Antarctica]], only to be captured by Dreadwing, whom he at first mistook for Skyquake. Eventually, Optimus arrived, and after Dreadwing was buried in an avalanche and the Vehicons accompanying him were dispatched, Starscream now found himself as Optimus's prisoner. The two followed a trail to a human research station where the relic everyone was after was being held. Dreadwing soon arrived and another battle between him and Optimus took place. As they fought, Starscream freed the relic, the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]], from the ice block containing it and claimed it as his own. Covered in a full body suit and towering over both of them, Starscream used the armor to fight both Optimus and Dreadwing, a fight in which he was the aggressor for once in a long time. Though Starscream had enhanced strength and was rendered invulnerable, he still couldn't fly, and a few of Dreadwing's bombs created a hole in the ice which he fell through. He was subsequently forced to plod along the bottom of the ocean. {{storylink|Triangulation}}

[[File:NewRecruit-Starscreammonkey.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Next on his list of cat-related videos is Nyan Ravage.]]
Back at the ''Harbinger'', Starscream discovered a photo of [[Red Energon]] on the [[Internet]], as well as a dancing monkey which came as much amusement to him. He took the Apex Armor with him, tracking the substance down to a dockyard where he was confronted by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee. Donning the armor, he attempted to retrieve the Red Energon first, and managed to rip a chunk off after Optimus knocked him off the crane. While he was trying to tip the crane over, [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] arrived, and using a [[phase shifter]], removed Starscream from the Apex Armor. The Decepticon responded by firing a missile at the three Autobots on the crane and escaping with a chunk of Red Energon. {{storylink|New Recruit}}

Starscream set about refining the Red Energon, though the process was slow and only yielded enough for one or two doses. Alerted to a Decepticon operation by the ''Harbinger''{{'}}s computers, he used it on himself and soon found Smokescreen had uncovered a relic. Using his new hyperspeed to blindside him, Starscream was able to obtain one of the [[Omega Key]]s, which he later overheard Bulkhead describing as a way to revitalize Cybertron. {{storylink|Hard Knocks}}

[[File:TFP Inside Job Starscream fistful of keys.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|SQUEE! I've collected all four!]]
Though thinking of restoring Cybertron and ruling it himself, Starscream decided that he didn't have the proper resources to do so. Coming up with a plan, Starscream lured Optimus, Ratchet and Bulkhead to a remote location with the promise of the key he'd found in return for the installation of the T-Cog from his clone. In reality, he used his remaining Red Energon to allow him to infiltrate the Autobot base while leaving the clone behind for the Autobots to find. While stealing the other three keys from, the Autobots figured out his clone was a ruse, and Starscream only just managed to get back through the Ground Bridge. After taking a moment to taunt the Autobots, the Red Energon wore off, and he quickly bridged away to the ''Nemesis'', with the Omega Keys as a peace offering to Megatron. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PatchMegatronStarscream.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.4| This feels familiar...]]
Requesting to rejoin the Decepticons, the unconvinced Megatron subjected Starscream to a cortical psychic patch and began rummaging in his memories to determine his true motives. Despite the incriminating nature of most of the memories, Megatron's analysis of Starscream's strengths and weaknesses (including the loss of his T-cog and the fact that Starscream is not the only untrustworthy Decepticon on the Nemesis), has him decide to allow Starscream to serve by his side, as he is better with him than against him. Starscream was so relieved by the turn of events that he thanked the All Spark, but Dreadwing was not so pleased about this development. {{storylink|Patch (episode)|Patch}}

[[File:RegenerationOmegaKeysHologram.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4| now he can find the [[Cyber Planet Keys]] again]]
Knock Out restored Starscream's T-Cog, though immediately afterwards Starscream was attacked by a murderous Dreadwing and had to be saved by Megatron. After Starscream helped Knock Out unlock the secret of the Omega Keys, Megatron left him in charge of the ''Nemesis''. Starscream used information gathered by Soundwave to kidnap the Autobots' three human friends and took them to Cybertron for Megatron to use as hostages. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}}

After handing over [[Jack Darby]] in exchange for two of the keys, Starscream took part in the activation of the [[Omega Lock]]. He survived the explosion caused by the Lock's destruction at Optimus's hand, and when Knock Out attempted a quip, knocked the medic down and demanded he tend to Megatron. Starscream returned to Earth with Megatron to take part in an attack on the Autobot base, during which he shot down Wheeljack's ship, the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]'', with Wheeljack still inside. Following the attack, he and Megatron landed in the remains of the base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

While the other Decepticons dug around in the ruins, Starscream more productively had Wheeljack pulled from the wreckage of the ''Jackhammer''. When human military forces turned up, Starscream offered to unleash the armada on them, but Megatron dealt with the matter using [[Darkmount (Earth)|Darkmount]]'s fusion cannons. His interrogation of Wheeljack did not go nearly as well. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

With the arrival of Shockwave, Megatron appointed the newcomer second lieutenant in charge of science, usurping Starscream's role slightly. Starscream attempted to get his own back by discovering a photo of Ratchet on the internet, only to be embarrassed when it was switched for a picture of a dancing monkey by Raf. He attempted a new gambit—allowing Wheeljack to escape with a tracking device, believing it would lead them to the other Autobots, however Wheeljack discovered the bug and turned the tables on the pursuing Decepticons. Megatron's anger was only stemmed by Shockwave bringing [[Predaking (Prime)|a Predacon he cloned]] to Earth. {{storylink|Scattered}}

Starscream complained to Knock Out about the pressures of his position. When the Predacon returned from its flight to catch Autobots empty-handed, Starscream noted it was a pity the beast couldn't tell them why it failed. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} Starscream was pleased when Decepticon monitoring finally bore fruit and located the Autobots. Unfortunate this turned out to be a series of diversions designed to have the Decepticons spread their forces out, and Megatron was not happy that Starscream fell for it. Darkmount subsequently came under attack and though Starscream did his best to coordinate a defense, the battle ended with him ordering a retreat to the ''Nemesis'' as the base was destroyed. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} When it looked like the Decepticons were about to embark on another scavenger hunt, Starscream was dismayed, but fortunately it turned out that Shockwave had micro-chipped all his creations, and the fossils they needed would be easy to find. {{storylink|Project Predacon}}

[[File:ChainOfCommandInForItNow.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The hills are alive with the sound of Starscream's butthurt.]]
Following the surprise return of the existing Predacon, Starscream was dismayed to find it put in his charge. He had immense trouble controlling the beast and resorted to using the Apex Armor to protect himself from its attacks. Megatron sent Starscream and the Predacon to [[Scotland]], where they found the Autobots had destroyed a team of Decepticons hunting for bones there. While the Predacon took on the Autobots, Starscream found Miko trying to reach Magnus's ship and accidentally lost the Apex Armor to her. Battle ensued, but when the Predacon left for the ''Nemesis'', Starscream and his two seekers found themselves outnumbered by Autobots and retreated. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}} In Megatron's bad books again, Starscream was further inconvenienced when the Predacon damaged the ship's communication dish. Though he tried to have it repaired by the Vehicons, it didn't go so well, and Megatron eventually found out. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

Starscream found Knock Out in the middle of experimenting with [[Synthetic Energon]], and had the medic add Dark Energon to the mix, believing it would allow Megatron to control the results. Instead the new mix transformed Cylas into an energon-sucking zombie and created a plague which resulted in Knock Out and Starscream being chased through the ship. Confronted by Megatron, they were forced to admit what they were done, and were sent to locate and destroy Cylas. They eventually found he had already been dispatched, but to Starscream's dismay, the deed had been done by the recently freed Airachnid. Fortunately he didn't have to deal with her as well, but he later had to face Megatron's wrath over his part in the affair. {{storylink|Thirst}}

When Megatron took him to another abandoned mine, Starscream assumed his demise was near, but they were merely visiting Shockwave's off-site laboratory. The Predacon unexpectedly arrived and Starscream hit it with a metal bar, only for it to transform and vocally threaten to return with physical violence. The Decepticons quickly realized that despite Predaking's loyalty, it would not take him and his fellow Predacons long to realize their superiority to the Decepticons, so Starscream hatched a plan to kill two birds with one stone, luring the Autobots to the laboratory so its destruction could be blamed on them. The plan succeeded, and in the aftermath, the Decepticons discovered that the synthetic energon stored at the base had created cybermatter. {{storylink|Evolution}} Starscream managed to talk his way out of being disfigured by Shockwave over not warning the latter that the Autobots were attacking the lab. As Shockwave was put in charge of perfecting the Synthetic Energon formula, Megatron assigned Starscream to gather technology to repair the Omega Lock, which they would need for a delivery mechanism. {{storylink|Minus One}}

After establishing the location of the Autobot base when they kidnapped Ratchet, Starscream was sent with his armada to destroy the hanger. He did so with aplomb, unaware that the Autobots had swapped the letters on the hangers and he'd destroyed the wrong one. {{storylink|Persuasion}} The error came back to bite him when the Decepticons detected an [[Chip|Autobot probe]] carrying Laserbeak's transponder. Starscream went out and personally destroyed the probe before fleeing through a GroundBridge to escape Optimus. Back on the ''Nemesis'', when Predaking found out about the Decepticons' earlier treachery and went on a rampage, Starscream aided Megatron by blasting Predaking in the back. Though the Predacon was defeated, the ship next came under attack by Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}}

Starscream took his squad of Vehicons and encountered Arcee and Bumblebee. They battled the two Autobots, but were driven back to the Omega Lock room where Starscream tried unsuccessfully to get his hands on the Star Saber which Smokescreen had brought along. Starscream watched in horror as Megatron was killed by Bumblebee, but his desire to avenge his leader was unable to be fulfilled, as Shockwave dragged him away. The pair escaped the ship in a lifepod, somewhere over Cybertron. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

[[File:Predaconsrising-Starscreamupthecreek.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|No! Bad pets! Bad! Don't you want to know what the fox says?!?]]
As Shockwave continued to try to clone Predacons, Starscream searched for more bones, and was soon assisted by [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]] and [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]]. The two Predacons eventually led him to a whole burial ground of Predacon remains, but as they were gathering their find up, they were witness to the apparent return of Megatron. Unfortunately it instead turned out to be Unicron using Megatron's body, and as the dark god created an army of undead Predacons, Starscream fled.

Finding the warship, he freed Knock Out and some Vehicons and attempted to retake the ship, only for Knock Out to betray him. He was locked in a cell, however when the warship crashed during the battle against Unicron, he was freed. Once Megatron was free of Unicron's will, Starscream approached him, believing he would resume leadership of the Decepticons, but Megatron was no longer interested in the Decepticon cause. Starscream therefore went to [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] to take his own rightful place as Decepticon ruler, only for Predaking, Darksteel, and Skylynx to arrive looking to settle scores with him. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.6 Starscream holding president.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|The president's been kidnapped by Decepticons! Are you a bad enough dude to save the president?]]
Starscream accompanied [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] on a trip to [[Antarctica]] to attack the [[Yamal|NS ''Yamal'']]. He carried the [[static lance]] that Megatron intended to use to detonate the ship's nuclear reactors, and when the Autobots arrived to intercede, Starscream used the weapon to knock [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] out. He tried to do the same to [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], but the Autobot dodged the blow and kicked him in the head, taking the lance himself and ruining the Decepticons' plan. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.3|Ice Breaker}}

Tasked by Megatron with trying to draw the Autobots out, Starscream attacked and captured [[Air Force One]], taking it to the [[Grand Canyon]]. He sent a message demanding Optimus Prime's surrender in exchange for the safe return of the [[President of the United States|President]], but the Autobots turned up in force. Starscream's accompaniment of Vehicons was soon quashed, and Optimus rescued the President, whom Starscream was using as a human shield, by chopping the Decepticon's left arm off. Defeated, Starscream fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Starscream was appalled when Megatron revealed the latest plan—pitting the Vehicons against each other in a series of deathmatches to ensure their army contained only the toughest. He was even more shocked when Megatron expected ''him'' to fight against [[Fearstorm]]. Starscream was able to defeat the much-larger Decepticon through application of his wits; he first managed to snap off the pointed end of on the bars enclosing their match, then used it to pin Fearstorm's arms to the ground. Fearstorm was thus incapacitated, leaving Starscream easy access to the key that granted him victory; his opponent's spark. Afterwards, Megatron was content to let Starscream return to the ship. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}}

On Soundwave's prompting, Starscream set up an ambush for the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. When it predictably went badly for the Decepticons, Starscream demanded his companion take matters into his own hands. Soundwave did, and as a result Starscream had to later help Soundwave look for his missing hand. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}}
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====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
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====''Regeneration One''====
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As the [[Dark Matrix|Dark Matrix creature]] tortured [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Circuit Smasher]] with visions of his [[Sparkplug Witwicky|dead father]] in [[Zero Space]], cracks began to appear in the membrane of infinite worlds. Starscream could be seen through one, alongside [[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Leobreaker]], [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]], and [[Gas Skunk]]. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

====''Rescue Bots'' cartoon====
When Heatwave was captured by Chumley, Kade came looking for him. Kade called out asking if Heatwave was there, causing Heatwave to ask sarcastically if he was expecting Starscream. {{storylink|Enemy of My Enemy (RB)|Enemy of My Enemy}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English), [[Daisuke Hirakawa]] (Japanese)|[[Jiang Ke]] (Chinese), [[Gerardo Alonso]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Nicolas Dubois]] (French), [[Axel Lutter]] (German), [[János Bácskai]] (Hungarian), [[Nestor Chiesse]] (Brazilian Portuguese), [[Jakub Szydłowski]] (Polish), [[Choi Nak-yoon]] (Korean, Daewon Broadcasting)}}
[[File:MightyBigTrouble Starscream.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hello, I'm SpaceNapoleHitler. Give me the thing!]]
Starscream managed to survive his encounter with the Predacons by <s>strategically luring them</s> sheer dumb luck, stumbling upon a weapons cache with enough power to repel [[Skylynx (Prime)|Skylynx]] and [[Darksteel (Prime)|Darksteel]]. He then explored the fortress and found the laboratory where the Decepticons had bred the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and sought to use them to take revenge on Megatron for his cruel acts towards him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Starscream then reformatted himself {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} to his old body type, before he freed the Mini-Cons but they managed to escape him. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} The Autobots believed him to be dead following his encounter with the Predacons, but he was remembered as a dangerous Decepticon in the records of the War. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

After he had "helped save the universe, from Starscream, Megatron, and Dark Energon", [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] refused to be defeated by [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]]. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}} When Bumblebee attempted to inspire his team with an [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] impression, [[Sideswipe (RID 2015)|Sideswipe]] instead believed Bumblebee to be going for a bad Starscream. {{storylink|W.W.O.D.?}}

In his hunt for the Weaponizer Mini-Cons, Starscream hired [[Shadelock]], [[RoughEdge]], and [[Razorhorn]] to procure them. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} His hunt forced the Mini-Cons off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and led them to joining a group of [[Scavengers (RID)|scavengers]]. {{storylink|History Lessons}} He tracked them down to the planet Earth, where Shadelock found [[Tricerashot (RID)|Tricerashot]]. Starscream ordered him to follow the Mini-Con to lead them to the remainder of them. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}} He tracked the Mini-Cons to a human ship, missing them by seconds. There he found the scavengers and the [[Dark Star Saber]]. He immediately claimed the weapon as his own, intending to use it for conquest before he noted that it seemed to be operating at less than full power. Nonetheless, he still desired the Mini-Cons and ordered his minions to track them and bring them to him. His minions brought him the wrong Mini-Cons. [[Fixit (RID)|One of them]] accidentally revealed [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] was back on Earth and Starscream was able to take the yellow Autobot prisoner by threatening the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}}

[[File:RiD 2015 Worthy One-Winged Seeker.jpg|thumb|left|280px|At least he's not a giant screaming head this time.]]
When Bumblebee was aboard, Starscream gloated about his good fortune before the Autobot escaped only to be quickly recaptured. With his captive now in [[stasis cuffs]], Starscream monologued about his cunning escape from the Predacons and his plan to use the Weaponizer Mini-Cons and the Dark Star Saber to not only kill Megatron but conquer the galaxy. He then resumed scanning for his "little doomsday devices" before Bumblebee began taunting him that no one, not even the Dark Star Saber, took him seriously. Starscream swore that everyone would take him seriously, aiming the cursed blade at Bumblebee's throat. A nearby battle between Autobots and scavengers caught his attention where he used his ship's tractor beam to abduct the Weaponizer Mini-Cons before flying off and gloating to Bumblebee of his imminent victory. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Unfortunately it turned out he only had six of the seven Mini-Cons needed, with an attempt at merging resulting in failure. Luckily the last Mini-Con needed turned up at his ship with the Autobots, and he was able to obtain it by knocking everyone out with the Dark Star Saber. He successfully merged with the Mini-Cons, only to lose [[Aerobolt]] thanks to a signal initiated from the ship by Fixit. Starscream managed to fly clear of the ship and engage Optimus and Aerobolt, now merged, in combat until the Autobots succeeded in dragging him back into range of the signal. Separated from the Mini-Cons, Starscream fell comatose and was loaded onto [[Prime Force One|Optimus's ship]] for transport back to Cybertron for justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Years ago, Starscream assigned three Vehicons to construct an [[energon]] mine near the [[Sierra Ridge]] mountains, {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}} and left them with a bomb triggered by a dead man's switch as an "explosive insurance policy".

At some point after [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Cybertron's restoration]], Starscream's severed arm was brought to Earth with [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]. [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] fought Predaking for the arm, so they could convince the three Sierra Ridge Vehicons that [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] was not their superior officer. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===Toy bios===
Once upon a time, Starscream was an honorable soldier who fought to defend Cybertron. His long isolation aboard an orbital platform changed all that, making him greedy and ambitious, and he jumped at the chance to join the Decepticons and get to lead troops again. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Generations|Generations Starscream}} This path would lead to him binging on Dark Energon, reveling in the power it gave him! {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Dark Energon Starscream}}

Starscream, whatever you might think, ''isn't'' running away all the time: he's actually making calculated retreats and when the enemy is going "ha ha Starscream's run away", he comes back without warning and wipes them out. {{storylink|Starscream (WFC)#Prime|Voyager Starscream}}

===''Tales of the Beast Hunters''===
When [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]] returned from a battle with the news that [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] had apparently perished in a mysterious explosion, everyone on the ''Nemesis'' assumed Starscream was to blame, simply because he had repeatedly expressed an interest in becoming Decepticon leader. He had to go on the run, all the while Megatron would turn up alive so his name would be cleared. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 7}} Dreadwing managed to track him down, but he convinced Dreadwing that he was not the one who eliminated Megatron, on the grounds that he would immediately take [[Decepticon leader]]ship, rather than flee, should Megatron die by his hands. Dreadwing believed him, and ordered his assistance in finding Megatron. {{storylink|Tales of the Beast Hunters Chapter 14}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
After the Transformers had made their way to Earth, Starscream encountered Bumblebee. Not fooled by the Autobot's vehicle disguise, Starscream pursued the Autobot scout. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian), [[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Cyrille Monge]] (French), [[Olaf Różański]] (Polish)}}
[[File:WFC Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Where are your stupid Macross jokes now?!]]

{{quote|Have no fear, Lord Megatron. Under my leadership, Decepticon victory is assured!|Starscream being all modest|''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]''}}

For the last thousand years of the [[Great War (Prime)|Great War]], Starscream was in charge of an orbital facility that had the capability of producing [[Dark Energon]], though they maintained only a small stockpile because of its unpredictable and uncontrollable nature. The station's force of neutral soldiers were no match for Megatron's invading forces, while Starscream and [[Jetfire (WFC)|Jetfire]]'s repeated warnings that no one could control Dark Energon had no effect on Megatron's determination. Instead, Megatron tempted Starscream with knowledge of his past, reminding him of his demotion from Sky Commander to a mere guard over an all-but-derelict station, and offered to let him join the Decepticons, something Starscream scoffed at—at least, at first. Starscream attempted to destroy the station's stock of Dark Energon before the Decepticon leader could reach it, but failed, and watched, first with amusement as Megatron entered the storage chamber...and then with shock as Megatron infused himself with the substance and bent it to his will within moments. Starscream quickly volunteered his services for the Decepticon cause, causing Jetfire to label him a traitor and leave to warn [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]]. Megatron sent him with [[Thundercracker (WFC)|Thundercracker]] and [[Skywarp (WFC)|Skywarp]] to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to reactivate the [[Geosynchronous Energon Bridge|Energon Bridge]]. Starscream performed the mission successfully using his trademark style, flair, and modesty, never mind Megatron's taunting and unreasonable impatience, or Thundercracker's warning him of the danger of certain courses of action, or even Skywarp's cluing in to his constant insults.

During the Battle of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon City]], Starscream led the Decepticons aerial squadrons and [[Brawl (WFC)|Brawl]] led the Decepticons' ground assault, while Megatron, [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] went behind enemy lines and tried to secure the [[Omega Key]]. When Megatron's group met up with Brawl, Starscream refused to send Dark Energon bombers, saying that he wouldn't let Brawl waste anymore of "his ships". Megatron took issue with Starscream dubbing the bombers his, and overrode Starscream's refusal. Later that evening, while looking for the "real" Omega Key, they ran into it: [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]]. Starscream assumed Megatron was killed when Omega attacked a [[dropship (WFC)|dropship]] Megatron was heading for and declared himself Decepticon commander. Shortly afterward, Megatron managed to communicate with Starscream and ordered him to attack Omega Supreme, getting the massive Autobot off Megatron's back. By the time Megatron's group were heading for the Autobot turrets, Starscream was ready to sound a retreat, which Megatron overrode with the threat of marking any retreating Decepticon as "kill on sight". Fortunately, Megatron arrived moments later and managed to defeat Omega Supreme, making the retreat unnecessary. Later on, he was present at the [[Core]] of Cybertron as Megatron corrupted it with Dark Energon.

As the Battle of Iacon continued, Starscream fought through Jetfire and [[Silverbolt (WFC)|Silverbolt]], and attacked [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus]]'s group in the [[Decagon]]. However, the Air Commander was injured by Optimus's [[Energon-axe]] and forced to retreat. The wound was apparently bad enough to cause him to sit out the remainder of the conflict. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}
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===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (DS)===
{{voiceactor|Sam Riegel (English)|Gianluca Iacono (Italian)}}
Starscream had been in control of Trypticon Space Station for years, until Megatron and his forces invaded. Megatron wished to revive the Dark Energon project to aid him in his conquest of Cybertron, but Starscream would have none of it. Megatron was able to fight his way to Starscream himself, and after a brief battle, Starscream had lost. He begged for mercy, and Megatrons spared Starscream in exchange for loyalty to the Decepticons. Starscream obliged and Megatron was taken to the core of the station.

After a test run of the Dark Energon's effects on Decepticons in Kaon Prison, Soundwave deduced the element would only destroy the host. A furious Megatron set Starscream to work on fixing the problem, with Starscream continuously bickering with Barricade over his usefulness. The problem was eventually solved in time for an attack on Iacon City. When Megatron felled Zeta Prime and found the Omega Key, the titanic Autobot Omega Supreme was unleashed upon the Decepticons, quickly crushing them with ease.

Megatron was downright furious with Starscream, declaring he had brought Omega Supreme's rampage upon them all. Starscream retorted that if it wasn't for Megatron and his blind troops, none of this would've happened. Starscream invited Megatron to kill him, but warned him it wouldn't do a thing about Omega Supreme out for their blood. Megatron for the moment let it go, and finally felled Omega Supreme, gaining total dominance over Cybertron.

Sometime later, Starscream ambushed an [[Autobot rookie|Autobot recruit-in-training]], and would've killed him if it wasn't for Optimus charging to the rescue. He wasn't seen again after that.
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===''Transformers: Cybertron Adventures''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)|[[Gianluca Iacono]] (Italian)}}

Being Megatron's "right-hand man," he wonders how the war could have changed if HE were to be the leader, not Megatron. Still he was ordered by Megatron to do his dirty work, and growing jealous, he waits for the right time, to take his place, as leader of the Decepticons.
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===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:FOC-Starscream-robot mode.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)}}
{{quote|Megatron will rue the day he made a fool of me. He can keep his precious army. I will build one of my own.|Starscream planning an obviously failed attempt at army building|''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]''}}

Under Megatron's orders, Starscream and the [[Combaticon (WFC)|Combaticons]] ambushed and captured Optimus Prime under the ruins of Iacon during the assault on the Ark. Starscream's gloating on how he defeated Megatron's nemesis would earn him a blast from the Decepticon's leader's fusion cannon. Starscream's luck would take an uphill turn, however, for Megatron was soon crushed by Metroplex, leaving him the new leader of the Decepticons. At the urging of both Prime and Metroplex, Starscream ordered the Decepticons to retreat.

[[File:FOC-Starscream-vehicle mode.jpg|left|thumb|150px|]]
Starscream's reign as a leader was lackluster at best. He used most of the Decepticon energon and supplies to further his own ego and cover the Decepticon bases with portraits and effigies of himself and constantly broadcasting self glorifying speeches to his troops. Anyone who wasn't on board with Starscream's reign was thrown into the prisons of Kaon. Needless to say, the prisons were full to bursting as barely a handful of Decepticons had any faith in their new leader. When the Autobots acquired the entire energon supply the Decepticons kept in the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. Starscream sent the Combaticons to stop the transport. When the transport was out in the open, Starscream ordered an assault on it, despite the fact the anti-aircraft guns were still functional. As the Decepticons suffered heavy losses, Starscream aborted the mission and ordered a full retreat. The Combaticons ignored the order and brought the transport down, at the cost of half the energon on board. Despite the fact that the Combaticons had saved the mission he had abandoned, Starscream accused them of failing and had them arrested.

Later, Starscream decided to have a coronation for himself (despite the fact he had been in charge for some time now). Though sadly it was not to be, as [[The Transformers: The Movie|a newly rebuilt Megatron crashed the event]] and took his crown back from the would-be king, much to everyone else's elation. Luckily, the Air Commander escaped Megatron's wrath, swearing revenge.

Seeking the means to get back at Megatron, Starscream made his way to Shockwave's lab. He came across [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and promised to free him and his team if they would serve him. The Dinobot kindly refused the offer by throwing him into the control panel, freeing himself. This apparently knocked Starscream out as he didn't get back up. What happened to him afterwords is unknown, since most of Decepticons that might have arrested him were cut to pieces by Grimlock. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (video game)|Fall of Cybertron}}

{{note|Starscream also appears as a playable character in the Escalation Map, 'Oblivion'. He is the team's [[Ammo Supplier]] and fights alongside [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], and [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]].}}

===''Transformers: Prime - The Game''===
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{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)|[[Leopoldo Ballesteros]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Cyrille Monge]] (French)}}
Starscream was present when the Decepticons were hauling in an asteroid rich with Dark Energon heading toward Earth. When the Autobots came to stop them, he witnessed the asteroid explode and the Autobots fall out of orbit. He then mocked their inability to fly, which annoyed Megatron. He commissioned Knock Out and Airachnid to seek and retrieve the Autobots, joining in the hunt himself.

Starscream found Bulkhead and Miko in some sort of tomb, and played on his life by nearly collapsing the whole cave on him. Bulkhead escaped the falling cave, and the big guy unleashed tenfold on him. However, one of the Vehicons managed to swipe Miko and take her captive, and Starscream retreated with them.

Starscream later assisted Megatron in finding a missing component of Thunderwing's, and managed to run into his old pal Bulkhead again. Unfortunately, Bulkhead bested him again, this time taking him captive in his own ship! The treacherous Decepticon tricked Bulkhead, however, into bringing him into a room where he was ambushed by Vehicon troopers. Yet again, Bulkhead came out on top of the pile with Starscream retreating in defeat.

Starscream quickly installed the biggest component in Thunderwing, which resulted in him attacking Megatron... ''Megatron used Starscream as a shield.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
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===''Transformers Online''===
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===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{voiceactor|[[Sam Riegel]] (English)}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
When Bulkhead infiltrate the Nemesis to snatch away the Decepticons' Energon stores, Starscream faced off against the Autobot before he could take his leave. Starscream was defeated, and Bulkhead took off with the Energon in hand. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}

===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Starscream led a battalion of Vehicon drones to the town of [[Jasper]] in order to secure Dark Energon from a nearby mine. His efforts were thwarted by Arcee. Starscream then attempted to escape from an abandoned military installation with the Vehicons under his command, only to be stopped by both Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Starscream and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Using his jet mode to fire upon the Autobot leader, and leaving floating "aerial mines" behind him, Starscream fought it out against Optimus Prime in the skies over a lush tropical forest. Optimus managed to drive off Starscream nevertheless, and Starscream howled back that he wouldn't forget his defeat as he sped away. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Starscream-(WFC).jpg|thumb|400px|So I'm ''Cybertron'' Starscream as WFC Starscream, introduced in a WFC event with seekers from ''Cybertron''. Confused? ''Good!'' '''*Hotshot 47 BLAM!*''']]
Starscream participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was an Epic character who was available as a reward in the "Cybertron Episode 2 - Seekers" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{note|For some reason, the Legion Class version of the character is not included in the character selection.}}
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===''Power Up for Battle''===
[[File:RID2015 Power Up for Battle gameplay.jpg|thumb|upright=1.44]]
Starscream engaged in battle against Optimus Prime for control over the Weaponizer Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Power Up for Battle}}
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==Commercial appearances==
===''War for Cybertron''===
*[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] arrived to a location where [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], Starscream, and Soundwave were battling Autobots. Megatron left, leaving Shockwave in charge. Shockwave ordered Soundwave to [[Transformation|Transform]] and play "[[The Touch]]." Starscream was displeased with Shockwave's choice of song, but Shockwave told him that once he got a higher hit percentage than his own, then Starscream could choose a soundtrack. {{storylink|Commercial#War for Cybertron|GameSpot's commercial for their Shockwave multiplayer exclusive}}
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===''Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:FOC Starscream face broken trailer.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*As Starscream transformed from jet mode and equipped his sword to slice at Optimus Prime carrying the injured Bumblebee, Ironhide intercepted the Decepticon and punched him in the face. The force of the punch broke a good chunk of Starscream's face and threw him to the ground. {{storylink|Commercial#Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'' VGA Cinematic Trailer}}
*Starscream, alongside Shockwave, intercepted Optimus, who was running towards Megatron. The Autobot leader blocked Starscream's slashing attacks with his arm and subsequently shot him in the face from point blank range. This event happened on the surface of the city mode of Metroplex. As Optimus ordered Metroplex to awaken, the city-bot started transforming while Starscream's defeated body was still lying on his surface.
{{storylink|Commercial#Fall of Cybertron|''Fall of Cybertron'' E3 Trailer}}
{{Note|The story of the FOC E3 Trailer seemingly follows on from the FOC VGA Cinematic Trailer.}}
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==Toys==
{{main|Starscream (WFC)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Starscream (WFC)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:Tfprimestarscreamjet.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''ooooo-ooooo/We fade to grey!'']]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderStarscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Fabulouscream.]]
[[File:Screamer_dashboard.jpg|thumb|right|Nintendoscream.]]
[[File:Wgatus-tfrid-s3-08b 1 orig.jpg|thumb|right]]
[[File:Wgatus-tfrid-s3-08c 1 orig.jpg|thumb|right]]
*Starscream's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Energon Seeker-type chassis for [[Scientist (WFC)|Scientist]]-class characters. His parts are also available to Scientists in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Arclight-type components.
*Starscream's backstory in ''Exodus'' is self-contradictory:
:''"Not even Starscream, who had spent much of his scientific career in the labs contained within these refracting walls..."'' (p. 78).
:''"See what?" Starscream asked. Neither Starscream nor Megatron were scientists."'' (p. 158).
:*When asked via Twitter, Exodus's writer [[Alex Irvine]] stated "Let's say he's always been scientifically curious."<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Let's say he's always been scientifically curious.|link=https://twitter.com/alexirvine/status/36051088754868224|name=Alex Irvine|site=Twitter|year=2011|month=02|day=11}}</ref>
:*In ''[[Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark]]'', when Starscream sarcastically remarks how Shockwave is "ever the scientist", Shockwave replies with "as you once were". This implies that Starscream had been a scientist at some point in time, but has since left that field.
*Starscream's thin body and narrow, upward-swept wings in [[robot mode]] recalls [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' Starscream]], but his colour scheme, Igor-like posture and subservience to Megatron recalls the [[Starscream (Movie)|live-action incarnation]]. The game design has the movie bulk but with a [[Starscream (G1)|Generation 1]] head and colours.
**And an unintentional one at that, according to the [[New York Comic Con]] Transformers: Prime panel.
*[[Steve Blum]] said he was a fan of [[Charlie Adler]] and [[Tom Kenny]]'s portrayals of Starscream, and had Adler give him his blessing after he got the part.<ref>[http://sknr.net/2011/04/20/steve-blum-talks-transformers-prime-guild-wars-2-bulletstorm-more/ Skewed magazine Steve Blum interview.]</ref> Coincidentally, Blum, Adler, and Kenny are all in ''The Super Hero Squad Show''. Blum would later take over the role of Adler's [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] for the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|Dark of the Moon]]'' game.
*Starscream's body parts are available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Starscream parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*In Starscream's dedicated level in ''Fall Of Cybertron'', a secret room on the exterior of Shockwave's tower complex contains a very G1-esque gold crown that can be picked up by the player and worn for the remainder of the level. Words cannot describe how awesome this is...
*Starscream's Hasbro bio takes Fowler's comment "Starscream is his own worst enemy", a little too literally as it lists his arch-enemy as himself. And his ally is Optimus, for some reason...
*In one of the rare noticeable instances of physical change within the "Aligned" continuity family, Starscream's appearance in ''Robots in Disguise'' is changed to be more similar to his ''Fall of Cybertron appearance'', but this time is inspired by both his [[Starscream (Animated)|''Animated'' counterpart]] and his [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|G1 cartoon counterpart]]'s look during the coronation scene in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
*Despite never transforming in the cartoon, concept art of ''Robots in Disguise'' Starscream's jet mode was shared on [[Walter Gatus]]' website, including what his jet mode would have looked like had he transformed in his Power Surge state.
===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Starscream has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Full Weapon Mode''' (フルウェポンモード ''Furu Wepon Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Balo, Gora, Gul, Jida, Zori
:Starscream's box-back Arms Up mode has him using the [[Laser Gunblade]] on his right arm, the [[High-Defense Shield]] on the left, and [[Zori (Prime)|Zori]] in "Flexible Rod Mode" (yyyyeah) on his back.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Starscream''' (スタースクリーム ''Sutāsukurīmu'')
*''Korean:'' '''Starscream''' (스타스크림 ''Seutaseukeurim'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tiānwángxīng''' (Taiwan, 天王星, "Uranus"), '''Hóng Zhīzhū''' (China, 红蜘蛛, "Red Spider")
*''Russian:'' '''Starscream''' (''War for Cybertron'', ''Prime'', Старскрим), '''Skandalist''' (''Fall of Cybertron'', Скандалист, "Troublemaker")

==References==
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[[Category:Aligned Seekers]]
[[Category:Decepticon leaders]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Go! Decepticons]]
[[Category:Hall of Fame characters]]
[[Category:Regeneration One Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]

Breakdown (WFC)

2025-05-22T14:58:47Z

SerafettinB: Added his turkish voice actor.

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:''Breakdown is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:PrimeBreakdown-HowToDraw.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95|He ain't nobody's leg any more.]]

Despite a level of skill to match any Decepticon warrior's, '''Breakdown''' is almost crippled by a persistent paranoia, especially when he is in crowds. He is much happier working alone, away from the eyes he is sure are watching him at every moment. That said, he is quick to come at [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]]'s call, as his fear of his powerful leader may be the only thing outreaching his agoraphobic tendencies.<ref>[[How to Draw Transformers Prime]] Breakdown bio</ref>

After spending most of his time on Cybertron in a smaller form, the scout later upgraded to a bulkier, more threatening body following a clash with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], a clash which initiated a heated rivalry between the two.<ref>[[Arms Micron]] War Breakdown's tech spec bio</ref> Breakdown has brought that rivalry to present-day Earth, where he assists [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] in his various misdeeds. The two have become good friends in their long partnership, and seem to value each other as much as any pair of friends could.

Since joining the war on Earth, Breakdown has proven to have some quite intriguing depths to his character, besides his deep friendship with Knock Out. He doesn't treat the cannon fodder [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] as such, and even chats to them about romance and is sure to thank them for their hard work. He also has a healthy dose of respect for his foes, as well as gratitude. However, these noble traits are tempered by his boisterous temper; always eager to join a fight or pound some dents into someone, even on his best days.

{{bigquote| Never run when you can fight.|Breakdown|"[[Operation: Breakdown]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:BreakdownPrime.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85|His self-esteem ruined by his small size, Breakdown resorted to steroid use.]]
Breakdown was on [[Earth]] when he received [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s signal. He found the air commander buried under rubble by [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|a little Autobot]], whom he promptly pummeled. [[Arcee (WFC)|An even smaller, blue Autobot]] shot at Breakdown, which pleased him, because it meant he was going to kill two Autobots today. At Starscream's insistence, Breakdown got him out of the rubble, and they began chasing and shooting at the Autobots. Breakdown finally cornered them and overwhelmed them with his missile launcher. As they lay dying and Starscream was about to finish them, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] got the jump on him and shot Breakdown into the face of a mountainside, causing him to flee to fight another day. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Adam Baldwin]] (English), [[Atsushi Imaruoka]] (Japanese)|[[Alexander Kovrizhnykh]] (Russian; season 1), [[Sang-hyeon Eom]] (Korean), [[Fábio de Castro]] (Portuguese), [[Christoph Banken]] (German), [[Walter Rivetti]] (Italian), [[Arturo Cataño]] (Latin American Spanish), [[Jaime Roca]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Juhani Rajalin]] (Finnish), [[Adam Krylik]] (Polish, "[[Operation: Breakdown]]" and "[[Metal Attraction]]"), [[Bruno Bulté]] (French), [[Adam Krylik]] (Polish, episodes 16 & 18), Doğu Aytun (Turkish)}}

[[File:DeusExMachina-Breakdowntruck.jpg|thumb|upright=1|"Shiny. Let's be bad guys."]]
Breakdown had a long history with the Autobot known as [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}} to the point one would call them "archenemies". During their rivalry, Breakdown caused Bulkhead great pains. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

When Starscream requested that [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and Breakdown come to the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', Breakdown was much too busy trying to track down an [[energon]] trace. He reached an excavation site in [[Greece]], where he encountered an old friend—Bulkhead—and spotted a depiction of an [[Energon Harvester]] on an ancient fresco. After breaking the fresco with Bulkhead's head, Breakdown proceeded to the ''Nemesis'', where [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] located the device in a museum. As the Autobots had surrounded said museum, Knock Out and Breakdown drew them around to the front for a fight, where Breakdown caused [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and Arcee to collide with each other and sent Bulkhead flying into Knock Out. This distraction allowed Soundwave to sneak in the back and steal the Harvester. The Harvester was successfully obtained, and Breakdown and Knock Out accompanied Starscream to the energy vein in Greece to test it out. When Bulkhead turned up there to stop them, the two Decepticons attacked him but came off decidedly second-best, as Bulkhead managed to make Breakdown hit Knock Out by accident which allowed Bulkhead to steal Knock Out's [[Energon prod]] and use it to shock Breakdown into submission. They fled once the Harvester was destroyed and the other Autobots turned up. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

[[File:SpeedMetal-BBvsBreakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1]]

Breakdown was buffing Megatron's <s>corpse</s> body when Starscream asked him where Knock Out was. Knock Out, it turned out, had been street racing with the humans again. Some time later, Knock Out radio'd Breakdown to let him know there was another street race on. Much later still, Knock Out contacted him with the news that Bumblebee's human friend had been captured. Breakdown joined the other 'Con in setting a trap for the Autobots in a storage facility. Once Bumblebee and Bulkhead turned up, Breakdown ambushed them. He was able to hold his own against the two Autobots until Knock Out announced he was bugging out, and the distraction resulted in Breakdown being knocked into a wall by Bulkhead. Returning to the ''Nemesis'', Breakdown bore silent witness to Starscream's "cosmetic punishment" of Knock Out. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

[[File:OutHead-BulkheadBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Foefist!]]
During a Decepticon plan to melt a glacier to find some energon, Breakdown was hanging around on the hull of the ship when Bulkhead and Arcee appeared nearby. On Knock Out's order, he jumped from the ship and started fighting the two Autobots, unaware that it was a diversion while Optimus Prime scaled a nearby cliff face. He was still fighting them when Optimus caused the heat ray atop the ship to explode and was sent flying by the blast wave. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

While out scouting an energon source, Breakdown took the opportunity to ambush Bulkhead. Though the Autobot fought back vigorously, Breakdown overcame him and was about to deliver the killing blow when he was zapped by an energy beam from a nearby helicopter. He came around to find himself a captive of the [[human]] organization [[MECH]], the leader of which, [[Silas]], informed him that they wanted to take him apart for his technology. Breakdown was defiant, but the MECH technicians disabled his pain receptors and began dismantling him, including removing his right eye. He was stunned when he was rescued not by the Decepticons, but by Bulkhead. The pair emerged from the rail tunnel to face the main MECH force, and when Silas's helicopter again fired its energy weapon, the 'Con knocked Bulkhead out of the way. After Starscream arrived and chased MECH off, he demanded Breakdown destroy Bulkhead. Breakdown was initially reluctant, but Starscream talked him into it. Though Bulkhead bested Breakdown and used his body to bash the Vehicons, Breakdown was still able to retreat, and Starscream later told him to remember the rescue when the time came to choose between Megatron's leadership and Starscream's. {{Storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

[[File:TFP ep18 BD optic patch.jpg‎|thumb|left|upright=1.4|[[Major Bludd]] knows how you feel, Breakdown.]]
Breakdown took to wearing an eye-patch as a reminder of his failure. When Soundwave detected a magnetic signature, Breakdown saw the chance to redeem himself and insisted on being the one to retrieve the [[polarity gauntlet]]. Once there, however, he found himself under attack by [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], who also coveted the device and made a failed attempt to trap him underground. The two fought over it until Arcee and Bulkhead arrived and joined in the party. Breakdown was able to use the gauntlet to magnetically stick the two Autobots together, but while he was on his way back to the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid ambushed him and webbed him to a derelict gas station. He was freed when the Autobots turned up and the gauntlet was triggered, yanking him off the wall. At one point during the following battle, he got hold of the weapon and used it to hit Bulkhead with an oil derrick. After some more fighting, Airachnid tried to make a getaway with the gauntlet and Bulkhead threw her at Breakdown. Breakdown was forced to return to the ship without the gauntlet, but made up for it by presenting Megatron with Airachnid, who had become stuck to his back. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}}

Knock Out and Breakdown were sent with some Vehicons to secure a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]], which the Autobots were also after. Breakdown not only got to fight, but got to be on the winning side for a change. Unfortunately when they got back to the ''Nemesis'', they discovered that the cylinder's contents had already been discharged. After Megatron went to try and find Bulkhead, whose noggin held the data, Knock Out detected where Bulkhead was hiding out, and thus he and Breakdown went to the monster truck track. Bulkhead went and hid in the car park, so the two Decepticons started searching in their own ways—in Breakdown's case, smashing random vehicles. They eventually found Bulkhead, but the cylinder data was lost in the process. The pair were ready to take out some revenge until the arrival of more Autobots forced them to retreat. {{storylink|T.M.I.}}

The pair teamed up again to transport energon around. Though Breakdown was keen to GroundBridge out of there when the Autobots turned up, Knock Out reminded him that they were under orders to lead the Autobots on a chase so the foe would deplete their energon reserves. When Ratchet turned up and bashed their Vehicon escort around, Breakdown was ready to take on the newcomer, but he and Knock Out had to leave after the other Autobots attacked them. Some time later, Breakdown was chatting to a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]] when Ratchet entered the cavern. The rematch was short lived as Ratchet overpowered Breakdown. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Breakdown and Knock Out watched Soundwave and Airachnid dispute over whether Megatron would return from a visit with [[Unicron]]. When Megatron came back to the ship, Breakdown was on the bridge to greet him, though the others had to restrain him when he saw that Megatron was being accompanied by Optimus Prime whom Megatron addressed as "Orion Pax". {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

The Decepticons, including Breakdown and Knock Out, hit a military base and managed to get away with the energy source they needed for their new [[space bridge]], though they did accidentally let Arcee get on board the ship. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} Breakdown attempted to contact the Vehicons at the space bridge and, though he had trouble getting through at first, was told [[William Fowler|everything was fine]]. When asked how ''he'' was doing, Breakdown replied with surprising kindness and sincerity, responding that he was fine, acknowledging the Vehicons' thankless job and encouraging them to keep up the good work. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

[[File:OperationBumblebee2 Breakdown Knockout find Forge.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|STOP! Pick up the Hammer Time!]]
Sent with Knock Out to retrieve a hidden Cybertronian treasure, Breakdown was no doubt pleased to run into Bulkhead again. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}} After their previous success, Breakdown and Knock Out went to secure the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. Breakdown again found himself fighting Bulkhead, but during a moments distraction, Bulkhead hit him with the Forge. After Megatron secured the Forge, Breakdown retreated through the GroundBridge. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

[[File:Crossfire MECH finds Breakdown.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|"We have a crime scene here."]]
Breakdown was assigned to accompany [[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and Airachnid on a mission, the purpose of which was to get rid of Airachnid. Breakdown's quick temper proved their undoing, as Airachnid goaded him into attacking her. After spending a short amount of time trying to unstick the webbing from his face, Breakdown pursued her, leaving Dreadwing webbed to a tree. Though he caught up with Airachnid, it proved to be a trap, and she swiftly dismantled him. A short time later, a MECH team discovered him in pieces. They elected to bring the remains back to base. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

After [[Silas]] was badly crushed, the [[MECH Surgeon]] intended to use Breakdown's body to revive him. {{storylink|Nemesis Prime (episode)|Nemesis Prime}}

Knock Out would continue to hunt Iacon relics in Breakdown's memory, {{storylink|Tunnel Vision (episode)|Tunnel Vision}} though he missed Breakdown's buffing. {{storylink|Hurt}}

While Breakdown was offline, MECH worked to rebuild and partially repair his body. Eventually, his body was reactivated and integrated with the remains of their leader, producing what Silas declared a "Cybernetic Life Augmented by Symbiosis", or "Cylas". This had the side-effect of bringing Breakdown's life signals back online, though they appeared corrupted to the Decepticon sensors. Cylas made good use of Breakdown's body, at least until he failed Megatron and was consigned to Knock Out's dissection table. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

[[File:Thirst-restinpeace.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He's dead?! He's supposed to be a llama!!]]

Cylas had become Knock Out's guinea pig for virtually any test he could think of. Knock Out had no qualm about experimenting even further on Breakdown's corpse, believing that his deceased partner would approve of the situation's irony. Cylas became a new form of [[Terrorcon (Prime)|Terrorcon]] who fed on a host's Energon, and the ensuing plague ravaged the Decepticons' ranks and numbers. Cylas was finally killed when he freed Airachnid, who left Breakdown's inactive body a lifeless and, ahem, empty husk once more. {{storylink|Thirst}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
Breakdown and [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] took over a TV studio which was filming ''[[Down and Out]]'', and modified the course into a death trap which they then invited [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]] to take part in. To ensure they complied, they put the show's crew and audience into a box suspended over a pit of spikes, and Breakdown held on to [[Chuck Chuckles]]'s unconscious form as extra insurance. Unfortunately for the pair, the death trap was less than deadly, and the two Autobots had brought [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]], who shot the floor out from under the two Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
{{note|Japanese continuity does not include the final season of ''Prime''.}}

=====Japanese ''Prime'' bios=====
Breakdown was a member of the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] alongside [[Wildrider (Prime)|Wildrider]]. {{storylink|Wildrider (Prime)#Prime|Stunt Wildrider}} After a confrontation with [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]], the comparatively smaller Breakdown took on a larger frame to match, with accompanying combat skills to boot. His hammer weapon was in actuality the [[Arms Micron]], [[Zamu]], unbeknownst to him. {{Storylink|#Prime|War Breakdown}}

=====''Unite Warriors''/''Legends''=====
[[File:BreakdownNewBody-GrandGalvatronChapter.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.7|...wait, never mind.]]
Breakdown managed to survive his repeated deaths and wandered Earth as a malicious zombie. The undead Decepticon's sheer malice attracted the attention of [[Unicron]], {{storylink|#Unite Warriors 2|''Unite Warriors'' bio}} who would summon Breakdown, among others, to his universe to convince [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] to combine with them in lieu of using Unicron for his new "[[Grand Galvatron]]" body. Breakdown was resurrected in a new combiner body as "Zombie War Breakdown", and he could serve as a limb to Grand Galvatron. The assembled combiner team was ordered by Unicron to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] so that the planet would become Unicron's new body. Galvatron, not much for obeying anybody, ignored the order and set out to conquer in his own name as Grand Galvatron. {{storylink|Grand Galvatron Chapter}} While Breakdown was loyal to his new master, he sought to return to his universe and reunite with his partner. {{storylink|#Unite Warriors 2|''Unite Warriors'' bio}}

[[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], the main component of Grand Galvatron, had the group undergo training by exposing them to the lava pools of [[Thrull]], which Breakdown actually found enjoyable. {{storylink|Special Training in the Lava Baths of Planet Thrull!}}

[[File:Epilogue-War-Breakdown-home.jpg|thumb|upright=2]]
Grand Galvatron attacked Cybertron only to be separated into his components by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]. As the team continued the battle on foot, Breakdown was shocked to run into Knock Out on the battlefield and tearfully embraced him, unaware that his partner was merely a hologram projected by [[Hound (G1)|Hound]] as a distraction. After realizing his mistake, he rejoined the others and combined back into Grand Galvatron to fight [[Sky Reign]]. {{storylink|Sky Reign Chapter}} When the battle was interrupted by [[Megaempress]], Grand Galvatron's limbs detached and fled out of fear, but Breakdown and Roller were cornered by [[Flowspade]] and forced to transform into giant fist weapons for her to wield. {{storylink|Megatronia Chapter}} Then Unicron showed up to conquer Cybertron himself, prompting the team to reform Grand Galvatron and participate in the battle with the Chaos-Bringer. After the battle was won, Breakdown was able to return to his home universe through a dimensional rift and was happily reunited with Knock Out. {{storylink|Ruination Chapter, Part Two}}

Knock Out later showed Breakdown the schematics to the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]]. {{Storylink|Transformers Legends Final Chapter "Epiloge"|Epiloge}}

===Toy bios===
Breakdown wore the powerful [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]], which was armed and upgraded with ancient weaponry given by the [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]]s. {{storylink|Apex Armor (Prime)#Cyberverse|Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown}}
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===''Kre-O'' online comic===
[[File:KreO-webcomic-4-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6]]

Breakdown witnessed [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]'s little temper-tantrum over getting pummeled by a newly powered-up [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]]. He also witnessed Megatron pummeling Knock Out after the latter's attempt to power-up Megatron went humiliatingly wrong. {{Storylink|Wheeljack's Bizarre Invention! Optimus Power Up!?}} Following the embarrassing defeat of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], Breakdown was one of those in charge of the Constructicons' tickle training. {{storylink|A New Menace! The Giant Soldier Devastator Appears!}} He was present during Megatron's (brief) takeover of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], now wearing an eyepatch. {{storylink|Two Giant Bases! Everybody Getting Along, Come On, Fight!}} Breakdown, again with two optics, was present during Megatron's [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]-helmet-induced rampage, and after it ended, he was horrified to see that Knock Out had learned nothing from the experience and was developing more new helmets for Megatron. {{Storylink|Enter the New Emperor of Destruction!? Stop Galvatron's Rampage!}} He tried to warn [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] about [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]]'s manipulative ways, to no avail. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}}

===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Breakdown was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. When the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, he was slain in the ensuing brawl. Vanguard supreme leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] later loaded the Warrior's lingering [[spark]] into his [[Golden Noah]] in an attempt to ferry his soul to the [[G1 World|next world]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} Unfortunately, this did not work. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' (Xbox 360/PS3/PC)===
{{voiceactor|[[Crispin Freeman]] (English)|[[Thierry Mercier]] (French), [[Antonio Abenójar]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Grzegorz Mikołajczyk]] (Polish)}}

{{bigquote| I'm the fastest thing on 4 wheels.|Breakdown in his vehicle mode}}

[[File:Breakdown-WfC.jpg|thumb|"I always feel like somebody's watching meeeeee!"]]
Breakdown joined [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]] in the invasion of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], attacking the [[Stellar Galleries]] behind the [[Autobot]]'s front lines in order to acquire the [[Omega Key]]. When it turned out [[Sentinel Zeta Prime|Zeta Prime]] had moved it, Megatron lead them on a run-and-gun mission through the city to the [[Vaults]] itself. Breakdown seemed most comfortable during their time in the train tunnels, even challenging Soundwave to a race. However, when Megatron told him in a paternalistic voice to "try not to get crushed by the trains", Breakdown was confused, wondering aloud if his leader had made a joke. After utilizing [[Dark Energon]] bombers to blast their way into the Vaults, the squad came up against Zeta Prime himself. He was utilizing a vast machine that rendered him unassailable, allowed him to control portions of the ceiling so they dropped to crush anyone in the room, and generated an arbitrary number of energon clones bearing his likeness that battled savagely in melee combat. Soundwave's interest in the clones caused Breakdown to deride him as a total nerdlinger, but he didn't have any words of mockery when Soundwave discerned the machine's weakness: a core that rapidly overheated and so had to open up to cool off. Even in defeat, however, Zeta Prime had put one over on the Decepticons, as they took from him not the Omega Key, but the device that activated it. And the Key was cranky about being woken up from its nap.

Though he had shot another soldier for daring to contradict him verbally, Megatron probably realized Breakdown's last-ditch maneuver to avoid crashing into [[Omega Supreme (WFC)|Omega Supreme]] against Megatron's orders had saved all their lives, and so did not summarily execute him. Nor was Breakdown shot for his constant whining during the team's cat-and-mouse chase with Omega Supreme through the upper spires of Iacon towards a platform studded with some anti-air guns, which would hopefully give them a chance to fight back against the robot of unusual size. They managed to crack open Omega's armor with the emplacements, causing him to crash, but the behemoth remained on his feet—literally, as he transformed to robot mode to continue the fight. Breakdown continually expressed amazement and frustration at the seeming unstoppability of Omega Supreme, but Megatron's confidence was proven justified, as they sabotaged the means by which the giant had been repairing himself, apparently bringing him down. Seemingly unable to believe it despite having participated in the fight, Breakdown could only note, "Uh... all hail Megatron!" Yet even then, Omega Supreme was not defeated, badly damaged though he was. At that point, however, he was unable to continue repairing himself and his armor was badly damaged, allowing concentrated fire to finally overwhelm him.

Breakdown remained at Megatron's side as he tamed Omega Supreme, gaining access to Cybertron's core and infecting it with Dark Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: War for Cybertron'' - Decepticons (DS)===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}
{{Note|Breakdown is an unlockable character for the Nintendo DS version of ''War for Cybertron''. He can be unlocked by beating Dam 6 in Arena Mode.}}

When Megatron and his Decepticons destroyed a dam they had been using, Breakdown confronted them. Breakdown declared if Megatron could prove to be tougher than he was, then he'd join the Decepticons. Breakdown was eventually defeated, and, true to his word, he joined the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: War for Cybertron (DS)|War for Cybertron - Autobots/Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Fall of Cybertron''===
{{Note|Breakdown does not appear in the campaign of ''Fall of Cybertron'', however he is available in multiplayer.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (console)===
{{Note|Breakdown appears as an Escalation only character. His default ability is the Hover Slam, and the Scatter Blaster as his default weapon.}}
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Transformers Online''===
Breakdown found [[War Rotor]] to be creepy. {{storylink|Transformers Online (2012 video game)|Transformers Online}}

===''Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense''===
Breakdown and the other Decepticons attempted to prevent the Autobots from constructing a [[Pulsar Dish]], which would destroy the [[Energon Drain]] that the Decepticons had built in an asteroid field. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Pulsar Defense}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Enraged that Optimus Prime had defeated Knock Out in combat, Breakdown faced off against the Autobot leader resolved to destroy him. He alternatively shot laser blasts, unleashed energy waves and charged Optimus Prime throughout their battle. He was defeated however, and sent running off. He later returned when Megatron did battle against Optimus, and aided his leader throughout combat. The Decepticons were defeated once more, and ran off again. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

==Toys==
===''Prime''===
{{anchor|Voyager}}
[[File:Primetoy-WarBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|At least when you drop a buttload of cash to import it, you get a good toy.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''War Breakdown''' (Voyager, [[2012]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''AM-12'''
:*''Release date'': [[June 30]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': "[[Zamu#Toys|Zamu]]" Arms Micron

: For unknown reasons, Hasbro chose not to develop a full-size toy of Breakdown for the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' toyline. Instead, it fell to [[TakaraTomy]] to produce their own. Released in the fourth wave of TakaraTomy's version of the ''Prime'' line, "War Breakdown" transforms into a massive armored truck of made-up model. He features a single [[C joint]] bar at the rear of the truck. As part of the line-wide [[Arms Micron]] [[gimmick]], Breakdown has an ''incredible'' number of [[5 mm post]]-holes to attach Arms Microns (or other accessories) to. He comes with his packed-in partner [[Zamu#Prime|Zamu]], who transforms into Breakdown's wrist-mounted hammer (though it actually attaches to the truck mode roof bit which flips up over his wrist, but it's a close enough approximation).

: "War Breakdown" was notionally available for [[Hasbro]] to release in their line, but its production cost reportedly fell into a "no man's land",<ref>http://tformers.com/transformers-sdcc-2012-hasbro-has-no/17901/news.html</ref> stymieing Hasbro's ability to release it at one of their normal price points. The mold would eventually be released by Hasbro in 2020 as a Hasbro Pulse-exclusive item for the U.S. and Canada ([[#10 Year Anniversary|see below]]).

: This mold was differently [[redeco]]ed/[[retool]]ed each time into [[Swerve (Prime)#Toys|Swerve]] and [[Silas#SilasBreakdown|Silas Breakdown]], the latter of which was retooled further into the [[BotCon 2015]] [[Megatron (Movie)/toys#Timelines|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/AMWarBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on War Breakdown at TFU.info]''

::*''[http://higekumatoytoy.blog60.fc2.com/blog-entry-1588.html War Breakdown at Alfes's blog]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy BreakdownCyberverse.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|IT'S... hammer time?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series/Number'': '''2 / 006'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''War Breakdown'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''EZ-14'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 30]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of Series-2 Legion-class ''[[Cyberverse (toyline)|Cyberverse]]'' toys, Breakdown is a tiny, simple toy that turns into an armored car as per usual. He comes with a large triangular-barreled cannon based on his roof-mounted vehicle mode cannon, which has multiple 3 mm posts and holes so it can be combined with other weapons and vehicles.

: As he is a Legion class toy of a bulky, broad-shouldered character, he is really, really, really short even compared to other Legions, let alone his rival [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Cyberverse|Commander-class Bulkhead]].

: This toy was released in Japan, without notable changes, in the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[EZ Collection]]'' toys (the same days as his larger toy above, in the fourth wave of that product line).

: This sculpt was also [[redeco]]ed into [[Fallback (Prime)|Fallback]], who features a recolor of the same weapon, and [[Berserker#MtCWalmart2Pack|''The Last Knight'' Berserker]], who has no weapon at all.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on Cyberverse Legion Breakdown at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, [[November 24]], 2012)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 24]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: This version of "War Breakdown" is cast in an ever-so-slightly darker shade of plastic than his Hasbro counterpart. The silver [[paint operation]]s are also a tad darker, the [[tampograph]]ed Decepticon [[insignia]] on his chest is significantly darker, his spare wheel is painted in glossy rather than flat black, and his regular wheels and upper legs are cast in dark gray rather than black plastic.

: He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with the [[Vehicon (Prime)#EZ6pack|Vehicon]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-ApexArmor-Breakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm still alive?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Apex Hunter Armor with Breakdown''' (Cyberverse Vehicle, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Series/Number'': '''3 / 002'''
:*''Accessories'': Large missile-firing blaster, four missiles, small blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime:]] [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 Cyberverse]] Vehicle playsets, the "[[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Hunter Armor]]" comes with a green redeco of Legion Class Breakdown. He retains the purple blaster accessory.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybApexBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Beast Hunters'' Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-Anniversary-War-Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Scalpers receive double the Breakdowns!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Zamu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the 10th anniversary of ''Prime'', this Breakdown is a re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' figure, sticker sheet and all. He also includes [[Zamu#10 Year Anniversary|Zamu]], his Arms Micron, who still comes as parts on a model kit sprue. There are a number of small differences between the two releases, the most noticeable being the addition of a production number stamp on his right heel, and his sticker sheet uses plastic-matching dark blue rather than dark purple. Other small differences include a lighter shade of dark gray plastic, and a more orange-tinted shade of red paint used for his face.

: War Breakdown is packed with the similarly-previously-TakaraTomy-line-only [[Vehicon (Prime)#10 Year Anniversary|Jet Vehicon]] (oddly just called "Vehicon" despite Breakdown carrying the "War" prefix from the Takara release). This set was exclusive to [[Hasbro Pulse]] in the U.S. and Canada, made available for preorder concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], [[2020]]. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.

: Amusingly, despite being a Voyager-equivalent figure, War Breakdown was designated as part of the Deluxe Class for this release, and the set was priced accordingly. What a bargain!
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===''Construct-Bots''===
[[File:Breakdown Construct-Bots.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Do you wish for Heavy to KILL YOU!? WISH GRANTED!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Breakdown''' (Scout, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Pieces'': 45
:*''Accessories'': Axe
{{toydesigner|[[Andrew Scribner]] (deco artist)}}

: Released in the third wave of ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Scout-class kits, Breakdown comes as a pack of disassembled parts. He is then assembled into a skeleton of sorts, then once his armor is applied, he can transform into a truck and back without disassembly. His various parts are covered in 3 mm bars and 5 mm post-holes to attach weapons to. As all of the first-year ''Construct-Bots'' joints are universal, you can swap parts and combine him with other kits to make some ''interesting'' combinations.

: Breakdown is made up almost entirely of recycled parts from other figures. His vehicle hood, chest armor, and leg armor are all from [[Hound (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Hound]]. His shoulder armor is [[Ironhide (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Ironhide's]] thigh armor, and his feet, thigh armor, forearm armor, and axe are from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#Construct-Bots|Optimus Prime]]. His head is the only unique part of the toy, and it's just a retooling of Hound's with a snarling face being the only change.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CBBreakdown/breakdown.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Breakdown at TFU.info]''
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===''Unite Warriors''===
{{anchor|UniteWarriors}}
[[File:UW-toy BreakdownZombieWar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Breakdown (G1)|Aaand we're back where we started.]]]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Grand Galvatron''' (Multi-pack, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''UW-06'''
:*''Release date'': [[April 30]], 2016
:*''Accessories'': Axe, hand/foot/gun

: ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' "Zombie War Breakdown" is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' Deluxe Class [[Offroad (CW)#Toys|Decepticon Offroad]], transforming into a 4x4 double-cab pickup truck. He includes a [[5 mm post|5 mm handle]] axe weapon (which can form a side-mounted exhaust pipe for truck mode), and a larger accessory that can form a hand or foot for his limb modes or a gun for robot mode, and can also be mounted on a tab in the vehicle mode's truck bed to form a giant engine block.

: As a Deluxe-sized ''Unite Warriors'' figure, Breakdown can form a limb for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Combiner, or become one of [[Godbomber#Legends|''Legends'' Godbomber]]'s legs, although he is nominally part of [[Grand Galvatron#Toys|Grand Galvatron]]. While the front hood/windshields are needed to be folded as kneecaps for his leg mode, the piece also has a tendency to dislodge if he collides with Optimus Prime/Motormaster's and Hot Spot's protruding foot while the legs are being swiveled in his standing position, unless the leg joints are bent down to lessen the problem. Thankfully, he does not have this problem with his normal Combiner team.

: War Breakdown was sold in a [[TakaraTomy Mall]]-[[exclusive]] giftset of Grand Galvatron, along with [[Cyclonus (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Tactician Cyclonus]], [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Unite Warriors|Ghost Starscream]], [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]], and [[Roller (G1)#UW06|Wandering Roller]].
{{CWOffroadMold}}
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===''Legacy''===
[[File:Legacy-United-Breakdown.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I even have space in my chest for Silas!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-mas|'''Prime Universe Breakdown''' / '''Windsweeper''' (Multi-pack, [[2024]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Tarp cover/shield, hammer, blaster, mace
{{toydesigner|[[Mark Maher]] (Hasbro), [[Yūya Ōnishi]] (TakaraTomy)}}<ref>[[March 7]], 2024's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Pkz6oTI7W4 Hasbro Pulse | Transformers 40th Anniversary Fanstream | March 7, 2024] on YouTube, with [[Ben MacCrae]], [[Evan Brooks]] and [[Mark Maher]].</ref>

: ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' "Prime Universe Breakdown" is a new-head [[retool]]ing of his rival, ''Legacy'' [[Bulkhead (Prime)#Legacy|Prime Universe Bulkhead]], transforming into a squished version of a Rába H18 military truck. His vehicle mode has a tarp covering his back bed, which unfolds into a riot shield for robot mode. The tarp does not need to be removed for transformation, but doing so provides additional clearance.

: He comes with the full complement of weapons from the [[Bulkhead (Prime)#WreckNRule|Wreck N' Rule Collection Bulkhead]], with the most Breakdown-appropriate being the hammer that was new to that version of the toy. His mace accessory opens up to wrap around his fist, and his (non-rotating) gatling gun can be mounted on either shoulder via 3 mm peg, making this the first Breakdown toy to meaningfully include his shoulder cannon. Most of these weapons can stow under the tarp in vehicle mode; the hammer and gatling gun can be stored together, or the mace and gatling gun, but not all three. The mold is loaded with [[5 mm post]]-holes so whatever isn't stored can go elsewhere.

: He was only available in a multi-pack with [[Windsweeper#Legacy|Windsweeper]], [[Cleansweep]], and [[Ozone]], as part of the Mayhem Attack Squad-themed "Doom 'n Destruction Collection". These sets were an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] exclusive in the US, with a small number sold through [[Hasbro Pulse]]. This set was revealed and set up for preorder on [[February 29]], [[2024]].

::*''[https://www.instagram.com/p/C44EUIZOHWP/ Designer commentary on the Doom 'n Destruction Collection from Mark Maher on Instagram]''

==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
[[File:TransformersPrime Breakdown happymeal toy.jpg|thumb]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Happy Meal, 2012)
**''McNumber'': '''6'''
:Happy Meal Breakdown is a non-transforming SUV. Rotating the rear-mounted spare tire rotates the roof to reveal a cannon resembling the one he possessed on the show.

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[[File:Breakdown_Prime_McD_Toy.jpg|thumb|Breakdown is now an unofficial SPEEN enthusiast!]]
*'''Breakdown''' (Happy Meal, 2013)
**''McNumber'': '''6'''
:This Happy Meal Breakdown is a non-transforming robot. Equipped with a hammer for each hand, squeezing his legs will cause the upper torso and arms to spin.
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==Notes==
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderBreakdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Hammer this [[Superman]]!]]
*He seems to have been initially planned as a [[Barricade (WFC)|Barricade]] redeco in the ''War for Cybertron'' game, as seen in one concept art,<ref>[https://news.tfw2005.com/2010/05/05/war-for-cybertron-tfw2005-visits-high-moon-studios-gameplay-impressions-169615 TFW2005 visits High Moon Studios]</ref> ultimately he got to have his own distinct model (although his transformation animation echoes that of Barricade with his feet as the front of the car, thrusters on his back).
*Breakdown's model is usable in ''War for Cybertron'' multiplayer as the Racer-type chassis for [[Scout (WFC)|Scout]]-class characters. His parts are also available in ''Fall of Cybertron'', now classified as Saboteur-type components for the [[Infiltrator (FOC)|Infiltrator]] class (although his wheels can also be used by [[Destroyer (FOC)|Destroyers]]).
*While Breakdown's bulky design is largely dissimilar from [[Breakdown (G1)|his G1 counterpart]], his red face and yellow eyes are directly lifted from his G1 toy, which had similarly colored features.
*Promotional blurbs for the episode "[[Deus ex Machina]]" mentioned that [[Lugnut (WFC)|Lugnut]] would be in the episode. Given that Breakdown acts as a rival for Bulkhead in the finished episode—which [[Lugnut (Animated)|''Animated'' Lugnut]] was played up as for [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] in the original ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Cartoon Network]] promotional material—the fandom concluded that Breakdown was meant to be Lugnut at some point in the episode's production. The Hub's [[Mike Vogel]] challenged this notion at [[BotCon 2011]], claiming that Lugnut had been Knock Out's original name, which had been changed because "Lugnut" wasn't "sexy" enough for the character. The ''Prime'' Season 1 Blu-ray commentary, however, corroborated the original theory: Breakdown's place in the show was originally intended to belong to Lugnut, since a loyal Decepticon bruiser was desired, but the show creators wanted a land-based Decepticon instead.
*Breakdown's [[license plate]] in "[[Deus ex Machina]]" is DGOT 441.
*Breakdown's body parts were available to use in the Hub website's [[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]] online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Breakdown parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop. While all the characters in the game are hue-shifted from their normal coloration, Breakdown ended up noticeably less-different than his peers, essentially just having a different face color.
*The bio for the Japanese "War Breakdown" release explicitly ties together his ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|War For Cybertron]]'' and ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' appearances, explaining that he had his physical form upgraded in order to better face Bulkhead.
* Breakdown's appearance in the Kre-O online manga is, like most non-toy robot Kreons, made from preexisting Kre-O parts. He uses Megatron's helmet, the generic wheels on his legs, clip-on smokestacks on his arms, and some sort of apparatus to bulk up his torso.
*According to Adam Baldwin, Breakdown was killed off in ''Transformers: Prime'' due to "budget cuts".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjXXDDpvN6k]</ref>

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, Breakdown has named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''War Mode''' (ウォーモード ''Wō Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Jida, Noji, Zamu
: Breakdown's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Big Scissor]] weapon. Yep! Despite all his other link-points, it's just him using a hand-held weapon. ''Imaginative''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''War Breakdown''' (ウォーブレイクダウン ''Wō Bureikudaun'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Dǎjī''' (China, 打击, "Strike")

==See also==
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|disambig=Breakdown (disambiguation)
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*[[Breakdown (IDW)|Breakdown]], the bulky [[Velocitron]]ian and [[Conjunx Endura]] to [[Knock Out (G1)|Knock Out]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].}}

==References==
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[[Category:Blue Order]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dimension hoppers]]
[[Category:Earth Wars Terrorcons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 combiners]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Legacy Decepticons]]
[[Category:McDonald's exclusives]]
[[Category:Prime Decepticons]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]
[[Category:TakaraTomy Mall exclusives]]
[[Category:Transformers Online Decepticons]]
[[Category:Unite Warriors Decepticons]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game Decepticons]]

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==Galen Witwicky==
Interesting that you think she's an Earthling... --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 20:24, 17 March 2015 (EDT)
:Well, "Galen Witwicky", so I assumed. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 20:38, 17 March 2015 (EDT)
::I'm wagering that this involves a human/Nebulon interspecies relationship! --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 21:43, 17 March 2015 (EDT)

==E-Hobby Starscream==
You guys share links from seibertron but if I want to share it from deviantart, that's bad? I mean the user that published those pages in deviantart is E-Hobby's official user page.(I think).--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 11:36, 19 March 2015 (EDT)
:It's not e-Hobby that's putting those pages on DeviantArt. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:16, 19 March 2015 (EDT)
::Hmm ok then, but still Seibertron is a fan site too, right?--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 12:16, 31 March 2015 (EDT)

==Joke about Legends Arcee==
If my joke offend you or simply not funny, sorry about that. I'm just joking about sexist tendencies of Japanese culture. In fact, most famous and badass woman transformer only doing cook and wipe Rattrap's ass in this comic.—[[User:MWM|MWM]] ([[User talk:MWM|talk]]) 11:01, 21 March 2015 (EDT)
:Don't worry, I'm not angry. I got what you meant with the joke, but it was still iffy, since it's hard for a reader to tell if it's serious or a criticism of the comic. I appreciate that you took the time to uploaded the image! [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:12, 21 March 2015 (EDT)

== 3-D Diorama? ==
Say, where did you find these? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:30, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
:[http://www.tf-base.ru/comics_manga.html] [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 21:32, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
::Thanks![[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:50, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
::Ugh...they're all CBR files my computer can't access. Thanks for the link thought. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:50, 9 April 2015 (EDT)
:::They're just renamed rar files. Change the file extension to .rar and upzip them [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:39, 9 April 2015 (EDT)

== Magmatron ==

Thanks for the back up there. I THOUGHT I remembered it being the standard but didn't want to remove it without checking so I just cleaned up the grammar. Might possibly be put on the page for the toyline itself, but not sure if it is really worth noting.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 16:30, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

== About the Hero Mashers ==

So I guess while you were putting them where they would go, BotCon's official Andromeda's Facebook page went ahead and made it a seperate cluster from anything before. [https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1128571057169997&id=1099425733417863] [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 06:51, 10 May 2015 (EDT)

== Sequel series = splinter timelines? ==

Can you show me where this piece of information comes from? I have never heard of this idea before; doesn't it nullify the entire concept of continuities? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:10, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
:I'm not saying I necessarily agree with this interpretation, but it doesn't nullify continuity. Series A happens, then series B happens as a sequel to A. A is definitely the past of B, but that doesn't mean B is the future of A. We have several instances of this happening, notably the Marvel G1 continuity. G2, A Distant Time & Place, Regeneration One, and Classics are all explicitly sequels to Marvel US G1, but are mutually incompatible. Hell, Beast Wars (the cartoon) was implicitly a sequel to both Marvel US G1 AND the Sunbow Cartoon. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:21, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
::So then the U.S. ''Cybertron'' cartoon is not part of [[Aurex 802.23 Alpha]]? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:23, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
:::It is when it is. The events of the US cartoon are completely relevant -if not fundamental- to the rest of the events on this page. Universal streams are not completely separate timelines. They blend and weave into each other and flow from larger sources, like, you know, '''streams'''. A single cartoon can be part of multiple streams AND its own all at the same time. I swear, people just look at "OOH NUMBERS" and forget the accompanying text that gives context to the numbers, and trip over themselves to be soooooooo clever in splitting up shit. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 13:33, 15 May 2015 (EDT)
::::Well said. And let's be wary of letting the tail wag the dog here. The primary source text should always be, well, primary. Or, in other words, which are you going to believe, your own eyes or something that was published in code in a source book (or in a Japanese Manga with a print run in the hundreds or the like.)--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 13:47, 15 May 2015 (EDT)

== Mandarin Names ==

Hello, thanks for adding information. However, please do change the spelling for Taiwanese Mandarin Name because the spelling in Taiwan is different from the Hanyu Pinyin in China. Thanks. :D --'''[[User:TX55|TX55]]'''''[[User talk:TX55|TALK]]'' 10:17, 24 May 2015 (EDT)

== Universal streams ==

Looks like we're both working on the same parts of the wiki at the same time. I'll take a break, I have homework anyway. Thanks for fixing up my code. I appreciate the help. (Even if I think you're wrong about Zarak.) --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 18:47, 26 June 2015 (EDT)

== List of characters whose dimensional classification is unknown ==

There's also [[Gaiacross]] and his components. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 15:07, 27 June 2015 (EDT)

== Shell Game characters ==

If this wiki now accepts that RID Optimus-redeco [[Defensor (OTFCC)|Defensor]] is [[Viron]], then is it alright to do the same to the other "[[Shell Game]]" universe characters? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 13:36, 29 July 2015 (EDT)

==Regeneration One==

Regeneration One is explicitly a sequel to Marvel G1 continuity and belongs sequentially after it in write-ups. That's how the stories are presented, that's how it was branded, that's how the creators want it, and that's how we've written it up. If you want to rearrange things, make a case on a relevant talk page.--[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 08:44, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
:You're really imperious for somebody who just started editing two months ago. ("How the creators want it"? Do you have personal correspondence with Furman on wiki organization?) None of the pages you've reverted actually contain Marvel US G1, which Regeneration One is a sequel to. You are linking together fiction that has nothing to do with each other in regard to those characters. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:01, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
::Sorry, I didn't realize that my tenure wasn't long enough to disagree with a six-month veteran like yourself. It's bizarre to not acknowledge that ReGeneration One and Marvel UK don't spring from the same tree and put leagues of fiction between them. And, if I'm "imperious," what are you? You're constantly changing around organizational elements with no discussion, based on whatever new scheme you've come up with. For someone whose been here well under a year, you certainly have strong opinions. I at least lurked for a long while to get the culture. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 15:03, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
:::There's a difference between disagreement and acting like the authority on wiki organization and article writeups because apparently you're the only one who lurked. "Organizational elements" have frequently changed based on users' whims; section reorganization isn't anything new and the last major one was done purely by two users without input from others. In regards to MUK and RG1, it's not the job of character pages to establish points of continuity that aren't relevant to the actual subject of the article. The various versions of Jhiaxus have absolutely nothing to do with each other and putting them under one "continuity" is a ridiculous pretense with no benefit. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:26, 11 August 2015 (EDT)
::::Separating RG1 (and Classics) into their own sections would be a major change to a large number of pages and there's been no discussion about it. If you want to do it, there should be talk first so everyone else knows what's going on. [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 21:28, 11 August 2015 (GMT)
::::: And I've asked about it on http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers_Wiki_talk:Community_Portal#Reorganising_Regeneration_One to see what people think. If it's ayes, then it's off to the edits! [[User:Charles RB|Charles RB]] ([[User talk:Charles RB|talk]]) 23:15, 11 August 2015 (GMT)

==Characters with no confirmed universal origin==

Question... have we not specified [[Ramulus|Longhorn (Universe)]] and [[Sunstorm (Universe)]]? Just want to be sure I'm not missing something. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 14:26, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
:No, I just forgot to update. Sorry! [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:27, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
::Thank you, your list is a handy reference.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 14:34, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
Whilst this is being talked about, it's probably worth noting that RTS Strafe hasn't ''reeeaaaally'' had its universe confirmed - it was merged with G1 Strafe for some convoluted reason during the 'AOE Strafe is a counterpart of G1 Strafe' debacle and probably should've been unmerged after all that nonsense was undone. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 16:16, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
:I'm mostly fine with just assuming he's G1 based on context, but I'd send in a question if you want confirmation. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:30, 17 August 2015 (EDT)
Hey, Saix, should ''Universe'' 2003 [[Smokescreen (Cybertron)|Smokescreen (unreleased)]] be on your list as well? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:21, 17 August 2015 (EDT)

== BW Metals manga ==

Do you still have the BW Metals manga scans? The links on the talk page are dead. --[[User:FortMax|FortMax]] ([[User talk:FortMax|talk]]) 16:48, 13 September 2015 (EDT)
:[http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/0t4p8rcK/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/dWpVVb7v/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/ZXqkMXea/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/ch91fgKi/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/M6MwWTaV/file.html], [http://www77.zippyshare.com/v/jCLxuohn/file.html] [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:54, 14 September 2015 (EDT)

==Italics==
Hey, man, saw you unitalicizing [[Ask Vector Prime]]. I don't really care one way or the other, but I seem to see it italicized a lot. Is there a policy or system to this? --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 16:06, 24 September 2015 (EDT)
:AVP isn't a work or a franchise, so it doesn't get italicized. It's something like {{w|Dear Abby}}—a column. Chicago style of editing says columns don't get either quotation marks or italics. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:13, 24 September 2015 (EDT)
::That's fine for me going forward. There's a LOT of AVP where it's in italics though. If you're ever feeling like a quest, rooting them all out might be worth doing. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 16:15, 24 September 2015 (EDT)

==Gong==
Knock it off. It's fine the way it is now. Stop reverting each other. --[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] ([[User talk:Jimsorenson|talk]]) 12:43, 26 September 2015 (EDT)

You were right. I was wrong. Making all the Guardians and Renegades convinced me of that. I apologize to you for my childishness. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 13:01, 26 October 2015 (EDT)
:Not needed, but thank you nonetheless for the apology. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 15:30, 26 October 2015 (EDT)

== Stealth Bomber ==

I see that you put a redlink to [[Stealth Bomber]] on [[Stealth Saber]] and [[Victory Bomber]]'s pages. Did you intend that someone else would pick that redlink up to create a page for Stealth Bomber or did you think that Stealth Bomber didn't merit an individual page? I've wondered about such a thing as we have an individual page for RiD [[Dreadwing (RID)|Dreadwing]] but not for BWII [[Formation Scream]], G2 Megatron+Starscream, and G2 Dreadwing+Smokescreen. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 23:31, 27 October 2015 (EDT)
:I think it warrants a page, hence the link. I was just too lazy to make that page in particular. Formation Scream should also get its own page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 08:57, 28 October 2015 (EDT)

== Disagreements ==

I saw what you wrote on the Community Portal. I can't speak for others but, though we often disagree, I do value your input and perspective. Also, it makes the times we do agree that much more meaningful. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 16:58, 2 November 2015 (EST)
:Speaking of, there's a contentious GoBots issue on Community Portal, should screen captures be included for character pages or not. I would be interested to hear you weigh in. --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 09:07, 3 November 2015 (EST)

== Devisiun ==
I understand you may not like the speculative tone, but was it really necessary to also delete the plausible explanation that the secondary star may be encased in a [[wikipedia:dyson sphere|Dyson sphere]]? After all, the text clearly refer to a double star and one of the celestial body represented seems to produce a lot of light. (Besides having spot the same color than the "single" star of said same picture.) Damn... I was only trying to be thorough and objective. How could I contact Scott online so that the answer would be considered by this wiki? -- [[User:Xunk16|Xunk16]] ([[User talk:Xunk16|talk]]) 06:11, 16 December 2015 (EST)
:I'm not Saix, but to quote the [[Help:Contents|wiki's main help page]]: "Speculation to fill gaps should be minimized, and preferably eliminated entirely." It's fine to note the inconsistency, but an extended account of possible explanations is unnecessary. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 06:46, 16 December 2015 (EST)
:Understood. Thanks, I'll sleep better now. But I'm still going to run a Tranformers RPG campaign and feel that this question may deserve an answer. So the second part of my inquiry remains. Since I will try to ask, where and how such a thing should be done so that the information could validly be forwarded on this wiki? [[User:Xunk16|Xunk16]] ([[User talk:Xunk16|talk]]) 07:04, 16 December 2015 (EST)
::Scott has Twitter and Tumblr accounts you can engage her on. But, honestly? You're looking for complexity where there isn't any. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:08, 16 December 2015 (EST)
:::I have to agree. Most casual sci-fi fans don't know what Dyson spheres are, and the concept has never featured in ''Transformers'', as far as I'm aware. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 09:15, 16 December 2015 (EST)

== Your JG1 timeline list ==

Hey, that list on your user page is awesome and really helpful. Though, the Prime AM-28 Leo Prime bio also contains some JG1 info, set post-BWN before he jumps over to Uniend (or over to Gargent, then Nexus, then finally Uniend, as claimed by AVP, but I digress). --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 13:36, 18 December 2015 (EST)
:Thanks for the reminder. I mostly constructed it so I would have something to check when organizating fiction sections. Let me know if I'm missing anything else. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:31, 18 December 2015 (EST)
::Will do. EDIT: Tale of the Pretenders is missing. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 14:53, 18 December 2015 (EST)
:The G1 GoBots thing might or might not come before Car Robots in a present day sense as the Spychangers came from the future anyway, so the GoBots bio would simply have to come before whatever point in time the Spychangers traveled back in time from. Though, given how things like Binaltech, RobotMasters, and Kiss Players all take place in the timeline at points contemporary to their releases in the real world, perhaps the G1 GoBots bio does as well, taking place somewhere in 2004 (in hindsight, I wish I had asked Sakamoto about this).
:On a different note, the bios for e-HOBBY New Years Lambor and Alert are missing, which should probably go after G-2 but before the two post-G-2 e-HOBBY manga. Also the bio for Magnificus and Ga'mede and the bio for Generations Magnificus, the latter of which would go prior to Badlands, while the former... somewhere years earlier (not sure where, though). And the bios for e-HOBBY Crosscut and Road Rage, which would most likely go after the Super Spychangers but before Binaltech. Any other missing e-HOBBY bios can be found [http://www.e-hobbymagazine.com/category/english/museun_en here] (barring those that lack links, that is). --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:19, 22 April 2016 (EDT)

== Italics in establishment names ==

From what I've researched, I have to agree that establishment names aren't capitalized. However, that's how [[The Blue Deployer]] is rendered in the ''TransTech'' text stories. Think that's worth noting under "Errors"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:16, 19 December 2015 (EST)
:I guess. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:17, 19 December 2015 (EST)

== Just to avoid any edit wars over pastel horses... ==
I understand that the captions are about humor over anything else, but maybe the caption should at least be a ''little'' less confrontational in tone? I'm not against humor in the article itself, but that opening caption's not exactly ''good'' humor. It's more mean-spirited than simple jokeyness that this wiki thrives upon; so I decided that a joke about Bumblebee's kid-appeal nature (and thus perceptiveness to what's popular with kids) would be a bit less potentially divisive overall, and less likely to appear mean-spirited.

I expect that sort of tone in the articles for stuff like B.O.T, The Beast or Kiss Players, the really awful, terrible stuff we ''have'' to rip into pieces because of how bad they are, not an article on My Little Pony. It's kind of like opening, say, a Soundwave article by poking fun at his speech with a disabled joke in his first image caption because of his speech pattern; it's ''easy'' and can get a few laughs, but overall it's just not worth it because not everyone will find such jokes to be really funny. And above all else, I'd like to think that we as a community are above those sorts of cheap jokes just for a few laughs.

Not trying to come off as indignant here, honest. I'm just wondering if maybe the caption joke isn't really good in any capacity. And if a caption isn't funny, then really, we shouldn't defend it just because of longevity. We obviously need the funny to stay, but to ignore potentially valid points just for the sake of a joke seems...well, kind of odd for this Wiki. We're jokey, but nowhere unappropriate have I seen the wiki's captions actually being ''that'' harsh towards a subject.

It's also a jarring shift in tone to go from "Only the dead can know peace from this evil" as an opening caption to "Don't go looking for the Tooth Fairy without it!" as the next caption down the page. They're both aiming for humor, but one's more "Ha-ha look at this silly situation!" and the other is more "Ha-ha let's make a "ponies are evil" joke because it's teh funnies!".

Again, not wanting to look entitled; but I'm curious about why the edit was reverted so quickly. [[User:MaximalBroadjaw|MaximalBroadjaw]] ([[User talk:MaximalBroadjaw|talk]]) 00:48, 27 December 2015 (EST)

== SPOILERS ==

Please remember to use the Spoiler warning template when adding new material. I just stumbled across information you added to [[Lio Convoy]] about [[Sunrise]] before I had a chance to read it. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 08:56, 8 January 2016 (EST)
:I apologize. I'll try to remember not to do that again. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:08, 8 January 2016 (EST)

== Moving images ==

Sorry about that. I thought it was a more efficient use of space to align the tops of the images with the headers. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:55, 12 January 2016 (EST)

==About Grimlock==
They're both from Viron universes, and both technically part of the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001 franchise)|2001 Robots in Disguise]] continuity.
Someone could be all like, "Wait, I though RID's Grimlock was a big green backhoe. Who's this Dinosaur?"
Imagine if there were two Optimus Primes in one continuity, even if they looked completely different, would it not be within reason to distinct the two from one another?{{unsigned|PsychoShark}}
:Your hypothetical is ridiculous. Explain to me the process in which this situation would arise. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 19:01, 25 January 2016 (EST)
:Plus the disambig link at the top already exists. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 19:05, 25 January 2016 (EST)

While going through my talk page, I noticed that PsychoShark mentioned that the [http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Grimlock_(Dinobots)&diff=next&oldid=1048629 note] he added to [[Grimlock (Dinobots)]] was based on a similar note from [[Slapper (Dinobots)]]. Seeing as how we've deemed the other one unnecessary, I thought you might want to remove the one on Slapper's page. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 07:44, 7 February 2016 (EST)

== Universal origins list ==

If it's of interest to you for your user page list, I've seen that [[Nitpick]], [[Comet]], [[Beamer (G1)|Beamer]], [[NightViper]], [[Kickstart]], [[Heavyfoot]], [[Ironclad]], [[Fastbreak]], [[Aston]], [[Miss-Q]], "[[Kamen Rider Amazon]]", [[Time Limit]], [[Clutch (GoBots)|Clutch]], and [[Warpath (GoBots)|Warpath]] all have indeterminate cluster origin, albeit that they're all intentionally ambiguous and/or their origins are unlikely to ever be revisited. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 22:57, 27 January 2016 (EST)

== eptitle ==

With screencaps for episodes whose titles have been disambiguated, you can use the "eptitle" parameter to set the text of the link different from the actual link. For example, with [[Volcano (episode)]] from RID, you would put

'''<nowiki>{{RID2001cap|description.|Volcano (episode)|</nowiki>1|eptitle=Volcano}}'''.

Then, the link will show up like this:
[[Volcano (episode)|Volcano]]

Nice work on all that cleanup, by the way. Cheers! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 20:33, 1 March 2016 (EST)

== Dinosaurs ==

Okay, examples to try and clarify:
*火星 means "Mars". The kanji, treated separately, are literally rendered as "Fire Planet", but still plainly mean "Mars". It's not just being used to "refer" to Mars, it's straight up the name the Japanese give to the celestial body the English call "Mars".
*固定電話 means "Landline Phone". The kanji, treated separately, render as "Hard-determined Electricity-talker".

As demonstrated in the dictionary entries I posted, Japanese dictionaries ''dont'' give readers the symbolic runaround that the Dinoforce pages were using -- they simply treat "Gairyuu" as the word for an Ankylosaurus. I suppose I may be being somewhat oversensitive, but choosing to render Japanese words in a symbolic breakdown like that, contrary to how it's intended to be interpreted, feels a lot like refusing to acknowledge that it even ''has'' words for these concepts, and feels kind of Tarzanesque? I don't feel it's removing information, since to a Japanese speaker, Gairyuu doesn't ''mean'' "Armored Dragon" -- it means Ankylosaurus, just like to an English speaker (or Greek, if you want), Ankylosaurus doesn't "fused lizard", it means a type of dinosaur with an armored back and club tail --fused lizard is just the root of the name.

In addition, while many Japanese names for Dinosaur use "ryuu" in a similar manner to how English uses "saur", "ryuu" itself does not mean dinosaur, nor are dinosaur called "ryuu" -- as with English, they are instead called "恐竜", or "Ferocious dragon". I mean, "-saur" would be a workable translation of "ryuu", no complaints, but as in English "saur" is used to refer to more than just dinosaurs (e.g. Pterosaurs, Plesiosaurs, etc.) And in fact, Pterosaurs and Plesiosaurs include 竜 in their Japanese rendering.

I definitely see the value in retaining the kanji meanings here, especially if that's a thing we're going to be doing with characters like Triceradon, too. But I think we should make it clear that those are the ''root'' of the names, rather than treating the Japanese names as if they don't have specific direct meanings that a Japanese speaker would recognize.[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] ([[User talk:KrytenKoro|talk]]) 01:11, 2 March 2016 (EST)

== Image of Comet ==

I see that you have uploaded good quality images from almost every Club story PDF. Is there any reason you haven't got the one of dead [[Comet]] in "[[Withered Hope]]"? [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 16:58, 15 March 2016 (EDT)

==Other Decepticons==
Why can't you just leave that link in, it works perfectly well, and dont forget they also are alchemor inmates. I dont see the problem with just having that there. - Junkheap117
:Stop fucking obsessing over this. They are not actual characters, and your overall antics are exhausting my patience. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:57, 21 March 2016 (EDT)

== Blackarachnia talk page ==

I understand talk pages are not chat rooms. The reason I posted that was because the article itself seems to question why the chest is transparent, so I thought that might explain it. I didn't just go and edit the page because I knew it would be undone. [[User:Avalanche|Avalanche]] ([[User talk:Avalanche|talk]]) 21:03, 10 April 2016 (EDT)

== Being last seen ==

Here's my take, for what it's worth. A ''good'' write-up is not a list of things that happened one after the other. A good write-up is a story unto itself. It is the story of that character, and it should read as "complete". And when the cartoon or comic adventures of that character stops abruptly - when a character's final appearance is as a face in a crowd and they receive no personal "finale" - then it's the job of the write-up to note that they "were last seen"/"last appeared"/"made their final recorded appearance", etc, to bring that write-up's "story" to its end, instead of, essentially, just stopping in what reads as mid-story. The complete BWII write-up of the Autorollers just stops mid-story. It does not read as complete. At best, a reader's reaction is "Oh, huh, I guess that's it, then," instead of knowing that they are reading an end - but really, an less-informed reader has no reason to assume there isn't more just because there's isn't a stub saying so. We don't always have stubs! There shouldn't be any expectation on the reader to know that storylinked title is the final episode, if it even is. The write-up needs to say this is "the end" for that character. Yes, they return for a cameo in BWN, but that's a separate header. The were "last seen" during the battle on Gaea in that moment. It's no more "out of universe" than describing art or writing errors as "anomalous accounts" or "erroneous reports" is. I'm not getting into an edit war or even fighting to make this change; I'm just saying, it's pretty standard "handbook" write-up terminology, how I write mine, and how I will continue to write them. - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] ([[User talk:Chris McFeely|talk]]) 17:05, 25 April 2016 (EDT)

== Hey ==

Here's some more BotCon Diamond bios: http://postimg.org/gallery/7wuis1oc/27b9edf7/ [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 13:15, 1 June 2016 (EDT)
:Cool, thanks. I'll have a look when I get home. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:37, 1 June 2016 (EDT)

== Can you identify anyone else? ==

So regarding the new in-development Transformers Online, I stumbled across a trailer of some characters and skills in action. Right now, I can only make out Jazz, Bumblebee, and probably Swindle. Can you tell if the rest of the transformers in this video resemble any other character? Thanks! --[[User:The Seeker|The Seeker]] ([[User talk:The Seeker|talk]]) 19:01, 2 August 2016 (EDT)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qFTeBn-BS8

== Dinobot (RID) article ==

the dinobot were reference in prime season 3 were they not? RID 2015 is the sequel to prime is it not. so why are not adding prime to that page. Yes they were only reference. but still though wouldn't it make more sense for that cartoon in that dinobot section. i mean are more a sequel to the game when you stop to think about it. Also there is no evidence supporting the fact were referring to the fall of cybertron version of the dinobots.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 04:29, 12 August 2016 (EDT)
:At the time that Miko and Bulkhead made that reference, the RID Dinobot subspecies didn't even exist yet. There was no way that the Prime cartoon was referencing something that never existed at the time that it made the reference. The FOC Dinobots, however, did exist, and were part of an active attempt to better unify the Aligned media between the games, the tie-in comics, and the Prime cartoon. Miko's and Bulkhead's Dinobots reference only makes sense in regards to the FOC Dinobots since they were only Aligned Dinobots that existed at the time the reference was made. What you're asking is for us to declare Miko's and Bulkhead's reference as having been retconned into referring to a subspecies that would not come into existence until later on, yet there has been no official media that has made such a retcon. We as fans have ZERO authority on such matters and are not going to start declaring our own unofficial retcons for virtually no other reason than "because we want to", as you seem to want us to do. Besides, Bulkhead's referring to Dinobots as something "Totally different" from how the Predacons were like a natural Cybertronian dinosaur species makes no sense in regards to the RID Dinobots, since the RID Dinobots for all intents and purposes do very much seem to be like a natural Cybertronian dinosaur species while the FOC Dinobots were an artificially-created subgroup that very much does make them totally different from a natural Cybertronian dinosaur species. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 11:19, 12 August 2016 (EDT)

== [[Roboid]] [[Nook]] ==

Isn't it generally TFWiki's practice to ''point out'' Easter eggs, homages, and the like? --[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 05:10, 3 September 2016 (EDT)

== Regarding TFO edits ==

Saix, I know there is currently no official parameter and that it's not within the wiki's obligation to decide upon an arbitrary translation, but some of the transliterations, even by Chinese (BOTH Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese) standards, are just flat out nonsensical and frivolous. I hope you understand that there are multiple ways (via synonyms) to translate the hanzi, and I can speak from experience behind the screen as a bilingual Mandarin-English speaker, and as a professor's teaching assistant in Elementary Chinese irl. [[User:The Seeker|The Seeker]] ([[User talk:The Seeker|talk]]) 10:50, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
:By transliteration, I assume you actually mean translation? I realize there is leeway in translation to convey the same idea in a different language, but some of your translations were still questionable and played too loose with the meaning of the hanzi, in my opinion. Take 命运之殇 in particular—I don't understand how you derived "war" out of it, unless you were going by Google translate, when it's a straightforward name based on the certain death it supposedly doles out (as opposed to "Destiny's War", which means absolutely nothing). Or how you got "Laser Wrench" from F型扳手. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:16, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
I didn't use Google Translate. I consulted with native speaking relatives and peers and utilized Systransoft.com as well as MDBG, which I find for both to be more adequate. Bluestreak's sniper rifle, from the hanzi I recognize, can have synonymous possibilities. Certainly, "Destiny" can be interchanged with "Fate", altho I will admit, the second half of the title can be considered as: "war casualty" or "death" in general. For the second example, there's clearly no resemblance to an actual F-Type Wrench whatsoever, so I find even calling that weapon an "F-Type" in practicality to be redundant. (I've been a workshop assistant for a good year or so, so I've been familiar enough with tools in the shed.) If anything, Wheeljack's Melee weapon is identified as a Pipe Wrench, so shame on Tencent for the misleading name. [[User:The Seeker|The Seeker]] ([[User talk:The Seeker|talk]]) 15:19, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
:A wiki is not the place for creative "translations" that basically are localizations. If the name is literally "F-type Wrench", then it's F-type Wrench, regardless of how much you think it makes sense. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:39, 14 September 2016 (EDT)

== Deluge ==

first of all, i know the story has deluge as both, but in most universe, he's and his decepticon counterpart are there own individual. i was trying to make that clear to the people reading that story, but you thought i was too stupid to realize that, i mean yes the blackout thing was stupid on my part. but seriously you could have easily edited it to say that this Deluge is a amalgam of both version.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 21:29, 28 December 2016 (EST)

== Missed the joke ==
While I appreciate the effort to correct errors on the page bearing my name ([[Mark Baker-Wright]]), it should be noted that the word "misspelled" was misspelled (as "mispelled") on purpose....--[[User:G.B. Blackrock|G.B. Blackrock]] ([[User talk:G.B. Blackrock|talk]]) 18:21, 13 January 2017 (EST) (sorry to get to this so late. I actually don't go around looking at my own page that often)
:Ah, I was using an automated tool that does automatic corrections and wasn't really reading that closely. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:05, 13 January 2017 (EST)

==Model Numbers==
hey, i saw that you undid some of my edits for adding model numbers back into these wiki pages (apologies if i did it wrong!) - but how can we get these reinstated? that information is very useful, and should be on each of the main collection pages...

== Godbomber revision? ==

Why was my info deleted on the godbomber page? - [[User:Asda|Asda]] ([[User talk:Asda|talk]]) 11:28, 28 September 2017 (EDT)

== Don't revert my notes man ==

It's not needless my friend, it's just extra information that many Transformers fans I know would be happy to find on here. Please don't revert people's notes, even if you feel that it's "needless". If anything, I'm '''adding''' notes, not pruning them. Smh.
: Please stop adding notes. They're not good notes. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 23:57, 1 January 2018 (EST)
::"Pruning" was what I was doing, and we are not obligated to store every passing thought you have. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 00:05, 2 January 2018 (EST)

== Run For Our Lives ==

Like you, my first instinct when I created the article was to use lower case for "for", as is grammatically correct, but the official title actually leaves it capitalized (see [https://www.go90.com/videos/37rr2B0WBM6 here]). By comparison, other TR episode titles that have conjunctions or articles choose to use lower case as normal ("Aftermath and Rebirth", "At the Last Second", etc.), so the capitalization of For stands out by comparison. Thus, technically, the title was more accurate as it was. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 12:35, 2 January 2018 (EST)
:I don't consider websites to be particularly authoritative in capitalization, especially when the actual "official title" in the episode itself is "RUN FOR OUR LIVES". People rarely remember every rule about how to capitalize titles, and we don't need to drive ourselves crazy accounting for every mistake some website has in rendering them. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:48, 2 January 2018 (EST)

== SG Fistfight, Insecticons ==

Why did you remove the note about SG Fistfight's deco? Do you dispute that it's true, that it's verifiable, or that it's noteworthy?

It's true that he's orange and black, as verified by [[Transhuman]]. As for it being noteworthy, ''This character has no official visual representation whatsoever... yet, at least'', so shouldn't we at least mention what we know about his physical appearance?

As for his sharing Tyrannitron's deco, G1 Fistfight and Tyrannitron were Action Master partners of opposing factions, just like Skyfall and Banzai-Tron were Action Masters of opposing factions (so SG Skyfall got G1 Banzai-Tron's deco), the Technobots and Terrorcons were combiners of opposing factions (so the SG teams swapped decos), etc. Moreover, G1 Fistfight and Tyrannitron were partnered with Shockwave and a Dinobot, respectively, further emphasizing a rivalry for SG to flip around.

If you look at almost any SG character's article, we typically note what inspired or seems to have inspired that character's deco, even if it is unconfirmed.

Speaking of unconfirmed, why does everyone insist that ''Generation 1 Zaptrap was officially repurposed as Shattered Glass Shrapnel'' if his only appearance colors him like someone else? i'd appreciate your comments [[File_talk:Insecticons_SG.jpg|here]], please.

--[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 04:50, 14 January 2018 (EST)

== Crossformers/Pretenders ==

I get that Japan never identified the Crossformers (or the Dinoforce) as Pretenders, but the TransTech story "Gone Too Far" does refer to Black Shadow as both a Crossformer and a Pretender, with Hubcap referring to him as "some kind of ''Pretender''!", Jackpot asking "Who ever heard of a Pretender with a ''robotic'' shell? I hate this universe!", and the narration reading "He had hoped that the Pretender’s focus would be split between controlling both the shell and his own body." Granted, all three of these could arguably be just from the perspective of those two Autobots, using a term that's familiar to them to refer to a kind of Transformer they've never encountered before, but I figured it was at least worth pointing out. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 17:04, 19 January 2018 (EST)

== Hi! Cylas here. ==

Are you just following me and undoing my (admittedly) "sub-par" edits? Also, if/when you do, could you give a reason? And your comments sometimes hurt my feelings. -[[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User Talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 6:54 PM (MST)

And for your information, Aligned is, according to this wiki, a continuity family. It doesn't have an official name, but go to the family's [[Aligned continuity family|page]] and see for yourself everything that it encompasses. The Covenant of Primus and the Novels and Prime and Robots in Disguise and Rescue Bots and War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron. [[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 00:11, 6 April 2018 (EDT)
*Edit: I should have actually read the article before I wrote that comment. Yes, the Aligned family has some inconsistencies. Yes, it can be interpreted as several similar universes that don't necessarily line up. But Aligned is still a continuity family, and the inconsistencies are worth noting.
**Edit to the edit: Forgot to sign. [[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 00:19, 6 April 2018 (EDT)
:Okay Saix. I can handle the Novel trilogy as not being in the same universe as Prime. But RID is a ''direct sequel'' to Prime. Okay, maybe my thing with Thunderhoof wasn't good. But that doesn't change the fact that Prime and RID are in the same universe. -[[User:Cylasbreakdown|Cylasbreakdown]] ([[User talk:Cylasbreakdown|talk]]) 18:35, 9 May 2018 (EDT)

== Stop undoing my edits ==

You are just removing everything I post at this point, most of them without even stating why. Stop it. This isn't your website. I have just as much right to contribute as you. And I'm allowed to make jokes: rule 1 of this wiki: the funny stays. If you keep doing this, I'm taking it to the moderators.
* Edit: Leave my posts alone. Anything you delete, I'm just going to put back. I've had enough of you trying to bully me off this site. And from the look of this page I'm not the only one.

== Legends chapter 53 ==

I think that the in the top right panel of page 2, the guys protecting Dinobot, Tigatron, and Cheetor are ''Device Label'' Grimlock, ''Prime'' Arcee, and ''Disney Label'' Mickey Mouse. Also Maybe Diabattles with Rhinox? Also possibly Cybertron Optimus in supermode sticking his feet in right above Windblade. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 19:19, 9 August 2018 (EDT)

== Chinese names ==
Hello,I'm user IDWchromedome.These Chinese names(okay,most) really come from hasbro officials,I admit a few are not,I will be careful later.I have a Chinese Dreamwave Illustrations book.This book is officially licensed by Hasbro,most are written according to that book.and I'm Chinese.As you can see,My English level is very bad,So I don't know you can understand what I'm saying.I hope you can understand,if I offended you,I'm sorry.

== M'Ress ==

I'd just like to take this moment to explicitly thank you for [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=M%27Ress&diff=1288196&oldid=1288175 fixing] my glaring omission from M'Ress's introduction. I don't know how such a mistake escaped my notice. --[[User:Andrusi|Andrusi]] ([[User talk:Andrusi|talk]]) 10:10, 27 September 2018 (EDT)

== Could you move all the info for Cyberverse McDonalds to G1 ==

I didn't know the McDonalds toys were G1 not Cyberverse. Could you move all those McDonalds entries from the Cyberverse pages to G1 pages then? Be sure to edit any pictures and the fast food promotion and McDonalds page as well. Or you can just wait until later where I'll probably do it, I dunno. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:41, 13 October 2018 (EDT)

== Why remove the new section in Twelve-of-Twelve? ==

Just wondering why you'd change it. In character synopsis articles we usually break up the character's history into smaller sections. In this case, literal millions of years have passed between the Lost Light's adventures in the Functionist universe and the arrival of Council-controlled Primus in the main universe. If anything necessitates the addition of a new section, it's this. Is the article just not long enough to be split up? Or is there some other reason?

Also, I'd like to bring your attention to my questions on the [[Talk:Functionist Council|Functionist Council talk page]]. Is it okay to copy-paste that same paragraph in the other members' articles? [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 13:54, 17 October 2018 (EDT)
:Because we don't "usually" do that; only in long IDW subartciles, which Twelve isn't. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:08, 17 October 2018 (EDT)
::Okay, that's what I thought. What about my second question? [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 14:48, 17 October 2018 (EDT)
==Why did you change the acid storm (Cyberverse) page==
the discussion agree that till thing are sorted out we try gender-neutral pronoun (Like what Simon Furman did). yes there was the episode but that could have been a script error.--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 17:26, 29 October 2018 (EDT)

== Legal drinking age ==

Nope. Wyoming did not raise its drinking age until 1 July 1988 while Louisiana had raised its but had enacted a loophole that basically left the age at 18. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 07:59, 23 April 2019 (EDT)

== BW Megatron edits ==

Hi, I'd just like to apologize for overfixating on sneaking in complaints about Masterpiece Megatron's Japanese voicebox. I made the mistake of thinking that the wiki's informal tone gives people leave to treat it like a TV Tropes YMMV page, and I based most of those edits on YouTube comments that I saw that affirmed my own opinion at the time (that is, that the Japanese voice box drives the price up merely to affirm that the toy represents a wackier and less threatening version of the character that is absolutely not my literal David Kaye-voiced husbando).

I should absolutely find other things to edit, to focus on useful information (such as poseability, objective comparisons between figures, etc.) rather than using the wiki to vent my salt boner. (As for my previous opinion, I'm starting to realize that Chiba's voice clips probably didn't inflate Megs' price ''that'' much, since MP Dinobot comes with no sound gimmick and is nearly as expensive.) --[[User:Samus Aran|Samus Aran]] ([[User talk:Samus Aran|talk]]) 00:36, 23 May 2019 (EDT)

== RBA and Prime Hot Shot ==

Hey, OK sorry if I made that change, but the new Hot Shot is small and young (maybe one of the cybertronians born after the core's rebirth. So, please, he's obviously a separate character from Prime Hot Shot.
[[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]) 17:57, 03 June 2019
: He's not for our categorization purposes. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:22, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
::Oh really? Aren't also Grimlock, Sideswipe and Whirl for your categorization purposes? [[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]) 08:42, 04 June 2019
:::We have official material that states those three are entirely different characters from the ones that appeared in WFC/Prime. Just think of Hot Shot's Prime design as a different "version" of the same character, like G1 Megatron in the comics versus G1 Megatron in the cartoon. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 09:28, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
::::I agree with RoboWarrior. Hot Shot and Whirl are almost identical situations of pre-existing veteran Wreckers being distinct from new recruits in Rescue Bots Academy. And the original decisions to split Grimlock, Sideswipe, and Kickback were not based on word from "official material". Not sure where you got that from. --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 09:38, 4 June 2019 (EDT)
Please hash it out on [[Talk:Hot Shot (Prime)]]. My issue was that somebody came out of nowhere and split a page. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:52, 4 June 2019 (EDT)

== Transmutate (character) to Transmutate (G1) ==

Thanks for catching that one. Given how rarely non-characters have franchise tag disambiguations as opposed to "story", "episode", "polity", etc., I felt that we were more likely doing a disservice to our users by insisting on not giving Paddles the (G1) disambig. I hadn't even noticed that the same situation applied to Transmutate. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 11:47, 13 September 2019 (EDT)

==Transformers references==

I was looking for someone to ask: when is something a reference, then? I was operating under the impression that something like, say, ''Cyberverse'' Shockwave threatens to take over the Decepticons when nearly every cartoon version of the character has been a staunch loyalist (except for ''Energon'' Shockblast) would be surprising to people who don't know about the character's comic history.

== Solid Snake and Simon Belmont ==

I was going to add a note about Snake and Simon ending up in another fighting game together, but stopped after seeing the edit history. You stated that "Now that it's not a unique thing, it's not worth noting." To my understanding, they're the only two characters who have articles on this wiki that ended up in ''Smash Bros.'', especially since they both ended up in the same game. What is it about this that makes it not unique or unnoteworthy as trivia? I'm not necessarily against the decision, but am curious about the reason. --[[User:King Starscream|King Starscream]] ([[User talk:King Starscream|talk]]) 16:01, 8 October 2019 (EDT)
:[[Ryu]], [[Ken Masters|Ken]] and [[Inkling]] are playable in Smash too. And [[Bomberman]] is an assist trophy. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:09, 8 October 2019 (EDT)
::That and it's not really a trivia point relevant to ''Transformers''. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:44, 8 October 2019 (EDT)

== Super Megatron notes ==

Stuck on mobile right now, so I cant really do it myself, but, several notes:

1. I think the "native humanoids" are younger versions of White Leo and White Lune

2. The "Omega Sentinel"'s details match up more with Titans Return Astrotrain more than Energon Omega's mold [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 09:32, 8 April 2020 (EDT)
:Thanks for catching the Astrotrain thing. I'm waiting till the comic confirms that the cat people are Beastformers, because the details don't match up just yet. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:00, 8 April 2020 (EDT)
::One more thing; should the Frenzy/Rumble mold just go on Frenzy's page, seeing as it's almost certainly not JG1 Frenzy, and that he's based more on the toy than the animation model? [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 16:15, 8 April 2020 (EDT)
:::I approached it from the Japanese perspective, so I just put him on the page with blue cartoon guy, but I suppose it doesn't really matter where. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:26, 8 April 2020 (EDT)

== About official Chinese release ==

Excuse me. 黑狗队/HēiGǒuDuì was a translated Chinese name and in an official Chinese release of the comic. So...can it be added?

== Why shouldn’t I blank out the talk page on my own profile? ==

The entire thing was nothing but condescension from jerks. I took their points to heart a long time ago, and I was tired of looking at them. {{unsigned|Phil Bond}} 02:25, 1 September 2020 (EDT)
:It's [[Transformers Wiki:User page#User page etiquette|against site policy]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 03:12, 1 September 2020 (EDT)

== Kudos on the cleanup ==

You da Cybertronian on the BWII cleanup! --[[User:Lonegamer78|Lonegamer78]] ([[User talk:Lonegamer78|talk]]) 17:44, 11 September 2020 (EDT)

== New jokes, not edited ones. ==

Just for the record, I didn't edit an existing joke. I edited my OWN joke that was new to begin with. There was nothing there to begin with.
In fact, I'd say Mirage's page was shockingly absent of captions for such an iconic, long-standing character really. [[User:MirageX|MirageX]] ([[User talk:MirageX|talk]]) 18:31, 22 October 2020 (EDT)
:Check the message. It says not to add more jokes if you haven't already been contributing actual content to the wiki. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:42, 22 October 2020 (EDT)
Check Mirage's page now. I've written up a partial stub of his WFC Siege storyline. I intend to finish it once I watch the rest of the episodes tonight, possibly tomorrow. It's not the easiest thing to watch, but I'll do it if it means contributing so I'm not chastised for adding missing captions. [[User:MirageX|MirageX]] ([[User talk:MirageX|talk]]) 19:50, 22 October 2020 (EDT)
:Look, are you making contributions because you want to actually improve the wiki, or are you only doing it so you have an excuse to add captions? Because like was said on your talk page, the site is meant to be informative first and funny second. If the real reason you're here is just so you can add jokes, you're probably better off going elsewhere. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:28, 22 October 2020 (EDT)

== A request ==

Hey, would you be able to help me out in figuring out what the Japanese names of the Great Transformation are? When Optimus mentions it in Episode 26's Japanese dub, I can hear him say 素晴らしい変化 (''subarashī henka''), which makes sense. But in Episode 1's Japanese dub, I can't tell exactly what the Oracle is saying due to its voice being so echo-y. I can hear the second part of the name as トランスフォーム (''toransufōmu''), but I can't quite make out what the first part is. [https://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm2216607 Here's a video] containing the scene in question, with the specific line of dialogue being around the 5:25 mark. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 09:41, 26 October 2020 (EDT)
:I am not good at listening to spoken Japanese, so I'm not of much help. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 13:43, 26 October 2020 (EDT)
::Thanks anyway. --[[User:Sabrblade|Sabrblade]] ([[User talk:Sabrblade|talk]]) 14:32, 26 October 2020 (EDT)

== Can you please tell me the source? ==

I could not find the source that [[Bonecrusher (BW)|Bone Crusher]] was sold under the name Bone Crush (ボーンクラッシュ) when it was imported to Japan.
Can you please tell me the source?
--[[User:CATBBA|CATBBA]] ([[User talk:CATBBA|talk]]) 14:05, 4 December 2020 (EST)
:[https://twitter.com/syncson/status/1200028057051910146 This tweet] has an advertisement that lists the names. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:09, 4 December 2020 (EST)
::Thank you. However, this is not an official product list, but an advertisement created by the dealers themselves. It may not be the official name.　It seems to me that the names were deliberately changed or misspelled to reduce the number of characters, especially with respect to the Bone Crusher. Also, I don't know what the standard is for names in the Beast Wars Universe or Transformers Generations to be no good and for names in the Beast Wars Perfect Book to be okay.--[[User:CATBBA|CATBBA]] ([[User talk:CATBBA|talk]]) 14:39, 4 December 2020 (EST)
:::I can't find pictures of the Takara stickers for Bonecrush/Bonecrusher, so this is the best we have to go on. In regards to Perfect Book, the difference is that it is placing the characters in a Japanese context and giving us original fictional details as opposed to Beast Wars Universe and Beast Generations, which are just describing Hasbro product. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:31, 4 December 2020 (EST)
::::Although it seems Perfect Book is also just describing Hasbro product, the different names given to the McDonald's toys are worth noting. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 19:08, 4 December 2020 (EST)

== reason for revert? ==

i addressed the errors on the Lightspeed and Nosecone disambiguation pages, and explained them in my [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Lightspeed_%28disambiguation%29&diff=1471508&oldid=1471462 edit] [https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Nosecone_%28disambiguation%29&diff=1471507&oldid=1471463 summaries.] Why did you revert to the incorrect versions?

[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 00:11, 26 December 2020 (EST)

== Fixing links ==

While I appreciate your efforts changing links, I just put in requests for Teletraan-X to do it. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 23:40, 4 January 2021 (EST)

== United EX names ==

There's a couple of guys who don't have their United EX names in Katakana: I think Detritus, Roadblock, Grindcore, Gravedigger, and Clouder are all the ones that need it. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:02, 10 January 2021 (EST)
: (Also, Von Rani and Krieger need their names from Binaltech). [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:06, 10 January 2021 (EST)
::Added. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 18:30, 10 January 2021 (EST)
::: Thanks. Also, for whatever reason, RID 15 Sideswipe is missing his Japanese name. I assume it's Sideswipe still, but just in case. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 18:34, 10 January 2021 (EST)
:::: Got another group: the guys who get named in Solar Requiem. Presumably, it's those who get named in English as well. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 08:50, 14 January 2021 (EST)

A couple of the Siege/Earthrise guys (Trip-Up and Daddy-O, at least) need their Japanese names added in. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 14:26, 22 January 2021 (EST)

== Is your name a reference to... ==

:...[[Backstop_(Cybertron)#Notes|Saidos]] / [[Rhinox|Rhino X]]?
:...the {{w|Sai (weapon)|''sai''}} dagger?
:...the Spanish number ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dos#Spanish dos]'' / the {{w|Roman numeral|Roman numeral}} ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/diez#Spanish diez?]'' ({{w|homophone|Nine}}? [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nein Nein?)]

Just curious.

[[User:Rhymus|Rhymus]] ([[User talk:Rhymus|talk]]) 01:03, 30 January 2021 (EST)
:It's a Kingdom Hearts character. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:04, 30 January 2021 (EST)
::As he said, [https://www.khwiki.com/Sa%C3%AFx]. I was playing ''Kingdom Hearts 2.5'' at the time I signed up for my account. I could probably pick a better name now, but I don't really care enough to change it. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 02:06, 30 January 2021 (EST)

== Big Convoy in Abduction ==

[[File:BigConvoyAbduction.jpg|thumb|100px]]
I think this is most likely Big Convoy.

There are only two other characters that share his silholuette. Nemesis and Ultra Mammoth. However;

* Nemesis Prime is a herald of Unicron, so he shouldn't be imprisoned in the Cauldron. Though there is a chance it is an early appearance still, I guess.

*Ultra Mammoth hadn't been created yet.

It's either Big Convoy or an early appearance of Nemesis Prime.--[[User:Primestar3|Primestar3]] ([[User talk:Primestar3|talk]]) 13:24, 16 March 2021 (EDT)
:It's still just speculation. As the other silhouettes in other panels share a similar design (horns and spiked kibble parts), it could go either way. If the artist can confirm that it's Big or any of his repaints, then we can work from that, but as it stands, it's not enough to go off of. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 17:22, 16 March 2021 (EDT)

== Legends comic image + Blurr ==

Yes, I'm aware of the events of The return of Blurr; but considering that ''Legends'' is a Japanese comic, I just made a joke about the fact that in Japan the last time somebody saw Blurr was in the cartoon itself, when (after killing him) Shockwave orders to Cliffjumper to dispose of his body. Sorry :) [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 16:56, 16 March 2021 (EDT)

== ''Energon'' Terrorcons ==

Was wondering what you thought about me making [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/Shadowhawk Desert Type|this]] a thing? [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 04:37, 18 March 2021 (EDT)
:It works for me. Any chance you can do the same for "Command Jaguar Cosmo Type"? [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 04:41, 18 March 2021 (EDT)
::Sure thing, I'll just make this one live and I'll get started on the other. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 04:43, 18 March 2021 (EDT)

== sorry ==

sorry [[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 13:06, 1 June 2021 (EDT)

== Combatant ==

I just wanted to apologize if I came off rudely towards you. We had different perspectives and you were right. I'm sorry if I came off as acting in any way other than in good faith of keeping the wiki organized. [[User:TransFormersfan1|TransFormersfan1]] ([[User talk:TransFormersfan1|talk]]) 16:10, 24 June 2021 (EDT)
:It's alright. No grudges here. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:41, 24 June 2021 (EDT)

== Deleting Others' Messages==

Hey, why'd you go and delete my message on the Hot Shot (Armada) toys talk page thing? I think that that was a tad bit uncalled for. Besides I thought that the talk things were for discussing stuff. I never saw something that said that I couldn't respond to stuff. Mind you, I'm not saying that it doesn't exist, I'm just saying that I never saw it. Also, I hope that I'm not overstepping by asking, but do you even have the authority to remove my post in that sense? I'm asking as I don't know who's in charge on this wiki. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 12:27, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:That conversation was SIX YEARS OLD. It was over. Your replying to it was rather pointless and there is no reason for us to keep such things around. Any user can remove pointless responses to long dead conversations.--[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 14:52, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:: Well, I did not realize that then. I mean, I get the point, yeah, it was old, which I honestly did not even realize until after the deletion, but I personally think that deleting it was tad bit overboard. In my opinion, telling the person that posted it to delete it, reminding them that it was an old conversation and to not do that anymore, or just repremanding them in general would've been better. I just think that deleting it rather than repremanding the person is a bit rude. But eh... what do I know? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:15, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
::: Also, how is a response, comment, or message deemed "pointless" anyway? Like is there a "hard and fast" rule, as they say, or is it just up to the person who reads it? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:18, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
::::"Pointless" when used above, is only in reference to comments that continue conversations that have not been added to in months or years. ANY comment made today to a conversation that has been quiet since 2015 is pointless. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:48, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
::::: What about the one in the Tantrum G1 talk thing? That had a point, as I was curious. Plus, the people who commented before you were quite helpful, and understanding. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 16:47, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:::::::Can you guys please take this conversation off my talk page? I detailed exactly why I deleted your message in the edit history: "Stop replying to old conversations". That's all there is to it. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 16:55, 12 July 2021 (EDT)
:::::::: Sure. I didn't even expect the other person to see this, let alone respond. Plus, I wasn't sure what you meant until after the first message was posted. But either way, you got it, at least from me. I can't speak for the other person. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 16:58, 12 July 2021 (EDT)

== Stop removing good info. ==

Why'd you remove my Blackarachnia (Animated) toy stuff? That's pretty accurate. It covered it in the show. She is "an [[Archa Seven arachnid]] in a black widow-esque variant". So like what's wrong? I get the grammar part, but not the whole content. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 00:45, 9 August 2021 (EDT)
:Saix was right to remove that note. The fictional spider species isn't relevant to the toy design. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:52, 9 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought that it was, given most other toys seem to tend to follow that rule. Like stating the model of vehicle or species of animal, even if fictional, especially so if it's mentioned in canon. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 01:00, 9 August 2021 (EDT)

== What was wrong with my edits? ==

I noticed that you removed my question on [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking's (Prime)]] talk page, and my edits on [[Primus#Fight.21 Super Robot Lifeform Transformers|Primus' toys]] in regards to the cities. Was there something wrong with them? If so, what? So I can avoid making that mistake in the future, as I only want to help ''improve'' this wiki for others, not ''be'' one of the problems it has. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 12:18, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
:I get an email every time you edit my talk page. Please stop doing that or at least mark your edits as minor. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:46, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
:: Oh. I'm sorry. Also, what about the above things? [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:06, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
::: I didn't even realize that that ''would'', ''could'', or even ''was'' happening. I just read up on that, and understand, or at least think I understand, ''now'', and I'll try to keep that in mind from now on. Thanks for letting me know that that was a problem, and while on the topic of problems, maybe you could, whenever you remove something of mine, explain why, at least if I have made an error in how I edited in some sense, and/or e-mail me about how to fix it in the future, which my e-mail address is on my talk page for purposes like this, and/or even just straight up tell me on my talk page. Because at the end of the day, I want to help improve this wiki, not ruin it for anyone else and/or ruin their hard work. Which I can't do if I don't even know if I am messing something up unknowingly. [[User:Beetle Bug|Beetle Bug]] ([[User talk:Beetle Bug|talk]]) 15:18, 17 August 2021 (EDT)
:::: Which by the way, the whole problem above, is mentioned here: [[Help:Style guide#Always use the summary box]].

== ID number page ==

Can you please stop editing the ID number page? I have a huge edit I wanna save but I can't because of the editing conflicts that will ensue. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 11:54, 19 August 2021 (EDT)
:Apologies. I thought you were still sleeping. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 11:58, 19 August 2021 (EDT)
::I haven't even gone to bed yet lol. I had about 4 hours worth of work that I was needing to save but it'd probably take another hour or so for me to sort through. It's mostly coding-related. Sipher suggested on Discord to add the insignia bullets which is mainly what I was working on. It's all saved [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27/sandbox/WIP|here]] if you'd like to take a stab at adding it to what you've done? I need sleep, it's like 4 AM here now lol. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 12:12, 19 August 2021 (EDT)

== Capitalization of "bodyscrapper" ==

Hey, I see you've updated the term in many places to start with a capital letter. Looking at pages 3, 7, 16, and 20, it's fully lowercase. Seems to me that it's being treated as a common noun, more of a slang synonym for "bounty hunter" and not a proper noun for a subgroup like "Wrecker", at least at this point in the story. I think we should adhere to the fiction and treat it as a common noun as well. [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 20:51, 26 August 2021 (EDT)
:It was capitalized in various points in the article. I don't care if you make all instances lowercase as long as it's consistent. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 20:58, 26 August 2021 (EDT)
::Sounds good, I'll run through the wiki and make it consistently lowercase. [[User:Genitus|Genitus]] ([[User talk:Genitus|talk]]) 21:03, 26 August 2021 (EDT)

== Legends Bonus Edition Vol EX ==

There are three volumes involved in Legends comics: the original strips, the Bonus Editions, and the Bonus Edition Extra volumes. Because there are multiple EX volumes, labeling storylinks as "Bonus Edition Vol EX" is not suitably descriptive. It's the equivalent of stating "RID Annual" when there are multiple annuals. For clarity, EX storylinks should be cited as "Bonus Edition EX Greatshot", "Bonus Edition EX Grand Maximus" or "Bonus Edition EX Metroplex" instead of listing all as "Bonus Edition Vol EX". Agreeable? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 11:06, 9 September 2021 (EDT)
:Forgot to respond to this. I'm more than well aware of how the Legends comics are released and don't agree that this is an actual issue to insist on altering their actual names. None of the Legends pack-ins have "descriptive" names. It's fine and we've lived. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:39, 10 September 2021 (EDT)
::If we were talking about how to label the actual comic pages, I would agree to use the most accurate title from the pack-ins themselves. But the second storylink title after the " | " is to reduce overly long titles and for reference purposes. You don't think it's useful for visitors to know that "Bonus Edition Vol EX" in Fiction sections actually refers to multiple comics? Especially for characters that appear in several Vol EX issues, and so would have identical links going to different places in their Fiction section? --[[User:Xaaron|Xaaron]] ([[User talk:Xaaron|talk]]) 09:51, 10 September 2021 (EDT)

==Bent Wing==
I apologize - I misunderstood what you had added to that page, and at first reverted based on that misunderstanding. --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 16:55, 15 September 2021 (EDT)

==Notes==
They aren't frivolous. [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 18:24, 4 February 2022 (EST)

=="mainpic" template use==
Just a heads-up, but that template is really only for character pages with NO visual representation of the character whatsoever. A toy picture is perfectly fine as a main pic until it can be replaced with art. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 01:27, 14 July 2022 (EDT)

==Notes==
OK thank on clarifying that but why were the rest of my edits removed/undone? [[User:Elitaone|ElitaOne]] ([[User talk:Elitaone|talk]]) 20:17, 19 September 2022 (EDT)

== UK/US issues ==

Hey, don’t mean to disrespect but why are you deleting my edits? I accept the first one might not have been informative enough, I thought the second one was good. Many other US issues talk about this exact topic, and having just read “back from the dead“ I was surprised the continuity issue wasn’t mentioned there. Happy to have your professional feedback. Thanks
[[User:Levyshahar|Levyshahar]] ([[User talk:Levyshahar|talk]]) 13:59, 11 October 2022 (EDT)
:I removed it because it comes off as a personal fixation for you and not a real continuity error. Furthermore, it's not even the right story where Optimus Prime discovers Megatron's survival; Optimus mentally notes it in "[[Skin Deep]]", and the dialogue there is more than ambiguous enough to cover both continuities. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 17:36, 11 October 2022 (EDT)
::Personal?… Just trying to make sense of the story for me and for future readers. Skin deep comes after Back from the dead [[User:Levyshahar|Levyshahar]] ([[User talk:Levyshahar|talk]]) 01:42, 12 October 2022 (EDT)

== Rifle's design ==

I honestly can't explain why I went for Energon Megatron over TR Galvatron. That one was my bad, sorry. [[User:ThatGuy79|ThatGuy79]] ([[User talk:ThatGuy79|talk]]) 14:03, 29 March 2023 (EDT)

== Is the wiki okay? ==
There's been a fair number of rapid reversions coupled with odd comments recently. Is there a beef that I'm not aware of? [[User:Banpei the Mini-Con|Banpei the Mini-Con]] ([[User talk:Banpei the Mini-Con|talk]]) 21:50, 26 April 2023 (EDT)

==So in regards to the info I added on Bisk's page==
Do you really think his and the Car Vehicon's alt modes don't look similar at all? If so, why? [[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 10:04, 26 April 2023 (TRT)

== Transformers: Generation 1 ==

Is issue four supposed to stay the same? -- [[User:Usfmm|Usfmm]] ([[User talk:Usfmm|talk]]) 22:45, 20 February 2024 (EST)
:[https://imgur.com/06HDdCs "Generation 1"]
:[https://imgur.com/JwYGd5i "Generation One"] [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 22:48, 20 February 2024 (EST)

==Book of Cyber-Kells==
Could you please explain why you reverted my edits? I added the Simmons quote because it's the only place where the book is ever named. Also why did you remove the External links as they are also the only place we've had confirmation of the book cover. Also that quote on the other image I left alone because I thought it was policy that quotes for images were left to those who uploaded the images. Thanks. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 23:51, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
:Also, what's wrong with doing "prop stuff" if they're the only clear images of the item? We risk not having adequate documentation of in-universe objects when external sites get deleted/shutdown. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 23:57, 21 March 2024 (EDT)

== Prime Beast Creator ==

Sorry for messing with the Predacon names on the 'Beast Creator' page! I even missed the bit of the edit history where someone did the exact same thing and you had to do the work of reverting it. I would feel bad for just the once, but I can imagine two separate occasions would be really annoying. Again, I am genuinely sorry and I didn't mean to make such a mess of it. I'll stick it in my watchlist and keep an eye on it in case someone else tries to do the same thing. [[User:Spacebridge Technician|Spacebridge Technician]] ([[User talk:Spacebridge Technician|talk]]) 12:29, 28 March 2024 (EDT)
:Apologies aren't necessary, it's just wiki editing, but thank you regardless. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 12:31, 28 March 2024 (EDT)

== On Circular Reporting ==
As far as I can tell, people don't treat the idea of "Big Long Haul" as a redesign or a fun idea--they treat this as if he actually ''is'' supposed to be that big, and him being the same size as his teammates is a scaling error, similar to Blast Off or Groove. The wiki itself described him as such in its articles on scale, when it's actually not a scaling error; his size is actually about right. Media depicting him as such is going off the idea that it was a scaling error when it wasn't. Hell, even Long Haul's page caption describes that scene of him ramming Optimus as "correct" scale.[[User:MBG|MBG]] ([[User talk:MBG|talk]]) 14:30, 6 April 2024 (EDT)
:Then correct those incorrect claims of "scale". IDW1 making Long Haul bigger is artistic license, and CW Long Haul being bigger was needed for engineering that combination. This is not a consistent or coherent "circular reporting" thing. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 14:41, 6 April 2024 (EDT)

== Apology for my behavior ==
Hi I saw you deleted my comment about Animated Shockwave looking like Hal 9000 for it not being a refreence. I know I've made posts like it before where I've made connections like that and I realise it's not appropriate for the wiki and I promise not to do it again and I am truly sorry. Is it okay for me to remove the tag you put on my page about it? I Hope this doesn't bother you
[[User:StarGayCybertron|StarGayCybertron]] ([[User talk:StarGayCybertron|talk]]) 18:30, 20 April 2024 (BST)

== T-AI's talk page ==

So... what are we gonna do about that dead discussion, are we gonna let it there forever? Doesn't look like the best thing to do in my opinion... [[User:Astrum|Astrum]] ([[User talk:Astrum|talk]]) 17:39, 20 April 2024 (EDT)

== Transformers One Edits ==

Why did you revert my changes on the Transformers One page stating that it's connected to the rest of the live-action movie series? The director has made statements saying it is not. As stated here: https://comicbook.com/movies/news/transformers-one-optimus-prime-origin-story-chris-hemsworth-josh-cooley/ [[User:TFEarthConquest|TFEarthConquest]] ([[User talk:TFEarthConquest|talk]]) 14:10, 22 April 2024 (PST)
: Saix was right to undo it. Per [https://comicbook.com/movies/news/transformers-one-director-confirms-new-movies-canon-status/ this] statement from the same site, Cooley responded to the question of "Is this movie a fresh start? Is it canon with the live-action Transformers movies? Or is this sort of its own thing?" with "Yes to all of the above". Lorenzo di Bonaventura has also [https://collider.com/transformers-one-chris-hemsworth-optimus-prime-lorenzo-di-bonaventura-comments/ claimed] that it's a live-action prequel. As of now, there's too much ambiguity around the question, so we're currently leaving it as part of the live action film series until the film comes out and we have the full context. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:10, 22 April 2024 (EDT)

== Siege Megaton’s back cannon ==

That image sat there for around 4 1/2 years, why remove it now? [[User:Brickmaster57|Brickmaster57]] ([[User talk:Brickmaster57|talk]]) 03:05, 30 April 2024 (EDT)
:I think the fact that you waited six months to complain about my edit kind of defeats your point. [[User:Saix|Saix]] ([[User talk:Saix|talk]]) 09:14, 30 April 2024 (EDT)

== Why are you constantly removing other people's contributions? ==

A lot of your edits are things like removing a bunch of images from pages, or removing specific notes. Like man, can you give a good reason as to why you do all that. [[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 16:48, 10 January 2025 (TRT)

Slashmark

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SerafettinB: Replaced the current page image with the model sheet made by Walter Gatus.

{{faction|decepticon|primestunticon}}
:''Slashmark is a [[Decepticon]] [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].
[[File:Slashmark concept.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Just watch! I'll show you! I'm gonna make the jump safely and prove to you what a fabulous driver I am!"]]

Dumb Bots aren't exactly '''Slashmark''''s thing. He will insult and snark at those deemed lesser by him, and unfortunately, his arrogance means there are a lot of fellows that will end up victims of deep-cutting words. But perhaps this is a good thing. He isn't exactly surrounded by Cybertron's smarter Decepticons and the [[Stunticon (Prime)|Stunticons]] could use someone like him to keep them from getting into mission ruining arguments or just plain old goofing around.

True to his own name, his tires can generate energy fields that can slash up a concrete road or an enemy Autobot, which should teach uppity lawbots some good manners. He can also manifest this energy in robot mode as hand-held rings to be used in melee combat or thrown at foes. Slashmark can also combine with [[Heatseeker]] into [[Heatmark]], as well as with the full Stunticon team to form the chaotic [[Menasor (RID)|Menasor]].

{{quote|We're not in competition with ''each other'', you nincombots! What's important is that one of ''us'' wins!|Slashmark|"[[Disordered Personalities]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[David Kaye]] (English)|[[Olivier Francart]] (French), [[Reinhard Scheunemann]] (German), [[Lorenzo Scattorin]] (Italian)}}
[[File:TRID E 55 Slashmark VM.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"It looks as if I'm going to win the Alpine Race. You'd better wait here 'til somebody rescues you."]]
Believing the winner's title of "Ruler of the Roads" to be literal, Slashmark and his fellow Stunticons entered the [[Crown City Grand Prix]]. Slashmark found himself repeatedly tangling with [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] and [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] as they attempted to stop him although they'd been bodyswapped as the result of a failed combiner experiment. The pair eventually managed to get the better of Slashmark and knocked him off a cliff. {{storylink|Disordered Personalities}} After the Stunticons terrorized a police car, Slashmark combined with [[Heatseeker]] to celebrate, however [[Motormaster (WFC)|Motormaster]] was unimpressed with their progress thus far in conquering Earth. {{storylink|The Golden Knight}}

When the Stunticons discovered a maglev train that was faster than them, Motormaster ordered his four subordinates to bring him its power source. The Stunticons had to fight their way into the train yard and then ended up atop the train, fighting the Autobots after [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] accidentally set the train into motion. Slashmark and the others were eventually thrown off and had to report back to an unhappy Motormaster. {{storylink|Railroad Rage}}

In response to Motormaster berating the Stunticons for their failure to defeat the Autobots, Slashmark blamed the fact he had to work with "buffoons", eliciting a hostile response from Heatseeker. He took part in Motormaster's new plan, which involved them luring the Autobots to a desert location and then forming Menasor, with Slashmark becoming the combiner's right leg. Menasor's attempt to secure a satellite dish which was part of a meteor deflection system ended when the Autobots used the dish to send Menasor flying. {{storylink|Combine and Conquer}}

Accompanied by [[Wildbreak]], Slashmark was using a tracking device to search for Cybertronian technology and inadvertantly stumbled on the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]] which the Autobots were using as a base. They reported to Motormaster as the Autobots blasted off in [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s ship, and were ordered to return so the Stunticons could mount a surprise attack in space. Though the attack was unsuccessful, the Stunticons to detected [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]]'s cache of tech on the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] and opted to head there instead. On reaching the cache, the Stunticons merged into Menasor so they could break through its defences. Mission accomplished, the Stunticons headed back towards their ship and again combined to destroy ''[[Prime Force One]]'', when they found it parked next to their ride. Unfortunately for them, the combined Autobots caught up with them and defeated Menasor when the five Stunticons came into conflict with each other. The five Decepticons were later loaded into [[stasis pod]]s and taken into Optimus Prime's custody. {{storylink|Moon Breaker}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:TF-RID2015-Team-Combiner-Slashmark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|And his brothers, Semicolon and Apostrophe.]]
*'''Menasor''' (Team Combiner, 2017)

: Available only in the [[Menasor (RID)#Toys|Menasor]] Team Combiner 5-pack, Slashmark transforms into an off-road vehicle of made-up model in a few simple steps. He can also convert into a leg for a Team Combiner super-robot, though his nominal placement is as the right leg of Menasor. While the instructions tell you to raise the vehicle rear up to form the leg first before flipping out the robot legs/kneecaps, and when you transform him back into vehicle mode, you have to turn back the combiner feet/robot body first before you flip back his legs/kneecaps.

: Slashmark uses the universal connector joint shared by all Team Combiners and [[Crash Combiner]]s, but since he can ''only'' form a leg in combined mode, this can lead to some ''interesting''-looking combinations.

: He is a [[retool]] of his teammate [[Heatseeker#Menasor|Heatseeker]], with a different headsculpt.

==Notes==
*Slashmark uses Heatseeker's [[body-type]], but with a heavily-edited [[Museum guard]] head switched in.
*[[David Kaye]]'s voice for Slashmark is heavily based off of character actor Jonathan Harris.

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Stunticons]]

File:Slashmark concept.jpg

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SerafettinB: Slashmark model sheet, from Walter Gatus's [http://www.waltergatus.com/wgatusportfolio.html portfolio]. {{RID2015stockmodel}}

[[Slashmark]] model sheet, from [[Walter Gatus]]'s [http://www.waltergatus.com/wgatusportfolio.html portfolio].

{{RID2015stockmodel}}

Mothership

2024-12-04T12:47:45Z

SerafettinB: The person who made that joke caption didn't make actual edits, how was that kept for so many years?

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Motherships are capital ships in the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:Dotm-decepticoncarrier-film-city.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.95|]]
Given that the [[Decepticon]]s have always placed an emphasis on aerial superiority, the '''motherships'''<ref>[http://massiveblack.com/MBwebolution/blog/?p=301 MassiveBlack.com]</ref> manage to fulfill the roles of both battle ship and carriers for the [[Orbital Assault Carrier]]s.

They have tentacles on their undersides. Weird.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
Several battle cruisers lay hidden beneath the surface of the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] with the bulk of the Decepticon forces, waiting for the day the Decepticons managed to awaken [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]]. Once the [[pillar]]s opened a [[space bridge]] on the surface of the Moon, the motherships rose from the surface.

When [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ordered the Decepticons to seal off [[Chicago]], at least nine motherships took part in the attack, unleashing dozens of Orbital Assault Carriers on the city while also targeting buildings with their missiles. Despite their impressive firepower, the motherships did not break from their patrols to engage the [[Autobot]]s or [[NEST]] when they arrived, instead serving as refueling points for the Orbital Assault Carriers. [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and [[Brains]] managed to get aboard a mothership and cause it to malfunction, dropping its cargo of Orbital Assault Carriers onto [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]'s Decepticons, allowing the capture Autobots to escape. The malfunctions also caused the mothership to crash into the Chicago River, which the diminutive Autobots assumed to be their death.

When the control pillar was destroyed, severing the space bridge bringing [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to [[Earth]], the motherships were pulled into the collapsing bridge and out of Chicago, presumably destroying them with Cybertron. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
Several of the cruisers remained where they fell in Chicago, proving yet another large obstacle for humanity in the battle's aftermath. Technology from the motherships, including the Orbital Assault Carriers, were recovered by humans and became a hot commodity on the black market, thanks in part to a bidding war started by [[Russia]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Human Alliance''===
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===''Transformers: Shadows Rising''===
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==Sources==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction vehicles]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon vehicles]]
[[Category:Decepticon starships]]

Countdown to Extinction (episode)

2024-11-02T09:37:40Z

SerafettinB: I think the crappy thing is you constantly removing year old things on pages just because you don't like them.

{{disambig3|Countdown to Extinction}}
{{episode
|series=G1toon
|ep=14
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=9
|prev2=War of the Dinobots
|next2=Heavy Metal War
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=50
|prev3=Fire on the Mountain (episode)
|next3=Trans-Europe Express
|image=CountdownToExtinction.jpg
|caption=Prime helps Megatron to shoot his load.
|title="Countdown to Extinction"
|season=1
|season ep=14
|production code=#700-11
|airdate=[[December 1]], 1984
|written by=[[Reed Robbins]] and [[Peter Salas]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxc1X6RRCDU
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''In the aftermath of Cybertron's catastrophic orbit of Earth, both sides regroup, while Starscream puts into motion a plan to destroy the planet.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Countdown Extinction Autobots repair.JPG|thumb|left|upright=1.1|I think my toy had something like this.]]

The previous threat of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s orbits over [[Earth]] have passed. [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the [[Autobot]]s work to help repair cities and do other generous/benevolent type things. After all, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] is MIA, believed killed in the explosion that moved Cybertron from Earth's orbit. But they are not the only ones affected by Megatron's absence.

With [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] having gone AWOL and their headquarters still heavily damaged, the Decepticons are in disarray; [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] picks a fight with [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] and [[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] while [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] fruitlessly tries to keep them on task. This squabbling is short-lived, however, as Megatron returns, having survived the explosion of his starship. When he learns that Starscream and [[Doctor Arkeville]] are apparently working together, he sets off in pursuit with the other Decepticons.

Starscream, still believing Megatron destroyed, forces Doctor Arkeville to take him to his secret laboratory. Once there, he discovers another of the Doctor's inventions, the [[Exponential Generator]], a power source that, if it overcharges, will detonate with enough energy to destroy the Earth.

[[File:Countdown Extinction Decepticon badge.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1|Freeze, this is the [[Decepticon Justice Division|DJD!]]]]

Seeking to gain power for himself, Starscream links the generator to a timer and then takes Doctor Arkeville with him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which is still nearby. He plans to collect the energy unleashed by Earth's destruction to revitalize Cybertron. He coerces [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] into serving him, and to help in the restoration of Cybertron.

The Autobots detect the Decepticon activity and set off after them. After a short battle the Autobots are trapped in quicksand. [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] freezes the quicksand with his liquid nitrogen allowing them to escape. [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]], who was standing guard over them, is captured and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] forces him to play his findings. The Autobots learn that the Decepticons are heading for the Doctor's secret laboratory and they set off to follow them.

[[File:CountdownDrArkeville.jpg|left|thumb|Fiend and machine – TERRORXTREME!]]

The Doctor, unwilling to let Starscream benefit from the Earth's destruction, attempts to sabotage the energy collectors, but the Decepticon security system stuns him with a blast of electricity. Starscream has the badly-injured Doctor 'repaired' by the [[medicroid]]s, leaving him more machine now than man. Of course, he was twisted and evil to start with, so.

The Autobots and Decepticons arrive at the laboratory and battle each other again. Unaware of the danger it represents, Megatron covets the exponential generator and fights Optimus Prime for its possession. During the fight, Megatron receives a communication from Shockwave on Cybertron.

Shockwave, unwilling to further serve Starscream, warns Megatron about the timer and Starscream's plan. Megatron rips the timer from the wall just in time. On Cybertron, Starscream is baffled that the Earth has not exploded and sets off back to check the timer.

The exponential generator has become volatile and begins to go critical, ready to explode. Prime rips it away from Megatron, but the [[Decepticon leader]] says he needs the Autobot leader's help. [[Transformation|Transforming]], Megatron tells Prime to load the generator into his gun barrel, and then fires it into space. It explodes quite near Starscream who is flying up to Earth, and the blast sends him crashing... just in front of none-too-pleased Megatron. Stunned, Starscream tries to babble something to excuse himself, but Megatron gathers the hapless Starscream up and drags him away.

With the threat ended, the Autobots let the Decepticons go. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] wonders what will happen to Starscream, and the other Autobots are amused at the thought of what Megatron plans to do.
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==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (1)
*[[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] (2)
*[[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] (3)
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (4)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (5)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (6)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (8)
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]] (9)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (10)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (18)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (19)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (22)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (23)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (24)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (25)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (26)
|c2=
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (11)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (12)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (13)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (14)
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] (15)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (16)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (17)
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (20)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] (27)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (28)
|c3=
*[[Doctor Arkeville]] (21)
}}

==Quotes==
"Can't you do ''anything'' right, Skywarp?" 
"Watch it, you metallic mini-meatball, or I'll step on you!"
:—'''Rumble''' and '''Skywarp''' shortly before the former gets owned.

"Hey, I didn't volunteer for this geeky assignment. I want Skywarp's job." 
"Butt out, Frenzy. Geek work's made for a geek! Like you!"
:— '''Frenzy''' and '''Skywarp''' bickering before resorting to violence.

"I, Doctor Arkeville, genius of science, say... OPEN SESAME!" 
"How original."
:—'''Dr. Arkeville''' shows '''Starscream''' the entrance to his secret lab.

'''Starscream''': Ahahahahah, you should feel honored. You will be the only member of your species to survive the end of your world! Excellent, all is in readiness! 
'''Dr. Arkeville''': I may not be able to save the earth, but I can stop you from collecting the energy of its destruction! 
''[Arkeville gets electrocuted and screams.]'' 
'''Starscream''': Ahahahah, you fool! Only a Decepticon can touch the controls when the sentry monitor is on! Take him to repair bay. The doctor must not have a chance to interfere again!
:-'''Starscream''' and '''Dr. Arkeville'''

"Hey Optimus, how'd you like to hear the number one on the Decepticon hot cassette charts?" 
"As I believe the Earthlings say... lay it on me, man."
:—'''Jazz''' and '''Optimus Prime'''

"Your destiny is to serve me, my potent beauty."
:—'''Megatron''''s interest in the exponential generator gets a little creepy.

'''Rumble''': Megatron, it's... it's the Autobots! 
'''Megatron''': Impossible! They were doomed! 
'''Skywarp''': Don't worry. We'll make them regret undooming themselves.
:—The Decepticons prepare to kick some exhaust port.

'''Megatron''': Here! Have a ton of fun! 
''[Megatron throws a boulder at Optimus, misses and hits Rumble.]'' 
'''Optimus''': Hahaha! Your aim's improving, Megatron!
:—'''Optimus Prime''' is having a blast.

"Welcome home, noble voyager."
:—'''Megatron''' missed Janeway too.

'''Bumblebee''': Hey Prime, what do you think Megatron's gonna do to Starscream?" 
'''Optimus''': Nothing gentle, I would say. 
''[general laughter]'' 
'''Jazz''': I think we seen the last of ol' Starcreep alright! And that's the first thing that's gone right all day.
:—The Autobots muse on Starscream's fate after Megatron is last seen carrying him off screen.

==Notes==
===Production information===
* First draft script: 23rd July 1984
* Script revised by [[Ron Friedman]]: 26th July 1984
* Final script: 9th August 1984
* Dialogue recording: ([[Peter Cullen]] not present for main session, [[Chris Latta]] voiced Optimus Prime for scratch track)

===Continuity notes===
* This episode follows on from "[[The Ultimate Doom, Part 3]]" and includes a narrative recap of that episode's crucial events.
*[[Frenzy (G1)|Frenzy]] first appears in this episode... and [[FIRRIB|he's red]].
*Rumble calls Skywarp a [[maxi-turkey]].
[[File:CountdowntoExtinction Mirage firing missile.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Holy cow, so that's what that thing is for!]]
* Gadgets and powers:
** A relatively rare instance of Wheeljack firing his missile launcher.
** An even more rare instance of Mirage firing his.
** Ironhide unleashes his old favorite, supercooled nitrogen. It's a whitish-clear gas this time, coming from his retracted wrist. (And since nitrogen boils at well below room temperature, this may be the one time in ''Transformers'' where the substance is actually shown correctly.)
** Megatron's communication with Shockwave on Cybertron is indicated by his upper-chest rectangles blinking.
*As proof of his leadership, Starscream shows a badge with the Decepticon [[Insignia|symbol]]. [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Every]] [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|other]] [[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|leader]] just had Laserbeak perch on his shoulder or arm.
* We never see Arkeville again; Starscream leaves him on Cybertron as an immobilized cyborg.
* The episode is ''amazingly'' consistent about showing the same 13 Autobots in Prime's strike force.
* '''[[S.O.S. Dinobots|< <]]''' What makes Starscream the leader? Megatron's ship blew up! '''[[The Immobilizer|> >]]'''

===Real-world references===
* ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' sound effects:
** ''[[Millennium Falcon]]'' engine burst as Starscream approaches the secret lab.
** [[TIE Fighter]] engine roar and ''Falcon'' whine as Skywarp and Thundercracker open fire on the Autobot convoy.
** More ''Falcon'' rumble as Skywarp is hit by Wheeljack's missile.
** More TIE engine as the Decepticons move to land a second later.
** [[Death Star]] firing noise as the Decepticons launch to retreat.
** Diving [[X-wing Fighter|X-Wings]] as the Decepticons leave the quicksand pit.
** TIE/''Falcon'' as Laserbeak launches to stop Ironhide.
* A sound effect more commonly used for the Road Runner is repurposed as Skywarp and Thundercracker diving to attack the Autobots.

===Technical or animation glitches===
* As the Dinobots push the building back into place, Grimlock has his old head design, and Sludge has that strange yellow mouth interior again.
* As Wheeljack raises his hand to indicate where the Dinobots should stop, the flashing glow of his "ears" is layered on top of his hand.
* Two Brawns are seen repairing the damaged dam, one handing the other a concrete block. In the next shot, one of them has turned into Gears, in time for Huffer to hassle him.
* When Shockwave contacts Megatron about the generator's imminent destruction, the eyes on his Decepticon insignia are missing.
* Coloring errors:
** When Skywarp's hand and arm reach into the frame to slap Rumble, they're in Thundercracker's colors.
** Soundwave is missing the yellow lines around his tape door as he mocks Thundercracker.
** As Megatron asks about Arkeville, Skywarp's chest intakes are colored black. Both he and Thundercracker have the bottom segments of their canopies colored orange instead of black/blue respectively.
** The Laserbeak tape [[Garboil (G1)|is blue]] in the first shot, but during the close-up, its coloring changes to Laserbeak's normal red-and-white.
** While listening to Laserbeak, the black line above Megatron's eyes is white making his eyes look extra small.
** As Megatron orders his troops to move out, Soundwave's hand is white, then changes to blue.[[File:G1toon starscream and arkeville.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
** Starscream's wing stripe is gray instead of red, and his wings are mounted too low, as he orders the Doctor to open his lab door.
** Starscream's foot is light gray instead of blue as he comments on the Doctor's originality.
** Bumblebee is tan instead of yellow as the jets fire on the Autobot convoy.
** The area in front of Starscream's neck is dark gray instead of light gray as Dr. Arkeville says he must work under his supervision.'
** As Starscream prepares to flip the switch, his wings are missing most of their paint details.
** As Starscream congratulates the Doctor for understanding his intent, the stripes on his wings are white instead of red.
** In the next shot, the bridge of Starscream's nose is dark gray instead of medium gray. In fact, Starscream's nose changes color a lot throughout this episode, too much to mention.
** Starscream's elbow segment is red instead of gray after he threatens Shockwave.
** Optimus's antenna is white instead of blue as he looks up at Megatron perched on the rock peak, and again as he watches the Decepticons fly off.
** As he stands over the generator, the square red button on Megatron's waist is colored blue.
** Starscream's tailfins are miscolored as he falls to Earth and impacts.
** The chest segment above Starscream's canopy is colored yellow instead of gray as Megatron looms over him.
* Missing Seeker insignia:
** Skywarp and Thundercracker are both missing the insignia on the back of their wings as Thundercracker steps in to tell them to shape up.
* As the sliding doors start to open to admit Megatron, he disappears for a frame or two.
* Skywarp is drawn delivering Thundercracker's "He's gone!" lines.
* As usual when he's playing back a tape report, Soundwave's tape door suddenly becomes transparent as Laserbeak plays back. Behind him, Thundercracker's canopy is still over-oranged, and his wings aren't symmetrical.
* Wheeljack is missing his ears as he watches Megatron & co. on screen.
* Improbable viewpoints:
** How DID Teletraan I get that image of the Decepticons flying along?
* "Puny flesh creature!" The insignia on Starscream's wing-back is badly out of place.
* Starscream's air intakes are light gray instead of red as Dr. Arkeville boards his [[alternate mode|jet mode]].
* As Starscream talks to Dr. Arkeville in space, his voice is muffled as though coming over a radio. Since Arkeville is ''inside'' him, shouldn't Starscream's voice be normal?
* Brawn's helmet is yellow instead of gray in the big lineup of firing Autobots. Jazz is missing his insignia. Wheeljack's ears flash for a single frame even though he's not speaking, and they're orange; he's missing his missile launcher.
* When Starscream instructs Shockwave to start setting up energy collectors, Shockwave's gun-hand has switched to his right arm.
* Thundercracker has no stripes or insignia on his wings as he, Soundwave and Rumble half-heartedly dodge Autobot fire (instead of landing like Megatron just ordered.)
* Thundercracker is drawn delivering Skywarp's "undooming themselves" line.
* The end of Megatron's fusion cannon is ''much'' too thin as he aims at Prime in front of the generator.
* As Prime warns Megatron to be careful, his faceplate drops almost all the way to his chin as he speaks.
* The damage caused to Megatron's chest by the exponential generator disappears after he leaves the lab.
* As the Autobots drive past cam, Ironhide and Ratchet's passenger side windows are HUGE.
* Prime's strange half-sloped windscreen design appears in the next shot, an error found in several other episodes including "[[Divide and Conquer]]".
* The remastered DVD releases of this episode use an incorrect closing credits sequence, which overlays the text credits from Season 2 over the animation from Season 1.
* Peter Cullen's voice for Optimus Prime is given an unusual amount of robotic modulation in this episode. It's particularly noticeable in the third act's scenes between Optimus Prime and Megatron inside the lab.

===Shout! Factory DVD release===
* The volume of the sound effects in the Shout! release of this episode are noticeably reduced from the original; the beeping of the timer after the first commercial break, for example, is barely audible.

===Continuity errors===
* Narrator [[Victor Caroli]] claims that Cybertron's orbit of Earth has "left the world in ruins". Yet somehow, after the opening scenes of this episode, we never see any signs of this catastrophic damage—in this episode or any future one. The Autobots are shown repairing things, but things return to normal too quickly even for Autobots.
* Megatron was beat to hell at the end of last episode. When he returns to Decepticon Headquarters, he's brand-spankin' new. Where did he get the resources to repair himself so thoroughly?
* Optimus says that "we can't let [Megatron] and the Decepticons regroup"... but it should be obvious from the screen that they already ''have'' regrouped.
*The timer that Starscream connects to the exponential generator, which starts at 8:00:00, leads to some dubious situations:
**When the timer says 7:58:20 (1:40 minutes), only about 20 seconds have passed.
**It takes Starscream less than 30 seconds to reach outer space (and have a good bit of distance between him and Earth). He then reaches Cybertron in about 4 hours. For what it's worth, Starscream's toy [[bio]] states that he can reach Mach 2.8. Also, Cybertron was probably still relatively close to Earth.
**The <del>shenanigans</del> battles out in the field, including when the Decepticons initially bury Bumblebee, and the quicksand trap, take about 5 1/2 hours.
**There's a time lapse of around 15 minutes between the moment Megatron finds the exponential generator and when he opens it up. That, of course, could be overlooked seeing how it may take Megatron, who's unfamiliar with the lab, that much time to figure out the controls.
**The battle outside Doctor Arkeville's lab, including Megatron's own standoff with Optimus Prime, goes on for 2 hours. Maybe not so dubious, but it's not the norm for the television series.
*How is it that everyone seems to know where Doctor Arkeville's '''secret''' laboratory is? (The very prominent ''front staircase'' might be a clue.)
[[File:CountdownExtinction Jazz plays Laserbeak.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
* When we last see Laserbeak, he's held prisoner in Jazz's tape deck. We never do learn how he gets free.
* If the generator can melt Megatron's chest, why doesn't it melt his hands?
*The explosion from the exponential generator is supposed to be powerful enough to destroy the Earth, and yet the actual explosion is so small, all it does is knock Starscream out of the air. (See also "[[War of the Dinobots]]" for another example of an "Earth-destroying" explosion). In fairness, Megatron by this point has spent some time de-wiring and perhaps de-powering the device.

===Trivia===
*The [[Sunbow Productions]] cast list for this episode lists "Tyrex" and "Bronton" as [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s appearing with non-speaking roles. Evidence points to these being early names for Grimlock and Sludge coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]]; in an interview with Glut,<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html Interview with Donald F. Glut]</ref> he revealed that, prior to the Dinobots receiving their final names, he had submitted more "dinosaurian" names for them. Why Glut's proposed names were used on a cast list page for an episode he did not write—particularly when Grimlock and Sludge had been referred to in prior cast list pages under their proper names—is unknown.
* Thundercracker appears to be the one commanding the remaining Decepticons before Megatron returns; while not an outright error, it's a bit odd as based on what's understood about the Decepticon hierarchy, it seems like Soundwave is the highest-ranking one present.
* In the [[Family Home Entertainment]] VHS promotional blurb for this episode, the narrator claims the exponential generator's explosion is powerful enough to destroy ''the entire universe.'' So, uhhh, maybe every bit of TF fiction produced after this actually represents a different [[universal stream]]!
*One of ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron (360/PS3/PC)|Transformers: War for Cybertron]]'s'' multiplayer modes is named after this very episode.
*Yes, the Heroic Autobots are laughing over how Megatron is going to torture Starscream.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French):'' "'''Raz de marée'''" ("Tidal Wave")
:*''Title (Canadian French):'' "'''Le Générateur exponentiel'''" ("The Exponential Generator")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Concerning the European French dub:
:::*[[Jacques Ferrière]] is absent from this episode. All his characters are consequently distributed to other cast members.
:::*Laserbeak is called "Laserback" twice in this episode. In previous episodes he was called "Laserobreak".
:::*Ironhide is called "Ironhike" twice. A mix between his original name and "Irok", the name they usually use in the dub.
:::*Optimus Prime's laugh after Megatron hit Rumble is replaced by weird sounds from [[Francis Lax]], making it sound like Optimus is in great pain or struggles to do something.
:::*Shockwave reports to Megatron by introducing himself as "Shock". This is the name that was mistakenly used for Soundwave in several previous episodes.

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Astrum, il traditore'''" ("Starscream, the Traitor")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*Rumble is called "Scarlet" in this episode, despite his Italian name being "Tartar".
::*"Tread water" oddly becomes "walk on water".

:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''Conto alla rovescia per l'estinzione'''" ("Countdown to Extinction")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Chikyū Shōmetsu Keikaku'''" (地球消滅計画, "The Earth Obliteration Plan")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 31]], [[1985]]
::*Due to [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]]'s status as a [[Bandai]] toy in Japan, the Japanese broadcast of "The Ultimate Doom" three-parter had to be delayed until the end of the series, when the legal matters could be resolved. As a result, with this episode being an epilogue to "The Ultimate Doom", its chronology rubs off as rather confusing in the broadcast order of the series. A guide written by [[Hirofumi Ichikawa]] for the [[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer]] DVD box set featured a "proper viewing order" feature so that Japanese fans could watch the episodes in a more logical continuity.
::*This episode was commemorated by an exclusive [[Heroes of Cybertron (toyline)#Exclusives|Super Collection Figure]] giftset sold at the Wonder Festival 2002 convention in Japan. The set included both a metallic-painted PVC of Optimus Prime holding Megatron in gun mode and a metallic-painted PVC of Prime in truck mode.

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bàozhà Qiánxī'''" (爆炸前夕, "Before Explosion")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Contagem Para Destruição'''" ("Countdown to Destruction")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Otschyot gibeli'''" (Отсчёт гибели, "Death Countdown")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Serbian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Odbrojavanje pred uništenje'''" (Одбројавање пред уништење, "Countdown to Destruction")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Latin Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Cuenta atrás hacia la extinción'''" ("Countdown to Extinction")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
[[File:GunmodeMegsMasterpieceConvoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Optimus Prime''' (2003/2004)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-1'''
**''Accessories'': Scope, silencer, stock

:''20th Anniversary'' Optimus Prime included an accessory of Megatron in his classic Walther P-38 altmode in reference to this episode, as well as a similar team-up in "[[The Insecticon Syndrome]]". Although non-transforming, it is quite detailed and includes the individually removable silencer / barrel extension, scope, and (hinged) stock.

:As the ''Masterpiece'' Optimus Prime mold has been has re-released multiple times, so too has Megatron. He was made available again without changes as an accessory for Takara's MP-4, "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#mp4|Convoy Perfect Edition]]" and MP-1L, "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#lastshot|Convoy Last Production]]", and Hasbro's "[[Optimus Prime (G1)/toys#20thDVD|DVD Edition]]", but has also been redecoed several times: these distinct new versions of Megatron are listed on [[Megatron (G1)/toys#20th Anniversary.2FMasterpiece|Megatron's toy's page]].

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==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1986 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 11: "Countdown to Extinction" ([[Family Home Entertainment]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Original Series: Volume Three ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (Sony Wonder) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — First Season Collector's Edition ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume Three (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Le Retour de Megatron ([[UFG Junior]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Classic Transformers'' — Series One: Part Two (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 02: Stagione Uno Parte Seconda ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HZEQfVV6BKkVivUIYpdZyoOJftuPoM6J Full episode script, finalised on 9th August 1984]
*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NbdESYU7XIoktYiPIaN-95jJ0wJlg_6I/view?usp=drive_link Model sheets and background layouts]
*[https://sunbowmarvelarchive.blogspot.com/p/the-transformers-mp-700-11-countdown-to_5.html Gallery of storyboards for Act III of this episode]

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

More than Meets the Eye (RID)

2024-11-02T09:36:36Z

SerafettinB: Did you really just check my edits page just to revert additions to pages that I made a year ago?

{{disambig3.5|the ''Robots in Disguise'' episode|the ''The Transformers'' pilot|More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|More than Meets the Eye}}
{{episode|
|otherseries=''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' (2015) ep 4
|image=RIDMTMTE Chop Shop Fixit arm.jpg
|caption="Transformers: Puppetmasters"
|prev=Trust Exercises
|next=W.W.O.D.?
|title="More than Meets the Eye"
|season=1
|season ep=4
|airdate=[[February 28]], [[2015]] (Australia/NZ) [[April 11]], [[2015]] (USA)
|production company=[[Allspark (company)|Hasbro Studios]]
|writers=[[Nicole Dubuc]], [[Steven Melching]] (story) Steven Melching (Teleplay)
|animation studio=[[Polygon Pictures]]
|director=[[Vinton Heuck]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYz3ExGpG0I
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''As Russell nervously tries befriending the neighborhood kids, Fixit—craving the action of a field assignment—gets in way over his head.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:RIDMTMTE Butch Hank and Russell.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"I wouldn't ever set out to hurt anyone deliberately unless it was important—like a league game."]]
[[Russell Clay|Russell]] looks wistfully through binoculars at [[Crown City]]'s amusement park, and [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] fails to cheer him up with tales of his solitary existence on the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. [[Denny Clay|Denny]] suggests Russell check out the football field where the local kids hang out, and provides him with a vintage [[Bronco Kowalski]] helmet.

Elsewhere, a groundskeeper admires the perfect state of his golf course before heading off, unaware that the [[Decepticon]] [[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] has just emerged from a water hazard nearby. Bisk is pleased with his achievements so far, but spots [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team incoming. Bisk zaps [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] with a blast of energy, knocking the Dinobot on top of [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]]. He proceeds to likewise flatten Bumblebee and [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], who recover while Grimlock and Sideswipe attack the Decepticon. The team quickly pulls together and defeats Bisk by dropping Grimlock on him. The groundskeeper returns to find his lawn ruined.

[[File:RIDMTMTE Strongarm Bumblebee meet Bisk.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"Nobody in football should be called a genius. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."]]
At the football field, Russell finds a group of children playing football. He reluctantly joins them and is introduced to [[Hank]] (real name Henrietta) who is impressed with his helmet and [[Butch (RID)|Butch]]. As they start playing, Russell becomes confused by their jargon and ends up face down eating grass, before heading off in frustration. Back at [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], Grimlock is excitedly relating the fight they just had, and Fixit mentions he'd like to go out in the field someday. Fixit is disappointed at the news it's against regulations, which isn't helped by Grimlock's boasting. The Autobots all hide as Hank arrives to return Russell's helmet, and she invites him back to practice the next day.

[[File:RIDMTMTE Chop Shop zaps Bee.jpg|thumb|left|250px|What's that? You want Strawberry? Well how about RAWBERRY!! Made with lightning. REAL LIGHTNING.]]
That night, [[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] walks through an airfield in search of something. His signal is detected by the Autobots who roll out to investigate. As Grimlock would stand out, the others leave him on a hill near the airfield and enter the airfield, splitting up to search for the Decepticon. Bumblebee hears a noise from one of the hangers and moves in, but is unprepared when Chop Shop splits into his five component bug forms and attacks. Sideswipe, Strongarm and Grimlock come to Bumblebee's aid, but the bugs attack them as well. Having obtained the component they need, the bugs flee the scene and down into the sewers before the Autobots can stop them. The team returns to the scrap yard, where Fixit briefs them on Chop Shop's capabilities. The [[Mini-Con]] checks local law enforcement databases for thefts, and they figure out Chop Shop's building a spaceship so he can leave [[Earth]]. Denny knows of a manufacturing plant that makes liquid oxygen, the last item Chop Shop will need to complete his ship, and since the Autobots will be too conspicuous, they decide to send Denny and Fixit in.

[[File:RIDMTMTE Fixit in disguise.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A dark night on a planet that knows how to keep its secrets, but in the scrapyard near Crown City, one Minicon is still trying to find the answers to life's persistent questions. Fixit Noir: Private Eye.]]
Chop Shop arrives at the manufacturing plant and starts pumping liquid oxygen into a tanker. Russell returns to the scrapyard from football practice to find Grimlock alone in the scrapyard, and confesses he's going to quit, though Hank arrives to talk him into continuing on with football practice. Denny and Fixit (in disguise) infiltrate the manufacturing plant by driving up in Strongarm and pretending to be safety inspectors. At the scrapyard, as Grimlock tries to talk Russell into going to the football game, Russell kicks his helmet in frustration, and they both watch it go sailing over a nearby building. At the plant, Strongarm spots Chop Shop filling the tanker and tackles one of his bug components to the ground. Chop Shop attempts to merge, but missing an arm, he instead grabs Fixit and jams the Mini-Con on his shoulder. Decking Strongarm with his new limb, Chop Shop has his spare component take the tanker's wheel and jumps on the back of the vehicle as it drives off. The Autobots set off in pursuit of the tanker, but after a pincer maneuver fails, Chop Shop demolishes an overpass that lands on the three Autobots.

[[File:RIDMTMTE Chop Shop's ship.jpg|thumb|left|250px|SPACESHIP! SPACESHIP! SPACESHIP!]]
Though Chop Shop is long gone by the time they dig themselves out, Strongarm is able to track the tanker using its tire pattern, and they reach the abandoned building Chop Shop is using for a base. The Decepticon jumps the trio as they admire his rocket, and Bumblebee warns the others not to shoot, in case they ignite the rocket fuel. A reluctant Fixit is used to knock the Autobots around and flatten Bumblebee. Denny tries to creep up on one of Chop Shop's components, but his blow with a pipe does nothing, and he's forced to run from the bug. Fixit finally finds the strength to fight back, and begins punching Chop Shop, who is forced to jettison the Mini-Con. Bumblebee finishes up by uppercutting Chop Shop into the tanker, which covers the Decepticon with freezing oxygen, though one of the combiner's components scurries off.

Back at the scrapyard, Grimlock is impressed by Fixit's part in the fight. The Autobots head to the football field, where they watch from a discreet distance as Russell punts the ball between the posts. The other kids are happy with their new friend, and Denny and the Autobots celebrate.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] (2)
*[[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] (7)
*[[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]] (8)
*[[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] (9)

|c2=
*[[Bisk (RID)|Bisk]] (5)
*[[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] (6)
*[[Chop Shop (RID)|Chop Shop]] (12)

|c3=
*[[Russell Clay]] (1)
*[[Denny Clay]] (3)
*Groundskeeper (4)
*[[Butch (RID)|Butch]] (10)
*[[Hank]] (11)

}}

==Quotes==
"My old friends, fun, excitement, so close and yet so far." 
"You know what I did for fun when I was the only conscious bot on the prison ship? Nothing, and lots of it. That...really didn't help did it?"
:—'''Russell''' and '''Fixit''' share different ideas about fun.

''[Tastes the grass]'' "Nitrate levels perfect. A masterpiece! No no no no no, a Grass-terpiece!"
:—The '''groundskeeper''' gets a little too into his work.

"Hate to ruin your day, Bisk. But that one you just threw, is actually a [[Dinobot (RID)|Dinobot]]!" 
"Fine. I can still tie the record!"
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Bisk''', before the latter blasts the former.

"You think I don't know how to beat this attack? It's just up-up-left-down-claw-claw!"
:—'''Bisk''' misses the mark on getting the Konami code right.

"Whoo! and Bisk is tossin' us around with his giant claws I mean whoosh! Whoosh! So I nailed him with the Dino Demolisher! POW! Hehehe, it was epic."
:—'''Grimlock'''

"Let's roll and recapture! ''[silence]'' Yep, yep, not feeling that one either."
:—'''Bumblebee''' still tries to come up with an exciting catchphrase.

"He's a combiner named Chop Shop, a one-man heist crew with a list of crimes as long as Alpha Trion's beard. Have you seen that beard? It's more like a steel carpet actually."
:—'''Fixit's''' report on this week's criminal goes a little off topic.

"Sideswipe and I are in low-profile spots outside the plant, Strongarm. We'll move in for the collar as soon as you flush out Chop Shop." 
"Copy that. I will not forget to flush."
:—'''Bumblebee''' and '''Strongarm'''

"Field work is fun! Let's find more humans we can fool."
:—'''Fixit''' enjoying being a robot in disguise.

"I work for my team!"
:— '''Fixit''' tells Chop Shop how it is.

==Notes==
===Continuity notes===
* When fighting Bisk, Bumblebee notes that he helped saved the universe from [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]], [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and [[Dark Energon]].
* The amusement park Russell is looking wistfully at in the first scene was not there when we saw the city in "[[Pilot (Part 2)]]".
* According to Hank, Bumblebee's current alternate mode is a Griffin Motors 1995 Windblazer. His ''Prime'' alternate mode was revealed as the [[Urbana 500]] in "[[Operation Bumblebee, Part 1]]". Griffin Motors is likely a reference to ''[[Transformers: Rescue Bots (cartoon)|Rescue Bots]]'' setting [[Griffin Rock]].
* It's sunset when Hank invites Russell to football practice "in the morning", however practice instead appears to take place in the middle of the night. He returns from it prior to the Autobots' second nighttime battle against Chop Shop.
* Per the above quote, Fixit describes himself as "the only conscious bot on the prison ship." However, the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' is later shown to have broken in two during the crash, with a large contingent of [[Caretaker Mini-Con]]s in the other half, who were subsequently enslaved.

===Prisoner manifest===
* ''In stasis'': Underbite, Hammerstrike, Bisk, 4/5ths of Chop Shop
* ''On probation'': Grimlock
* ''Known at large'': Steeljaw, "Righty"
* ''Countless others all missing, presumed at large''

===Transformers references===
[[File:RIDMTMTE Grimlock on Strongarm.jpg|thumb|right|300px|That's not how you homage ''Dino Riders''!]]
* The episode's title is a reference to one of the [[Transformers brand|brand]]'s earliest taglines.
* Fixit notes that Chop Shop has a list of crimes longer than [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion's]] beard. This is not the first time [[Smokescreen (Prime)|someone]] has mentioned [[Predacons Rising (Prime)|Alpha Trion's beard]].
* When Hank comes over for the first time, if you look closely behind Strongarm and Grimlock, you can see a red Camaro of the same model as live-action movie [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

===Real-world references===
* Steven Melching previously used "Poughkeepsie Piledriver" as the name of a wrestler in the 2003 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon episode "Headlock Prime".
* Grimlock ploughs through a wall while yelling "Oh Yeah!", a reference to the {{w|Kool-Aid Man}}'s signature entrance.
* Denny's disguise appears to be a non-copyright-infringing version of a ''[[Star Trek]]'' dress uniform.

===Trivia===
* The first thirteen episodes of the series, this included, first premiered in Mandarin on Chinese streaming video site M1905.
* When Grimlock is left at the base alone, he builds a house of cars, like people would build a house of cards. Cute.
* Chop Shop is somehow able to connect Fixit- an Autobot Mini-Con of unrelated body-type to his other components- to his unoccupied shoulder socket and use him as a limb. Exactly how is not explained.

===Animation and technical errors===

===Foreign localization===
'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mais do Que os Olhos Vêem'''" ("More than Meets the Eye")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 14]], [[2015]]

'''Chinese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Wúxiàn Qiánlì'''" (无限潜力, "Unlimited Potential")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[December 31]], [[2014]]

'''Danish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fixit fikser det'''" ("Fixit fixes it")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Finnish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Enemmän kuin miltä näyttää'''"
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Au-delà des apparences'''" ("More than Meets the Eye")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 12]], [[2015]]

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Ungeahnte Fähigkeiten'''" ("Unexpected Skills")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 18]], 2015

'''Hungarian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Több mint ami szemre látszik'''" ("More than Meets the Eye")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 19]], 2015

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Oltre le apparenze'''" ("Beyond appearances")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 12]], 2015

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Tatakae Fixit!'''" (たたかえフィクシット!, "Fight, Fixit!")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[April 5]], 2015

'''Norwegian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Mer enn hva øyet ser'''" ("More than meets the eye")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Polish''':
:*''Title:'' "'''Więcej niż dostrzega wzrok'''" ("More than meets the eye")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 19]], 2015

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Original airdate:'' [[March 5]], 2015

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Bol'she, chem kajestsa''' (Больше, чем кажется; "More than Meets the Eye")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 4]], 2015

'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fixit fixar'''" ("Fixit fixes")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2015 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Collect 'em All ([[Beyond Home Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2015 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — A New Autobot Mission ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — A New Mission ([[Primal Screen]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2016 — ''Transformers Robots in Disguise'' — Season One (Shout! Factory) 

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) episodes]]

User talk:Cyberlink420

2024-11-01T18:47:11Z

SerafettinB:

==Previous discussions==
Previous discussions from before I became an admin can be found at [[User talk:Cyberlink420/Archive1|Archive]]. However, please do not edit the Archive page.



Why are you against my merger with those go-bot page if i may be so bold to ask?--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 20:56, 3 October 2021 (EDT)

== Ok, sorry ==
Can I re-upload it after it fits the standards of this wiki? --[[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 20:08, 9 April 2021 (EDT)
:Sure, but you might be better off finding a different image of Whirl. In the one you uploaded, she's just sort of standing there, while all the other images are more dynamic and show her actually doing things. Try to find something more distinct that better conveys what the character is doing in the episode. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:39, 9 April 2021 (EDT)

== Hoist Goes Hollywood ==

You reverted my edit saying it was "still a stretch." What I wrote was:

"The Autobot cast for this episode is particularly appropriate. Apart from Hoist, all the Autobots who crash the filming in search of stardom are notably vain attention-seekers. Though this trait is rarely played up with Warpath, his ego regarding his gun and shooting skills is mentioned in his bios, and he appropriately makes his entrance by displaying his sharpshooting skills."

My question is this: How the heck is that a stretch? It notes what was clearly the writer's intention in casting the episode and explains the choice of a character who would seemingly be the odd man out.

I don't do a lot of editing on here, and I genuinely try to do so only when I feel I'm adding something or improving something in accordance with the standards as I understand them, but I've had several edits reverted recently that I had put a good amount of thought into, and the justifications for those reversions have been uniformly unsatisfying and very poorly explained. {{unsigned|Tjfosko}}
:I genuinely don't think the writer put that much thought into it. And unless you have an interview with the writer saying as much, you can't say it was clearly their intention; it was more likely as simple as them being told "here's the toy(s) we want to promote this week, write a story about them". This just feels like adding a note for the sake of adding a note on an overly crowded page. (I personally think a lot of the existing notes don't serve to add much either, so it's not just a you thing.) And please remember to sign your talk page posts. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:29, 15 May 2021 (EDT)

::So, you don't think the writer of the episode picked specifically four glory-hounds to crash a movie studio hoping for stardom, but that he instead got a note saying, "We want you to sell Hoist, Tracks, Sunstreaker, Powerglide, and Warpath this week"? Look at Earl Kress's episode credits. "The Immobilizer" is practically the only episode dealing with Ironhide's age (besides a few minor asides) and actually features a rare instance of Trailbreaker being a jokester. "B.O.T.," for all its flaws, plays up Swindle better than any other episode. "Desertion of the Dinobots" doesn't have the same degree of focus, but the episodes he wrote tend to be very strong in their depictions of characters. Even if your scenario of "promote these toys this week" is accurate (which I don't think it is, as the production materials that I've seen make it seem like Hasbro gave broad strokes with the exception of a few instances of "don't use this guy because we aren't releasing him" (Reflector) or "shove this in somewhere because it's a new toy" (Protectobots)), that only makes the cast more noteworthy, as it's an incredibly convenient accident. It seems way, way more likely that the writers, with the exception of the more mercenary jobs like "The Search for Vector Sigma," were given a box of toys and told, "these are your available characters, choose as you wish."

::As for the unsigned comment, my bad. Slipped my mind. Trying to keep up with that. [[User:Tjfosko|Tjfosko]] ([[User talk:Tjfosko|talk]]) 11:51, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

== Just a suggestion ==

Since G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron have an extremely long list of appearances and will likely have even more in the future, can I split their Game appearances into separate pages? --[[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 13:36, 16 August 2021 (EDT)
:This has actually already been proposed over at [[Talk:Optimus Prime (G1)#Another split?]] -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:43, 16 August 2021 (EDT)

== Arcana ==

Hi. I just edited the Arcana page. However, I can't make the caption link to the page. The link and the caption are separate. Could you edit it so that the caption links to the page, please? {{unsigned|Cybertron1986}} 15:09, 15 September 2021 (EDT)

I suppose I should learn how to do it on practice pages. Thank you.
{{unsigned|Cybertron1986}} 15:14, 15 September 2021 (EDT)

== My mistake ==

Wait really? Oh gosh, my extreme apologies then! I wasn't aware that was a UK English spelling! I saw both Installment and Instalment on the same page and thought it was an error. [[User:BigRobot|BigRobot]] ([[User talk:BigRobot|talk]]) 23:05, 26 September 2021 (EDT)BigRobot

==Delete==
why do you keep deleting my stuff? is it irrelevant? [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 13:27, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:Irrelevant and/or inaccurate. For example, you claimed Doublecrosser said something that was actually said by Bug Bite, and you repeatedly got Rack'n'Ruin's name wrong. Also, you really need to stop trying to remove every instance of profanity; the wiki has always been PG-13, and any words that have been used in official Transformers media like "bitch" and "shit" are okay for use. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:40, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:::Noted, but that sounds unprofessional. Also, watch the tone. you are unnecessarily rude. {{unsigned|Tylerwu}}
:What I wrote in that page is relevant, it Is understandable taking from the list [[Grimlock (WFC)]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)]] but tell me were Is Servo or Metroplex I never saw them in the list. ([[User talk: Rodezno7045]]).

==Apology==
For your politeness, I would like to formally apologize. I know I was being a jerk and being immature. That happens to me all the time. I'm sorry I did all that to you. Just please remember that not everyone needs to be treated like underlings and so. But in my case, I totally deserved it. So I'm just apologising. Thanks, [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 16:23, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:I genuinely appreciate the apology, but actions ultimately speak louder than words, so I hope you take this to heart and practice better judgment going forward. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:35, 8 November 2021 (EST)

==Universal==
Hello, can you keep some of my edits? or at least change them? I feel like the "difference from film" section might be relevant. Also, ironhide and ratchet don't speak. Should they still be credited? [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 19:58, 3 December 2021 (EST)
:It's not really meant to be explicitly based on any of the films, so it's largely unnecessary to note any differences. And as I said before, there's no reason for us to document what happens when the ride breaks because it's not standard procedure, and not everyone is going to have the same experience during a malfunction, so it's impossible to log every possible result. Also, Ratchet and Ironhide appear and speak in the queue for the ride, which the article also covers. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:21, 3 December 2021 (EST)

==Play Doh==
Hi, you deleted my stuff about the compound from the spoiler boxes from the WFC trilliogy toys because it was not marketed as playdoh, yet now, there is a new section about playdoh. Even though it IS playdoh, it was never marketed as playdoh. If you choose to keep it, why delete mine? [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 21:45, 13 January 2022 (EST)
:Apart from the fact that I didn't even realize someone had added it back until a few days ago (and was convinced to let it stay in a separate discussion), the current write-up is much more detailed and actually explains why it's mentioned in the Play-Doh article. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:21, 13 January 2022 (EST)

== Whirl - Marvel UK - Time Wars ==

You removed my parenthetical regarding Whirl's lack of appearance because you believed it had no bearing on his survival. However, no one knows what happened to Whirl since he never appeared, and that makes his survival ambiguous. The current note is also confusing as written because it implies Whirl appears in Time Wars, but he doesn't. I was trying to add in some clarity to answer a question I'd been trying to get answered for myself, as I looked through the wiki trying to figure out what happened to Whirl or if he'd died in a story that I somehow didn't have in my collection (since my G1 comics collection is the Titan collections, and with the weird way the UK stories were collected I wasn't 100% positive I had all the relevant stories), and it took far more digging than it should have for me to figure it out, and the Time Wars note did cause me actual confusion.[[User:Tjfosko|Tjfosko]] ([[User talk:Tjfosko|talk]]) 12:28, 17 February 2022 (EST)
:I disagree with outright questioning his survival, but I do think it's worth bringing up on his page that he stopped appearing, without us outright saying he's alive or dead. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 12:34, 17 February 2022 (EST)
::I added a note to Whirl's character page to that effect. It was also deleted. Like probably 90% of the edits I make. C'est la vie. And I don't really mean to so much question his survival but to say that there's never any real statement as to what happened to him.[[User:Tjfosko|Tjfosko]] ([[User talk:Tjfosko|talk]]) 12:46, 17 February 2022 (EST)

== Re:Account rename ==

Thanks for the heads up! But there were other reasons why I wanted to ditch my old account, such as it being tied to an email I don't have access to anymore and me only vaguely remembering the password. It's not like I did much on it anyway, I think my most notable contribution was correcting a typo or two. If the staff wants me to use my old account for safe-keeping purposes or something, then I'd be fine with that though. --[[User:AmeliaLH|AmeliaLH]] ([[User talk:AmeliaLH|talk]]) 00:01, 25 February 2022 (EST)
:No worries. This was more just to ask if you would rather use a renamed old account or a fresh account since the rules only permit you to have one. I'll close your old account then. Thanks, and happy editing! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:36, 25 February 2022 (EST)

== "nipping this in the bud" ==

I take it you're just going to block me so you don't have to provide an argument, yeah? [[User:Elita1|Elita1]] ([[User talk:Elita1|talk]]) 23:14, 26 February 2022 (EST)
:I don't have to. As our [[Transformers_Wiki:Policies#Attitude_towards_authority|policy]] states, "he who owns the house, makes the rules". And as all of the admins are of the agreement that white nationalism is bad and have never been afraid to call out shitty people (see: [[Pat Lee]], [[Adam Baldwin]]), I see no reason why the paragraph should be removed. The fact that you joined just to do so indicates your intentions are less than noble. I suggest you drop it, or you will find yourself banned immediately. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:19, 26 February 2022 (EST)
::As you wish. [[User:Elita1|Elita1]] ([[User talk:Elita1|talk]]) 23:30, 26 February 2022 (EST)

== Discord ban appeal ==

Hey, not sure if you are the right person to ask, but over a year ago, I don’t quite recall when, I was (rightfully) banned from the Discord server for my immature and attention seeking behaviour, truthfully I am glad I was banned sooner than later since at that time I probably would’ve gotten myself banned for something much worst,
Now that over a year has passed, and I’ve dealt with a lot of the issues I had with my life and gotten myself in a better place, mentally socially, etc and again I’m into Transformers than ever I wanted to be able to contribute to the Wiki again, and learn how to be more professional about my edits, and I’d like to rejoin the discord server for that purpose, in order to discuss wiki contributions, unlike before when I *only* wanted it as a place to talk and receive attention when I had no one else to talk to in my life, I don’t mean to come off as sappy or anything of the sort, just me asking for a second chance and stating how I intend to be better if given it. (I was Lucas-Magic-Ninja’s on the Discord). [[User:Hexnut17|Hexnut17]] ([[User talk:Hexnut17|talk]]) 00:38, March 19 2022 (EST)
:I've spoken to the admin who issued your ban and they're willing to give you another shot. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 12:36, 19 March 2022 (EDT)

== Jacqueline ==

Send in a re-edited Jcqueline trivia (I don't know how to do tenses, so I apologize for that but hopefully the edited version works better).--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 10:49, 2 April 2022 (EDT)
==Rewording==
I wasn’t trying to remove Nick Studios on the EarthSpark page, I was trying to condense the sentence to be the same one that says how it is developed by eOne and Nick. There was another sentence that said Nick Studios is producing, so I wanted to merge the two and make it say that it is being co-produced and developed by them. But the caption still doesn’t make sense to me, since it isn’t for Nick alone anymore and the Nick who is a character designer isn’t really the person who the show is "by." [[User:Taylr2000|Taylr2000]] ([[User talk:Taylr2000|talk]]) 23:28, 12 April 2022 (EDT)
:It's simple wordplay, and it's still a show featuring designs ''by Nick'' Roche ''for Nick''elodeon Studios. And the existing verbiage for the paragraph is fine. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:03, 13 April 2022 (EDT)

==Misattribution note==
I added it because I saw another page that had a misattribution quote that explained it was a misattribution [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 09:59, 5 May 2022 (EDT)

== tagging images ==

I'm new in here mate, please exlain me about the image tag thing cuz i don't understand from what i've read. Thank you. {{unsigned|Cyberpunx80}} 03:55, 23 May 2022 (EDT)

== tagging images pt2 ==

Thank you very much for the help, i didn't mean to cause any trouble. {{unsigned|Cyberpunx80}} 07:10, 23 May 2022 (EDT)

==Accidental recreation==

II’ll remember the site, but as a mobile user, I can,t get to it due to parental restrictions {{unsigned|Liokaser19}} 11:40, 1 August 2022 (EDT)

==Tagging stock images==

Sorry to bother you but how do i add the stock tag to an image im uploading? {{unsigned|Kirby54}}
:Just type <nowiki>{{stock}}</nowiki> and the wiki will do the rest. We have a bunch of different stock templates for different toylines, so take a look through [[:Category:Stock image templates|this category]] and find the one that fits best, then just type the name of that template between brackets. For example, if you're uploading a stock image of a ''Collaborative'' toy, type <nowiki>{{Collaborativestock}}</nowiki>.

:(Also, make sure to sign your talk page posts! Just type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> and the wiki will automatically fill in your signature.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:12, 3 November 2022 (EDT)

thank you for clearing things up. [[User:Kirby54|Kirby54]] ([[User talk:Kirby54|talk]]) 13:28, 3 November 2022 (EDT)

==Thrash Picture Caption==
I understand how the first caption could have been taken as “whining”, with the ellipses and whatnot, but please explain why you consider the second attempt as me “whining”. It has a joking tone (as I was originally going for). I would simply like explanation, for as far as I can see, it’s far from plain complaining.

[[User:Deathwingtech|DeathwingTech]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19 November 2022 (EDT)
:Sure still came off whiny. Plus, captions where every word links to something else are a big no-no. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:07, 20 November 2022 (EST)

::Alright, in that case, how would you suggest fixing it? I do feel that it’s a good punchline, just needs a better tone. And thank you for clarifying, I’m pretty new around here! — [[User:Deathwingtech|DeathwingTech]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19 November 2022 (EDT)
:::I don't think there's any fixing it. Like, it's not even a joke, it's just saying there are other motorcycle characters. Half your examples aren't even main characters. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:16, 20 November 2022 (EST)
::::I mean, I’ve seen multiple examples of characters’ main captions comparing them to coincidentally similar characters, but if you say so. [[User:Deathwingtech|DeathwingTech]] 01:27, 20 November 2022 (EST)

==Legout (BB)==
Arn't Legout (BB) and Tuogel just like any other toy only character. [[User:Oldmajor|Oldmajor]] ([[User talk:Oldmajor|talk]]) 08:28, 12 January 2023 (EST)

==War for Cybertron==
Hey obviously I am updating this. Dreadwing has just been mentioned in Siege episode 5 as a Seeker in the past. Not sure where to update this history for the character.--[[User:Grauntlet|Grauntlet]] ([[User talk:Grauntlet|talk]]) 20:12, 26 April 2023 (EDT)

== APOLOGIES! I AM SO SORRY! ==

I made an edit a few days back on the sg Optimus page and didn’t realize that with the context of the image, it seemed like a George Floyd joke. I was trying to make a gag about Donald trump cuz I thought it was funny but I didn’t think about the fact that the image directly mirrored the incident. I take full responsibility for this and sincerely apologize, I hope I’m using this page right also! Yours truly, --[[User:Carno|Carno]] ([[User talk:Carno|talk]]) 12:48, 29 May 2023 (EDT)

== Images ==

I don't know who to write to about it, but I saw you admonished me once about the images, so maybe you'll know something. If I have an image with an unnecessary background (e.g. [[Media:Kinder-Joy-RID15-2017-Steeljaw.jpg|Steeljaw Toy]]), can I upload this image to a graphics program and cut out the background? Thanks in advance for your answer

== This message doesn't seem very mature ==

Look at the top of Talk:Sideways (ROTF) and look at Semysane's message. [[User:SuperKilogram|SuperKilogram]] ([[User talk:SuperKilogram|talk]]) 15:52, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
:What relevance does a talk page message from 13 years ago have to anything? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 17:01, 29 June 2023 (EDT)

== Should this be on Sideways' page ==

On the Sideways disambiguation page, there is a bullet point that says "Your mom", is that supposed to be there?
[[User:SuperKilogram|SuperKilogram]] ([[User talk:SuperKilogram|talk]]) 15:52, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
:Yes. Sideways once suggested that "your mom" was another incarnation of him in [[Ask Vector Prime]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:59, 29 June 2023 (EDT)

== ROTB Screencaps ==

Apologies for the sudden message, but I was wondering if it would be okay to upload screencaps from the YouTube Rise of the Beasts Videos for certain pages for use on character pages. They technically are within the guidelines under the ruling of "No leaks" as the screenshots are from publicly available videos on YouTube via the official Paramount Pictures Channel, and I believe they are of a good picture quality. If we need to wait until a home release is made, then I understand, but I wanted your input before jumping the gun on the matter. -- [[User:MavPolly123|MavPolly123]] ([[User talk:MavPolly123|talk]]) 18:26, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
:Yes, anything screencaps from official trailers or preview clips is fair game. If they're on an official Hasbro or Paramount channel, they're 100% okay to use. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:52, 29 June 2023 (EDT)

==ROTB Airazor==
What seems to be the issue with me merely adding that she was originally adding that she never transformed or that she was supposed to?
:Because both those things are already noted on her page. Also, sign your posts. (Type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:56, 2 July 2023 (EDT)
:I added to one of those and that's when you replied back to stop edit-warring it.

<[[User:Calexander0713|Calexander0713]] ([[User talk:Calexander0713|talk]]) 20:59, 2 July 2023 (EDT)>

== Puffer ==

I’ve recently added information about g1 Puffer. Unfortunately you deleted my entry, because I had no source. Unfortunately the website where Puffer was first mentioned, does not exist anymore (since it has been more than 20 years ago). So that pretty much rules out any proof I have of my text.
I know for a fact that what I’ve posted, really happened. But I don’t have any proof of that. Is there any way that you do add the information? Just until someone can proof something else (which they can’t because I know what legitimately happened :-))
Hope you can reconsider!
Thanks in advance! {{unsigned|GodGinrai}}
: Sorry, but you need proof for a claim like this. Besides, even if the story was true, I genuinely doubt it's the reason the toy was named as such; like, is there literally ''any'' reason to believe that Hasbro named the toy for that reason and not just the obvious "'''P'''ipes + H'''uffer'''"? Sometimes, the simplest answer is the right one. (Also, remember to type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to sign your talk page posts.) -- 10:49, 4 July 2023 (EDT)
::Well, hold on, I agree that there needs to be more proof, but Hasbro absolutely named the toy that because it was a long-standing fan nickname. If we can find more proof that verifies GodGinrai's story, I think it should absolutely be included; the people at Hasbro might not have known its history, but that doesn't make it any less worthy of inclusion. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 11:14, 4 July 2023 (EDT)
:::: Thanks Escargon! And I actually found some sort of proof, on the old ATT newsgroup. I do mention Puffer (although making him Klaas as I mentioned in my earlier post). But the post from early 2000 is some sort of proof: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/YkR6bBAj9ww/m/bpGU4XDJkVoJ. On April 1 2000 I say: “ The reason WHY we called him Klaas cause it's because we didn't knew it was Huffer or Pipes... so we we're discussing that..eventually it was something like: "Blue Huffer.. No.. Alter-Transform-Pipes... Puffer.. Hipes...screw it.. it's KLAAS!.. hehehehe OK :)”
::::As you see in the discussion, no one has ever seen or mentioned Puffer before. This was the first time I explained where the name came from. {{unsigned|GodGinrai}}
:::::Perhaps, but I question the ability to claim this as the name's definitive origin point, especially 14 years removed from the toy's original release; it seems more likely IMO that "Puffer" is an obvious enough portmanteau like "[[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]" that a lot of people independently came up with it, and it's just one of those things that gradually spread. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:17, 9 July 2023 (EDT)
::::::I had a search of ATT and it does look like the earliest uses of Puffer were from GodGinrai and Devvi, with it later being used by others (here's Nevermore using it in 2004 [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/d0D4qlLxObY/m/AEREJcIzHd4J]) so lacking other evidence, I can buy that they coined the term originally and it caught on in Fandom. Though I don't know that we want to go into the amount of detail present in the original note. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:42, 9 July 2023 (EDT)
:::::: so.. are we cool to post the extra info I gave on Puffer? The proof is there and I believe it’s a cool piece of background information about the origin of the name Puffer. Hope you agree! {{unsigned|GodGinrai}}
::::::: I added back a truncated version of the note with the cited source, as I agree with Abates that there didn't need to be ''that'' much detail. Also, once again, please sign your posts. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 09:13, 12 July 2023 (EDT)

==So there's a guy who removed my image of Bisk on his page twice==
Do you agree with why he said he removed it? He said it's cluttering the page, which isn't really the case to me. [[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 4:35, 6 July 2023 (TRT)
:Don't know about Cyberlink, but I definitely agree with Saix. Three images in that short section of text is too much. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:25, 6 July 2023 (EDT)

==Partner up!==
Hi, my name is Kate and I am the founder of the Independent Fallout Wiki (over yonder at [https://fallout.wiki/ fallout.wiki]). A few members of our community recommended your wiki as one we should reach out to in order to partner up with (big fans!) The Independent Fallout Wiki split off the corporately hosted wiki to give independence a whirl in April 2022. We want to strengthen relationships between other independent wikis, as our community has interests that span beyond Fallout and are excited to check out other independent sites.

What does a partnership even mean? Good question! On our end, we feature your website on the wiki as both an article and part of the home page spotlight rotation. If you have a Discord, we also feature your invite along with links to your YouTube/website/videos. If you have similar spaces, we just ask that you do the same for us. You can check out the list of our current wiki buddies [https://fallout.wiki/wiki/FalloutWiki:Affiliates here]!

These partnerships work well to connect independent wikis, lead to new friends, and are generally good vibes across the board. I appreciate you considering our request to partner up! If you feel like giving it a go or have any questions, feel free to respond here or message me on Discord (kateaces) or let me know who I should reach out to if you aren't in the partnerin business. Thank you so much in advance! 
--- <3 [[User:Kid Aces|'''''Kate Aces''''']] [[File:SlipstreamCyberverse-magazinemodel.jpg|20px|link=User talk:Kid Aces]] [[User talk:Kid Aces|''Windblade be kinda mid ngl'']] 02:10, 23 August 2023 (EDT)
:Hi there! Appreciate you reaching out, but I spoke to other members of the team and we're not currently looking to do any sort of site affiliation right now. Wishing you all the best though. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:03, 24 August 2023 (EDT)
:: No worries at all, thank you for letting me know! [[User:Kid Aces|'''''Kate Aces''''']] [[File:SlipstreamCyberverse-magazinemodel.jpg|20px|link=User talk:Kid Aces]] [[User talk:Kid Aces|''Windblade be kinda mid ngl'']] 01:48, 27 August 2023 (EDT)

== Thanks! ==

Legitimately, thank you for fixing my bad name for the Gamerguy image. I haven’t edited a wiki in along while and forgot that would happen. Good thing you caught that!

[[User:Off-the-grounder|Off-the-grounder]] ([[User talk:Off-the-grounder|talk]]) 00:33, 6 November 2023 (EST)

== United Nations Space Law. ==

Hello, on the 18th of November you edited a post I made on the TFP episode 'Deadlock', citing that UN laws do not apply in space. I would like to present the following point to reinstate the edit accordingly;

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/index.html

Following the few laws set in space, it is noted that any astronaut in space must be considered an 'envoy of mankind'. Whilst Knock-Out is, obviously, not a human - he is still considered an enemy of the united states based on the clandestine war being held between the US divisions assisting the Autobots and the Decepticons. Therefore, Miko is expected to maintain these laws accordingly.

Whilst considered an enemy he is still, following our laws, subject to rights of soldiers in war regardless of the invading force's following of said laws.

Ergo, legally speaking, Miko is a war-criminal and I feel it is important to educate (and entertain) readers on the matter, and I would appreciate if you would reconsider your decision.

If you decide it is not to be, then I understand and wish you a lovely day and a happy 2024 to come regardless. We all deserve a pleasant year and good fortune in these times.

Sincerely, Minty. --{{unsigned|Mintyfreshtea|23:23, 2 January 2024 (EST)}}
:You are reading ''way'' too much into a one-off gag. The edit stands. Also, please use <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to automatically sign your posts. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:07, 3 January 2024 (EST)

::Thank you for the insight on the sign-off, but I would appreciate you don't speak to me like that. Telling someone they're "just reading too much" into it doesn't promote discussion. I'm not presenting a 'crack theory' or going out of my way to rant about how 'children cannot be soldiers in the Transformers show' as that would be a banal point. But Miko did assault someone who was not in a position nor a proclivity to fight back, and I feel it's important to note this at the very least.

::Perhaps a compromise - without citing laws if you feel they are inappropriate for the space. Maybe "Miko is noted to attack Knock-Out after he defects" - and, if humour is what was lacking from the trivia? "Not cool." Added to the end?
::Active critiques of media assist us in recognising inappropriate behaviour and analyze the writing of these shows, for example there is a section (using Knock-Out for example) where they comment on the stilted reaction of the audience during a 'QnA'.

::I understand you're a big name in the community and hold a lot of weight, you've been on a lot of shows (I recognised the username admittedly) and you are an avid editor on this wiki. I respect this, and I would like to collaborate rather than us leaving this element absent entirely.

::Sincerely, Minty.

::[[User:Mintyfreshtea|Mintyfreshtea]] ([[User talk:Mintyfreshtea|talk]]) 02:11, 4 January 2024 (EST)

:::No. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 02:32, 4 January 2024 (EST)

::::This does hurt to experience from two administrators. This no longer feels like a wiki where I am welcome, nor that I have been heard or that I have been respected. I have presented my case, and I have been responded to with neither care nor consideration - but, I still hope you have a good day regardless of how this exchange has made me feel

::::Thank you Sipher and Cyberlink for your time.
::::Sincerely, [[User:Mintyfreshtea|Mintyfreshtea]] ([[User talk:Mintyfreshtea|talk]]) 02:42, 4 January 2024 (EST)
:::::It was a tangential trivia note that had very little to do with the episode, something we have actively taken steps to curtail in recent years, and one that makes a lot of assumptions about how international human law applies to the Cybertronian conflict that are not spelled out in the material as presented. And your compromise of "Miko is noted to attack Knock-Out after he defects. Not cool." isn't even adding any meaningful commentary at that point; it's just observing a thing that happens in the episode with no further analysis to explain why that's significant, making it even less worthy of inclusion. Furthermore, if being told "no" once by an authority figure is enough to inspire this level of vitriol, particularly when the initial response was not especially harsh, it does call into question your ability to edit collaboratively with others in the first place; per a discussion with other members of the administration, everyone is in agreement that your behavior in response to this incident has been out of line. Please take some time to reflect and decide whether this single bullet point is really worth getting this emotional over. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:43, 4 January 2024 (EST)

==Blocks==
can you stop blocking me because i accidentally sign into the wrong account? i'm trying to contribute but i keep getting locked out. [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 21:22, 12 January 2024 (EST)
:I legitimately have no idea what you're talking about. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:23, 12 January 2024 (EST)
:EDIT: Okay, now I see what you're talking about. Unfortunately, [[Transformers_Wiki:Policies#Multiple_user_names|per our policies]], you're only allowed to have one username. As I recall, you were very close to being fully banned for being in violation of that rule, but it was decided to just ban the alt instead. I suggest you just stick with your existing account, or else you ''will'' find yourself fully banned. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:35, 12 January 2024 (EST)

==Thank you==
Thanks for helping me with [[Luis Antonio Delgado | this]] article, I'm still new and getting used to the formatting. [[User:Hilfam|Hilfam]] ([[User talk:Hilfam|talk]]) 21:46, 7 February 2024 (EST)

==Brad's girlfriend==
I think given comments in the film it's pretty clear that the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmkPONYlik4 Maaco - Transformers The Last Knight Commercial: Brad Decision] commercial is further developing this subplot. Which page would this be most appropriate to mention it on? [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 22:43, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
:It's really not. There's literally no evidence at all, overt or implied, that this is referring to the same Brad. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:46, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
::Well, where do we document marketing material associated with the films. The ad itself is worth documenting even if you don't agree with Brad. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 22:50, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
:::[[Commercial/The Last Knight]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:52, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
::::Thanks for your help! [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 22:54, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
==Quotes==
I thought that other user was referring to the quote which was attached to the other image of the Unicron page...which really was a bad quote according to the points you raised in the message you left in your edit. I left a note on the user's page as that quote is the only quote that actually identifies the book by that name so I thought it was important. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 00:25, 22 March 2024 (EDT)

==I have some questions in regards to image captions==
As far as I know, just changing jokes to other jokes without adding actual information is not allowed. is adding nothing but jokes to images that don't have any not allowed too?

Also, would you guys have problems with adding screencaps from cartoons where the caption is just mentioning what is in the image without making any jokes?

[[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 18:55, 6 June 2024 (TRT)
:Yes, repeated adding of captions without information is frowned upon. If someone is an established user with a long history of positive contributions, we're more lenient if they want to add a joke to a blank caption here or there. The ability to add jokes has always been meant as a reward for the people who are actually putting in the work, and the people who aren't willing to do so usually don't get to stick around long.

:As for your other question, descriptive or informative captions are only needed if it's something that can't be conveyed just by looking at the image, though doing so may be redundant if the exact same text explaining it is already on the page in close proximity. The Decepticon Waspinator pic you uploaded, for example, probably didn't need the caption because there was already a note next to it explaining why he had a Decepticon insigna, hence why I scrapped the caption and just added (seen at right) to the end of the existing note to illustrate that's what it was talking about. In those instances, it's okay to just leave the caption blank or put a joke in as long as there's accompanying text to explain the context.

:I'd recommend reading our [[Transformers Wiki:Captions|captions policy]] to get a more in-depth understanding of what is and isn't permitted on that front. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:07, 7 June 2024 (EDT)

==Brawl in Skybound issue 7==
Hey just wondering about the removed edit to Skybound issue 7 about Brawl. What was ambiguous about it; my observation or my wording? Also was that the right place to put such things in the first place? Lastly, I think my theory is relevant given issue #9.([[User:Ratbat72!|Ratbat72!]] ([[User talk:Ratbat72!|talk]]) 21:53, 10 June 2024 (EDT)) {{unsigned|Ratbat72!}}
:Like I said, the page itself is too ambiguous. It's too hard to tell from the silhouettes who they actually are. If you don't have more substantial evidence than "it kinda looks like them", it shouldn't be added to the page. And I don't know what you mean about Issue 9, since it's not out yet. Also, please [[Transformers Wiki:Policies#SIGN YOUR POSTS|sign your posts]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 02:01, 9 June 2024 (EDT)

AH ok that makes sense. It looks like I got my copy of Issue #9 before street date; so I guess I'll stop talking for now. ([[User:Ratbat72!|Ratbat72!]] ([[User talk:Ratbat72!|talk]]) 21:53, 10 June 2024 (EDT))

== Discord ==

Hey, um, I have a problem with the discord wiki you guys got. I just joined in the discord to hang but someone on it kicked me out and i can't get back in. Is there a problem i had or...? [[User:B-Master2020|B-Master2020]] ([[User talk:B-Master2020|talk]]) 18:15, 25 June 2024 (EDT)
:I still haven't got an answer to why I was kicked out of the discord. It's still not letting me back in. [[User:B-Master2020|B-Master2020]] ([[User talk:B-Master2020|talk]]) 22:16, 7 October 2024 (EDT)
::I was told you were blocked for the linking of wildly inappropriate content in your Discord profile, and that the ban is non-negotiable. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:22, 8 October 2024 (EDT)
:::But i didn’t have any links to any inappropriate content on my discord profile. You didn’t told me i was blocked for that. Do I ever do that on that server? I would never do that. I just joined in and then suddenly they kicked me out with no reason. [[User:B-Master2020|B-Master2020]] ([[User talk:B-Master2020|talk]]) 12:26, 9 October 2024 (EDT)
::::I wasn't the one who blocked you since I was away at the time, but multiple other staff members have attested to seeing explicit content linked in your profile, so I stand by their decision. As said before, the block is non-negotiable. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:09, 9 October 2024 (EDT)
:::::I have no explicit content on my profile. I have nothing on it that has anything to do with this block. I haven’t broken any rules when i was on that server. You staff members need to recheck it through over this if i done anything, because i’ve been clean on whatever that discord server had! Period. It’s just a discord profile. There’s nothing bad about it having explicit content. What proof do you hve that I have against that? [[User:B-Master2020|B-Master2020]] ([[User talk:B-Master2020|talk]]) 16:44, 9 October 2024 (EDT)
::::::Okay, to be EXCEEDINGLY blunt, your associated social media profiles had a bunch of inappropriate comments about underage-coded characters, along with links to explicit art thereof. The volume of it was enough that multiple people on the mod team were thoroughly creeped out and unanimously decided that's not the kind of thing we want anywhere near our server, hence the block. While our current policies do not dictate that users banned on the Discord must also be banned on the Wiki and vice-versa, I suggest you drop this line of conversation unless you want to be fully cut off here as well. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:52, 9 October 2024 (EDT)

== I apologize... ==

Greetings. First, I want to really apologize for not understanding how things work here. It isn't the same thing as Wikipedia, but I still want to be useful. How could I make a new article? I want to write one based on the characters and story arcs featured in the [[Energon Universe]]. Thank you.[[User:Fico Puricelli|Fico Puricelli]] ([[User talk:Fico Puricelli|talk]]) 19:13, 24 July 2024 (EDT)
:We don't need an article listing all the characters because we already have [[:Category:Energon Universe characters|categories]] for that purpose. And we don't need an article with a list of story arcs because that's not how we format information here; each series and issue gets its own individual article, and we only make articles for [[:Category:Story arcs|specific story arcs]] when they are actually of note, such as a branded crossover story that spans multiple series. If you really want to help, you can look at the character tables on any of the individual issue articles and check to see which ones haven't been made yet or aren't up to date in terms of their EU fiction. Please take note of how other articles are formatted, such as the primarily in-universe writing style and the use of storylink templates to reference when each event took place. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19:59, 24 July 2024 (EDT)

== Thank you ==
hi,just wanted to say I appreciate you fixing the Robosen article,I was in a rush with school and eager to do something to help the wiki,sorry if I made a mess of things--[[User:Balloney|Balloney]] ([[User talk:Balloney|talk]]) 22:16, 16 October 2024 (EDT)
:Writing for the wiki isn't really something you should be rushing. There isn't some time limit in which articles need to be made, and we do have certain standards for contributions, including an understanding of basic spelling, grammar and formatting; otherwise, it just creates more work that other editors need to clean up. I strongly suggest you read our help pages and study how other articles are formatted before making further contributions, or else you may find your edits being reverted simply because other editors don't have the patience to fix any errors. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:00, 17 October 2024 (EDT)

== There's an user who removed my additions to a bunch of pages ==
They are called Saix. I don't know why they started doing this since most of these additions were a year ago, and it seemed like they suddenly decided to check my contributions and remove every addition I added to pages

They also frequently remove other people's contributions as well, things like images that were on pages for years. I'm curious why they are frequently doing this.
[[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 21:46, 1 September 2024 (TRT)

Fracture (RID)

2024-11-01T17:04:23Z

SerafettinB:

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Fracture}}
:''Fracture is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015Fracturepromorender.jpg|350px|thumb|Don’t get me wrong, it’s cute that you all think you’re the heroes of this little adventure, but—you’re not. You’re bandits. You’re the bad guys. And I...am the goddamn hero.]]

A bounty hunter by trade, '''Fracture''' has absolutely no scruples as far as what he'll do to bring in his quarry. No tactic too underhanded, no trick too dirty, and certainly no worries whatsoever about messily eliminating any competition for a bounty. Smug and self-assured, he's just in it for the monetary gain.

Naturally, this puts him at odds with rival bounty hunter [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], who ends up taking many of the same jobs as Fracture, but for (''ugh'') ''honorable'' reasons. Fracture longs for the day he can finally put that nuisance in the scrapyard and just beat the crap out of bounties in peace.

He's backed up by his two [[Mini-Con|Mini-Con]] partners, [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]] and [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]], who he can launch like missiles from his shoulders. They're most often deployed to provide distractions or mop up anyone who might get between Fracture and his prey.

{{quote|I love technology, but there's something to be said for old-fashioned brutality.|Fracture|"[[Battlegrounds, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Kevin Pollak]] (English), [[Anri Katsu]] (Japanese)|[[Alessandro Zurla]] (Italian), [[Yasser Azzat]] (Arabic), [[Aku Laitinen]] (Finnish), [[David Manet]] (French), [[Sven Gerhardt]] (German), [[Julio Bernal]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Marco Antônio Abreu]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:Fracture Aligned.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Wow. Bravo. Champagne. Cheers. High-five. Slow clap.]]
Fracture headed to [[Earth]] to pick up the bounty on [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], however [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] had had the same idea, and the pair tangled at a deserted ranch. Fracture managed to get Drift on the ropes until Bumblebee and his team joined the fight, forcing Fracture and his Mini-Cons to retreat. Using micro-drones to spy on the Autobots, Fracture was able to set a series of traps, enabling him to capture [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]], [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], and [[Denny Clay|Denny]]. He attempted to use them to bargain for Bumblebee, but instead ended up fighting Drift again. Though he again defeated Drift, [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] hijacked [[Fracture's ship|his ship]], freeing the hostages and forcing him to flee. {{storylink|Hunting Season}}

[[File:HuntingSeason Fracture Cybertronian vehicle.jpg|thumb|right|275px|So I scoop out his stupid little optics with his spoon, and his protoforms are all, "aghhhhh!," and, ah...he can't see where he's going! He's bumping into stuff! I dunno, maybe you had to be there. Anyway, the moral is: you're a total bitch.]]
Now stranded on Earth, Fracture took on an Earth vehicle mode and joined forces with [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]'s [[Steeljaw's Pack|gang]] at some point. An encounter with [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]] led the gang to confront the Autobots in a garbage dump, and an overconfident Fracture was defeated by Sideswipe. Steeljaw later managed to free the Decepticons from their cuffs and they returned to their hideout. Back at the base, Fracture expressed his doubts as to Clampdown's reliability, what with him snitching to the Autobots, but Steeljaw assured him that the crab-bot had been suitably... ''convinced'' that betraying them again would not be in his best interests. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

Fracture took part in a plan to take over the Autobots' scrapyard. It was briefly successful, with the Autobots being kept out using a subsonic field, but once they got back in, Fracture tried to face them with the other Decepticons. He squared off against Drift successfully until Drift was joined by the other Autobots, who dispensed of the rest of the Decepticon team. Defeated, Fracture later had to flee back to the hideout with the other Decepticons, {{storylink|Lockout}} but left behind a piece of himself that fell off in the skirmish. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}}

[[File:Battlegrounds1 FractureAltmode.jpg|thumb|left|275px|''Born to be wiiiiiiillllld!!!'']]
Fracture assisted Underbite and Thunderhoof in capturing Strongarm, by using his Mini-Cons and a log battering ram to take the cadet down. With the new hostages luring the Autobots away from their base, Fracture was sent to infiltrate the scrapyard and abduct [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] so the other imprisoned Decepticons could be freed. He and his Mini-Cons infiltrated the base by masquerading as one of [[Russell Clay|Russell]]'s friends and getting him to shut down the defense systems. A brief showdown with Fixit allowed Russell to escape Fracture's clutches, and while he and his Mini-Cons were hunting for the fugitives, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] arrived from the [[Realm of the Primes]] and promptly defeated the trio. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} Fracture was later seen in a stasis pod along with the rest of Steeljaw's Pack. The other Autobots later congratulated Fixit, Denny and Russell for taking down Fracture unaided. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Fracture's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

====''Robots in Disguise'' shorts====
Fracture came upon a stasis pod. When Airazor and Divebomb opened it up, Fracture was surprised to see not a Decepticon come forth, but [[Backtrack (RID)|a Cyclone]] instead. His two diminutive cronies filled him in on what a [[Cyclone]] was, and Fracture decided that he would have the unaligned Mini-Con swear allegiance to him. He was caught off-guard when [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|a second Cyclone]] burst forth from the pod. Both Cyclones then ganged up on him, leaving him unconscious. He shortly sprang back up, and after recalling his Mini-Cons, swore he would have the Cyclones pledge themselves to him, even if he had to do so forcefully. {{storylink|Knock, Knock!}}

His pursuit was off to a rough start as he was knocked into unconsciousness again when an explosive left behind by the Cyclones detonated near him. {{storylink|Back and Forth}} When he eventually came to, Fracture was too embarrassed by the whole ordeal to pursue it further, and insisted that his two Mini-Con companions forget anything had happened at all. {{storylink|Two Plus Two Equals More}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Following the defeat of Megatronus, Fracture was among the Decepticons who were freed by Steeljaw and set to work mining [[energon]] for their new empire. Fracture sneaked off to take a nap, only to be surprised when he appeared to hear Steeljaw tell him to get back to work. It turned out to be Fixit and Russell trying to escape, however Fracture's attempt to recapture them was interrupted by the arrival of Team Bee. Fracture was joined by Clampdown in an attempt to fight Drift, however the [[Vehicon (Prime)|Vehicons]] they'd been fighting alongside turned on them as a result of Steeljaw's deceit. A well-placed bomb brought the mountain down on Fracture and his fellows, who were soon restored to stasis pods. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
After [[Grimlock (Kre-O)|Grimlock]] failed to beat a particularly difficult game at the arcade and quit out of frustration, Fracture gave it a go. He then managed to beat the game with ease! This sent Grimlock flying into a rage, and Fracture had to flee to avoid the Dinobot's rampage. {{storylink|Arcade}}

==Commercial appearances==
* Fracture boasted that nothing could stop him, and posed in a parking lot with his two Mini-Con partners, only for all three of them to be felled by the might of Optimus Prime! {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Mega Optimus Prime toy commercial}}

*Fracture faced off against Drift, the two combatants launching their Mini-Con partners at one another. The battle ended in the Decepticons' defeat, and Slipstream and Jetstorm high-fived one another atop of Fracture's unconscious form. {{storylink|Commercial#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Robots in Disguise Deployers toy commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
[[File:TFRID-Game-Fracture.jpg|upright=1|thumb|Look, bit of advice kiddo. Never meet your heroes; they're all [[Anatomic euphemism|pistons]].]]
*''unlock Starter'' — 500 Energon Cubes or 10 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock 1-Step'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Deployer'' — 6000 Energon Cubes or 120 Ultra Sparks
{{note|Though he appears in the story as a CPU-controlled boss, Fracture is also a playable character. Yes, he can beat himself up. His two toy-forms can be temporarily unlocked by scanning the badges on said toys. However, these and his show-accurate "Starter" form (which the CPU boss uses) can also be permanently unlocked by spending Energon Cubes.}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
There were lots of Fractures! They attempted to escape before the Autobots secured them back into their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}

===Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker===
Fracture acted as a goalkeeper in a soccer match between him, [[Divebomb (RID)|Divebomb]] and [[Airazor (RID)|Airazor]]; and the Autobots [[Drift (RID)|Drift]], [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]], and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]]. {{storylink|Transformers Super Mini-Con Striker}}
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==Toys==
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:2015RIDOneStepFracture.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Lobo's wild ride. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Fracture''' (One-Step Changer, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TED-14'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[October 24]], 2015

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' One-Step Changers, Fracture transforms from robot to chopper of made-up model in just one easy step: pulling the front wheel and saddle up to complete his robot mode. Secondary stock photos (pictured from the right) shows his optics were painted blue instead of red.

[[File:Transformers-Adventure-TED-14-Fracture.jpg|upright=1|left|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]

: Due to how the legs are molded, Fracture cannot ride on [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Stomp & Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]].

: His scannable [[insignia]] is on the right side of his front wheel. The badge is not scannable in-package.

: TakaraTomy released One-Step Fracture in the eighth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#TakaraTomy Adventure toyline|Adventure]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> "Easy Dynamic Series", the sub-line full of simpler toys for the younger set. This version features additional paint applications to make him more show-accurate than the Hasbro take. He also features a new scan-badge sticker, which when scanned into the ''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Transformers: Chronicle]]'' app, marks him off on the toy checklist.

{{-}}{{anchor|Deployer}}
[[File:RID2015-Mini-Con-Deployers-Fracture.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Where the hell is -- I had a violin somewhere, I was gonna play it all sarcastically --goddammit, it was gonna be awesome.]]

<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Fracture''' (Deployer, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Airazor Mini-Con

: Part of the first assortment of "Min-Con Deployers", this Warrior-sized mold of Fracture transforms into a Cybertronian hoverbike. Low on robot-mode articulation, Fracture is constructed around his "Deployer" gimmick, a large, built-in, spring-loaded launcher formed from his sidecar that hangs off his right-hand side in robot mode. It is designed to launch any torpedo-type ''Robots in Disguise'' Mini-Con figure, like his packed-in partner, [[Airazor (RID)#Toys|Airazor]] (although he is not designed to, he can also launch Cyclone-type Mini-Cons). In robot mode, pulling down on a lever on Fracture's back swings the launcher downward (while swinging his right arm up in a pointing move) to fire the loaded Mini-Con; in vehicle mode, the Mini-Con is launched by pressing a button on top of it.

: The launcher is designed with a "safety" switch for both modes; as a robot his legs need to be pulled slightly apart, while in vehicle mode a button on its underside needs to be pressed in, generally accomplished by placing the toy on a flat surface.

: Fracture includes tabs on his forearms designed to hold Airazor's energy swords, and features a Mini-Con mounting port on his left elbow, where Airazor or any other Mini-Con can attach. His scannable [[insignia]] is on his on robot mode chest, easily scanned even in-package.

: The secondary stock photos features a [[:File:RID2015-Minicon-Deployers-Decepticon-Fracture.jpg|different deco]] compared to the final product. Some of his parts are changed to a reddish purple, and his scannable insignia is slightly enlarged.

{{-}}{{anchor|TakaraDeployer}}
[[File:Transformers-adventure-tav-24-micron-shooter-fracture-set.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, I don't have my other [[Divebomb (RID)|original Mini-Con]]. Would you buy me or not?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Micronshooter Fracture Set'''{{sic}} (Deployer, 2015)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV24'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 29]], 2015
:*''Accessories'': Airazor and Sandsting Microns

: The TakaraTomy release of Deployer Fracture, sold in the sixth wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#TakaraTomy Adventure toyline|Adventure]]'' product, "Micron Shooter" Fracture is a redeco of the Hasbro mold, with much more extensive paint applications than the Hasbro release, making him much more show-appearance-like.

: While he once again comes with his minion Mini-Con [[Airazor (RID)#TakaraFracture|Airazor]], like the Takara [[Drift (RID)#Mini-Con Deployer|Micron Shooter Drift]] he comes with a second Mini-Con as well... but bizarrely, this extra bot is the non-show character [[Sandsting#Adventure|Sandstinger]] rather than the obvious choice of [[Divebomb (RID)#Toys|Divebomb]]. What the scrap?

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/Fracture/fracture.htm More information on Deployer Fracture at TFU.info]''

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[[File:RID2015-Warrior-Class-Fracture.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Butt Stallion says "hello."''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Fracture''' (Warrior Class, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''TAV36'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[January 30]], 2016
:*''Accessories'': Rifle

: Warrior Class Fracture transforms into an "Earth mode" chopper motorcycle of made-up model. In robot mode, he has considerably imrpoved articulation over his previous Deployer figure... but that's not hard. His massive laser rifle can be held with his [[5 mm post|5 mm compatible]] hands, or fold up into a tailpipe and peg into the side of his vehicle mode. His scannable [[insignia]] is on his on robot mode chest, easily scanned even in-package.

[[File:Transformers-Adventure-TAV36-Fracture.jpg|upright=1|left|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]

: Fracture was first released as part of the fifth wave of the Warrior Class assortment, but was later re-released in the ''Mini-Con Weaponzers'' [[subline imprint]] packaging refresh.

: The TakaraTomy release of Warrior Fracture, sold in the eleventh wave of ''Adventure'' product (and the only item in that wave), has a slightly different deco which is in some ways more show-accurate than the Hasbro release, but in some ways ''less'' so. He also features a new scan-badge, which checks him off on the toy checklist when scanned into the ''[[Transformers Chronicle (toyline)|Transformers Chronicle]]'' app, although this was neutered by a dummy sticker when in-package.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Fracture/fracture.htm More information on Warrior Class Fracture at TFU.info]''
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:Fracture kreon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1|'''Optimus Prime Beast Blaster''' (2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set Number'': B0951
:*''Pieces'': 247
:*''Kreons'': [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#OPBeastBlaster|Optimus Prime]], Fracture, [[Airazor (RID)#Kre-O|Airazor]], [[Divebomb (RID)#Kre-O|Divebomb]]
:*''Accessories'': Buildable rifle

: [[Kreon]] Fracture was available only as part of the ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Optimus Prime [[Beast Blaster]]" set. His built-up rifle attaches to a small clip pegged onto his back. He also comes with a brick-built hoverbike based roughly on the character's in-show Cybertronian mode.

: You can get a more show-accurate Fracture by simply swapping his black helmet for Divebomb's purple helmet... which also makes Divebomb more show-accurate to boot. The joys of buildable toys!

: All of the 2015 ''Transformers [[Kre-O]]'' product was skipped by retailers in the US (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In late 2015, much of the line was finally released at discount in the US through TJ Maxx stores, including this set.
{{-}}

==Merchandise==
===McDonald's===
[[File:RID15-toy FractureMcD.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]
*'''Fracture''' (McDonald's toy, 2015)
**''McNumber'': '''4'''
**''Accessories'': Light-up rifle

:Part of the 2015 [[McDonald's]] ''Transformers''/''[[My Little Pony]]'' Happy Meal promotion, Fracture is a non-transforming action figure (in his Earth-mode body) with swivel joints at the waist and shoulders. He comes with a large, clear-plastic rifle that attaches to his back, or over his shoulder. Once a small switch on the rifle is turned to the "On" position, pushing the barrel back makes it light up, flashing back and forth from red to yellow light.

: The bag he comes in and instruction sheet have a scan-badge that unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]]. This badge is the same for all of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Happy Meal bags and instructions.

: Fracture can also be scanned into the McDonald's [[McPlay]] app, which recognizes the toy's silhouette. Doing so unlocks Fracture's version of the "[[Stasis Pod Battle]]" game.

===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Fracture.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Decepticon Fracture''' (Tiny Titan, 2015)
**''Series'': '''3'''
**''Number'': '''6/12'''

: Part of the third [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', this is a small, soft-plastic figurine of Fracture brandishing his rifle.

: He comes with a trading card with a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

{{-}}{{anchor|TinyTitans2}}
*'''Decepticon Fracture''' (Tiny Titan, 2015)
**''Series'': '''4'''
**''Number'': '''8/12'''

:Part of the fourth assortment of ''Tiny Titans'', this version of Fracture is in a more battle-ready stance, holding his rifle as a club.

:As per usual, he includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the ''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game, which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

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==Notes==
* In the Japanese dub Fracture often ends his sentences with "It's-esque", and when he falls, he screams "It hurts!"
* Fracture and his Mini-cons are the only members of Steeljaw's original pack that didn't return in the final season.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Fracture''' (フラクチャー ''Furakuchā'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Duàn Gǔ''' (China, 断骨, "Broken Bone")
*''Russian:'' '''Perelom''' (Перелом, "Fracture")

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==Previous discussions==
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Why are you against my merger with those go-bot page if i may be so bold to ask?--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 20:56, 3 October 2021 (EDT)

== Ok, sorry ==
Can I re-upload it after it fits the standards of this wiki? --[[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 20:08, 9 April 2021 (EDT)
:Sure, but you might be better off finding a different image of Whirl. In the one you uploaded, she's just sort of standing there, while all the other images are more dynamic and show her actually doing things. Try to find something more distinct that better conveys what the character is doing in the episode. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:39, 9 April 2021 (EDT)

== Hoist Goes Hollywood ==

You reverted my edit saying it was "still a stretch." What I wrote was:

"The Autobot cast for this episode is particularly appropriate. Apart from Hoist, all the Autobots who crash the filming in search of stardom are notably vain attention-seekers. Though this trait is rarely played up with Warpath, his ego regarding his gun and shooting skills is mentioned in his bios, and he appropriately makes his entrance by displaying his sharpshooting skills."

My question is this: How the heck is that a stretch? It notes what was clearly the writer's intention in casting the episode and explains the choice of a character who would seemingly be the odd man out.

I don't do a lot of editing on here, and I genuinely try to do so only when I feel I'm adding something or improving something in accordance with the standards as I understand them, but I've had several edits reverted recently that I had put a good amount of thought into, and the justifications for those reversions have been uniformly unsatisfying and very poorly explained. {{unsigned|Tjfosko}}
:I genuinely don't think the writer put that much thought into it. And unless you have an interview with the writer saying as much, you can't say it was clearly their intention; it was more likely as simple as them being told "here's the toy(s) we want to promote this week, write a story about them". This just feels like adding a note for the sake of adding a note on an overly crowded page. (I personally think a lot of the existing notes don't serve to add much either, so it's not just a you thing.) And please remember to sign your talk page posts. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:29, 15 May 2021 (EDT)

::So, you don't think the writer of the episode picked specifically four glory-hounds to crash a movie studio hoping for stardom, but that he instead got a note saying, "We want you to sell Hoist, Tracks, Sunstreaker, Powerglide, and Warpath this week"? Look at Earl Kress's episode credits. "The Immobilizer" is practically the only episode dealing with Ironhide's age (besides a few minor asides) and actually features a rare instance of Trailbreaker being a jokester. "B.O.T.," for all its flaws, plays up Swindle better than any other episode. "Desertion of the Dinobots" doesn't have the same degree of focus, but the episodes he wrote tend to be very strong in their depictions of characters. Even if your scenario of "promote these toys this week" is accurate (which I don't think it is, as the production materials that I've seen make it seem like Hasbro gave broad strokes with the exception of a few instances of "don't use this guy because we aren't releasing him" (Reflector) or "shove this in somewhere because it's a new toy" (Protectobots)), that only makes the cast more noteworthy, as it's an incredibly convenient accident. It seems way, way more likely that the writers, with the exception of the more mercenary jobs like "The Search for Vector Sigma," were given a box of toys and told, "these are your available characters, choose as you wish."

::As for the unsigned comment, my bad. Slipped my mind. Trying to keep up with that. [[User:Tjfosko|Tjfosko]] ([[User talk:Tjfosko|talk]]) 11:51, 17 May 2021 (EDT)

== Just a suggestion ==

Since G1 Optimus Prime and Megatron have an extremely long list of appearances and will likely have even more in the future, can I split their Game appearances into separate pages? --[[User:GobotsFanForever|GobotsFanForever]] ([[User talk:GobotsFanForever|talk]]) 13:36, 16 August 2021 (EDT)
:This has actually already been proposed over at [[Talk:Optimus Prime (G1)#Another split?]] -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:43, 16 August 2021 (EDT)

== Arcana ==

Hi. I just edited the Arcana page. However, I can't make the caption link to the page. The link and the caption are separate. Could you edit it so that the caption links to the page, please? {{unsigned|Cybertron1986}} 15:09, 15 September 2021 (EDT)

I suppose I should learn how to do it on practice pages. Thank you.
{{unsigned|Cybertron1986}} 15:14, 15 September 2021 (EDT)

== My mistake ==

Wait really? Oh gosh, my extreme apologies then! I wasn't aware that was a UK English spelling! I saw both Installment and Instalment on the same page and thought it was an error. [[User:BigRobot|BigRobot]] ([[User talk:BigRobot|talk]]) 23:05, 26 September 2021 (EDT)BigRobot

==Delete==
why do you keep deleting my stuff? is it irrelevant? [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 13:27, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:Irrelevant and/or inaccurate. For example, you claimed Doublecrosser said something that was actually said by Bug Bite, and you repeatedly got Rack'n'Ruin's name wrong. Also, you really need to stop trying to remove every instance of profanity; the wiki has always been PG-13, and any words that have been used in official Transformers media like "bitch" and "shit" are okay for use. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:40, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:::Noted, but that sounds unprofessional. Also, watch the tone. you are unnecessarily rude. {{unsigned|Tylerwu}}
:What I wrote in that page is relevant, it Is understandable taking from the list [[Grimlock (WFC)]] and [[Sideswipe (WFC)]] but tell me were Is Servo or Metroplex I never saw them in the list. ([[User talk: Rodezno7045]]).

==Apology==
For your politeness, I would like to formally apologize. I know I was being a jerk and being immature. That happens to me all the time. I'm sorry I did all that to you. Just please remember that not everyone needs to be treated like underlings and so. But in my case, I totally deserved it. So I'm just apologising. Thanks, [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 16:23, 8 November 2021 (EST)
:I genuinely appreciate the apology, but actions ultimately speak louder than words, so I hope you take this to heart and practice better judgment going forward. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:35, 8 November 2021 (EST)

==Universal==
Hello, can you keep some of my edits? or at least change them? I feel like the "difference from film" section might be relevant. Also, ironhide and ratchet don't speak. Should they still be credited? [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 19:58, 3 December 2021 (EST)
:It's not really meant to be explicitly based on any of the films, so it's largely unnecessary to note any differences. And as I said before, there's no reason for us to document what happens when the ride breaks because it's not standard procedure, and not everyone is going to have the same experience during a malfunction, so it's impossible to log every possible result. Also, Ratchet and Ironhide appear and speak in the queue for the ride, which the article also covers. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:21, 3 December 2021 (EST)

==Play Doh==
Hi, you deleted my stuff about the compound from the spoiler boxes from the WFC trilliogy toys because it was not marketed as playdoh, yet now, there is a new section about playdoh. Even though it IS playdoh, it was never marketed as playdoh. If you choose to keep it, why delete mine? [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 21:45, 13 January 2022 (EST)
:Apart from the fact that I didn't even realize someone had added it back until a few days ago (and was convinced to let it stay in a separate discussion), the current write-up is much more detailed and actually explains why it's mentioned in the Play-Doh article. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:21, 13 January 2022 (EST)

== Whirl - Marvel UK - Time Wars ==

You removed my parenthetical regarding Whirl's lack of appearance because you believed it had no bearing on his survival. However, no one knows what happened to Whirl since he never appeared, and that makes his survival ambiguous. The current note is also confusing as written because it implies Whirl appears in Time Wars, but he doesn't. I was trying to add in some clarity to answer a question I'd been trying to get answered for myself, as I looked through the wiki trying to figure out what happened to Whirl or if he'd died in a story that I somehow didn't have in my collection (since my G1 comics collection is the Titan collections, and with the weird way the UK stories were collected I wasn't 100% positive I had all the relevant stories), and it took far more digging than it should have for me to figure it out, and the Time Wars note did cause me actual confusion.[[User:Tjfosko|Tjfosko]] ([[User talk:Tjfosko|talk]]) 12:28, 17 February 2022 (EST)
:I disagree with outright questioning his survival, but I do think it's worth bringing up on his page that he stopped appearing, without us outright saying he's alive or dead. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 12:34, 17 February 2022 (EST)
::I added a note to Whirl's character page to that effect. It was also deleted. Like probably 90% of the edits I make. C'est la vie. And I don't really mean to so much question his survival but to say that there's never any real statement as to what happened to him.[[User:Tjfosko|Tjfosko]] ([[User talk:Tjfosko|talk]]) 12:46, 17 February 2022 (EST)

== Re:Account rename ==

Thanks for the heads up! But there were other reasons why I wanted to ditch my old account, such as it being tied to an email I don't have access to anymore and me only vaguely remembering the password. It's not like I did much on it anyway, I think my most notable contribution was correcting a typo or two. If the staff wants me to use my old account for safe-keeping purposes or something, then I'd be fine with that though. --[[User:AmeliaLH|AmeliaLH]] ([[User talk:AmeliaLH|talk]]) 00:01, 25 February 2022 (EST)
:No worries. This was more just to ask if you would rather use a renamed old account or a fresh account since the rules only permit you to have one. I'll close your old account then. Thanks, and happy editing! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:36, 25 February 2022 (EST)

== "nipping this in the bud" ==

I take it you're just going to block me so you don't have to provide an argument, yeah? [[User:Elita1|Elita1]] ([[User talk:Elita1|talk]]) 23:14, 26 February 2022 (EST)
:I don't have to. As our [[Transformers_Wiki:Policies#Attitude_towards_authority|policy]] states, "he who owns the house, makes the rules". And as all of the admins are of the agreement that white nationalism is bad and have never been afraid to call out shitty people (see: [[Pat Lee]], [[Adam Baldwin]]), I see no reason why the paragraph should be removed. The fact that you joined just to do so indicates your intentions are less than noble. I suggest you drop it, or you will find yourself banned immediately. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 23:19, 26 February 2022 (EST)
::As you wish. [[User:Elita1|Elita1]] ([[User talk:Elita1|talk]]) 23:30, 26 February 2022 (EST)

== Discord ban appeal ==

Hey, not sure if you are the right person to ask, but over a year ago, I don’t quite recall when, I was (rightfully) banned from the Discord server for my immature and attention seeking behaviour, truthfully I am glad I was banned sooner than later since at that time I probably would’ve gotten myself banned for something much worst,
Now that over a year has passed, and I’ve dealt with a lot of the issues I had with my life and gotten myself in a better place, mentally socially, etc and again I’m into Transformers than ever I wanted to be able to contribute to the Wiki again, and learn how to be more professional about my edits, and I’d like to rejoin the discord server for that purpose, in order to discuss wiki contributions, unlike before when I *only* wanted it as a place to talk and receive attention when I had no one else to talk to in my life, I don’t mean to come off as sappy or anything of the sort, just me asking for a second chance and stating how I intend to be better if given it. (I was Lucas-Magic-Ninja’s on the Discord). [[User:Hexnut17|Hexnut17]] ([[User talk:Hexnut17|talk]]) 00:38, March 19 2022 (EST)
:I've spoken to the admin who issued your ban and they're willing to give you another shot. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 12:36, 19 March 2022 (EDT)

== Jacqueline ==

Send in a re-edited Jcqueline trivia (I don't know how to do tenses, so I apologize for that but hopefully the edited version works better).--[[User:Projectus|Projectus]] ([[User talk:Projectus|talk]]) 10:49, 2 April 2022 (EDT)
==Rewording==
I wasn’t trying to remove Nick Studios on the EarthSpark page, I was trying to condense the sentence to be the same one that says how it is developed by eOne and Nick. There was another sentence that said Nick Studios is producing, so I wanted to merge the two and make it say that it is being co-produced and developed by them. But the caption still doesn’t make sense to me, since it isn’t for Nick alone anymore and the Nick who is a character designer isn’t really the person who the show is "by." [[User:Taylr2000|Taylr2000]] ([[User talk:Taylr2000|talk]]) 23:28, 12 April 2022 (EDT)
:It's simple wordplay, and it's still a show featuring designs ''by Nick'' Roche ''for Nick''elodeon Studios. And the existing verbiage for the paragraph is fine. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:03, 13 April 2022 (EDT)

==Misattribution note==
I added it because I saw another page that had a misattribution quote that explained it was a misattribution [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 09:59, 5 May 2022 (EDT)

== tagging images ==

I'm new in here mate, please exlain me about the image tag thing cuz i don't understand from what i've read. Thank you. {{unsigned|Cyberpunx80}} 03:55, 23 May 2022 (EDT)

== tagging images pt2 ==

Thank you very much for the help, i didn't mean to cause any trouble. {{unsigned|Cyberpunx80}} 07:10, 23 May 2022 (EDT)

==Accidental recreation==

II’ll remember the site, but as a mobile user, I can,t get to it due to parental restrictions {{unsigned|Liokaser19}} 11:40, 1 August 2022 (EDT)

==Tagging stock images==

Sorry to bother you but how do i add the stock tag to an image im uploading? {{unsigned|Kirby54}}
:Just type <nowiki>{{stock}}</nowiki> and the wiki will do the rest. We have a bunch of different stock templates for different toylines, so take a look through [[:Category:Stock image templates|this category]] and find the one that fits best, then just type the name of that template between brackets. For example, if you're uploading a stock image of a ''Collaborative'' toy, type <nowiki>{{Collaborativestock}}</nowiki>.

:(Also, make sure to sign your talk page posts! Just type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> and the wiki will automatically fill in your signature.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:12, 3 November 2022 (EDT)

thank you for clearing things up. [[User:Kirby54|Kirby54]] ([[User talk:Kirby54|talk]]) 13:28, 3 November 2022 (EDT)

==Thrash Picture Caption==
I understand how the first caption could have been taken as “whining”, with the ellipses and whatnot, but please explain why you consider the second attempt as me “whining”. It has a joking tone (as I was originally going for). I would simply like explanation, for as far as I can see, it’s far from plain complaining.

[[User:Deathwingtech|DeathwingTech]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19 November 2022 (EDT)
:Sure still came off whiny. Plus, captions where every word links to something else are a big no-no. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:07, 20 November 2022 (EST)

::Alright, in that case, how would you suggest fixing it? I do feel that it’s a good punchline, just needs a better tone. And thank you for clarifying, I’m pretty new around here! — [[User:Deathwingtech|DeathwingTech]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 19 November 2022 (EDT)
:::I don't think there's any fixing it. Like, it's not even a joke, it's just saying there are other motorcycle characters. Half your examples aren't even main characters. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 01:16, 20 November 2022 (EST)
::::I mean, I’ve seen multiple examples of characters’ main captions comparing them to coincidentally similar characters, but if you say so. [[User:Deathwingtech|DeathwingTech]] 01:27, 20 November 2022 (EST)

==Legout (BB)==
Arn't Legout (BB) and Tuogel just like any other toy only character. [[User:Oldmajor|Oldmajor]] ([[User talk:Oldmajor|talk]]) 08:28, 12 January 2023 (EST)

==War for Cybertron==
Hey obviously I am updating this. Dreadwing has just been mentioned in Siege episode 5 as a Seeker in the past. Not sure where to update this history for the character.--[[User:Grauntlet|Grauntlet]] ([[User talk:Grauntlet|talk]]) 20:12, 26 April 2023 (EDT)

== APOLOGIES! I AM SO SORRY! ==

I made an edit a few days back on the sg Optimus page and didn’t realize that with the context of the image, it seemed like a George Floyd joke. I was trying to make a gag about Donald trump cuz I thought it was funny but I didn’t think about the fact that the image directly mirrored the incident. I take full responsibility for this and sincerely apologize, I hope I’m using this page right also! Yours truly, --[[User:Carno|Carno]] ([[User talk:Carno|talk]]) 12:48, 29 May 2023 (EDT)

== Images ==

I don't know who to write to about it, but I saw you admonished me once about the images, so maybe you'll know something. If I have an image with an unnecessary background (e.g. [[Media:Kinder-Joy-RID15-2017-Steeljaw.jpg|Steeljaw Toy]]), can I upload this image to a graphics program and cut out the background? Thanks in advance for your answer

== This message doesn't seem very mature ==

Look at the top of Talk:Sideways (ROTF) and look at Semysane's message. [[User:SuperKilogram|SuperKilogram]] ([[User talk:SuperKilogram|talk]]) 15:52, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
:What relevance does a talk page message from 13 years ago have to anything? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 17:01, 29 June 2023 (EDT)

== Should this be on Sideways' page ==

On the Sideways disambiguation page, there is a bullet point that says "Your mom", is that supposed to be there?
[[User:SuperKilogram|SuperKilogram]] ([[User talk:SuperKilogram|talk]]) 15:52, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
:Yes. Sideways once suggested that "your mom" was another incarnation of him in [[Ask Vector Prime]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:59, 29 June 2023 (EDT)

== ROTB Screencaps ==

Apologies for the sudden message, but I was wondering if it would be okay to upload screencaps from the YouTube Rise of the Beasts Videos for certain pages for use on character pages. They technically are within the guidelines under the ruling of "No leaks" as the screenshots are from publicly available videos on YouTube via the official Paramount Pictures Channel, and I believe they are of a good picture quality. If we need to wait until a home release is made, then I understand, but I wanted your input before jumping the gun on the matter. -- [[User:MavPolly123|MavPolly123]] ([[User talk:MavPolly123|talk]]) 18:26, 29 June 2023 (EDT)
:Yes, anything screencaps from official trailers or preview clips is fair game. If they're on an official Hasbro or Paramount channel, they're 100% okay to use. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 18:52, 29 June 2023 (EDT)

==ROTB Airazor==
What seems to be the issue with me merely adding that she was originally adding that she never transformed or that she was supposed to?
:Because both those things are already noted on her page. Also, sign your posts. (Type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 20:56, 2 July 2023 (EDT)
:I added to one of those and that's when you replied back to stop edit-warring it.

<[[User:Calexander0713|Calexander0713]] ([[User talk:Calexander0713|talk]]) 20:59, 2 July 2023 (EDT)>

== Puffer ==

I’ve recently added information about g1 Puffer. Unfortunately you deleted my entry, because I had no source. Unfortunately the website where Puffer was first mentioned, does not exist anymore (since it has been more than 20 years ago). So that pretty much rules out any proof I have of my text.
I know for a fact that what I’ve posted, really happened. But I don’t have any proof of that. Is there any way that you do add the information? Just until someone can proof something else (which they can’t because I know what legitimately happened :-))
Hope you can reconsider!
Thanks in advance! {{unsigned|GodGinrai}}
: Sorry, but you need proof for a claim like this. Besides, even if the story was true, I genuinely doubt it's the reason the toy was named as such; like, is there literally ''any'' reason to believe that Hasbro named the toy for that reason and not just the obvious "'''P'''ipes + H'''uffer'''"? Sometimes, the simplest answer is the right one. (Also, remember to type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to sign your talk page posts.) -- 10:49, 4 July 2023 (EDT)
::Well, hold on, I agree that there needs to be more proof, but Hasbro absolutely named the toy that because it was a long-standing fan nickname. If we can find more proof that verifies GodGinrai's story, I think it should absolutely be included; the people at Hasbro might not have known its history, but that doesn't make it any less worthy of inclusion. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 11:14, 4 July 2023 (EDT)
:::: Thanks Escargon! And I actually found some sort of proof, on the old ATT newsgroup. I do mention Puffer (although making him Klaas as I mentioned in my earlier post). But the post from early 2000 is some sort of proof: https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/YkR6bBAj9ww/m/bpGU4XDJkVoJ. On April 1 2000 I say: “ The reason WHY we called him Klaas cause it's because we didn't knew it was Huffer or Pipes... so we we're discussing that..eventually it was something like: "Blue Huffer.. No.. Alter-Transform-Pipes... Puffer.. Hipes...screw it.. it's KLAAS!.. hehehehe OK :)”
::::As you see in the discussion, no one has ever seen or mentioned Puffer before. This was the first time I explained where the name came from. {{unsigned|GodGinrai}}
:::::Perhaps, but I question the ability to claim this as the name's definitive origin point, especially 14 years removed from the toy's original release; it seems more likely IMO that "Puffer" is an obvious enough portmanteau like "[[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]]" that a lot of people independently came up with it, and it's just one of those things that gradually spread. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:17, 9 July 2023 (EDT)
::::::I had a search of ATT and it does look like the earliest uses of Puffer were from GodGinrai and Devvi, with it later being used by others (here's Nevermore using it in 2004 [https://groups.google.com/g/alt.toys.transformers/c/d0D4qlLxObY/m/AEREJcIzHd4J]) so lacking other evidence, I can buy that they coined the term originally and it caught on in Fandom. Though I don't know that we want to go into the amount of detail present in the original note. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 16:42, 9 July 2023 (EDT)
:::::: so.. are we cool to post the extra info I gave on Puffer? The proof is there and I believe it’s a cool piece of background information about the origin of the name Puffer. Hope you agree! {{unsigned|GodGinrai}}
::::::: I added back a truncated version of the note with the cited source, as I agree with Abates that there didn't need to be ''that'' much detail. Also, once again, please sign your posts. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 09:13, 12 July 2023 (EDT)

==So there's a guy who removed my image of Bisk on his page twice==
Do you agree with why he said he removed it? He said it's cluttering the page, which isn't really the case to me. [[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 4:35, 6 July 2023 (TRT)
:Don't know about Cyberlink, but I definitely agree with Saix. Three images in that short section of text is too much. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:25, 6 July 2023 (EDT)

==Partner up!==
Hi, my name is Kate and I am the founder of the Independent Fallout Wiki (over yonder at [https://fallout.wiki/ fallout.wiki]). A few members of our community recommended your wiki as one we should reach out to in order to partner up with (big fans!) The Independent Fallout Wiki split off the corporately hosted wiki to give independence a whirl in April 2022. We want to strengthen relationships between other independent wikis, as our community has interests that span beyond Fallout and are excited to check out other independent sites.

What does a partnership even mean? Good question! On our end, we feature your website on the wiki as both an article and part of the home page spotlight rotation. If you have a Discord, we also feature your invite along with links to your YouTube/website/videos. If you have similar spaces, we just ask that you do the same for us. You can check out the list of our current wiki buddies [https://fallout.wiki/wiki/FalloutWiki:Affiliates here]!

These partnerships work well to connect independent wikis, lead to new friends, and are generally good vibes across the board. I appreciate you considering our request to partner up! If you feel like giving it a go or have any questions, feel free to respond here or message me on Discord (kateaces) or let me know who I should reach out to if you aren't in the partnerin business. Thank you so much in advance! 
--- <3 [[User:Kid Aces|'''''Kate Aces''''']] [[File:SlipstreamCyberverse-magazinemodel.jpg|20px|link=User talk:Kid Aces]] [[User talk:Kid Aces|''Windblade be kinda mid ngl'']] 02:10, 23 August 2023 (EDT)
:Hi there! Appreciate you reaching out, but I spoke to other members of the team and we're not currently looking to do any sort of site affiliation right now. Wishing you all the best though. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 16:03, 24 August 2023 (EDT)
:: No worries at all, thank you for letting me know! [[User:Kid Aces|'''''Kate Aces''''']] [[File:SlipstreamCyberverse-magazinemodel.jpg|20px|link=User talk:Kid Aces]] [[User talk:Kid Aces|''Windblade be kinda mid ngl'']] 01:48, 27 August 2023 (EDT)

== Thanks! ==

Legitimately, thank you for fixing my bad name for the Gamerguy image. I haven’t edited a wiki in along while and forgot that would happen. Good thing you caught that!

[[User:Off-the-grounder|Off-the-grounder]] ([[User talk:Off-the-grounder|talk]]) 00:33, 6 November 2023 (EST)

== United Nations Space Law. ==

Hello, on the 18th of November you edited a post I made on the TFP episode 'Deadlock', citing that UN laws do not apply in space. I would like to present the following point to reinstate the edit accordingly;

https://www.unoosa.org/oosa/en/ourwork/spacelaw/index.html

Following the few laws set in space, it is noted that any astronaut in space must be considered an 'envoy of mankind'. Whilst Knock-Out is, obviously, not a human - he is still considered an enemy of the united states based on the clandestine war being held between the US divisions assisting the Autobots and the Decepticons. Therefore, Miko is expected to maintain these laws accordingly.

Whilst considered an enemy he is still, following our laws, subject to rights of soldiers in war regardless of the invading force's following of said laws.

Ergo, legally speaking, Miko is a war-criminal and I feel it is important to educate (and entertain) readers on the matter, and I would appreciate if you would reconsider your decision.

If you decide it is not to be, then I understand and wish you a lovely day and a happy 2024 to come regardless. We all deserve a pleasant year and good fortune in these times.

Sincerely, Minty. --{{unsigned|Mintyfreshtea|23:23, 2 January 2024 (EST)}}
:You are reading ''way'' too much into a one-off gag. The edit stands. Also, please use <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> to automatically sign your posts. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 00:07, 3 January 2024 (EST)

::Thank you for the insight on the sign-off, but I would appreciate you don't speak to me like that. Telling someone they're "just reading too much" into it doesn't promote discussion. I'm not presenting a 'crack theory' or going out of my way to rant about how 'children cannot be soldiers in the Transformers show' as that would be a banal point. But Miko did assault someone who was not in a position nor a proclivity to fight back, and I feel it's important to note this at the very least.

::Perhaps a compromise - without citing laws if you feel they are inappropriate for the space. Maybe "Miko is noted to attack Knock-Out after he defects" - and, if humour is what was lacking from the trivia? "Not cool." Added to the end?
::Active critiques of media assist us in recognising inappropriate behaviour and analyze the writing of these shows, for example there is a section (using Knock-Out for example) where they comment on the stilted reaction of the audience during a 'QnA'.

::I understand you're a big name in the community and hold a lot of weight, you've been on a lot of shows (I recognised the username admittedly) and you are an avid editor on this wiki. I respect this, and I would like to collaborate rather than us leaving this element absent entirely.

::Sincerely, Minty.

::[[User:Mintyfreshtea|Mintyfreshtea]] ([[User talk:Mintyfreshtea|talk]]) 02:11, 4 January 2024 (EST)

:::No. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 02:32, 4 January 2024 (EST)

::::This does hurt to experience from two administrators. This no longer feels like a wiki where I am welcome, nor that I have been heard or that I have been respected. I have presented my case, and I have been responded to with neither care nor consideration - but, I still hope you have a good day regardless of how this exchange has made me feel

::::Thank you Sipher and Cyberlink for your time.
::::Sincerely, [[User:Mintyfreshtea|Mintyfreshtea]] ([[User talk:Mintyfreshtea|talk]]) 02:42, 4 January 2024 (EST)
:::::It was a tangential trivia note that had very little to do with the episode, something we have actively taken steps to curtail in recent years, and one that makes a lot of assumptions about how international human law applies to the Cybertronian conflict that are not spelled out in the material as presented. And your compromise of "Miko is noted to attack Knock-Out after he defects. Not cool." isn't even adding any meaningful commentary at that point; it's just observing a thing that happens in the episode with no further analysis to explain why that's significant, making it even less worthy of inclusion. Furthermore, if being told "no" once by an authority figure is enough to inspire this level of vitriol, particularly when the initial response was not especially harsh, it does call into question your ability to edit collaboratively with others in the first place; per a discussion with other members of the administration, everyone is in agreement that your behavior in response to this incident has been out of line. Please take some time to reflect and decide whether this single bullet point is really worth getting this emotional over. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:43, 4 January 2024 (EST)

==Blocks==
can you stop blocking me because i accidentally sign into the wrong account? i'm trying to contribute but i keep getting locked out. [[User:Tylerwu|Tylerwu]] ([[User talk:Tylerwu|talk]]) 21:22, 12 January 2024 (EST)
:I legitimately have no idea what you're talking about. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:23, 12 January 2024 (EST)
:EDIT: Okay, now I see what you're talking about. Unfortunately, [[Transformers_Wiki:Policies#Multiple_user_names|per our policies]], you're only allowed to have one username. As I recall, you were very close to being fully banned for being in violation of that rule, but it was decided to just ban the alt instead. I suggest you just stick with your existing account, or else you ''will'' find yourself fully banned. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:35, 12 January 2024 (EST)

==Thank you==
Thanks for helping me with [[Luis Antonio Delgado | this]] article, I'm still new and getting used to the formatting. [[User:Hilfam|Hilfam]] ([[User talk:Hilfam|talk]]) 21:46, 7 February 2024 (EST)

==Brad's girlfriend==
I think given comments in the film it's pretty clear that the [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmkPONYlik4 Maaco - Transformers The Last Knight Commercial: Brad Decision] commercial is further developing this subplot. Which page would this be most appropriate to mention it on? [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 22:43, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
:It's really not. There's literally no evidence at all, overt or implied, that this is referring to the same Brad. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:46, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
::Well, where do we document marketing material associated with the films. The ad itself is worth documenting even if you don't agree with Brad. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 22:50, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
:::[[Commercial/The Last Knight]]. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 22:52, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
::::Thanks for your help! [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 22:54, 21 March 2024 (EDT)
==Quotes==
I thought that other user was referring to the quote which was attached to the other image of the Unicron page...which really was a bad quote according to the points you raised in the message you left in your edit. I left a note on the user's page as that quote is the only quote that actually identifies the book by that name so I thought it was important. [[User:Astrobotix|Astrobotix]] ([[User talk:Astrobotix|talk]]) 00:25, 22 March 2024 (EDT)

==I have some questions in regards to image captions==
As far as I know, just changing jokes to other jokes without adding actual information is not allowed. is adding nothing but captions to images that don't have any not allowed too?

Also, would you guys have problems with adding screencaps from cartoons where the caption is just mentioning what is in the image without making any jokes?

[[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 18:55, 6 June 2024 (TRT)

Possession

2024-06-07T15:34:36Z

SerafettinB:

{{episode
|series=BWtoon
|ep=21
|series2=BWJtoon
|ep2=21
|prev2=Dark Voyage
|next2=The Low Road
|image=Starscream ghost BW.jpg
|caption="Look, I'm a ghost, okay? Quit being such a jerk."
|title="Possession"
|season=1
|season ep=21
|production company=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|airdate=[[February 3]], [[1997]]
|packaged with=[[Waspinator (BW)#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Waspinator]], [[Megatron (BW)/toys#Beast Wars 10th Anniversary|Optimus Primal vs. Megatron]], [[Motorarm (BW)#Beast Wars Telemocha Series|Motorarm]]
|written by=[[Ian Weir]]
|directed by=[[Owen Hurley]]
|animation studio=[[Mainframe Entertainment]]
|continuity=[[Beast Wars continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY82SDnpewc
|videosite=YouTube
}}
'''Waspinator finds himself possessed by none other than the original Decepticon traitor, Starscream!'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:Possession Waspinator.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Haunter used Hypnosis!]]
A violent [[energon storm]] rages, causing significant damage and knocking out power to both the [[Axalon (BW)|Maximal]] and [[Darksyde (BW)|Predacon bases]]. While the [[Maximal]]s stash their extra ammo deeper in their ship's hold to prevent undue accidents, [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] attempts to get one of the Predacon base's computer consoles online...only to be greeted by a ghostly, shrill voice from it. A power surge hits the bug-bot soon afterwards, and when the other Predacons begin to wonder what has happened to him, in he comes, announcing his return "at long last" in the same eerie voice.

The voice belongs to [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], Air Commander of the [[Decepticon]] forces and [[second-in-command]] to the original [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], whose [[spark]] had been tumbling through time and space for an unknown number of years before settling within Waspinator. As he puts it, he was destroyed defending [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] from the Chaos Bringer [[Unicron]], but his [[spark]] endured. As a show of his good faith, he pledges his loyalty to the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]], revealing vital information about the state of the Maximal base due to the storm, intelligence Megatron could use to plan a sneak attack. Intrigued by the idea, Megatron accepts Starscream into his ranks.

[[File:Possession Megatron victorious.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"B-3" "BINGO!!!"]]
The next day, as the Maximals are making repairs to their base, they are suddenly attacked by the Preds, and Starscream's intel proves very useful in catching them off-guard. In the ensuing firefight, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] is injured and the Decepticon Air Commander flies rings round [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]], forcing the Maximals to abandon ship and regroup outside. Happy with their victory, Megatron puts Starscream in charge of holding the ''Axalon'', with Scorponok and [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] under his command, while the rest of the Predacons return to their base, in case the Maximals decide to go for a sneak attack of their own. However, despite being pleased with Starscream's help, Megatron warns [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] in private to watch their new ally closely. Once they're alone, though, Blackarachnia shows off her knack for history by correctly pointing out to Starscream that he was [[The Transformers: The Movie|murdered by Galvatron after he betrayed the Decepticon commander]]. She's willing to keep this a secret, though, if she's let in on his real plans: to destabilize Megatron's control and rule both factions.

Deep in the forest, as the Maximals recover, Optimus Primal voices his confusion and concern over Waspinator's new personality. He isn't entirely convinced Waspinator is possessed by the spark of Starscream, but as the [[Maximal Elder]]s had long since sealed the Decepticon's records, they're not able to confirm or deny it, either. Fortunately, Dinobot's as much of a military history buff as Blackarachnia is, commenting on how ''Webster's Cybertronian Dictionary'' has pretty much replaced all definitions of "traitor" with Starscream's name.

[[File:Possession Starscream point.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|I want YOU for Predacon Army]]
Realizing Starscream's tendencies, Optimus Primal leads the Maximals in returning to the ''Axalon'' and calling Starscream out to announce their surrender, citing the need to use the ship's [[CR chamber]] to repair Dinobot's (now exaggerated) wounds. Feeling generous, the Decepticon Air Commander allows Optimus and Dinobot to come on board, but as predictably as night follows day, betrays them and strips Optimus of his weapons and locks him up in the hold as soon as he steps on deck. With their leader now his prisoner, Starscream orders the other Maximals to attack the Predacon base, over the token objections of Scorponok, who is then blasted away by Starscream and Blackarachnia. They comply, and the trap is set.

[[File:Possession Starscream gunpoint.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I'm azzz mad azzz hell, and I'm not going to take thizzz anymore!]]
Unbeknown to the Air Commander, he's been duped by the oldest trick in the book; by allowing himself to be betrayed, Optimus Primal has put himself and Dinobot in the perfect position to retake their base, which they do in a dazzling display that forces Starscream and Blackarachnia to retreat back to Predacon territory. Upon hearing of the Maximal attack that is ordered by Starscream, Megatron angrily swears to finish both Starscream and Blackarachnia off to himself. Optimus pursues and manages to best the Decepticon in an aerial dogfight, leaving him grovelling at the Maximal's feet...until Blackarachnia shows up, prompting Starscream to plead for her aid, believing they can still complete their coup. No dice; this new generation is much less gullible than [[Autobot|their]] [[Decepticon|ancestors]], and Blackarachnia has skillfully pulled off a double-cross on the double-crosser, igniting a small energon cache underneath Starscream to "exorcise" the Decepticon's spark from Waspinator's body.

At the end of the day, Megatron gets done fixing the back-to-normal Waspinator as Blackarachnia explains her betrayal; if she hadn't done it, she maintains, she wouldn't have been able to sniff out Starscream's true motives. Megatron reluctantly accepts this excuse, but warns her that it still doesn't invoke confidence in her loyalties. Back at the ''Axalon'', the Maximals are finishing up repairs of their own...everyone but Cheetor, who's slacking off with a bout of stargazing, quipping "Twinkle, twinkle, little Starscream," as the camera pans up to beyond the planet's orbit, showing Starscream's spark screaming mech fluid-drenched vengeance on all within the Beast Wars as he drifts away into the void.

==Featured characters==
Characters in ''italic text'' appear only in flashbacks. 
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s
|c1=
*[[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] (2)
*[[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] (3)
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] (4)
*[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] (8)
*[[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] (13)
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] (14)
*[[Tigatron]] (15)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s
|c2=
*[[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] (5)
*[[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (6)
*[[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]] (7)
*[[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] (9)
*[[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] (10)
*[[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] (11)

|h3=[[Decepticon]]s
|c3=
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (1)

|c4=
*''[[Unicron]]'' (12)
}}

==Quotes==
"What is this? Program does not respond! Waszzpinator does not understand!" 
"I'll bet Waspinator seldom ''does!'' But try not to let it depress you, bug-face."
:—'''Waspinator''', about to be possessed by '''Starscream'''

"Starscream, perhaps the centuries of weightlessness have taken a toll on your neurological circuitry."
:—'''Megatron''' seems to forget that free-floating sparks don't ''have'' circuitry.

"Lie still! And GROAN, for cryin' out loud! You're supposed to be half-dead!" 
"If you don't shut up, vermin, ''you'' will be my role model!"
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Dinobot'''. 'Nuff said.

"You're nothin' but a schemin' snake in the grass!" 
"Ehh, flattery will get you flattened, vermin."
:—'''Rattrap''' and '''Starscream'''

"Ugh! Starscream and Blackarachnia! I'll have both their treacherous hides! Yeeessss...I'll-I'll melt them down and use them for aluminum siding! Oh, yes, indeed!"
:—'''Megatron''' finally learning of Starscream's traitorous nature. Odd...

"Oh, Waszzpinator has a headache in his ''whole'' body."
:—Poor '''Waspinator''' needs some medication.

"I'll be back! Even if it takes a thousand years, ''I'LL BE REVENGED ON YOU ALL!''"
:—'''Starscream''', as he drifts through space

==Notes==
===Script timeline===
* First draft: 4 September 1996
* Second draft: 16 September 1996
* Finalised: 20 September 1996
* As Air: 7 February 1997

===Animation and technical errors===
*As is customary in many episodes, Scorponok's visor shifts from yellow to red throughout his appearance.
*When Megatron "checks up" on Waspinator, his dino head inexplicably switches from his right hand to his left hand, and his thighs are clipping through his seat.
*Waspinator is all kinds of messed up when he's looking at the monitor screen, as if parts of his model have only been partially rendered. His neck, his antennae and portions of his back are half-missing, as are the insect-leg [[kibble]] on his arm in their entirety.
*Unicron's "ring" is not connected to his body.
*As Blackarachnia is explaining Starscream, the computer screen she's pointing at has an image of a stasis pod on it, likely a reused asset.
*When Starscream points to the unguarded side of the ''Axalon'', he seems to have a finger pointing on both sides of his hand, as though the animators were unsure of which hand he was using to point at the screen. (From the looks of the previous scenes, it should be his left hand.)
*When Cheetor opens fire on the [[Cyberbee]], the shiny reflection textures on his metal bits and his gun keep blinking on and off.
*A Primal realizes he's been tricked, the textures on his jet flames are moving the wrong way: instead of flowing downward, they're animated moving sideways, toward Primal's body.
*Cheetor's reflections partially vanish again when he starts shooting at Starscream. The same happens to Primal and Dinobot just before Primal lifts off at the end of the fight.
*As Starscream weaves around Cheetor's gunfire during the battle in the ''Axalon'', he is missing the yellow details on the outside of his mouth.
*Rattrap's gun clips through the ''Axalon''{{'}}s wall as he fires it before retreating.
*Some of the leaves are clearly floating in the air as the "camera" pans down at the recuperating Maximals in the forest.
*As Blackarachnia winks at Starscream, the right side of her "helmet" is sunken into her head.
*In the closeup of Rhinox lowering and shaking his head, the area in the background seems completely different than in other shots.
*When the ''Axalon'' elevator begins descending, the Maximals are standing a few meters forward than in the previous shot. A fallen tree resting on a rock is farther behind them, and a rock that wasn't there before appears next to Rhinox.
*A portion of Blackarachnia's face again clips through her helmet when Starscream begins addressing the Maximals. Also, she appears to have no neck, with her head resting directly upon her shoulders.
*Not to be outdone, Optimus' head is likewise hideously deformed in the following shot, with the sides stretched down to the base of his neck, and his head sitting far too high. Additionally, his mouth doesn't move while he's speaking. ''Argh...''
*When Starscream is standing on top of the ''Axalon'' and instructing the Maximals to attack the Predacon base, his right foot clips straight through one of the autocannons. A few moments later when he blasts Scorponok, he's standing nowhere near the cannon.
*Just before he shoots Scorponok, Starscream's gun sinks into his pelvis for a moment.
*When Primal gets the drop on Starscream and Blackarachnia, both villains are missing kibble in various shots: Starscream his (well, Waspinator's) wings and Blackarachnia her spider legs. Starscream's wings briefly show up, only to vanish again when he takes off, leading to the rather awkward sight of him flying around with no sort of propulsion.
*In the same shot, as Starscream flees the ''Axalon'', Blackarachnia isn't visible.
*Despite Primal's blasts being strong enough to knock over a chair, free Dinobot from the CR chamber and send his foes fleeing, none of his other shots inflict any damage on the command center. For that matter, when he shoots the CR chamber's locks off, they simply vanish between frames.
*At one point, Cheetor and Rattrap are commando crawling towards the Predacon base when spotlights are turned on. Both Maximals appear to be outside the spotlight border, and yet when the shot changes to a close-up, they're suddenly brightly lit up as if they're in the centre of the spotlight beam. (Also, why on earth is Rattrap crawling along on his belly in robot mode, rather than using his much smaller beast mode? Didn't we just have [[Call of the Wild|an episode]] on practical uses of alt-modes?)
*As the Maximals pull back from their assault on the Pred base, the shells coming out of Rhinox's guns clip right through the boulder on his right, while the ones flying to his left simply disappear midair.
*In the same shot, Tigatron's gun lacks any sort of firing effect. Also, his left ankle is painfully twisted.
*When Starscream arrives at the battle scene at the end, he remains airborne despite not flapping his wings.
*Perhaps deliberate, as it might make animating the scene too difficult, but Starscream's insect abdomen is completely absent during his final defeat. It's also missing as Megatron puts Waspinator back together.
*Just before he reconnects Waspinator's head, Megatron's left arm clips into Tarantulas' thigh.
*When Cheetor is staring out towards space, the stars appear to be in front of the two moons.

===Continuity notes===
*Inferno is strangely missing from the Predacon roster, making it unclear if he was simply elsewhere or the timeline of the episode was intended to be before his introduction. If the latter, it could theoretically fit best coming right before "[[The Trigger, Part 1]]" since Megatron is suspicious of Blackarachnia's treacherous and ambitious side that she, up until that episode, gave no reason for Megatron to be suspicious of beforehand. Whereas in this episode, her brief teaming up with Starscream ''would'' be enough reason for Megatron to be wary of her loyalty in "The Trigger" were this episode to precede that one.
*Previous episodes had strongly implied the connection, but this is the first episode to explicitly confirm that the Maximals and Predacons are descendants of the original [[Autobot]]s and [[Decepticon]]s.
*The [[Maximal Elder]]s receive a mention, providing us a glimpse at post-war Maximal society. Notably, they have apparently sealed off some records of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]].
*Starscream mentions that his spark can travel through space ''and'' time, providing us with another hint about the true nature of the planet.

===Continuity errors===
[[Image:Possession_BWPlanet.jpg|thumb|200px|right|"Okay, who got drunk last night and moved the continents about?"]]
*Looking at the intro sequence with Starscream's spark, he appears to touch down on a continent that resembles North America, somewhere in the southwest United States (apparently Arizona). The terrain and creatures in ''Beast Wars'' suggest that it takes place in Africa and the presence of the standing stones, though not necessarily Stonehenge, suggest Britain. The shots from space in "[[Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command]]" also show continents that don't match North America. On the other hand, it makes sense, since "[[The Agenda (Part III)]]" puts the ''Axalon'' and the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] within commuting distance. It's not too wild to assume that the spark kept commuting for an unknown distance even after touching down either. The fact that Starscream admits later to have seen the damage inflicted to the Maximal base "before acquiring this body" also alludes to this scenario, that he commuted after touching down. (When we see the planet at the end of the episode, it looks like the same model that we've seen before, with continents that resemble North and South America right next to two other large land masses in a formation that doesn't match present-day Earth.)
*While free-floating sparks are usually depicted as spheres, Starscream's spark has the twiddly bits which are usually only present to attach a spark to a protoform. Then again, it has been stated that Starscream's spark is not normal, so this may have been a conscious alteration?
*Megatron knew a great deal about Cybertronian history, yet apparently did not know the real nature of Starscream and his demise. However, Megatron might have been playing dumb to lure Starscream into being bolder with his actions. On the other hand, the Maximal Elders had a large portion of his records sealed ''due'' to his history. Then again, Megatron DID tell Scorponok to watch Starscream...
**On that same note, both Blackarachnia and Dinobot knew about Starscream, even though Primal stated that his records were sealed. It's possible that the records were sealed only to the Maximals (as Primal notes it was the Maximal Elders who sealed them), but given what we'll learn of the state of Maximal/Predacon relations on Cybertron and the Maximal Elders' dirty little secrets, that explanation is rather hard to believe.
*Despite being born from a Maximal Protoform, Blackarachnia refers to the Decepticons as "our" (the Predacons') ancestors. On the other hand, this is neither the first nor the last time she will identify herself as a Predacon, shunning her Maximal origin.
*Back in "[[Beast Wars (Part 2)]]", when facing the ''Axalon'' as it points slightly to his left, Rattrap noted that the direction to his right was east, meaning that the ''Axalon'' faces a southwestern direction in its crashed position. In this episode, however, Starscream and Megatron claim that the ''Axalon''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s damaged left side (which would be facing southeast according the aforementioned earlier episode) is its southwest side, and that the ship's right side faces northeast, which would thus mean that the ''Axalon'' instead faces northwest, in contrast to the pilot episode.
*Starscream apparently imprisons Optimus in shackles that he can break out of in about five seconds flat. However, in the episode commentary on [[Madman Entertainment]]'s ''Beast Wars Season 1'' DVDs, story editor [[Bob Forward]] states that Primal originally had a very complex way of breaking free involving tools and the dexterity of his [[beast mode]] appendages, but the animators changed this to just him "busting out", possibly due to time and monetary constraints.
*The later episodes "[[Optimal Situation]]" and "[[Master Blaster]]" will show that a Maximal or Predacon body containing two sparks (their own and one from an Autobot or Decepticon) undergoes dramatic changes, taking on a new, larger appearance and gaining incredible might. Waspinator, however, undergoes only minor physical changes and gains no obvious power apart from somewhat enhanced speed.
**Megatron does infer that the "power" of the second spark has an effect on this, but this also seems strange, as Starscream's spark, due to its immortality, would be presumably better than the average. On the other hand, Starscream's spark will later be described as "mutant" in "[[Bad Spark]]", so perhaps this prevents the dramatic changes seen in other characters. There is also the fact that both Primal and Megatron were [[Transmetal]]s when they took onboard second sparks, which might have also had an effect. (From an out-of-universe perspective, the producers likely forgot this instance when the other mergings occurred. Waspinator does have the ability to recover from constantly being almost destroyed, so your [[fanon]] might want to chalk that up to Starscream's influence.)

===Transformers references===
[[File:Waspinator with decepticon insignia.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Decepticon insignia replacing the Predacon one on Waspinator's head after Starscream possesses him.]]
*Obviously, Starscream himself firmly ties ''Beast Wars'' to established Generation 1 history, though you could argue that Waspinator thinking he was [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] already did this.
* Starscream's spark—or "[[ghost]]", as it was then called, had already possessed several Decepticons in the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Generation 1 episodes]] "[[Starscream's Ghost]]" and "[[Ghost in the Machine (G1)|Ghost in the Machine]]". His [[Trypticon (G1)|actions]] [[Atari Hitotonari|won't]] [[Angel|stop]] [[Teletraan 15|there]].
* We get a few, very fleeting glances at Starscream's original body. His head is white and his face is blue, making him resemble his appearance in [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|Marvel Comics]] instead of his [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon]] [[character model]].
* Starscream introduces himself to Megatron as "[[Air Commander]]", referencing his original [[function]].
* While lying about the circumstances of his death, Starscream name-drops [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] and [[Unicron]].
*The Predacon insignias on the side of Waspinator's cranium change into Decepticon insignias while Starscream's spark is inhabiting his superstructure. The only other physical change is the addition of a yellow stripe along the upper edges of his "mandibles", similar to their inner edges.
* Blackarachnia reveals to Starscream that she knows the ''real'' circumstances behind Starscream's demise: he was blasted by Galvatron, as seen in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

===Real-world references===
*[[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] says "Hasta la vista, Starscream", paraphrasing {{w|Hasta la vista, baby|a famous line}} from the film ''{{w|Terminator 2: Judgment Day}}''. As he flies away immediately after saying this, Optimus Primal is seen wearing a pair of sunglasses, aping (ahem) [[Arnie|Arnold Schwarzenegger]]'s trademark look from the movie.
*Rhinox's line "It's tramplin' time" could be an homage to "It's clobberin' time!", the catchphrase of the [[Thing]] of the [[Fantastic Four]].

===Trivia===
*[[Doug Parker]] performs both [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] (standing in for the late [[Chris Latta]]), and the very Starscreamy [[Terrorsaur (BW)|Terrorsaur]]. In fact, Parker's Starscream is basically Terrorsaur with a metallic distortion a la G1 [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]], and Terrorsaur's voice is made much deeper than normal to avoid confusion. Perhaps Starscream should have possessed Terrorsaur instead — of course, nobody would notice the difference.
*According to fan consultant [[Ben Yee]] and story editor Bob Forward on the Madman DVD commentary track, the original idea for this episode was to have the spark of an Autobot possess one of the characters. This idea was abandoned early on because a model of Starscream had already been made for "[[The Web]]". Besides, Starscream had the experience.
*Also according to Forward, the angles used for Waspinator (when he is possessed by Starscream) are much more "heroic" than normal (views from slightly below him, extreme closeups, etc.), to reflect Starscream's personality.
*Additionally, Yee provided all of the original Starscream's [[Tech Spec]] [[bio]]graphies to writer Ian Weir as a reference for Starscream's character and personality. Yee was pleased that Weir incorporated Starscream's original "Air Commander" [[function]] as the character's rank and title.
*This is the [[Victory (episode)|second time]] Optimus airlifts an injured Dinobot out of a battlefield, only for Terrorsaur to get in the way. This time, however, Terrorsaur doesn't get a chance to fire before Optimus punches him out of the way.
*After Blackarachnia convinces Starscream to take her on as his protégée, as they're walking away Starscream's hand is at her shoulder but then starts moving down towards her um... butt. Perv.

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Possession'''"

:*''Title:'' "'''Possession'''" (Canada)

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Besessenheit'''" ("Possession")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 22|22 August]] [[1998]]
::*Starscream is given a ''very'' deep voice in this dub, perhaps to clearly differentiate him from Waspinator and the Starscream-like Terrorsaur, who were both dubbed by the same actor, [[Holger Potzern]].

'''Italian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Il traditore'''" ("The Traitor")
::*Waspinator and Starscream's voices sound exactly the same, making quite weird the fact that Megatron asks what happened to Waspinator's voice.
::*In this episode, Autobots are strangely called "Biocombat", which in the Italian dub of this series should refer to all Transformers.
::*Starscream saying that Unicron is a Transformer makes this episode a rare occasion in which the word "Transformer" is used in the Italian dub of ''Beast Wars''.
::*Optimus's: «Hasta la vista, Starscream» became: «See you soon, Starscream», losing the ''Terminator 2'' reference.

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Fujimi no Starscream'''" (不死身のスタースクリーム, "The Immortal Starscream")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[February 18|18 February]] [[1998]]
::*After Waspinator tells Megatron that he's okay, Megatron yells that he wasn't asking Waspinator if he was alright, he was asking [[Predacon computer|Navi-ko]].
::*[[Kazuki Yao]] plays Starscream in this episode and, of course, makes an attempt to impersonate [[Hirotaka Suzuoki]]. Starscream's Japanese characterization was rather different from his American one; being younger, vainer, and more charismatic. To match all the manic close-ups and weird angles, as well as Waspinator/Starscream's flamboyant body language, Yao winds up playing a far more ''intense'' Starscream than Suzuoki ever did. If anything, it sounds like Yao impersonating Suzuoki ''impersonating Latta''.
::*After Airazor delivers his vague news report to Tigatron, as he flies away, Tigatron shouts after him, "Thank you ''de gozaru''!"
::*When Optimus leaves Starscream to his doom, he bids a blander, "Farewell, Starscream", losing the ''Terminator 2'' reference.

'''Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Possessão'''" ("Possession")

'''Spanish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Posesión'''" ("Possession")

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Èlíng Fùtǐ '''" (恶灵附体, "The Evil Within")

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' — Warning from Space ([[Alliance Atlantis|Alliance Video]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Robots-Bêtes'' — Alert Dans L'Espace (Alliance Video) — French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — Starscream's Invulnerability ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars'' / ''Robots-Bêtes'' Three pack (Alliance Video) — Available in English or French audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2001 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Beginning: Vol. 4 ([[Universal]])
;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Predacon Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — English and Japanese audio.
;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2000 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — DVD Box (Pioneer LDC) — English and Japanese audio. 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2003 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete First Season ([[Rhino Entertainment|Rhinomation]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — The Complete Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — Classic Episodes: Volume 3 — The Battle Rages On! ([[Alliance Atlantis]]) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 2005 — ''Beast Wars'' — The Complete First Season (Alliance Atlantis) — English and French audio. 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2006 — ''Beast Wars: Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers: Beast Wars'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment)

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{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and/or [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, tanks or trucks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

They can appear in a large variety of colors, including black, silver, blue, red, green, yellow, and purple.

Many of them were placed on board the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' after the defeat of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Megatron's self-exile.

They are also known as '''Eradicons'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] battered his way through hordes of Vehicons after crashing into the Nemesis while he made his way towards the engines to sabotage them. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] / [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] / [[Frank Welker]] / [[Daran Norris]] / [[Josh Keaton]] / [[David Kaye]] / [[David Sobolov]] / [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]], [[Yasunori Masutani]] (episode 49) (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] / [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] / [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] / [[José María Carrero]] / [[Jorge Saudinós]] / [[Carlos López Benedí]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Arturo Cataño]] / [[Héctor Moreno]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] / [[Uwe Jellinek]] / [[Roman Kretschmer]] / [[Matthias Klages]] / [[Jan Kurbjuweit]] / [[Raimund Krone]] (German), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Élcio Sodré]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

A couple of Vehicons were present when Starscream chewed out (and subsequently punished) Knock Out for his going out on a street racing escapade one too many times. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}}

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Two Vehicons accompanied Knock Out when he presented his latest find, a powerful force-field generator, to Megatron. When Megatron performed an impromptu test of the device by shooting at Knock Out, his companions quickly scampered away. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Vehicons could be seen going about their regular duties as Dreadwing first pledged his loyalty to Megatron.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Only Soundwave was successful in retrieving the relic he was sent to fetch, and the Vehicons manning the bridge once more got an earful of Megatron chewing out the rest of his subordinates for their failures. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

A squad of Vehicons bore witness to Shockwave bringing his [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Predaking (Prime)|experiment]] to Earth, and unleashing it to track down Wheeljack. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The Vehicon forces were subsequently spread thin all over America as Starscream dispatched them to investigate "Autobot mischief." Those that remained at Darkmount had to deal with various fronts of attack from the Autobots, the invaders were all eventually taken prisoner... until Optimus returned in an upgraded body. The tide of the battle turned once more, and the Vehicons were defeated en masse by the Autobots. Though Megatron planned to use the fortress's fusion cannons to destroy nearby metropolises, this plan when to scrap as well when Optimus threw his nemesis into the cannons' power core. With the battle ultimately lost, Starscream ordered a couple of Vehicons to escort Megatron back to the warship, despite their leader's protests. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[File:RID 2015 Vehicons.jpg|thumb|250px|Finally they don't die!!!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}
[[Glowstrike]] had a number of colorful Vehicons at her command, {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} using them to guard her Mini-Con prisoners. {{storylink|Portals}}

Two Vehicons who were guarding Decepticon Island were very impressed with the supposed captures made by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], who was forced to knock his admirers out when they got suspicious. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Vehicons were some of the many Decepticons who helped [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] in his attempt to capture the invading Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Adventure'' toy bios=====
Certain Vehicons who displayed particular talent were promoted to the rank of Ground Vehicon General, becoming soldiers considered above and beyond regular Vehicons. Following the Decepticons' defeat and disappearance of the Vehicon armies, one of these generals fell in with [[Black Shadow (RID)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|#Adventure|Ground Vehicon General bio}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
During an intrusion from [[Cloud World]] into his universe, a Vehicon witnessed the bloodthirsty [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] shoot a downed [[Override (RID)|Override]] in the head. {{Storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm when Megatron tasked Starscream with finding a way to flush out the Autobots. Starscream took a bunch of them with him to then take [[Air Force One]] hostage, and secured the plane's passengers within the Grand Canyon. Though the Autobots took the bait, they easily dispatched all of Starscream's troops in their rescue attempt. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He ain't no dummy, He's chummy, And he's myyyyyyy mummy!]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
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====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Three Vehicons, designated XL-917, XL-571, and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] were assigned by Starscream to establish an energon mine. Many years later, unaware that the Decepticon army had been defeated, the trio continued to toil until they were discovered by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw convinced them that he was a superior officer, and had them help him kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and [[Russell Clay]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Together with Steeljaw's men, the Vehicons set about mining the energon. When Bumblebee and his team arrived, the Vehicons joined in the combat, revealing the bomb which Starscream had left them. Optimus Prime arrived and revealed that the war was over, the Decepticon army defeated, and Steeljaw was not part of Starscream's command, at which point the Vehicons turned on their would-be leader. Though Optimus offered them an olive branch, they instead opted to go back into hiding and await Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====''Adventure''====
A Ground Vehicon General was witness to [[Deadlock (Cloud)|Deadlock]] killing [[Override (RID)|Override]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After Optimus and Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, they turned their new acquisitions on legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Ratchet and Bumblebee used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to blast legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

*A bunch of Vehicons watched video footage from {{w|The Super Hero Squad Show|various}} {{w|Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange}} {{w|Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms}}, and one [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha|realm]] [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Huboom!|Huboom! Saturdays}}

*A couple of Vehicons reacted to Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. They mostly seemed dismayed at his replies. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

*As Megatron read ''{{w|A Visit from St. Nicholas}}'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Naughty List|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pudding|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Wave after wave of Terrorcons attacked the town of [[Jasper]] and its surrounding area in a bid to amass as much Dark Energon as possible before launching an assault against the Autobots' headquarters. They were defeated by Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Fabulous Adventures of [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]
There's also helicopter, tank and truck Vehicon types. Who knew?
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Eradicons pestered Bulkhead on his missions inside a Dark Energon cave, the Nemesis, and the Autobot headquarters. They blasted incessantly at the Autobot until they were themselves destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Hordes upon hordes of Vehicons weaved across the sky before Optimus Prime, pestering him with weapons' fire, as the Autobot leader fought his way through Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]
Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a [[grenade launcher]] (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2011)}}</ul>
:*''Number'': '''006'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[December 28]], 2011
:*''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon transforms into a sleek roadster of made-up model. It comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on the vehicle-mode hood or stored in the vehicle mode underside, or be (loosely) hand-held in robot mode. It features a [[5 mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of the hands, and flipping either hand back into the arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto the arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry.

: The Hasbro version includes a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: The [[instructions]] say to swing down the rear wheels from the shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to the elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in the shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. The [[stock photography]] also depicts it with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: The mass-retail release of wave 2 ''First Edition'' toys was canceled in Hasbro's US markets, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Canadian and Asian markets, and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012, which eventually filtered into closeout stores like Ross months later.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''
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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''2 / 002'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Decepticon Vehicon'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''EZ-07'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 31]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, this tiny, simple version of the Vehicon transforms into the usual sleek roadster. It also comes with a soft translucent purple blaster based on the in-show model, featuring two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto its hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[EZ Collection]]'' single-card release of the toy is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, with the exception of the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version). You probably don't care and we don't blame you. This release comes with the later weapon variant.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Vehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fun fact: This variant is actually [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] himself.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Set''' (Multi-pack, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
:*''Release date'': [[November 24]], 2012
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: The ''EZ Collection'' Vehicon was also available in a six-pack of figures. This version is cast in metallic purple plastic, and once again, the weapon is the later variant.

: This set also includes metallic-plastic versions of ''EZ Collection'' [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and a clear-plastic [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
:*''Accessories'': "Hooksaw Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, transforming into a jet-car as seen on the show.

: Instead of the Vehicon blaster of the ground-mode Vehicon, this one comes with a "Hooksaw Cannon" chainsaw-bayonetted blaster with 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto its hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Toys|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)#Toys|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
:*''Release date'': [[October 26]], 2013
:*''Accessories'': chainsaw/cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black, while retaining the same paint masks, including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''3 / 015'''
:*''Accessories'': "Hooksaw Cannon"
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fifth and final wave of [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'' toys]] under the ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#BH|Prime: Beast Hunters]]'' banner, the Ace Vehicon is a "Seeker"-colored redeco of the Air Vehicon, now in white and gunmetal with bright orange highlights. The Hooksaw Cannon is now cast in vibrant red plastic.

: Curiously, the [[stock photography|stock photo]] of the vehicle mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of the instructions oddly shows the vehicle mode from behind.

: Due to being slated for release after the [[Christmas]] season and right before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of this [[wave]] were skipped by US and Canadian retailers, ultimately only seeing release in Europe, Australia, and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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====''Robots in Disguise''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
:*''TakaraTomy name'': '''Decepticon Vehicon'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[June 30]], 2012
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''AM-14'''
:*''Accessories'': Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]], due to its transformation having the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form its heels and calves. Astounding. It also has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode, activated by pulling down the rear bumper and pushing it into its back. The Vehicon comes with a blaster cannon that can peg into both hands and the sides of the rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of the vehicle hood, as well as be tabbed onto the arms once the fists are flipped back in, emulating the arm-weapon from the show model.

: In wave six of the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, plus came with a DVD featuring the [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|''Prime'' cartoon]] episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: Stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on the cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, has been [[retool]]ed to include new [[5 mm post]]-holes just before the front wheel-wells, plus one on the back bumper to serve as a booster of sorts. In a minor deco change, it has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor. Many of its paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in the chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji#Toys|Noji]], a robotic boar who, once assembled, turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: The Hasbro version of the mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2014]] "[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Pirate Clone Pounce]]".

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[July 28]], 2012
:*''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
:*''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a [[redeco]] and ''extensive'' [[retool]]ing of the normal Vehicon mold, now transforming into a jet-car. All of the dark-purple plastics and paint/sticker details from the ground-based Vehicon are now a brighter reddish-lavender.

: It comes with a new Arms Micron partner, [[Igu#Toys|Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron. Just as before, this blaster mode cannot be positioned as a "wrist blaster", and due to the retooled side-panels on the Jet Vehicon's arms, neither can the Hasbro Vehicon's blaster. Sorry.

: The Jet Vehicon was originally [[exclusive]] to the Takara ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him, until Hasbro's [[#10 Year Anniversary|10 Year Anniversary re-release]].

: This version of the mold was also used to make the [[BotCon 2014]] "[[Dread Pirate Crew#Toys|Pirate Clone Wingspan]]".

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[February 23]], 2013
:*''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
:*''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold, based on (but not completely accurate to) the "Seeker" color scheme that debuted in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]".

: The Vehicon now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of the Igu kit.
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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-Anniversary-Vehicon-(Jet).jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2020)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'', this Vehicon is a mostly-unaltered re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' Deluxe Class Jet Vehicon, complete with decal sheet and un-assembled Arms Micron [[Igu#10 Year Anniversary|Igu]] (more on that in a moment). The only "major" difference between this and the original release is the addition of a tampographed product number on the Hasbro release's right leg. The Hasbro version also uses slightly less "red" lavender plastic and chestplate paint, but this is only really noticeable in a direct side-by-side comparison.

: His pack-in Arms Micron partner Igu, however, is inexplicably cast in silver plastic, rather than the proper Vehicon-matching dark gray, making him kind of stand out weirdly when the Vehicon holds him in blaster mode.

: In the U.S. and Canada, the Vehicon comes in a [[Hasbro Pulse]]-exclusive two-pack with a similarly-almost-unaltered [[Breakdown (WFC)#10 Year Anniversary|War Breakdown]]. This set was made available for pre-order concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], 2020, and mailed out in December 2021. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:KreO-Toy VehiconKreons.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Ambush''' (2012)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''38781'''
:* ''Pieces'': '''80'''
:* ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: Released in the second year of the ''[[Kre-O]]'' building-brick line, this set features [[Kreon]] [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] busting through a Decepticon checkpoint guarded by three Vehicon Kreons. While all three Vehicons use the same base body and [[tampograph]]s, each one is slightly different from the others: one comes with wheels on the legs, another has a [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] wrist-mounted blaster, and one has [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] wings on its back and the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] arm-mounted blasters.

: All three Vehicons use the same helmet as [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 1 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon2/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 2 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon3/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 3 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-O-Toy Vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''2'''
:*''Bag number'': '''***** 71'''
:*''Accessories'': Large rifle, logo brick (pre-2015), logo plate (2015 release)

: Part of the second regular collection of [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, the Vehicon comes with extra parts to rebuild it into a car somewhat roughly evocative of the old roadster mode.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Micro-Changer Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Brick Box''' (2015)}}</ul>
:*''Set number'': '''B2579'''
:*''Pieces'': '''82'''
:* ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: Part of the "red box" line for discount stores in the US (like Dollar General and Big Lots!), this "[[Brick Box]]" is just the "Decepticon Ambush" set repackaged and sold for a mere $5. Good deal! As with all the Brick Boxes, this set lacks the [[instructions|instruction manual]], with the idea you're supposed to build whatever you can think of from it. It ''does'' retain the decals for the ATV and light post, however.

: The box shows the render for Kreon Cliffjumper, who does come in the set, but give no other indication of what else is actually in the box, using the same generic pile of random parts as a background as all of the other "brick box" releases.

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Collection'': '''2'''
:*''Accessories'': Logo plate, large rifle

: In 2016, Micro-Changers Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) The Vehicon's [[tampograph]]s underwent a slight color change, replacing the light gray with shiny silver, changing the black Decepticon symbol to purple, and making the blue on the legs a darker shade. The front bumper, originally a 1x2 angled "roof" block, has been replaced by a plain 1x2 plate, presumably as the original part was no longer in production (a similar part changed happened to the remake of Kreon [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#2016|Blast Off]]).

: 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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===''Adventure''===
[[File:TFAdv-toy VehiconGroundGeneral.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|... is that you, [[Rom]]?]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Ground Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''TAV28'''
:*''Release date'': [[September 19]], 2015
:*''Accessories'': Blaster

: Released in the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japan|Adventure]]'' toyline (their version of 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]''), the Ground Vehicon General is a redeco of the ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Deluxe-sized car Vehicon mold, in a silver color scheme based on the Jet Vehicon General.

: As ''Adventure'' doesn't make use of the [[Arms Micron]] gimmick, the Ground General uses the Hasbro version of the mold without the added [[5 mm post]]-holes, and comes with the original blaster, plus a complete set of paint applications.

: The Ground Vehicon General features a scan-badge on its hood which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Adventure'' app.
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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
{{charstubtoys}}

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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[Hub Network|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Though, they have always been referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Prime'' comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
**At the Transformers Prime panel from [[San Diego Comic-Con]] International [[2013]] (included as a bonus feature on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Season 3: Beast Hunters|Beast Hunters]]), an audience member asked if the Vehicons were meant to be drones or individuals. Apparently, season 2, episode 10 "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" was [[authorial intent|meant]] to suggest the Vehicons' being [[Cloning|clones]], "birthed"{{sic}} similarly to [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream's clones]], as [[personal canon|evidenced]] by the Vehicons having faceplates similar to the "mono-eyed" [[protoform]]s found aboard the ''[[Harbinger]]''.
*Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's ''[[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]]'' online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s locker.
*''The Art of Prime'' revealed that originally the Vehicons were not going to speak, with the decision being made late in production, hence the lack of mouth.
*At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released. They have so far been used in ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]'' along with a Truck version. They haven't been used anywhere else yet, which is unfortunate because they are ''awesome''.
**Whether by concidence or not, this expanded roaster of Vehicon troops (cars and jets included) matches the same one of [[Vehicon (BM)|their predecessors]] as seen in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon: [[Cycle Drone|"light" ground vehicles]], [[Aero Drone|jets]], [[Tank Drone|tanks]], [[Artillery Drone|"heavy" ground vehicles]] and [[Copter Drone|helicopters]].
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.
*Both the ground and air Vehicons' designs were later used in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'']] as generic members of the [[Titan Hunter]]s. The Vehicon design was also used for a [[Badgeless]] officer in the [[Choose Me|''Windblade'' Holiday Special]] and as a pre-war civilian in the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' Annual]].
*All of the Vehicon variants in the ''Prime'' game have distinct behavior.
**Unlike the show, car Vehicons don't have access to blasters, instead relying exclusively on melee combat.
**Jet Vehicons slowly fire lasers and will stop shooting for a while after enough shots.
**Helicopter Vehicons fire lasers when in vehicle mode, while in robot mode they aim at the player for some seconds before firing a powerful projectile that can knock them out.
**Tank Vehicons use a shield that completely protects them from damage. The shield can be only broken if the player uses the vehicle attack.
**Truck Vehicons can use the energon tanks on their back to create a damaging shield that knocks the player out if it touches them. They can also use a vehicle mode attack similar to the player characters.
*In ''Prime'', the car Vehicons were only seen transforming into their vehicle modes in two episodes, those being ''[[Darkness Rising, Part 1]]'' and ''[[Inside Job]]''.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīxiè Bīng''' (机械兵, "Machine Soldier")

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[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Drones]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Universe game Decepticons]]
[[Category:Vampires]]
[[Category:Zombies]]

Crowbar

2024-05-22T18:44:39Z

SerafettinB: how is this pointless Half-Life joke a ''note''?

{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Crowbar is a [[Decepticon]] [[Dread (DOTM)|Dread]] from the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]] portion of the [[movie continuity family]].''

[[File:StudioSeries-Crowbar-art.jpg|thumb|250px|"That must have been like, at least fifty pounds of meat."]]

'''Crowbar''' is well known as a master of breaking and entering. It doesn't matter if we're talking computer systems, human safes, or enemy compounds. Crowbar has the necessary skills in stealth and intelligence to infiltrate and observe Autobot tactical movements. He has also been trained in the most brutal Decepticon attack strategies for the unlikely event he is discovered.<ref>''Dark of the Moon: Cyberverse'' Legion Class Crowbar packaging bio</ref>

Basically, Crowbar gives this wiki a ''lot'' of openings to make references to ''The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra''.

==Fiction==
===''Dark of the Moon'' adaptations===
Crowbar was one of the many Decepticons stationed on [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]]. When [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was being retrieved from the wreckage of the ''[[Ark (DOTM)|Ark]]'', he quietly emerged from the Moon's surface and secretly hitched a ride on the Autobots' shuttle back to Earth. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Dark of the Moon}} {{storylink|Dark of the Moon issue 1|Dark of the Moon #1}}

===''Dark of the Moon'' film===
{{voiceactor|[[Jimmie Wood]] (English)<ref>During the highway battle scene where Crowbar flips over a sign, recycled screams and grunts from Jimmie Wood's [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] performance in ''[[Transformers (film)|Transformers]]'' can be heard.</ref>}}
[[File:Dotm Crowbar standoff.jpg|left|thumb|250px|"If I could only reach you, we'd share... pain."]]
After [[Sentinel Prime (ROTF)|Sentinel Prime]] was retrieved from [[Earth]]'s [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] and reactivated, [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] put into motion the plan that had been waiting in the wings for hundreds of years. With the [[human]] [[Sam Witwicky]] believing that the Decepticons wished to capture Sentinel and force him to use the control pillar to activate his space bridge, the Dreads were sent to pursue the Autobots. Closed in on [[Seymour Simmons|Seymour Simmons']] car, Crowbar transformed rand tossed the former [[Sector Seven]] agent behind him as he bounded ahead to knock over a highway sign for [[Crankcase (DOTM)|Crankcase]] and [[Hatchet (DOTM)|Hatchet]] to use as a ramp.

[[File:DOTM-IronhidevsCrowbar.jpg|thumb|250px|"This neck restrainer is most uncomfortable."]]

However, despite their best collective efforts to slow down the Autobots, Hatchet was quickly destroyed, and the remaining Dreads were soon confronted by the Autobot heavy-hitter, [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], who stopped them in their tracks with a head-on collision. Faced with Ironhide's heavy weapons and [[Sideswipe (Movie)|Sideswipe]], the Dreads seemingly capitulated by dropping their ranged weapons, but as soon as the Autobots followed suit, they deployed spiked spears to attack their enemies. Though Crowbar's spear found its mark, embedding itself in Ironhide's shoulder, Sideswipe tossed the veteran Autobot his discarded blaster, which he used to shoot Crowbar in the face as the Decepticon leaped to attack, killing Crowbar. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon (film)|Dark of the Moon}}

{{note|Crowbar’s involvement in the preceding events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the novels "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (novel)|Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Junior Novel]]," the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Movie Adaptation]]," and the storybooks "[[Bumblebee's Best Friend]]," "[[Dark of the Moon: Action Pop-ups!]]" and "[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon Mix & Match]]."}}
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==Games==
===Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons===
[[File:DotM Decepticons DS Crowbar.png|right|thumb|200px|"Aliens? Us? Is that one of your Earth ''jokes''?"]]
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]]}}

While trying to break into a [[NEST]] facility, [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ordered Crowbar to create distractions around the city to keep the Autobots occupied. Crowbar told him he should mellow, and then went and fought a bunch of Autobots. Later on, when Crowbar was patrolling an Autobot base on a Pacific island, Starscream told him [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was lurking somewhere around. Crowbar destroyed a bunch of buildings in an attempt to draw Optimus out, but the Autobot leader was a no-show.

Later Crowbar came to help [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] when the latter was trying to escape a NEST base. Crowbar was to cause a distraction, which to his delight meant he got to beat up that "shiny little twerp" [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. Following their escape, he retreated to the Decepticons' base in [[Siberia]]. He didn't think the Autobots would find them there, but told one of his fellow soldiers not to bug Megatron if they did. When the Autobots inevitably did turn up, Crowbar destroyed a whole bunch of them, but apparently not enough, as they eventually gained access to the base. {{storylink|Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons|Dark of the Moon: Autobots/Decepticons}}
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===''Cyberverse Battle Builder''===
Crowbar joined the rest of the Decepticons in combating the Autobots on battlefields on Earth, the Earth's Moon and on Cybertron. Sometimes there were many of him! {{storylink|Cyberverse Battle Builder}}

==Toys==
===''Dark of the Moon''===
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}
[[File:DOTM CyberverseLegion Crowbar.jpg|thumb|300px|"I'm sorry, my wife sometimes forgets that she is ''not'' a space alien."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Crowbar''' (Cyberverse Legion Class, [[2011]])}}</ul>
:*''Series / Number:'' '''1 / 009'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''CV27'''
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 1|Series 1 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, Crowbar is a surprisingly tall [[Legends Class (2005)|Legends-scale]] figure that transforms into something approximating an unmarked version of the Carbon Motors E7 concept police car. He has molded detail around his head that resembles dreadlocks, and his left hand is designed to interact with [[C joint|3mm]] Cyberverse weapons and playsets. He has an ''extremely'' [[Articulation|articulated]] lower body, capable of pivoting his feet, bending his knees inward and out, rotating and moving his thighs via his [[Swivel joint|swivel]]s and [[ball joint]]ed hips, and rotating his waist.

: Due to the pointed armor plating on his knees getting in the way, his arms/legs can be somewhat hard to transform. Also, due to the pegs on his legs being quite long, the connection that pegging the legs into the sides of his arms for vehicle mode is ''very'' tight, meaning that opening the vehicle rear/legs for robot mode can be quite difficult, and can occasionally result in the thighs popping off the swivels they're on. Sanding the pegs down to a more reasonable length can prevent this.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/LegCrowbar/crowbar.htm More information on Crowbar at TFU.info]''

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[[File:DOTM-toy CrowbarUGS.jpg|thumb|300px|"I'm an ''alien'', Paul. Remember?"]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a1d1|'''Ultimate Gift Set''' (Cyberverse multi-pack, 2011)}}</ul>

: Part of the 2011 [[Christmas]]time [[Walmart]]-[[exclusive]] "Ultimate [[Giftset|Gift Set]]" 5-pack, this version of Crowbar is a [[redeco]] of his individual toy... and he's excessively outnumbered. He comes with redecos of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Optimus Prime]], [[Powerglide (DOTM)#Ultimategift|Powerglide]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Ultimategift|Bumblebee]], and [[Sideswipe (Movie)#Ultimategift|Sideswipe]].

:Yeah. One Decepticon, four Autobots, including ''Optimus freakin' Prime''.

: His [[packaging]] [[stock photography]] depicts him as mis-transformed, with the chest-piece flipped around to the back. Ironically, this greatly ''improves'' the range of motion in his arms. (Online stock photos, however, show him properly transformed.)

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/WMUGSCrowbar/crowbar.htm More information on Ultimate Gift Set Crowbar at TFU.info]''
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===''Studio Series''===
[[File:StudioSeries-03-MV3-Deluxe-Crowbar.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Joker|Now that was rude, the first boy blunder had some manners]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Crowbar''' (Deluxe Class, [[2018]])}}</ul>
:*''Movie'': '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''Hasbro ID number'': '''03'''
:*''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SS-03'''
:*''TakaraTomy release date'': [[April 28]], 2018
:*''Accessories'': 2 spiked weapons, "High Speed Chase" backdrop

:''[[Studio Series]]'' Crowbar is an ''extensive'' [[retool]] of ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Berserker#The Last Knight|Berserker]], sharing most of Berserker's vehicle mode kibble but few robot mode parts, changing (finally) into a Chevrolet Suburban and back in 20 steps. He includes a pair of spiked weapons which he can hold via [[5 mm post|5mm post]] and store on his back or the side of his car mode. Meanwhile, his flowing strands of chain hair are made of a rubbery plastic, which allows them to fit inside the vehicle mode. He also includes a cardboard backdrop display depicting the Dread chase scene from ''Dark of the Moon''. The retooling means that he unfortunately cannot store his bludgeons under his chassis.

:Amusingly, due to ''The Last Knight'' Deluxe Class wave 1 [[Shelfwarmer|shelfwarming]] so ''hilariously'' badly in the United States, Crowbar could be found alongside Berserker in many stores.

:Curiously, despite being a movie Decepticon, the figure uses the G1 style of [[Insignia|insignia.]] Even stranger, Berserker uses the movie design while Crankcase outright lacks an insignia ''altogether.''

:Crowbar, along with the rest of Wave 1 Deluxes, was made available at [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] following New York [[Toy Fair 2018]], two months ahead of the scheduled brick and mortar release date.

:This mold was redecoed into ''Studio Series'' [[Crankcase (DOTM)#Studio Series|Crankcase]].
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==Merchandise==
===Prime 1 Studio===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Crowbar''' (2023?)}}</ul>
:*''Movie:'' '''''Dark of the Moon'''''
:*''ID number:'' '''PBTFM-??'''

:[[Prime 1 Studio]] ''Premium Bust'' Crowbar is a highly detailed sculpture of his head and torso attached to a base. He features light-up LED eyes.

{{comingsoontoy}}
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==Notes==
[[File:DOTM_Crowbar_concept.jpg|thumb|250px]]
*Crowbar has six ''very'' long "dreadlocks" / hair strands that emerge from his spine, as opposed to Hatchet and Crankcase's more conventional-looking hair.
**Two of the strands can be seen falling off immediately after crashing into Ironhide, but are magically reattached for the remainder of his screentime.
**Meanwhile, ''Studio Series'' Crowbar has ''nine'' strands!
* Crowbar was designated "Hooligan" in production art for the film.<ref name="nizzi">[http://www.joshnizzi.com/TF3.htm Josh Nizzi DOTM concepts.]</ref>
* [[Josh Nizzi]]'s concept art for Crowbar and Crankcase gives them each a unique design, but their final on-screen animation models share all but their head and upper chest, with a body that tends more towards Crowbar's original artwork.
* Crowbar's police car [[alternate mode]] in the ''Dark of the Moon'' toyline appears to have been entirely a Hasbro invention for the sake of variety – Nizzi's concept art depicts all three Dreads with the Chevrolet Suburban's headlights, and only the three identical vehicles were ever on set for filming. Crowbar's toyline car mode did make a second appearance in the [[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360/PS3)|''Dark of the Moon'' video game]], as the alternate mode for the Crankcase-based "[[Enforcer]]" character.
* According to the Hasbro ''Dark of the Moon'' website's Vector Sigma database, Crowbar's primary weapon(s) are "nanotech sentries", which are strangely illustrated using an image of [[Roadbuster (DOTM)|Roadbuster]]'s Assault Saw weapon.
* ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (franchise)|The Last Knight]]'' [[Dreadbot]] reuses Crowbar's model, modified with elements of his Volkswagen Microbus alternate mode. The concept art that ultimately become Dreadbot was labelled "Hooligan" and described by Josh Nizzi as the Dreads' "return", perhaps suggesting that the character may have once been intended to be Crowbar himself.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Crowbar''' (クロウバー ''Kurōbā'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cyberverse]]
[[Category:Dark of the Moon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Studio Series Decepticons]]

Insecticon (WFC)

2023-09-10T13:53:34Z

SerafettinB:

{{factions|decepticon|predacon}}
{{disambig3|Insecticon}}
:''The Insecticons are [[Transformer]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:FOCInsecticon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|[[Michael Bay]]'s ''A Bug's Life''.]]

Denizens of the under levels of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the '''Insecticons''' live in destructive swarms. The ravenous and aggressive Insecticons can digest 95% of known matter, reshaping their findings into enormous subterranean hives. Their hive mind represents a deadly and invaluable resource for those willing to find a way to tame them.

Insecticons have the unique ability to clone themselves, but each successive clone is inferior to its progenitor, leading to increasingly bestial creatures. Some types are capable of assuming bipedal [[robot mode]]s, and a further few seem to be fully intelligent individuals.

Since most of their number are basically animals, Insecticons respond best to displays of power, and their swarms are normally dominated by the smartest and strongest among them. Nevertheless, a sufficiently firm hand or assertion of command from a non-Insecticon may gain control as well, as with the groups controlled by [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]], [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]], and [[Lockdown (RID)|Lockdown]].

The earliest known named Insecticons include:

* [[Hardshell]]
* [[Kickback (FOC)|Kickback]]
* [[Sharpshot]]

Among the other named members of the species are:

* [[Barrage (Prime)|Barrage]]
* [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]]
* [[Buzzclaw (RID)|Buzzclaw]]
* [[Infernox]]
* [[Needler (RID)|Needler]]
* [[Ransack (RID Insecticon)|Ransack]]
* [[Razorhorn]]
* [[Scorpinok (RID)|Scorpinok]]
* [[Skrapnel (RID)|Skrapnel]]
* [[Springbolt]]
* [[Waspinator (RID)|Waspinator]]

In addition, there are countless types of Insecticon drone, each adapted to a specific role. Some of these are:

* [[Bombshell (RID)|Bombshells]]
* [[Insecticon Bruiser|Bruisers]]
* [[Shrapnel (RID)|Shrapnels]]
* [[Insecticon Spitter|Spitters]]
* [[Insecticon Swarmer|Swarmers]]

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
[[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] experimented on three specimens, optimizing them for battle in the gladiatorial arenas of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] by turning them into [[combiner]]s—something that disgusted the gladiator [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatronus]]. They were primitive to the point of barely possessing a sentient consciousness, but surprisingly capable fighters. The way they moved together gave away their nature as combiners even when separate. Even with one of their number dead, the remaining two could combine into a hovering attack mode.

The trio competed in the [[gladiatorial combat|gladiatorial]] [[Tournament of Champions]] when they encountered Megatronus. He allowed them to [[trans-scan|scan]] a vehicle form before attacking. One emerged from a scrapheap as an all-terrain vehicle with magnetic studded tracks and sought a vantage point on the combat pit's wall, while another sprayed acid on Megatronus's shoulder. Megatronus caught the third Insecticon's multiple, vibrobladed hands and tore an arm off, flinging it into the audience and causing havoc.

Taking fire from the other two, Megatronus made the wounded Insecticon fire his own ion cannon into its neck, killing it in an attempt to ensure there would be no combination. He then slammed the acid-spitter to the floor, but it wriggled away and managed to combine with the ATV, wiring itself into girders while blasting and spitting acid at the gladiator. Megatronus transformed and blasted them, before pinning them down in [[robot mode]] and smashing them to pieces with two [[energon mace|maces]]. Megatronus roared "I still function!", as the crowd began chanting a shortened version of his name: Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Exodus|Exodus}}

In the period after the ''[[Ark (WFC)|Ark]]'' and ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Shockwave commanded Insecticon soldiers, which [[Alpha Trion (WFC)|Alpha Trion]] feared would be sent to capture the [[Hall of Records]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

Sure enough, Alpha Trion's neutrality was finally ignored when Shockwave had him arrested. The Insecticons served as guards for Shockwave as he attempted to hack [[Vector Sigma]] using Alpha Trion's circuitry. When the [[Wreckers]] arrived to stop Shockwave, the Insecticons confronted the Autobots long enough for Shockwave to escape. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Welker]], [[Steve Blum|Steven Blum]], [[Kevin Michael Richardson]], [[James Horan]] (English), [[Kensō Katō]] (Japanese)|[[Miguel Ángel Pérez]], [[Jaime Roca]], [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] (Castilian Spanish), [[Raimund Krone]] (German)}}

[[File:Prime-insecticon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Who thinks they can squash me like a bug?]]
An Insecticon was left in stasis on Cybertron, acting as a Decepticon sentry. It was awakened by [[Jack Darby|Jack]] and [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]]'s arrival in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], and began pursuing them. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}} As they used the [[Key to Vector Sigma]] to reveal a hidden passage under the city's arena, the Insecticon attacked. Arcee attempted to distract it so that Jack could escape into the newly revealed entrance, but she was soundly beaten when it slammed her into the arena wall. The Insecticon then tracked Jack to [[Vector Sigma]], but was horrified to see the supercomputer covered in [[scraplet]]s. Jack hurled one of the scraplets at the Insecticon so that they would stop feeding on Vector Sigma, and the rest of the swarm followed it in attacking the larger beast-bot. The Insecticon was savaged, falling off the bridge into a chasm as it was eaten alive. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}}

[[File:Crossfire Megatron and Insecticon close together.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|Megatron put Eradicating Aerosol in his deck for just such an occasion.]]
When [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] was seeking Energon scraps in an old mine, he noticed an Insecticon doing the same, and was surprised that one was on [[Earth]]. Starscream demanded that the Insecticon hand over the Energon it had found, though it instead turned on him and attacked, before [[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] called it off. Airachnid had managed to control it, due to their being related. Though Starscream suggested that they all team up to end [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], Airachnid instead ordered the Insecticon to attack him, however he escaped. Sometime later, the Insecticon attacked Megatron as part of Airachnid's trap, refusing to obey him instead. The Insecticon had the upper hand on the Decepticon leader, particularly when Airachnid removed his fusion cannon from the equation, however Megatron eventually triumphed as he beheaded the Insecticon. However, as the escaped Airachnid discovered, it was only a scout for an entire hive of Insecticons in stasis underground. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}}

[[File:Armada-armadasurroundMegatron.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|We're going to need a bigger ship.]]
Airachnid awoke the Insecticons after detecting a signal from the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', and sent most of them to terminate Megatron, while others attempted to protect her from the Autobots who arrived to see what was happening. While [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] eliminated the Insecticons attacking them, Arcee chased down Airachnid and put her in stasis. At that point her control of the Insecticons ceased, and those attacking the ''Nemesis'' stopped and proclaimed their loyalty to Megatron. Then, the ''Nemesis'' crashed for [[Bulkhead (Prime)|some reason]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

Now added to the Decepticon ranks, the Insecticons were free to move about the ship. After Megatron used [[Dark Energon]] to bring the ship back online but as a consequence the ship started making its own decisions, Megatron then sent all of the ship's crew, including the Insecticons, to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked by the ''Nemesis''{{'}}s stasis cannon sweep of the ship. They started recovering after Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

A single Insecticon went with [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to watch over the medic as they searched for one of the [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] relics in the [[New York City|Manhattan]] subway. When Arcee and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] turned up, it easily brought them down. But soon they started fighting back, and the Insecticon pursued Arcee down the tunnel, and eventually the two began clashing. The Insecticon had the upper hand until she managed to get it to come into contact with the electrified third rail on the subway track, frying it. {{storylink|Tunnel Vision}}

[[File:HardshellTeaser.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.4|"These scars? They make [[Grimlock (Animated)|Me Hardshell]] [[David Kaye|badass]]."]]

Megatron entered the chamber occupied by the Insecticons and asked for the fiercest among them to retrieve the fourth Iacon relic. [[Hardshell]] led three other Insecticons to the Earth's equator, and Hardshell's first fight with Bulkhead resulted in defeat. As they continued their mission, one of the Insecticons fell prey to a grenade and some [[Tox-En]]. Hardshell and the others were mislead by a false trail left by Bulkhead, but eventually caught up with the Wrecker at the top of a nearby volcano. He managed to acquit himself well against the trio, finishing off one Insecticon and throwing Hardshell and the Tox-En into the volcano. Hardshell survived his swim and shot Bulkhead in the back as the Autobot was retreating through the [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Toxicity}}

Megatron was unhappy with the results of the mission and the Insecticons faced hostility from Knock Out and the Vehicons, eventually resulting in a brawl aboard the ''Nemesis''. Hardshell was dispatched to deal with [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]] and almost bested his foe, until [[Miko Nakadai]] killed him using the ''[[Jackhammer (Prime)|Jackhammer]]''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> weapons systems. The rest of the Insecticons pursued the ship, only stopping when Wheeljack threw a bag of grenades at them. The survivors dragged Hardshell's corpse back to the Decepticon warship to report his failure. {{storylink|Hurt}}

Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A few Insecticons were used as muscle when the Decepticons were digging up another Iacon relic, and lifted heavy rocks in their insect modes. They subsequently fought the Autobots and chased Jack around. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] phased through an Insecticon while escaping the ''Nemesis'', much to its surprise. {{storylink|Inside Job}} The Insecticons took part in the attack on the Autobot base, though they dropped like flies during the battle. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

After the destruction of the Autobots’ base, several Insecticons helped shift through the rubble to unearth whatever Autobot corpses Megatron hoped to find there. They were unsuccessful. Later, they helped look for the Iacon artifacts left behind on Cybertron during the battle for the Omega Lock. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}}

A number of Insecticons arrived at an energon mine reported to be under attack, but encountered only confused [[Decepticon Miner|miners]]. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}} A half-dozen Insecticons, including [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]], were sent to a cavern to find [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. Though they successfully find a Predacon skull, Optimus Prime arrived and slaughtered most of them, with only Bombshock escaping with one of the Predacon's horns. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} Four Insecticons were dispatched to help Knock Out against Arcee and Wheeljack. They died. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

As a plague began to spread through the ship, the Insecticons joined in eradicating the sufferers, at least until Airachnid was brought back online. She soon retook mental control of them and instructed them to destroy all of the Decepticons, however she and the Insecticons were transported to one of Cybertron's moons by [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]]. There, the plague took hold of Airachnid, and she began feeding on the Insecticons. {{storylink|Thirst}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
An Insecticon was among [[Glowstrike]] and [[Scorponok (WFC)|Scorponok]]'s crew of ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' escapees. {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} Another, [[Razorhorn]], worked as a bounty hunter alongside [[Shadelock]] and [[RoughEdge]], employed by [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] to track down the [[Weaponizer (RID)|Weaponizer]]s. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} He eventually ran afoul of the [[Bee Team (RID)|Bee Team]] and was shipped back to Cybertron on [[Prime Force One]] as a prisoner. {{storylink|Worthy}}
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====''Adventure'' toy bios====
The interstellar bounty hunter [[Lockdown (RID)|Lockdown]] led an army of self-duplicating Insecticons, supposedly capable of razing cities to rubble with their sheer numbers. {{storylink|Lockdown (RID)#Toys|''Adventure'' Lockdown toy bio}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.20|Starscream's Beast}}}}

====IDW Aligned comics====
Shockwave discovered the Insecticons in the depths of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] and was able to turn them into Decepticons, believing the warrior race to be the key to winning the war. By altering their already mutated forms, he was able to make the Insecticons loyal to him, and ready to aid the Decepticon empire in broadening its reach beyond Cybertron. {{storylink|Fragmentation (FOC)|Fragmentation}} Shockwave had a number of the creatures capture a spying [[Swoop (WFC)|Swoop]] in order to lure the rest of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] to his base. {{storylink|Secrets (FOC)|Secrets}} When the Autobot team arrived, they too were overwhelmed by a swarm of Insecticons, {{storylink|Siege Mentality}} {{storylink|Rage of the Dinobots issue 4|Rage of the Dinobots #4}} and though [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] was able to fight them off, he was defeated by Shockwave and his team was captured. The swarm carted the Lightning Strike Coalition off to Shockwave's laboratory so the prisoners could be experimented upon. {{storylink|Last Stand}}

Many Insecticons were left on Cybertron as it was largely abandoned during the war, remaining a constant threat to the few surviving Autobots. When an unseen assailant began murdering people in [[Last Spark]], [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] and [[Sludge (FOC)|Sludge]] suspected the Insecticons had turned to cannibalism and investigated Kickback's lair, where they found corpses of [[Forged]], another faction created by Shockwave. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 1|Beast Hunters #1}} While fighting the two, Kickback denied their accusation, claiming the Insecticons had killed the Forged for trying to eat ''them''. Though the Insecticons were proven innocent of this particular crime, Sludge still killed Kickback just in case. {{storylink|Beast Hunters issue 2|Beast Hunters #2}}

===''Kre-O'' bios===
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] once webbed [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] to the floor so that an Insecticon could tickle her. {{storylink|Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid's bio}}

===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Insecticon was hanging on a wall near a battle between [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Beautiful Flower Has Thorns? Temptation of the Female Soldier, Airachnid!}}

==Commercial appearances==
One of the Insecticons had direct orders from Megatron to send whoever put Christmas lights on the ''Nemesis'' to the North Pole. He and two of his fellow Insecticons walked right past the two Vehicons responsible. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Rise of the Dark Spark''===
Insecticons were shown to had infested the deep underlevels of Cybertron where they were said to be a primitive society where the vast majority followed the strong leaders. Thus, when these stronger Insecticons were present, they deferred to their orders otherwise they would attack any foe that entered their lairs. Megatron dispatched Shockwave, Soundwave and Starscream to the vaults that were rumored to hold the mythical relic known as the [[Dark Spark]]. This saw them for the first time encountering the Insecticons where Shockwave managed to best their leaders namely Hardshell, Kickback and Sharpshot. As a result, the trio joined the ranks of the Decepticons and brought their fellow Insecticons into the fold. However, Shockwave commented that the dominance based Insecticons would only be allies so long as they followed their leaders and if said leaders were not present then they could just as likely turn on the Decepticons. When the Autobots Ironhide and Sideswipe recovered the Dark Spark, they attempted to flee with it where they fought off swarms of Insecticons in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (console)|Rise of the Dark Spark (console)}}

===''Fall of Cybertron''===
[[File:FOC Grimlock vs Insecticons.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Me Grimlock say I squash you like bug.]]

When Cybertron's core shut down to purge itself of the [[Dark Energon]] corruption, the Insecticons and other creatures of the depths were left deprived of sustenance. With nowhere else to go, the swarms began migrating to the surface, where they came into contact with the Autobots and Decepticons. Shockwave continued his experiments using Insecticons as test subjects, creating new breeds such as [[Insecticon Bruiser|Bruisers]], combining Autobot source code with Insecticon physiology, and [[Insecticon Spitter|Spitters]], which were based on alien insects viewed through the space bridge. The Insecticons served under Shockwave during the last days of the war on Cybertron, particularly after the loss of Megatron and the half-baked rise of Starscream. The majority of Insecticons were easily controlled and guided by Shockwave. The trio of Kickback, Sharpshot and Hardshell were intelligent enough to think for themselves and potentially guide the Insecticon swarms in a new direction, so Shockwave deliberately courted their favor.

[[File:FOC-Jazzvsinsecticons.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|When did video games become so violent and scary?!]]

When Grimlock and the rest of his squadron crash-landed in the Sea of Rust, they encountered a large Insecticon nest. Though they fought, they were overrun and abducted by Shockwave for experiments. Though Grimlock, Swoop, Slug, and Snarl survived, Sludge was not so fortunate and was left behind in stasis lock. Not long afterwards, [[Jazz (WFC)|Jazz]] entered the same hive and discovered Sludge's body, and also encountered Insecticons as he attempted to escape.

After the [[Dinobot (FOC)|Dinobot]] experiments, Shockwave employed the Insecticons to test [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] and his new skills. Hardshell used a massive battle mech to push Grimlock to his limits, Kickback taunted Grimlock in a game of turbofox-and-cybermouse through several conflicts, and Sharpshot tortured [[Snarl (FOC)|Snarl]] with his electrical equipment while taunting Grimlock into responding. Unfortunately for the Insecticons, Shockwave's work was a success and the Dinobots tore through their defenses, killing Sharpshot, Kickback, and countless numbers of lesser Insecticons in the process. {{storylink|Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron}}

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=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English)}}
[[File:Insecticons PrimeTheGame.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1]]
After Arcee fell from orbit and crashed outside Jasper, Nevada, Airachnid sent a swarm of Insecticons to terminate her. Arcee managed to kill the entire swarm before facing Airachnid herself.

Later, while fighting onto the ''Nemesis'', Airachnid sent a few more Insecticons after Arcee. They were also dispatched with ease. However, the distraction they caused allowed Airachnid to escape.
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}

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=== ''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' mobile app ===
A number of Insecticons were imprisoned on the Autobot ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', and they and their stasis pods scattered across the countryside when the ship wrecked on [[Earth]]. When [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] freed Barrage and his [[Mini-Con]] partner Needler, they were able to turn their stasis pod into a duplication machine. Steeljaw and Barrage quickly used the machine to transform a group of Insecticon criminals into a multitudinous army. The Decepticons attempted to use this army to assemble a [[space bridge]] with which to return to Cybertron, but [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] and his team of Autobots were able to defeat the Insecticons and return them, including Barrage, to stasis. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game}}

==Toys==
===''Generations''===
[[File:Kickback foc toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67]]
*'''Kickback''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series / number'': '''1 / 012'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TG08'''
**''Accessories:'' "Disc launcher", disc projectile, insect wings/twin battle blades

: ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Kickback is part of the third wave of 2012 ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)|Generations]]'' Deluxe Class toys, and transforms into a Cybertronian insect somewhat resembling a grasshopper. He comes with wings which double as blades, and a disc launcher which looks like a [[Gear Shredder]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/FOCKickback/kickback.htm More information on Kickback at TFU.info]''

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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy InsecticonKreon.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Kre-O Planking grand champion]]
* '''Insecticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2012)
**''Bag number'': '''22851 46'''
**''Accessories'': Logo brick, horn-blade
{{toydesigner|[[Ed Masiello]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first normal wave of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Insecticon is a [[blindpacking|blindpacked]]-bagged mini-figure, though a stamped ID number can be found on the back of the bag, top-right corner. He comes with extra bits including legs so he can lie on his tummy and look like some sort of insect.

:Though the toy proper has a Decepticon [[insignia]], his [[instructions]] label him with the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] symbol.

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* '''Insecticon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''1'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, horn-blade

:In 2016, Collection 1 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Insecticon's torso [[tampograph]] has also been reworked to be slightly more detailed, and the formerly-bare legs now have extra detail tampographing on them.

: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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===''Prime''===
[[File:TF-Prime-Beast-Hunters-Commander-Class-Hardshell.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
{{anchor|Cyberverse}}{{anchor|Beast Hunters}}
*'''Hardshell''' (Cyberverse Commander, 2013)

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Beast Hunters (2013)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Cyberverse]] Commander Class toys. Though packaged as Hardshell, the figure lacks the scars/warpaint that differentiate him from his nameless brethren, and so could easily be army-built.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Hardshell/hardshell.htm More information on Hardshell at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Prime-toy Bombshock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
* '''Bombshock & Shockwave ''' (Commander 2-pack)
**''Accessories'': Launcher, missile

: A [[redeco]] of [[Hardshell#Toys|Hardshell]], [[Bombshock (Prime)|Bombshock]] transforms into a robotic horned beetle. For some reason, he's branded with a [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[insignia|faction symbol]]. His missile launcher, which can be mounted on his back in beetle mode, fires its projectile via pressure-launch. Bombshock was only available as part of a "[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Exclusives 2|Predacons Rising]]" Commander Class 2-pack with [[Shockwave (WFC)#Cyberverse2pack|Shockwave]], which, as a second [[wave]] ''Predacons Rising'' release, was only available as a [[Target]] [[exclusive]] in the United States (and not in Canada, Australia or Europe), even though it was used in official advertising by BigW in Australia (who ultimately only stocked the wave 1 [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#Target2pack|Optimus Prime]] vs [[Predaking (Prime)#Target2pack|Predaking]] two-pack).

:Curiously, like all ''Predacons Rising'' multi-packs featuring redecoed ''Cyberverse'' figures, this set doesn't identify the figures as ''Cyberverse'' products anywhere on the [[packaging]].

:As shown by an official [[stock photography|stock photo]],<ref name="targetlisting">[http://www.target.com/p/transformers-predacons-command-shockwave-figure/-/A-14575734 Target listing] for the Shockwave/Bombshock set, depicting the packaging with mixed up names.</ref> the packaging in its original presentation featured the name "Shockwave" in front of Bombshock, who is placed on the left, and "Bombshock" in front of Shockwave, who is placed on the right. By the time the two-pack hit stores, this was remedied by stickers with the correct names covering up the wrong ones. However, the side panels retain the old names and the "wrong" set of tech specs.<ref name="stickers">[http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-news-rumors/953415-predacon-rising-bombshock-shockwave-found.html "Predacon Rising Bombshock and Shockwave found"] thread at TFW2005, showing the stickers.</ref>

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Predacon/Bombshock/bombshock.htm More information on Bombshock at TFU.info]''

===''Adventure''===
*'''Shrapnel''' ([[2015]]-[[May 30|05-30]])
**''ID number:'' '''TAV17'''
:Shrapnel is a redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#T30|Generations]]'' [[Shrapnel (G1)#Generations|Skrapnel]]. It transforms into a robotic interpretation of a stag beetle.

*'''Bombshell''' (2015-[[May 30|05-30]])
**''ID number:'' '''TAV18'''
:Bombshell is a redeco of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Bombshell (G1)#Generations|Bombshell]]. It transforms into a robotic interpretation of a Japanese rhinoceros beetle.
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==Merchandise==
===''Thrilling 30''===
*'''Insecticon''' (Collectible Figurine, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / #25'''
**''Accessories:'' Collector's base
:A super-deformed Insecticon 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:'' '''2'''
**''Accessories:'' 5 collector's bases
:The same Insecticon figurine was also available in a 5-pack alongside [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#Thrilling 30|Bumblebee]], [[Shockwave (Prime)#Thrilling 30|Shockwave]], [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Thrilling 30|Wheeljack]] and [[Soundwave (WFC)#Thrilling 30|Soundwave]].

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==Notes==
*In the Japanese dub, the Insecticons are quite the Chatty Cathies. Voiced by [[Kensō Katō]], their numerous comedic asides recall his performances as ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspeeter]] and ''[[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|Animated]]'' [[Wasp]]inator.
*The ''Prime'' Insecticon design was used in the [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'' comic book]] as a generic member of the [[Titan Hunter]]s.
*In the ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon, the sound an Insecticon makes is changed to a more low pitched roar rather than a high pitched squeal like in ''Prime''.
*The Insecticon's insect mode in the ''Prime'' game is much smaller compared to the show, being around the size of Arcee's vehicle mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Insecticon''' (インセクティコン ''Insekutikon'')

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Decepticon subgroups]]
[[Category:Fall of Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Gladiators]]
[[Category:Insecticons| Insecticon (WFC)]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Predacons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Prime subgroups]]
[[Category:War for Cybertron subgroups]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) subgroups]]

User talk:M Sipher

2023-09-09T18:15:33Z

SerafettinB:

[[User talk:M Sipher/Archive Pre-2015]]

== New to Transformers Wiki ==

Hi. New to this wiki and trying to contact an admin. Unlike the other wikis that I have made contributions to, I get a message stating that I don't have permission to create a new page. Unable to load an image, as keep getting that message. Who do I need to talk to in regards to the aforementioned?

[[User:Esparza3368|Esparza3368]] ([[User talk:Esparza3368|talk]]) 18:25, 22 June 2019 (EDT)

== Hero Mashers ==

I think you have to clarify more than "Fuck this noise" when you're merging all the Hero Mashers back despite them having their own universal stream cluster. Canon's not really on your side. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:08, 10 May 2015 (EDT)
:I left the (HM) pages intact so "canon" can be appeased. There's canon, and then there's stupidly obfuscating information by not having blatantly-based-on-specific-iterations-of-characters merch on the relevant pages because of some micro-reference in something the overwhelming majority of readership will basically never see. We do readers a disservice with the latter. I don't like just assuming someone's going to dig through a disambig link chain to maybe find stuff like this, and since we repeat full toy sections for repurposings, I don't see why repeating Hero Mashers or the like would be a problem. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 13:15, 10 May 2015 (EDT)
::That's fair enough. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] ([[User talk:ItsWalky|talk]]) 13:16, 10 May 2015 (EDT)

==Intruders==

Are the Intruders who built Medusa the same as the Intruders from G.I. Joe? --[[User:Giggidy|Giggidy]] ([[User talk:Giggidy|talk]]) 09:09, 18 July 2015 (EDT)

== Spambots ==

There's another one: [[User:Sdsfs]] -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 19:24, 3 February 2016 (EST)

==Misdirection==

I tried, i changed the file type, and i did a multiple image upload, so i couldnt give them all a correct discription. Will they be readded, or shall i do them individually? -
Junkheap117
Also, you need to calm your shit. It's just a fucking unofficial website, and you go on like it means the world to you. GET A FUCKING LIFE.
:Guess who's getting a time-out? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:34, 2 April 2016 (EDT)

==Angry Birds Transformers Characters and Accessories==
Thanks for taking the time to fill in information for the Angry Birds Transformers characters.
So far we're still missing comphrehensive profiles for Chuck, Hal, and the Minion Pig seekers. Could you also 'spice up' Red's Ultimate, Nemesis, and Epic Optimus Prime's profiles? (I wrote those profiles, but they're just information basic.)

The current Challenge event is for getting both Bumblebees' accessories, so for this and future events, could you make sure to get the gem costs of the accessories ''before'' getting them with tokens? Or else would take extra replaying from scratch to figure out the what the original gem costs were.

Also, some of the accessories were token-only exclusives, so you may have to change the cost columns for the accessories tables a bit.
--[[User:Woo224|Woo224]] ([[User talk:Woo224|talk]]) 23:14, 8 September 2016 (EDT)

==Uploads==

Hi, im a new user and when i upload an image it says i dont have permission to creat a new page. I have multiple screenshots from the new RID episode but i cant uplaod them, Any ideas? Thanks
--[[User:Hardshell101|Hardshell101]]

== Apology ==

Sorry about disrupting your work on the ''Combiner Wars'' toyline page. I didn't think you had progressed down that far yet. [[User:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47]] ([[User talk:S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47|talk]]) 20:25, 2 October 2016 (EDT)

== Hiding pages from Recent Changes? ==

I had no idea my personal page edits were cluttering up the Recent Changes page; my bad. Is it possible for me to just hide everything under my username page from Recent Changes? I just find it much easier to work on individual subsections... but given how many there are it's going to keep cluttering RC until I'm done (and I keep wanting to make tweaks here and there). Thanks. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:52, 27 February 2017 (EST)
:Just noticed the "Minor edit" checkbox; I'll use that from now on for my stuff. Sorry again for my posts. [[User:Magaroja|Magaroja]] ([[User talk:Magaroja|talk]]) 13:54, 27 February 2017 (EST)

== Model Numbers? / Formatting - table vs list==

Hey, I noticed that you've deleted model numbers off of most of the toyline pages, which is very useful information. I registered to place them back in, but after a couple edits I notice that somebody undid them already. Apologies if I went about this wrong, but how can we get the model #'s reinstated onto the collection pages? =)

Also, when you deleted the model numbers for many pages, you converted the formatting from simple straight-down lists to table formats. As a result, everything looks more cluttered and less organized now. With model numbers in place, even though the page may be slightly longer, at least everything looks much more organized in numerical order. Would it be possible to consider putting everything back into straight-down list views? (but keep the improvements, such as the cool new mini-icons, etc.)
:No. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 14:48, 3 March 2017 (EST)
Ok, I suppose that's just cosmetic - but what about model #'s? That's actually functional information, which for some reason was stripped from many of the toyline pages? The only way to view that information now is to go back and look at older page revisions...
::Or you can click the link to the toy where all the toy-specific info goes. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:47, 3 March 2017 (EST)
Hey, thanks for your reply - I understand that you can click on each individual link, but it's more convenient for all the information to be collected in one place (particularly with Japanese toylines, for foreign collectors). Anyway, I wrote down some thoughts on the "Transformers Unite Warriors" discussion page, and won't push this any further - was just giving some suggestions from an outside user, which I thought might be helpful. I'll stick to simple edits & corrections from now on, and just appreciate the wiki for what it has to offer - thanks... =)
:::"All the information collected in one place" is called page bloat and over-redundancy, which in the past led to unreadable, ugly, overlong pages that challenged readers to slog through it all. A toyline page is meant to be a broad-strokes overview with links to more detailed pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 00:59, 4 March 2017 (EST)
I understand what you're saying about excessive information being "bloat", but model numbers are typically only 2-5 characters long and serve greatly to organize information, and provide a look of uniformity to lists; they are such integral pieces of information for many toys (and in many cases, synonymous with their names), particularly for Takara figures from Japan, and especially for collectors working on their collections. For example, Henkei Optimus is C-01 Convoy, United Megatron (the best version from the Classics Voyager mold) is UN-09 Megatron, Transformers Legends Arcee is LG10 Arcee, RobotMasters Optimus w/ DVD is RM-10 Convoy+DVD, Masterpiece Optimus is either MP-1/MP-4 or MP-10, Masterpiece Rodimus is either MP-9 or MP-28, etc. - these figures are referred to as such all over the web, on ebay, in forums, articles, buy/sale/trade lists, etc. For any collector, this information is invaluable and would never be considered as bloat if collected on a wiki toyline information page.

With all due respect (I know you and others have worked very hard on this site!), but if you look at all the pages pre- and post- overhaul where you reformatted into 4-column tables and stripped out model numbers (Transformers Unite Warriors, Transformers Legends (franchise), Transformers United, Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline), Robotmasters (franchise), etc.) - every single one of these pages looked cleaner and better laid out, and with MORE information (ie - model numbers), before the redesign than after. I think I know what you were trying to achieve (I used to work in web dev in a past life), but the current table implementation only looks good when wave distributions are fairly even (the "Transformers: Generations" page looks pretty decent in most places, except for the Japan section); however, in most other instances where waves are unevenly distributed, and information is presented in left-to-right then down fashion, it ends up being a convoluted mess that is more difficult to follow than necessary (due to uneven whitespacing, and having to scan waves left-to-right but then downwards per wave).

In fact, one easy improvement would be if you were to just simply flip the axis and list the waves top-down then right, then everything would read much better and be easier to follow, and would look better with uneven wave distributions (and then if model numbers were reinstated, they would look good as well because they would appear uniform and increase numerically as you're scanning down the lists)*. Another thing to consider - I know that it probably took a bit of effort to standardize on the current 4-column table view, and that uniformity across pages is desirable, but sometimes the one-size-fits-all approach is not necessarily the best. The Unite Warriors page is a pretty good example of this - the new version looks quite scattered, and is actually MORE bloated (in both page size, and vertical scroll area) even though information has been omitted (model #'s). There's no reason why those 12 entries shouldn't just be a simple downwards list like it was before, with just the new insignia mini-icons added (and model #'s intact!).

Anyway, as I said before, I didn't mean to push this any further - I like tfwiki too much, and don't want to risk offending any of you who control the site. I sought only to help and to give some constructive feedback for consideration, from the viewpoint of an outside user who has found the information collected here invaluable, but happened to notice some of the pages being changed for the worse and becoming more difficult to use. Anyway, thanks again for your time & long live tfwiki... =)

(*if there was a way for me to mock up a sample update of one of the pages, and place it somewhere that's not in production, I could should you what I mean, but I don't know how to do that here...)

== Divebomb/Grimlock ==

I'm not sure on the specifics, but I believe it's a real thing that Adventure Grimlock's new tooling has a bunch of really specific slots designed to fit Divebomb's armour pieces, for some weird reason. [[User:Jalaguy|Jalaguy]] ([[User talk:Jalaguy|talk]]) 06:11, 24 October 2017 (EDT)

== Universe 2008 exclusives ==

[http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Transformers:_Universe_(2008_toyline)&diff=1232847&oldid=1232845] Seriously... Please explain to me why listing the exact same items in the same list (thereby implying they were separate items, when they were identical down to the packaging) is preferable over a shorter list with a brief note. Whether the formatting for the note could be improved is one thing, but why would we list multiple toys twice for each individual availability when we don't do that for any other toyline list? We don't list Titans Return Arcee three times under "San Diego Comic-Con", "Hasbro Toy Shop" and "Toys"R"Us" either. Shouldn't the priority be "which toys were released under this line and how were they available", not "which venues got which toys"?--[[User:Nevermore|Nevermore]] ([[User talk:Nevermore|talk]]) 05:47, 6 January 2018 (EST)

== "Who does this and why" ==

I wasn't responsible, but I believe that the international standard date format (yyyy-mm-dd) has been being used to avoid confusion that might stem from using either British or American date format. What's the problem with it? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 07:31, 11 March 2018 (EDT)
:I have literally NEVER seen that used in my life by anyone until someone started changing it on this wiki. Not once. What fucking confusion could there be? Is someone going to think "oh, that toy came out in 2006, on the 1987th of double-December"? --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]])
::Well, uh, it ''is'' {{w|ISO 8601|the standard format for international communication}}. And obviously it's not confusing in that particular case, but if someone wrote 09-05-2005, are they talking about the 9th of May or September the 5th? On a wiki with significant quantities of both British and American-originated subject matter, I feel like it makes sense...? --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 10:56, 12 March 2018 (EDT)

== Expired spoiler tag ==

Could you please remove the spoiler tag from the [[Transformers 5 set visit]] page? It's the only expired tag left, and I don't have the permissions to do it myself. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 02:28, 16 April 2018 (EDT)
:Thank you! -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 08:16, 16 April 2018 (EDT)

== Why did you undo my revision? ==

Why did you undo my revision to the [[Aligned continuity family]] page? The information I added was correct, as Rescue Bots Academy will be taking place in the Aligned continuity. [[User:TheVoz|Vozhan]] ([[User talk:TheVoz|talk]]) 19:57, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:Block notice: "Abusing multiple accounts: Previously banned user." Banned users are not allowed to contribute even correct information. And here you are sockpuppeting again. Goodbye. - [[User:TBR|TBR]] ([[User talk:TBR|talk]]) 20:33, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:: To be fair, though, they're absolutely right that RBA is looking to be Aligned continuity. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 21:16, 3 October 2018 (EDT)
:::Kinda immaterial. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:24, 3 October 2018 (EDT)

== Just curious... ==

Hey, uh, how come you upload pictures under a new file instead of uploading a new version of previous file? Isn't it easier if you upload a new version, which also retains history? I don't personally have a problem with it, but I am curious... [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 18:35, 24 October 2018 (EDT)
:In the case of images, this can actually be a reasonable thing to do. When replacing stock images with user-taken images, it's better to delete the originals entirely because they're subject to copyright. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 22:46, 29 October 2018 (EDT)
::Ahh, makes sense. [[User:Notirishman|--notirishman]] ([[User talk:Notirishman|talk]]) 22:47, 29 October 2018 (EDT)

== User talk pages ==
"(Undo revision 1274491 by Cannonfodder4000 (talk) User talkpages are not to be blanked.)"

What's it to you if I blank my page? [[User:Cannonfodder4000 |--Cannonfodder4000]] ([[User talk:Cannonfodder4000|talk]]) 18 March 2019
:See [[Transformers Wiki:User page]]. But, basically, blanking your talk page is seen as trying to hide your past and possibly avoid disciplinary action. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 12:11, 18 March 2019 (EDT)

::So almost ten years ago I get a warning cause I edited a caption before adding content, and I'm not allowed to remove it? I don't even do captions anymore but I do add content [[User:Cannonfodder4000 |--Cannonfodder4000]] ([[User talk:Cannonfodder4000|talk]]) 25 june 2019
:::Correct, you're not allowed to remove it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:49, 25 June 2019 (EDT)

== Returning BotBot vandal? ==

I noticed [[Special:Contributions/Evelynkwapong54|‎Evelynkwapong541]] just showed up and started making similar if not identical edits to [[Special:Contributions/Kof4495|Kof4495]]. Since I know you were the one who banned the latter, can you please check the former out, see if we've got a block evasion on our hands? -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 14:47, 28 March 2019 (EDT)

==Apology==

Look Sipher, I know i’m not that good at making compromises with you or any of your associates, but you have to understand that I make these edits because I want to keep the BotBots section up to date, and I don’t edit just for fun. Hope you get the message

- Coughing Mickey.
:That's not an apology. Breaking the rules to "fix" something is still breaking the rules. The BotBots articles will be fine (better in fact) without you. -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 21:42, 12 July 2019 (EDT)

:The sheer lack of self-awareness here is brain-melting. Get THIS message.
:You were warned, repeatedly, by many editors and admin, to stop what you were doing. You didn't get the message, so you were given a temp ban.
:You didn't get ''that'' message, because you continued doing the exact same thing you were repeatedly told not to by many editors and admin, so the ban was made permanent.
:You didn't get '''''that''''' message because you made a new account to circumvent the ban, which is ''also'' against the rules, to do the exact same thing you were repeatedly told not to by many editors and admin that got you permabanned.
:You didn't get '''''THAT''''' message because you've come back a half-dozen times at least now, doing the same shit every time, every time it is reverted and you are re-banned within minutes.
:At this point, I am forced to ask "Just how stupid ARE you?". You are not, and never will be welcome to edit this wiki, because you have shown repeatedly over the course of several months, and once again by posting what you did above, that you will not abide by this community's rules or standards. Go away. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 02:42, 13 July 2019 (EDT)

==Page deleted on the grounds of being "a severe reach"==

Hi. I saw the [[Maximum overdrive]] page and thought I'd make a similar one for BW Optimus Primal's "Maximum Burn" command. It appears as often on ''Beast Wars'' as "Maximum Overdrive" does on ''Prime''. [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] told me the page got deleted by you. Would you explain how the page's creation or content were a severe reach? -- [[User:Nhaz|Nhaz]] ([[User talk:Nhaz|talk]]) 10:59, 16 July 2019 (EDT)
:See, now I just see ANOTHER page that's a real reach and probably shouldn't exist. Other pages like this have been pointed out as well. Not every phrase said more than twice needs a page. It's like making a page for "look over there". --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 17:06, 16 July 2019 (EDT)
::Fair enough. -- [[User:Nhaz|Nhaz]] ([[User talk:Nhaz|talk]]) 17:59, 16 July 2019 (EDT)

== TF Prime The game ==

It's not a similiarity, just a comparison. [[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]), 14 August 2019
:You and Grum are completely ignoring my discussions, I'm trying to reason civilly with you two and ignoring me is the proof of intollerance, rudeness and backwardness. [[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]), 14 August 2019 (EDT)
::I'm talking with YOU. [[User:RoboWarriorPrime|RoboWarriorPrime]] ([[User talk:RoboWarriorPrime|talk]]), 14 August 2019 (EDT)

== Animated Sky-Byte ==

Why have you deleted my image? I saw that lots of images from The Stunti-Con Job are in this wiki, so why have you deleted it? [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 05:12, 30 August 2019 (EDT)
:Because it was microscopic, making it useless for the point of putting images on this wiki... so people can ''see things''. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 05:28, 30 August 2019 (EDT)
::OK, that's right. So can you tell me how can I fix it? (I mean with focus) [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 06:26, 30 August 2019 (EDT)
:::Please, can you tell me how? ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 06:51, 30 August 2019 (EDT)

== Toy Images ==

I uploaded two of the photos you had on your Patreon that I think you forgot to upload: [[:File:RID15-toy Thermidor.jpg]] and [[:File:Mov-merch BumblebeeBearbrick.jpg]]. I don't know where the latter goes, but I'd figure I'd let you know. [[User:Escargon|Escargon]] ([[User talk:Escargon|talk]]) 16:35, 22 December 2019 (EST)

== Transformers: Prime (toyline) ==

Hi, I just changed the links for more precision, what's wrong by doing this?
Anyway, if you don't want my modification, that's ok, i don't want to argue.
:The old links lead to the right listings already. Linking to "Toys" is fine when it's the first/only toy in the section. And for characters who only exist as toys with no fiction, like Bumblebee Sword, just linking to the top of the page is fine since the toy section will be in that first screen anyway. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 19:30, 20 January 2020 (EST)

== Botbots ==
I am trying my best to follow the rules but I don’t buy the packs so all I can go by is the descriptions on the site of the a
packs. --[[User:Vlad4|Vlad4]]
:Ummmm, maybe you shouldn't be writing them up if you don't actually have them? --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 15:12, 29 January 2020 (EST)
:The information you keep missing is on the main BotBots page. The formatting is on like a hundred other BotBots pages. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 18:29, 29 January 2020 (EST)

== About me (HispasatBot) ==

Why did you block me? Did I do something wrong? I just changed ''Riot Cannon'' as ''Fusion Cannon'' in a note because there is no Riot Cannon but Fusion Cannon in WFC. [[User:HispasatBot|HispasatBot]] 24 March 2020

== Chopter caption ==

Just came across your your caption for this guy and actually did laugh out loud. Glad to see someone else remembers those commercials. --[[User:Khajidha|Khajidha]] ([[User talk:Khajidha|talk]]) 12:07, 26 March 2020 (EDT)

== Red ==

Aye chill out man! No need to get angry with people who just think they’re doing the right thing. You are acting like its the end of the world. Just, don’t. Please. Also, the point of most wikis is that they add every fact right as it comes out, and that’s exactly what I was doing. [[User:Octane|Octane]] ([[User talk:Octane|talk]]) 09:34, 28 May 2020 (EDT)
: The point of this wiki is not to add things right when they come out. The wiki is not a news site. "This character appears as a silhouette" is not that helpful when more details will come out in a few more days. [[User:Tindalos|Tindalos]] ([[User talk:Tindalos|talk]]) 10:41, 28 May 2020 (EDT)
:: Ok, I’ll see if I can do better. (Btw excuse my rudeness if you saw it) [[User:Octane|Octane]] ([[User talk:Octane|talk]]) 11:58, 28 May 2020 (EDT)

== Billy West ==
Was the voice for [[Red (M&M)]]. Is that enough of a "real" TF role to deserve inclusion? --[[User:Thylacine 2000|Thylacine 2000]] ([[User talk:Thylacine 2000|talk]]) 21:26, 2 June 2020 (EDT)

== ABTF picture ==

Aye bro now that you’re at making new pictures for Bomb, why not do it for the other birds and pigs too? [[User:Octane|Octane]] ([[User talk:Octane|talk]]) 15:36, 13 October 2020 (EDT)

== Robot Chicken (Polar Claw)==

Hi M Sipher, sorry if I start a new discussion. I know that it's not a Transformers thing (not even related to Hasbro or Takara), but there are lots of pages in this wiki with references to other things outside the world of The Transformers (even a direct note about Robot Chicken in Peter Cullen's page). So, I don't understand why you delated my edit... [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 09:28, 19 November 2020 (EDT)

:(I mean, if I'm wrong you can tell me why).[[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 09:28, 19 November 2020 (EDT)
::Please, don't ignore me, I’m interested to know. [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 13:28, 19 November 2020 (EDT)
:::We keep our mentions of Transformers stuff appearing in other media to a minimum, as it would otherwise bloat the wiki with endless notes about minor appearances. The exceptions are especially notable cases, such as a Transformers actor reprising their character in another series. For example, you'll notice we have a note on David Kaye's page about how he played Megatron in that same Robot Chicken episode. Turning Polar Claw into a panda for that scene just isn't that notable. If not for the fact they're all taken already, I'd say the most it deserves is an image caption. (See, for example, how the [[Razorbeast]] toy's caption is a joke about its appearance on Fresh Prince.) -- [[User:Cyberlink420|Cyberlink420]] ([[User talk:Cyberlink420|talk]]) 13:41, 19 November 2020 (EST)
::::Ok, thank you very much. I didn't know it. I just hope I didn’t offend M Sipher. If so then excuse me again. [[User:Grievous Prime|--Grievous Prime]] ([[User talk:Grievous Prime|talk]]) 14:34, 19 November 2020 (EDT)
:::::1) I was asleep. You don't need to post new messages every hour.
:::::2) Honestly, I question even that note about Kaye doing Robot Chicken, since Kaye, bless him, does the Megatron voice for a '''''lot''''' of people who aren't Has/Tak-sanctioned. A lot of voice actors will do voices of characters they played for fan-stuff or parodies not sanctioned by the character owners. I feel at BEST anything along these lines should be kept to Notes on VA pages, but I would be 100% fine with deleting these bits altogether. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 21:55, 19 November 2020 (EST)

== WFC Kingdom - Megatron (Beast) ==

I just googled to find out myself. Leaked images of packaging confirms that it's '''Megatron (Beast)'''. I know we can't use leaks on the wiki, but I think that's proof enough to know what the official name is going to be upon release. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 20:53, 20 November 2020 (EST)

== Armada Crosswise ==

Fun fact: if you flick to the page with Mirror's animation models in the LOTM Yearbook or look at any episode screencaps of Mirror, the thigh details are on the fronts too which also suggests that it is a misassembly on the toy. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 22:26, 26 February 2021 (EST)

== RID (2001) Predacons ==

Hey, just curious to know if the figures you took photos of were the Hasbro versions? The reason I ask is because I own the Takara versions and I thought I might see if my camera can pick up the paint differences so we have images of both versions on their respective pages. Maybe not for Gaskunk, as there isn't really much of a difference, but I could try my hand at Goosher and Guildo. [[User:Fanofcoolstuff27|Fanofcoolstuff27]] ([[User talk:Fanofcoolstuff27|talk]]) 07:41, 12 March 2021 (EST)
:Scream and Slapper are Hasbro. Gas, I actually don't know, I had both at one point and couldn't tell the difference between them at all. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 16:49, 12 March 2021 (EST)

== BotBots photos ==

Heya, saw you swapped out the Unilla Icequeencone pic and the comment about it being awkward. No worries, was just trying to help get pics to the BotBot toys and yours is a much better one then I did. I'm still very green at doing toy pics, mostly just wanted to lend a hand. As a heads up I think that was the only one I've done so far that I saw on your Twitter posts. Still trying to get more BotBot pics up since there are so many without them so if there are others in the future, perfectly happy getting mine swapped out with no regrets. [[User:ParadoxFactor|ParadoxFactor]] ([[User talk:ParadoxFactor|talk]]) 12:31AM, 6 June 2021 (PST)

== Skyglide minicon photo ==

I recently managed to snag a Skyglide as part of a Mini-Con lot and when I got it it seems that hte coloring on it is off from the Wiki photo. Mine appears more orangish then the bright red of the photo. I poked around online and saw a few other pics showing the red and some showing the orange. I wanted to check, was yours that red? Given how rare this one is I'm just making sure there's not some obscure variation or something on it.[[User:ParadoxFactor|ParadoxFactor]] ([[User talk:ParadoxFactor|talk]]) 17:12, 30 December 2021 (EST)
:Digital photography is tricky, and different lighting and camera settings can really affect how some plastics look. I pulled out my Skyglide and while I would not call the color "orangish", it is definitely not as vibrant as that older image. So I'll adjust it to better suit the real deal. That said, nobody has ever reported a variant on Skyglide and I'm very disinclined to think there are any given the small run. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]])
::Had a hunch that was the case, just making sure. With as different as the picture is and as random as getting this guy was, wanted to do my diligence and check. Thanks![[User:ParadoxFactor|ParadoxFactor]] ([[User talk:ParadoxFactor|talk]]) 03:00, 2 January 2022 (EST)

== Legends of the Microns Nemesis Prime ==

Hey there, I noticed that you provided images of the Takara release of [[Run-Over]] and was wondering if you also had a copy of Takara Nemesis Prime that you could provide photos of. The one that's currently on his page is very low quality and in need of replacement. [[User:Paladin Denn|Paladin Denn]] ([[User talk:Paladin Denn|talk]]) 22:10, 6 February 2023 (EST)
:I don't. For whatever reason, the shop where I got the loose Sweep forever ago ''only'' had the loose Sweep and not Scourge. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] ([[User talk:M Sipher|talk]]) 04:11, 7 February 2023 (EST)
::That's quite odd. Oh well, I'm sure someone will get one eventually. [[User:Paladin Denn|Paladin Denn]] ([[User talk:Paladin Denn|talk]]) 16:34, 7 February 2023 (EST)

==Credits template patch==
Hey! Just wanted to give you a heads up that I believe that I have patched that glitch that you were running into where the [[Template:toydesigner|toydesigner template]] wasn't playing nice with faction symbols. Going forward you hopefully shouldn't need to retype the credits out by hand if you don't want to. Thanks! --[[User:AzimuthAcolyte|AzimuthAcolyte]] ([[User talk:AzimuthAcolyte|talk]]) 21:47, 26 August 2023 (EDT)

==Do you think this wiki allowing joke captions/descriptions is a bad thing?==
The reason why I said that is because I'm certain there's people that want to do nothing but adding jokes to pages instead of actual information.--[[User:SerafettinB|SerafettinB]] ([[User talk:SerafettinB|talk]]) 21:14, 9 September 2023 (TRT)

Terrorsaur (BW)

2023-09-09T10:35:18Z

SerafettinB:

{{factions|predacon|unicron|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Terrorsaur}}
:''Terrorsaur is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Terrorsaur-S1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Smugly Starscreamish]]
Power-hungry, cunning, and opportunistic, but somewhat lacking in the courage department, '''Terrorsaur''' never misses a chance to improve his standing within the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. From cutting deals with [[Maximal]]s to finding and keeping new power sources for himself, he is always thinking two steps ahead. Unfortunately, the big guns of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are usually thinking at least ''four'' steps ahead, and Terrorsaur always ends up on the short end. However, as the war progresses, he matures into a more reliable subordinate to [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], perhaps even more loyal.

As the only fliers in the Predacon platoon, Terrorsaur and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] are permanent partners. The two seem to get on, working as a somewhat formidable team and sometimes having banter about their mission. They have their fair share of knocking down [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] with every chance they get.

{{quote|Think of the cosmic magnificence. Together we'll overthrow these low-grade metal knock-offs you've joined, and then rule the Predacons with two iron fists! NOTHING CAN STOP US!|Terrorsaur reveals his ambition to [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]|"[[Equal Measures]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Megatron personally supervised Terrorsaur's genetically engineered creation, resulting in a stealth fighter who remained hidden until the opportunity to strike arose! Terrorsaur was nothing short of absolutely terrifying, having been compared to a demonic dragon. On top of it all, he was an absolute glutton, devouring entire flocks of birds by simply flying mouth-opened through their flight formations. {{storylink|#Toys|Terrorsaur bio}}

Not only did the [[quantum surge]] resulting from the destructicon of an "[[Planet Buster|alien planetary destruction device]]" enhance Terrorsaur physically, but it had also pushed his destructive tendencies to new heights. Not only had his rage towards the Maximals intensified to an alarming degree, but his greater resilience had filled him with new found courage... giving him a new battle strategy of crashing into things at high speeds, kamikaze style. To top it all off, he possessed a pyromania that he satisfied by igniting the terrain as he flew above it. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetals Terrorsaur bio}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Teng Kuixing]] (Chinese), [[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian, 1st dub), [[Marcos Henrique Melo Hailer]] (Portuguese), [[Oliviero Corbetta]] (Italian), [[François Siener]] (French, season 1), [[Holger Potzern]] (German), [[Héctor Lee]] (American Spanish, 1st voice), [[Herman López]] (American Spanish, 2nd voice), [[Luis Gaspar]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

[[File:BeastWars1-Terrorsaurrobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|One primary color plus a bunch of silver and black! I'm live-action movie style!]]
Terrorsaur was one of the original members of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s crew. After the ''Darksyde'' crashed on a [[Earth|mysterious planet]], he picked a Pteranodon for his [[beast mode]], and the Predacons began searching for the [[Maximal]]s. Terrorsaur took part in the first battle, until the Maximals retreated and the Predacons started suffering from Energon buildup. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} The Predacons followed the Maximals to their base and attacked [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] as the two battled on a natural rock bridge. When the attack failed to eliminate any Maximals, Megatron thumped Terrorsaur out of frustration. The uncovering of a large cache of Energon gave the Predacons a new mission, and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Terrorsaur attempted to slow the Maximals down so that the Predacons could get there first. They were seen off by one of Primal's missiles, but rejoined the other Predacons and took part in the battle atop the mountain of energon. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

[[File:Terrorsaurseated.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|I don't think they had pteranodons in mind when they built this thing, Chewie.]]
Much later, Terrorsaur and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] were assigned to install a mega-cannon as part of the defences for the Predacon base. {{storylink|The Web}} When an energon accident caused [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to be teleported into the Predacon base, Terrorsaur gave him a warm welcome. Cheetor managed to throw him through the teleport to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', where he attempted to talk Dinobot into teaming up with him to defeat both sides. Dinobot went along with him long enough to get information, and then stuffed him into a waste disposal unit. Terrorsaur returned to the Predacon base, where he and Megatron cornered Cheetor, only to discover that the Maximals had sent a bomb through the teleport. Once Cheetor detached the bomb from the console, Terrorsaur flew it into the sky and was blown up for his troubles. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

During a battle at the [[Standing Stones]], Terrorsaur blew up the pile of energon in the center, earning Megatron's ire at the loss. Whatever punishment he got wasn't enough to prevent him from taking part in a subsequent attack on the ''Axalon''. He was able to bring the ship's shields down, but [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] managed to raise the shields again, as well as blasting Terrorsaur out of the air. He was still able to attempt to stop the Maximals retrieving Primal from an [[Vok probe|alien probe]], but the Maximals ultimately succeeded, and the Maximal leader chased off the Predacons. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

[[File:Power Surge Terrorsaur flexing.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|[[Burning justice|BURNING INJUSTICE!]]]]
Terrorsaur's shining moment came when he discovered a [[flying mountain]] with a huge source of powerful energon at the top. Powered-up, he immediately returned to the ''Darksyde'' and blasted Megatron to scrap, declaring himself the new leader of the Predacons. Having exhausted his charge, Terrorsaur left [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in charge and went to refuel at the mountain. (None of the other Predacons paid attention to any of the commands Terrorsaur had made.) Unfortunately for him, Optimus Primal and Rattrap had already found the mountain. While he was able to defeat Primal, Rattrap had set up charges, and Terrorsaur was forced to flee. When he returned to the Predacon base, he discovered that Megatron had been repaired in his absence and was very, very angry. All he could squawk was "Help!" while turning a ghostly white. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}}

When a Maximal [[stasis pod]] crashed, Waspinator and Terrorsaur ambushed Optimus Primal outside the Maximal base, taking the Maximals' only flier out of the game. After reporting back to Megatron, the pair were dispatched to reach the pod first and ensure the [[protoform]] inside became another Predacon. On the way, Terrorsaur and Waspinator encountered the Maximals, going by ground, and delayed them by knocking out an ice bridge. The two Predacons reached the pod first, but a transmission sent by Primal and Dinobot had already activated the protoform, and they were attacked by [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}
[[File:TerrorsaurcagedRT.jpg|left|upright=1.35|thumb|A pet mouse, just what I've always wanted!]]
Terrorsaur, Waspinator, and Tarantulas reached another stasis pod, this time with success, and set an ambush for Primal and Dinobot. As Waspinator took the pod away to the ''Darksyde'', Terrorsaur shot Primal in the back to prevent him from gaining the Predacons' prize. This led to the initiation of the new Predacon, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Later, Terrorsaur spotted Rattrap in [[Sector 12]] and had him outmatched. As he was about to finish his adversary, he instead became intrigued by the Maximal's sudden change of allegiance. Together, they teamed up with the Maximal and overthrew Megatron. After having Rattrap and Megatron both locked up (the former to be released in case he was needed later), Terrorsaur took control of the Predacons once more. Little did he know that Rattrap's "defection" was planned by Optimus Primal from the start to infiltrate the ''Darksyde'' and retrieve a Maximal computer chip from the Predacon console; the Predacons were deprived a strategic advantage, right under Terrorsaur's nose. Meanwhile, Terrorsaur had a tough time keeping Scorponok, Megatron's most loyal follower, in line on the subject of who was in charge. He momentarily found himself at a loss when the Maximals attacked and the other Predacons looked to him for leadership. Megatron, having freed himself, deferred leadership until it was made plain that Terrorsaur was incompetent as leader. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

Terrorsaur was subsequently assigned with Waspinator and Blackarachnia to dig under the Maximal base, so that they could use a [[sonic emitter]] to break in. When Waspinator left in frustration, Terrorsaur commanded Blackarachnia to "start digging." Unfortunately for him, Blackarachnia held him at blaster-range and forced him to use his heat vision to create a bigger hole for the device. To make matters worse, Waspinator unwittingly alerted the Maximals to their presence, and while he managed to give Optimus Primal the slip, he, Terrorsaur, and Blackarachnia were arguing over when to set the device off. Finally, Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia agreed that Primal would never discover them in time; they were right on that aspect, at least, because Tigatron found them instead. Once the emitter was set, Tigatron attacked the Predacons and stole it. The trio tried to get it back, but Tigatron triggered the emitter and the three Predacons fled before it exploded. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}} After Scorponok's [[Cyberbee]] turned Primal into a berserker and he invaded the ''Darksyde'', Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia attempted to keep the other Maximals out of the Predacon base. They were unable to stop Cheetor from slipping inside to rescue Optimus. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

[[File:Victory Terrorsaur guns out.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|HAW HAW H-]]
When Scorponok spotted the Maximals building a communications array, he passed footage of the device to Terrorsaur, who flew it back to Megatron. The Predacons quickly discovered the tower was meant to communicate with a Maximal [[temporal probe]] which was passing through the system. Terrorsaur successfully distracted the Maximals at the array long enough for the other Predacons to sneak up from the other direction-a strategy that would lead to the eventual destruction of the array. {{storylink|The Probe}} Terrorsaur took part in a mock rebellion after he discovered that he and other Predacons had been bugged. After making the Maximals believe they'd been destroyed, the Predacons hid in a crevasse until the ''Axalon'' was made operational, intending to take the ship themselves. While waiting, Terrorsaur started to become hysterical in the cramped hiding place and wanted to leave now. But Megatron reminded him that no one was leaving until he said so. When their hiding place was discovered by Dinobot, Terrorsaur and Waspinator were the first to pursue their former comrade, only to be squashed by a large rock. Terrorsaur still recovered in time to rejoin the fight outside the ''Axalon'', managing to shoot down a distracted Optimus Primal before Cheetor blasted him out of the sky. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

After [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] was turned into a Predacon by Megatron's [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]], Terrorsaur realized that Rhinox was actually working to undermine Megatron's leadership. Terrorsaur suggested teaming up to overthrow the Predacon commander, but was somewhat roughly turned down and forced to shut up. Once Megatron discovered Rhinox's deception, the former Maximal was able to reveal Terrorsaur's duplicity, and an outraged Scorponok attacked Terrorsaur, until the both of them were pounded by Rhinox. After the whole sorry affair was over, Terrorsaur attempted to explain to his less-than-receptive leader. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}

[[File:TheSpark Terrorsaur's head.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|-Awwww, Hell.]]
Terrorsaur "helped out" Dinobot one time, when Dinobot was complaining of being bored. Terrorsaur lured him into a cave and trapped him there, so that Megatron could put into effect a plan involving a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]]. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}} After another stasis pod crashed, Terrorsaur and Waspinator arrived to face Cheetor. Although Waspinator was quickly defeated, Terrorsaur blasted Cheetor and proceeded to the pod, only to encounter the newly awakened [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], who blasted him to pieces. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:CalloftheWild Terrorsaur shot up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm sensing...]]
Waspinator and Terrorsaur attacked Tigatron while the Maximal was trying to radio base. The pair pursued Tigatron into a cloud, only to be blasted by some sort of [[Brigadoon|flying island]], and subsequently reported back to Megatron. Finished, Terrorsaur fainted on top of Waspinator, pinning him to the floor. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} After repairs were made, the two fliers started back for the island. On the way, they found and attacked Optimus Primal and Rattrap. At first Optimus was at a major disadvantage because Rattrap was riding on his back in rat mode. Suddenly, either Waspinator or Terrorsaur shot them, causing them to split and fall down. Optimus managed to gain control, but was kept busy with the flying Predacons. Terrorsaur couldn't resist a chance to tease Rattrap up close while matching the speed of his falling adversary; he even had the nerve of scratching Rattrap's chin and flicking his nose, the jerk! But at the last moment, Rattrap transformed and blasted Terrorsaur at point blank range, forcing him to resort to beast mode. Terrorsaur found himself acting as Rattrap's transport at a blaster's edge, temporarily at least. While arriving on the island, he dislodged Rattrap by running him into a tree branch. He and Waspinator later attempted to catch up with Blackarachnia on the island, but she tricked them into firing, so that the island's defenses took them out. While falling, Waspinator went as far as calling Terrorsaur a "pterodactyl idiot." {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

During a Predacon attack on the ''Axalon'', Terrorsaur and Waspinator stole the [[rectifier coil]] from the Maximal base. When remaining in their beast modes drove the sleep-deprived Maximals to be overcome by their beast instincts, the Predacons hunted them through the jungle, at least until the Maximals were able to regain control and fight back. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}} After some of the Maximals were blinded by an energon explosion, Terrorsaur was sent to help Waspinator find and finish them off. Unfortunately, even blinded, the Maximals were able to fight them off. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}

[[File:Before the Storm Terrorsaur.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.34|...a trend here.]]
After Waspinator was possessed by the [[spark]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], the Predacons attacked the ''Axalon''. Terrorsaur attempted to stop Primal from escaping, only to get a face full of monkey fist. In the end, the attack was successful; the Maximals were driven out and the Predacons now had control of the ''Axalon''. When Starscream was subsequently given command of the Maximal ship, Terrorsaur complained about the Decepticon getting promoted, but was swiftly silenced by Megatron. {{storylink|Possession}} Later, Terrorsaur, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], and Waspinator served as a distraction while attacking the ''Axalon'' from the air. This gave Tarantulas the chance to shoot Rhinox with an [[energon discharge virus]]. Seeing the mission a success, Terrorsaur gave the order to fall back. While being the last to leave, he had the misfortune of having his tail literally toasted by a hiccup blast from Rhinox. He yelped like a scared puppy all the way back to the ''Darksyde''. He was still recovering when news of Tarantulas' disappearance came around. Terrorsaur was among the Predacons blasted into a tree by Rhinox's almighty fart. {{storylink|The Low Road}} On another mission, Terrorsaur was given leadership of Waspinator and Inferno. Partway through the battle, Terrorsaur realized that Waspinator wasn't doing anything—as it turned out, he was still awaiting Terrorsaur's signal to attack. Later, the trio successfully defeated Dinobot, but their victory was short-lived, as Optimus turned up and blew Terrorsaur and Waspinator away. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

[[File:BW Scorponok Terrorsaur deaths.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Terrorsaur, Scorponok, we're condemning you to a fiery death cause Waspinator has a bigger fan club.]]
During a rare truce between the two sides, Terrorsaur found Tigatron snooping around the Predacon base and sounded the alarm. He and Scorponok collided while trying to prevent the Maximal's escape and were sent out to try to get Tigatron back. The Maximals employed "non-violent" means to aid in Tigatron's escape, and Terrorsaur found himself running into a piece of bulkhead. He then attempted to charge Rattrap, only to be sat on by Rhinox. He returned to base by stretcher. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

Terrorsaur was one of the Predacons who turned up at the [[Bio-Dome|alien bungalow]]. He was blasted by Rattrap and left lying over a rock as the construct blasted a signal into space, exposing one of the moons as a [[Planet Buster]] weapon. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} A short time later, he was back at the Predacon base, able to monitor the escalating situation. Megatron's admiration for the aliens surprised him, and he pointed out loudly that the aliens were trying to kill them. As it turned out, Megatron had matters in hand, and the alien weapon was soon destroyed. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}} The weapon's explosion sent out a [[quantum surge]], which began mutating the forms of some of the [[Transformer]]s. Both Terrorsaur and Scorponok lost control of their hover platforms, colliding with each other and plunging to their apparent doom in the lava below. Most of the Predacons didn't seem to notice it, though Blackarachnia (in order to save herself from being killed for treachery) tells Megatron that he needs more troops after seeing Terrorsaur and Scorponok are not with him when he arrived at the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====Bios=====
Terrorsaurer (テラザウラー ''Terazaurā'') was upgraded by Megatron into a gaudy purple body that increased his speed and evasion. He was renamed "Terrorsaur" (テラソー ''Terasō''). {{storylink|Super Lifeform Transformers Beast Wars Official Guidebook|Beast Wars Official Guidebook}}

Terrorsaur became even more of an obnoxious chatterer after his [[Transmetal|Metals]] upgrade and he still sought to be Predacon leader. However strong his new body may have been, he was still a small-thinking wimp at heart. {{Storylink|#TM1|Metals Terrorsaurer bio}}

=====Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base=====
Terrorsaur was witness to [[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]] being sent through [[unspace|transwarp]] to acquire [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] for the Predacon forces. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}

=====''Cloud''=====
While the Maximals were trying to help out the wayward [[Hot Rodimus]] and [[SARA]] of the [[Cloud World]], they investigated an energon mine, only to find the Predacons waiting there. The two sides battled, and Hot Rodimus took the opportunity to transform into helicopter mode to pursue his true quarry. Bemused by the presence of this larger [[Transformer]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sent [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Terrorsaur to give chase. Rodimus was able to shoot down Terrorsaur and shred Waspinator to ribbons with his rotors. {{storylink|Wild (Cloud)|Wild}}

In another fight with Shockwave, Hot Rodimus thought back to their confrontation with the Beast Warriors, including Terrorsaur. {{storylink|TFC-A03}}

====''Universe'' comic====
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You all fight Razorclaw, I'll go make sure the escape routes are... clear. Yes.]]

The Terrorsaur of [[Primax 1103.12-R Gamma]] was one of the many Cybertronians kidnapped from his universe by [[Unicron]] and held in the [[Cauldron]]. Terrorsaur was plucked from the lava just before his death during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], at a much earlier point in his reality's timeline than his fellow abductees [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. While in the Cauldron, Terrorsaur gave into his base urges, arguably becoming a [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20}} However, Terrorsaur escaped in a mass jailbreak instigated by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]. Along the way, he teamed up with [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] to fight [[Reptilion]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]. Presumably, Terrorsaur returned to his home reality as did the other escapees. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
{{BW Shell Game}}
While traveling back to Cybertron at the conclusion of the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal reflected on past battles, including those in which Terrorsaur fought. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
Terrorsaur served under [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] at the tail-end of the Great War. Though the Tripredacus Council sought to let hostilities between the Autobots and the Decepticons die out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] both fell in combat, Megatron had more aggressive plans. His squadron attacked [[Tigatron]] when he approached them to broker peace between the two factions. While [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] dealt with Tigatron's entourage, Megatron and his troops headed off for the Primal Council's base of operation to bring them down. Once there, they managed to surround their targets, only for [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Under-3|Unit-3]], and [[Tigatron]] (who had caught up to them) to combine into [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] and strike back. Terrorsaur was sure to take a jab at Megatron's leadership capabilities at this point in time. As they were being pushed back, the Tripredacus Council arrived on the scene, and surrendered to the Autobots on behalf of all Decepticons, ending the war. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

While [[Magmatron]] was surveying the timeline, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Terrorsaur blasting away at Cheetor. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Terrorsaur survived the quantum surge, along with Scorponok and became a Transmetal. They awoke after a period of stasis lock and after the Beast Wars ended. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:TheftOfTheGoldenDisk Terrorsaur.JPG|left|thumb]]
While the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] stole the [[Maximal]] relic, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], the Predacon who would later call himself Terrorsaur, along with [[Waspinator (BW)|the future Waspinator]] and [[Buzzbomb]], secured a getaway ship from [[Predacon Transwarp Research Center D-F]]. They were meant to be working for [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]—however, Megatron had his own agenda that "Terrorsaur" was in on and Buzzbomb wasn't. True to form, "Terrorsaur" shot Buzzbomb in the back. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

[[File:Terrorsaurbwdawn.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't let him name your stolen ship.]]
"Terrorsaur" and "Waspinator" stole the Predacon gang's ship. The two had a contest to decide who would get to name the ship, and "Terrorsaur" won. He settled on ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', though Megatron agreed that the loser's suggested name, ''Buzzerbot'', would have been more desirable.

Picking up the rest of their group, with the Golden Disk in tow, they left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s orbit. After a space battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', and an unidentified Predacon ship, both the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' entered a [[unspace|transwarp]] portal to an undisclosed time and place. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was reborn on [[Earth]], Terrorsaur fought to defend an orbital weapon from the Maximals. Terrorsaur and the launching pad were handled with by Airazor. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] of [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] arrived and joined [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces, armed with knowledge of Optimus Primal's gambit. The resulting defeat of the Maximals prompted the Vok to try and fail to sterilize their experiment, the resulting quantum surge granting Terrorsaur a [[Transmetal]] form. Terrorsaur subsequently joined the hybrid "Waspscream"'s successful coup against Megatron. While Waspscream's crew was en route back to modern day Cybertron, a temporal disturbance sent Megatron ahead to Cybertron, where he conquered the planet with a [[transformation virus]] and converted the populace's bodies into [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. Upon arrival, Terrorsaur's transmetallization protected him from the virus; he and Waspscream's Predacons were drawn to the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], who granted them technorganic bodies. The Predacons waged a valiant [[Spark War]] against Megatron, prompting Megatron to unleash a new Vehicon general: [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. After overthrowing Megatron, Obsidian used increasingly barbarous tactics against the anti-Vehicon forces: [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and Terrorsaur died screaming at his command. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[File:MetalsTerrorsaurMangaDeath0.jpg|left|thumb|How the hell does this work?]]

Having survived the quantum surge, Terrorsaur was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. However, these days were short-lived. After recovering the mindless body of Optimus Primal, Megatron attempted to turn it into a Predacon slave. Rhinox was able to return Primal's spark to its body just in the nick of time. Now a Transmetal himself, Optimus Primal proceeded to go on a rampage, taking out all of Megatron's drone forces and slicing Terrorsaur in half with his mace. Terrorsaur showed woeful disappointment in this turn of events. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}} He survived the experience, only to be shot dead by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}}

When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], their energies revived Terrorsaur as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal alongside several other zombies, but was destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. One in the form of a "flying lizard with fangs and claws" was among them. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===Legends World===
The [[Legends World]]'s Terrorsaur attended the [[Transformers Celebration 2014]]. {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}} The head of factory lines at [[Tera-Kura Co.]], he sought to overthrow [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and become the new company president. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!|Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!}} At one point, he witnessed Megatron break [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] into pieces for talking about Transformers instead of doing his job. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy|Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy}}

During a work day, Terrorsaur, Scorponok, and Waspinator admired Slipstream's and Blackarachnia's looks, but their attentions quickly switched to Nightbird when she took off her mask. Terrorsaur immediately proposed that the company sell this kind of cuteness, which they did with "Nightbird Maskless Version". {{Storylink|LG-15 Nightbird Shadow Sequel}} When the giant Waspinator of another world took over Tera-Kura Co., he forced Terrorsaur to fan him with a palm leaf. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Following a merger with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] faction, Terrorsaur made his move, reaching out to [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] with an offer to build them [[transtector]]s in exchange for capturing [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. With Trion's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] powers under their control, they could then overthrow [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Chairman Megatron]] together... or so Terrorsaur had hoped, but once Scourge had Trion, he saw no reason to have to share leadership with Terrorsaur and blasted his benefactor. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} After Decepticon Tera-Kura acquired [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] as their base, Terrorsaur laughed smugly at the previous Autobot owners. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Terrorsaur let the Decepticon Headmasters the Tera-Kura facilities to finish constructing the stolen [[Godbomber]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} He and his fellow employees were later charged with hiding Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], but they were located by [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] who stole the cog. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War |Decepticon Civil War}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
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On a dystopian post-war Cybertron, Terrorsaur was a high-ranking thug in the employ of the Maximal crime boss [[Thunderhoof (BWU)|Thunderhoof]]. When Thunderhoof met with an ambitious Predacon named Gnashteeth about a supply of black-market [[energon cube]], Terrorsaur accompanied his boss. The negotiations quickly soured, and so Thunderhoof wound up beating Gnashteeth senseless. When Gnashteeth threatened violent retribution on his tormentor, Terrorsaur mockingly nicknamed the upstart "Megatron".

It wasn't so funny a deca-cycle later, as Gnastheeth had found a way to ruin Thunderhoof's criminal enterprises by framing him for the murder of the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] [[Double Punch]]. When Gnashteeth offered the gang a second chance at negotiations, Thunderhoof, Terrorsaur, and [[Scavenger (BM)|Scavenger]] attended the meeting. What Thunderhoof didn't know was that Gnashteeth had bribed his two henchmen–who were sick of Thunderhoof's abuse–with a warehouse full of Energon. When he gave the word, the duo killed their old boss and joined up with Gnashteeth... who soon adopted the name of "Megatron". {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

[[File:NotAllMegatrons-newbodies.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Over the next few years, Terrorsaur served as a loyal second-in-command for his new boss as the [[Grand Uprising]] began and threw Cybertron into chaos. Musing on the best way to take advantage of the Maximal and Predacon rebellion, Megatron determined that their species' thirst for energon would forever shackle them to Cybertron's crumbling industry; hoping to find a way to circumvent said thirst, Megatron began work on an experimental procedure that would allow Cybertronians to metabolize their own energon by adopting [[mechanimal]] alternate modes. The process was imperfect, and after Terrorsaur procured a "[[Paralon (BWU)|volunteer]]" for one of the fatal experiments it turned out that Terrorsaur had unwittingly picked up a member of the [[Predacon Secret Police]] who had been tailing the illegal activities of the Darksiders. Though displeased with Terrorsaur's incompetence, a brief interrogation revealed that an ex-Autobot by the name of [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] had conducted similar experiments, and so Megatron sent Terrorsaur to the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]] to find and recruit the scientist.

Working alongside local guide [[Darksteel (BWU)|Darksteel]], Terrorsaur encountered a group of [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]], which were revealed to be the handiwork of their quarry; successfully convincing the skeptical Builder to work alongside Megatron, Leatherhide and Terrorsaur returned to Megatron's base of operations to further their experiments. The gambit paid off when Leatherhide proved able to successfully hybridize Cybertronians with mechanimals, creating [[Inferno (BW)|Formikon]] as the first Transformer to have undergone the "[[Beast mode|Beast Upgrade]]." Terrorsaur was one of the last members of Megatron's inner retinue to undergo the process, but, after Leatherhide forcibly shoved the fearful Predacon into the machine, Terrorsaur safely emerged, pleased by his new beast mode. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Leasing the upgrade to all paying customers, the Darksyders swiftly used their wealth and power to relocate into a new headquarters as Leatherhide and [[Labrat]] continued to innovate. In the final days of the Grand Uprising, the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] ravaged Iacon; from their new base, Terrorsaur and the other Darksyders helped to repel the Vehicons as they threatened to overrun their position. They were saved by Leatherhide and Labrat, who deployed an [[Esau|experimental weapon]] designed to hack into the Vehicon network, using [[Waspinator (BW)|Wasp]] as a guinea pig, they were able to safely redirect the unstoppable tide of Vehicons around their base. {{storylink|Derailment}}

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===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:SavageLandingPart1-comeatmebro.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Terrorsaur was part of [[Megatron (BW)|Galavar]]'s cell of Predacon separatists in the service of the [[Tripredacus Council]]. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} Power-hungry and cruel by nature, he took a particular delight in bullying his fellow Predacon, the insecure [[Skold]]—ostensibly as part of a plan to ensure that the timid Predacon never used her formidable strength to the fullest and seize the power ''he'' craved. {{storylink|Pod Part 1}}

When Galavar, now going by the name of "[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]", launched a plan to steal the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] from the Maximal's [[Ministry of Science]], Terrorsaur, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] attacked the facility that held the disk, easily overwhelmed the Maximal guards, and stole the relic. After meeting up with the other half of their crew, who'd hijacked the Maximal warship ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', the Predacons fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the intent of using the ship's [[Transwarp Drive]] to follow the coordinates inscribed on the disk to an unknown planet. Their heist caught the attention of the Maximal crew of the science vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''; after the Maximals pursued them across space and time, the ensuing space battle disabled both ships and caused them to crash-land on the planet below, where their ship's computer reformatted the Predacons with new [[beast mode]]s to protect them from the planet's high levels of ambient [[energon radiation]]. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}

[[File:SavageLandingPart2-Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Shortly after reactivating, Terrorsaur glimpsed a momentary flash of light—unbeknownst to him, this was the only sign of the three invisible [[Vok]] as they returned to [[unspace]]. While on a reconaissance flight in his new pterosaur form, Terrorsaur encountered the Maximal flyer [[Nyx]] on a scouting mission of her own. After a brief aerial dogfight, Terrorsaur was able to outmaneuver her, incapacitate her with his blasters, and carry her unconscious form back to base. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 2}} When Megatron and Tarantulas's attempts to interrogate Nyx went nowhere, Terrorsaur joined in the fun as the Predacons tried to execute her. However, this callous behaviour provoked a crisis of conscience in Dinobot, and the Predacon warrior turned on his former allies, defeating them one by one before using a voice command to lock them all in the ''Darksyde''. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 3}} After Tarantulas overrode the locks, Megatron ordered Terrorsaur and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to scout ahead to find Dinobot. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 4}}

The Predacons followed Dinobot to the crash site of the ''Axalon'', and after spying on the Maximals for some time Megatron decided to launch a full-scale attack on his enemies. In the ensuing battle, Terrorsaur and Waspinator teamed up to fire on [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], but the young Maximal was able to evade their shots. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 5}} While observing the battle from on high, and musing that Megatron's potential death could open up a power vacuum that he'd exploit, Nyx jumped Terrorsaur and, after a brief struggle, threw him into the path of Megatron's cannon arm. As the Maximals retreated behind the ship's shields, Dinobot's Predacon spark signature left him unable to fall back with his new allies. As Tarantulas stabbed him in the back, the other Predacons closed in to beat him to death, but Optimus was able to man the ''Axalon''{{'}}s weapons in time to save Dinobot's life and convince the other Predacons to retreat. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 6}}

[[File:ThickerSkin-TerrorsaurSkold.jpg|thumb|right|200px|You'll be sorry...]]

Several weeks later, Megatron grew increasingly withdrawn and obsessed with decoding the Golden Disk. While arguing with Scorponok, Terrorsaur speculated that their leader was losing his mind and it wouldn't be long until someone else seized power. As he and Waspinator prepped for their energon gathering mission, the flying Predacon took a moment to push Skold around some more, and explained his strategy to keep Skold in her place to Waspinator. {{storylink|Pod Part 1}}

Once [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] joined the Predacons, Terrorsaur took part in the celebration commemorating their new arrival, but his ambitions far outstripped his actual tactical acumen—a comment about using [[time travel]] to change history earned him a harsh rebuke from Megatron, and when he brought Blackarachnia's loyalty into question he wound up on the receiving end of a humiliating beatdown from the newest Predacon. {{storylink|Thicker Skin}} One day, Terrorsaur pulled a cruel prank on Skold by pushing her down the stairs and "accidentally" locking her in the ship's brig, but later watched in shock as the little Predacon escaped after befriending and subsequently beheading their prisoner [[Powerhug (BW)|Powerhug]]. {{storylink|Skold's No Good, Very Bad Day}}

[[File:MaximalsStrikeBackPart2-Terrorsaurdies.jpg|thumb|left|250px|See what I mean?]]

Finally, during a routine training session, an impatient Terrorsaur snapped that he'd had enough of Megatron's indecisive leadership and that it was time for a new Predacon to take command. Unfortunately for him, Terrorsaur had the bad luck to say this within earshot of Megatron himself; although Megatron offered him the opportunity to prove himself in pitched combat then and there, Terrorsaur first tried to flee, then wound up pinned underneath Megatron's foot. Ultimately, however, it was Tarantulas who saved him from complete deactivation—not out of any affection for the loudmouthed backstabber, but because if he'd been melted then the mad scientist wouldn't be able to scavenge anything from his corpse. Moments later, a sudden fusillade of explosive material heralded the arrival of the Maximals, who'd launched a preemptive strike on their enemies in an attempt to take back the Golden Disk. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 1}}

In the ensuing battle, Terrorsaur faced off against the Maximal's newest recruit, [[Razorbeast]]. However, when Razorbeast abandoned their battle to try and stop his friend Skold from fighting the Maximals, Terrorsaur took advantage of his lapse in concentration to swoop down in his beast mode, pluck Razorbeast from the battlefield, and drop him into a nearby floating mountain of energon crystals, causing a cataclysmic explosion that instantly killed the Maximal. Upon returning to the battlefield, Terrorsaur found a traumatized Skold trying to process the loss; when he threatened to do to ''her'' what he'd just done to the "stupid Maximal", however, Skold finally snapped, killed her tormentor by ripping his [[spark]] out, then quickly covered her tracks by lying that he'd fallen in combat. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 2}}

Although the Maximals retreated empty-handed, the Predacons had lost a crucial chance to eliminate their foes once and for all. Without Megatron's knowledge, Tarantulas salvaged Terrorsaur's corpse and brought it back to his laboratory; pledging that his deceased comrade could still serve in death, Tarantulas began experimenting on Terrorsaur's corpse. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 3}}

[[File:TheBeginningOfTheEnd-Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Eventually, Terrorsaur found new life, after a fashion, as "experiment ZT-Omega", a monstrous, mindless, physically-enhanced [[zombie]] programmed to obey his creator. Eventually, Tarantulas abandoned the other Predacons and declared allegiance to the Vok; after catching wind of this treachery, Megatron and Dinobot successfully captured the traitor, but the mad scientist remotely activated Terrorsaur and ordered his creation to free him. Terrorsaur easily trounced Megatron, Dinobot, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], and when [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] attempted to send a distress message to the ''Axalon'', Tarantulas sicced Terrorsaur on his former ally. Terrorsaur quickly killed and devoured Scorponok, and stood by as Tarantulas transmitted a secret message to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}} During the Vok's final assault on the Maximal-Predacon alliance, Terrorsaur joined the [[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]] when they led an assault on the crashed ''Darksyde''. Although his appearance briefly caused Skold to panic when he menaced her once more, Rhinox used his beast mode strength and dual chainguns to finally put the monster down for good. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
A [[quantum surge]] killed nearly every Maximal and Predacon, with Terrorsaur being one of the sole survivors. {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 3: ENTER THE MUTANT WARRIOR|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 3}}

Terrorsaur, submerged in the lava, was protected from the [[quantum surge]] by the lava. Some of the surge's energy still reached Terrorsaur, giving him the power to breathe fire. Finding the other survivor, [[Tigatron]], he took advantage of the Maximal's amnesia and made him his new second-in-command. With no known opposition, he started enacting his plan: utilizing a transwarp drive planted by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' to travel back in time, eliminate [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], and become the ruler of the Predacons. By the time they found the ship, however, [[Puffer]], [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]], and [[Sights (G1)|Sights]], had caught wind of this plan, and ambushed the two. Terrorsaur, in the midst of the fight, dropped the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Golden Disk]] he had found, and sent Tigatron to retrieve it. However, Tigatron, once he touched the disk, regained the memories of the Maximal warrior he once was, and turned on Terrorsaur. With the help of the Autobots, Terrorsaur was quickly subdued. The timeline was then promptly restored via Tigatron sacrificing himself by ramming the ''Nemesis'' into the quantum surge, with Terrorsaur's death via lava happening without any interruptions. {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 4: THE TERRORFYING CONCLUSION|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 4}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]," the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

=====Maximal Campaign=====
When the Predacons were on the verge of defeat, Terrorsaur was the last Predacon that stood between the Maximal and entry to the Predacon ship. He rained down laser blasts onto the Maximal while strafing him aerially, but was ultimately defeated and sent skywards upon his destruction.

=====Predacon Campaign=====
{{Note|Terrorsaur is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Terrorsaur was absent from the main conflict with both Maximals and the [[Skriix]], instead he flew rescue missions, using his flight capabilities to rescue captured Predacons from the Maximals' prison ships. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|200px|All your favorite 3D Transformers...and Transmetal Terrorsaur.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}
Thanks to Megatron's temporal meddling, the timeline was altered such that Terrorsaur not only avoided his demise during the quantum surge, but gained a powerful new Transmetal form. At the end of a decisive battle, Terrorsaur stood the victor, having defeated all of the other beast warriors. As a result, Terrorsaur took command of the Predacon forces, dethroning Megatron. Under his leadership, the Maximals were beaten into submission, and the Predacons took control over them. Unfortunately, Terrorsaur loved being in command too much... so much so that he forgot to devise a plan to escape prehistoric Earth. Then the [[Ice Age]] came around, and froze the entirety of the Predacon forces. Terrorsaur thus had the next hundred thousand years to contemplate his fate, as he remained encased in an icy prison. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{BW fighter ending|Terrorsaur|N64}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Sonic Scream
|-
|C-Up||Spiral Crusher
|-
|C-Left||Terror Talon
|}
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===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars''===
Megatron was capable of summoning Terrorsaur forth to the battlefield in his attempts to acquire the super-powerful [[Energon Quartz]]. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Terrorsaur, along with Blackarachnia and Waspinator, arrived at the crash site of a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Finding the Maximal [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] already there, the trio overpowered the Maximal. But Terrorsaur inadvertently unleashed the content of the pod in the scuffle... And from within the monstrous [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] emerged! The fighting began anew with both Maximals and Predacons having to contend with the newly emerged monster. Later, after being rejoined by Blackarachnia and Silverbolt, who had been blown away earlier in the fight, Terrorsaur, Waspinator and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] managed to defeat Rampage. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You ignore my god-damn throat-legs. (''Hasbro version'')]]
[[File:BWtoy-Terrorsaur-ShowColours.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Amazing what releasing a toy a year after the show model was made can do for show-accurate toy decos. (''Second Takara version'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Basic Class, [[1996]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Terrorsaurer'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-5'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[July]] ??, [[1997]] (standard deco), [[January]] ??, [[1998]] (redeco)
:*''Accessories'': Pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' toys in both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] markets, Terrorsaur transforms from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to [[robot mode]] with a spring-loaded mostly-one-step transformation, activated by pulling back on his beast-mode head. (His hands and feet need to be folded out separately.) His handgun folds up to store inside the empty area behind his robot mode head, tucking away neatly in beast mode.

: As a first-wave figure in the US, Terrorsaur initially shipped on cards with "rocky" plastic bubbles. This was quickly changed to a smooth rounded-off bubble with wave 2, and Terrorsaur continued to ship on this card style. The "rocky bubble" cards are harder to find and somewhat more expensive on the secondary market if you care about things like that.

: In Japan, there are two different versions of this toy. The initial releases are functionally identical to the [[Hasbro]] version. In January 1998, many of the first-wave figures were given new decoes with varying degrees of "show-accuracy": Terrorsaur was cast in a darker red base plastic, dark-gray plastic replaced the black, yellow paint was added to his beak, the green spots were removed altogether, and his purple paint changed to a medium-gray. So... ''very'' show-accurate in this instance.

: There are also two different versions of this toy in the European market, but they're much more subtle. The initial releases are the same as the North American version, but later releases actually use the completely-new tooling developed for [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]]. The Lazorbeak-mold version also has his robot nose painted purple rather than white.

: This mold was later used to make [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], and ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Strafe (AOE)#WalmartBWmold|Strafe]] (no, seriously). The Lazorbeak version of the mold was used to make [[Hydra (BW)#Toys|Hydra]] and ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Terrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm More information on Terrorsaur at TFU.info]''
{{BWTerrorsaurMold}}

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[[File:BW-toy VS05 Rattle Terrorsaurer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Iwayama no Taiketsu: Rattle VS Terrorsaurer''' (Vs pack, July 1997/January 1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-5'''
:*''Release date'': July ?? 1997 (standard deco), January ?? 1998 (redeco)
:*''Accessories'': Pistol

: In Japan, "Terrorsaurer" was available both separately and in a "Rocky Mountain Showdown" (岩山の対決 ''Iwayama no Taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Rattle]].

: Two variants of the set exist, including the original and [[redeco]]ed versions. In both instances, the toys are identical to the individual releases.{{-}}

[[File:BWLazorbeakToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Lazorbeak''' (Basic, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pistol
{{note|Lazorbeak was repurposed(?) by ''Beast Wars Official Guidebook'' as "Terrorsaur", an upgraded form of "Terrorsaurer".}}

: The only new toy in the third wave of year-two ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, [[Lazorbeak]] is actually an entirely new mold-set based on the original Terrorsaur mold, transforming from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to [[robot mode]] with a spring-loaded mostly-one-step transformation, activated by pulling back on his beast-mode head. (His hands and feet need to be folded out separately.) His handgun folds up to store inside the empty area behind his robot mode head, tucking away neatly in beast mode.

: Lazorbeak's most immediately-noticeable physical change from Terrorsaur is the addition of an indent for an [[Rubsign|energon chip]] under his beast-mode right wing, but there are lots and lots of small proportion and detail changes throughout the two toys, especially in the faces.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Terrorsaur was identical to the NA Terrorsaur, with no space for an Energon chip. This is because the master Terrorsaur tooling wasn't changed for Lazorbeak, rather an entirely new mould was created. We know this not just because of the Euro TS but also due to the Japanese TS|link=https://twitter.com/Slightlyonfire/status/1264877411533049856|name=Slightlyonfire|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=05|day=25|(defunct=)}}</ref>

: Lazorbeak was also [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Beast Wars Shattered Glass'' [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)|Terrorsaur]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Lazorbeak/lazorbeak.htm More information on Lazorbeak at TFU.info]

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[[File:BW-toy TerrorsaurTM.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Gaburincho! Pteragordon!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe Transmetal, [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Metals Terrorsaurer'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-43'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[September]] [[1999]]
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-blades

: Part of the third wave of Transmetal Deluxes, Transmetal Terrorsaur transforms into a robotic ''Pteranodon''. He has a third "vehicle" mode; reconfiguring his wings and revealing VTOL fans, plus its tail section splits open to reveal twin thruster engines. In robot mode, its wing-tips detach to form blade weapons.

: In Japan, "Metals Terrorsaurer" had silver detail added to its face, and had the word "Destron" replace the "Terrorsaur" tampographed onto his beast butt.

: This mold was later [[redeco]]ed and slightly [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Terranotron (BM)#Toys|Terranotron]], and then redecoed and retooled ''differently'' to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Terrorsaur (Armada)#Toys|Terrorsaur]]. The mold was also the base model for the non-toy ''Wreckers'' iteration of [[Fractyl]] as well as ''Legends of the Microns'' [[Ravenus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Terrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm More information on Transmetal Terrorsaur at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy RattrapVsTerrorMetals.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Senkō no Taiketsu: Metals Rattle VS Metals Terrorsaurer''' (VS set, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-43'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-blades

: In Japan, Metals Terrorsaurer was available both as an individual and in a "Flash Showdown" (閃光の対決 ''Senkō no Taiketsu'') VS pack with [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#VS43|Metals Rattle]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
{{anchor|DawnOfThePredacus}}
[[File:BotCon2016_Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a smirker! Don't let him combine with anybody!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Double barreled gun

: A [[BotCon 2016]] exclusive, Terrorsaur is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Generations|Air Raid]], who is in turn a retool of Deluxe Class [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Generations|Skydive]], transforming into a red F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. He is also capable of turning into an arm or leg for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager figure. Unlike many ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxes, he does not include the hand/gun/foot weapon.

: Terrorsaur was free for customers who bought the Primus Package or Golden Ticket during registration.

: This version of the mold was redecoed into [[Fractyl#Generations|Wrecker Fractyl]], while the mold was differently retooled and redecoed into ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]]. This version of the mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Hydra (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Hydra]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Predacon/BCTerrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm More information on Combiner Wars Terrorsaur at TFU.info]''
{{CWSkydiveMold}}
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:TF-WFC-GDC-The-Terrorfying-Conclusion-Terrorsaur.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Constantly doing the "Jurassic Chicken Dance".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Chapter 4: The Terrorfying Conclusion''
:*''Accessories'': [[Golden Disk (Vok)#GDC|Golden Disk]], blaster, 2 arm blades
{{toydesigner|[[Yam]] (sculptor)}}

: The final release in the [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Exclusives|Golden Disk Collection]], ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Terrorsaur is a retool of [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] from the same line, transforming into a ''Pteranodon'' in 22 steps. He retains the forearms, hands, lower legs, and various structural parts from Airazor. His beast mode is more posable than it has ever been, with multiple joints in his wings, legs, and head, including an opening beak; however, said beast mode also ends up front-heavy compared to the placement of his ankle joints. He includes a blaster, arm blades to attach to his forearms for [[show-accuracy]], and the Golden Disk. The product description claims it is the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TQSZQCX Amazon] product description: "Includes a Golden Disk (Voyager) accessory and his blaster accessory."</ref> though the actual toy comes with the Vok disk, redecoed from ''Kingdom'' [[Ark (G1)#Toys|Autobot Ark]]. As such, it is a strange amalgamation of both, with ''The Sounds of Earth'' on one half and the Vok Disk on the other. His blaster can store on his thighs or under his wings in both modes.

: Many copies of Terrorsaur shipped with misassembled wings; the friction joints that attach the wings to the body are reversed in package. Luckily, these joints are held by friction and can be carefully removed and put back in the proper position. Common tolerance issues on the toy's joints mean that the wingtips can pop off easily, and loose ankles make it tricky for him to stand. Caution is advised when discarding Terrorsaur's packaging, as his arm blade accessories are taped to the back-side of the cardboard insert, wrapped up in tissue paper, meaning they can easily be missed if one doesn't know where to look for them.

: Terrorsaur was revealed and made available for pre-order on [[September 30]], 2021, and was the last of the four daily announcements concerning the Golden Disk Collection; as with the other sets in this series, Terrorsaur's packaging is printed with a portion of a [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] graphic, and customers are encouraged to collect all four packs to unite the full image. The figure is an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] exclusive in the [[United States of America|U.S.]], [[Canada]], and the [[United Kingdom]].
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Buzzworthy-Bumblebee-Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Local legends call him Rodan, the Fire Demon."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Evil Predacon Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''
:*''Accessories'': 2 arm blades, blaster

:Part of the cross-franchise ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' line, "Evil Predacon Terrorsaur" is a [[:File:BW-toy Terrorsaur.jpg|'90s toy-inspired]] redeco of the above ''Kingdom'' figure, and is even cast in a brighter shade of red plastic. His color scheme is not entirely accurate, as the original toy had black shoulders and thighs in robot mode, whereas they are red here.

: Terrorsaur's arm blades are packaged in a small paper sheet inside the packaging, so care must be taken not to accidentally throw them away.

:As with other figures in the line, Evil Predacon Terrorsaur was exclusive to [[Target]] in the United States, and a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Canada.
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===''Vintage Beast Wars''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Reissue, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pistol

:In celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', the original 1996 Basic Class Terrorsaur was reissued under the ''[[Vintage|Vintage Beast Wars]]'' lineup, now reclassified as a Deluxe Class and priced as such. While largely identical to the original figure, there are some notable differences. The green spots on his beast mode back are desaturated compared to the original, the tops of the robot fists are left unpainted, and the arms are incorrectly installed at the shoulders. The latter can be remedied by simply popping the arms off and swapping them from left to right. Terrorsaur is packaged on a card with a round bubble as opposed to the rocky style seen on earlier Vintage waves.
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===''Beast Wars Again''===
[[File:TF-BW-Vintage-JP-BWVS-05-Terrorsaurer.jpg|thumb|300px|Yeah! Still!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Daizekkyō no Taiketsu''' (Multi-pack, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BWVS-05'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 30]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Gun
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)}}

: Part of the fifth release in the [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' line, this redeco of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Terrorsaur]] is an attempt at a cartoon-accurate deco based on his appearance in the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. It uh... doesn't score well on that front in robot mode.

: He was only available in the "Screaming Showdown" (大絶叫の対決) set, along with a similarly-questionably-show-accurate [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Rattle]].
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==Merchandise==
===Kabaya===
*'''Terrorsaurer''' (candy toy kit, 1997)
:A [[Kabaya]] "[[candy toy]]" version of Terrorsaur was made available in Japan. Since he was [[Gang-molding|gang molded]] with the other three toys in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Gum#Part 1 (Beast Wars)|Beast Wars Gum DX]]'' assortment, this unpainted plastic kit was mainly peach and yellow.

===''Beast Wars'' magnet set===
*'''Beast Wars magnet set''' (1997)
:An adorable "super-deformed" magnet of Terrorsaur was made as part of a set of show-cast ''Beast Wars'' magnets in Japan.

===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Terrorsaurmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Seen here in his rarely-used Skesis mode.]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Terrorsaur was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the ''Beast Wars'' [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===First 4 Figures===

*'''Terrorsaur''' (<s>2006/2007</s> unreleased)

:This was to be a 7-or-8-inch tall resin bust of Terrorsaur released as part of a ''Beast Wars'' tenth anniversary series by model company [[First 4 Figures]]. Terrorsaur would have been sculpted to be accurate to his ''Beast Wars'' cartoon design, and would likely have been depicted from the waist and upwards on a base or pedestal. Unlike most of the other mini busts in this range, Terrorsaur's sculpt has never been shown publicly, with the figure's existence only being known due to First 4 Figures allowing [[BigBadToyStore]] to solicit him for sale.<ref name=bbtsseibs>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/update-from-bigbadtoystorecom-transformers-and-gij/6539/ "Update from BigBadToyStore.com: Transformers and G.I.Joe Statues and Busts!!!"] on Seibertron.com</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070407160752/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=526&category=2037 BigBadToyStore's listings for First 4 Figures' busts] (archived)</ref>

:Mini busts in the planned ''Beast Wars'' line were designed to reflect the scale of the characters as seen in the cartoon, and each was set to be limited to 1,996 pieces, in a nod to the franchise's year of origin.<ref name=ASM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070806062058/http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/first4figures/report.html "First4Figures Limited Transformers Statues and Busts Info!"] at ASMzine.com (archived)</ref> Unfortunately, Terrorsaur and the rest of the ''Beast Wars'' bust line were cancelled, with First 4 Figures citing a challenging marketplace and lack of retailer interest.
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==Notes==
*Terrorsaur is an obvious homage to the crafty and backstabbing Decepticon Air Commander Starscream. The two are practically identical characters, featuring a screeching voice, being aerial-combat based, are constantly seeking to lead their respective armies and more often than not fail miserably due to overestimating their chances and ability. Despite this, even after a disembodied Starscream himself appeared among the Predacons, the parallels between the two were never acknowledged.
* As [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s [[beast mode]] takes many ''Jurassic Park''-style liberties, so too does Terrorsaur's beast mode bear little resemblance to an actual ''Pteranodon''. The ''Beast Wars'' cartoon continually depicts his beast mode as bipedal, walking around on the ground on his hind legs like a bird—while on the ground, pterosaurs were actually quadrupedal creatures who used their long arms and powerful flight muscles to pole-vault themselves into the air. Instead of scales, real pterosaurs possessed a coat of fluffy, hair-like {{w|Pterosaur#Pycnofibers|pycnofibers}} as a kind of insulation. Terrorsaur's proclivity for snatching things with his feet like an eagle is dubious; real pterodactyloid feet were comparatively small, limited in their range of motion, and not well-adapted for grabbing things. The presence of teeth in his beak is another bit of artistic license—although many other pterosaur species had teeth, ''Pteranodon'' (literally "toothless wing") did not.
*Terrorsaur apparently knows how to disarm a bomb (if he has enough time), since in "[[Equal Measures]]" Megatron orders him to disarm the Maximal bomb that was sent into the Predacon base.
*As Terrorsaur was dying in lava, his hand was briefly seen glowing, indicating that Terrorsaur was going through [[transmetal]]ization. This was probably included as a backdoor so the writers could resurrect Terrorsaur or Scorponok if they needed them later. Incidentally, the original plan for Season 2 of Beast Wars had Terrorsaur survive and become a Transmetal. However, the popularity of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] convinced the writers to spare him instead.
*Terrorsaur's CGI model in "Theft of the Golden Disk" is a virtual redeco of [[Skyblast (Energon)|''Energon'' Skyblast]]. However, his CGI model is somewhat different from his appearance in "Dawn of Future's Past".
*The "Theft of the Golden Disk" character [[Backslash]] follows a similar pattern in having [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|''Armada'' Terrorsaur]]'s coloration on the ''Energon'' Skyblast body.
*Terrorsaur is the first known contributor to the plight of the {{w|bald eagle}}, by eating one.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Terrorsaur's verbal tic was a habit of punctuating sentences with ''ginsu'' (ぎんす), the Japanese equivalent of the "caw" onomatopoeia for birds.
*In the 2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic, Terrorsaur's [[:File:SavageLandingPart1-comeatmebro.jpg|vehicular Cybertronian body]] is a revamped version of his [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' toy]] featuring lime-green detailing and purple shins and head in homage to his [[#Toys|original ''Beast Wars'' toy]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Didn't base Nyx on anything in particular! Dinobot is much the same. I picture the orb on his chest as a nod to the spark gem gimmick but other than that I just wanted a samurai kinda look to his silhouette. The arm mounted blades kind of a nod the Gundam Spiegel|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1357035373184962561|name=Josh Burcham|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=02|day=03|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrorsaurer''' (テラザウラー ''Terazaurā''),<ref>Japanese sources consistently romanize the name as "Terrorsaur". This, of course, skips over the fact that the katakana indicates the last vowel sound to be an extended "a" sound.</ref> '''Terrorsaur''' (テラソー ''Terasō'')
*''French:'' '''Terrosaure''' (France, cartoon dub), '''Dinomenace''' (Canada)
*''German:'' '''Terrorsaurus'''
*''Italian:'' '''Metal Terrorsaur''' (Transmetal)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yì-lúng''' (Taiwan, 翼龍, "Pterosaur"), '''Shé Niǎo''' (China, 蛇鸟, "Snake Bird")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Terrorssauro'''
*''Russian:'' '''Pterodactyl''' (Птеродактиль ''Pterodaktil<nowiki>'</nowiki>'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Terrorsaur''' (Spain), '''Terrorsaurio''' (Latin America)

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Terrorsaur (BW)

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SerafettinB: added info about Blackarachnia mentioning Terrorsaur and Scorponok after their deaths.

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:''Terrorsaur is a [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Terrorsaur-S1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Smugly Starscreamish]]
Power-hungry, cunning, and opportunistic, but somewhat lacking in the courage department, '''Terrorsaur''' never misses a chance to improve his standing within the [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]. From cutting deals with [[Maximal]]s to finding and keeping new power sources for himself, he is always thinking two steps ahead. Unfortunately, the big guns of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] are usually thinking at least ''four'' steps ahead, and Terrorsaur always ends up on the short end. However, as the war progresses, he matures into a more reliable subordinate to [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], perhaps even more loyal.

As the only fliers in the Predacon platoon, Terrorsaur and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] are permanent partners. The two seem to get on, working as a somewhat formidable team and sometimes having banter about their mission. They have their fair share of knocking down [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]] with every chance they get.

{{quote|Think of the cosmic magnificence. Together we'll overthrow these low-grade metal knock-offs you've joined, and then rule the Predacons with two iron fists! NOTHING CAN STOP US!|Terrorsaur reveals his ambition to [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]|"[[Equal Measures]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Toy bios===
Megatron personally supervised Terrorsaur's genetically engineered creation, resulting in a stealth fighter who remained hidden until the opportunity to strike arose! Terrorsaur was nothing short of absolutely terrifying, having been compared to a demonic dragon. On top of it all, he was an absolute glutton, devouring entire flocks of birds by simply flying mouth-opened through their flight formations. {{storylink|#Toys|Terrorsaur bio}}

Not only did the [[quantum surge]] resulting from the destructicon of an "[[Planet Buster|alien planetary destruction device]]" enhance Terrorsaur physically, but it had also pushed his destructive tendencies to new heights. Not only had his rage towards the Maximals intensified to an alarming degree, but his greater resilience had filled him with new found courage... giving him a new battle strategy of crashing into things at high speeds, kamikaze style. To top it all off, he possessed a pyromania that he satisfied by igniting the terrain as he flew above it. {{storylink|#TM1|Transmetals Terrorsaur bio}}

===''Beast Wars'' cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)|[[Teng Kuixing]] (Chinese), [[Alexandr Novikov]] (Russian, 1st dub), [[Marcos Henrique Melo Hailer]] (Portuguese), [[Oliviero Corbetta]] (Italian), [[François Siener]] (French, season 1), [[Holger Potzern]] (German), [[Héctor Lee]] (American Spanish, 1st voice), [[Herman López]] (American Spanish, 2nd voice), [[Luis Gaspar]] (Castilian Spanish)}}

[[File:BeastWars1-Terrorsaurrobot.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|One primary color plus a bunch of silver and black! I'm live-action movie style!]]
Terrorsaur was one of the original members of [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s crew. After the ''Darksyde'' crashed on a [[Earth|mysterious planet]], he picked a Pteranodon for his [[beast mode]], and the Predacons began searching for the [[Maximal]]s. Terrorsaur took part in the first battle, until the Maximals retreated and the Predacons started suffering from Energon buildup. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 1)}} The Predacons followed the Maximals to their base and attacked [[Optimus Primal (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Optimus Primal]] and [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]] as the two battled on a natural rock bridge. When the attack failed to eliminate any Maximals, Megatron thumped Terrorsaur out of frustration. The uncovering of a large cache of Energon gave the Predacons a new mission, and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Terrorsaur attempted to slow the Maximals down so that the Predacons could get there first. They were seen off by one of Primal's missiles, but rejoined the other Predacons and took part in the battle atop the mountain of energon. {{storylink|Beast Wars (Part 2)}}

[[File:Terrorsaurseated.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|I don't think they had pteranodons in mind when they built this thing, Chewie.]]
Much later, Terrorsaur and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] were assigned to install a mega-cannon as part of the defences for the Predacon base. {{storylink|The Web}} When an energon accident caused [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]] to be teleported into the Predacon base, Terrorsaur gave him a warm welcome. Cheetor managed to throw him through the teleport to the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', where he attempted to talk Dinobot into teaming up with him to defeat both sides. Dinobot went along with him long enough to get information, and then stuffed him into a waste disposal unit. Terrorsaur returned to the Predacon base, where he and Megatron cornered Cheetor, only to discover that the Maximals had sent a bomb through the teleport. Once Cheetor detached the bomb from the console, Terrorsaur flew it into the sky and was blown up for his troubles. {{storylink|Equal Measures}}

During a battle at the [[Standing Stones]], Terrorsaur blew up the pile of energon in the center, earning Megatron's ire at the loss. Whatever punishment he got wasn't enough to prevent him from taking part in a subsequent attack on the ''Axalon''. He was able to bring the ship's shields down, but [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] managed to raise the shields again, as well as blasting Terrorsaur out of the air. He was still able to attempt to stop the Maximals retrieving Primal from an [[Vok probe|alien probe]], but the Maximals ultimately succeeded, and the Maximal leader chased off the Predacons. {{storylink|Chain of Command (BW)|Chain of Command}}

[[File:Power Surge Terrorsaur flexing.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|[[Burning justice|BURNING INJUSTICE!]]]]
Terrorsaur's shining moment came when he discovered a [[flying mountain]] with a huge source of powerful energon at the top. Powered-up, he immediately returned to the ''Darksyde'' and blasted Megatron to scrap, declaring himself the new leader of the Predacons. Having exhausted his charge, Terrorsaur left [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in charge and went to refuel at the mountain. (None of the other Predacons paid attention to any of the commands Terrorsaur had made.) Unfortunately for him, Optimus Primal and Rattrap had already found the mountain. While he was able to defeat Primal, Rattrap had set up charges, and Terrorsaur was forced to flee. When he returned to the Predacon base, he discovered that Megatron had been repaired in his absence and was very, very angry. All he could squawk was "Help!" while turning a ghostly white. {{storylink|Power Surge (episode)|Power Surge}}

When a Maximal [[stasis pod]] crashed, Waspinator and Terrorsaur ambushed Optimus Primal outside the Maximal base, taking the Maximals' only flier out of the game. After reporting back to Megatron, the pair were dispatched to reach the pod first and ensure the [[protoform]] inside became another Predacon. On the way, Terrorsaur and Waspinator encountered the Maximals, going by ground, and delayed them by knocking out an ice bridge. The two Predacons reached the pod first, but a transmission sent by Primal and Dinobot had already activated the protoform, and they were attacked by [[Tigatron]]. {{storylink|Fallen Comrades}}
[[File:TerrorsaurcagedRT.jpg|left|upright=1.35|thumb|A pet mouse, just what I've always wanted!]]
Terrorsaur, Waspinator, and Tarantulas reached another stasis pod, this time with success, and set an ambush for Primal and Dinobot. As Waspinator took the pod away to the ''Darksyde'', Terrorsaur shot Primal in the back to prevent him from gaining the Predacons' prize. This led to the initiation of the new Predacon, [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]]. Later, Terrorsaur spotted Rattrap in [[Sector 12]] and had him outmatched. As he was about to finish his adversary, he instead became intrigued by the Maximal's sudden change of allegiance. Together, they teamed up with the Maximal and overthrew Megatron. After having Rattrap and Megatron both locked up (the former to be released in case he was needed later), Terrorsaur took control of the Predacons once more. Little did he know that Rattrap's "defection" was planned by Optimus Primal from the start to infiltrate the ''Darksyde'' and retrieve a Maximal computer chip from the Predacon console; the Predacons were deprived a strategic advantage, right under Terrorsaur's nose. Meanwhile, Terrorsaur had a tough time keeping Scorponok, Megatron's most loyal follower, in line on the subject of who was in charge. He momentarily found himself at a loss when the Maximals attacked and the other Predacons looked to him for leadership. Megatron, having freed himself, deferred leadership until it was made plain that Terrorsaur was incompetent as leader. {{storylink|Double Jeopardy}}

Terrorsaur was subsequently assigned with Waspinator and Blackarachnia to dig under the Maximal base, so that they could use a [[sonic emitter]] to break in. When Waspinator left in frustration, Terrorsaur commanded Blackarachnia to "start digging." Unfortunately for him, Blackarachnia held him at blaster-range and forced him to use his heat vision to create a bigger hole for the device. To make matters worse, Waspinator unwittingly alerted the Maximals to their presence, and while he managed to give Optimus Primal the slip, he, Terrorsaur, and Blackarachnia were arguing over when to set the device off. Finally, Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia agreed that Primal would never discover them in time; they were right on that aspect, at least, because Tigatron found them instead. Once the emitter was set, Tigatron attacked the Predacons and stole it. The trio tried to get it back, but Tigatron triggered the emitter and the three Predacons fled before it exploded. {{storylink|A Better Mousetrap}} After Scorponok's [[Cyberbee]] turned Primal into a berserker and he invaded the ''Darksyde'', Terrorsaur and Blackarachnia attempted to keep the other Maximals out of the Predacon base. They were unable to stop Cheetor from slipping inside to rescue Optimus. {{storylink|Gorilla Warfare}}

[[File:Victory Terrorsaur guns out.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|HAW HAW H-]]
When Scorponok spotted the Maximals building a communications array, he passed footage of the device to Terrorsaur, who flew it back to Megatron. The Predacons quickly discovered the tower was meant to communicate with a Maximal [[temporal probe]] which was passing through the system. Terrorsaur successfully distracted the Maximals at the array long enough for the other Predacons to sneak up from the other direction-a strategy that would lead to the eventual destruction of the array. {{storylink|The Probe}} Terrorsaur took part in a mock rebellion after he discovered that he and other Predacons had been bugged. After making the Maximals believe they'd been destroyed, the Predacons hid in a crevasse until the ''Axalon'' was made operational, intending to take the ship themselves. While waiting, Terrorsaur started to become hysterical in the cramped hiding place and wanted to leave now. But Megatron reminded him that no one was leaving until he said so. When their hiding place was discovered by Dinobot, Terrorsaur and Waspinator were the first to pursue their former comrade, only to be squashed by a large rock. Terrorsaur still recovered in time to rejoin the fight outside the ''Axalon'', managing to shoot down a distracted Optimus Primal before Cheetor blasted him out of the sky. {{storylink|Victory (episode)|Victory}}

After [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] was turned into a Predacon by Megatron's [[Transmuter (BW)|Transmuter]], Terrorsaur realized that Rhinox was actually working to undermine Megatron's leadership. Terrorsaur suggested teaming up to overthrow the Predacon commander, but was somewhat roughly turned down and forced to shut up. Once Megatron discovered Rhinox's deception, the former Maximal was able to reveal Terrorsaur's duplicity, and an outraged Scorponok attacked Terrorsaur, until the both of them were pounded by Rhinox. After the whole sorry affair was over, Terrorsaur attempted to explain to his less-than-receptive leader. {{storylink|Dark Designs}}

[[File:TheSpark Terrorsaur's head.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|-Awwww, Hell.]]
Terrorsaur "helped out" Dinobot one time, when Dinobot was complaining of being bored. Terrorsaur lured him into a cave and trapped him there, so that Megatron could put into effect a plan involving a [[Clone One|clone of Dinobot]]. {{storylink|Double Dinobot}} After another stasis pod crashed, Terrorsaur and Waspinator arrived to face Cheetor. Although Waspinator was quickly defeated, Terrorsaur blasted Cheetor and proceeded to the pod, only to encounter the newly awakened [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]], who blasted him to pieces. {{storylink|The Spark}}

[[File:CalloftheWild Terrorsaur shot up.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|I'm sensing...]]
Waspinator and Terrorsaur attacked Tigatron while the Maximal was trying to radio base. The pair pursued Tigatron into a cloud, only to be blasted by some sort of [[Brigadoon|flying island]], and subsequently reported back to Megatron. Finished, Terrorsaur fainted on top of Waspinator, pinning him to the floor. {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 1}} After repairs were made, the two fliers started back for the island. On the way, they found and attacked Optimus Primal and Rattrap. At first Optimus was at a major disadvantage because Rattrap was riding on his back in rat mode. Suddenly, either Waspinator or Terrorsaur shot them, causing them to split and fall down. Optimus managed to gain control, but was kept busy with the flying Predacons. Terrorsaur couldn't resist a chance to tease Rattrap up close while matching the speed of his falling adversary; he even had the nerve of scratching Rattrap's chin and flicking his nose, the jerk! But at the last moment, Rattrap transformed and blasted Terrorsaur at point blank range, forcing him to resort to beast mode. Terrorsaur found himself acting as Rattrap's transport at a blaster's edge, temporarily at least. While arriving on the island, he dislodged Rattrap by running him into a tree branch. He and Waspinator later attempted to catch up with Blackarachnia on the island, but she tricked them into firing, so that the island's defenses took them out. While falling, Waspinator went as far as calling Terrorsaur a "pterodactyl idiot." {{storylink|The Trigger, Part 2}}

During a Predacon attack on the ''Axalon'', Terrorsaur and Waspinator stole the [[rectifier coil]] from the Maximal base. When remaining in their beast modes drove the sleep-deprived Maximals to be overcome by their beast instincts, the Predacons hunted them through the jungle, at least until the Maximals were able to regain control and fight back. {{storylink|Call of the Wild}} After some of the Maximals were blinded by an energon explosion, Terrorsaur was sent to help Waspinator find and finish them off. Unfortunately, even blinded, the Maximals were able to fight them off. {{storylink|Dark Voyage}}

[[File:Before the Storm Terrorsaur.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.34|...a trend here.]]
After Waspinator was possessed by the [[spark]] of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], the Predacons attacked the ''Axalon''. Terrorsaur attempted to stop Primal from escaping, only to get a face full of monkey fist. In the end, the attack was successful; the Maximals were driven out and the Predacons now had control of the ''Axalon''. When Starscream was subsequently given command of the Maximal ship, Terrorsaur complained about the Decepticon getting promoted, but was swiftly silenced by Megatron. {{storylink|Possession}} Later, Terrorsaur, [[Inferno (BW)|Inferno]], and Waspinator served as a distraction while attacking the ''Axalon'' from the air. This gave Tarantulas the chance to shoot Rhinox with an [[energon discharge virus]]. Seeing the mission a success, Terrorsaur gave the order to fall back. While being the last to leave, he had the misfortune of having his tail literally toasted by a hiccup blast from Rhinox. He yelped like a scared puppy all the way back to the ''Darksyde''. He was still recovering when news of Tarantulas' disappearance came around. Terrorsaur was among the Predacons blasted into a tree by Rhinox's almighty fart. {{storylink|The Low Road}} On another mission, Terrorsaur was given leadership of Waspinator and Inferno. Partway through the battle, Terrorsaur realized that Waspinator wasn't doing anything—as it turned out, he was still awaiting Terrorsaur's signal to attack. Later, the trio successfully defeated Dinobot, but their victory was short-lived, as Optimus turned up and blew Terrorsaur and Waspinator away. {{storylink|Law of the Jungle}}

[[File:BW Scorponok Terrorsaur deaths.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|Terrorsaur, Scorponok, we're condemning you to a fiery death cause Waspinator has a bigger fan club.]]
During a rare truce between the two sides, Terrorsaur found Tigatron snooping around the Predacon base and sounded the alarm. He and Scorponok collided while trying to prevent the Maximal's escape and were sent out to try to get Tigatron back. The Maximals employed "non-violent" means to aid in Tigatron's escape, and Terrorsaur found himself running into a piece of bulkhead. He then attempted to charge Rattrap, only to be sat on by Rhinox. He returned to base by stretcher. {{storylink|Before the Storm}}

Terrorsaur was one of the Predacons who turned up at the [[Bio-Dome|alien bungalow]]. He was blasted by Rattrap and left lying over a rock as the construct blasted a signal into space, exposing one of the moons as a [[Planet Buster]] weapon. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 1}} A short time later, he was back at the Predacon base, able to monitor the escalating situation. Megatron's admiration for the aliens surprised him, and he pointed out loudly that the aliens were trying to kill them. As it turned out, Megatron had matters in hand, and the alien weapon was soon destroyed. {{storylink|Other Voices, Part 2}} The weapon's explosion sent out a [[quantum surge]], which began mutating the forms of some of the [[Transformer]]s. Both Terrorsaur and Scorponok lost control of their hover platforms, colliding with each other and plunging to their apparent doom in the lava below. Most of the Predacons didn't seem to notice it, though Blackarachnia (in order to save herself from being killed for treachery) tells Megatron that he needs more troops after seeing Terrorsaur and Scorponok are not with him when he arried at the ''Axalon''. {{storylink|Aftermath}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====Bios=====
Terrorsaurer (テラザウラー ''Terazaurā'') was upgraded by Megatron into a gaudy purple body that increased his speed and evasion. He was renamed "Terrorsaur" (テラソー ''Terasō''). {{storylink|Super Lifeform Transformers Beast Wars Official Guidebook|Beast Wars Official Guidebook}}

Terrorsaur became even more of an obnoxious chatterer after his [[Transmetal|Metals]] upgrade and he still sought to be Predacon leader. However strong his new body may have been, he was still a small-thinking wimp at heart. {{Storylink|#TM1|Metals Terrorsaurer bio}}

=====Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base=====
Terrorsaur was witness to [[Predacon computer|NAVI-ko]] being sent through [[unspace|transwarp]] to acquire [[Yokohama Convoy|Nemesis Prime]] for the Predacon forces. {{storylink|Yokohama Decepticon Secret Base}}

=====''Cloud''=====
While the Maximals were trying to help out the wayward [[Hot Rodimus]] and [[SARA]] of the [[Cloud World]], they investigated an energon mine, only to find the Predacons waiting there. The two sides battled, and Hot Rodimus took the opportunity to transform into helicopter mode to pursue his true quarry. Bemused by the presence of this larger [[Transformer]], [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sent [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] and Terrorsaur to give chase. Rodimus was able to shoot down Terrorsaur and shred Waspinator to ribbons with his rotors. {{storylink|Wild (Cloud)|Wild}}

In another fight with Shockwave, Hot Rodimus thought back to their confrontation with the Beast Warriors, including Terrorsaur. {{storylink|TFC-A03}}

====''Universe'' comic====
[[File:TFUjailbreak.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You all fight Razorclaw, I'll go make sure the escape routes are... clear. Yes.]]

The Terrorsaur of [[Primax 1103.12-R Gamma]] was one of the many Cybertronians kidnapped from his universe by [[Unicron]] and held in the [[Cauldron]]. Terrorsaur was plucked from the lava just before his death during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]], at a much earlier point in his reality's timeline than his fellow abductees [[Thrust (BM)|Thrust]] and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. While in the Cauldron, Terrorsaur gave into his base urges, arguably becoming a [[Minion of Unicron (Universe)|Minion of Unicron]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/20}} However, Terrorsaur escaped in a mass jailbreak instigated by [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]]. Along the way, he teamed up with [[Snarl (BM)|Snarl]] to fight [[Reptilion]] and [[Tankor (BM)|Tankor]]. Presumably, Terrorsaur returned to his home reality as did the other escapees. {{storylink|Escape (Universe)|Escape}}

====Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity====
{{BW Shell Game}}
While traveling back to Cybertron at the conclusion of the Beast Wars, Optimus Primal reflected on past battles, including those in which Terrorsaur fought. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

====2006 IDW ''Beast Wars'' continuity====
Terrorsaur served under [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] at the tail-end of the Great War. Though the Tripredacus Council sought to let hostilities between the Autobots and the Decepticons die out after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] both fell in combat, Megatron had more aggressive plans. His squadron attacked [[Tigatron]] when he approached them to broker peace between the two factions. While [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]] dealt with Tigatron's entourage, Megatron and his troops headed off for the Primal Council's base of operation to bring them down. Once there, they managed to surround their targets, only for [[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]], [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]], [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]], [[Under-3|Unit-3]], and [[Tigatron]] (who had caught up to them) to combine into [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]] and strike back. Terrorsaur was sure to take a jab at Megatron's leadership capabilities at this point in time. As they were being pushed back, the Tripredacus Council arrived on the scene, and surrendered to the Autobots on behalf of all Decepticons, ending the war. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

While [[Magmatron]] was surveying the timeline, he witnessed several key moments during the Beast Wars. Among those moments was Terrorsaur blasting away at Cheetor. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Terrorsaur survived the quantum surge, along with Scorponok and became a Transmetal. They awoke after a period of stasis lock and after the Beast Wars ended. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #4}}

====''Timelines''====
[[File:TheftOfTheGoldenDisk Terrorsaur.JPG|left|thumb]]
While the Predacon [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]] stole the [[Maximal]] relic, the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]], the Predacon who would later call himself Terrorsaur, along with [[Waspinator (BW)|the future Waspinator]] and [[Buzzbomb]], secured a getaway ship from [[Predacon Transwarp Research Center D-F]]. They were meant to be working for [[Cryotek (RID)|Cryotek]]—however, Megatron had his own agenda that "Terrorsaur" was in on and Buzzbomb wasn't. True to form, "Terrorsaur" shot Buzzbomb in the back. {{storylink|Theft of the Golden Disk}}

[[File:Terrorsaurbwdawn.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Don't let him name your stolen ship.]]
"Terrorsaur" and "Waspinator" stole the Predacon gang's ship. The two had a contest to decide who would get to name the ship, and "Terrorsaur" won. He settled on ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', though Megatron agreed that the loser's suggested name, ''Buzzerbot'', would have been more desirable.

Picking up the rest of their group, with the Golden Disk in tow, they left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s orbit. After a space battle with the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'', the ''[[Chromia 10]]'', and an unidentified Predacon ship, both the ''Axalon'' and the ''Darksyde'' entered a [[unspace|transwarp]] portal to an undisclosed time and place. {{storylink|Dawn of Future's Past}}

Two weeks after [[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]] was reborn on [[Earth]], Terrorsaur fought to defend an orbital weapon from the Maximals. Terrorsaur and the launching pad were handled with by Airazor. {{storylink|The Razor's Edge}}

====Waspscream continuity====
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], the [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] of [[Primax 206.15 Gamma]] arrived and joined [[Megatron (BW)/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s forces, armed with knowledge of Optimus Primal's gambit. The resulting defeat of the Maximals prompted the Vok to try and fail to sterilize their experiment, the resulting quantum surge granting Terrorsaur a [[Transmetal]] form. Terrorsaur subsequently joined the hybrid "Waspscream"'s successful coup against Megatron. While Waspscream's crew was en route back to modern day Cybertron, a temporal disturbance sent Megatron ahead to Cybertron, where he conquered the planet with a [[transformation virus]] and converted the populace's bodies into [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicons]]. Upon arrival, Terrorsaur's transmetallization protected him from the virus; he and Waspscream's Predacons were drawn to the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], who granted them technorganic bodies. The Predacons waged a valiant [[Spark War]] against Megatron, prompting Megatron to unleash a new Vehicon general: [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]. After overthrowing Megatron, Obsidian used increasingly barbarous tactics against the anti-Vehicon forces: [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] and Terrorsaur died screaming at his command. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Beast Wars Metals'' comic===
[[File:MetalsTerrorsaurMangaDeath0.jpg|left|thumb|How the hell does this work?]]

Having survived the quantum surge, Terrorsaur was upgraded into a [[Transmetal]]. However, these days were short-lived. After recovering the mindless body of Optimus Primal, Megatron attempted to turn it into a Predacon slave. Rhinox was able to return Primal's spark to its body just in the nick of time. Now a Transmetal himself, Optimus Primal proceeded to go on a rampage, taking out all of Megatron's drone forces and slicing Terrorsaur in half with his mace. Terrorsaur showed woeful disappointment in this turn of events. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 1|Beast Wars Metals #1}} He survived the experience, only to be shot dead by [[Jaguar]]. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 3|Beast Wars Metals #3}}

When Megatron freed the sparks eaten by [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]], their energies revived Terrorsaur as a mindless zombie. He attacked Optimus Primal alongside several other zombies, but was destroyed for good by Primal's rocket-fists. {{storylink|Beast Wars Metals issue 5|Beast Wars Metals #5}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
When [[human]] archaeologists uncovered a cave filled with primitive language, [[Mini-Con]] [[Laserbeak (Armada)|Laserbeak]] translated it for them. The markings told of a time when the Maximals and Predacons crash-landed on prehistoric Earth, though the stranded Transformers were seen by the protohumans as gods. One in the form of a "flying lizard with fangs and claws" was among them. {{storylink|Fire in the Dark}}

===Legends World===
The [[Legends World]]'s Terrorsaur attended the [[Transformers Celebration 2014]]. {{storylink|Legends Bonus Vol.}} The head of factory lines at [[Tera-Kura Co.]], he sought to overthrow [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] and become the new company president. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!|Rivals! Tera-Kura Co.!}} At one point, he witnessed Megatron break [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] into pieces for talking about Transformers instead of doing his job. {{storylink|Legends Vol. 13#Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy|Buzz Buzz Buzz, Wasps Flyyy}}

During a work day, Terrorsaur, Scorponok, and Waspinator admired Slipstream's and Blackarachnia's looks, but their attentions quickly switched to Nightbird when she took off her mask. Terrorsaur immediately proposed that the company sell this kind of cuteness, which they did with "Nightbird Maskless Version". {{Storylink|LG-15 Nightbird Shadow Sequel}} When the giant Waspinator of another world took over Tera-Kura Co., he forced Terrorsaur to fan him with a palm leaf. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Waspinator)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Following a merger with the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] faction, Terrorsaur made his move, reaching out to [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]] with an offer to build them [[transtector]]s in exchange for capturing [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. With Trion's [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]] powers under their control, they could then overthrow [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Chairman Megatron]] together... or so Terrorsaur had hoped, but once Scourge had Trion, he saw no reason to have to share leadership with Terrorsaur and blasted his benefactor. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 26|Bonus Edition Vol. 26}} After Decepticon Tera-Kura acquired [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] as their base, Terrorsaur laughed smugly at the previous Autobot owners. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}}

Terrorsaur let the Decepticon Headmasters the Tera-Kura facilities to finish constructing the stolen [[Godbomber]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} He and his fellow employees were later charged with hiding Metroplex's [[transformation cog]], but they were located by [[Full-Tilt (G1)|Full-Tilt]] who stole the cog. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War |Decepticon Civil War}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:IdentityPolitics beatdown.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0]]
On a dystopian post-war Cybertron, Terrorsaur was a high-ranking thug in the employ of the Maximal crime boss [[Thunderhoof (BWU)|Thunderhoof]]. When Thunderhoof met with an ambitious Predacon named Gnashteeth about a supply of black-market [[energon cube]], Terrorsaur accompanied his boss. The negotiations quickly soured, and so Thunderhoof wound up beating Gnashteeth senseless. When Gnashteeth threatened violent retribution on his tormentor, Terrorsaur mockingly nicknamed the upstart "Megatron".

It wasn't so funny a deca-cycle later, as Gnastheeth had found a way to ruin Thunderhoof's criminal enterprises by framing him for the murder of the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]] [[Double Punch]]. When Gnashteeth offered the gang a second chance at negotiations, Thunderhoof, Terrorsaur, and [[Scavenger (BM)|Scavenger]] attended the meeting. What Thunderhoof didn't know was that Gnashteeth had bribed his two henchmen–who were sick of Thunderhoof's abuse–with a warehouse full of Energon. When he gave the word, the duo killed their old boss and joined up with Gnashteeth... who soon adopted the name of "Megatron". {{storylink|Identity Politics}}

[[File:NotAllMegatrons-newbodies.jpg|thumb|left|200px]]

Over the next few years, Terrorsaur served as a loyal second-in-command for his new boss as the [[Grand Uprising]] began and threw Cybertron into chaos. Musing on the best way to take advantage of the Maximal and Predacon rebellion, Megatron determined that their species' thirst for energon would forever shackle them to Cybertron's crumbling industry; hoping to find a way to circumvent said thirst, Megatron began work on an experimental procedure that would allow Cybertronians to metabolize their own energon by adopting [[mechanimal]] alternate modes. The process was imperfect, and after Terrorsaur procured a "[[Paralon (BWU)|volunteer]]" for one of the fatal experiments it turned out that Terrorsaur had unwittingly picked up a member of the [[Predacon Secret Police]] who had been tailing the illegal activities of the Darksiders. Though displeased with Terrorsaur's incompetence, a brief interrogation revealed that an ex-Autobot by the name of [[Leatherhide (Universe)|Leatherhide]] had conducted similar experiments, and so Megatron sent Terrorsaur to the [[Toxic Sludge Swamps]] to find and recruit the scientist.

Working alongside local guide [[Darksteel (BWU)|Darksteel]], Terrorsaur encountered a group of [[Slicer (group)|Slicers]], which were revealed to be the handiwork of their quarry; successfully convincing the skeptical Builder to work alongside Megatron, Leatherhide and Terrorsaur returned to Megatron's base of operations to further their experiments. The gambit paid off when Leatherhide proved able to successfully hybridize Cybertronians with mechanimals, creating [[Inferno (BW)|Formikon]] as the first Transformer to have undergone the "[[Beast mode|Beast Upgrade]]." Terrorsaur was one of the last members of Megatron's inner retinue to undergo the process, but, after Leatherhide forcibly shoved the fearful Predacon into the machine, Terrorsaur safely emerged, pleased by his new beast mode. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

Leasing the upgrade to all paying customers, the Darksyders swiftly used their wealth and power to relocate into a new headquarters as Leatherhide and [[Labrat]] continued to innovate. In the final days of the Grand Uprising, the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] ravaged Iacon; from their new base, Terrorsaur and the other Darksyders helped to repel the Vehicons as they threatened to overrun their position. They were saved by Leatherhide and Labrat, who deployed an [[Esau|experimental weapon]] designed to hack into the Vehicon network, using [[Waspinator (BW)|Wasp]] as a guinea pig, they were able to safely redirect the unstoppable tide of Vehicons around their base. {{storylink|Derailment}}

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===2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic===
[[File:SavageLandingPart1-comeatmebro.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Terrorsaur was part of [[Megatron (BW)|Galavar]]'s cell of Predacon separatists in the service of the [[Tripredacus Council]]. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}} Power-hungry and cruel by nature, he took a particular delight in bullying his fellow Predacon, the insecure [[Skold]]—ostensibly as part of a plan to ensure that the timid Predacon never used her formidable strength to the fullest and seize the power ''he'' craved. {{storylink|Pod Part 1}}

When Galavar, now going by the name of "[[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]", launched a plan to steal the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] from the Maximal's [[Ministry of Science]], Terrorsaur, [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]], and [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] attacked the facility that held the disk, easily overwhelmed the Maximal guards, and stole the relic. After meeting up with the other half of their crew, who'd hijacked the Maximal warship ''[[Darksyde (BW)|Darksyde]]'', the Predacons fled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] with the intent of using the ship's [[Transwarp Drive]] to follow the coordinates inscribed on the disk to an unknown planet. Their heist caught the attention of the Maximal crew of the science vessel ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]''; after the Maximals pursued them across space and time, the ensuing space battle disabled both ships and caused them to crash-land on the planet below, where their ship's computer reformatted the Predacons with new [[beast mode]]s to protect them from the planet's high levels of ambient [[energon radiation]]. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 1}}

[[File:SavageLandingPart2-Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Shortly after reactivating, Terrorsaur glimpsed a momentary flash of light—unbeknownst to him, this was the only sign of the three invisible [[Vok]] as they returned to [[unspace]]. While on a reconaissance flight in his new pterosaur form, Terrorsaur encountered the Maximal flyer [[Nyx]] on a scouting mission of her own. After a brief aerial dogfight, Terrorsaur was able to outmaneuver her, incapacitate her with his blasters, and carry her unconscious form back to base. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 2}} When Megatron and Tarantulas's attempts to interrogate Nyx went nowhere, Terrorsaur joined in the fun as the Predacons tried to execute her. However, this callous behaviour provoked a crisis of conscience in Dinobot, and the Predacon warrior turned on his former allies, defeating them one by one before using a voice command to lock them all in the ''Darksyde''. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 3}} After Tarantulas overrode the locks, Megatron ordered Terrorsaur and [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] to scout ahead to find Dinobot. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 4}}

The Predacons followed Dinobot to the crash site of the ''Axalon'', and after spying on the Maximals for some time Megatron decided to launch a full-scale attack on his enemies. In the ensuing battle, Terrorsaur and Waspinator teamed up to fire on [[Cheetor (BW)|Cheetor]], but the young Maximal was able to evade their shots. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 5}} While observing the battle from on high, and musing that Megatron's potential death could open up a power vacuum that he'd exploit, Nyx jumped Terrorsaur and, after a brief struggle, threw him into the path of Megatron's cannon arm. As the Maximals retreated behind the ship's shields, Dinobot's Predacon spark signature left him unable to fall back with his new allies. As Tarantulas stabbed him in the back, the other Predacons closed in to beat him to death, but Optimus was able to man the ''Axalon''{{'}}s weapons in time to save Dinobot's life and convince the other Predacons to retreat. {{storylink|Savage Landing Part 6}}

[[File:ThickerSkin-TerrorsaurSkold.jpg|thumb|right|200px|You'll be sorry...]]

Several weeks later, Megatron grew increasingly withdrawn and obsessed with decoding the Golden Disk. While arguing with Scorponok, Terrorsaur speculated that their leader was losing his mind and it wouldn't be long until someone else seized power. As he and Waspinator prepped for their energon gathering mission, the flying Predacon took a moment to push Skold around some more, and explained his strategy to keep Skold in her place to Waspinator. {{storylink|Pod Part 1}}

Once [[Blackarachnia (BW)|Blackarachnia]] joined the Predacons, Terrorsaur took part in the celebration commemorating their new arrival, but his ambitions far outstripped his actual tactical acumen—a comment about using [[time travel]] to change history earned him a harsh rebuke from Megatron, and when he brought Blackarachnia's loyalty into question he wound up on the receiving end of a humiliating beatdown from the newest Predacon. {{storylink|Thicker Skin}} One day, Terrorsaur pulled a cruel prank on Skold by pushing her down the stairs and "accidentally" locking her in the ship's brig, but later watched in shock as the little Predacon escaped after befriending and subsequently beheading their prisoner [[Powerhug (BW)|Powerhug]]. {{storylink|Skold's No Good, Very Bad Day}}

[[File:MaximalsStrikeBackPart2-Terrorsaurdies.jpg|thumb|left|250px|See what I mean?]]

Finally, during a routine training session, an impatient Terrorsaur snapped that he'd had enough of Megatron's indecisive leadership and that it was time for a new Predacon to take command. Unfortunately for him, Terrorsaur had the bad luck to say this within earshot of Megatron himself; although Megatron offered him the opportunity to prove himself in pitched combat then and there, Terrorsaur first tried to flee, then wound up pinned underneath Megatron's foot. Ultimately, however, it was Tarantulas who saved him from complete deactivation—not out of any affection for the loudmouthed backstabber, but because if he'd been melted then the mad scientist wouldn't be able to scavenge anything from his corpse. Moments later, a sudden fusillade of explosive material heralded the arrival of the Maximals, who'd launched a preemptive strike on their enemies in an attempt to take back the Golden Disk. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 1}}

In the ensuing battle, Terrorsaur faced off against the Maximal's newest recruit, [[Razorbeast]]. However, when Razorbeast abandoned their battle to try and stop his friend Skold from fighting the Maximals, Terrorsaur took advantage of his lapse in concentration to swoop down in his beast mode, pluck Razorbeast from the battlefield, and drop him into a nearby floating mountain of energon crystals, causing a cataclysmic explosion that instantly killed the Maximal. Upon returning to the battlefield, Terrorsaur found a traumatized Skold trying to process the loss; when he threatened to do to ''her'' what he'd just done to the "stupid Maximal", however, Skold finally snapped, killed her tormentor by ripping his [[spark]] out, then quickly covered her tracks by lying that he'd fallen in combat. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 2}}

Although the Maximals retreated empty-handed, the Predacons had lost a crucial chance to eliminate their foes once and for all. Without Megatron's knowledge, Tarantulas salvaged Terrorsaur's corpse and brought it back to his laboratory; pledging that his deceased comrade could still serve in death, Tarantulas began experimenting on Terrorsaur's corpse. {{storylink|Maximals Strike Back, Part 3}}

[[File:TheBeginningOfTheEnd-Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]

Eventually, Terrorsaur found new life, after a fashion, as "experiment ZT-Omega", a monstrous, mindless, physically-enhanced [[zombie]] programmed to obey his creator. Eventually, Tarantulas abandoned the other Predacons and declared allegiance to the Vok; after catching wind of this treachery, Megatron and Dinobot successfully captured the traitor, but the mad scientist remotely activated Terrorsaur and ordered his creation to free him. Terrorsaur easily trounced Megatron, Dinobot, and [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]], and when [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] attempted to send a distress message to the ''Axalon'', Tarantulas sicced Terrorsaur on his former ally. Terrorsaur quickly killed and devoured Scorponok, and stood by as Tarantulas transmitted a secret message to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Beginning of the End}} During the Vok's final assault on the Maximal-Predacon alliance, Terrorsaur joined the [[Children of the Vok (group)|Children of the Vok]] when they led an assault on the crashed ''Darksyde''. Although his appearance briefly caused Skold to panic when he menaced her once more, Rhinox used his beast mode strength and dual chainguns to finally put the monster down for good. {{storylink|The End (BW)|The End}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
A [[quantum surge]] killed nearly every Maximal and Predacon, with Terrorsaur being one of the sole survivors. {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 3: ENTER THE MUTANT WARRIOR|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 3}}

Terrorsaur, submerged in the lava, was protected from the [[quantum surge]] by the lava. Some of the surge's energy still reached Terrorsaur, giving him the power to breathe fire. Finding the other survivor, [[Tigatron]], he took advantage of the Maximal's amnesia and made him his new second-in-command. With no known opposition, he started enacting his plan: utilizing a transwarp drive planted by [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' to travel back in time, eliminate [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], and become the ruler of the Predacons. By the time they found the ship, however, [[Puffer]], [[Jackpot (G1)|Jackpot]], and [[Sights (G1)|Sights]], had caught wind of this plan, and ambushed the two. Terrorsaur, in the midst of the fight, dropped the [[Golden Disk (Vok)|Golden Disk]] he had found, and sent Tigatron to retrieve it. However, Tigatron, once he touched the disk, regained the memories of the Maximal warrior he once was, and turned on Terrorsaur. With the help of the Autobots, Terrorsaur was quickly subdued. The timeline was then promptly restored via Tigatron sacrificing himself by ramming the ''Nemesis'' into the quantum surge, with Terrorsaur's death via lava happening without any interruptions. {{storylink|Source:Kingdom Golden Disk Collection#CHAPTER 4: THE TERRORFYING CONCLUSION|''Golden Disk Collection'' Chapter 4}}
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==Games==
===''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game continuity===
====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game advertising comic====
Upon arriving on "[[Earth|Planet Energon]]," the dangers of Energon radiation forced the six surviving Maximals and their Predacon adversaries to take on beast alternate forms. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers video game advertising comic}}

====''Beast Wars: Transformers'' video game====
{{voiceactor|??? (English), ??? (Japanese)}}

=====Maximal Campaign=====
When the Predacons were on the verge of defeat, Terrorsaur was the last Predacon that stood between the Maximal and entry to the Predacon ship. He rained down laser blasts onto the Maximal while strafing him aerially, but was ultimately defeated and sent skywards upon his destruction.

=====Predacon Campaign=====
{{Note|Terrorsaur is a playable character for "rescue missions" gameplay.}}
Terrorsaur was absent from the main conflict with both Maximals and the [[Skriix]], instead he flew rescue missions, using his flight capabilities to rescue captured Predacons from the Maximals' prison ships. {{storylink|Beast Wars: Transformers (video game)|Beast Wars: Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals'' (N64)===
[[File:N64 Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|200px|All your favorite 3D Transformers...and Transmetal Terrorsaur.]]

{{voiceactor|[[Doug Parker]] (English), [[Nobuo Tobita]] (Japanese)}}
Thanks to Megatron's temporal meddling, the timeline was altered such that Terrorsaur not only avoided his demise during the quantum surge, but gained a powerful new Transmetal form. At the end of a decisive battle, Terrorsaur stood the victor, having defeated all of the other beast warriors. As a result, Terrorsaur took command of the Predacon forces, dethroning Megatron. Under his leadership, the Maximals were beaten into submission, and the Predacons took control over them. Unfortunately, Terrorsaur loved being in command too much... so much so that he forgot to devise a plan to escape prehistoric Earth. Then the [[Ice Age]] came around, and froze the entirety of the Predacon forces. Terrorsaur thus had the next hundred thousand years to contemplate his fate, as he remained encased in an icy prison. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals (N64)}}

{{BW fighter ending|Terrorsaur|N64}}

====Move list====
{{note|This list only includes the character's unique special moves in Beast Mode, as their attacks in Robot Mode and Vehicle Mode are identical to those of every other character.}}
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|'''Beast Attacks'''
|-
|C-Right||Sonic Scream
|-
|C-Up||Spiral Crusher
|-
|C-Left||Terror Talon
|}
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===''Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars''===
Megatron was capable of summoning Terrorsaur forth to the battlefield in his attempts to acquire the super-powerful [[Energon Quartz]]. {{storylink|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars: Beast Warriors' Strongest Decisive Battle|Duel Fight Transformers Beast Wars}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
Terrorsaur, along with Blackarachnia and Waspinator, arrived at the crash site of a large stasis pod marked with a red "X". Finding the Maximal [[Silverbolt (Fuzor)|Silverbolt]] already there, the trio overpowered the Maximal. But Terrorsaur inadvertently unleashed the content of the pod in the scuffle... And from within the monstrous [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] emerged! The fighting began anew with both Maximals and Predacons having to contend with the newly emerged monster. Later, after being rejoined by Blackarachnia and Silverbolt, who had been blown away earlier in the fight, Terrorsaur, Waspinator and [[Depth Charge (BW)|Depth Charge]] managed to defeat Rampage. {{storylink|When Sparks Fly}}
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==Toys==
===''Beast Wars''===
[[File:BW-toy Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|You ignore my god-damn throat-legs. (''Hasbro version'')]]
[[File:BWtoy-Terrorsaur-ShowColours.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Amazing what releasing a toy a year after the show model was made can do for show-accurate toy decos. (''Second Takara version'')]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Basic Class, [[1996]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Terrorsaurer'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-5'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[July]] ??, [[1997]] (standard deco), [[January]] ??, [[1998]] (redeco)
:*''Accessories'': Pistol
{{toydesigner|[[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' toys in both [[Hasbro]] and [[TakaraTomy|Takara]] markets, Terrorsaur transforms from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to [[robot mode]] with a spring-loaded mostly-one-step transformation, activated by pulling back on his beast-mode head. (His hands and feet need to be folded out separately.) His handgun folds up to store inside the empty area behind his robot mode head, tucking away neatly in beast mode.

: As a first-wave figure in the US, Terrorsaur initially shipped on cards with "rocky" plastic bubbles. This was quickly changed to a smooth rounded-off bubble with wave 2, and Terrorsaur continued to ship on this card style. The "rocky bubble" cards are harder to find and somewhat more expensive on the secondary market if you care about things like that.

: In Japan, there are two different versions of this toy. The initial releases are functionally identical to the [[Hasbro]] version. In January 1998, many of the first-wave figures were given new decoes with varying degrees of "show-accuracy": Terrorsaur was cast in a darker red base plastic, dark-gray plastic replaced the black, yellow paint was added to his beak, the green spots were removed altogether, and his purple paint changed to a medium-gray. So... ''very'' show-accurate in this instance.

: There are also two different versions of this toy in the European market, but they're much more subtle. The initial releases are the same as the North American version, but later releases actually use the completely-new tooling developed for [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]]. The Lazorbeak-mold version also has his robot nose painted purple rather than white.

: This mold was later used to make [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], and ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Strafe (AOE)#WalmartBWmold|Strafe]] (no, seriously). The Lazorbeak version of the mold was used to make [[Hydra (BW)#Toys|Hydra]] and ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1996/Predacon/Terrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm More information on Terrorsaur at TFU.info]''
{{BWTerrorsaurMold}}

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[[File:BW-toy VS05 Rattle Terrorsaurer.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Iwayama no Taiketsu: Rattle VS Terrorsaurer''' (Vs pack, July 1997/January 1998)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-5'''
:*''Release date'': July ?? 1997 (standard deco), January ?? 1998 (redeco)
:*''Accessories'': Pistol

: In Japan, "Terrorsaurer" was available both separately and in a "Rocky Mountain Showdown" (岩山の対決 ''Iwayama no Taiketsu'') two-pack with [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars|Rattle]].

: Two variants of the set exist, including the original and [[redeco]]ed versions. In both instances, the toys are identical to the individual releases.{{-}}

[[File:BWLazorbeakToy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Lazorbeak''' (Basic, 1997)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pistol
{{note|Lazorbeak was repurposed(?) by ''Beast Wars Official Guidebook'' as "Terrorsaur", an upgraded form of "Terrorsaurer".}}

: The only new toy in the third wave of year-two ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Basics, [[Lazorbeak]] is actually an entirely new mold-set based on the original Terrorsaur mold, transforming from an organic ''Pteranodon'' to [[robot mode]] with a spring-loaded mostly-one-step transformation, activated by pulling back on his beast-mode head. (His hands and feet need to be folded out separately.) His handgun folds up to store inside the empty area behind his robot mode head, tucking away neatly in beast mode.

: Lazorbeak's most immediately-noticeable physical change from Terrorsaur is the addition of an indent for an [[Rubsign|energon chip]] under his beast-mode right wing, but there are lots and lots of small proportion and detail changes throughout the two toys, especially in the faces.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Terrorsaur was identical to the NA Terrorsaur, with no space for an Energon chip. This is because the master Terrorsaur tooling wasn't changed for Lazorbeak, rather an entirely new mould was created. We know this not just because of the Euro TS but also due to the Japanese TS|link=https://twitter.com/Slightlyonfire/status/1264877411533049856|name=Slightlyonfire|site=Twitter|year=2020|month=05|day=25|(defunct=)}}</ref>

: Lazorbeak was also [[repurposing|repurposed]] as ''Beast Wars Shattered Glass'' [[Terrorsaur (BWSG)|Terrorsaur]].

::*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Predacon/Lazorbeak/lazorbeak.htm More information on Lazorbeak at TFU.info]

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[[File:BW-toy TerrorsaurTM.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Gaburincho! Pteragordon!!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe Transmetal, [[1998]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Metals Terrorsaurer'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-43'''
:*''Takara release date'': [[September]] [[1999]]
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-blades

: Part of the third wave of Transmetal Deluxes, Transmetal Terrorsaur transforms into a robotic ''Pteranodon''. He has a third "vehicle" mode; reconfiguring his wings and revealing VTOL fans, plus its tail section splits open to reveal twin thruster engines. In robot mode, its wing-tips detach to form blade weapons.

: In Japan, "Metals Terrorsaurer" had silver detail added to its face, and had the word "Destron" replace the "Terrorsaur" tampographed onto his beast butt.

: This mold was later [[redeco]]ed and slightly [[retool]]ed to make ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'' [[Terranotron (BM)#Toys|Terranotron]], and then redecoed and retooled ''differently'' to make ''[[Transformers: Armada (toyline)|Armada]]'' [[Terrorsaur (Armada)#Toys|Terrorsaur]]. The mold was also the base model for the non-toy ''Wreckers'' iteration of [[Fractyl]] as well as ''Legends of the Microns'' [[Ravenus]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1998/Predacon/Terrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm More information on Transmetal Terrorsaur at TFU.info]''

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[[File:BW-toy RattrapVsTerrorMetals.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Senkō no Taiketsu: Metals Rattle VS Metals Terrorsaurer''' (VS set, 1999)}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''VS-43'''
:*''Release date'': September ??, 1999
:*''Accessories'': Left & right wing-blades

: In Japan, Metals Terrorsaurer was available both as an individual and in a "Flash Showdown" (閃光の対決 ''Senkō no Taiketsu'') VS pack with [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#VS43|Metals Rattle]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.
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===''Combiner Wars''===
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[[File:BotCon2016_Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|He's a smirker! Don't let him combine with anybody!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Double barreled gun

: A [[BotCon 2016]] exclusive, Terrorsaur is a [[redeco]] and [[retool]] of ''[[Combiner Wars (toyline)|Combiner Wars]]'' [[Air Raid (G1)/toys#Generations|Air Raid]], who is in turn a retool of Deluxe Class [[Skydive (G1 Aerialbot)/toys#Generations|Skydive]], transforming into a red F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. He is also capable of turning into an arm or leg for any ''Combiner Wars''-style Voyager figure. Unlike many ''Combiner Wars'' Deluxes, he does not include the hand/gun/foot weapon.

: Terrorsaur was free for customers who bought the Primus Package or Golden Ticket during registration.

: This version of the mold was redecoed into [[Fractyl#Generations|Wrecker Fractyl]], while the mold was differently retooled and redecoed into ''[[Transformers Unite Warriors|Unite Warriors]]'' [[Thrust (Armada)#Unite Warriors|Curse Armada Thrust]]. This version of the mold also served as the basis of the non-toy ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of [[Hydra (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Hydra]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Predacon/BCTerrorsaur/terrorsaur.htm More information on Combiner Wars Terrorsaur at TFU.info]''
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===''War for Cybertron: Kingdom''===
[[File:TF-WFC-GDC-The-Terrorfying-Conclusion-Terrorsaur.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Constantly doing the "Jurassic Chicken Dance".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Chapter 4: The Terrorfying Conclusion''
:*''Accessories'': [[Golden Disk (Vok)#GDC|Golden Disk]], blaster, 2 arm blades
{{toydesigner|[[Yam]] (sculptor)}}

: The final release in the [[War for Cybertron: Kingdom#Exclusives|Golden Disk Collection]], ''[[War for Cybertron: Kingdom]]'' Terrorsaur is a retool of [[Airazor (BW)#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|Airazor]] from the same line, transforming into a ''Pteranodon'' in 22 steps. He retains the forearms, hands, lower legs, and various structural parts from Airazor. His beast mode is more posable than it has ever been, with multiple joints in his wings, legs, and head, including an opening beak; however, said beast mode also ends up front-heavy compared to the placement of his ankle joints. He includes a blaster, arm blades to attach to his forearms for [[show-accuracy]], and the Golden Disk. The product description claims it is the [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|''Voyager'' Golden Disk]],<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08TQSZQCX Amazon] product description: "Includes a Golden Disk (Voyager) accessory and his blaster accessory."</ref> though the actual toy comes with the Vok disk, redecoed from ''Kingdom'' [[Ark (G1)#Toys|Autobot Ark]]. As such, it is a strange amalgamation of both, with ''The Sounds of Earth'' on one half and the Vok Disk on the other. His blaster can store on his thighs or under his wings in both modes.

: Many copies of Terrorsaur shipped with misassembled wings; the friction joints that attach the wings to the body are reversed in package. Luckily, these joints are held by friction and can be carefully removed and put back in the proper position. Common tolerance issues on the toy's joints mean that the wingtips can pop off easily, and loose ankles make it tricky for him to stand. Caution is advised when discarding Terrorsaur's packaging, as his arm blade accessories are taped to the back-side of the cardboard insert, wrapped up in tissue paper, meaning they can easily be missed if one doesn't know where to look for them.

: Terrorsaur was revealed and made available for pre-order on [[September 30]], 2021, and was the last of the four daily announcements concerning the Golden Disk Collection; as with the other sets in this series, Terrorsaur's packaging is printed with a portion of a [[Golden Disk (Voyager)|Golden Disk]] graphic, and customers are encouraged to collect all four packs to unite the full image. The figure is an [[Amazon (website)|Amazon]] and [[Hasbro Pulse]] exclusive in the [[United States of America|U.S.]], [[Canada]], and the [[United Kingdom]].
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===''Buzzworthy Bumblebee''===
[[File:TF-Legacy-Buzzworthy-Bumblebee-Terrorsaur.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Local legends call him Rodan, the Fire Demon."]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Evil Predacon Terrorsaur''' (Deluxe Class, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Series'': ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy]]''
:*''Accessories'': 2 arm blades, blaster

:Part of the cross-franchise ''[[Buzzworthy Bumblebee]]'' line, "Evil Predacon Terrorsaur" is a [[:File:BW-toy Terrorsaur.jpg|'90s toy-inspired]] redeco of the above ''Kingdom'' figure, and is even cast in a brighter shade of red plastic. His color scheme is not entirely accurate, as the original toy had black shoulders and thighs in robot mode, whereas they are red here.

: Terrorsaur's arm blades are packaged in a small paper sheet inside the packaging, so care must be taken not to accidentally throw them away.

:As with other figures in the line, Evil Predacon Terrorsaur was exclusive to [[Target]] in the United States, and a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive in Canada.
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===''Vintage Beast Wars''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-p1|'''Terrorsaur''' (Reissue, [[2022]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Pistol

:In celebration of the 25th anniversary of ''Beast Wars'', the original 1996 Basic Class Terrorsaur was reissued under the ''[[Vintage|Vintage Beast Wars]]'' lineup, now reclassified as a Deluxe Class and priced as such. While largely identical to the original figure, there are some notable differences. The green spots on his beast mode back are desaturated compared to the original, the tops of the robot fists are left unpainted, and the arms are incorrectly installed at the shoulders. The latter can be remedied by simply popping the arms off and swapping them from left to right. Terrorsaur is packaged on a card with a round bubble as opposed to the rocky style seen on earlier Vintage waves.
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===''Beast Wars Again''===
[[File:TF-BW-Vintage-JP-BWVS-05-Terrorsaurer.jpg|thumb|300px|Yeah! Still!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-m1p1|'''Daizekkyō no Taiketsu''' (Multi-pack, [[2023]])}}</ul>
:*''ID number'': '''BWVS-05'''
:*''Release date'': [[December 30]], 2023
:*''Accessories'': Gun
{{toydesigner|[[Hisashi Yuki]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Hidetsugu Yoshioka]] (packaging artist)}}

: Part of the fifth release in the [[TakaraTomy]] ''[[Beast Wars: Super Lifeform Transformers Again|Beast Wars Again]]'' line, this redeco of [[#War for Cybertron: Kingdom|''Kingdom'' Terrorsaur]] is an attempt at a cartoon-accurate deco based on his appearance in the first season of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Wars]]'' cartoon. It uh... doesn't score well on that front in robot mode.

: He was only available in the "Screaming Showdown" (大絶叫の対決) set, along with a similarly-questionably-show-accurate [[Rattrap (BW)/toys#Beast Wars Again|Rattle]].
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==Merchandise==
===Kabaya===
*'''Terrorsaurer''' (candy toy kit, 1997)
:A [[Kabaya]] "[[candy toy]]" version of Terrorsaur was made available in Japan. Since he was [[Gang-molding|gang molded]] with the other three toys in the ''[[Transformers: Beast Wars Gum#Part 1 (Beast Wars)|Beast Wars Gum DX]]'' assortment, this unpainted plastic kit was mainly peach and yellow.

===''Beast Wars'' magnet set===
*'''Beast Wars magnet set''' (1997)
:An adorable "super-deformed" magnet of Terrorsaur was made as part of a set of show-cast ''Beast Wars'' magnets in Japan.

===''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''===
[[File:Terrorsaurmutatingcard.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Seen here in his rarely-used Skesis mode.]]
*'''Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game''' (1997)
:Terrorsaur was one of the 24 beast warriors to receive a battle card representation for the ''Beast Wars'' [[Beast Wars Transformers Mutating Card Game|card game]].
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===First 4 Figures===

*'''Terrorsaur''' (<s>2006/2007</s> unreleased)

:This was to be a 7-or-8-inch tall resin bust of Terrorsaur released as part of a ''Beast Wars'' tenth anniversary series by model company [[First 4 Figures]]. Terrorsaur would have been sculpted to be accurate to his ''Beast Wars'' cartoon design, and would likely have been depicted from the waist and upwards on a base or pedestal. Unlike most of the other mini busts in this range, Terrorsaur's sculpt has never been shown publicly, with the figure's existence only being known due to First 4 Figures allowing [[BigBadToyStore]] to solicit him for sale.<ref name=bbtsseibs>[https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/update-from-bigbadtoystorecom-transformers-and-gij/6539/ "Update from BigBadToyStore.com: Transformers and G.I.Joe Statues and Busts!!!"] on Seibertron.com</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070407160752/http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=526&category=2037 BigBadToyStore's listings for First 4 Figures' busts] (archived)</ref>

:Mini busts in the planned ''Beast Wars'' line were designed to reflect the scale of the characters as seen in the cartoon, and each was set to be limited to 1,996 pieces, in a nod to the franchise's year of origin.<ref name=ASM>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070806062058/http://toyfair06.asmzine.com/first4figures/report.html "First4Figures Limited Transformers Statues and Busts Info!"] at ASMzine.com (archived)</ref> Unfortunately, Terrorsaur and the rest of the ''Beast Wars'' bust line were cancelled, with First 4 Figures citing a challenging marketplace and lack of retailer interest.
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==Notes==
*Terrorsaur is an obvious homage to the crafty and backstabbing Decepticon Air Commander Starscream. The two are practically identical characters, featuring a screeching voice, being aerial-combat based, are constantly seeking to lead their respective armies and more often than not fail miserably due to overestimating their chances and ability. Despite this, even after a disembodied Starscream himself appeared among the Predacons, the parallels between the two were never acknowledged.
* As [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]]'s [[beast mode]] takes many ''Jurassic Park''-style liberties, so too does Terrorsaur's beast mode bear little resemblance to an actual ''Pteranodon''. The ''Beast Wars'' cartoon continually depicts his beast mode as bipedal, walking around on the ground on his hind legs like a bird—while on the ground, pterosaurs were actually quadrupedal creatures who used their long arms and powerful flight muscles to pole-vault themselves into the air. Instead of scales, real pterosaurs possessed a coat of fluffy, hair-like {{w|Pterosaur#Pycnofibers|pycnofibers}} as a kind of insulation. Terrorsaur's proclivity for snatching things with his feet like an eagle is dubious; real pterodactyloid feet were comparatively small, limited in their range of motion, and not well-adapted for grabbing things. The presence of teeth in his beak is another bit of artistic license—although many other pterosaur species had teeth, ''Pteranodon'' (literally "toothless wing") did not.
*Terrorsaur apparently knows how to disarm a bomb (if he has enough time), since in "[[Equal Measures]]" Megatron orders him to disarm the Maximal bomb that was sent into the Predacon base.
*As Terrorsaur was dying in lava, his hand was briefly seen glowing, indicating that Terrorsaur was going through [[transmetal]]ization. This was probably included as a backdoor so the writers could resurrect Terrorsaur or Scorponok if they needed them later. Incidentally, the original plan for Season 2 of Beast Wars had Terrorsaur survive and become a Transmetal. However, the popularity of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] convinced the writers to spare him instead.
*Terrorsaur's CGI model in "Theft of the Golden Disk" is a virtual redeco of [[Skyblast (Energon)|''Energon'' Skyblast]]. However, his CGI model is somewhat different from his appearance in "Dawn of Future's Past".
*The "Theft of the Golden Disk" character [[Backslash]] follows a similar pattern in having [[Terrorsaur (Armada)|''Armada'' Terrorsaur]]'s coloration on the ''Energon'' Skyblast body.
*Terrorsaur is the first known contributor to the plight of the {{w|bald eagle}}, by eating one.
*In the Japanese dub of ''Beast Wars'', Terrorsaur's verbal tic was a habit of punctuating sentences with ''ginsu'' (ぎんす), the Japanese equivalent of the "caw" onomatopoeia for birds.
*In the 2021 ''Beast Wars'' comic, Terrorsaur's [[:File:SavageLandingPart1-comeatmebro.jpg|vehicular Cybertronian body]] is a revamped version of his [[#Combiner Wars|''Combiner Wars'' toy]] featuring lime-green detailing and purple shins and head in homage to his [[#Toys|original ''Beast Wars'' toy]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Didn't base Nyx on anything in particular! Dinobot is much the same. I picture the orb on his chest as a nod to the spark gem gimmick but other than that I just wanted a samurai kinda look to his silhouette. The arm mounted blades kind of a nod the Gundam Spiegel|link=https://twitter.com/jcburcham/status/1357035373184962561|name=Josh Burcham|site=Twitter|year=2021|month=02|day=03|(defunct=)}}</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Terrorsaurer''' (テラザウラー ''Terazaurā''),<ref>Japanese sources consistently romanize the name as "Terrorsaur". This, of course, skips over the fact that the katakana indicates the last vowel sound to be an extended "a" sound.</ref> '''Terrorsaur''' (テラソー ''Terasō'')
*''French:'' '''Terrosaure''' (France, cartoon dub), '''Dinomenace''' (Canada)
*''German:'' '''Terrorsaurus'''
*''Italian:'' '''Metal Terrorsaur''' (Transmetal)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Yì-lúng''' (Taiwan, 翼龍, "Pterosaur"), '''Shé Niǎo''' (China, 蛇鸟, "Snake Bird")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Terrorssauro'''
*''Russian:'' '''Pterodactyl''' (Птеродактиль ''Pterodaktil<nowiki>'</nowiki>'')
*''Spanish:'' '''Terrorsaur''' (Spain), '''Terrorsaurio''' (Latin America)

==References==
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Bisk (RID)

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Predacon|Bisk (BWU)}}
:''Bisk is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RIDconcept Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|300px|GIT GUD]]
Many [[Decepticon]]s fight because of boredom, for a higher cause, or because they just like to kill. '''Bisk''' does not qualify for any of those, preferring to fight for the highest score. He speaks in video game lingo, thinks of main objectives as "quests", and even gets irritated when even one thing makes him deviate from the main quest...like side quests or even the n00b [[Autobot]]s.

Despite his dislike of working with other "players," particularly ineffectual, low-XP scrubs like [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], Bisk is no slouch when it comes to PvP. His impressive strength and overwhelming tactics allow him to take on multiple opponents at once, and he can even fire a laser from his mouth to knock his opponents unconscious. He's just as likely to frag you in a fistfight as he is in a video game.

Sometimes, he can play co-op mode with [[Saberhorn]] and form the tag-team avatar [[Saberclaw]].

{{quote|Whoever you are, you're playing against opponents with much higher combat attributes than yourself!|Bisk|"[[Bumblebee's Night Off]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Daniele Demma]] (Italian), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Frederik Haùgness]] (French, "Bumblebee's Night Off"), [[Christoph Drobig]] (German), [[Vagner Fagundes]] (Brazilian Portuguese, season 1), [[Francisco Brêtas]] (Brazilian Portuguese, season 2)}}

[[File:TRID E 33 Bisk Vehicle Mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Eighty thousand dollars for this car and you ain't got no damn cup holder?]]

Bisk was held in stasis aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', breaking free after it crashed on [[Earth]]. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team found him on a golf course, and after a brief battle, managed to overwhelm him with teamwork (and by having [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] land on him). The golf course did not survive intact. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] broke into [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], he deactivated Bisk's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster [[Glowstrike]]'s forces. When [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they was inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "[[Steeljaw's Pack|elite warriors]]". {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:BumblebeesNightOff-Bisk&Minicons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Why waste good technology on science and medicine?]]

Bisk partnered up with the Mini-Cons [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]]. The trio set about breaking into the backstage of a [[Rear Axle]] concert so that they could steal some soundboards, a component vital for constructing a spaceship. Although the heist started off well, things took an unexpected turn when [[Russell Clay]] stumbled across the Decepticons and alerted [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to the intrusion. Bisk then crashed the concert proper to steal another soundboard, although the director mistook him for a human in an elaborate costume. Before he could storm the audience, he was attacked by Bumblebee, and they both tumbled onto the stage right in the middle of one of Rear Axle's songs. The two fought as the band rocked out; the humans at the concert thought that the fight was just a choreographed part of the show. With his Mini-Cons out of commission, Bisk tried to take on Bumblebee solo. While seemingly overpowering Bumblebee and being about to blast him off, the Autobot managed to gain the upper hand, throwing Bisk into a wall of speakers. Bisk and his Mini-Cons were stashed in a nearby crate and taken back to the scrapyard for questioning. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

Bisk's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
<center>
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! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
! style="background: #BF00FF; color: white" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)'''
|-
| Starter
|500
|10
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|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|1-Step
|2000
|40
|-
|1-Step Patrol
|2000
|40
|-
|Warrior
|4000
|80
|-
|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|}
</center>

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

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[[File:TF-RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And the winner of the big race is... Hot Rod Zoidberg!]]
*'''Bisk''' (One-Step Changer, 2016)

:As part of the eighth wave of the One-Step Changer assortment, and the second wave of the ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' subline, Bisk transforms from a robot to a sleek sports car in... well, not ''actually'' a single step. You do have to bend his elbows and rotate his lower claws to finish the transformation either way, but the ''bulk'' of the transformation is one step.

: Despite being labeled as "Mini-Con Weaponizer" compatible (and showing him holding [[Lord Doomitron]] in weapon mode), he does not actually have any [[5 mm post|5mm post-holes]] anywhere on him, so the packaging is a liar. On the other hand, He can ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], although this does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his vehicle front, accessible while still in-package.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/OSCBisk/bisk.htm More information on 1-Step Changer Bisk at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Three-Step-Changer-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm the Video Game Boy! I'M THE ONE WHO WINS!]]
*'''Bisk''' (3-Step Changer, 2016)

:Part of the ninth wave of the Three-Step Changer assortment, Bisk is a Voyager-sized figure which transforms from a robot into a sleek sports car in just 3-steps. His scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package.

:For some reason, he wears a plastic tray on his head while in-package, mostly to prevent his head's paint applications for getting damaged. IF you're unlucky enough, you'll probably find one without the tray.

:In Asia, Bisk is a notorious shelfwarmer.
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[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're welcome. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-60-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Bisk''' (Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[October 29|10-29]]-[[2016]]'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV60'''
**''Accessories'': Blasters
:Part of the eighth wave of the Warrior Class assortment, and the second wave of the ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' subline, Bisk transforms from a googly-eyed lobster-bot into a futuristic sports car. He comes with a pair of non-firing blasters, which can slot into the top of his claws via [[5 mm post]]s. Because of his unique appearance, two-thirds of his head is molded in a softer plastic to safely transform the figure without damaging any of his many spindly facial features.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package. The ''Adventure'' release of Bisk features some paint applications for show-accuracy, and he features a different scan-badge.

:Bisk was only ever available in one wave of Warrior Class figures. For unknown reasons, this wave apparently only saw release in the United States and Canada.

:He was later retooled into [[Thermidor]], and he was meant to be redecoed/retooled as ''Beast Wars'' [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] if [[Fun Publications]] didn't lose the TFSS club license.

:He is basically the greatest thing ever.

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[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Class-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shrimp Biskit. (''Combiner Force Version Pictured'')]]
*'''Bisk''' (Legion Class, 2016)

:This smaller version of Bisk transforms into the same futuristic sports car. Bisk features 3mm compatible holes on his side knees and front claws, And because of this, he only can wield his weapons horizontally.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his chestplate, accessible while still in-package. Bisk was later re-released in a ''Combiner Force'' packaging in 2017. His badge is also altered: Scanning it only unlocks 5 Ultra Sparks and a Ticket for [[Cryostase]] to unlock a random character.

:This figure has been released twice: First in mid-2016 under the ''Robots in Disguise'' line's ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' [[subline imprint]], as part as part of the ninth wave of the Legion Class assortment that was only ever available at retail in the United States, and then again in early 2017 in the ''Conbiner Force'' subline imprint packaging refresh, in a wave that saw considerably more widespread release around the world, to the point where it ended up as a shelfwarmer at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Asian Hasbro markets.

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[[File:RID2015 CombinerForce Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Saberhorn & Bisk''' (Crash Combiners, [[2018]])

:Part of the fourth and final wave of the ''[[Combiner Force]]'' [[Crash Combiner]]s subline, Bisk is a roughly Scout-class sized figure that changes from his futuristic car with a combiner chest that doubles as his spoiler into a robot in 5 simple steps. His individual robot mode only has limited articulation on his elbows. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on his vehicle back indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A 5mm post hole on top of his vehicle mode can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode.

:Bisk comes packaged with [[Saberhorn#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Saberhorn]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Saberclaw]]'s upper torso. Connecting them to each other (more like bumping each other's asses) will activate Bisk's automatic transformation, but Saberhorn must be converted manually. He can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner. Bisk's smaller arms also function as lower pincers for Saberclaw's arms.

:This two-pack was a very late addition to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the wave 1 Prime Masters from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It wasn't a 'bot... it was a 'bot lobster!]]
*'''Bumblebee Disc Demolisher''' (2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0949'''
**''Pieces'': '''186'''
**''Kreons'': Bisk, [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#KreORid|Bumblebee]], [[Clampdown (RID)#Kre-O|Clampdown]]

:The [[Kreon]] version of Bisk was only available in the "Bumblebee Disc Demolisher" set. Rather than normal Kreon hands, he has a pair of asymmetrical claws. And a helmet for some reason.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers Kre-O'' product was skipped by retailers in the U.S. (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In fall 2015, almost all of it was finally released in the U.S. through TJ Maxx discount stores, including this set. The "Bumblebee Disc Demolisher" was the first set to hit, and easily the most plentiful of them.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Headmaster (Animated)|Ownage! Total ownage!]]]]
*'''Bisk''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Bisk is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode. The toy depicts him in his second-season Earth body as opposed to his original Cybertronian form, and also possesses a scratched-out Decepticon insignia that marks him as a member of Steeljaw's pack... both concepts that were revealed by this toy ''first'', long before the toys or show implemented them.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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==Notes==
*Bisk's name is a delicious nod to {{w|Bisque (food)|lobster bisque}}.
*Bisk shares a [[body-type]] with the just-as-deliciously-named [[Thermidor]].
*Bisk is stated to be a [[Lobstercon]] by show writer [[Adam Beechen]].<ref>[https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-927]</ref> Beechen also notes that Bisk was banned from gaming competitions after being caught cheating during one of them. He went on a rampage, attacking many gaming competitions and injuring scores of innocents.<ref>[[Adam Beechen]]'s blog</ref>
*Oddly enough, in his first appearance, Bisk's mouth beam is shown to be powerful enough to send the Autobots flying, while when he uses it again against Bumblebee in his last appearance, it only disorients him.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bisk''' (ビスク ''Bisuku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bisk''' (比斯克 ''Bǐsīkè'')

==References==
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[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Steeljaw's Pack]]

Vehicon (Prime)

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:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and/or [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, tanks or trucks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

They can appear in a large variety of colors, including black, silver, blue, red, green, yellow, and purple.

Many of them were placed on board the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' after the defeat of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Megatron's self-exile.

They are also known as '''Eradicons'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] battered his way through hordes of Vehicons after crashing into the Nemesis while he made his way towards the engines to sabotage them. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] / [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] / [[Frank Welker]] / [[Daran Norris]] / [[Josh Keaton]] / [[David Kaye]] / [[David Sobolov]] / [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]], [[Yasunori Masutani]] (episode 49) (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] / [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] / [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] / [[José María Carrero]] / [[Jorge Saudinós]] / [[Carlos López Benedí]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Arturo Cataño]] / [[Héctor Moreno]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] / [[Uwe Jellinek]] / [[Roman Kretschmer]] / [[Matthias Klages]] / [[Jan Kurbjuweit]] / [[Raimund Krone]] (German), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Élcio Sodré]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

A couple of Vehicons were present when Starscream chewed out (and subsequently punished) Knock Out for his going out on a street racing escapade one too many times. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}}

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Two Vehicons accompanied Knock Out when he presented his latest find, a powerful force-field generator, to Megatron. When Megatron performed an impromptu test of the device by shooting at Knock Out, his companions quickly scampered away. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Vehicons could be seen going about their regular duties as Dreadwing first pledged his loyalty to Megatron.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Only Soundwave was successful in retrieving the relic he was sent to fetch, and the Vehicons manning the bridge once more got an earful of Megatron chewing out the rest of his subordinates for their failures. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

A squad of Vehicons bore witness to Shockwave bringing his [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Predaking (Prime)|experiment]] to Earth, and unleashing it to track down Wheeljack. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The Vehicon forces were subsequently spread thin all over America as Starscream dispatched them to investigate "Autobot mischief." Those that remained at Darkmount had to deal with various fronts of attack from the Autobots, the invaders were all eventually taken prisoner... until Optimus returned in an upgraded body. The tide of the battle turned once more, and the Vehicons were defeated en masse by the Autobots. Though Megatron planned to use the fortress's fusion cannons to destroy nearby metropolises, this plan when to scrap as well when Optimus threw his nemesis into the cannons' power core. With the battle ultimately lost, Starscream ordered a couple of Vehicons to escort Megatron back to the warship, despite their leader's protests. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
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====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[File:RID 2015 Vehicons.jpg|thumb|250px|Finally they don't die!!!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}
[[Glowstrike]] had a number of colorful Vehicons at her command, {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} using them to guard her Mini-Con prisoners. {{storylink|Portals}}

Two Vehicons who were guarding Decepticon Island were very impressed with the supposed captures made by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], who was forced to knock his admirers out when they got suspicious. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Vehicons were some of the many Decepticons who helped [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] in his attempt to capture the invading Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Adventure'' toy bios=====
Certain Vehicons who displayed particular talent were promoted to the rank of Ground Vehicon General, becoming soldiers considered above and beyond regular Vehicons. Following the Decepticons' defeat and disappearance of the Vehicon armies, one of these generals fell in with [[Black Shadow (RID)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|#Adventure|Ground Vehicon General bio}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
During an intrusion from [[Cloud World]] into his universe, a Vehicon witnessed the bloodthirsty [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] shoot a downed [[Override (RID)|Override]] in the head. {{Storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm when Megatron tasked Starscream with finding a way to flush out the Autobots. Starscream took a bunch of them with him to then take [[Air Force One]] hostage, and secured the plane's passengers within the Grand Canyon. Though the Autobots took the bait, they easily dispatched all of Starscream's troops in their rescue attempt. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He ain't no dummy, He's chummy, And he's myyyyyyy mummy!]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
{{groupstub|{{storylink|On Thin Ice}} {{storylink|Sand Trap}} {{storylink|Mount Problem!}} {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} {{storylink|Horrible TV}} {{storylink|Cell}} {{storylink|Cleanup}}}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Three Vehicons, designated XL-917, XL-571, and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] were assigned by Starscream to establish an energon mine. Many years later, unaware that the Decepticon army had been defeated, the trio continued to toil until they were discovered by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw convinced them that he was a superior officer, and had them help him kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and [[Russell Clay]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Together with Steeljaw's men, the Vehicons set about mining the energon. When Bumblebee and his team arrived, the Vehicons joined in the combat, revealing the bomb which Starscream had left them. Optimus Prime arrived and revealed that the war was over, the Decepticon army defeated, and Steeljaw was not part of Starscream's command, at which point the Vehicons turned on their would-be leader. Though Optimus offered them an olive branch, they instead opted to go back into hiding and await Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====''Adventure''====
A Ground Vehicon General was witness to [[Deadlock (Cloud)|Deadlock]] killing [[Override (RID)|Override]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After Optimus and Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, they turned their new acquisitions on legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Ratchet and Bumblebee used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to blast legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

*A bunch of Vehicons watched video footage from {{w|The Super Hero Squad Show|various}} {{w|Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange}} {{w|Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms}}, and one [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha|realm]] [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Huboom!|Huboom! Saturdays}}

*A couple of Vehicons reacted to Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. They mostly seemed dismayed at his replies. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

*As Megatron read ''{{w|A Visit from St. Nicholas}}'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Naughty List|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pudding|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Wave after wave of Terrorcons attacked the town of [[Jasper]] and its surrounding area in a bid to amass as much Dark Energon as possible before launching an assault against the Autobots' headquarters. They were defeated by Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Fabulous Adventures of [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]
There's also helicopter, tank and truck Vehicon types. Who knew?
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Eradicons pestered Bulkhead on his missions inside a Dark Energon cave, the Nemesis, and the Autobot headquarters. They blasted incessantly at the Autobot until they were themselves destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Hordes upon hordes of Vehicons weaved across the sky before Optimus Prime, pestering him with weapons' fire, as the Autobot leader fought his way through Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]
Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a [[grenade launcher]] (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
*'''Vehicon''' (First Edition Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on his hood or stored underneath in vehicle mode, or be (loosely) held by his hands in robot mode. He features a [[5 mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of his hands, and flipping either hand back into his arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto his arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry. The Hasbro version features a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: His [[instructions]] tell [[you]] to swing down his rear wheels from his shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to his elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in his shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. His [[stock photography]] also depicts him with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: His mass-retail release in Hasbro's US markets was canceled, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Asian markets and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / 002'''
**''Takara ID number:'' '''EZ-07'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[March 31]], 2012
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Ciel, and comes with a soft translucent purple blaster that features two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto his hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version is, for no apparent reason, labeled as "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''". He comes with the later weapon variant and is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, with the exception of the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version).

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Vehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fun fact: This variant is actually [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] himself.]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012)
**''Release date'': '''[[November 24]], 2012'''
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: This Vehicon redeco is cast in metallic purple plastic, and his weapon uses the later variant. He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, and transforms into a "hoverjet" as seen on the show. He comes with a Hooksaw Cannon which can peg and be pegged via its three 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto his hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, 2013)
**''Release date'': '''[[October 26]], 2013'''
**''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
**''Accessories'': Hooksaw Cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black while retaining the same paint mask including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
*'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 015'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Vehicon in "Seeker" colors, being cast in white and dark silver, with orange highlights. His Hooksaw Cannon is now red. The paint operations are nearly the same as for Air Vehicon and ''EZ Collection'' Jet Vehicon aside from some color changes (the head and the chest are painted in a darker metallic gray, rendering the tampographed Decepticon insignia nearly invisible; and the details on the shoulders and on the alternate mode's sides are now orange instead of purple). The only differences are the lack of the paint operation on the abdomen and the addition of another tampographed Decepticon insignia on the "driver" side next to the windshield. Curiously, the [[stock photography|stock photo]] of his hoverjet mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of his instructions oddly shows his vehicle mode from behind.

:Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of his [[wave]] were ultimately only available in Europe, Australia, and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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====''Robots in Disguise''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
**''Takara release date'': '''[[June 30]], 2012'''
**''Takara ID number'': '''AM-14'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this new, sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]] due to featuring a transformation that has the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form his heels and calves. He has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode activated by pulling down his rear bumper and pushing it into his back. He comes with a blaster cannon that can peg onto his hands and the sides of his rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of his front, as well as be tabbed onto his arms with his hands flipped in.

: In wave six of the "Robots in Disguise" subline, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: His stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on his cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, is dubbed "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''", has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor, and has been [[retool]]ed to include new 5mm post-holes just before his front wheel-wells and on his back bumper as a booster of sorts. Many of his paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in his chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji#Toys|Noji]], a robotic boar who turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: This mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Pounce]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
*'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Release date'': '''[[July 28]], 2012'''
**''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco and ''extensive'' retooling of the normal Vehicon mold, and also transforms into a "hoverjet", with additional transformation steps for his new wings, new stickers for his headlights and wings, and with the Jet Vehicon having metallic pink plastic, paint details, and robot mode stickers instead of purple. He comes with his Arms Micron partner, [[Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron.

: The new forearm tooling omits the clip-tab that lets the car-Vehicon use the Hasbro Vehicon blaster as an arm-mounted weapon.

: The Jet Vehicon was originally [[exclusive]] to the Takara ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him, until Hasbro's [[#10 Year Anniversary|10 Year Anniversary re-release]].

: This version of the mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Wingspan]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Release date'': '''[[February 23]], 2013'''
**''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold based on the color scheme that debuted in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]". He now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of Igu.

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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-War-Breakdown-Vehicon-2-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Scalpers receive double the Breakdowns!]]
*'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2020)
**''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'', this Vehicon is a mostly-unaltered re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' Deluxe Class Jet Vehicon, complete with decal sheet and un-assembled Arms Micron [[Igu#10 Year Anniversary|Igu]] (more on that in a moment). The only "major" difference between this and the original release is the addition of a tampographed product number on the Hasbro release's right leg. The Hasbro version also uses slightly less "red" lavender plastic and chestplate paint, but this is only really noticeable in a direct side-by-side comparison.

: His pack-in Arms Micron partner Igu, however, is inexplicably cast in silver plastic, rather than the proper Vehicon-matching dark gray, making him kind of stand out weirdly when the Vehicon holds him in blaster mode.

: In the U.S. and Canada, the Vehicon comes in a [[Hasbro Pulse]]-exclusive two-pack with a similarly-almost-unaltered [[Breakdown (WFC)#10 Year Anniversary|War Breakdown]]. This set was made available for pre-order concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], 2020, and mailed out in December 2021. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:KreO-Toy VehiconKreons.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Decepticon Ambush''' (2012)
**''Set number'': '''38781'''
** ''Pieces'': '''80'''
** ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: This set featuring [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] busting through a Decepticon checkpoint comes with three Vehicon Kreons. While each one uses the same base body and [[tampograph]]s, each one is slightly different from the others; one comes with wheels on his legs, another has a [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] wrist-mounted blaster, and one has [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] wings on his back and the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] arm-mounted blasters.

: All three Vehicons use the same helmet as [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 1 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon2/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 2 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon3/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 3 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-O-Toy Vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* '''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 71'''
**''Accessories'': Large Rifle

: Part of the second regular collection of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Vehicon is a [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] mini-figure. He comes with extra parts to convert him into a car.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Micro-Changer Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Brick Box''' (2015)
**''Set number'': '''B2579'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol, "Ultimate [[Dark Energon]] weapon" cannon part

:Part of the "red box" line for discount stores in the US like Dollar General and Big Lots, this "[[Brick Box]]" is just the "Decepticon Ambush" set repackaged and sold for a mere $5. Good deal! As with all the Brick Boxes, this set lacks the [[instructions|instruction manual]]. It does retain the decals for the ATV and light post, however.

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* '''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, large rifle

:In 2016, Micro-Changers Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Vehicon's [[tampograph]]s underwent a slight color change, replacing the light gray with shiny silver, changing the black Decepticon symbol to purple, and making the blue on the legs a darker shade. The front bumper, originally a 1x2 angled "roof" block, has been replaced by a plain 1x2 plate, presumably as the original part was no longer in production (a similar part changed happened to the remake of Kreon [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#2016|Blast Off]]).

: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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===''Adventure''===
[[File:TFAdv-toy VehiconGroundGeneral.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|... is that you, [[Rom]]?]]
*'''Ground Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''TAV28'''
**''Release date'': [[September 19]] 2015
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

: Released in the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japan|Adventure]]'' toyline (their version of 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]''), the Ground Vehicon General is a redeco of the ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Deluxe-sized car Vehicon mold in a silver color scheme based on the Jet Vehicon General.

: As ''Adventure'' doesn't make use of the Arms Micron gimmick, the Ground General uses the Hasbro version of the mold without the added 5 mm pegs and comes with the original blaster, plus a complete set of paint applications.

: The Ground Vehicon General features a scan-badge on its hood which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Adventure'' app.

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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
{{charstubtoys}}

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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[Hub Network|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Though, they have always been referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Prime'' comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
**At the Transformers Prime panel from [[San Diego Comic-Con]] International [[2013]] (included as a bonus feature on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Season 3: Beast Hunters|Beast Hunters]]), an audience member asked if the Vehicons were meant to be drones or individuals. Apparently, season 2, episode 10 "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" was [[authorial intent|meant]] to suggest the Vehicons' being [[Cloning|clones]], "birthed"{{sic}} similarly to [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream's clones]], as [[personal canon|evidenced]] by the Vehicons having faceplates similar to the "mono-eyed" [[protoform]]s found aboard the ''[[Harbinger]]''.
*Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's ''[[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]]'' online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s locker.
*''The Art of Prime'' revealed that originally the Vehicons were not going to speak, with the decision being made late in production, hence the lack of mouth.
*At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released. They have so far been used in ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]'' along with a Truck version. They haven't been used anywhere else yet, which is unfortunate because they are ''awesome''.
**Whether by concidence or not, this expanded roaster of Vehicon troops (cars and jets included) matches the same one of [[Vehicon (BM)|their predecessors]] as seen in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon: [[Cycle Drone|"light" ground vehicles]], [[Aero Drone|jets]], [[Tank Drone|tanks]], [[Artillery Drone|"heavy" ground vehicles]] and [[Copter Drone|helicopters]].
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.
*Both the ground and air Vehicons' designs were later used in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'']] as generic members of the [[Titan Hunter]]s. The Vehicon design was also used for a [[Badgeless]] officer in the [[Choose Me|''Windblade'' Holiday Special]] and as a pre-war civilian in the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' Annual]].
*All of the Vehicon variants in the ''Prime'' game have distinct behavior.
**Unlike the show, car Vehicons don't have access to blasters, instead relying exclusively on melee combat.
**Jet Vehicons slowly fire lasers and will stop shooting for a while after enough shots.
**Helicopter Vehicons fire lasers when in vehicle mode, while in robot mode they aim at the player for some seconds before firing a powerful projectile that can knock them out.
**Tank Vehicons use a shield that completely protects them from damage. The shield can be only broken if the player uses the vehicle attack.
**Truck Vehicons can use the energon tanks on their back to create a damaging shield that knocks the player out if it touches them. They can also use a vehicle mode attack similar to the player characters.

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīxiè Bīng''' (机械兵, "Machine Soldier")

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Underbite

2023-07-09T19:11:19Z

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{{disambig2|the Aligned Decepticon|similarly-named characters|Overbite (disambiguation)}}
:''Underbite, Devourer of Nuon City, is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Underbite.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|Say hello to goodbye, Dr. Venture!]]
Two things rule the thought processes of '''Underbite''': eating and bragging. This Decepticon [[Chompazoid]] is extraordinarily proud of his strength, which increases as he consumes more metal. To him, everything is a workout, all in the goal of pumping up and bulking out. He's even gone so far as to name his forearms "Thundercruncher" (right) and "Boltsmasher" (left). He kisses them.

He claims to have devoured the entirety of [[Nuon City]], a feat about which he brags endlessly. So proud is he that he reacts quite violently to anyone ''not'' aware of his reputation.

Physically, he has few equals... provided he's got a steady diet of metal to masticate. On mainly-organic worlds like [[Earth]], however, his rampages can drain him quickly, leaving him with little to juice up on. So strong is his need to feed that he'll ignore threats in favor of chasing down a pick-me-up.

{{bigquote|I know what you're thinking. Is that tall, dark, and handsome really Underbite, devourer of Nuon City?|Underbite|"[[Pilot (Part 1)]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Liam O'Brien]] (English), [[Kōsuke Gotō]] (Japanese)|[[Su Xin]] (Chinese), [[Tamás Bognár]] (Hungarian), [[Silvio Pandolfi]] (Italian), [[Tilo Schmitz]] (German), [[Dafnis Fernández]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Ridha Hassani]] (Arabic), [[Jean-Michel Vovk]] (French, first voice), [[Martin Spinhayer]] (French, second voice), [[Wellington Lima]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}
[[File:PilotPart2 Underbite Grimlock square off.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"We need more teeth."]]

Underbite was apparently arrested for destroying Nuon City, and was incarcerated aboard the prison ship ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]''. After it crashed on [[Earth]], he was freed from his [[stasis pod]] by the impact, and set off in search of food. He eventually encountered [[Sideswipe (RID)|Sideswipe]], and after a brief chase he tangled with the rest of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team. After spying a nearby scrapyard through the trees, he headed off to devour that instead. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 1)}} Despite tussling with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], Underbite began chowing down on the contents of the scrapyard, only to spot a bigger prize—nearby [[Crown City]]. Unfortunately, the organic matter he encountered along the way was unsuitable for his consumption, and he slowly weakened. Using [[Billy the Breakfast Beaver|metallic bait]], the Autobots managed to lure him to the edge of a quarry. Underbite managed to outfight them and prepared to munch [[Denny Clay]]'s pickup truck. Fortunately, a ghostly [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] intervened and helped defeat the Decepticon by grabbing him and throwing him to the quarry. The Autobots later placed the incapacitated Underbite back in his stasis pod. {{storylink|Pilot (Part 2)}}

[[File:Sideways Underbite vehicle mode.jpg|right|250px|thumb|So, would this fall under the term "muscle car"?]]

Underbite's stasis pod was stolen by Grimlock while the Dinobot was under the control of [[Minitron]]. Although the other Autobots were able to free Grimlock from the [[cyber-tick]]'s influence, [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]], who had masterminded the heist in the first place, made off with the stasis pod and reactivated Underbite. {{storylink|True Colors}}

Now a member of Steeljaw's [[Steeljaw's Pack|pack]], Underbite was hanging out at the Decepticon hideout with [[Fracture (RID)|Fracture]] when Steeljaw arrived with newcomer [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]]. After Clampdown fled due to [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] threatening him, the other Decepticons tracked him to a garbage tip where they encountered the Autobots. Underbite fought with Grimlock, however this time the Autobot managed to take him out- first by force-feeding him plastic and then cannonballing him. Steeljaw later freed the gang, and they escaped back to their hideout. {{storylink|Sideways (episode)|Sideways}}

[[File:Lockout-underbiteflexes.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Underbite skips leg day.]]

Underbite took part in an attempt to free the prisoners in the Autobots' scrapyard. After Steeljaw trapped the Autobots outside using subsonics, Underbite was given the task of guarding the prisoners, only for them to escape while he was eying up some nearby scrap as potential food. Once the Autobots regained access to the scrapyard, Underbite was swiftly taken down by [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and later fled back to base with the rest of Steeljaw's gang. {{storylink|Lockout}}

[[File:BattlegroundsPart2-Underbitepowersup.jpg|thumb|right|250px|I eat heavy metal and gargle premium gas. I drink heavy water and nitro-demitasse.]]

Out collecting parts for the device Steeljaw's [[The Fallen|mysterious friend]] wanted them to build, Underbite and Thunderhoof happened across Sideswipe and Strongarm, promptly capturing the pair with Fracture's help. When [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] flew over the steel mill hideout, Underbite was able to bring her down with a precisely thrown beam, adding her to their collection of hostages. The Decepticons were soon busy at work constructing the gateway Steeljaw's ally required, however when Bumbblebee and Drift arrived, Steeljaw assigned Underbite and Thunderhoof to intercept them. Underbite swiftly dealt with Drift, allowing Megatronus to arrive on Earth. He and the other Decepticons were rendered unconscious when [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] tried to interfere with the arrival. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 1}} They came around in time to prevent the Autobots getting hold of Megatronus's staff, however when Megatronus turned on Steeljaw, Underbite, Thunderhoof and Clampdown attempted to flee. They ran straight into Team Bee, and Underbite was taken out when Bumblebee cannonballed into him. The defeated Decepticons were later stored away in stasis pods. {{storylink|Battlegrounds, Part 2}}

Underbite's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by Optimus Prime, Windblade and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

[[File:PrepareForDeparture Underbite guarding.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
When the [[Autobot High Council|High Council]] released Steeljaw from prison to keep Bumblebee and his team occupied while they made plans to summon [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]], {{storylink|Freedom Fighters}} Underbite was also released with the promise of a full pardon should the Pack succeed in terminating the Bee Team. They returned to Earth where they mounted an assault on Denny's scrapyard that forced the Autobots out of their home. Switching tack, they headed to the [[Crown City Dam]] where they sabotaged it to draw the Autobots out, resulting in a fight which ended with the Decepticons falling into the river. {{storylink|Exiles}} Underbite and the other member of the Pack split up to search for members of the Bee Team. {{storylink|Breathing Room}} Gaining new orders from [[Soundwave (WFC)|Soundwave]], the Pack were sent to a waste disposal site to dig up spent nuclear fuel, though Underbite played guard dog while the others excavated. When the Autobots inevitably turned up, Underbite battled an oddly-reluctant Grimlock until Clampdown hit paydirt and the Decepticons made off with their prize. The Pack stopped off in a warehouse so [[Quillfire (RID)|Quillfire]] could dispute the nuclear fuel towing arrangements, resulting in the Autobots catching up with them. During the fight which ensued, Underbite was stomping the Autobots when Sideswipe threw Grimlock at him. The Decepticons were again forced to retreat. {{storylink|Prepare for Departure}}

[[File:PrisonerPrinciples Underbite chomp.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Steeljaw next set the Pack's sights on breaking into a nuclear plant, having Underbite and the others scan new color schemes to use as disguises. They managed to gain entry into the plant and started looting fuel rods until the Autobots again crashed their operation. Underbite did his best to keep Bumblebee busy, but was knocked out by his opponent. After Steeljaw set the plant to meltdown, Bumblebee and Strongarm had to carry Underbite's unconscious body clear. He and the other captured Pack members were temporarily housed in makeshift cells in the Autobot's cave. {{storylink|Prisoner Principles}} The Pack members were returned to the scrapyard when the Autobots took it back, however Underbite promptly escaped while Grimlock was trying to secure him in a stasis pod. During the ensuing battle, Underbite ate the field generator out of the [[GroundBridge]], which resulted in him randomly teleporting to different locations as the Bee Team struggled to keep up with him. Fixit was eventually able to GroundBridge him back to the scrapyard and nullify the field generator, after which Denny and [[Russell Clay|Russell]] tricked him back into a stasis pod. {{storylink|Something He Ate}}

===''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
[[File:Carjacked-underbite.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Om nom 'Con.]]
Underbite ate a compact car that a thief had entered. {{storylink|Carjacked!}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' books===
After being reprimanded by Steeljaw, Underbite and Thunderhoof went for a stroll down to the Crown City docks, where they stumbled on [[Slink]]'s pet food hoarding operation. Underbite fought her lackeys [[Sneak]] and [[Snitch (RID)|Snitch]] until the Autobots arrived, at which point he battled Grimlock, until the Dinobot defeated him with Bumblebee's help. When Thunderhoof brought the warehouse down, Underbite departed with all haste. {{storylink|Sideswipe Versus Thunderhoof}}

===IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic===
[[File:RIDissue6-Underbite.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Following the defeat of Megatronus, Underbite was among the Decepticons who were freed by Steeljaw and set to work mining [[energon]] for their new empire, though he hated being underground as people kept sneaking up on him. When Team Bee turned up, Underbite tackled Grimlock. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
[[File:TFRIDGame Underbite.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Brilliant deduction. You've discovered my brilliant plan to chain myself to an albino."]]

*''unlock Starter'' — 500 Energon Cubes or 10 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Cybertron'' — 500 Energon Cubes or 10 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Legion'' — 1500 Energon Cubes or 30 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock Legion Clash'' — 1500 Energon Cubes or 30 Ultra Sparks
*''unlock 1-Step'' — 2000 Energon Cubes or 40 Ultra Sparks

When Crown City was overrun with [[Insecticon (WFC)#Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Insecticon]]s, Underbite took the opportunity to join in the mayhem. The Autobots found him attacking a train, and pursued him to a square where they defeated him. {{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}

{{note|Though he appears in the story as a CPU-controlled boss, Underbite is also a playable character. Yes, he can beat himself up. His three toy-forms can be temporarily unlocked by scanning the badges on said toys. However, these and his show-accurate "Starter" form (which the CPU boss uses) can also be permanently unlocked by spending Energon Cubes.}}

===''Protect Crown City''===
There were lots of Underbites! They attempted to escape before the Autobots secured them back into their stasis pods. {{storylink|Protect Crown City}}
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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

====One-Step Changers====
[[File:2015 RID Onestep Underbite.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Seems I'm missing a piece keepin' me in robot mode. THAT'S BECAUSE I ATE IT! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TakaraTomy-Transformers-Adventure-Series-TAV-06-Underbite.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Darn it Japan! You don't brighten my purple to make it too pretty! ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]

*'''Underbite''' (One Step Changers, 2015)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[March 21|3-21]]-2015'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TAV-06'''

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#One-Step Changers|One Step Changer]]s, Underbite changes from a Cybertronian four-wheeled tank-like car-thing into a Chompazoid. His spring-loaded transformation to each mode is triggered by pressing his back legs together. The back of his beast-head has a spring-loaded lever that activates his bitey-jaw gimmick.

: He is adorable.

: Like all ''Robots in Disguise'' toys, he has a bordered [[insignia]] on the top of his head/vehicle roof. However, it can't be scanned while he's still in-package, as it's behind the front-bubble instructions.

: The TakaraTomy release of Underbite features a brighter shade of his purple plastic, and a different scan-badge, which is compatible with the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

: Caution should be used with his transformation, as many early samples would lose the ability to lock into robo-[[beast mode]] with rigorous/repeated squeezing of the haunches (vehicle is the "default" state, beast mode relies on a tensed spring to stay locked in). This also shares to his Japanese release too. Also, Underbite cannot accommodate with [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Stomp .26 Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]] due to him being quadrupedal.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/OSCUnderbite/underbite.htm More information on One-Step Changer Underbite at TFU.info]''
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[[File:RID2015-One-Step-Changers-Collection-6-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Robots in Disguise Collection''' (6-pack, 2015)

:A 6-pack featuring the One-Step figures of [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Bumblebee]], [[Steeljaw (RID)#RIDCollection|Steeljaw]], [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#RIDCollection|Grimlock]], [[Sideswipe (RID)#RIDCollection|Sideswipe]], Underbite (all of them unchanged from their individual releases), and a new One-Step [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#RIDCollection|Optimus Prime]] figure available only in this set. This set was exclusive to [[Target]] stores in the United States and to [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Canada.

: Sideswipe, Steeljaw, Underbite, and Bumblebee's badges are all scannable in-package.
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====Legion Class====
{{anchor|LegionClass}}
[[File:RID2015LegionUnderbite.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|Headin' for cuteness.]]
*'''Underbite''' (Legion Class, 2015)

:Part of the third wave of ''Robots in Disguise'' Legion Class series, Underbite transforms into a Cybertronian four-wheeled tank-like car-thing into a Chompazoid.

: Like all ''Robots in Disguise'' toys, he has a bordered [[insignia]] is on the top of his vehicle rear/beast mode butt.
{{-}}{{anchor|Clash of the Transformers}}

[[File:RID2015-CotT-2-pack-Underbite.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|With my added bright green, I am 100% more stealthy!]]
*'''Underbite''' (Clash of the Transformers 2-pack, 2015)

:Packaged with Bumblebee, this Underbite is a stealth-themed redeco of the Legion Class figure above. The 2-pack is currently released as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TRULegUnderbite/underbite.htm More information on ''Clash of the Transformers'' Underbite at TFU.info]''
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[[File:TAV-35-EZ-Collection-Underbite.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Overbite (disambiguation)|Overbite]] and underbite and then up for [[Sky-Byte (disambiguation)|airbite]]...]]
*'''Autobot VS Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 4-pack, 2015)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV35'''

:Available for this set, this version of Underbite is a redeco of the original Legion Class toy, featuring a different shade of purple, and features additional paint details. He was released as a four-pack along with [[Steeljaw (RID)#TAV35|Steeljaw]], [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#TAV35|Optimus Prime]], and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#TAV35|Grimlock]].

:Unlike the Hasbro release, the toy features no scan-badges on the toy, instead it was printed on one small card, along with the other 3 badges.

:Like the rest of the ''Adventure'' EZ Collection sets, some online retailers like Amazon Japan were still selling it 2 years later at greatly reduced prices (70% off).

:His vehicle mode is mistransformed: His front legs are not rotated.
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===''Kre-O''===
{{anchor|UnderbiteJetpackTakedown}}
[[File:Underbite kreon.JPG|thumb|150px]]
*'''Underbite Jetpack Takedown''' (2015)
**'''Set Number''':B0950
**'''Kreons''': Optimus Prime, Underbite, Ped
**'''Pieces''': 189

:Available only in the Underbite Jetpack Takedown set, this set comes with both the Kreon and the buildable larger version of himself. As for his Kreon version, he reuses Knock Out's helmet, and a pair of Starscream's null ray-ish arm cannons. Also: his Kreon is bipedal rather than quadrupedal. The larger build version of Underbite features a firing missile on his back. Additional Kreons included in this set are a jetpack-equipped Optimus Prime and [[Ped]].

:The set was first released in Taiwan and Singapore from January 2015, and later in Canada and the US (liquidated almost exclusively through TJ Maxx/Marshalls stores) from May 2015.

==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Underbite.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|oh god he's like a tiny pitbull puppy wanna give him bacon and squeezy toys]]
*'''Underbite''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''7/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this super-adorable version of Underbite is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in his beast-robot mode.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Decepticon/TTUnderbite/underbite.htm More information on ''Tiny Titans'' Underbite at TFU.info]''
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===McDonald's===
[[File:RID15-toy UnderbiteMcD.jpg|right|thumb|200px|If you thought plastic clogged him up bad, just wait til you see what the McNuggets do.]]
*'''Underbite''' (Happy Meal toy, 2015)
**''McNumber'': '''5'''

: Part of the ''Robots in Disguise'' [[McDonald's]] Happy Meal promotion in April and May of 2015 (alongside ''[[My Little Pony]]''), McUnderbite is a non-transforming action figure of the beast-bot. Pushing down on his haunches sets him into a slow, steady rise until he suddenly jumps up, snapping at the air with his flappy-head.

: The bag he comes in and instruction sheet have a scan-badge that unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item. This badge is the same for all of the ''Robots in Disguise'' Happy Meal bags and instructions.

: Underbite can also be scanned into the McDonald's [[McPlay]] app, which recognizes the toy's silhouette. Doing so unlocks Underbite's version of the "[[Stasis Pod Battle]]" game.
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===''Radz''===
*'''Underbite''' (Radz candy dispenser, 2015)
**''Blindbag code'': '''D'''

: The [[Radz]] candy-dispenser version of Underbite is a plastic spheroid with feet, spiky "hair", and a keychain fob. Pulling the hair back opens the toy's "mouth" and projects a little bowl-like tongue, dispensing a single colored sugar pellet. The hair can be taken off to refill the dispenser, and swapped with any other Radz.

:Underbite was available both on a card with a clear bubble, and in a blindpacked baggie, though the bag has a code number on the back under the "best by" date that tells you what's inside (only the last letter is the important part). Both versions come with a bag of sugar pellets, and a mini-poster with a collection checklist on the back.

===''Transformers Adventure Gum''===
*'''Fixit & Underbite''' (2016)

:Part of the new ''Adventure'' subline of the Transformers Gum series, this Underbite is a fully-transformable snap-fit kit based on his One-Step Changer toy, going from doggy-bot to Cybertronic land cruiser and back. He is molded in black and blue plastic, with customer-applied stickers for detailing.

:The kit is bundled with a similarly-buildable [[Fixit (RID)#Transformers Adventure Gum|Fixit]].

==Notes==
*When asked about Underbite's ultimate fate, [[Adam Beechen]] stated in a deleted blog post that he was brought back with the other imprisoned Decepticons to Cybertron after the events of "[[Freedom Fighters]]".

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Underbite''' (アンダーバイト ''Andābaito'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Kuáng Yǎo''' (China, 狂咬, "Maniac Biting"), '''Bàoyá''' (China, 暴牙, "Snaggleteeth")

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[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
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Overload (RID)

2023-07-09T14:44:08Z

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{{disambig3|Overload}}
:''Overload is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015 Overload BoxArt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent and most of all, my operating system, Windows Vista.]]

Raise the curtain and let '''Overload''' take center stage—the most daring, dashing [[Decepticon]] saboteur and spy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has ever known. No mere bit player is he; this roguish thespian combines his natural strength and impenetrable armor plating with the quick wit and charisma befitting a lead player. If Overload has ''any'' weakness, it's perhaps that his own vanity overrides his better tactical judgment, particularly when it comes to that utter plebeian [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Sometimes, he's partnered with the [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]]s [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]].

{{quote|Hello? Are you not listening? This is quality stagecraft, you savage!|Overload|"[[Overloaded, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Once, Overload shot a Cyclone at a young Slipstream, which stole his first ball bearing, causing him to go live a life of crime. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} When the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crashed on Earth, his stasis pod was lost. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dave Fennoy]] (English), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese)|[[Tamás Bognár]] (Hungarian), [[Giorgio Bonino]] (Italian), [[Olivier Francart]] (French), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French, ''Decepticon Island''), [[Ronald Nitschke]] (German), [[Raúl Solo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:IllusionaryDecepticon.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Wearing a costume, pretending to be someone else; it goes against my every instinct as an actor."]]
During the war on Cybertron, Overload was the top spy for the Decepticons and his work resulted in the destruction of a number of Autobot installations, and the injuring of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Optimus Prime’s rookie scout]]. Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] found Overload out and stopped him. He was placed in stasis and eventually stored aboard the ''Alchemor''. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

While Optimus Prime was training in the [[Realm of the Primes]], [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] created an illusionary Decepticon resembling Overload to test him. The robot, physically identical to Overload save for his lack of a head, deployed his Mini-Cons to terminate a group of humans who had made their way into the [[Realm of the Primes]]. The robot spent most of his time just standing around while his Mini-Cons did most of the dirty work. Overload and the Mini-Cons were ultimately defeated when Optimus climbed a hill to activate his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and it turned out the Decepticons and humans were mere illusions. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

[[File:Overloadedpart1-Overload.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I was all of history's great acting robots: Acting Unit 0.8, Thespo-mat, David Duchovny!"]]
After reviving from stasis, Overload sensed Optimus Prime and went looking for his old foe. Arriving in the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], he found only [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. He dealt with them and opted to head for [[Crown City]], reasoning he could draw out Prime by threatening humans, and on the way teamed up with the [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} Overload found a human vehicle which he began smashing as a warm up to the main show, until Bumblebee found him. Though Overload proved more than a match for the Autobot, Bumblebee managed to turn the two Mini-Cons on him, and render him unconscious with a punch. Overload was carted back to the scrapyard to get stored away. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] broke into the scrapyard, he deactivated Overload's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster [[Glowstrike]]'s forces. When [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they were inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "[[Steeljaw's Pack|elite warriors]]". {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Overload gathered with Steeljaw's other remaining followers on the roof of the ''Island'', where Steeljaw updated them on his plans to overthrow Glowstike, until she and [[Saberhorn]] arrived to talk with Steeljaw alone. {{storylink|Portals}}

[[File:DecepticonIslandP2-TimeToLeaveTheStage.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Don't tell me how to do humble! My humble ranks among the greatest in the history of the universe!"]]

Overload was present after the Autobots staged a raid on the Decepticon base, and were subsequently surrounded by the base's occupants. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Though the rest of the Autobots managed to escape at this time, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was captured, and Overload was tasked with guarding her (much to his chagrin as he wanted to fight Optimus or at least Bumblebee). He still got to fight someone, as [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] came to rescue his prisoner. He was able to subdue them, but [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] slipped away as Drift was put in another pod. The Mini-Cons managed to free Windblade and Ratchet, and after delivering a decisive blow to Overload's face, the Autobots were able to stuff their would-be-captor into a pod of his own. Overload's stasis pod was then taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by Optimus Prime, Windblade and Ratchet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

{{--}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy OverloadDeployer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well, I do owe you for giving me this unholy... ACTING.... ''TALENT''! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-46-Overload.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you want Calculon to race to the laser gun battle in his hover-Ferrari, press one. If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press two. Enter now. ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Overload & Backtrack''' (Deployer, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV46'''

: Part of the second assortment of [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s, Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank. In this mode, the front clamp between his treads can be loaded with any [[Cyclone]]-style Mini-Con —such as his pack-in partner [[Backtrack (RID)#Toys|Backtrack]]— and launched by pushing the trigger on Overload's gunbarrel. (You ''can'' wedge (ha) Torpedo-style Mini-Cons into this launcher, but they don't hold very well.) This launcher will not work if the small "safety" on his tank mode underside is not pushed in, either by setting him on a flat surface or by doing so manually. This launcher is also inoperable in robot mode, though at least you can still store a Cyclone in it. His tank barrel has tabs to mount Backtrack's blaster accessories.

: His shoulders have an undocumented feature, small tabs that allow you to attach Mini-Cons to them via the armor-sprue attachment points. Obviously Cyclones fit best, but Torpedos can attach as well, albeit slightly awkwardly. Buzzsaws have ridges that prevent them from attaching securely, however.

: Overload also has a battle mask, which is both intended to cover his face in vehicle mode and also homage the rectangle-eye of the illusionary Decepticon warrior from "[[Out of Focus]]".

: His [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] scan-badge is located on his right forearm, impossible to scan while still in-box.

: The ''Adventure'' release of Overload features extensive paint details to resemble his appearances in the cartoon. He also features a scan-badge, which was compatible to the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Overload/overload.htm More information on Deployers Overload at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Overload Tank mode.jpg|thumb|300px|Overload's vehicle mode in the ''Cyclone Deployers'' commercial.]]
*Overload's appearance in "[[The Power of Dibs]]" depicts him as having the same headless design as the illusionary Decepticon in "[[Out of Focus]]", which is ironic considering his love for his own face. It also seems to suggest he shared the same stasis pod with the Cyclone Mini-Cons, despite them apparently meeting each other for the first time later in the cartoon.
*Though his toy turns into a tank, Overload never transforms in any of his appearances in the series. However, he is seen transforming in a commercial, suggesting he did have an animated model for his alternate mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Overload''' (オーバーロード ''Ōbārōdo'')

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Steeljaw's Pack]]

Overload (RID)

2023-07-09T14:41:39Z

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{{factions|decepticon|}}
{{disambig3|Overload}}
:''Overload is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RID2015 Overload BoxArt.jpg|300px|thumb|right|I'd like to thank the Academy, my agent and most of all, my operating system, Windows Vista.]]

Raise the curtain and let '''Overload''' take center stage—the most daring, dashing [[Decepticon]] saboteur and spy [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] has ever known. No mere bit player is he; this roguish thespian combines his natural strength and impenetrable armor plating with the quick wit and charisma befitting a lead player. If Overload has ''any'' weakness, it's perhaps that his own vanity overrides his better tactical judgment, particularly when it comes to that utter plebeian [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]. Sometimes, he's partnered with the [[Cyclone]] [[Mini-Con]]s [[Backtrack (RID)|Backtrack]] and [[Ransack (RID Mini-Con)|Ransack]].

{{quote|Hello? Are you not listening? This is quality stagecraft, you savage!|Overload|"[[Overloaded, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' shorts===
Once, Overload shot a Cyclone at a young Slipstream, which stole his first ball bearing, causing him to go live a life of crime. {{storylink|The Tragedy of Slipstream}} When the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' crashed on Earth, his stasis pod was lost. {{storylink|The Power of Dibs}}

===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Dave Fennoy]] (English), [[Masaki Aizawa]] (Japanese)|[[Tamás Bognár]] (Hungarian), [[Giorgio Bonino]] (Italian), [[Olivier Francart]] (French), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French, ''Decepticon Island''), [[Ronald Nitschke]] (German), [[Raúl Solo]] (Latin-American Spanish)}}

[[File:IllusionaryDecepticon.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Wearing a costume, pretending to be someone else; it goes against my every instinct as an actor."]]
During the war on Cybertron, Overload was the top spy for the Decepticons and his work resulted in the destruction of a number of Autobot installations, and the injuring of [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Optimus Prime’s rookie scout]]. Eventually, [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] found Overload out and stopped him. He was placed in stasis and eventually stored aboard the ''Alchemor''. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}}

While Optimus Prime was training in the [[Realm of the Primes]], [[Micronus Prime|Micronus]] created an illusionary Decepticon resembling Overload to test him. The robot, physically identical to Overload save for his lack of a head, deployed his Mini-Cons to terminate a group of humans who had made their way into the [[Realm of the Primes]]. The robot spent most of his time just standing around while his Mini-Cons did most of the dirty work. Overload and the Mini-Cons were ultimately defeated when Optimus climbed a hill to activate his [[Prime Decepticon Hunter]] and it turned out the Decepticons and humans were mere illusions. {{storylink|Out of Focus}}

[[File:Overloadedpart1-Overload.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"I was all of history's great acting robots: Acting Unit 0.8, Thespo-mat, David Duchovny!"]]
After reviving from stasis, Overload sensed Optimus Prime and went looking for his old foe. Arriving in the [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|scrapyard]], he found only [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]], [[Strongarm (RID)|Strongarm]] and [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]]. He dealt with them and opted to head for [[Crown City]], reasoning he could draw out Prime by threatening humans, and on the way teamed up with the [[Cyclone]] Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 1}} Overload found a human vehicle which he began smashing as a warm up to the main show, until Bumblebee found him. Though Overload proved more than a match for the Autobot, Bumblebee managed to turn the two Mini-Cons on him, and render him unconscious with a punch. Overload was carted back to the scrapyard to get stored away. {{storylink|Overloaded, Part 2}}

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] broke into the scrapyard, he deactivated Overload's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster [[Glowstrike]]'s forces. When [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they were inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "[[Steeljaw's Pack|elite warriors]]". {{storylink|Misdirection}}

Overload gathered with Steeljaw's other remaining followers on the roof of the ''Island'', where Steeljaw updated them on his plans to overthrow Glowstike, until she and [[Saberhorn]] arrived to talk with Steeljaw alone. {{storylink|Portals}}

[[File:DecepticonIslandP2-TimeToLeaveTheStage.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"Don't tell me how to do humble! My humble ranks among the greatest in the history of the universe!"]]

Overload was present after the Autobots staged a raid on the Decepticon base, and were subsequently surrounded by the base's occupants. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Though the rest of the Autobots managed to escape at this time, [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] was captured, and Overload was tasked with guarding her (much to his chagrin as he wanted to fight Optimus or at least Bumblebee). He still got to fight someone, as [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and [[Drift (RID)|Drift]] came to rescue his prisoner. He was able to subdue them, but [[Slipstream (RID)|Slipstream]] and [[Jetstorm (RID)|Jetstorm]] slipped away as Drift was put in another pod. The Mini-Cons managed to free Windblade and Ratchet, and after delivering a decisive blow to Overload's face, the Autobots were able to stuff their would-be-captor into a pod of his own. Overload's stasis pod was then taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by Optimus Prime, Windblade and Ratchet. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

{{--}}

==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|Robots in Disguise}}}}

==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
[[File:RID15-toy OverloadDeployer.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Well, I do owe you for giving me this unholy... ACTING.... ''TALENT''! ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-46-Overload.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|If you want Calculon to race to the laser gun battle in his hover-Ferrari, press one. If you want Calculon to double-check his paperwork, press two. Enter now. ''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Overload & Backtrack''' (Deployer, 2016)
**''Japanese ID Number:'' '''TAV46'''

: Part of the second assortment of [[Deployer (WFC)|Deployer]]s, Overload transforms into a Cybertronian tank. In this mode, the front clamp between his treads can be loaded with any [[Cyclone]]-style Mini-Con —such as his pack-in partner [[Backtrack (RID)#Toys|Backtrack]]— and launched by pushing the trigger on Overload's gunbarrel. (You ''can'' wedge (ha) Torpedo-style Mini-Cons into this launcher, but they don't hold very well.) This launcher will not work if the small "safety" on his tank mode underside is not pushed in, either by setting him on a flat surface or by doing so manually. This launcher is also inoperable in robot mode, though at least you can still store a Cyclone in it. His tank barrel has tabs to mount Backtrack's blaster accessories.

: His shoulders have an undocumented feature, small tabs that allow you to attach Mini-Cons to them via the armor-sprue attachment points. Obviously Cyclones fit best, but Torpedos can attach as well, albeit slightly awkwardly. Buzzsaws have ridges that prevent them from attaching securely, however.

: Overload also has a battle mask, which is both intended to cover his face in vehicle mode and also homage the rectangle-eye of the illusionary Decepticon warrior from "[[Out of Focus]]".

: His [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]] scan-badge is located on his right forearm, impossible to scan while still in-box.

: The ''Adventure'' release of Overload features extensive paint details to resemble his appearances in the cartoon. He also features a scan-badge, which was compatible to the ''Transformers Chronicle'' app.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/Overload/overload.htm More information on Deployers Overload at TFU.info]''
{{--}}

==Notes==
[[File:Overload Tank mode.jpg|thumb|300px|Overload's vehicle mode in the Cyclone Deployers commercial.]]
*Overload's appearance in "[[The Power of Dibs]]" depicts him as having the same headless design as the illusionary Decepticon in "[[Out of Focus]]", which is ironic considering his love for his own face. It also seems to suggest he shared the same stasis pod with the Cyclone Mini-Cons, despite them apparently meeting each other for the first time later in the cartoon.
*Though his toy turns into a tank, Overload never transforms in any of his appearances in the series. However, he is seen transforming in a commercial, suggesting he did have an animated model for his alternate mode.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Overload''' (オーバーロード ''Ōbārōdo'')

[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Spies]]
[[Category:Steeljaw's Pack]]

File:Overload Tank mode.jpg

2023-07-09T14:38:58Z

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[[Overload (RID)|Overload]] in [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]].
{{Commercialscreencap|source=the commercial for [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] [[Cyclone]] [[Deployer_(WFC)#Mini-Con_Deployers|Deployers]]|owner=[[Hasbro]]}}

Clawtrap

2023-07-09T14:14:02Z

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{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Clawtrap is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''
[[File:RiD 2015 Mighty Big Trouble Clawtrap.jpg|thumb|right|350px|You just activated my Clawtrap card!]]

If anyone is leading the ragtag crew of [[Scavenger (RID 2015)|Scavengers]], it's '''Clawtrap'''. When it comes to digging up old Cybertronian relics, Clawtrap leads by example, such as stealing [[Thermidor]]'s old rusty ship. And if more persuasion is need, he's not afraid to mete out some old-fashioned violence, though a threat is usually just enough.

He'd prefer to be partnered with that high-flying [[Aerobolt]]. But since that ungrateful bird thinks he's too good for him, he'll settle for [[Bashbreaker]]. After all, if those Mini-Cons want his protection, they have to do what he says.

==Ficiton==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[André Sogliuzzo]] (English), [[Haruo Yamagishi]] (Japanese)|[[Michele Radice]] (Italian), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Helmut Gauß]] (German)}}
[[File:MiniConMadness Clawtrap sword.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A COSTLY MISTAKE]]
Clawtrap was unhappy when [[Scatterspike (RID)|Scatterspike]] returned empty-handed from a scavenging mission, but told her the planet still harbored great treasures. {{storylink|Strongarm's Big Score}} He dispatched Thermidor and [[Tricerashot]] to find another relic, and had to put up with Thermidor's complaining over the comm. When the pair were defeated, he forcibly hauled them back through the [[GroundBridge]]. {{storylink|Pretzel Logic}}

Clawtrap and his crew followed a signal to an automated vessel, from which they were able to retrieve the [[Dark Star Saber]] from the sea floor. Clawtrap's joy was short-lived, as the Mini-Cons abruptly stole their [[Weaponizers' ship|sub-orbital craft]], and [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]] arrived through a GroundBridge to claim the sword. Starscream demanded the location of the Mini-Cons, and when Clawtrap revealed they'd already fled, Starscream sent him flying into the ocean with a swipe of the sword. {{storylink|Mighty Big Trouble}} Swearing vengeance on Starscream, Clawtrap and his crew attempted to hunt down the Mini-Cons, and indeed found them, however the Mini-Cons had teamed up with [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and Team Bee. With the use of the relics they'd recovered, the scavengers put up a decent fight against the Autobots and trapped them in an energy net, only for Starscream to swoop in and snatch up the Mini-Cons. {{storylink|Mini-Con Madness (RID)|Mini-Con Madness}} Thanks to Thermidor, the Autobots escaped their net and, with some help from Tricerashot, defeated the scavengers and put them in restraints; Clawtrap and his crew were then secured by Optimus Prime aboard [[Prime Force One|his ship]] for transport back to Cybertron and justice. {{storylink|Worthy}}
{{--}}

==Notes==
*Clawtrap shares a [[body-type]] with [[Clampdown (RID)|Clampdown]], though he lacks eyestalks.
*Clawtrap was called "'''Scuttle'''" in development. This preliminary name was used in Thermidor's online toy bio.<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/product/transformers-rid-combiner-force-warriors-class-thermidor:CAA2ACC0-5056-9047-F524-83544072E6E4 TRANSFORMERS: RID COMBINER FORCE WARRIORS CLASS THERMIDOR listing]</ref>
*Despite his bodyform relative Clampdown receiving both toys and a vehicle mode, Clawtrap is strictly cartoon-only and never transformed throughout all of his appearances. The size of Clampdown's transformable toys might be a main factor, as his teammates all have Warrior Class-sized figures while the only transforming Clampdown was a measly Legion.
*Clawtrap is also the only member of the Scavengers that didn't got any toys.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Clawtrap''' (クロートラップ ''Kurōtorappu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Cartoon-only Transformers]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Thieves]]

Roll for It

2023-07-08T15:31:15Z

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{{episode
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|ep=5
|series2=SRLFtoon
|ep2=5
|prev2=Transport to Oblivion (episode)
|next2=Divide and Conquer
|series3=''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (cartoon)|Transformers: Generation 2]]''
|ep3=26
|prev3=Transport to Oblivion (episode)
|next3=Changing Gears
|image=RollForIt SoundwavescansChip.jpg
|caption=Soundwave ''is'' an adult.
|title="Roll for It"
|season=1
|season ep=5
|production code=#700-02
|airdate=[[October 13]], 1984
|written by=[[Douglas Booth]]
|animation studio=[[Toei Animation|Toei]], [[Ashi Productions]], [[Nakamura Production]]
|production company=[[Sunbow Productions]]
|continuity=[[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
|video=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eFZuvZ99NY
|videosite=YouTube
}}

'''The Decepticons seek a powerful antimatter formula, and the Autobots with their new human ally Chip Chase try to stop them.'''

==Synopsis==
[[File:RollForIt Bluestreak cannonfire.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Bluestreak, we need energon stars, quick!]]
[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]], still in command of the [[Decepticon]]s after [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s disappearance in the [[Space bridge|Space Bridge]], leads [[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] in attacking a hydroelectric power generator. The Autobots respond quickly, as [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrives with an assault team. The battle is short, as a thrown piece of equipment destroys the Decepticon store of [[energon cube]]s. With little to show for their efforts, the Decepticons retreat. Optimus Prime sends [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] and [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] to follow them.

[[File:RollForIt Spacebridge recieves.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|A storm approaches.]]
Meanwhile, on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Megatron resumes contact with Earth. Despite his absence, Megatron commands that their scheduled attack on an antimatter laboratory will continue as planned in five billion astroseconds. The battle-damaged [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] set out to find repair parts in the interim, to be ready for the attack, while Megatron boards the Space Bridge for transit back to Earth.

[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] drives [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] and [[Chip Chase]] to the isolated antimatter laboratory where Chip works. As the security guard punches the access code to let them in, his actions are carefully spied on by [[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]], who is perched outside in camera mode snapping shots. Inside the massive lab, Chip and Spike are greeted by [[Alcazar|Doctor Alcazar]], who gives Chase a 5.25-inch [[floppy disk]] that will enable Chip's home computer to interface with the one at the lab.

[[File:RollForIt Bumblebeeattacked.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Yes and no, it's Laserbeak!]]
As Bumblebee drives away, he is attacked by [[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]]. Spike directs Bumblebee to take cover in the underground parking garage. With Bumblebee having escaped, Megatron realizes Optimus Prime might be tipped off to their laboratory attack. Rather than wait for Starscream and his team, Megatron orders an immediate strike.

Bumblebee drives Chip home, where the young scientist hopes to warn the lab of the impending attack. Bumblebee tries to call in Prowl and Bluestreak as backup, but they're tied up attacking Starscream's group, who are raiding the Ace Aircraft Factory for parts.

Megatron's attack group arrives at the antimatter laboratory. Reflector punches in the access code, and the Decepticons march inside. Doctor Alcazar receives Chip's online warning at the last possible moment, and succeeds in erasing the antimatter formula from his computer. Megatron detects that Alcazar has uploaded the formula to someone else. He lets Alcazar go.

[[File:RollForIt ProwlshootsRavage.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|BAD KITTY!]]
In the aircraft factory, Prowl is injured by Soundwave's blasts, and his [[battle computer]] goes offline. Desperate, Prowl scans for another online computer to hook up to. Traversing the phone lines, his signals find Chip's computer, which has also received Doctor Alcazar's antimatter formula. Chip assumes control of Prowl, using his desktop terminal to guide Prowl through combat maneuvers. With Chip in command, Prowl takes control of one of the surplus jets, and fires its rockets at the Decepticons. Starscream and his cohorts flee the battle.

Megatron determines where Alcazar sent the formula, and communicates the location to Starscream and his team. Soundwave dispatches [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] to retrieve Chip. Chip memorizes the antimatter formula and destroys all evidence of it just as Ravage breaks in to his house and fetches him. The Decepticons take Chip to the antimatter laboratory, where the Autobots are just arriving. Prime sees that the Decepticons have a human hostage, and begins formulating a plan involving [[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] and [[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]]. These deceptive Autobots are able to outsmart perimeter guard Rumble with their holographic ruses, allowing them and Bumblebee to sneak past.

Inside, Soundwave uses his scanning abilities to extract the formula from Chip's brain. Megatron orders Chip disposed of, and begins creating antimatter with the equipment in his lab. Just as Thundercracker moves in to terminate Chip, the infiltrating Autobots attack. Bumblebee and Spike rescue Chip, and the Autobots race away, taking Chip to safety.

Next, Optimus strikes, driving through the lab walls and unleashing his warriors. But it may be too late, as Megatron throws an antimatter-powered energon cube at the Autobots, creating a tremendous explosion.

[[File:RollForIt Sunstreak JetJudo.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|And you thought surfing the roof of a boxcar was cool.]]
Injured Autobots emerge from the devastated laboratory. Prime orders a retreat to headquarters, so that his soldiers can tend to badly needed repairs. The Autobots limp back to the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]], where [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] and [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]] immediately get to work. Chip laments his inability to keep the antimatter formula from falling into Megatron's hands, but [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] tries to console him. He's got a plan for the formula, and could use Chip and Spike's help.

[[File:RollForIt Megatron chestycubes.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|[[Breastforce]] Megatron.]]
The next day, the Decepticons, powered by antimatter energon cubes, attack Autobot headquarters. Megatron turns into pistol mode, and Starscream fires his antimatter-bolstered bolts into the Autobot ranks. Prime manages to knock the pistol from Starscream's grip, and [[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] recovers the weapon. Just then, Chip affixes a control device onto Skywarp's ankle, a transmitter that enables [[Teletraan I]] to take control of the Decepticon warrior.

Under Autobot control, Skywarp begins shooting randomly into the countryside, and Megatron's antimatter ignition temperature reaches near critical. He transforms into [[robot mode]] and expels the remaining antimatter energon from his body. It detonates, devastating the Decepticon forces. Megatron orders a retreat, but swears vengeance. Meanwhile, the Autobots congratulate Chip for his heroics.
{{--}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|c1=
*[[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] (5)
*[[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] (6)
*[[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] (7)
*[[Cliffjumper (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cliffjumper]] (8)
*[[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (9)
*[[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] (14)
*[[Gears (G1)|Gears]] (20)
*[[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] (21)
*[[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] (22)
*[[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] (23)
*[[Sunstreaker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sunstreaker]] (24)
*[[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] (25)
*[[Hound (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hound]] (26)
*[[Mirage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Mirage]] (27)
*[[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] (28)
*[[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]] (30)
|c2=
*[[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] (1)
*[[Thundercracker (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Thundercracker]] (2)
*[[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] (3)
*[[Skywarp (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Skywarp]] (4)
*[[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] (10)
*[[Shockwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Shockwave]] (11)
*[[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] (12)
*[[Laserbeak (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Laserbeak]] (13)
*[[Reflector (G1)|Reflector]] (17)
*[[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] (19)
|c3=
*[[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] (15)
*[[Chip Chase]] (16)
*[[Alcazar]] (18)
*[[Sparkplug Witwicky]] (29)
}}

==Quotes==
"Can the chat and start kickin' pig-iron!"
:—'''Brawn'''

"Starscream! Thundercracker! You two look like Optimus Prime ran you through a laser-powered trash compactor!"
:—'''Megatron'''

"There. That was the last bit of info I needed. Stealing the antimatter formula is gonna be a piece of oil tank!"
:—'''Reflector'''

"Now ''this'' is a human after my own central processor!"
:—'''Prowl''', commenting on Chip's computer-control

"There's no one here! I must have static in my rectifiers." 
"Now that's the smartest thing you've said all day!" 
(''flattered'') "R-really? ...Hey, what's going on!"
:—'''Rumble''', hoodwinked by '''Mirage''' and Hound

"Gosh! You guys look like the guests of honor at a 50-car pile-up!"
:—'''Sparkplug Witwicky'''

"You may not be an Autobot, but when you rolled for broke back there you sure could've fooled me."
:—'''Bumblebee''' congratulating Chip

==Notes==
===Production information===
* First draft script: 15 June 1984
* Revised by [[Ron Friedman]]: 26 June 1984
* Finalised script: 2 July 1984
* Dialogue recording: ([[Dan Gilvezan]] not present for main session, later pick-up session required)
* Returned to the US for telecine: 2 October 1984
* Official Sunbow Productions synopsis:
:''Spike's friend, Chip, a handicapped computer genius, accidentally becomes involved in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons. Having access to a secret energy formula the Decepticons want, the evil robots kidnap Chip from his home and try to extricate the formula from the boy's brain. Spike and the Autobots rescue Chip, and with the handicapped boy's help, defeat the Decepticons.''

===Continuity notes===
*The Space Bridge, which first appeared in "[[Transport to Oblivion (episode)|Transport to Oblivion]]", reappears in this episode. It's much more stable now; Megatron just strolls in and takes a trip home.
*Gadgets and powers:
**Bumblebee can reconfigure his interior to accommodate Chip's wheelchair and turn his door into an entry ramp.
**Bumblebee also demonstrates the ability to actually transform into vehicle mode ''around'' humans, taking them in as passengers.
**Prowl uses a pair of head-antennae to contact Chip's computer.
**Soundwave demonstrates his mind-reading abilities, extracting the anti-matter formula from Chip's brain by placing his fingers on his head.
**Megatron can detect specific computer activity by placing his hand over the machine.
**Soundwave bizarrely activates the lab computer by zapping it with an energy beam from his fingertip... which lights up his ''entire arm''.
**Thundercracker, who was loaded with energon cubes, transforms and materializes two of the cubes in his hands, one of many instances lending credit to the fandom theories of [[subspace storage pocket|subspace]] and the like.
**The para-sail like parachute used by Mirage in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 3]]" is shown again, this time used by Sideswipe and Sunstreaker.
**And of course, Hound uses his hologram abilities (to disguise himself as a boulder rolling across the desert), and Mirage becomes invisible (doing so without the usual glowing cuboid surrounding him.)
*Megatron orders the jets to meet him in "five billion astroseconds"—time enough for them to replace some parts and have a short battle. Last episode, a mere "6,000 astroseconds" was an intolerably long wait for the space bridge to re-open, and time enough for a whole series of side adventures. Next episode, the space bridge will materialize "within 72 billion astroseconds", seeming to imply that this is not too long a time.
*Megatron's use of the anti-matter cubes would seem to be a sidelong callback to one of his tech spec abilities, wherein he can use the anti-matter of an inter-dimensionally linked black hole to create a highly destructive attack.
[[File:Prim Cola Sign.JPG|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*Signage in the city includes an ad for [[Prim Cola]].
*Chip's phone number is 94-7244. Strangely, he doesn't answer when you call him.
*Although difficult to hear on the audio track, the [[dialogue script]] clarifies that Sunstreaker mockingly calls Thundercracker "big noise" when attacking him - one of only a handful of references to Thundercracker's sonic boom power in the cartoon.
*The Decepticons are never shown [[The Insecticon Syndrome|losing the]] [[Carnage in C-Minor|antimatter formula]], yet they seem to have abandoned its use in future episodes.
*The partnership between Prowl and Chip in this episode is recalled in the ''[[Transformers: Alternators#Binaltech|Binaltech]]'' [[Story of Binaltech|story]] "[[Prowl & Chase]]".

===Real-world references===
*Cliffjumper uses the phrase "your friendly neighborhood Decepticon wreckers," a paraphrase of [[Spider-Man]]'s self-given nickname.
*The antimatter formula includes handwritten screens with the following written on them:

AH ONNAG HOSHII

DOKOKANI ee ONN

AGA ORANKNAA

KYOUMO HAYO KA

EETE NEYO

….. El HABARA

….. MOU DOUTEI

….. SUTETAKAI

….. SONOUTHI

….. TORUKO IKO

….. UZE

This appears to be a Japanese staff joke, as in English the text roughly translates:
"Gah, I need a woman. Ain't there any hot babes around? Let's call it a day, get home quick and hit the sack. Hey, Habara (likely [[Nobuyoshi Habara]]<ref>https://www18.atwiki.jp/sakuga/pages/309.html</ref>), did you pop your cherry yet? Let's go hit a {{w|Soapland|Turkish bath}} (a kind of brothel) some time."

===Animation or technical glitches===
*Coloring errors:
**Thundercracker is repeatedly depicted with Skywarp's colors in the opening scene, or in some cases, with Starscream's hue.
**Starscream's head is light gray instead of dark gray as he transforms and lands in the power plant.
**In the next shot, as Soundwave lands, Starscream's face is white instead of medium gray.
**Brawn's head is almost entirely yellow instead of gray as Cliffjumper bounces off of him.
**As Starscream raises the generator over his head, the whole side of Brawn's vehicle body is colored windshield-blue—metal panels and all.
**The tip and cockpit area of Starscream's nosecone is red as he flies away from the power plant.
**Starscream's air intakes are gray instead of red as Thundercracker scorns him.
**Shockwave's "ears" are purple instead of gray as Megatron lectures Starscream and Thundercracker. Megatron's symbol is a maroon red instead of purple.
**As they do barrel rolls, Thundercracker is a much deeper shade of blue than normal, and Starscream's air intakes are light gray instead of red.
**When he lauds Megatron's leadership, Thundercracker's left air intake is blue instead of gray.
**After he lands on the lab compound's wall, the tops of Reflector's torsos are light gray instead of purple. The error repeats in the last shot of him flying away.
**Thundercracker is colored as Skywarp when he delivers his "You don't have Prime and Brawn" line.
**When Bluestreak delivers his "not so fast" line, his crest (red) and gauntlets (dark gray) are all light gray. He also gets Megatron's fusion cannon sound effect for his laser blast.
**Prowl has white tires as he says his "my own central processor" line.
**When the Decepticons are fleeing the jets' base, Skywarp (who hasn't been shown before, except as a miscolored Thundercracker) appears besides Thundercracker and Starscream. Soundwave's tape door lacks its yellow outline as he retrieves Ravage.
**As Megatron orders Starscream to retrieve the formula, Thundercracker is the same toy-based dark blue as before. In the next shot, the front and back of Starscream's nosecone is red again. Alternate color models, perhaps?
**When he lands in the street outside Chip's house, the top of Starscream's air intake is gray instead of red.
**When Spike is shown in Bumblebee while the Autobots are on the highway, Spike's hair is blond instead of brown. Did he have a five-second dye job or something?
**Prime has whitewall tires as he orders the Autobots to "transform for action".
**When Megatron throws the antimatter energon cube, it is first colored black (meaning someone forgot to apply the glowing backlight effect), and then it's portrayed as empty (meaning someone forgot to color it in at all).
**When the Decepticons are loading the antimatter-powered energon cubes, two Starscreams are shown (one as a jet being loaded with energon cubes, and one as a robot listening to Megatron).
**As he watches the Autobots gab and natter, Ratchet's head crest is white instead of gray. In the same pan, Sideswipe's shoulder is white instead of red.
**In the shot of Prime giving his big speech, the blue of Prime's eyes was apparently drawn on the same layer as his faceplate, because when his mouthplate moves, his eyes flash from blue to white and back in perfect synch with it!
**Sunstreaker's windshield is yellow instead of white-blue as he delivers his "jet judo" line.
**Wheeljack's launcher is beige instead of light gray as he flees from the Seekers' fire.
**Megatron's face is mostly black as he transforms out of gun mode.
*As the plant worker calls for help, Starscream has gone from Soundwave's right side to his left, and Thundercracker has become Skywarp.
*As Soundwave prepares energon cubes, the interior of his chest-compartment is not illustrated, instead showing a solid wall of blue.
*Starscream's air intakes are missing as Prime wrestles the generator away from him.
*When Soundwave runs through what appears to be a chainlink volleyball net, the net is animated as if the background art is sliding, but the background is sitting still; the result is that the net seems to move ''toward'' Soundwave.
*As Soundwave escapes, Prowl transforms and gives chase, followed by Bluestreak. However, in the next shot, it's Bluestreak who knocks Soundwave over, even though Prowl was in the lead.
*After Starscream catches Soundwave, he pulls alongside Thundercracker... who has Starscream's colors.
*Bluestreak transforms to [[robot mode]] and shoots the jets. When Prime walks up to him and Prowl, however, ''Prowl'' is the one in robot mode, standing next to car mode Bluestreak. The next shot shows a closeup of Bluestreak in robot mode again... then back to the previous shot with Prowl in robot mode.
*Bluestreak doesn't move his mouth as he chuckles at Prime's order to not bite off more than he can chew.
*When Prowl (who was Bluestreak a second ago) transforms and drives off after the retreating Decepticons, he runs over Optimus Prime's foot. What a prick.
*Behind him, an "engine vibration" effect for Bluestreak has him strangely jiggling.
*Casey Kasem seems to have misparsed Bluestreak's "Come on, Prowl" as a statement of incredulity, which would make sense if he was reacting to a statement by Prowl—but it's ''Optimus'' who just warned him not to take on too much.
[[File:RollForIt securityguardconsole.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Please enter the square root of 685."]]
*Improbable viewpoints:
**While in [[Decepticon Headquarters (G1 Cybertron)|Decepticon Headquarters]] on Cybertron, Megatron gets a traveling view of Starscream and Thundercracker flying in jet mode on Earth.
*Shockwave's eye doesn't flash as he wishes Megatron a safe journey.
*The security guard's mouth doesn't move as he says "Welcome back".
*The security guard's access panel has digits 1-9 and a variety of mathematical commands (?!), yet lacks a zero.
*Bumblebee is abnormally small as he walks behind Chip and Spike, not more than eight feet tall.
*There's an audio editing error after they enter the laboratory. When Chip responds to Spike's "V.I.P." line, he calls him "Spy" - the "k" sound can then be heard at the start of Alcazar's next line.
*Bumblebee is drawn all sorts of ''wrong'' when the professor talks about Chip at the laboratory. For one scene, his roof chest becomes humongous, the Autobot symbol on it becomes mutilated, and his head looks squatter than usual. In the next scene, when he says "...and I thought you were just another pretty face", his forehead, nose and eyes are drawn rather oddly; his nose has no indentation at the top.
[[File:Diskette.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The most powerful storage medium ever created by mankind.]]
*The lab's computer is weird. It loads floppy disks backwards...unless the good doctor is befuddled and inserted the disk the wrong way.
*When Laserbeak attacks, Bumblebee is in the desert. An instant later, he's in a city (complete with underground parking.)
*The damage that Laserbeak inflicts on the parking garage just appears out of nowhere, with no lasers or explosions.
*When Megatron orders the attack on the laboratory, the Decepticon insignia on his chest is missing.
*As Megatron leads his crew to attack the lab, they are all shown using foot thrusters, in contradiction to the Decepticons' normally unexplained means of flight.
*When Bumblebee radios Prowl and Bluestreak, his voice is modulated as if coming over the radio... even though the scene is the inside of his own cabin.
*When they enter the jets' base, Prowl's and Bluestreak's Autobot insignias are not shown. When Bluestreak delivers his 'manifold-mouth' line, Prowl's mouth is also moving.
*As Starscream raises his arm to fire, his weapon is mounted on the front of his shoulder, rather than the side. (Either that or he twisted his arm at an impossible angle.)
*As the Decepticons land at the lab, Rumble's voice is heard laughing; however, it isn't electronically modulated, making him sound like a creepy old man.
*The security access door code is 2-9-5 when the security guard punches it and 4-7-2 when Reflector punches it in.
*When the jet Prowl takes a ride on fires missiles at the Decepticons, everything (inclusive of scaffolding, barrels and other jets) behind them is utterly vaporised, despite all logic dictating that there should be at least some debris. The walls of the hangar, however, remain unblemished.
*Prowl clearly fires all three missiles of the jet's right wing in sequence, yet after Starscream shouts "Let's get out of here!", the same footage of all three missiles being fired from the right wing in sequence is shown again.
*The shot of Soundwave ejecting Ravage to retrieve Chip is supposed to take place outdoors, but the background art is that of the hangar interior seen earlier.
[[File:RollForIt Chip Chase banners.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|He's graduated how many times now?]]
*When we see Chip's room through the window, he has a college pennant that reads USC, an odd choice for Chip. Later, his room has two different college pennants, one with the letters {{w|California State University, Northridge|CSUN}} and another with YAL (likely Yale, with the 'e' obscured by the SUN pennant). There's also a pennant with P-ERCE, meaning either {{w|Pierce College}} in Washington state or {{w|Los Angeles Pierce College}}.
*Ravage breaks through Chip's front door, taking most of a side window with him. After he opens Chip's bedroom door and absconds with the human, he leaps through the now-repaired side window, and the front door is undamaged as well.
*Ravage's leap over Soundwave is physically impossible as drawn; it only works due to some layer fudging—specifically, if Ravage were high enough to pass over Soundwave's shoulder, he would not then immediately land 20 feet directly below Soundwave's shoulder, on Starscream's fuselage. In the same shot, Soundwave's eject button is blue instead of white.
*Soundwave's line of dialogue, "Excellent, Ravage" is heard without [[Scott Brownlee]]'s sound processing, so that voice actor [[Frank Welker]]’s "Dr. Claw" voice is audible.
*Chip's street must be the width of an interstate, as both jets can easily fit in a single lane. In fact, Thundercracker only takes up ''half'' of the lane!
*Soundwave's insignia is missing after he extracts the formula from Chip's mind.
*Mirage's verbal jabs at Rumble come as though he were right next to him, despite being some distance away and in a constantly-changing location.
*Soundwave's mask is overdrawn as he kneels to activate the computer, giving him the appearance of having two large eyes.
*Megatron is missing the two polygons on either side of his chest in the thrice-recycled shot of him giving orders to the Decepticons.
*For some reason, Mirage's voice is radio-muffled as he says "Hold it right there!"
*Starscream is once again holding one of his arm-weapons in his hand as he threatens Bumblebee and the humans.
*The window that the escaping Autobots smash through is still intact after they crash through it.
*Appearing/disappearing Autobots:
**The group that bursts into the lab includes Sunstreaker, Jazz, Ratchet, Prowl and/or Bluestreak, and Hound. The group shown emerging from the lab is Prime, Trailbreaker, Ironhide, Bluestreak, and Wheeljack.
**Ratchet is shown as both a member of Prime's attack group, and also waiting for them to return at Autobot Headquarters.
*As Trailbreaker and Prowl transform, they show no damage until they reach [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], at which point various cracks appear out of nowhere.

*Wheeljack's "ears" flash orange in this episode, instead of their usual blue. The same inconsistency is found in "[[S.O.S. Dinobots]]", an episode with a similar style of animation - suggesting this was an alternate color model.
*The sky background behind Starscream is missing as he catches gun mode Megatron; it appears half-way through the shot, replacing a generic blue background.
*Starscream is missing his wing insignia as he fires Megatron and rants about how invincible he is.
*During his "now or never" lines, only the front of Wheeljack's ears flash.
*When Rumble calls for help when being fired on by Skywarp, Skywarp's mouth moves.
*Sunstreaker's mouth doesn't move as he congratulates Chip.
*The remastered DVD releases of this episode incorrectly use the closing credits from the [[More than Meets the Eye (mini-series)|pilot mini-series]] instead of the expanded Season 1 credits.

===Continuity errors===
*The "anti-matter" that the Decepticons create... can't really be anything of the sort. If it was, the entire laboratory, not to mention Megatron himself, would have been obliterated instantly. And anti-matter doesn't really have an "ignition temperature". Certainly the shots that Megatron fires can't be anti-matter, as it would completely annihilate anything it hit including his fusion cannon the second it was fired.
*When the security guard initially greets Chip, he is voiced by [[Chris Latta]]. A second later, when he welcomes Chip back to the lab, he is now voiced by [[Dan Gilvezan]], who performs all the character's remaining lines.
*Reflector is shown watching for the password to enter the lab. Considering how often the Decepticons are seen to just blast their way into whatever facility they want, the stealthy approach is unusual.
*Laserbeak's attack makes no sense. At this point, Spike, Bumblebee and Chip have nothing of value to the Decepticons, and attacking them (as Megatron points out!) merely serves to tip off the Autobots to the Decepticons' interest in the lab.
[[File:RollForIt TheInternets.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|64K of memory, but it can control an alien space robot.]]
*Chip's keyboard-based control of Prowl's elaborate movements seems highly improbable.
*Dropping their disguises ''before'' they enter the lab doesn't seem very clever on Mirage and Hound's part.
*[[Corey Burton]] uses a slightly different voice for Sunstreaker this episode, lacking the character's usual sharp, nasal tone. At least one line ("When we're done with 'em") sounds like it was read by Michael Bell.

*The USC pennant, possibly standing for the {{w|University of Southern California}}, which as an institution with a reputation as a 'party school' is an odd choice for somebody as academically accomplished as Chip; it might be the {{w|University of South Carolina}}, although this is unlikely, as largely only people in the Carolinas call that university "USC." However, the apparent {{w|Yale University|Yale}} pennant that appears later seems like a good fit for somebody of Chip's talent.
*While Chip tries desperately to contact Doctor Alcazar via his computer, he never tries with the piece of equipment right next to his computer: his telephone. Then again, prior to the spread of the internet in the 1990s, an average American home would only have ONE phone line, and it can be presumed that if his computer is connected to Dr. Alcazar's computer, then the phone line would be in use by the computer to communicate with it. For that matter, no phone was seen in Doctor Alcazar's lab...
*As noted above, the college pennants in Chip's room change between scenes. But why does he have pennants from three different universities?
*Flying Autobots:
**This early in the series, the "Autobots can't fly" convention hadn't quite been settled upon. Prowl makes an improbably huge leap at the jet plant.
**Bumblebee flies into the lab behind a distracted Rumble.
**Sunstreaker and Sideswipe fly out to defend Autobot Headquarters. At least Sideswipe has a [[jet pack|rocket pack]]!
*Superhuman Chip:
**When the Decepticons visit Chip's house to steal the antimatter formula, Chip memorizes the code...AND RIPS A FLOPPY DISK APART WITH HIS BARE HANDS. If that doesn't seem like a tremendous feat of strength, try doing so yourself (...if you can find one...) Chip must have absolutely tremendous upper body strength.
**Ravage uses Chip as a battering ram to bash out an entire window of his house. Chip survives the experience without so much as a scratch.
*If Mirage leaves footprints as he walks toward the lab... shouldn't Hound also be leaving footprints? (Mirage, of course, is the only Transformer who ''ever'' leaves footprints, and ''only'' when he's invisible.)
*How can Megatron hear Sunstreaker ("We've gotta get those energon cubes before it's too late") when there's a whole solid wall between them?
*Spike's attack on Skywarp... doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Was he supposed to be making a hole to provide access for Wheeljack's device?
**Chip had the device, so maybe he was trying to distract Skywarp from Chip planting the device.
*Superhuman Spike:
**Spike is still in Skywarp's grasp when gun mode Megatron flies out of his hand. A second later, Skywarp is visible among the Decepticons laid low by the exploding antimatter cubes. So... how did Spike get free and survive that massive explosion?

===Trivia===
[[File:RollForIt droopyDecepticonjets.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|"Maybe if we're lucky, Dad won't notice why we're gone!"]]
*In several scenes in this episode, all of the Transformers are drawn using different, more stylised animation models. In particular, the Decepticon jets seen near the beginning are sleeker, more detailed and have a drooping nosecone. Other scenes have stylized shading, angles, and poses, such as the strange poses used by the flying Decepticons at the episode's end.
*Soundwave's screaming sound is most amusing. And rare—this is one of only two times in the cartoon it's heard.
*In one part, Starscream calls Megatron "The Anti-Matter Gun" instead of his name. Why?
*This was one of twelve episodes of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original cartoon]] released as audio adventures by the [[Germany|German]] company [[Karussell|Karussell Musik und Video]].

===Foreign localization===
'''French'''
:*''Title (European French broadcast):'' "'''En avant !'''" ("Onward!")
:*''Title (Canadian French broadcast & European French DVD release):'' "'''La formule'''" ("The Formula")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''German'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Die geheime Anti-Materie Formel'''" ("The Secret Anti-Matter Formula"), "'''Ein Held namens Chip'''" (Generation 2, "A Hero Called Chip")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[June 2]], [[1989]]

'''Hebrew'''
:*''Title:'' "'''LeHatsil Et Optimus Prime'''" (להציל את אופטימוס פריים, "To Save Optimus Prime")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Italian'''
:*''Title (dub 1):'' "'''Un nuovo amico'''" ("A New Friend")
:*''Title (dub 2):'' "'''In marcia per la vittoria'''" ("March Off for the Victory")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?
::*In the first dub, Optimus Prime calls Cliffjumper with Bluestreak's name.

'''Japanese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Megatron no Kikan'''" (メガトロンの帰還, "The Return of Megatron")
:*''Original airdate:'' [[August 3]], [[1985]]
::*'''Cut:''' When Spike and Chip pull up to the laboratory in Bumblebee, the scene following the guard saying "Welcome back", typing the 7 into his number pad and everything up through his line, "Well, I never met an Aw-toh-bawt before", have been cut. The sequence resumes at the group approaching the green door and the line, "Let me get you through our security doors".

'''Mandarin'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Quántǐ Chūjī '''" (全体出击, "All Roll Out")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Brazilian Portuguese'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Vamos Rodar'''" ("Let's Roll")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Russian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Poyekhali!'''" (Поехали!, "Let's Go!")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Serbian'''
:*''Title:'' "'''Veliki preokret'''" (Велики преокрет, "Great Vicissitude")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

'''Swedish'''
:*''Title:'' "'''En hjälte på hjul'''" (''Generation 2'', "A Hero on Wheels")
:*''Original airdate:'' ?

===Toys inspired by this episode===
*'''''Masterpiece'' MP-13 [[Soundwave (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Soundwave]] (TakaraTomy, 2013)'''
:One of the accessories included with the figure is a display grid that attaches over his chest door: On the last page of the instruction booklet is a pair of cutouts you can place behind the grid to simulate Soundwave projecting them on his chest, one of these being the antimatter formula hacked from Chip's brain in this episode.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote}}
;VHS
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 1985 — ''The Transformers'' — Volume 6: "Roll for It" ([[Family Home Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1995 — ''The Transformers'' — The Autobots vs. The Decepticons ([[Malofilm]]) 
[[File:Flag of Canada.png|20px|Canada]] 1995 — ''Transformers'' — Autobots vs. Decepticons (Malofilm) — French audio only.

;{{w|LaserDisc}}
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1994 — ''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' — Convoy Set ([[TakaraTomy|Takara]]) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''The Transformers'' — Autobot Edition ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]]) — Japanese audio only.

;DVD
[[File:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 2001 — ''The Transformers'' — DVD Box 1 (Pioneer LDC) — Japanese audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Original Series: Volume Two ([[Maverick Entertainment|Sony Wonder]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2002 — ''Transformers'' — Complete Original Series: Deluxe Edition (Sony Wonder) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — First Season Collector's Edition ([[The Original Transformers|Rhino Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2002 — ''The Original Transformers'' — Volume One (Rhino Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2003 — ''Transformers'' — Collection 1: Series 1 ([[Madman Entertainment]]) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Season 1 ([[Metrodome]]) 
[[File:Flag of France.png|20px|France]] 2004 — ''Transformers'' — Le Retour de Megatron ([[UFG Junior]]) — European French audio only. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2006 — ''Transformers'' — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2007 — ''Classic Transformers'' — Series One: Part One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2007 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2007 — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (3DVDs) ([[Flex Media]]) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Germany.png|20px|Germany]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Box-Set (2DVDs) (Flex Media) — German audio only. 
[[File:Flag of Italy.png|20px|Italy]] 2008 — ''Transformers'' — Volume 01: Stagione Uno Parte Prima ([[Medianetwork Communication]]) — English and Italian audio. 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2009 — ''Transformers'' — Season One (Metrodome) 
[[File:Flag of Australia.png|20px|Australia]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — Complete Collection: Decepticon Edition (Madman Entertainment) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition ([[Shout! Factory]]) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — More than Meets the Eye (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2009 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Series: 25th Anniversary "Matrix of Leadership" Collection (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2011 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of USA.png|20px|United States of America]] 2014 — ''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Factory) 
[[File:Flag of UK.png|20px|United Kingdom]] 2014 — ''Transformers'' — The Classic Animated Series (Metrodome)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200323170849/http://cybertronchronicle.freewebspace.com/cartoon-dossier/season-1/synopses/700-02.html Episode Dossier at The Cybertron Chronicle]
*[https://drive.google.com/open?id=1IFhH4OL9iLMzKunFFRaeh3je7d2I5HW4 Full script as revised on 2nd July 1984]

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

Vehicon (Prime)

2023-07-07T18:55:18Z

SerafettinB: the Prime game also has Truck Vehicons

{{faction|decepticon}}
{{disambig3|Vehicon}}
:''Vehicons are [[Decepticon]]s from the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:Eradicons Group Darkness Rising 2.jpg|thumb|upright=2.5|There are many copies, and they have a plan: to look ''bitchin'.'']]

'''Vehicons''' may be [[Megatron (WFC)|Megatron]] and/or [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s cannon fodder and suffer from particularly poor marksmanship, but they do possess sweet alternate modes, be they sports cars, jets (a [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] variant), helicopters, tanks or trucks.

If they're not slagged by an [[Autobot]], they can be used for experimentation or even simply recycled for parts by a superior, but that's their lot in life, and by and large, they accept this. Their primary motivation is the thought that someday they might make a name for themselves —literally— and rise to the upper ranks. Thus they have a tendency to follow orders blindly, and are highly expendable.

They can appear in a large variety of colors, including black, silver, blue, red, green, yellow, and purple.

Many of them were placed on board the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'' after the defeat of [[Unicron/Aligned|Unicron]] and Megatron's self-exile.

They are also known as '''Eradicons'''.

==Fiction==
===Aligned novels===
The ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' had a complement of Vehicons, who were knocked unconscious by the ship's explosive [[space bridge]] journey. They were some of the last crew members to awaken in the aftermath. {{storylink|Transformers: Exiles|Exiles}}

[[Superion (Prime)|Superion]] battered his way through hordes of Vehicons after crashing into the Nemesis while he made his way towards the engines to sabotage them. {{storylink|Transformers: Retribution|Retribution}}

===Cartoon continuity===
====''Prime'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] / [[Kevin Michael Richardson]] / [[Frank Welker]] / [[Daran Norris]] / [[Josh Keaton]] / [[David Kaye]] / [[David Sobolov]] / [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Yūki Tai]], [[Yasunori Masutani]] (episode 49) (Japanese)|[[Jaime Roca]] / [[Luis Vicente Ivars]] / [[Miguel Ángel Pérez]] / [[José María Carrero]] / [[Jorge Saudinós]] / [[Carlos López Benedí]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Arturo Cataño]] / [[Héctor Moreno]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Klaus Lochthove]] / [[Uwe Jellinek]] / [[Roman Kretschmer]] / [[Matthias Klages]] / [[Jan Kurbjuweit]] / [[Raimund Krone]] (German), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Élcio Sodré]] (Brazilian Portuguese)}}

[[File:DecepticonTrooperCar.jpg|thumb|left|Possibly the most beautiful [[army-building|army-builder]]s ever.]]
[[Airachnid (Prime)|Airachnid]] had a couple of Vehicons at her disposal on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. They captured [[Tailgate (Prime)|Tailgate]], and were later blasted by [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] during Arcee's rescue. {{storylink|Predatory}} The ''Nemesis'' had a complement of Vehicons on board. Starscream took them with him when he visited [[Shockwave (WFC)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Out of the Past}}

When Starscream arrived on Earth, he brought a ''scrapload'' of Vehicons with him. A large squad of them jumped Cliffjumper and took him prisoner, and two were later sent to take out Arcee. They proved quite powerful opponents when it came to physical combat, able to get both Arcee ''and'' Bumblebee on the ropes without much difficulty; only [[Bulkhead (Prime)|Bulkhead]]'s arrival caused them to withdraw. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 1}}

[[File:Bulkhead Eradicon Darkness Rising 3.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Drones are people too!]]

When first Bulkhead and later other Autobots made an assault on the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'', the drones did their best to hold them off but, while still doing damage, were taken down after a drawn-out battle. One managed to capture [[Jack Darby]] and [[Raf Esquivel|Raf]], while another came close to murdering the kids. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 3}} {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 4}}

When Megatron wanted to defend his space bridge, he sent in a squad of Vehicons with space-jet modes. In a pitched battle, the Autobots flattened them. {{storylink|Darkness Rising, Part 5}}

In the aftermath of Megatron's demise, Starscream delivered a stirring speech to the Vehicon troopers, only for one of them to question how they'd defeat the Autobots without Megatron's leadership. Starscream's pronouncements met with a lackluster response from the Vehicons, leading him to seek [[Skyquake (Prime)|alternate help]]. The troops must have been pleased when Starscream recovered Megatron's body and placed him in sickbay. {{storylink|Masters & Students}}

[[File:PrimeVehiconJets.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang's deadlier cousins.]]

Some flying Vehicons shot down [[Wheeljack (Prime)|Wheeljack]]'s ship, before he hacked them to bits with his swords. A bunch more presumably overwhelmed him so that [[Makeshift (Prime)|Makeshift]] could take his place. Makeshift finished off two of the Vehicons once Bulkhead, Arcee and Bumblebee arrived, in order to maintain his disguise. Poor disposable Vehicons. Starscream prepared a battalion of Vehicons to go through the [[GroundBridge]] once Makeshift opened it, however Wheeljack killed his Vehicon guard and attacked them atop the Decepticon ship before escaping through the GroundBridge itself. When the GroundBridge opened a second time, the Vehicons rushed into it, only to be knocked over by Makeshift being thrown through it in the other direction. Yet more Vehicons were taken out a short time later when a bomb attached to Makeshift exploded. {{storylink|Con Job}}

[[File:WingedVehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"The Danger Zone looks greener than I was expecting."]]
A squadron of flying Vehicons were sent to search out and destroy the Autobots during a mission. They succeeded in destroying Prime's [[trailer]] before landing and confronting the Autobots themselves. Then they mostly got pounded, but one managed to ram Prime in the face with a tree, sending him over the edge and temporarily knocking him offline. {{storylink|Convoy (episode)|Convoy}}

Dissatisfied with the progress of Megatron's recovery, the crew voted to bring in outside help, and Starscream summoned [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] to repair their leader. One single Vehicon was with Starscream, Knock Out, and Breakdown when they were going to drain an energon seam using the recently stolen [[Energon Harvester]]. When Knock Out tried to correct Starscream on who was responsible for obtaining the device, Starscream demonstrated the Harvester's abilities by using it on the Vehicon, draining it of its energon. {{storylink|Deus ex Machina}}

A couple of Vehicons were present when Starscream chewed out (and subsequently punished) Knock Out for his going out on a street racing escapade one too many times. {{storylink|Speed Metal}}

The Vehicons were put to work repairing the ship's electromagnetic shielding after it failed, and despite working as fast as they could, it was taking a while. Partly because Starscream was drawing them from their duties to smack them around. {{storylink|Sick Mind}} While controlling Bumblebee, Megatron trashed a bunch of Vehicons in the Decepticon ship. Another batch of them came running when Megatron revived in his own body, and were promptly ordered to destroy [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]] and Bumblebee. {{storylink|Out of His Head}}

A lone Vehicon was manning the Decepticon [[GroundBridge]] when Starscream requested an emergency bridge back to the ship. Starscream yelled at it to keep quiet about his activities, and it silently watched him leave the room. {{storylink|Shadowzone (episode)|Shadowzone}} Four Vehicons accompanied Starscream in an attempt to rescue Breakdown, who had been captured by [[MECH]]. By the time they arrived, Breakdown had already been rescued by Bulkhead. They prepared to attack the Autobot, who flattened them by throwing Breakdown at them. {{storylink|Operation: Breakdown}}

Several Vehicons were fighting Bumblebee and Arcee when the latter had to leave suddenly. Luckily Bumblebee was more than capable of taking care of the rest of them on his own. {{storylink|Crisscross (episode)|Crisscross}} Breakdown was escorted to the bridge by a couple of Vehicons when he returned to the ''Nemesis'' with Airachnid. {{storylink|Metal Attraction}} A couple of Vehicons were on guard on the ''Nemesis'' bridge when Megatron ordered Airachnid and Starscream to go find the wreck of the ''[[Harbinger]]''. {{storylink|Partners (Prime)|Partners}}

[[File:Tfprime vehicon vehicle.jpg‎|left|thumb|upright=1.4|The Black Baron]]
Knock Out and Breakdown were assisted in their quest to grab a [[Cybertronian data cylinder]] by a squad of Vehicons. Another squad accompanied Megatron when he attempted to capture Bulkhead who had the data from the cylinder in his head. The Autobots pretty much trashed those Vehicons, after which Megatron decided no one was having the cylinder and flew off. {{storylink|T.M.I.}} Vehicons played a large role in the collection of more energon. A number of them aided Knock Out and Breakdown during a transport mission, and were pounded by Ratchet. Others of them protected a [[Decepticon Miner|miner]], though not very well as they were trashed by the Autobots. Yet more Vehicons in an energon mine were smashed up when the Autobots went to rescue Ratchet. {{storylink|Stronger, Faster}}

Several squads of Vehicons attacked a military base to retrieve a power source for the Decepticons' new space bridge, and were wiped out by Optimus, Arcee and Bulkhead before they could get away. {{storylink|One Shall Fall}} None of the Vehicons were particularly keen to go against Airachnid when she decided Megatron probably wasn't coming back from his trip to see [[Unicron]]. A group of them were on the bridge to bow subserviently when Megatron eventually did return. {{storylink|One Shall Rise, Part 3}}

Megatron informed the Vehicons to be careful with their words around the amnesiac Optimus Prime. Some of them accompanied Knock Out and Breakdown in a raid on a military installation to get a power source. Arcee busted up a bunch of them when she got on board and hunted for Optimus. Starscream encountered a good number of them when he sneaked on board to steal [[energon cube]]s too. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 1}} The Vehicons caught up with Starscream, but were unable to stop him escaping the ship. The Autobots mowed their way through the Vehicons guarding the Decepticon space bridge. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 2}}

Two Vehicons were assigned to guard Orion after he discovered the truth. He appealed to them to help him warn the Autobots of Megatron's plans, and they responded by beating him. They didn't do so well after he worked out he had guns. {{storylink|Orion Pax, Part 3}} Megatron used Vehicons to unearth the [[Spark extractor|Spark Extractor]], but abandoned them to be trashed by the Autobots in order to return to the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 1}}

Two Vehicons accompanied Knock Out when he presented his latest find, a powerful force-field generator, to Megatron. When Megatron performed an impromptu test of the device by shooting at Knock Out, his companions quickly scampered away. {{storylink|Operation Bumblebee, Part 2}}

Vehicons could be seen going about their regular duties as Dreadwing first pledged his loyalty to Megatron.{{storylink|Loose Cannons}}

[[Dreadwing (Prime)|Dreadwing]] and a squadron of flying Vehicons came to Megatron's aid when he was surrounded by Autobots. Though Dreadwing promised to let the Autobots go if they spared Megatron, Megatron himself ordered the Vehicons to destroy the Autobots. Naturally, that didn't work out for the Vehicons. {{storylink|Crossfire (Prime)|Crossfire}} The Vehicons later responded to a Decepticon beacon Bulkhead had triggered on the Nemesis. They approached what they thought was [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream]] and pursued him instead. They later helped Megatron fight against incoming [[Insecticon (WFC)|Insecticons]]. {{storylink|Armada (episode)|Armada}}

The Nemesis later crashed and Megatron used Dark Energon to bring it back online. As a consequence, the ship started having a mind of its own and Megatron sent the entire ship's crew to stop the ''Nemesis''. They failed and were stasis locked. The Vehicons and the rest of the Decepticons started regaining consciousness when Jack disabled the ship's Dark Energon influence. {{storylink|Flying Mind}}

Four of them were dispatched to [[Antarctica]] with Dreadwing to find one of the relics. They mostly ended up guarding Starscream, and were all dispatched during the course of a fight with Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Triangulation}} Only Soundwave was successful in retrieving the relic he was sent to fetch, and the Vehicons manning the bridge once more got an earful of Megatron chewing out the rest of his subordinates for their failures. {{storylink|Triage (episode)|Triage}} A couple of Vehicons made their feelings about the Insecticons clear within earshot of [[Hardshell]], resulting in a brawl between the two groups. {{storylink|Hurt}} Some Vehicons and Insecticons were sent to investigate a crashed Decepticon escape pod. Those that weren't killed by the Autobots perished when the pod exploded. {{storylink|New Recruit}} A bunch of them attempted to defend a military base while Soundwave hacked the computer. They pretty much all got slagged, including one who was blasted by the orbital death laser Soundwave was controlling. {{storylink|The Human Factor}}

Megatron had some with him when he was trying to recover the [[Star Saber (Prima)|Star Saber]]. Amazingly several actually escaped destruction when the Autobots attacked and returned to the ship with their leader. {{storylink|Legacy (episode)|Legacy}} [[Smokescreen (Prime)|Smokescreen]] found them easy to evade with the [[phase shifter]], though once he jumped off the ''Nemesis'', an enraged Megatron flung a Flyer and a Trooper after him before ordering more Flyers after him. Two Flyers crashed once Smokescreen phased through the ground while the screaming Trooper blew up after them. Two Flyers accompanying Megatron surveyed the wreckage. {{storylink|Inside Job}}

[[File:PrimeDarkestHourStarscreamsArmadaGroup.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Starscream cosplayers are a terrible force to be reckoned with.]]
Megatron and a large number of Vehicons went to Cybertron with the Omega Keys to find the [[Omega Lock]]. They were ambushed by the Autobots, and the Vehicons who survived the attack were taken out by the [[spark extractor]] that Smokescreen dropped in their midst. {{storylink|Regeneration (Prime)|Regeneration}} Vehicon reinforcements surrounded the Autobots after they were forced to drop their weapons, but didn't last long once Optimus grabbed the Star Saber again. Many flying Vehicons with spanking new paint jobs took part in the attack on the Autobot base. {{storylink|Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour}}

They were tasked with searching through the rubble of the Autobot base for bodies, but found only Airachnid and the [[Forge of Solus Prime]]. A couple were sent to attack Arcee and Jack Darby, and were blown up in a gas station explosion. Some more of them accompanied Knock Out to Cybertron and managed to dig up the [[Apex Armor (Prime)|Apex Armor]]. {{storylink|Darkmount, NV}} A Vehicon execution team totally failed to execute Wheeljack, but as it turned out, this was part of Starscream's plan as he had counted on them failing. Oddly enough, the flying Vehicons he sent to dispatch Wheeljack and Bulkhead failed too, as they fell into a trap and were blown up. {{storylink|Scattered}}

A squad of Vehicons bore witness to Shockwave bringing his [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] [[Predaking (Prime)|experiment]] to Earth, and unleashing it to track down Wheeljack. {{storylink|Prey (episode)|Prey}} The Vehicon forces were subsequently spread thin all over America as Starscream dispatched them to investigate "Autobot mischief." Those that remained at Darkmount had to deal with various fronts of attack from the Autobots, the invaders were all eventually taken prisoner... until Optimus returned in an upgraded body. The tide of the battle turned once more, and the Vehicons were defeated en masse by the Autobots. Though Megatron planned to use the fortress's fusion cannons to destroy nearby metropolises, this plan when to scrap as well when Optimus threw his nemesis into the cannons' power core. With the battle ultimately lost, Starscream ordered a couple of Vehicons to escort Megatron back to the warship, despite their leader's protests. {{storylink|Rebellion (Prime)|Rebellion}}

Shockwave had a squad of Vehicons with him in [[Texas]], while digging up [[Predacon (Prime)|Predacon]] remains. They didn't last particularly long against Bumblebee and Smokescreen. {{storylink|Project Predacon}} A team of Vehicons searching for Predacon fossils in [[Scotland]] was taken out by [[Ultra Magnus (WFC)|Ultra Magnus]] and the Wreckers. Starscream took two seekers with him to investigate the team's disappearance, and both of them somehow managed to survive an encounter with [[Miko Nakadai]] in the Apex Armor. {{storylink|Chain of Command (Prime)|Chain of Command}}

Arcee and Wheeljack managed to bridge into the middle of a squad of Vehicons in [[New Mexico]] ''and'' took the lot of them out without breaking a sweat. Meanwhile, Starscream attempted to have a couple of Vehicons repair the communication dish on the ''Nemesis'' with little success. {{storylink|Plus One (Prime)|Plus One}}

When [[Silas|Cylas]] was turned into a sort of energon zombie in an experiment, Starscream was confident that the highly trained Vehicons would be able to deal with it. Surprise! They didn't. A bunch of them got infected and turned into more energon zombies instead. A cleanup team headed by Soundwave eventually eradicated the infected Vehicons. {{storylink|Thirst}} As a result of the infection, Vehicon numbers were cut by a half. That didn't stop the Decepticons using a number of them as bait to lure the Autobots to Shockwave's off-site laboratory. {{storylink|Evolution}}

A group of Vehicons accompanied Shockwave to the [[Solaris particle collider]] installation. {{storylink|Minus One}} They all died. Five Seeker Vehicons joined Starscream in an attack on the Autobot base and all managed to survive, despite the US military sending a squad of [[Skystriker (vehicle)|Skystriker]]s against them. {{storylink|Persuasion}} They didn't survive an encounter with Optimus Prime when they were sent out with Starscream to intercept a signal though. The Vehicons on the ''Nemesis'' meanwhile had to cope with first one of [[Predaking (Prime)|Predaking]]'s rampages, and then an invasion of Autobots. {{storylink|Synthesis}} Though they put up a desperate defense, the Vehicons were unable to fight off the Autobot assault. Their remaining numbers presumably evacuated the ''Nemesis'' in escape pods. {{storylink|Deadlock (episode)|Deadlock}}

A handful of Vehicons (ineptly) attempted to help Bulkhead build a new space port for those who returned to Cybertron. Most of the others were kept locked up with Knock Out. When Starscream arrived and freed them all, the Vehicons attempted to help him retake the warship, only to be blasted by the Autobots. {{storylink|Predacons Rising (Prime)|Predacons Rising}}
{{-}}

====2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon====
[[File:RID 2015 Vehicons.jpg|thumb|250px|Finally they don't die!!!]]
{{voiceactor|[[Jim Cummings]] (English), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English)}}
[[Glowstrike]] had a number of colorful Vehicons at her command, {{storylink|Metal Meltdown}} using them to guard her Mini-Con prisoners. {{storylink|Portals}}

Two Vehicons who were guarding Decepticon Island were very impressed with the supposed captures made by [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]], who was forced to knock his admirers out when they got suspicious. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 1)}} Vehicons were some of the many Decepticons who helped [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] in his attempt to capture the invading Autobots. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Adventure'' toy bios=====
Certain Vehicons who displayed particular talent were promoted to the rank of Ground Vehicon General, becoming soldiers considered above and beyond regular Vehicons. Following the Decepticons' defeat and disappearance of the Vehicon armies, one of these generals fell in with [[Black Shadow (RID)|Black Shadow]]. {{storylink|#Adventure|Ground Vehicon General bio}}

=====e-HOBBY comics=====
During an intrusion from [[Cloud World]] into his universe, a Vehicon witnessed the bloodthirsty [[Drift (G1)#Cloud|Deadlock]] shoot a downed [[Override (RID)|Override]] in the head. {{Storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

====IDW ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Three Vehicons.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|GO, GO, Vehicon Rangers!]]
Vehicons were stationed on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], building [[Starscream (WFC)|Starscream]]'s space bridge. They captured [[Cliffjumper (WFC)|Cliffjumper]] and were visibly agitated when he refused to translate [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]]'s encrypted message for them. They were prevented from executing him when [[Arcee (WFC)|Arcee]] came and killed them all. The rest of Starscream's troops in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]] were killed when she blew up the space bridge. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime (graphic novel)|Transformers: Prime}}

====Titan ''Prime'' comic====
[[File:Titan4.1 Vehicon.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Have you seen Blue, my puppy?"]]
After the Autobots accidentally uncovered a nuclear warhead, a group of Vehicons mistook the energy signature for an energon trace and headed toward [[Autobot Outpost Omega One]] to investigate. They were welcomed to the neighbourhood by Optimus, Arcee and Bumblebee, who comprehensively dismantled them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.1|The Safe and the Failsafe}}

After a hypnotised Raf opened the GroundBridge, the Decepticons sent wave after wave of Vehicons through it into the Autobot base. The Autobots valiantly kept them at bay until Raf recovered and reconfigured the GroundBridge to suck the Vehicons back through, though there were a few loose parts left behind. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.4|Tinker, Tailor, Gamer, Spy!}} The Vehicons had trouble flying the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' through a storm when Megatron tasked Starscream with finding a way to flush out the Autobots. Starscream took a bunch of them with him to then take [[Air Force One]] hostage, and secured the plane's passengers within the Grand Canyon. Though the Autobots took the bait, they easily dispatched all of Starscream's troops in their rescue attempt. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.6|All the President's 'Bots!}}

Megatron forced the Vehicons to engage in a series of deathmatches in a cave below the [[Erta Ale volcano]]. This included pitting Starscream against one of the larger Vehicons, [[Fearstorm]], however Starscream used his wits to defeat his foe. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.7|Megatron's Law}} Some land and air Vehicons accompanied [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]] to [[Zhejiang Province]], [[China]] to test his [[neuron refractor]] on Optimus Prime. They actually managed to subdue Bulkhead and Arcee when the pair came looking for their leader, but once Optimus was back on his feet, the surviving Decepticons fled. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.8|The Mind Trap!}} After Bulkhead destroyed an energon store, Megatron and six Vehicons tracked him through the forest, eventually dog-piling him and taking him back to the ''Nemesis''. Later, a couple of the Vehicons found the Autobots' kids trying to free the prisoner, but were dispatched by Optimus before they could do anything about it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.11|The Battle for Bulkhead}}

[[File:Titan4.14 Vehicon mummies.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|He ain't no dummy, He's chummy, And he's myyyyyyy mummy!]]
Many Vehicons took part in a battle against the Autobots in [[The Wave]]. Some of them tried to outflank Team Prime, only to be smashed to pieces by Bulkhead's wrecking ball. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.12|The Evil Shred}} A good number of them accompanied Megatron in an attack on the [[Statue of Liberty]], only to be smashed up by Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. The final indignity came when Bumblebee threw a lifeless Vehicon in an attempt to knock Megatron off the statue. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.13|Protecting the Lady}} When Knock Out and [[Breakdown (WFC)|Breakdown]] took over the TV show ''[[Down and Out]]'', they were accompanied by four Vehicons who disguised themselves as mummies to fit with the show's muddled Aztec/Egyptian theme and attacked Optimus and Bulkhead. Bulkhead took care of them while Optimus rescued the human hostages. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.14|It's a Knock-Out}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.17|Collider Scope}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.18|Power Outage}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.19|Smoked Out}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 4.20|Starscream's Beast}}}}

====Eaglemoss ''Prime'' comic====
[[Vehicon 367]] complained about being under-appreciated by Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers: Prime issue 44|Issue #44}}
{{groupstub|{{storylink|On Thin Ice}} {{storylink|Sand Trap}} {{storylink|Mount Problem!}} {{storylink|Friend or Foe?}} {{storylink|Horrible TV}} {{storylink|Cell}} {{storylink|Cleanup}}}}

====IDW ''Robots in Disguise'' comic====
Three Vehicons, designated XL-917, XL-571, and [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] were assigned by Starscream to establish an energon mine. Many years later, unaware that the Decepticon army had been defeated, the trio continued to toil until they were discovered by [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]]. Steeljaw convinced them that he was a superior officer, and had them help him kidnap [[Fixit (RID)|Fixit]] and [[Russell Clay]]. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 5|Robots in Disguise #5}}

Together with Steeljaw's men, the Vehicons set about mining the energon. When Bumblebee and his team arrived, the Vehicons joined in the combat, revealing the bomb which Starscream had left them. Optimus Prime arrived and revealed that the war was over, the Decepticon army defeated, and Steeljaw was not part of Starscream's command, at which point the Vehicons turned on their would-be leader. Though Optimus offered them an olive branch, they instead opted to go back into hiding and await Megatron's inevitable return. {{storylink|Robots in Disguise issue 6|Robots in Disguise #6}}

====''Adventure''====
A Ground Vehicon General was witness to [[Deadlock (Cloud)|Deadlock]] killing [[Override (RID)|Override]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Jaeger Deadlock}}

===Decepticon's Storytime Theater===
{{voiceactor|[[Mark Hamill]]}}
A jet Vehicon [[narrator|told his audience]] about the sad tale of [[Stumble Bee]]. {{storylink|Decepticon's Storytime Theater - The Story of Stumble Bee|The Story of Stumble Bee}}

==Commercial appearances==
*After Optimus and Bumblebee received some new secret weapons from Ratchet, they turned their new acquisitions on legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Weaponizers|Weaponizers commercial}}

*Ratchet and Bumblebee used the [[Optimus Maximus (Prime)|Optimus Maximus]] mech to blast legions of Vehicons. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Optimus Maximus|Optimus Maximus commercial}}

*A bunch of Vehicons watched video footage from {{w|The Super Hero Squad Show|various}} {{w|Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation|strange}} {{w|Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters|realms}}, and one [[Malgus 1207.26 Alpha|realm]] [[Transformers Animated (cartoon)|vaguely familiar]], along with footage from their own universe on a screen somewhere on the Nemesis while chanting "[[Huboom!]]" {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Huboom!|Huboom! Saturdays}}

*A couple of Vehicons reacted to Megatron's answers as he took questions from his adoring public. They mostly seemed dismayed at his replies. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Ask Megatron|Ask Megatron}}

*As Megatron read ''{{w|A Visit from St. Nicholas}}'', three Vehicons discussed the stirring preferences of mice, landing on Egg Nog. Megatron then threatened to put them on the naughty list. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Naughty List|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Naughty List"}} Several Vehicons sang about figgy pudding until Megatron shouted them down. One of the Vehicons then asked for a pony. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Pudding|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Pudding"}} Two rogue Vehicons decorated the ''[[Trypticon (WFC)|Nemesis]]'' in Christmas lighting. {{storylink|Commercial/Prime#Holiday Schmoliday|30-Second Holiday Special: "Decepticon Holidays: Holiday Schmoliday"}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense''===
Wave after wave of Terrorcons attacked the town of [[Jasper]] and its surrounding area in a bid to amass as much Dark Energon as possible before launching an assault against the Autobots' headquarters. They were defeated by Bumblebee, Arcee and Optimus Prime. {{Storylink|Transformers Prime: Terrorcon Defense|Terrorcon Defense}}

=== ''Transformers: Prime - The Game'' ===
{{voiceactor|[[Steve Blum]] (English, Car and Truck), [[Josh Keaton]] (English, Car and Jet), [[Fred Tatasciore]] (English, Helicopter and Tank)}}
[[File:Transformers prime the game vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|The Fabulous Adventures of [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/383647-minor-character-fandom Steve the <s>Eradicon</s> Vehicon]]]
There's also helicopter, tank and truck Vehicon types. Who knew?
{{storylink|Transformers: Prime - The Game}}
===''Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon''===
Eradicons pestered Bulkhead on his missions inside a Dark Energon cave, the Nemesis, and the Autobot headquarters. They blasted incessantly at the Autobot until they were themselves destroyed. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Battle For Energon}}
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===''Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike''===
Hordes upon hordes of Vehicons weaved across the sky before Optimus Prime, pestering him with weapons' fire, as the Autobot leader fought his way through Megatron's troops. {{storylink|Transformers Prime: Decepticon Strike|Decepticon Strike}}

===''Transformers Universe''===
[[File:TFU-Vehicon.JPG|thumb|right|450px]]
Due to the game mechanics, Vehicons generally never miss (unless the player has a miss effect) along with the fact due to their special abilities, they tend to be challenging to take on alone. Vehicons occasionally scout for Autobots, sometimes they appear in [[High Grand]]. When a player first enters the game the Vehicons will appear in the tutorial, informing [[Switchblade (Prime)|Switchblade]] a new recruit has arrived. {{storylink|Transformers Universe}}
There are many types of Vehicons for example:
*Vehicon Captain: Wields a large sword and noticeably taller than other vehicons
*Vehicon Scorcher: Carries a flamethrower (similar to [[Sparkscape]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to deal spark damage over an area.
*Vehicon Bombardier: Carries a [[grenade launcher]] (similar to [[Astraea]]).
*Vehicon Gunner: Carries a rifle (similar to [[Duststorm (Prime)|Duststorm]]). This Vehicon's special ability allows it to spawn a Smoke/"miss" field on the next hit by the rifle.
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==Toys==
===''Prime''===
====''First Edition''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconDeluxe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Is that a Danny Elfman score playing?]]
*'''Vehicon''' (First Edition Deluxe Class, 2011)
**''Number:'' '''006'''
**''Takara release date'': [[December 28]], 2011
**''Accessories:'' Gun, stand (Hasbro only)
{{toydesigner|[[Eric Siebenaler]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#First Edition (2011)|Prime: First Edition]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this larger-scale Vehicon comes with a gun that can be tabbed and mounted on his hood or stored underneath in vehicle mode, or be (loosely) held by his hands in robot mode. He features a [[5 mm post|5mm port]] on the foldable door panels just below each of his hands, and flipping either hand back into his arms reveals ''another'' port behind each of them, allowing the gun to be mounted directly onto his arms, giving the appearance of integrated weaponry. The Hasbro version features a removable cardboard stand assembled within the packaging.

: His [[instructions]] tell [[you]] to swing down his rear wheels from his shoulders for robot mode, bringing them closer to his elbows, when they are actually meant to be kept in his shoulders for [[show-accuracy]]. His [[stock photography]] also depicts him with blue hands and knee spikes, when the former are black and the latter are purple in the final product.

: His mass-retail release in Hasbro's US markets was canceled, so for about a year, he was only available in Hasbro's Asian markets and in the Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] version of the toyline. Later, [[Toys"R"Us]] picked up the Vehicon, along with a ''lot'' of other items, as part of a large number of holiday-time [[exclusive]]s in the US market for 2012.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2011/Decepticon/PrimeVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on ''First Edition'' Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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====''Cyberverse''====
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconCyberverse.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|For the cheapskate [[Army-building|army-builder]].]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2012)
**''Series / Number:'' '''2 / 002'''
**''Takara ID number:'' '''EZ-07'''
**''Takara release date:'' [[March 31]], 2012
**''Accessories:'' Blaster
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 2|Series 2 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Vehicon transforms into a sports car resembling a Cadillac Ciel, and comes with a soft translucent purple blaster that features two [[C joint|3mm post]]s and a hole, allowing it to mount onto his hands, doors/arms, and roof/back, as well as combine with other ''Cyberverse'' weapons.

: There is a [[Variant#Tooling|molding variation]] with the Vehicon's weapon. In the initial run of figures, the "shield" piece on the side was thicker. Later waves thinned the shield a bit, tapered the ends, plus added a few more sculpted details. This weapon, in varying colors, was also used by [[Soundwave (ROTF)#CyberverseBlue|Soundwave]] and [[Flamewar (Prime)|Flamewar]].

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version is, for no apparent reason, labeled as "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''". He comes with the later weapon variant and is virtually identical to the Hasbro release, with the exception of the [[tampograph]]ed production code on his right arm ("#37982" for the Hasbro version, "B2412" for the TakaraTomy version).

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/LegVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Cyberverse Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Prime-EZ-Collection-Deception-Set-Vehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Fun fact: This variant is actually [[Steve (Vehicon)|Steve]] himself.]]
*'''Decepticon Set''' (EZ Collection 6-pack, 2012)
**''Release date'': '''[[November 24]], 2012'''
**''ID number'': '''EZ-SP2'''
**''Accessories'': Blaster

: This Vehicon redeco is cast in metallic purple plastic, and his weapon uses the later variant. He was only available in a TakaraTomy ''[[EZ Collection]]'' six-pack with [[Megatron (WFC)/toys#EZ6pack|Megatron]], [[Breakdown (WFC)#EZ6pack|Breakdown]], [[Starscream (WFC)#EZ6pack|Starscream]], [[Knock Out (Prime)#EZ6pack|Knock Out]], and [[Cliffjumper (WFC)#EZ6pack|Terrorcon Cliffjumper]].

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AirVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb]]
*'''Air Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2013)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 011'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the fourth wave of ''Prime: [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Cyberverse (toyline)#Series 3|Series 3 ''Cyberverse'']] Legion Class toys, the Air Vehicon is an all-new mold, and transforms into a "hoverjet" as seen on the show. He comes with a Hooksaw Cannon which can peg and be pegged via its three 3mm posts and two ports, allowing it to mount onto his hands, wrists, and the tops of his wings.

: The cannon, in various colors, was also used by [[Smokescreen (Prime)#Cyberverse|Smokescreen]], [[Soundwave (WFC)#Cyberverse|Soundwave]], [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)|Hun-Gurrr]], and [[Bluestreak (Prime)|Bluestreak]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/CybLegAirVehicon/airvehicon.htm More information on Air Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Jet Vehicon''' (EZ Collection, 2013)
**''Release date'': '''[[October 26]], 2013'''
**''ID number'': '''EG-10'''
**''Accessories'': Hooksaw Cannon

: Part of the second wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[EZ Collection#Transformers: EZ Collection|EZ Collection]]'' single packed figures, Jet Vehicon is a redeco of Hasbro's Legion Class Air Vehicon figure, replacing the purple base plastic color with black while retaining the same paint mask including all the various paint colors.

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[[File:PrimeBHtoy-Cyberverse-AceVehicon.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|You're making my cannon angry. You wouldn't like it when it's angry.]]
*'''Ace Vehicon''' (Cyberverse Legion, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''3 / 015'''
**''Accessories:'' Hooksaw Cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Joe Kyde]] (Hasbro)}}

: A [[redeco]] of the Air Vehicon in "Seeker" colors, being cast in white and dark silver, with orange highlights. His Hooksaw Cannon is now red. The paint operations are nearly the same as for Air Vehicon and ''EZ Collection'' Jet Vehicon aside from some color changes (the head and the chest are painted in a darker metallic gray, rendering the tampographed Decepticon insignia nearly invisible; and the details on the shoulders and on the alternate mode's sides are now orange instead of purple). The only differences are the lack of the paint operation on the abdomen and the addition of another tampographed Decepticon insignia on the "driver" side next to the windshield. Curiously, the [[stock photography|stock photo]] of his hoverjet mode from the back of his packaging clearly shows a prototype figure, as it is completely unpainted. Furthermore, the last step of his instructions oddly shows his vehicle mode from behind.

:Due to being released after the Christmas season and before the launching of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|''Age of Extinction'' toy line]], Ace Vehicon and the other figures of his [[wave]] were ultimately only available in Europe, Australia, and South America, in [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] in all instances (an unusual occurrence for Australia).
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====''Robots in Disguise''====
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[[File:Primetoy-VehiconRevealers.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|My backpack went to my legs.]]
[[File:Prime-toy VehiconTakTom.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|Extra holes ''not'' added by Autobot artillery.]]
*'''Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Series / Number'': '''1 / 008'''
**''Takara release date'': '''[[June 30]], 2012'''
**''Takara ID number'': '''AM-14'''
**''Accessories:'' Blaster Cannon (Hasbro only), "Noji" Arms Micron (TakaraTomy only)
{{toydesigner|[[Takashi Kunihiro]] (TakaraTomy)}}

: Part of the third wave of ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)#Robots in Disguise (2012)|Prime: Robots in Disguise]]'' Deluxe Class toys, this new, sleeker, smaller version of the Vehicon has much less backpack [[kibble]] due to featuring a transformation that has the entire spoiler, trunk, roof, and hood panels of the vehicle mode fold into each other to form his heels and calves. He has an [[Automorph Technology|automorph]] head-reveal when transforming to robot mode activated by pulling down his rear bumper and pushing it into his back. He comes with a blaster cannon that can peg onto his hands and the sides of his rear wheel-wells/shoulders. It also features a clip that allows it to be tabbed onto the sides of his front, as well as be tabbed onto his arms with his hands flipped in.

: In wave six of the "Robots in Disguise" subline, the Vehicon was put into new packaging, which came with a DVD featuring the ''[[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)|Prime]]'' episode "[[Loose Cannons]]".

: His stock photography depicts purple [[paint operation|paint detail]]s on his cannon, vehicle front, and robot feet that were omitted in the final product. It also depicts the cannon being pegged underneath the figure's hands instead of on top.

: The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the fourth assortment of Japanese ''Prime'' toys, is dubbed "'''Decepticon Vehicon'''", has a much more clear translucent purple-ish [[light-piping]] plastic for his visor, and has been [[retool]]ed to include new 5mm post-holes just before his front wheel-wells and on his back bumper as a booster of sorts. Many of his paint operations have been removed and replaced with customer-applied foil [[sticker]]s... including, rather annoyingly, some painted details ''under'' the clear-plastic parts, like the [[Insignia|faction symbol]] in his chest and the purple details in his headlights. The chest-window can actually be popped out by applying pressure to the pegs through the figure's back, enabling you to place the chest-sticker under the plastic... the headlamps, well, pretty much no.

: Instead of the [[Hasbro]] version's clip-on blaster, the TakaraTomy Vehicon comes with the [[Arms Micron]] [[Noji#Toys|Noji]], a robotic boar who turns into the Vehicon's distinctively-shaped blaster. Noji cannot clip onto the Vehicon's arm, however, and must be used as a hand-held weapon.

: This mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Pounce]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Vehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Deluxe Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehicon.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|"Butterfly of '''DOOM!''' ...Okay, it's mostly ''my'' doom, but ''still''..."]]
*'''Jet Vehicon''' (Deluxe Class, 2012)
**''Release date'': '''[[July 28]], 2012'''
**''ID number'': '''AM-16'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Part of the fifth assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon is a redeco and ''extensive'' retooling of the normal Vehicon mold, and also transforms into a "hoverjet", with additional transformation steps for his new wings, new stickers for his headlights and wings, and with the Jet Vehicon having metallic pink plastic, paint details, and robot mode stickers instead of purple. He comes with his Arms Micron partner, [[Igu]], who transforms from a robotic iguana into the same blaster as seen on the show, but with the blaster's barrel being considerably longer than the previous Micron.

: The new forearm tooling omits the clip-tab that lets the car-Vehicon use the Hasbro Vehicon blaster as an arm-mounted weapon.

: The Jet Vehicon was originally [[exclusive]] to the Takara ''Prime'' toyline, making him rather hard to find for American fans who want him, until Hasbro's [[#10 Year Anniversary|10 Year Anniversary re-release]].

: This version of the mold was also used for the [[BotCon 2014]] [[Wingspan]]-type pirate in the [[Dread Pirate Crew]].

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[[File:Primetoy-TakaraTomy-JetVehiconGeneral.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Jet Vehicon General''' (Deluxe Class, 2013)
**''Release date'': '''[[February 23]], 2013'''
**''ID number'': '''AM-34'''
**''Accessories'': "Igu S" Arms Micron

: Part of the eleventh and final assortment of TakaraTomy ''Prime'' toys, the Jet Vehicon General is a silver redeco of the Jet Vehicon mold based on the color scheme that debuted in "[[Darkest Hour (episode)|Darkest Hour]]". He now comes with [[Igu#Silver|Igu S]], a silver redeco of Igu.

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====''10 Year Anniversary''====
[[File:TFP-10th-War-Breakdown-Vehicon-2-pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Scalpers receive double the Breakdowns!]]
*'''War Breakdown and Vehicon 2-Pack''' (Multi-pack, 2020)
**''Accessories'': "Igu" Arms Micron

: Released to commemorate the tenth anniversary of ''[[Transformers: Prime (franchise)|Prime]]'', this Vehicon is a mostly-unaltered re-release of the TakaraTomy ''Prime'' Deluxe Class Jet Vehicon, complete with decal sheet and un-assembled Arms Micron [[Igu#10 Year Anniversary|Igu]] (more on that in a moment). The only "major" difference between this and the original release is the addition of a tampographed product number on the Hasbro release's right leg. The Hasbro version also uses slightly less "red" lavender plastic and chestplate paint, but this is only really noticeable in a direct side-by-side comparison.

: His pack-in Arms Micron partner Igu, however, is inexplicably cast in silver plastic, rather than the proper Vehicon-matching dark gray, making him kind of stand out weirdly when the Vehicon holds him in blaster mode.

: In the U.S. and Canada, the Vehicon comes in a [[Hasbro Pulse]]-exclusive two-pack with a similarly-almost-unaltered [[Breakdown (WFC)#10 Year Anniversary|War Breakdown]]. This set was made available for pre-order concurrently with [[Hasbro PulseCon 2020]] on [[September 26]], 2020, and mailed out in December 2021. This set was also available at general retail in Hasbro's Asian markets such as Hong Kong.

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===''Kre-O''===
[[Image:KreO-Toy VehiconKreons.jpg|right|thumb|300px]]
*'''Decepticon Ambush''' (2012)
**''Set number'': '''38781'''
** ''Pieces'': '''80'''
** ''Kreons'': Cliffjumper, 3 [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]]

: This set featuring [[Cliffjumper (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Cliffjumper]] busting through a Decepticon checkpoint comes with three Vehicon Kreons. While each one uses the same base body and [[tampograph]]s, each one is slightly different from the others; one comes with wheels on his legs, another has a [[Shockwave (Kre-O)|Shockwave]] wrist-mounted blaster, and one has [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Kre-O|Wheeljack]] wings on his back and the [[Starscream (Kre-O)|Starscream]] arm-mounted blasters.

: All three Vehicons use the same helmet as [[Megatron (Kre-O)|Megatron]].

::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 1 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon2/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 2 at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://tfu.info/2012/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon3/vehicon.htm More information on Vehicon 3 at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Kre-O-Toy Vehicon.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]
* '''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2013)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Bag number'': '''***** 71'''
**''Accessories'': Large Rifle

: Part of the second regular collection of [[Micro-Changer]] [[Kreon]]s, Vehicon is a [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] mini-figure. He comes with extra parts to convert him into a car.

: This Collection was still in circulation at "dollar" stores and drug stores up through 2015. They eventually lost the individual-identifying bag codes, but other changes were hidden inside the bag. The 2015 releases replaced the 2x4 logo stand-brick with a new 3x4 logo plate. The Kreon was also given the slight [[retool]]ing to the arm seen in the 2014 Kreons, making the "cuff" parts more sharp-cornered and better adapted to being used as studs. Some of the add-on pieces may also be slightly off-color, possibly due to a change in factories in mid-production.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/Kre-OVehicon/vehicon.htm More information on Micro-Changer Vehicon at TFU.info]''

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*'''Brick Box''' (2015)
**''Set number'': '''B2579'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Scoped pistol, "Ultimate [[Dark Energon]] weapon" cannon part

:Part of the "red box" line for discount stores in the US like Dollar General and Big Lots, this "[[Brick Box]]" is just the "Decepticon Ambush" set repackaged and sold for a mere $5. Good deal! As with all the Brick Boxes, this set lacks the [[instructions|instruction manual]]. It does retain the decals for the ATV and light post, however.

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* '''Vehicon''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, 2016)
**''Collection'': '''2'''
**''Accessories'': Logo plate, large rifle

:In 2016, Micro-Changers Collection 2 was re-released in a whole new production run for Dollar General stores in the US as part of a large collection of re-released ''Kre-O'' sets. But where most of these releases are nigh-identical to the originals, the re-released Micro-Changer blind-bags use the almost-entirely-retooled 2015 Kreon, with slightly-differently-hued plastics than the originals. (It is possible for some of the add-on pieces to be in the older hues.) Vehicon's [[tampograph]]s underwent a slight color change, replacing the light gray with shiny silver, changing the black Decepticon symbol to purple, and making the blue on the legs a darker shade. The front bumper, originally a 1x2 angled "roof" block, has been replaced by a plain 1x2 plate, presumably as the original part was no longer in production (a similar part changed happened to the remake of Kreon [[Blast Off (G1)/toys#2016|Blast Off]]).

: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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===''Adventure''===
[[File:TFAdv-toy VehiconGroundGeneral.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|... is that you, [[Rom]]?]]
*'''Ground Vehicon General''' (Deluxe, [[2015]])
**''ID number:'' '''TAV28'''
**''Release date'': [[September 19]] 2015
**''Accessories:'' Blaster

: Released in the seventh wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)#Japan|Adventure]]'' toyline (their version of 2015's ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 toyline)|Robots in Disguise]]''), the Ground Vehicon General is a redeco of the ''Prime: Robots in Disguise'' Deluxe-sized car Vehicon mold in a silver color scheme based on the Jet Vehicon General.

: As ''Adventure'' doesn't make use of the Arms Micron gimmick, the Ground General uses the Hasbro version of the mold without the added 5 mm pegs and comes with the original blaster, plus a complete set of paint applications.

: The Ground Vehicon General features a scan-badge on its hood which is compatible with TakaraTomy's ''Transformers Adventure'' app.

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==Merchandise==

===Eaglemoss cards===
{{charstubtoys}}

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==Notes==
[[File:DecepticonTroopers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Is this gonna happen every week?" "Pretty much."]]
[[File:VectorSigmaBotBuilderVehicon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Vehicon: Code Red.]]
*The Vehicons were among the first ''Prime'' Transformers shown, in a preview clip from "Darkness Rising, Part 1" shown at [[San Diego Comic-Con|Comic-Con]] 2010: two Vehicons walk under a bridge and one shows its hand to the camera, before [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] arrives to heroically beat up the two guys who aren't doing anything.
*The Vehicons weren't referred to as such in the ''Prime'' cartoon until episode 59, "[[Plus One (Prime)|Plus One]]", only being referred to as "Decepticon Troopers" in the episodes prior to then. A single image on the [[Hub Network|Hub]] website refers to a trooper as "Eradicon" instead, and closed captions refer to the troopers as such. Though, they have always been referred to as Vehicons in Titan Magazine's [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|''Prime'' comic]].
*While they have been referred to as mere drones, Vehicons do appear to be sentient somewhat. Voting for Knock Out to be brought in for Megatron's repairs, questioning Starscream's leadership, and even insulting the Insecticons. Another factor to consider is that the [[Spark extractor]] actually worked on them.
**At the Transformers Prime panel from [[San Diego Comic-Con]] International [[2013]] (included as a bonus feature on the [[Shout! Factory]] DVD release of [[Transformers: Prime (cartoon)#Season 3: Beast Hunters|Beast Hunters]]), an audience member asked if the Vehicons were meant to be drones or individuals. Apparently, season 2, episode 10 "[[Armada (episode)|Armada]]" was [[authorial intent|meant]] to suggest the Vehicons' being [[Cloning|clones]], "birthed"{{sic}} similarly to [[Starscream clone (Prime)|Starscream's clones]], as [[personal canon|evidenced]] by the Vehicons having faceplates similar to the "mono-eyed" [[protoform]]s found aboard the ''[[Harbinger]]''.
*Vehicon body parts are available to use in the Hub website's ''[[Vector Sigma Bot Builder]]'' online game. Normally, you cannot configure a generic 'bot using all Vehicon parts, but you can see what one would look like at right through the magic of Photoshop.
*Although officially the Vehicons aren't in ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron]]'', many Decepticon foot soldiers look extremely similar to them. This can be seen in greater comparison when Optimus Prime finds decapitated Decepticon heads in [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]]'s locker.
*''The Art of Prime'' revealed that originally the Vehicons were not going to speak, with the decision being made late in production, hence the lack of mouth.
*At [[BotCon 2012]], concept art for a Tank Vehicon and a Helicopter Vehicon was released. They have so far been used in ''[[Transformers: Prime - The Game]]'' along with a Truck version. They haven't been used anywhere else yet, which is unfortunate because they are ''awesome''.
**Whether by concidence or not, this expanded roaster of Vehicon troops (cars and jets included) matches the same one of [[Vehicon (BM)|their predecessors]] as seen in the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)|Beast Machines]]'' cartoon: [[Cycle Drone|"light" ground vehicles]], [[Aero Drone|jets]], [[Tank Drone|tanks]], [[Artillery Drone|"heavy" ground vehicles]] and [[Copter Drone|helicopters]].
*As of episode 54, "[[Scattered]]", the silver Jet Vehicon General types have been referred to as "[[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]s" by both Starscream and the episode's end credits. Whether the same applies for the normal-colored, non-General Jet Vehicons hasn't been confirmed, though the end credits referred to one of those as a "Trooper" instead.
*Both the ground and air Vehicons' designs were later used in [[The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|''More Than Meets the Eye'']] as generic members of the [[Titan Hunter]]s. The Vehicon design was also used for a [[Badgeless]] officer in the [[Choose Me|''Windblade'' Holiday Special]] and as a pre-war civilian in the [[Ghost Stories|2017 ''Transformers'' Annual]].

===Arms Up Modes===
In the Japanese ''Prime'' toyline, the Vehicons have named powered-up modes when given various [[Arms Micron]]s in certain configurations:

*'''Sky Attack Mode''' (スカイアタックモード ''Sukai Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Gul, Noji
: The normal Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is just him using the [[Flame Cannon]]. Oooooh.

*'''Jet Attack Mode''' (ジェットアタックモード ''Jetto Atakku Mōdo'')
**''Arms Microns'': Gora, Igu, Zamu
: The Jet Vehicon's box-back Arms Up mode is simply him using the [[Debris Hammer]]. Yeah. Real elaborate.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Vehicon''' (ビーコン ''Bīkon'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jīxiè Bīng''' (机械兵, "Machine Soldier")

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Bisk (RID)

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SerafettinB: Dude no. I don't upload images for the sake of jokes. I just thought it would be good if there were more screencaps of him

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{{disambig2|the ''Robots in Disguise'' Decepticon|the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' Predacon|Bisk (BWU)}}
:''Bisk is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]] portion of the [[Aligned continuity family]].''

[[File:RIDconcept Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|300px|GIT GUD]]
Many [[Decepticon]]s fight because of boredom, for a higher cause, or because they just like to kill. '''Bisk''' does not qualify for any of those, preferring to fight for the highest score. He speaks in video game lingo, thinks of main objectives as "quests", and even gets irritated when even one thing makes him deviate from the main quest...like side quests or even the n00b [[Autobot]]s.

Despite his dislike of working with other "players," particularly ineffectual, low-XP scrubs like [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]], Bisk is no slouch when it comes to PvP. His impressive strength and overwhelming tactics allow him to take on multiple opponents at once, and he can even fire a laser from his mouth to knock his opponents unconscious. He's just as likely to frag you in a fistfight as he is in a video game.

Sometimes, he can play co-op mode with [[Saberhorn]] and form the tag-team avatar [[Saberclaw]].

{{quote|Whoever you are, you're playing against opponents with much higher combat attributes than yourself!|Bisk|"[[Bumblebee's Night Off]]"}}

==Fiction==
===2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Khary Payton]] (English), [[Setsuji Satō]] (Japanese)|[[Daniele Demma]] (Italian), [[Frédéric Meaux]] (French), [[Frederik Haùgness]] (French, "Bumblebee's Night Off"), [[Christoph Drobig]] (German), [[Vagner Fagundes]] (Brazilian Portuguese, season 1), [[Francisco Brêtas]] (Brazilian Portuguese, season 2)}}

[[File:RID ep 4 Bisk mouth laser.jpg|thumb|250px|IMA FIRIN MAH LAZOR!]]

Bisk was banned from gaming competitions after being caught cheating during one of them. He went on a rampage, attacking many gaming competitions and seriously injuring scores of innocents. <ref>[[Adam Beechen]]'s blog</ref> He was held in stasis aboard the ''[[Alchemor (RID)|Alchemor]]'', breaking free after it crashed on [[Earth]]. [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]'s team found him on a golf course, and after a brief battle, managed to overwhelm him with teamwork (and by having [[Grimlock (RID 2015)|Grimlock]] land on him). Sadly the golf course did not survive intact. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RID)|More than Meets the Eye}}

[[File:TRID E 33 Bisk Vehicle Mode.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Eighty thousand dollars for this car and you ain't got no damn cup holder?]]

After [[Steeljaw (RID)|Steeljaw]] broke into [[Vintage Salvage Depot for the Discriminating Nostalgist|the scrapyard]], he deactivated Bisk's stasis pod, alongside several others, as part of a bid to bolster [[Glowstrike]]'s forces. When [[Thunderhoof (RID)|Thunderhoof]] brought up Steeljaw's past failures at leadership, Steeljaw informed the Decepticons of his alliance with Glowstrike, and gave them coordinates to follow while he remained at the scrapyard. The escapees later reconvened at Steeljaw's coordinates, where they was inspected by Glowstrike, who seemed pleased by the new cadre of "[[Steeljaw's Pack|elite warriors]]". {{storylink|Misdirection}}

[[File:BumblebeesNightOff-Bisk&Minicons.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Why waste good technology on science and medicine?]]

Bisk partnered up with the Mini-Cons [[Hammer (RID)|Hammer]] and [[Anvil (RID)|Anvil]]. The trio set about breaking into the backstage of a [[Rear Axle]] concert so that they could steal some soundboards, a component vital for constructing a spaceship. Although the heist started off well, things took an unexpected turn when [[Russell Clay]] stumbled across the Decepticons and alerted [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]] to the intrusion. Bisk then crashed the concert proper to steal another soundboard, although the director mistook him for a human in an elaborate costume. Before he could storm the audience, he was attacked by Bumblebee, and they both tumbled onto the stage right in the middle of one of Rear Axle's songs. The two fought as the band rocked out; the humans at the concert thought that the fight was just a choreographed part of the show. With his Mini-Cons out of commission, Bisk tried to take on Bumblebee solo. While seemingly overpowering Bumblebee and being about to blast him off, the Autobot managed to gain the upper hand, throwing Bisk into a wall of speakers. Bisk and his Mini-Cons were stashed in a nearby crate and taken back to the scrapyard for questioning. {{storylink|Bumblebee's Night Off}}

Bisk's stasis pod was later taken back to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]], [[Windblade (RID)|Windblade]] and [[Ratchet (WFC)|Ratchet]]. {{storylink|Decepticon Island (Part 2)}}
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==Games==
===''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game===
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! scope="col" width="30%" | '''Version'''
! style="background: #00CCFF; color: black" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Energon)'''
! style="background: #BF00FF; color: white" scope="col" width="35%" | '''Unlock Cost (Ultra Sparks)'''
|-
| Starter
|500
|10
|-
|Legion
|1500
|30
|-
|1-Step
|2000
|40
|-
|1-Step Patrol
|2000
|40
|-
|Warrior
|4000
|80
|-
|Hero
|6000
|120
|-
|}
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==Toys==
===''Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
{{note|Virtually every toy in this list has a scannable [[insignia]] sticker on it. For [[Hasbro]] releases, it temporarily unlocks that toy as a playable character in the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], and can only be scanned once per day. [[TakaraTomy]] releases simply check that off on their mobile app's collection list. It's honestly quicker and less redundant to say which toys '''don't''' have this feature.}}

{{anchor|OneStep}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-One-Step-Changer-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And the winner of the big race is... Hot Rod Zoidberg!]]
*'''Bisk''' (One-Step Changer, 2016)

:As part of the eighth wave of the One-Step Changer assortment, and the second wave of the ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' subline, Bisk transforms from a robot to a sleek sports car in... well, not ''actually'' a single step. You do have to bend his elbows and rotate his lower claws to finish the transformation either way, but the ''bulk'' of the transformation is one step.

: Despite being labeled as "Mini-Con Weaponizer" compatible (and showing him holding [[Lord Doomitron]] in weapon mode), he does not actually have any [[5 mm post|5mm post-holes]] anywhere on him, so the packaging is a liar. On the other hand, He can ride on [[Grimlock_(RID_2015)#Stomp_.26_Chomp|Stomp & Chomp Grimlock]], although this does not activate any of the larger figure's gimmicks.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his vehicle front, accessible while still in-package.
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/OSCBisk/bisk.htm More information on 1-Step Changer Bisk at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|3Step}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Three-Step-Changer-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I'm the Video Game Boy! I'M THE ONE WHO WINS!]]
*'''Bisk''' (3-Step Changer, 2016)

:Part of the ninth wave of the Three-Step Changer assortment, Bisk is a Voyager-sized figure which transforms from a robot into a sleek sports car in just 3-steps. His scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package.

:For some reason, he wears a plastic tray on his head while in-package, mostly to prevent his head's paint applications for getting damaged. IF you're unlucky enough, you'll probably find one without the tray.

:In Asia, Bisk is a notorious shelfwarmer.
{{-}}{{anchor|Warrior}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Warrior-Class-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|You're welcome. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-Adventure-TAV-60-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Bisk''' (Warrior Class, 2016)
**''Japanese release date'': '''[[October 29|10-29]]-[[2016]]'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TAV60'''
**''Accessories'': Blasters
:Part of the eighth wave of the Warrior Class assortment, and the second wave of the ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' subline, Bisk transforms from a googly-eyed lobster-bot into a futuristic sports car. He comes with a pair of non-firing blasters, which can slot into the top of his claws via [[5 mm post]]s. Because of his unique appearance, two-thirds of his head is molded in a softer plastic to safely transform the figure without damaging any of his many spindly facial features.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his robot front, accessible while still in-package. The ''Adventure'' release of Bisk features some paint applications for show-accuracy, and he features a different scan-badge.

:Bisk was only ever available in one wave of Warrior Class figures. For unknown reasons, this wave apparently only saw release in the United States and Canada.

:He was later retooled into [[Thermidor]], and he was meant to be redecoed/retooled as ''Beast Wars'' [[Scorponok (BW)|Scorponok]] if [[Fun Publications]] didn't lose the TFSS club license.

:He is basically the greatest thing ever.

{{-}}{{anchor|Legion}}
[[File:TF-RID2015-Legion-Class-Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Shrimp Biskit. (''Combiner Force Version Pictured'')]]
*'''Bisk''' (Legion Class, 2016)

:This smaller version of Bisk transforms into the same futuristic sports car. Bisk features 3mm compatible holes on his side knees and front claws, And because of this, he only can wield his weapons horizontally.

:Bisk's scannable Decepticon insignia is centered on his chestplate, accessible while still in-package. Bisk was later re-released in a ''Combiner Force'' packaging in 2017. His badge is also altered: Scanning it only unlocks 5 Ultra Sparks and a Ticket for [[Cryostase]] to unlock a random character.

:This figure has been released twice: First in mid-2016 under the ''Robots in Disguise'' line's ''Mini-Con Weaponizers'' [[subline imprint]], as part as part of the ninth wave of the Legion Class assortment that was only ever available at retail in the United States, and then again in early 2017 in the ''Conbiner Force'' subline imprint packaging refresh, in a wave that saw considerably more widespread release around the world, to the point where it ended up as a shelfwarmer at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in Asian Hasbro markets.

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[[File:RID2015 CombinerForce Bisk.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Saberhorn & Bisk''' (Crash Combiners, [[2018]])

:Part of the fourth and final wave of the ''[[Combiner Force]]'' [[Crash Combiner]]s subline, Bisk is a roughly Scout-class sized figure that changes from his futuristic car with a combiner chest that doubles as his spoiler into a robot in 5 simple steps. His individual robot mode only has limited articulation on his elbows. He also has a little green arrow above the connector on his vehicle back indicating where to crash him to combine with other figures. A 5mm post hole on top of his vehicle mode can accommodate a compatible accessory or Weaponizer Minicon, though he cannot use it in his individual robot mode.

:Bisk comes packaged with [[Saberhorn#Robots in Disguise (2015)|Saberhorn]] and is intended to combine with him to form [[Saberclaw]]'s upper torso. Connecting them to each other (more like bumping each other's asses) will activate Bisk's automatic transformation, but Saberhorn must be converted manually. He can also combine with any other Crash Combiner figure to form a random Combiner. Bisk's smaller arms also function as lower pincers for Saberclaw's arms.

:This two-pack was a very late addition to the ''Robots in Disguise'' line, with a Hasbro product code number in the same region as the wave 1 Prime Masters from ''[[Power of the Primes (toyline)|Power of the Primes]]''.
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-toy Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|250px|It wasn't a 'bot... it was a 'bot lobster!]]
*'''Bumblebee Disc Demolisher''' (2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0949'''
**''Pieces'': '''186'''
**''Kreons'': Bisk, [[Bumblebee (WFC)/toys#KreORid|Bumblebee]], [[Clampdown (RID)#Kre-O|Clampdown]]

:The [[Kreon]] version of Bisk was only available in the "Bumblebee Disc Demolisher" set. Rather than normal Kreon hands, he has a pair of asymmetrical claws. And a helmet for some reason.

:All of the 2015 ''Transformers Kre-O'' product was skipped by retailers in the U.S. (at first), seeing release in Canada, Australia, and various Asian markets. In fall 2015, almost all of it was finally released in the U.S. through TJ Maxx discount stores, including this set. The "Bumblebee Disc Demolisher" was the first set to hit, and easily the most plentiful of them.
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==Merchandise==
===''Tiny Titans''===
[[File:TinyTitans Bisk.jpg|right|thumb|250px|[[Headmaster (Animated)|Ownage! Total ownage!]]]]
*'''Bisk''' (Tiny Titans, 2015)
**''Series'': '''1'''
**''Number'': '''11/12'''

: Part of the initial assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'' [[blindpacking|blindpacks]], this version of Bisk is a very small, soft-plastic figure of him in robot mode. The toy depicts him in his second-season Earth body as opposed to his original Cybertronian form, and also possesses a scratched-out Decepticon insignia that marks him as a member of Steeljaw's pack... both concepts that were revealed by this toy ''first'', long before the toys or show implemented them.

: He includes a collectible card that includes a scan-badge for the [[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (mobile game)|''Robots in Disguise'' mobile game]], which unlocks a random amount of Energon "currency" and a randomized bonus power-up item.
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==Notes==
*Bisk's name is a delicious nod to {{w|Bisque (food)|lobster bisque}}.
*Bisk shares a [[body-type]] with the just-as-deliciously-named [[Thermidor]].
*Bisk is stated to be a [[Lobstercon]] by show writer [[Adam Beechen]].<ref>[https://adambeechen.com/comment-page-1/#comment-927]</ref> Beechen also notes that Bisk was banned from gaming competitions after being caught cheating during one of them. He went on a rampage, attacking many gaming competitions and injuring scores of innocents.<ref>[[Adam Beechen]]'s blog</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Bisk''' (ビスク ''Bisuku'')
*''Mandarin:'' '''Bisk''' (比斯克 ''Bǐsīkè'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) combiners]]
[[Category:Robots in Disguise (2015) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Steeljaw's Pack]]

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