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Ezra Greene

2020-01-29T06:13:45Z

Shywarp: /* Rescue Bots cartoon */

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

[[Image:Doc Greene profile.jpg|300px|thumb|Because "Doc Brown" was taken.]]

Doctor '''Ezra Greene''' is [[Griffin Rock]]'s very own eccentric scientist. His daughter is [[Frankie Greene]] and he owns two dogs, [[Edison]] and [[Aristotle]]. His inventions, although brilliant, endanger himself, those around him, and often the entire island on a regular basis. He drives a [[Solar car|DeLorean]] complete with some familiar looking kibble.

==Fiction==
===''Rescue Bots'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[LeVar Burton]] (English), [[Maurice LaMarche]] (English, "[[Switcheroo]]")|[[Gerald Schaale]] (German), [[Szabolcs Pálmai]] (Hungarian), [[Janusz Kruciński]] (Polish), [[Ricardo Mendoza]] (Latin American-Spanish), [[Pekka Lehtosaari]] (Finnish), [[Julio Lorenzo]] (Castillo Spanish), [[Giorgio Bonino]] (Italian)}}
Along with [[Charlie Burns|Chief Burns]] and [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]], Doc Greene had [[Thaddeus Morocco|Doctor Morocco]] expelled from Griffin Rock. Green subsequently became lead scientist on the island. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

Doc Greene attended the dedication ceremony for the town's new [[Rescue Bot|robotic rescue team]] with Francine. {{storylink|Family of Heroes}} He was hanging upside-down in an attempt to increase his mental acuity when he received a call from his daughter's friend [[Cody Burns]], who asked about any volcanoes on the island. Doc Greene filled him in on [[Mount Magma]] and suggested that they try to deal with the lava problem by gradually releasing the pressure. {{storylink|Under Pressure}}

The Doc's experimental [[solar car]] went out of control, carrying him through the streets of [[Griffin Rock]]. Luckily the Rescue Bots prevented any major damage, and stopped the car. Doc Greene regarded the test as a success, apart from the control issues. While he was working on a newspaper dispenser to replace the one he ran over, [[Dani Burns]] visited and he was able to supply her with an old scoop claw he had in storage. {{storylink|Hotshots}}

[[Image:Hotshots Doc Greene at the wheel.jpg|left|300px|thumb|"As soon as I get this up to 88, I'm going to go back in time and stop myself inventing it!"]]
While filling parade balloons with helium, Doc Greene was accidentally whisked into the air when the lobster balloon he was filling got loose. He was rescued by the Burns family and their robots, and overnight developed [[floatium]], a more reliable version of helium, which he used in all of the balloons. Unfortunately the floatium ended up turning a tank full of lobsters into [[flobster]]s, and Greene had to quickly develop a new compound to get rid of the floatium. {{storylink|Flobsters on Parade}}

Doc Greene built a [[SETI]] dish for [[Huxley Prescott]] so the reporter could search for aliens. Unfortunately Prescott failed to follow safety instructions, and when Greene tried to turn it off, it was out of control and in danger of destroying the island. Fortunately the Burns family and their robots destroyed the dish. {{storylink|The Alien Invasion of Griffin Rock}} He took Cody and Frankie to [[Griffin Rock Zoo]] to celebrate [[Earth Day]]. {{storylink|Walk on the Wild Side}} Greene had some [[nanite]]s stored in his laboratory for some reason. {{Storylink|Cody on Patrol}}

Inspired by an accident on the island, Doc Greene created the [[Turbo Cycle (RB)|Turbo Cycle]] and got [[Kade Burns|Kade]] to be a test subject. When Cody wanted to try it instead, Frankie talked him into instead baby-sitting the [[Robo-Baby]] the doc had developed to record baby-related data. Greene was so impressed with the results, he let Cody test the cycle, and gave the Robo-Baby to Kade for a week. {{storylink|Four Bots and a Baby}} When Cody wanted to engineer a snow storm, Doc Greene happily supplied him with a weather machine which they set up in the town square. A snowball accident damaged the machine, and the doc had to take it back to his lab to repair it. {{storylink|Christmas in July}} When the island's automatic lighthouse failed to come on, Greene copped the flack from [[H.B. Luskey|Mayor Luskey]] and soon discovered that the lighthouse's electro-magnetic sensors had been damaged. The sensor beneath his [[floating lab|floating research lab]] was also attacked, and he downloaded the video from it to discover a [[shark submarine|mechanical shark]] was behind the attacks. {{storylink|Deep Trouble (RB)|Deep Trouble}}

[[Image:ReturnDinoBot Doc Greene has coffee.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Would you care for a cup of my tea substitute? Only three of the test subjects turned bright green this time, so I'm sure it'll be fine.]]
After several break-ins at the lab, Doc Greene reprogrammed the dinosaur from the [[Griffin Rock natural history museum|museum]] as a butler/guard dog. Unfortunately someone implanted a virus in [[Trex]], which then infected the island's mainframe, and Greene had to disinfect the computer while dodging an out-of-control Trex. He succeeded in doing both that and purging the virus from Trex. Unfortunately Mayor Luskey, furious about the whole affair, relieved Greene of his post as lead scientist. {{storylink|Return of the Dino Bot}} Greene and Frankie went to stay at [[Neederlander|Mrs. Neederlander]]'s bed and breakfast, and Greene occupied himself building bird houses. He and his daughter were in his solar car when it went rogue, though they got out before it attempted to flatten the mayor and was crushed by the [[MorBot]]. {{storylink|The Other Doctor}} He found the reason for the failure in the remains of the car—a canister of [[nanite]]s—but it wasn't enough to convince the mayor, and he began packing to move to the mainland. As it turned out, he didn't need to go, as Cody and Frankie found evidence incriminating the recently-returned Morocco, who had been behind the recent technology failures, and Greene was reinstated as lead scientist. {{storylink|The Reign of Morocco}}

[[Image:SmallBlessings Doc Greene with Minimizer.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Now it's important that you hold ''very'' still. This hasn't been properly tested yet."]]
He and Frankie gave a demonstration of the [[Minimizer]] at the [[Hall of Inspiration]] during which he recklessly endangered Mrs. Neederlander. When the device was later damaged during a break-in, he fixed it more or less so that Cody could return the Rescue Bots to their normal size. {{storylink|Small Blessings}} Cody consulted Doc Greene when he found a plate with strange markings and they dug up a recording of [[Anna Baranova|Professor Anna Baranova]]. After the Professor herself was brought up from the sea floor where she'd been for the last 28 years, Greene set about building her a replica of the ''[[Midgard]]'' which Frankie took as a sign he liked her. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Triangle}}

Doc Greene gave Chief Burns a new experimental handheld holographic generator to try out. Amazingly, it did not explode. {{storylink|Rules and Regulations}} As well as inventing [[anti-gravity sneaker]]s, Doc Greene replicated samples of [[Squilsh]] brought back from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and conducted tests on it. The tests went swimmingly until a sample shocked with electricity seems to come to life and started eating things. Greene was forced to rapidly trying and come up with a way to neutralize the threat, though it was ultimately [[Graham Burns]] and [[Boulder]] who worked out that alternating current was the key. Greene later gave Cody a Squilsh-powered lava lamp to give Graham. {{storylink|You've Been Squilshed}}

[[Image:ShakeUp Doc Greene busts a move.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Doc Greene's moves are ISO 9000 compliant.]]
While conducting inventory in the archives, Doc Greene encountered some [[Tracer (RB)|tracers]], which transported him to a dark place that turned out to be a cavern beneath Griffin Rock. As more people were teleported in, Greene took part in an effort to dig their way out, but ultimately they were all freed by the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Countdown (RB)|Countdown}} During a ghost invasion, the Doc and Frankie got the chance to try out his [[Spectral Vapor Filter]], though it turned out that the "ghosts" were just holograms. {{storylink|The Haunting of Griffin Rock}} Doc Greene tried to help out Frankie by busting some moves for her student film. When she remarked he was a bit rusty, he retired to the Hall of Inspiration to practice, unaware that the jukebox he was using was triggering a subwoofer stored underground which was creating tremors. {{storylink|Shake Up}} When Cody required some sort of protection, Greene was inspired by the repulsor technology in Cody's [[hoverboard]] to create a [[repulsor badge]]. Though he warned Cody not to use it too much at full power, the boy did anyway, and Doc Greene had to supply neutralizer gloves to the Rescue Bots so they could stop the badge. {{storylink|Rescue Boy}}

After Cody inadvertently discovered a [[Temporal Station|time machine]] in a hidden room, Doc Greene found that all it required was a sufficiently powerful energy source. He used nuclear power, however during the initial test, as well as Dither going through, the portal drew the Rescue Bots, Cody and Frankie through as well. {{storylink|It's a Bot Time}} Chief Burns filled Doc Greene in on the fact that the Rescue Bots were actually aliens, so they could bring in [[Optimus Prime (WFC)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Bumblebee (WFC)|Bumblebee]]. Greene was soon reunited with his daughter. {{storylink|Bot to the Future}}

[[File:RoadTrip Inspiration Counter.jpg|thumb|left|250px|42 be damned.]]
With the help of Cybertronian technology and Boulder's technical help, Doc Greene was able to develop new and more <s>dangerous</s> innovative technology, including an [[Inspiration Counter]] to keep track of his inventions. The [[Vacuum Accelerator]] that they constructed turned out to be too erratic, transporting objects to seemingly random locations. {{storylink|Road Trip}} Greene was dismayed to learn that Mayor Luskey had taken experimental growth formula from the Best Left Forgotten room to make the trees in Frankie's [[Sky Forest (structure)|Sky Forest]] grow faster. The formula resulted in the vegetation growing out of control, and Luskey suggested that Doc Greene keep the Best Left Forgotten room locked in future. {{storylink|Sky Forest (episode)|Sky Forest}}

When a piece of his [[stasis machine]] was stolen and the remaining piece accidentally aged Cody into an adult, Doc Greene set about trying to configure the remaining part to reverse the aging without much success. Luckily the missing piece was later recovered. {{storylink|One for the Ages}} Graham consulted Doc Greene for a list of the cargo manifest when the [[S.S. Isolde]] was discovered. {{storylink|Tip of the Iceberg}} Sometime before, Doc Green built a virtual reality game. He promised Cody and Frankie that they could test it out, but a snow storm trapped him on the mainland. Chief Burns attempted to call him when Cody and Blades were trapped in the game, but the snow storm blocked out all reception. {{storylink|A Virtual Disaster}} Doc Greene was among those hypnotized by cellphones. He tried to lure Cody into a trap, but the boy managed to elude the townsfolk. Later, after everyone was freed from their mesmerized state, he turned up to help fix [[Blossom Vale]]. {{storylink|Spellbound}}

Following Huxley Prescott's attempt at rigging a reality show, Doc Greene was stuck having to deal with a dam full of Squilsh. {{storylink|Prescott's Bots}} He had the opportunity to test the [[Collision Foam Cannon]] he'd developed with Boulder when a plane was heading for the laboratory, and luckily the invention worked. He later fired up the [[Nightmare Imaging Device]] to help Kade with some nightmares, only to end up creating a horde of [[gremlin]]s which threatened Griffin Rock. {{storylink|Blame the Gremlins}}

[[File:SpaceBots astronauts.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Now we're in space, we can try out the oxygen supply system I invented!"]]
Doc Greene developed a [[Magnetic Insta-Grill]], which worked perfectly until Mayor Luskey overloaded it with "Magic Meat", at which point it shot down a blimp. Greene later identified the meat as [[Fo-Foo]]. {{storylink|Feed the Beast}} He volunteered to be on of the crew of the ''[[Asgard]]'' space elevator, though he almost forgot the launch and had to be reminded by Frankie. He also forgot the air sick bags, which resulted in him missing lunch. When the ''Asgard'' was damaged by an asteroid strike, he and Graham sheltered in the ''Asgard'' greenhouse until they could be rescued by the Rescue Bots. {{storylink|Space Bots}}

When the rescue team brought him an [[mechanical bull]], Doc Greene opted to use the [[Beam Box]] to send it to the [[Island of Misfit Tech]], but inadvertently sent Cody as well. After Heatwave and Kade were sent through, Doc Greene was finally able to retrieve them all. {{storylink|The Island of Misfit Tech}} Doc Greene oversaw installing [[Vigil]] in one of the lab's underground sections, and had to beef up the defenses as part of the requirements. Unfortunately Vigil then took over the town, trapping Doc Greene and Frankie in the lift until its defeat at the hands of the rescue team. {{storylink|The Vigilant Town}}

The Burns family borrowed Doc Greene's floating lab to get to [[Wayward Island]]. {{storylink|In Search of the Griffin's Nest}} When the island was threatened by a tornado, Doc Greene saw it as the perfect opportunity to test his experimental [[Tornadon't]]. The device successfully stopped the tornado in its tracks, though Doc Greene later discovered the tornado was the product of a weather machine operated by Doctor Morocco. {{storylink|Changes}} On [[Midwinter Morning]], Doc Greene and Frankie were happy to find the [[Rider of Midwinter]] had left them a loaf of bread. {{storylink|The Riders of Midwinter}} Doc Greene invented [[Boil Coil]]s to heat water, though they proved effective in attracting the [[Power Planter]] too. {{storylink|Movers and Shakers}}

[[File:GriffinRockExpress Doc Greene steering unit.jpg|thumb|left|240px|You're growing up fast, Frankie. You're growing into a great big thorn straight up into my ass.]]
Doc Greene had Cody and Frankie test out the [[Ski-neakers]] he'd invented, and as a result he and Heatwave had to rescue them from a rogue wave. When a series of water-related issues cropped up, he and Frankie worked on triangulating the location of the cause, a Cybertronian relic. {{storylink|Odd Bot Out}} He developed the [[Phase Bit]] for a drilling company, the [[Madeline Pynch|CEO of which]] he hadn't met. He designed the hover train that would be the [[Griffin Rock Express]], however there wasn't time to calibrate the booster before the train's maiden journey. As a result, the train was sent out of control when the Mayor ordered it to speed up against Greene's advice, and though he worked to disable the malfunctioning booster, he and the others aboard had to be rescued by the Rescue Bots and Frankie, the latter of whom had borrowed the Phase Bit for superheroing purposes. {{storylink|The Griffin Rock Express}}

Doc Greene took part in a game of [[Rescue Ball]]. When Mayor Luskey later turned up suffering from apparent amnesia, Greene took him to Doctor [[McSwain]]. {{storylink|Double Villainy}} When the tunnels under the island started collapsing, Doc Greene supplied the rescue team with foam mines and Phase Bits, which they used to restore the tunnels and prevent the island from sinking. {{storylink|Rise of the Heroes}}

When a pterodactyl was sighted on Mount Griffin, Doc Greene investigated and had to call for help when the creature mistook his hang glider for a mate. He tracked the pterodactyl back to [[Wayward Island]], and took Trex along for protection, however when he found a group of [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]], Trex became trapped by a rock fall and Greene required help from Heatwave to escape the island. {{storylink|Land Before Prime (episode)|Land Before Prime}} After Optimus went feral as a result of his new dino mode, Doc Greene, Boulder, Graham and Frankie worked on diagnosing the problem. {{storylink|Big Game}}

By giving the Imaging Device more power, Doc Greene was able to get it to materialise objects from his waking mind, leading to a plethora of copies of [[Mister Pettypaws]] appearing. He later carried out a demonstration with Kade, and while it initially blew a fuse, the machine produced four copies of Kade. Greene puzzled over how the clones persisted despite possessing no obvious power source until it was discovered they each had a short-circuiting comlink. {{storylink|Too Many Kades}}

[[File:PhantomOfTheSea older Doc Greene and Frankie.jpg|thumb|right|280px|"Marty, you've got to come back with me!"]]
During the ten-yearly appearance of the ''[[S.S. Phantom Voyager]]'', Doc and Frankie were out on the floating lab recording its appearance. When it vanished with most of the rescue team on board, Doc Greene was able to analyze the readings and determine the energy matched the time machine found under the Griffin Rock laboratory. Ten years later, when the ship reappeared, he passed on his findings to the returned rescue team, so they could reverse the time machine's effects and return to the present. {{storylink|Phantom of the Sea}}

Doc Greene created a huge force field dome to cover the island when it was threatened by [[Hurricane Opie]]. The dome worked, but the stabilizer supplied to complete it was used by Vigil to return to the island. Vigil used the dome's atmosphere generator to put Doc Greene and the rest of town to sleep. After Vigil's defeat, Chief Burns opted to let Doc have his beauty sleep. {{storylink|No Place Like Dome}} Doc's work on studying the MorBot backfired when Morocco was able to use the creation to escape from jail. {{storylink|Bugs in the System}} When an attempt to use an [[anti-gravity patch]] was less than successful, Doc Greene instead went up in the space elevator to complete the [[Binary Diagnostic Link]]. A close encounter with a nebula swapped everyone's minds, with Doc inhabiting Chief Burns' form. He found working with Burns's stubby fingers difficult, but eventually came up with a solution and everyone was swapped back into the correct body. {{storylink|Switcheroo}}

[[File:QuarrysQuarry Baranova Doc Greene and Frankie.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Family of Scientists]]
After accidentally contaminating his clean room with his breakfast, Doc Greene upgraded Dither's CPU. One thing led to another, and Kade accidentally ingested some of the [[scrubmite]]s Doc was using to sanitize the clean room. As a result, Doc used the Minimizer to shrink the rest of the rescue team so they could go inside Kade and retrieve the six missing scrubmites. {{storylink|Bot-Tastic Voyage}} Keen to have Frankie and Baranova getting on together, Doc Greene left them on the floating lab with the excuse he needed to get more mustard. Unfortunately Quint Quarry abducted Baranova and attempted to use her as leverage to get Greene to supply him with five dinobots. With the help of Optimus and the Rescue Bots, Greene supplied five robot dinosaurs, and was taken to the island to "complete" the last of the dinobots, as Blades had encountered problems transforming. There, he, Blades and Cody managed to find Baranova and Frankie, and rescued the Autobots from Quarry as well. {{storylink|Quarry's Quarry}}

When the rescue team brought a frozen caveman back from Wayward Island, Doc Greene discovered he was still alive and was able to thaw him. Their attempts to help "[[Ira]]" acclimate to modern life were hampered by [[Dumont|Mrs. Dumont]], a visiting investor, resulting in Greene having to accompany Ira to a formal dinner held by the mayor. {{storylink|Did You See What I Thaw?}} After a fire at the drive in, Doc Greene developed a new projector using the same technology from the Imaging Chamber. Unfortunately he and Frankie then had to scramble when a power surge resulted in the projector creating real-life Kaiju, and eventually succeeded in returning the creatures to the film. {{storylink|The Attack of Humungado}}

[[File:TimeAfterTime Doc Greene energy drink.jpg|thumb|right|260px|That brief moment of joy, just before everything explodes.]]
The mayor had Doc Greene create miniature souvenir Rescue Bots for [[Bot Appreciation Week]], however Evan and Myles tampered with the creations, allowing them to turn the toys into kleptomaniacs. Doc Greene later reprogrammed them to clean up the mess they'd created. {{storylink|All Bots Great and Small}} When Cody started experiencing repeated time, Doc Greene broke off his energy drink experiments to help. After preventing Cody's third time jump, Greene discovered Cody's new pocket watch contained a time-travel crystal. {{storylink|Time After Time}}

The mayor had Doc Greene and Graham to assess [[Drilling Platform number 6]] to see if drilling could be resumed. Doc found that the cap on the oil shaft needed replacing, but before he could do so, the cap released an oil spill, and he and Frankie had to be rescued from the resulting inferno, losing the floating lab in the process. {{storylink|Turning the Tide}} Doc Greene was able to repair the memory core from [[Blurr (Prime)|Blurr]] and [[Salvage (RB)|Salvage]]'s ship. {{storylink|The New Recruits}} When a solar flare knocked the island's power out, Doc used a potato-powered calculator to work out when the tech would recover, though he spotted a more pressing problem through his telescope — a rogue satellite about to hit the island. {{storylink|A New Hero}}

Doc Greene was able to identify some woodpeckers Boulder found as a species thought to be extinct. He leg-tagged the specimens and was later able to track them when they left [[Blossom Vale]]. {{storylink|Endangered Species}} He created some invisibility cloaks for his magician sister [[Maura the Magnificent]], only for them to be stolen shortly after he gave them to her. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (RB)|More than Meets the Eye}} His testing of the [[Tone-O-Tuner]] he'd developed was put on hold when Cody and Frankie pointed out it would be cheating if they used it in the ''[[Griffin Rock Idol]]'' competition. He was unaware when the device was taken from his van by [[Priscilla Pynch]], and later ended up causing the entire town to sing. {{storylink|I Have Heard the Robots Singing}}

Intending to propose to Baranova, Doc ventured into the disused mine to find a diamond and also stumbled on some [[reactaline]] which Chase helped him obtain for testing purposes. After an accident with a quantum crystal caused the reactaline beneath the town to teleport the entire island to the [[Arctic]], Doc Greene raised the forcefield dome. {{storylink|Now and Then}} Doc manufactured a large amount of floatium, which was used to make the island float. On his daughter's prompting, he proposed to Baranova who accepted, though the pair went through a life-threatening experience when the ground gave way under them. Once the island had been floated back to Maine, Doc, Frankie and Baranova magnetized the reactaline to return it to its normal place. {{storylink|Today and Forever}}

Three years on and the Greenes had a new arrival in the form of [[CeCe Greene|CeCe]], who was more than a handful. During the [[Velgrox]] invasion, Ezra and Anna were abducted while turning on the laboratory's satellite dish and later rescued along with the rest of the captured townsfolk. {{storylink|New Normal}} Doc Greene, Graham and Boulder succeeded in constructing the Griffin Rock end of a new [[GroundBridge]] to the mainland. When the initial tests resulted in Heatwave, Chase, Cody and Frankie being stranded in the [[Sahara]], they had to work to get the travelers back. {{storylink|Bridge Building}} Doc Greene continued to work on the GroundBridge with Graham and Boulder in an attempt to iron out the bugs. After CeCe went missing and was rescued by [[Quickshadow]], it turned out the malfunctions had actually been caused by the new Rescue Bot. {{storylink|Arrivals}} At some point, Doc Greene and Professor Baranova got involved in developing the [[Scrubber Initiative]]. {{storylink|Upgrades}} Expecting a shipment of [[Phodolite]], Doc Greene arranged for the rescue team to safely transport it to the lab, and created a counter agent for Chase for use in the event it produced an acid cloud. {{storylink|Plus One (RB)|Plus One}}

He was able to provide an anti-virus program when a [[Morocco virus|virus]] temporarily took over some of the town's computers. {{storylink|Back to Virtual Reality}} Doc Greene studied some of the items left behind by the Velgrox during their hasty retreat, including some unique metal with the property to make things invisible. {{storylink|Vanishing Returns}} Doc Greene was working on a [[minimolecular collider]] when he was locked out of his lab by new mayor Chase. With the device in danger of overloading, which would result in the destruction of the island, he was forced to race and get the Rescue Team, who with Luskey's help, were able to open the lab so the device could be switched off. {{storylink|Mayor May Not}}

Doc was using the Minimizer to size-size rocks for the parade of metals for [[All Spark Day (event)|All Spark Day]] when a mishap caused CeCe to grow to immense size. While the rescue team kept her occupied and out of danger, Doc managed to repair the damaged Minimizer so he could use it to return her to her normal size. {{storylink|All Spark Day (episode)|All Spark Day}} Doc Greene struggled to keep the town's ageing communications tower operational, but eventually found it was broken beyond his ability to repair it. The town managed to come up with the money for a new tower, despite Luskey's best efforts. {{storylink|Part-Time Heroes}}

Doc Greene provided a biometric scanning system for the new mainland [[Rescue Bot Training Center]], however he was prevented from attending the opening when it turned out CeCe's scan hadn't been properly uploaded into the system. {{storylink|The More Things Change...}} He developed the [[Directional Momentum Amplifier]] as a device to make cars go faster without expending any more fuel. Unfortunately he had an appointment on the mainland, so wasn't around for their actual practical use as part of a race. {{storylink|Hot Rod Bot}}

The new super yeast Doc unveiled at the Pizza Pi Party turned out to be disastrous when cheerleaders knocked it into a bowl, resulting in a rapid-growing giant mound of pizza dough. Fortunately the rescue team was able to turn it into a giant pizza. {{storylink|Pizza Pi Party}} Doc Greene gave Chief a call when Madeline Pynch unveiled her latest development, an [[Energon]] power cell. {{storylink|Cody's 11}}

Doc and Professor Baranova finally let Frankie in on the Scrubber Initiative, just in time for the laboratory in [[Faxian]] to run into problems. Doc continued work on perfecting the speed patch for the Scrubbers, only for it to be stolen by the Morocco virus. {{storylink|Upgrades}} When Morocco set his sights on abducting Cody, Doc joined the defense at the beach to prevent Morocco from coming ashore. He was later present when Optimus gave the rescue team their new assignments. {{storylink|Transformations}}
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==Toys==
[[File:BoulderConstructionBot and Doc Greene.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"Listen, Frankie, I hate to break it to you but what people call 'love' is just a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed. It hits hard, Frankie, then it slowly fades, leaving you stranded in a failing marriage. Break the cycle, Frankie. Rise above. Focus on science."]]
*'''Boulder the Construction-bot and Doc Greene''' (2013)
:Available in a two-pack with Boulder, Doc Greene is a small non-articulated figure matching his show model, but with proportions matching the other human figures in the line.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Greene, Ezra}}
[[Category:Rescue Bots humans]]
[[Category:Scientists]]

Magmatron (BW)

2017-04-04T01:55:29Z

Shywarp: /* Foreign names */

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:''Magmatron is a [[Fuzor]] [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] from the [[Beast Era]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
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[[File:Magmatronbm.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Part robot, part 3 different prehistoric animals, and he can ''dance''.]]
As befits a decorated Warrior-General, '''Magmatron''' (マグマトロン ''Magumatoron'') is capable of both elegant, reasoned judgment and wild, vicious action. Once he has set his sights on a goal, his drive to achieve it is unwavering and he will accept nothing less than total victory. Despite these attributes, and prodigious physical power, Magmatron's greatest advantage often lies in his charismatic leadership. Revered and admired by his soldiers, Magmatron fits the title "[[Emperor of Destruction]]" better than most.

On the surface, Magmatron seems to have much in common with [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]. Both are schemers and planners, willing to subvert the established Predacon power structure to suit their plans and ultimate ambition for power, and possessing the strength to fight off any who challenge them. Their key difference lies in their relationships to that power structure. Megatron is at heart a rebel, working outside existing society. Magmatron, on the other hand, values his position of power and eminence in the current Predacon hierarchy, and though he schemes to someday stand at the top of that body, he is unwilling to risk his current high standings any more than he must to achieve those future goals. Also, while Megatron is more openly abusive and harsh with his troops, Magmatron operates with more military professionalism when interacting with his own soldiers. This aspect of Magmatron's personality may also be due to his more professional background, as opposed to Megatron's more rogue-ish ways.

Magmatron possesses a [[mitotic spark]] which allows him to separate into three dinosaur forms called '''Landsaur''', '''Seasaur''', and '''Skysaur''', or merge them into a single monstrosity called '''Magmasaur'''.

==Fiction==
===''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Show Ryuzanji]] (Japanese)|[[Kwan-cheol Kim]] (Korean)}}

[[File:Magmatron cartoon.jpg|left|thumb|No, the toy isn't this cool.]]

After the defeat of [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]], Magmatron (who suffers from a similar chronic grin, even while talking) became the new Predacon Emperor of Destruction. A loyal and effective servant to the cause of Predacon equality on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Magmatron was perfectly suited for the job. He had a long-standing rivalry with [[Big Convoy]], albeit there was a mutual respect between the two enemies.

Aboard his ship, the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', he tracked Big Convoy and his [[Maximal]] recruits to the planet [[Gaea (planet)|Gaea]] where he learned of the [[Angolmois]] capsules that had been launched from the self-destructing [[Nemesis (BWII)|Nemesis]]. Magmatron immediately set a course to track them down, desiring their incredible power. Competing with Big Convoy, Magmatron secured numerous capsules for the Predacons.{{storylink|Big Convoy, Move Out}} {{storylink|Chase the Mysterious Capsule}} {{storylink|Burning Heart Below Freezing}} {{storylink|Hang in There, Stampy}} {{storylink|Mirage of the Sand}} {{storylink|Dinosaur Combiner Magmatron}} {{storylink|Duel in the Labyrinth}} {{storylink|The Black Hole Crisis}} {{storylink|Sub-Commander Longrack}} {{storylink|Waa! They Got Eaten}} {{storylink|Planet of Time}} {{storylink|Lonely Hydra}} {{storylink|Break Is a Predacon?}} {{storylink|Ship's Log}} {{storylink|Mach Kick Voluntarily Enlists!?}} {{storylink|Planet of the Ultimate Weapon}} {{storylink|Troubled DNAVI}} {{storylink|Attack! Randy}} {{storylink|Bump the Physicist}} {{storylink|Hardhead Is Hardheaded}} {{storylink|Personal Combat in the Deep Sea!!}} {{storylink|The Stolen Gung Ho}} {{storylink|Survive the Hot-Blooded Instructor}} {{storylink|Assemble! New Warriors}}

However, he did not keep them long. The [[Blendtron]]s, a trio of super-powerful and freakish Transformers, stole the capsules from both factions. As it turned out, the Angolmois energy was actually the lifeforce of [[Unicron]]. Offering up Galvatron's corpse as a new body, the Blendtrons released the Angolmois energy and Unicron was reborn. {{storylink|Mysterious Beast Warriors!?}} {{storylink|The Stolen Capsules}} {{storylink|Pursue the Blendtrons!}} {{storylink|Angry Magmatron}} {{storylink|Illusion? Lio Convoy}} {{storylink|Unicron Revived!?}}

Magmatron immediately challenged the Chaos Bringer but was quickly vanquished into a wormhole, leaving his crew of Predacons leaderless and rather ineffective. Magmatron escaped the wormhole toward the end of the Unicron battle, after Unicron had possessed [[Vector Sigma]], and willingly fought side-by-side with Big Convoy and the Maximals to stop their mutual enemy. {{storylink|Unicron's Ambition}}
After a lengthy battle, Unicron was defeated and driven from Vector Sigma by Big Convoy's [[Big Cannon|Matrix Buster]]. Putting aside their rivalry, Big Convoy and Magmatron formed an alliance. The Maximals and Predacons then worked side-by-side and hand-in-hand to rebuild their ravaged planet. {{storylink|The Final Battle (BWN)|The Final Battle}} {{storylink|Graduation Ceremony!!}}
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===''Bom Bom'' manga continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' manga====
Magmatron was a ''Giganotosaurus'' who led a gang of dinosaur rowdies on a primitive world in the [[7th Cosmos]]. After exposure to the Angolmois capsule that crashed on the planet, the gang became more ferocious and killed [[Big Convoy#Beast Wars Neo comic|Big]]'s friends. The gang attacked [[Lio Convoy]], who had just arrived on the planet by accident, but failed because of Big's interruption. The gang followed Lio Convoy and Big's trails to the site where the capsule fell. Big pushed the gang into the valley, where the ''Giganotosaurus'' and its minions were caught in the explosion of the Angolmois capsule and evolved into Transformers. The ''Giganotosaurus'' was fused with a ''Quetzalcoatlus'' and an ''Elasmosaurus'', becoming Magmasaur. The Magmasaur transformed into Magmatron, commanding his just-evolved minions to attack Lio Convoy and Big. Lio Convoy managed to defeat the henchmen with ease, but Magmatron took him out with one blast. With the power he now possessed, Magmatron claimed they would travel to various planets to kill every living thing. {{storylink|The Beast Wars "Neo" Begin!!!}}

====''Beast Wars Neo'' manga====
[[File:bwn-bigconvoy&magmatron-manga-06-riding.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The 5 Rookies}} {{storylink|There Are 7 Capsules}} {{storylink|100000000000000000 Grains of Sandron!!}}}}

Later, Magmatron again met Big, now the Maximal Big Convoy. During a fierce battle, Magmatron indicated they had a history but Big Convoy couldn't remember and was surprised by Magmatron's words. When Magmatron thought he gained the upper hand, he was surprised by multiple blasts from his foe's [[Big Cannon]]. {{storylink|Mortal Combat! Twenty Thousand Meters in the Sky}}

The badly wounded Magmatron now had to separate himself into the three dinosaurs and stay in healing chambers. He ordered his henchmen to go to the planet [[Jörmungandr]] to retrieve an Angolmois capsule. The group, however, failed and was sucked into space. The mysterious [[Unicron|Black Ball]], which had been retrieved by Big Convoy's crew, suddenly appeared in the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]'', offering his troops, the [[Blendtron]]s, to Magmatron. {{storylink|A Battle Fought Alone}}

Magmatron and Big Convoy were tricked to an [[Wikipedia:amphitheatre|amphitheatre]] where the last capsule was located by the Black Ball. Magmatron commanded the Blendtron to attack Big Convoy's crew. During the battle, Magmatron was attacked from behind by a Blendtron. It was revealed that both Magmatron and Big Convoy were the last Angolmois energy capsule, and thus the Black Ball, who was actually Unicron, desired to consume them to regain the energy. Magmatron saved his old rival, who was despairing upon regaining his memory,and convinced him to team up to fight Unicron and the Blendtrons. Magmatron was eventually chewed up and spat out by Unicron. A dying Magmatron, now reduced to only a head, left his [[Magma Blade]] to Big Convoy as a "parting gift" and asked Big Convoy to give him an honorable "warrior's death" with his own sword. Big Convoy conceded to the request. {{storylink|Double Cross}}

Big Convoy later struck the blow that finished off Unicron's physical body with Magmatron's sword, avenging his death. {{storylink|Return to Zero}}

===''Beast Machines'' toy bio===
Magmatron was a member of the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot faction]], revered and reviled in equal measure. He had been on an intergalactic quest for energy capsules, but when he returned to Cybertron he found it being overrun by [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon drones!]]

While he had the nickname "Emperor of Destruction", he served under [[T-Wrecks]].

===3H comics===
Magmatron had become part of the new Dinobots, and was sent on a mission, given to them by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], {{Storylink|Departure}} to the planet [[Arkus]]. The mission was a trap, however, and Magmatron and his Dinobots were attacked by [[energy vampire]]s and their master known as the [[Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Magmatron fought off the [[Dweller]] long enough for the Dinobots to escape. When they returned to rescue him, they found nothing but his sword. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
{{BW Shell Game}}
Magmatron made his way to prehistoric Earth, with the intention of raising an army out of the protoforms left behind by the Axalon's crew. He watched from afar as Optimus Primal's team launched from the planet aboard an Autobot shuttlecraft, with Megatron as their prisoner.
As one of his agents, Razorbeast, activated the stasis pods remotely, another one of his lackeys, Spittor, reported that one of the protoforms had been activated as a Maximal instead of a Predacon. Abandoning his cover as a Maximal double-agent, Razorbeast fled from Magmatron and into the wild. {{storylink|Shell Game issue 1|Shell Game #1}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
According to one account, Magmatron was the result of one of many experiments conducted by the [[Tripredacus Council]] in the advent of protoform technology, after the signing of the Pax Cybertronia. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

[[File:Magmatron speech TheGathering1.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb]]

Another account has it that, during the early days of the [[Pax Cybertronia]], Magmatron endangered the fragile peace, being an indomitable general who would not accept defeat. When he was finally brought to heel by the [[Tripredacus Council]], he still chafed under the terms of the treaty and the council's apparent willingness to roll over for the Maximals. However, he accepted his change in status and maneuvered into a position on the [[Bi-Partate Committee for State Affairs]] alongside his old enemy, [[Big Convoy]]. {{storylink|Transformers: Beast Wars Sourcebook|Beast Wars Sourcebook #2}}

Frustrated by the Council's decision to bide its time, Magmatron recruited a small band of disenchanted warriors and fostered a professional relationship with the Tripredacus agent [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] to keep abreast of the situation on [[Earth]]. With this information, he formed an elegant and tightly-knit plan to travel backwards in time to prehistoric Earth and reprogram all of the remaining [[protoform]] Maximals into Predacons. Keeping his plans secret until the last moment, he revealed to his forces that the Council had ordered him to pick up the task where their previous agent failed: capture the rogue [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]].

[[Chronal phase|Chronically displacing]] his crew so that they could not be detected by the beast warriors who are already there, they set to work. He ordered [[Razorbeast]] to begin activating the [[stasis pod]]s while [[Spittor (BW)|Spittor]], [[Manterror]], [[Transquito]], and [[Iguanus (BW)|Iguanus]] reported on their progress. They witnessed the birth of three Predacons, but Spittor was greeted by the Maximal, [[Polar Claw]]. More Maximals were spotted, revealing Razorbeast as a spy, but the warthog escaped into the wilderness. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 1|The Gathering #1}}

Once his new army was assembled, Magmatron ordered them to hunt down the Maximals. [[Drill Bit (BW)|Drill Bit]] and Spittor, however, accompanied Magmatron on his personal quest to find Razorbeast. He located the spy and quickly gained the upper hand with his three dinosaur modes, but Razorbeast pulled a fast one, and buried the Predacon leader beneath a mountainside. Magmatron soon recouped his losses by recovering the spark of the Tripredacus agent, Ravage. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 2|The Gathering #2}}

[[File:IDW Megatron Magmatron.jpg|right|upright=1.5|thumb|Insert "Megatron not pleased a BWN character is stealing his role" joke here.]]

Iguanus, having located a [[blank]] protoform, assisted Magmatron with rebirthing Ravage in a new, [[Transmetal 2]] body. Magmatron ordered Ravage to hunt down and terminate Razorbeast's Maximals. Magmatron proceeded to set forth on his next mission; locating and capturing Megatron to ensure the Tripredacus Council didn't catch on to his real plans. He confronted Megatron, and the two engaged in battle. Megatron insisted that Magmatron was foolish for coming after him alone, as Ravage did, but Magmatron was not alone— Iguanus and Drill Bit ambushed Megatron and disabled him. The Predacons brought Megatron to a [[transwarp]] platform they had set up and prepared to send Megatron into the hands of the Council, but they were interrupted by the wandering [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 3|The Gathering #3}}

[[File:MagmatronVGrimlock TheGathering4.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron engaged Grimlock in a vicious [[beast mode]] battle, and despite the Maximal's resilence, Magmatron eventually overwhelmed him. Grimlock was enough of a distraction, however, to let Razorbeast and [[Optimus Minor]] enter the camp undetected and steal a [[chronal phase facilitator]]. When Razorbeast confronted Magmatron in the open, the Predacon general saw an opportunity to settle an old score. But with Razorbeast using the facilitator to shift out of his chronal phase, Magmatron was unable to land a single hit on his smaller opponent. Optimus Minor removed the facilitator attached to the unconscious Megatron, returning the rogue to his proper chronal state. Magmatron lunged to stop it, and ended up falling onto the transwarp platform just as it activated. Razorbeast blasted the device, causing it to malfunction and send Magmatron to parts unknown. {{storylink|The Gathering issue 4|The Gathering #4}}

Razorbeast's meddling in Magmatron's transwarp shunt caused the Predacon commander to be consigned to a temporal limbo, able to traverse the whole of history but unable to affect any of the events he witnessed. Through this, he saw the eventual end of Cybertron as its inhabitants set upon each other with beastly fury while [[Shokaract]] summoned [[Unicron]] to devour the planet. Knowing that the roots of this catastrophic event were already beginning in his time, Magmatron turned to the enemy who had consigned him to this fate. Exerting what little influence he could, he stabilized the Transwarp carrier signal sent by the Maximals weeks earlier, allowing the time-lost distress call to be received by [[Lio Convoy]] and the [[Pack]]. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 1|The Ascending #1}}

[[File:Magmatron Ravage TheAscending2.jpg|right|upright=1.1|thumb]]

Magmatron's meddling effect on the timestream was noticed by Unicron, who dispatched [[Rartorata]] to Earth to deal with the assembling combatants there. His ability to change the future was increased further, however, when during the confusion of the battle on Earth between the Maximal and Predacon forces, a playing 'possum Ravage made contact with the chronal displacement bands. Magmatron was able to use his limited influence to hold Ravage inside chronospace, where he was able to make contact with the former [[Decepticon]]. Magmatron briefed him on the apocalypse that could yet come, urging him to call a truce with the Maximals in an effort to stop the end of all things. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}

From his chronal prison, Magmatron watched his rival Big Convoy die at Shokaract's hands in the future, knowing that it was only a prelude to the destruction to come. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 3|The Ascending #3}} A combined group of Maximals and Predacons returned with Ravage to present-day Cybertron to battle Shokaract, arriving before Big Convoy could be killed. Ravage again briefed with Magmatron, who instructed him to send a Maximal to attach a chronal-displacement device onto Shokaract's body. This was eventually accomplished at the cost of many lives and Shokaract was brought to Magmatron within chronospace. Magmatron showed him Cybertron's future and the realization that he was a pawn of Unicron caused a distraught Shokaract to commit suicide, causing a "time-lash" that freed Magmatron from limbo.

The restored Magmatron informed the assembled Maximals and Predacons that the threat had ended. He also reported that his old foe Razorbeast had died on Earth and respectfully declared the Maximal worthy of a momument. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 4|The Ascending #4}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
[[Vector Prime]] and his [[Time Warrior (AVP)|Time Warrior]]s prevented Magmatron from falling prey to the [[X-Dimension]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/12}}

===Waspscream continuity===
In [[Primax 208.06 Zeta]], Magmatron and the [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]s were among the resistance groups against [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]]'s [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] rule of Cybertron. After the defeat of the Vehicons, Magmatron formed a new High Council with [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspscream]], [[Icebird]], and [[Rodimus Primal]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/16}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:BWU Magmatron.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|]]
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Intersectionality}} {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}} {{storylink|Derailment}}}}

==Toys==
===Beast Wars Neo===
[[File:BM Magmatron Toy.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|My entire body is hinges!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (Ultra, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-35'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles.

: Magmatron transforms from a massive robot into three prehistoric reptiles—a ''[[Wikipedia:Quetzalcoatlus|Quetzalcoatlus]]'' ("Skysaur"), a ''[[Wikipedia:Giganotosaurus|Giganotosaurus]]'' ("Landsaur"), and an ''[[Wikipedia:Elasmosaurus|Elasmosaurus]]'' ("Seasaur"). These three beasts can also combine into some horrible, chimeric dragon-like creature. In [[robot mode]], Magmatron has free-rolling wheels on his feet, for some unknown purpose.

: The Landsaur unit features a spring-loaded launcher in its mouth, enabling it to fire any of the five missiles the toy comes with. The launcher/throat assembly disconnects for robot mode, forming a sword-hilt primarily for use with the sword-blade missile. The hilt can also be converted into a pistol by flipping out an extra handle from the side. The Seasaur's lower body forms a shield that mounts on Magmatron's left arm; it also contains two grey missiles, and features a spring-loaded gimmick that causes the front paddles to flap when the rear ones are squeezed together. The Skysaur's wings feature a spring-loaded flapping action, triggered by pulling on its tail, and also hide a pair of smooth red blade/missiles.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1999/Destron/Magmatron/magmatron.htm More information on Magmatron at TFU.info]''

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*'''Duel of the Universe: Big Convoy VS Magmatron''' (Vs pack, 1999)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-35'''
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Landsaur missiles.

: Magmatron was available in Japan both in an individual box, and in a massive 2-pack with [[Big Convoy]]. Both toys are identical to their individual releases.

*'''Gold Magmatron''' (Ultra, 1999)
:This gold [[Vacuum metallizing|vacuum metallized]] Magmatron was featured as a [[Lucky Draw figure|Lucky Draw]] giveaway.

*'''Black Magmatron''' (Ultra, 1999)
:This figure is a [[Black repaint|black]] [[redeco]]ed Magmatron and is a Lucky Draw item.

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===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM-toy Magmatron.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1|He keeps talking in that crazy alien language! Let's break his neck!]]
*'''Magmatron''' (Ultra, 2000)
**''Accessories'': Sword-hilt/launcher, sword blade, left & right Skysaur missiles, 2 Seasaur missiles.

:For ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'', Magmatron was brought over in a box that reflected his Japanese origin, with Japanese text and other elements from the ''Beast Wars Neo'' packaging added. He was slightly changed from his original release, with his missiles and sword "rounded off" to better conform with [[For safety reasons|United States safety laws]] and has a less "glossy" sheen. He was available as an [[exclusive]] to [[Target]] stores. His [[bio]] card describes him as a Maximal, and also places him on [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]-dominated Cybertron. However, his separate [[beast mode]]s still retain their Predacon [[spark crystal]]s.
{{-}}

==Notes==
*Magmatron's Maximal status on his ''Beast Machines'' toy bio (and the rest of his bio, for that matter) is difficult to reconcile with his appearances elsewhere, but one could simply consider it a [[micro-continuity]] and be done with it.
*Magmatron's Maximal on-package bio gives his quotation as "Til all is won", an obvious reference to a similar [['Til all are one|phrase]] that pops up in numerous other places in ''Transformers'' lore.
*Magmatron's ''Beast Machines'' instructions also erroneously call Landsaur a "raptor", and it also calls Skysaur a ''Pteranodon''. The combined beast mode is termed as a "Monster mode".
* The ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' incarnation of Magmatron is a "virtual redeco" of the revived ''[[Diaclone]]'' line's [http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/pictorial-review-of-diaclone-reboot-diabattles-v2/35531/ Dia-Battles V2] toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Korean:'' '''Magmatron''' (메그마트론 ''Megeumateuron'')

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Rapticon (BM)

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{{disambig2|the Maximal|the Transcendent Technomorph|Rapticon (TransTech)}}
:''Rapticon is a [[Maximal]] [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Rapticon.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Rapticon could fly better than the fliers, too; he just doesn't want to.]]
'''Rapticon''' is big, strong, fast, and really smart. He's basically the overpowered self-insertion character in any fan fiction. He has unmatched precision and success, can immediately pick out the weak spot in an enemy formation, can smash anything with his tail and has a roar that can permanently damage Vehicons. Annoying, isn't it?

He's also a smug, superior smart-ass.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
The Dinobots were sent to the planet [[Arkus]] by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. {{Storylink|Departure}} However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the [[Quintesson]]s and designed to destroy the Dinobots; the planet was the world where one of their most dangerous creations ever remained a prisoner, the energy-draining [[Trans-Organic]] creature known as the [[Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Rapticon fought valiantly against the creature, slicing it across its belly. However, the Dweller swiftly smashed Rapticon to pieces with one of its gigantic tentacles. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|The Inexorable March}}}}

==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM Rapticon toy.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Everyone knows that if you have metallic black colors, you're 10 times more badass than you were before.]]
*'''Rapticon''' (Deluxe, 2001)
**''Accessories'': Tail-whip

: Part of the ''Dinobots'' sub-line of ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]]'', Rapticon is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Dinobot II#Beast Wars|Transmetal 2 Dinobot]], transforming into a monstrous, skeletal organic/mechanical ''Velociraptor''. His tail is made of sectioned rubbery plastic that lets it swipe easily back-and-forth when a dial on its base is turned. This tail-gimmick also becomes a claw-held weapon for Rapticon's robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Dinobot/Rapticon/rapticon.htm More information on Rapticon at TFU.info]''

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Dinotron (BM)

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{{disambig2|the Maximal|the Transcendent Technomorph|Dinotron (TransTech)}}
:''Dinotron is a [[Maximal]] [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:DinotronWreckers1.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|If TRON is Al Gore's favorite movie, then is Dinotron his favorite robot?]]
'''Dinotron''' is the warrior most likely to give [[T-Wrecks]] a headache. To put it frankly, his attitude sucks. Bull-headed, aggressive, and uncooperative are the best words to describe him. Added to that, he's less than thrilled with the new [[technorganic]] dinosaur form the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]] has granted him. Thankfully for the Dinobots, he likes [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s vision for a "pure" Cybertron even less.

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
The Dinobots were sent to the planet [[Arkus]] by the Oracle in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. {{Storylink|Departure}} However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the [[Quintesson]]s and designed to destroy the Dinobots; the planet was the world where one of their most dangerous creations ever remained a prisoner, the energy-draining [[Trans-Organic]] creature known as the [[Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}}

Dinotron survived the encounter, as did T-Wrecks, [[Triceradon (BM)|Triceradon]], and [[Terranotron (BM)|Terranotron]]. They met up with [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] at [[Spaceport CSSB-16]] and chose to join him on his quest to hunt down [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]]. {{storylink|Disclosure}} Along with [[Reptron (Universe)|Reptron]], the group boarded [[Rusty Mace|their ship]] and returned to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], which they realized was the Quintessons' target. Upon arrival, Dinotron and the others happily helped the population against the invading forces. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}

Faced with the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]] hordes, Dinotron and his fellow Dinobots held the line alone for the entire eastern front on Cybertron. Dinotron introduced the idea of keeping score for enemy kills during the war. Although T-Wrecks found it tacky, Triceradon and the eager little Reptron got in on the action. Dinobots competing for kill points... the Sharkticons didn't stand a chance. {{storylink|Wreckers: Finale Part II}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Dinotron was a contestant for the [[Maximal]] team led by [[Optimus Minor]] in the 1924th [[Games]] in [[Dodecahex]]. When each team member was given the opportunity to introduce themself, Dinotron simply growled through his teeth. The game was subsequently interrupted by [[Lio Convoy]], who publicly exposed the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]s' scheme to continue a never-ending [[Autobot]]-[[Decepticon]] conflict with the Maximals and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s as proxies and called for a rebellion against the Builders. {{storylink|Broken Windshields}}

==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM-toy Dinotron.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Packed with pachycephalo-power.]]
*'''Dinotron''' (Deluxe, 2000)
**''Accessories:'' [[Cyber-slash tail weapon|Spinning blade]], sword

:Dinotron is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' Destron [[Hardhead (BWN)#Toys|Hardhead]], himself a [[retool]] of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Toys|Dinobot]] into a ''Pachycephalosaurus''. Despite the toys not looking like it, all of the ''Beast Machines'' Dinobots are intended to be technorganic. (Then again, Dinotron doesn't much look like a ''Pachycephalosaurus'', so hey.)

:Opening his dino-mode jaw pops up his skullcap slightly, and using his head as a battering ram pushes down the skullcap and closes his jaw. His tail detaches and separates to form a gear-powered spinning-blade weapon, while the central "tail bone" separates to be used as a sword. The entire assembly can store in robot mode by flipping down the tail-mount and pegging the blade's base to the peg on his lower back.

:The original version of this mold was also used to make ''Beast Wars'' [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Beast Wars|Grimlock]], and was extensively retooled to make ''[[Beast Wars II (toyline)|Beast Wars II]]'' [[Thrust (BWII)#Thrustor|Thrustor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2000/Dinobot/Dinotron/dinotron.htm More information on Dinotron at TFU.info]

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Airraptor

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:''Airraptor is a [[Maximal]] [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] from the [[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:BMdinobots.JPG|thumb|upright=1.66|He's somewhere in there, trust us.]]

'''Airraptor''' is a perfectionist. He's meticulous and pays close attention to detail in everything he does. This, combined with keen visual sensors, makes him a deadly sharpshooter and valued surveillance specialist. These same skills also served him well in his former function as an interplanetary surveyor and navigator aboard the ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' back before the events of the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]].

==Fiction==
===3H comics===
The Dinobots were sent to the planet [[Arkus]] by the [[Oracle (BM)|Oracle]], in order to awaken the "sleeping giant" for a mysterious purpose. {{storylink|Departure}}

However, the mission was a fool's errand, arranged by the [[Quintesson]]s and designed to destroy the Dinobots; the planet was the world where one of their most dangerous creations ever remained a prisoner, the energy-draining [[Trans-Organic]] creature known as the [[Dweller]]. {{storylink|Betrayal}} Airraptor was caught up in the Dweller's web-net and was reduced to dust by total energy drain. {{storylink|The Wreckers: Finale Part 1}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Machines===
[[File:BM Airraptor toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's proof that dinosaurs evolved into birds. BURN HIM!]]
*'''Airraptor''' (Deluxe Dinobot, 2000)
**''Accessories'': 2 feather-bombs, energy destabilizer pistol

: Airraptor is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] [[Archadis]], transforming into an organic ''Archaeopteryx''. He replaces the Predacon spark crystal in his chest with a [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] one. He also has a slight change to the shape of his wing triggers. His wings extend via spring-loaded triggers to drop feather-bombs, as well as reveal flip-out (non-firing) blasters. In robot mode, his right foream has a pistol with a geared "quick-draw" action, activated by rotating his attached tail-shield. Spiffy.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2000/Dinobot/AirRaptor/airraptor.htm More information on Airraptor at TFU.info]''

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Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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Read about the adventures of '''Swoop''' in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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[[File:WhatsInAName-Swoopjet.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Hate to break it to you, Swoop, but there's like [[Divebomb (disambiguation)|30 other people also called Divebomb]] that you're also gonna have to defeat.]]
''On Cybertron, Swoop was once a member of the Autobots' [[Elite Flying Corps]] and named Divebomb.'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''After disobeying orders from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] he came into battle with a [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]], who defeated him and [[Divebomb (G1)|stole his name]]. The Autobot formerly called Divebomb set out to find the Predacon and steal his name back, but he was once again defeated. Only the intervention of Optimus Prime saved Swoop's life, a fact that Swoop hid from his peers in shame.'' {{storylink|What's in a Name?}}

[[File:SwoopVsDivebombUKAnnual87.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Swoop, you're not allowed to have a differing [[robot mode]] design that matches your Cybertronian [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] until ''War Within''!]] ''This began a continuing rivalry between the two.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}} Swoop and the other Autobots who would later become the Dinobots formed a rogue group of warriors. None of them felt Optimus Prime was strong enough to be their leader, so in their spare time they made plans in the event that they wanted to leave Cybertron. Swoop and the others snuck into a Decepticon spaceport, stole three of their battlecruisers, and parked them in the [[Rad Zone]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

Swoop was among the crew of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] when it crash-landed on [[Earth]] 4 million years ago. After it crashed, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] came to Earth in pursuit and landed in the [[Savage Land]]. Sensing Shockwave's presence, the [[Aunty|Ark's computer]] awoke long enough to rebuild Swoop, along with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]], [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] and [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] into the Dinobots. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}} ''(This is when Swoop was awarded his new name.)'' {{storylink|Letters page (Marvel UK)|Grim Grams #132}} The Dinobots traveled via shuttle to the Savage Land to combat Shockwave, but their recklessness doomed them and the battle ended with the Dinobots and Shockwave submerged in a tar pit where they remained for four million years. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

In [[1984]], after the other Autobots were awoken and the Transformers' war continued on Earth, [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] discovered the fate of the Dinobots, but was at first prevented from doing anything about it because of larger events. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} Shockwave had broken himself free of the tarpits, destroyed all of the Autobots except Ratchet, and had taken over the Ark, deposing [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] as leader of the Decepticons. Ratchet attempted to cut Megatron a deal: if the medic could revive the Dinobots and use them to defeat Shockwave, Ratchet would have the Ark returned to the Autobots. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Megatron agreed, and Ratchet traveled to the Savage Land to dig up Swoop and the others. However, Ratchet suspected Megatron would doublecross him, so he recycled footage of Shockwave's original battle with the Dinobots, convinced Megatron the deed had been done, and met Megatron on a ski slope where he had hidden the Dinobots under the snow for an ambush. Unfortunately, Megatron was able to overpower them, and it was left to Ratchet alone to defeat the former Decepticon leader. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

[[File:Swoopg1marvelukfirst.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Swoop intends to be the first to get his hands on a PlayStation 3!]]
''As Ratchet and the Dinobots walked back victoriously to the Ark, Ratchet told them about a battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons that occurred at [[Sherman Dam]] before the Dinobots were revived. Upon their return to the Ark, however, they learned that the entrance was blocked by the [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] battle droid. Guardian defeated Swoop before engaging the rest of the approaching Autobots.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''Though the hostile droid was driven off into the Ark, Ratchet held off on repairing Swoop; he had an entire ship full of Autobots in need of repairs, and Swoop's brawn was low on the list of what the Autobots needed to solve their current predicament.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''Ratchet eventually worked his way to restoring Swoop after fixing a handful of the other deactivated Autobots (Grimlock "breathing down his neck" helped him in selecting Swoop earlier than he would have otherwise). When Swoop awoke, the Guardian was seconds from detonating the numerous explosives within his body. To save everyone, Swoop grabbed the Guardian, flew up into the sky, and let go of the Guardian two seconds from detonation. [[Mount St. Hilary]] and the Ark were unharmed, but Swoop's body was never recovered. The Autobots put a marking beacon in the place where he was last spotted, and eulogies were given.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

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''In reality he was blown clear and crashed into [[Lake Dena|a nearby lake]] where he was later found by [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]]. The professor had developed a [[Neural relay link|machine capable of transferring his consciousness to a robot]] allowing him to take control of it. He recovered Swoop's body and used the machine to take control of him. Morris then used Swoop to attack the Autobots, who he had mistakenly assumed were under the control of his company's competitor: [[Blackrock Enterprises|Blackrock Industries]]. Swoop's personality eventually broke free of the professor’s control, however, when Optimus Prime delivered an order to him; Swoop's need to reject Optimus's authority overrode Morris's control. Enraged at what had been done to him, Swoop returned to Morris's lab, and threatened to murder the scientist. However, Swoop stayed his hand when he learned that Morris had accidentally used his body to kill another man, and was so guilt-racked over the act that he began begging for death. Frustrated over being denied even a meaningful revenge, Swoop turned Morris over to Optimus Prime for judgement and began storming off... only to suddenly go berserk.''

''Swoop's [[cybo-dendron]]s had eroded after being submerged in the tar pit for millions of years, causing him to revert to his most primal instincts. Using Morris and his machine, the Autobots were able to subdue him and analyze the source of his malfunction.'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''He was subdued and went into a coma like state. This alerted the Autobots to the danger that the other Dinobots were in and they set out to find them.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''After recovering them, the Dinobots were took in by Ratchet, who attempted to recover them from their coma-like stasis. While Swoop was offline, he dreamed of fighting [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] back on Cybertron, who self-detonated while the former carried the latter through the air, destroying them both.'' {{storylink|Victory!}}

''Swoop later recovered from his coma along with the other Dinobots,'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} but the group were largely uncomfortable under Optimus Prime's command. When Prime organized a battle unit to assault the Decepticon base, not to demolish their enemy but to record some vital data, the Dinobots balked at the idea. Going into battle without intending to win was an anathema to them. Grimlock, Swoop and the other Dinobots chose to abandon the Autobot cause instead of putting up with Optimus Prime's "cowardly" ways any longer. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

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''On a whim, Swoop joined the Dinobots in helping Sludge track down a human "friend." [[Joy Meadows]], the aforementioned human, was a reporter who drew some serious heat after she started questioning the [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] cover story being pumped over the air waves. This drew the attention of both the Decepticons and the US government to her, as they each had a stake in making sure the public believed all the Transformers were under the control of a so-called "terrorist." The Dinobots happened upon her under attack, and Swoop rescued Meadows from [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]]'s agents, much to Sludge's relief. The Dinobots afterwards agreed to be interviewed by Meadows and set the story straight. Swoop was tasked with fetching Joyce's camera crew so that the interview could be properly televised. Once more, Swoop wound up finding his quarry in peril: this time it was Megatron threatening the camera crew. Though he intervened, Swoop was thrashed by the Decepticon leader, and only spared from death due to the surprise appearance of the robot [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], acting on behalf of Triple-I. He carried off the two humans but, unbeknownst to him, Swoop had been tagged with a tracking device. The device was found and destroyed upon Swoop rejoining his team, but by this time it was too late: the Decepticons arrived in full force at their location. The 'Cons ultimately won the ensuing skirmish — Soundwave wiped Meadows' tapes and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] personally laid the beatdown on Swoop and the others. Despite some grumbling afterwards, Swoop and the Dinobots mostly decided to give up on the idea of "telling their story" to the humans.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''Optimus and Prowl soon afterwards approached the Dinobots, demanding an explanation for what had just transpired. Swoop and his teammates stormed off instead of divulging what took place during their latest adventure, leaving Optimus once more frustrated with the impetuous Dinobots.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[File:KingoftheHill-shareinthedying.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Awww, he learned to share.]]
''When the future Decepticon named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returned to the 1980s, his first act was to destroy Centurion. Seeking revenge, the Dinobots came after Galvatron in a pitched battle alongside several other Autobots. Swoop found that any attack he performed against Galvatron barely yielded any results, and was blasted point-blank by the lunatic, who had mistaken him for "[[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Prime]]" in the heat of battle. As he lay beaten on the ground, Swoop was telepathically contacted by Peter Anthony Morris, who revealed to him that he had been the one controlling Centurion. Swoop allowed the human to once more seize control of his motor functions to launch a last ditch effort against Galvatron. Together, they distracted him long enough for Shockwave's forces to join the fray. As Galvatron was unwilling to destroy his own future-troops, he then retreated.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} The Dinobots were still on their own, stealing fuel from the humans, when they learned of Optimus Prime's death. After Grimlock attempted to claim leadership of the Autobots for himself and failed, Swoop and the Dinobots helped to battle [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] who had been sent from Cybertron by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] to attack the Ark. Their attack and Grimlock's leadership convinced the Autobots that Grimlock should be leader after all. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

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''While hanging out at the Ark, Sludge showed Swoop a [[Television|TV]] news report about five recently arrived [[Predacon (G1)|Decepticons]] who had been terrorising a human [[O'Connor's Circus|circus]]. Recognising one of them as his old enemy Divebomb but unwilling to reveal their history, Swoop stormed out.'' {{storylink|What's in a Name?}} ''He soon tracked down his rival and almost bested him in single combat when they were surprised by the rest of the Predacons, who had come to look after their own. They took it in turns to beat up Swoop until they themselves were surprised by the arrival of the Dinobots, who had come to look after ''their'' own. During the battle, Divebomb taunted Swoop, threatening to reveal what happened the last time they fought to the rest of the Dinobots, so Swoop deliberately lured him close to Grimlock, who quickly grounded the aerial Predacon. Divebomb spilled the beans, but Grimlock revealed he'd known all along and prepared to kill him to keep Swoop's secret safe. At the last second Swoop realised that he had to stop letting other people fight his battles for him and convinced Grimlock to let the Predacons go.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

[[File:Totaledarkdisembark.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Phew, if he'd stood any further back, he woulda been entirely cyan.]]
Grimlock's leadership of the Autobots was not well-liked, causing [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] to mutiny. Swoop was complicit in Grimlock's kidnapping four human children the mutinous pair had befriended and ransoming their lives for their surrender. When [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] was recruited by [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] to aid the children, Grimlock led the Dinobots in a chase after the newcomer through an asteroid belt. Swoop and the others cornered Sky Lynx, forcing Blaster's surrender. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} Another challenge to Grimlock's leadership occurred when [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] arrived on Earth from [[Nebulos]] with his own army of Autobots. Fortress Maximus' group wished to meet with Grimlock's in order to join forces in rebuilding Optimus Prime, and Swoop introduced them once they boarded the Ark. Unwilling to forfeit his position, Grimlock challenge Maximus to a duel for supreme leadership of their troops, though Blaster wound up fighting in Maximus's stead. The pair dueled on Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]], and Swoop joined all the other Earth-bound Autobots in watching the fight. The proceedings were interrupted by a surprise Decepticon attack, and Grimlock and Blaster wound up momentarily putting their differences aside to lead the Autobots into fighting back. In the battle's aftermath, Goldbug and a choice other Autobots wound up traveling to Nebulos to restore Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

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''Upon Prime's return he confronted Grimlock, Swoop and the other Dinobots, who were none too happy about having to cede control of the Autobots back to him. However, Prime proved to be his usual persuasive self and managed to sweet-talk them into following his orders again. These events were witnessed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}} ''Swoop then travelled to [[Earth]] in an [[Ark shuttlecraft]] to confront the time travelling Decepticon Galvatron alongside Optimus Prime and Fortress Maximus. However, when Prime and his companions were [[mass substitution|transported]] to [[Limbo]] by the arrival of [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and his future Autobots via [[Time-jump mechanism|time-jump]], Max and Swoop jumped to the wrong conclusion and attacked the newcomers. With the help of the other Dinobots, he helped beat down on Arcee during the confusion. Eventually the misunderstanding was explained and the present and future Autobots united with their Decepticon counterparts to end the threat posed by the [[time rift]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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Following the return of Optimus Prime as leader, the Autobots focused their efforts on recovering [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], who was held captive by the Decepticons. They were alerted to his location in the [[Arctic]] by an [[Autobot Code One Alert]] signal, but this was a trap laid by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. The Decepticons were nearby and the two factions battled. Swoop joined the Aerialbots in the skies, where he faced [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]]. This orchestrated battle was intended to distract from Starscream's designs on the [[Underbase]], and once this was discovered, Autobots and Decepticons teamed up and scattered their forces across various cities where they expected Starscream to strike. Swoop and the Dinobots were assigned with others to [[Tokyo]], where they were momentarily mistook for monster movie props. Ultimately, all of the Dinobots were destroyed by the Underbase-powered Starscream. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

Grimlock was restored by Ratchet using [[Pretender]] technology, but Grimlock resented that his fellow Dinobots weren't also repaired. He stole the bodies of Swoop and the other Dinobots and absconded against Optimus Prime's orders {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} to [[Hydrus Four]], where he restored them using [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]], despite warnings by the natives about side-effects. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} Swoop helped Grimlock load up enough Nucleon to revive their fallen Autobot comrades, {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} and the Dinobots returned to the Ark, where they found it and Earth devoid of active Transformers. They steered the Ark towards Cybertron, where they suspected everyone had gone for a battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Indeed, when the Dinobots arrived, the Transformers were already engaged in battle with the Chaos Bringer. After Grimlock rammed Unicron across the face with the Ark itself, Swoop and a legion of Nucleon-revived Autobots jumped ship to join the rest of their race in battle. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

[[File:StillLife-Swoop.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.66|Let's face the facts about me and you, a love unspecified...]]
Unicron's defeat also resulted in Optimus Prime's death, and his dying words placed Grimlock back in command. Immediately Grimlock got into an argument about priorities with [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], and Grimlock left the Autobots with his Dinobots to hunt down the Ark and the remaining deactivated Autobots inside. Swoop admitted that Prowl was indeed a jerk, but that he might have had a point, and Grimlock could have instead focused on keeping the uneasy Autobot/Decepticon alliance cohesive. Grimlock's response was cut short when suddenly his body seized up. Inconveniently enough, this perplexing problem was followed by [[Hi-Q]]'s arrival, and the Nebulan was on the run from [[demon]]s from below Cybertron's surface! Grimlock begged for Swoop and the others to abandon him, but Swoop refused. The Dinobots were a team, and would die a team, if necessary. (Grimlock silently wondered if Swoop would keep that sentiment if he learned that the Nucleon he'd revived him with was what caused Grimlock these problems to begin with.) Ultimately, Grimlock's frozen state was the beginning stage of his transformation into an [[Action Master]], and his new powerful form was able to fend off the demons, saving the lives of Swoop and the others. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

Grimlock's misgivings about the Autobot/Decepticon alliance were quickly proven correct, and the Decepticons abandoned Swoop and the other Autobots on Cybertron as it began to implode due to damage caused by Unicron's attack. However, the Dinobots remembered the Decepticon ships they stole long ago and retrieved them, granting the Autobots a way off their self-destructing planet. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} The Autobots planned to travel to [[Klo]] and attack the Decepticons there, catching them unawares. Swoop and the other Dinobots jumped directly out of their ship into the planet below, but the Decepticons were already waiting for them. In the slaughter that followed, Swoop was among the first casualties. He was presumably revived after Optimus Prime arrived with his newest ally, the [[Last Autobot]], to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat and end the war. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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===''Robo-Capers''===
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While flying in his beast mode, Swoop boasted that the fear he instilled could reach farther than any bullet. [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] asked how the Dinobot could possibly hope to instill fear in him. Swoop responded by pooping on him. {{storylink|Robo-Capers issue 87}}
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
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''Following a major Decepticon offensive on Autobot City, the outpost's occupants learned that a "monster planet," [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was approaching Cybertron, and devouring the planet's moons! The Autobots quickly prepared to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, only to be attacked by Decepticon forces led by an upgraded Megatron, now going by the name "[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]." Swoop's group managed to lose their pursuers, and the Dinobots watched as [[Hot Rod]] trained with an Auto-combatant once they believed themselves out of harm's way. But the Decepticons found them once more, shot up their ship, and forced them in proximity of planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]. A planetary defense system then brought the shuttle into a crash-landing. Swoop, Slag, and Sludge were separated from the rest of the crew. By the time they found them again, Kup, Hot Rod, and Grimlock were being escorted by a gang of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], and so the Dinobots opted to stay out of sight and follow them. En route, they met the young Autobot [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who joined their rescue effort. When Grimlock and the others began fighting back against their captors, Swoop's group joined in the scuffle, successfully beating back the hordes of Sharkticons. After their show of force, the Autobots convinced the Sharkticons to turn on their cruel [[Quintesson]] masters. They then went off to find a means to get off-world,'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} ''and eventually succeeded in ending Unicron's threat.''

In [[2008]], Swoop and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on [[Junkion (planet)|the planet of Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Swoop and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}
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===Earthforce===
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Swoop and his fellow Dinobots were brought back after the Underbase Saga by Grimlock, who found a mysterious off-world method of restoring them to life. Shockwave and his auxiliary army of Decepticons wanted the secret, and so a fight broke out with the Dinobots. Swoop played with [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]] for too long in the battle, and got shot in the wing as a result. Grimlock had to bail him out before the [[Battlecharger]] caused any further damage. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} Optimus Prime started to berate the Dinobots after the battle, for the brutality of their fighting style, and so an angry Grimlock threatened to take his Dinobots and leave the army entirely. Things became even more intense, and Prime and Grimlock actually started trading blows to see who had the biggest chrome bearings. After a few minutes of sustaining combat, however, Swoop and Prime's lieutenant [[Getaway]] declared it a draw as the combatants dropped to the floor, too tired to beat on one another anymore. Exhausted, Optimus Prime decided Grimlock could be put to better use than as a punching bag and declared him Autobot Commander: Earth while Prime took the Ark and its crew into space to deal with Unicron. Swoop and the Dinobots joined several other long-time Autobots in forming Earthforce. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Although Grimlock had promised Optimus Prime that he would show restraint on Earth, Swoop was present at the first meeting of the Earthforce where their leader ''literally'' threw the [[Autobot Code|rule book]] out of the window. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

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On [[April Fools' Day]], the Dinobots played a prank on Grimlock, sending him out into a [[Canada|Canadian]] snowstorm to face Shockwave in single combat, only to find a snowman replica of the Decepticon leader and an autographed sign saying "April Fools!" When Grimlock took longer than expected to return, Swoop and the others began to worry that their leader hadn't seen the funny side of the joke... unaware that Grimlock was sneaking up on them, carrying the biggest snowball he could make. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

Swoop was present with the entire Earthforce team outside Autobot Earthbase shortly after its completion, in order to witness [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] make a demonstration of its systems. Embarrassingly, Wheeljack managed to lock the Earthforce out of the base, forcing Prowl to run the gauntlet of its defenses to deactivate them. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} When the Decepticons discovered its location they staged a major offensive on the Autobot position. Grimlock took his Dinobots out on the front lines to defend their territory and Swoop was seen making a bombing run on [[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]] and [[Long Haul (G1)|Long Haul]]. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

Every four million years (give or take), Slag's lack of [[emotional damper]]s played up for a while, turning him from moderately savage to mindlessly savage. It was a secret the Dinobots had kept since they first formed, but unfortunately, this attack occurred when Optimus Prime came back to Earth to inspect the new base. While Grimlock kept Prime occupied, Swoop and the other Dinobots had the unenviable task of keeping the berserker in check so Prime wouldn't find out. Swoop tried to take the ''Triceratops'' by the horns, but was rammed through a wall instead. The Dinobots managed to wrangle Slag long enough for him to burn himself out, and their secret was safe for another four million years. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}

In order to secure a compatible systems boost for Snarl (who was dying of [[Corrodia Gravis]]), Swoop and Earthforce had to seek out Starscream, Snarl's systems match, from the Louisiana Decepticon headquarters. Of course, the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] were right in the middle of an assassination attempt on Starscream's life, forcing the Autobots to reluctantly come to his aid. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Grimlock sent Swoop and Sludge to defend Starscream from his attackers. With Swoop acting as a distraction, Starscream was able to belt [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] with a loose I-beam. With the help of the Dinobots, Starscream fended off his assailants and agreed to help Snarl, in exchange for a promise of aid in case the assassins ever came after him again. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

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Snarl's health problems did not end there, however, and the Corrodia Gravis infection eventually returned. And this time, Snarl was too far gone to be repaired in his present body. The Dinobots attempted to locate the [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from the shuttle that originally brought them down to Earth, in the [[Savage Land]], hoping to store Snarl's mind in the crystal until a new body could be manufactured for him. Unfortunately, when they got there they found the crystal had been co-opted by a human scientist named [[Embrey]], who was using it as a power source to prevent a disease from spreading throughout the dinosaurs, killing them. Unable to remove the crystal and thereby condemn the beasts to death, Swoop came up with an alternate plan. With the control crystal as a conduit, Snarl's mind was transferred into that of a normal ''Stegosaurus'', leaving him to wait in the Savage Land until his mind could be retrieved and placed in a new body. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}
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===Another Time & Place===
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Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Swoop and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Swoop and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. For some reason, Swoop clearly got the worst of the treatment, with metal shredders taken to his wings, hooks gouged through his skin, and his leg torn almost completely out of joint.

Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. Swoop managed to personally crawl over to the control console for some medical equipment, dropping a [[Repair spider|giant spidery set of waldoes]] on Bludgeon. In a matter of seconds, the machine tore apart the Decepticon leader, leaving nothing more than a few decentralized components. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Swoop and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
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Before the Autobot army scattered across the galaxy, Swoop was part of a unit under Optimus Prime and Grimlock who confronted Bludgeon's forces on an abandoned world. They fought over ancient technology and weapons, but were eventually driven off by the [[Guardian (G2)|guardian]] of those weapons. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

Swoop and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot [[Firestormer]]s when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] and their [[Eco-structuring|terraforming]] measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots to discuss the matter, they were captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], leader of this new enemy force. The seeming insignificance of their previous conflicts weighed heavily on Optimus, but once Grimlock convinced him of the need to fight on, the Autobots burst free from their cell. Swoop and the others became part of a major offensive against not only Jhiaxus and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Their initial escape from the Empire was deterred by passage through the [[K'tord Nebula]], where both sides were swept up in the effects of aggressive psychic parasites. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Swoop and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Using a stolen enemy shuttle, they attempted to sneak upon the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', with a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] to obliterate it... But Swoop and the others were captured almost immediately, as Jhiaxus had increased his security. They only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Grimlock mellowed a bit after that exchange, and so Swoop and the Dinobots were relegated to training exercises with the other newly arriving Autobots from other regions of space until a new plan of attack against the Cybertronian Empire could be made. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When Grimlock learned that Optimus had left to confront Megatron alone on Earth, hoping to negotiate a treaty and join forces against Jhiaxus's army, the Dinobot immediately recognized the foolishness in this decision. He gathered up Swoop among others to come to their commander's rescue, their arrival interrupting Megatron before he could deliver a killing blow. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Swoop continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades on [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}} In the epic final conflict with the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], Swoop was seen manning one of the shield generators the united Autobot/Decepticon alliance was using to defend themselves. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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==''Classics''==
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[[File:Swooparkclassics.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|He only looks big because the Ark is so far away... or is it [[scale]]?]]
After the defeat of Bludgeon's forces, the already nucleon-infused Swoop was caught in a titanic explosion at a nucleon-processing plant and was drastically mutated. The quick reaction of the Autobot [[Mini-Con]]s saved him and ''boom''; Mini-Con Swoop was born. One would think a Dinobot would dislike being given such a small form, but Swoop is just as powerful as he ever was (if not more) and is now ''much'' faster and more precise. These augmented abilities are enough to make him quite satisfied with this state of affairs. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 18|Swoop's profile in Club magazine #18}}

Swoop joined Grimlock's crew on the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]''. When his team followed [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]'s small group of Decepticons to Earth, Swoop was sent ahead to scout the crashed remains of the Decepticon-controlled [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}
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==''Regeneration One''==
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Sixteen years after the final battle on [[Klo]], Swoop and the other Dinobots confronted Grimlock in the [[Nursery]] on Cybertron over the effects of Nucleon on [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]]'s mental health. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

When [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] used his gene key to reprogram the Autobots of Cybertron, the Dinobots managed to evade capture even as the whole planet turned against them. While evading Scorponok's troops, Swoop and the other Dinobots agreed that they would have to find Grimlock, and put their house in order by confronting him for working with Scorponok. They invaded the Nursery, knowing that Grimlock would recognize it as a summons from them when they tripped its security system. When Grimlock arrived, they began to attack him, ignoring his protests and explanations, and telling him that all they could do for him now was give him an honorable death. As Grimlock began fighting back, Scorponok's forces invaded the Nursery, having tracked Grimlock through a tracking device implanted in his new body. Grimlock saved the Dinobots by releasing [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]] from his containment cell, who unleashed a torrent of flames thanks to the Nucleon in him, destroying the attacking Decepticons. Afterwards, Grimlock helped Swoop and the Dinobots out of the Nursery. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} The group moved on to attack Scorponok's forces at the [[Sonic Canyons]], where they found the Decepticon's plot to convert all of Cybertron at once with a massive gene key already being foiled by [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]]. Grimlock and Scorponok wound up locked in combat on a bridge over the canyon. Hoping to send the Decepticon plumeting, Swoop destroyed some of the structure's support struts while Snarl flew to Grimlock with a Sky-Sled to prevent his fall. But Grimlock refused Snarl's hand, and the two combatants fell into the Sonic Canyons together as Swoop and the Dinobots watched in horror. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

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Once Slag was restored by the Nebulan process, Swoop and the other Dinobots came to the new Autobot leader, [[Hot Rod/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. They all had a feeling that Grimlock wasn't really dead, and wanted to join Hot Rod on his expedition into Cybertron's core. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Their search led them deep into Cybertron's under-structure, following a "map" imprinted on Hot Rod's mind by the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} In the [[Primus]] chamber, the group was confronted by [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]], who only retreated after the arrival of Grimlock, aglow and inhabited by the power of Primus. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Swoop and the other Dinobots entered a form of mind-lock while Primus and Hot Rod conversed. After Primus dispatched Hot Rod on a quest through [[Zero Space]], the Dinobots awoke to find a very confused Grimlock. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As they made their way back towards the surface, the Dinobots realized the primitives were passively following them as well. Emerging from the ground in the middle of a Decepticon invasion, the Dinobots took up arms against the 'Cons and their [[Blitz Engine]]s, and led the primitives into battle as much needed reinforcements for the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

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After the invasion, however, the Autobots were unsettled by the presence of the Dinobots' new "friends". Even the newly risen Rodimus Prime, who first began the quest to reconnect with these ancestors, didn't want to know them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Swoop and the other Dinobots were unsettled by the [[Camp Zero|ghetto]] constructed on the surface by the Autobots to house the primitives, and were suspicious of how passive the primitives had quickly become. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] highly advanced [[Primum Fugae]] arrived on Cybertron, they quickly judged the primitives to be an evolutionary insult and began exterminating them. Swoop and the others stepped up to defend the creatures, but the Primum Fugae proved incredibly powerful. They only retreated after a larger Autobot force arrived. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

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Damaged in the struggle, Swoop and the Dinobots remained behind on Cybertron when Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus's [[Hub (G2)|Hub]] worlds. The primitives' behavior continued to be unsettling as they spontaneously began growing "hibernation capsules" around themselves in the ghetto, apparently instinctively hiding out from some upcoming menace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

Sure enough, the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Anti-Matrix entity]] took advantage of the Autobots' absence and unleashing a corrupting wave over Cybertron, draining life and stability from nearly all the inhabitants. Swoop and the Dinobots only survived due to their proximity to Grimlock. It seemed it was the Anti-Matrix and not really Primus who inhabited Grimlock earlier, and that brief contact created an immunity for him. However, the Dinobots still had to deal with the [[Shadow-leech|shadow-demons]] all other Transformers on Cybertron had devolved into thanks to the entity. They survived long enough to regroup with Rodimus Prime's fleet when they returned from the Hub. Swoop helped the Autobots deal with some of the Anti-Matrix's pawns on Nebulos, retaking control of the [[space bridge]] network. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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==Ask Vector Prime==
In universal stream [[Primax 994.0 Gamma]], the Veteran and his forces never stopped hunting the remnants of the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] which had retreated to [[Planet X (Cybertron)|Planet X]], prompting Planet X's residents to flee to [[X-Dimension|another dimension]] entirely. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/06/05}}

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:''Swoop is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TVMagSwoop.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Him Swoop have legs that go for miiiles." <-- [[Talk:Swoop (G1)#Hilarious|Now his official motto because of The Loyal Subjects.]]]]

'''Swoop''' is the friendliest and most outgoing of the Dinobots. He's surprisingly good natured, kind, and upbeat. Few of his comrades realize this however, as his team's reputation and his alt-form, considered (for some reason) particularly "horrifying" to Transformer aesthetics, makes others wary of getting close enough to learn about the bot himself. Swoop is an excellent aerial combatant and bombardier, and has become skilled at using the fear his alt mode creates in battle. He considers it his greatest weapon. Like all the Dinobots, Swoop tends to be arrogant, disobedient, and generally disagree with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership style. He's also a bit of a show-off.

Sometimes he is formerly known as '''Divebomb'''; other times he is known as '''Strafe''' or '''Ptero''', and sometimes [[Ptero]] is a separate individual and his [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] partner.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Michael Bell]] (English), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese)|[[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Thomas Rau]] (German, ''Call of the Primitives''), [[Ulrich Frank]] (German, The Movie TV Dub), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Dinobot Island, Part 1''), [[Claus Brockmeyer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub of ''Dinobot Island, Part 2'' & ''War of the Dinobots'')}}
[[File:WaroftheDinos construction.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Maybe next time Wheeljack start with Swoop's brain first instead of feet!]]
Pleased with the overall success of the original three Dinobots, [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] commissioned the construction of two additional members: [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and Swoop. The new duo made their combat debut against [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]], [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]], [[Sideswipe (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Sideswipe]], and [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] in a field test which the robotic dinosaurs passed with flying colors. Snarl and Swoop did battle with the original Dinobots (who were fooled by Megatron to go rogue), but were only strong enough to force them into a stalemate. The original Dinobots chose to return to the Autobots after their leader, Grimlock, was saved from the exploding meteorite through a selfless act of heroism from Optimus Prime. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

Swoop later assisted his fellow Dinobots in limiting the amount of damage done by an incoming tidal wave by transporting logs to Snarl, who planted them into the ground to serve as an additional barrier against the raging wave. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}}

Swoop was rarely seen apart from the other Dinobots. Together, they fought the likes of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} the [[Sub-Atlantica]]n King [[Nergill]], {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}} and moved to a [[Dinobot Island (G1)|bizarre island]] to hone their skills. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:G1 cartoon Swoop beast mode.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Swoop too close to ceiling! Me not care anyway!]]
Some time after that, the Dinobots chose to desert the Autobots during their time of need (the Autobots were dying from lack of [[Cybertonium]]) and go to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. [[Sparkplug Witwicky|Sparkplug]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], and [[Carly]] sought out the Dinobots to convince them to help, but Grimlock, angered that they had been followed, decided to crush them. Swoop, however, saved them, wanting to hear the "brilliant part" from the humans. Grimlock was convinced to go, but instead led the Dinobots to Cybertron itself. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}}

[[File:DesertionDinobots2 Swoop humans.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.4|One can only imagine how embarrassed Spike and Carly were to have Swoop chaperone them at the school dance.]]
All the Dinobots were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], reprogrammed and forced to work in the cybertonium mines at the planet's [[organic core]]. All, that is, except for Swoop. Swoop soon encountered Spike and Carly, the Autobots' human allies, deep within the bowels of the planet. The three teamed up and, after learning a brief history of the Transformer race, freed the Dinobots and returned to [[Earth]] with a shipment of Cybertonium. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

In [[2005]], Swoop and the other Dinobots fought Devastator during the battle of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. They didn't fare too well. They later evacuated the city (reluctantly) when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] attacked. Swoop and the Dinobots became briefly stranded on [[Quintessa]] along with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] when their ship was shot down. With help from [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], the Dinobots found their friends, with Swoop using [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] as bombs. The Autobots escaped Quintessa and rescued the remaining Autobots on the [[Junkion (planet)|Planet of Junk]] from a horde of confused [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]]. Later, Swoop did one of his greatest life accomplishments when he bombed the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Swoop’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]” and the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

In the year [[2006]], Swoop and other Autobots with "[[dinosaur transform static]]" were brought before a jury consisting of [[Slammer]], [[Six-Gun]], [[Scamper]], and [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who tried to determine if any of them were involved in a recent rash of monument thefts. It turned out they were innocent. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} Swoop and the Dinobots were also summoned by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's Assistant]] to do battle with [[Tornedron]], a creation of the villainous [[Primacron]]. Swoop failed to defeat the energy monster, but Grimlock managed to save the day just in the nick of time. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
Alongside Grimlock and Snarl, Swoop was sent out to defend [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] from a major Decepticon assault. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Swoop and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel's control panel. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup's war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Swoop and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In a universe where the Transformers and [[GoBot]]s co-existed, Swoop and the Dinobots fled [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade/Decepticon alliance attacked. Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron, but Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]].

Grimlock dispatched Swoop to scout out the region, but the Dinobot was unable to find Kup and Hot Rod. Shortly afterwards, the Dinobots encountered the RoGuns, who had also been stranded on Antares III. After a misunderstanding, they formed an alliance and barged into the court of the [[Master Renegade]], just in time to save Kup and Hot Rod from execution. After stealing the Master Renegade's ship and dubbing it "''Grungy''", the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[Rock Lord#Boulder|Boulder]] and his heroic [[Rock Lord]]s, and together the alliance rescued [[Guardian (GoBots)#Major Mo|Major Mo]]'s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[Rock Lord#Magmar|Magmar]]'s evil Rock Lords.

The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the ''Grungy'' and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Swoop was on Optimus Prime's shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by "Megascream": a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.

On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup's universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the team picked up Hot Rod from Junkion and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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On [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Divebomb]] was a member of the [[Elite Flying Corps]] who had a strained relationship at best with his commanding officer [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and a deadly rivalry with [[Divebomb (G1)|a Decepticon]] who went on to take his name. Afterwards, he fell in with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]'s squad before becoming part of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'s crew and after crashing on [[Earth]], the [[Aunty|Ark's computer]] revived Grimlock's squad to battle [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], giving them [[Alternate mode|alt-mode]]s based upon the [[Savage Land]]'s [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]]. Though [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] and the Dinobots defeated Shockwave they were also trapped, spending the next four million years in a tar pit until they were recovered by [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] in [[1984]].

Swoop then had a run of bad luck, first being deactivated by a bomb carried by [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] and then being recovered by [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]] and [[Neural relay link|used as a weapon]] to attack his fellow Autobots. He managed briefly to recover his mind before his primary [[cybo-dendron]]s burned out, rendering him little more than a violent beast and leaving him in a coma-like state. Upon recovering the Dinobots struck out on their own, battling [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] and befriending Morris's new mechanoid [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] before Centurion was destroyed by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], an insane [[time travel]]ling Decepticon, and they once again had to fight for their lives. The Dinobots returned to the Ark after Optimus Prime's death and after they defeated [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] the Autobots elected Grimlock as their new leader. Swoop's life got a bit better after that until he discovered his old rival [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] was also on Earth and he almost got killed by Divebomb's new buddies, the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. Swoop was taken out of action shortly afterwards by the [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] and kept on life support until Grimlock travelled to [[Hydrus Four]] and revived the Dinobots with [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]].

Swoop and the others took control of the deserted Ark and used the super-fuel to revive the rest of the fallen Autobots before taking the fight to [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. After the battle, Optimus Prime died and Grimlock became leader again before Cybertron started shaking itself apart and the Autobots were forced to flee, pursuing [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s Decepticons to [[Klo]] where they were ambushed and Swoop was killed. He was later resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]].

In one timeline Swoop went on to have [[April Fools' Day]] fun in Grimlock's [[Earthforce]]; in others he fought [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] and the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], became a [[Mini-Con]], or forged an alliance with Cybertron's [[Demon]]s and fought the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]]'s [[shadow-leech]]es before ultimately growing old and dying.
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Swoop and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. Swoop was travelling to the Autobots’ headquarter when he and the Dinobots were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets. The Dinobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and continued to Autobot headquarters.

Back at the Dinobots’ base, another Swoop, immersed in his tar cocoon, awaited activation to join the Autobot ranks. When the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]], a Decepticon juggernaut, forced its way into the Dinobots’ headquarters, the vibrations it produced inadvertently freed the cocooned Dinobots, who charged at Megatron and Soundwave to fend them off. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Optimus had requested Swoop and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
When the Autobots were confronted with the Decepticons' newest super-warrior, The Devastator, Swoop and the rest of the Dinobots arrived on-scene to counteract the new menace. Though the Decepticons mocked the Dinobots' slow pace at first, their laughter was cut short by Soop flying down and bombarding The Devastator at close range, killing both Hook and Scrapper while they were still combined. Swoop then transformed and used his sword to slice through both of The Devastator's legs, in turn killing Mixmaster and Scavenger. With most of the Constructicons slaughtered, The Dinobots pounced on their carcasses, ripping them into pieces of scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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Swoop was present when [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] conveyed a message from Megatron to Autobot headquarters, informing them that not only had they captured [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] with the mighty gestalt [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], but that a rescue party of Autobots that had attempted to rescue the prisoner was now also being held hostage. As the rescue party had included fellow Dinobots Slag and Sludge, Swoop was perticularly shaken by this development, and was ready to surrender to the Decepticons. Thankfully, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus]] returned morale to the Autobot ranks by devising of a clever plan to trick the Decepticons. Swoop was amongst several Autobots that hid themselves within a statue of Devastator, which was wheeled before Decepticon headquarters, and left as a peace offering. When the Decepticons let down their guard, Swoop and the others burst forth from within the statue, and ambushed their enemies. Swoop played a prominent role in the battle that followed, blasting away at the earth-bound Decepticons as they impotently attempted to shoot him down. Eventually, the Autobots emerged victorious from the battle, with Swoop being one of the few robots emerging unscathed from the conflict. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within his trailer and inside his other troops' vehicle modes, in order to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the other Autobots transformed to battle the Decepticons. Swoop went after Laserbeak, frightening the cowardly bird away from the town. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Swoop and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. Swoop was taken by surprise by Dirge and took the first hit of the battle, but shrugged it off and retaliated in kind. He managed to take a few more hits, until finally being taken out of the fight when Galvatron injured his wing. The Autobots nevertheless managed to defeat the Decepticons, and they were cheered on by nearby humans as they headed back to Autobot City. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}

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Swoop took part in a battle over energon cubes at [[Mount St. Hilary]] which ended when [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] scarfed all the energon. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}

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===Big Looker storybooks===
[[File:Swoop Decepticon Hijack.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Like some vast predatory...um...cardinal?]]
During an incomprehensibly heavy-handed Decepticon plot to steal a single fuel tanker, the Autobots - also oddly determined to protect this single tanker - found themselves outnumbered and outgunned. Swoop, still recovering from a previous battle, arrived to assist, and was fired on by Megatron. This so enraged the mild-mannered Autobot that he dropped an air-to-air missile launcher (?) with the power of 5000 pounds of TNT. Swoop comes across as uncharacteristically modest, and grateful just to be able to help Prime and pals. Also, Swoop has hair. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

Swoop and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Swoop helped load the ship’s cargo. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet’s evil inhabitants.They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Swoop fired a couple of missiles to fend off the enemy robots. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie’s parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===Dinobot War===
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Swoop, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth's distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons' plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!{{storylink|Dinobot War}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Dinobots Strike Back====
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As the Dinobots slacked off from lookout duty in [[Hidden Valley]], only Swoop saw an incoming mortar in time to dodge, escaping with an injured wing while the other four were knocked out. He watched in horror as [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] planted [[cerebro-shell]]s on his teammates, unsure if he should fight the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] or return to the Ark for help.
{{note|The preceding actions come before the first choice, and therefore hold true for every path in the book}}
If he confronted Bombshell, the beetle responded by hovering over the other Dinobots, forcing Swoop to move higher or lower for a clean shot. If he flew in lower and fired a missile, he hit Bombshell, then threatened him until he removed his shells in two different paths; the only difference was that if he fired from above [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], then [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] accidentally conked him on the head, leaving Swoop with no memory of Bombshell, and [[you]] being the only one who knows what happened. If he fired from above [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], he remembered enough to tell his buddies that they felt odd because they had a bug in their circuits.

If Swoop tried to lure Bombshell higher, the Insecticon instead just ordered the Dinobots to go attack the Ark. Their stampede raised a dust cloud that gave Bombshell the cover he needed to sneak up and inject Swoop with a poison that shrank to the size of a hummingbird. After evading a lizard, Swoop tailed his teammates until the poison wore off and he grew back to normal size.
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When Swoop told Optimus Prime what happened, there were several options for a plan of attack. If Optimus chose an immediate assault, the Autobots made no progress until Swoop missiled the ground near Slag, knocking him over hard enough to dislodge his cerebro-shell. This gave Prime the strategy he needed to free the other Dinobots.

An alternate path led to the four Dinobots pretending to still be under the shells' control to infiltrate the Decepticons' [[Mount Lomas]] base, a plan Swoop had to first relay to Sludge in [[Dolphin's Bay]]. Swoop later flew a loop over their mountaintop victory party, signalling the others to break cover and attack, then shot down the fleeing [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] for good measure. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

====Battle Drive====
When Bumblebee failed to report back from his scouting mission in a timely fashion, Optimus became worried about the little Autobot and sent out Swoop along with Prowl and Hound to check up on him. After Bumblebee informed the group that the Decepticons were planning to detroy farmland in order to starve humanity into submission, the group had to make a decision on their next course of action.
If they decided to try and head back to Autobot headquarters immediately, they would get caught in a sudden storm. The flooded roads stopped the earthbound Autobots from progressing, while the violent winds prevented Swoop from heading back to base as well.

If they decided to take on the Decepticons by themselves, the group encountered Buster Witwicky on the road. Informing the Autobots that Sparkplug was on the run from the Decepticons after having discovered a fatal flaw in their circuitry, the group were faced with another decision to make.

If the Autobots decided to continue on with their mission of stopping the Decepticons from destroying farmland, Swoop and the rest of the group are ambushed by the Decepticons and promptly destroyed.

If however, the Autobots decide to go after Buster's father, Swoop elects to carry Buster in his [[beast mode]], and the group head into the hills, where Sparkplug was headed to hide. From this vantage point, Buster is the first to spot the Decepticons surrounding a cave wherein Sparkplug is holed up. Swoop dives down and lets Buster off his back before being ordered by Prowl to fly ahead and distract the Decepticons while the slower Autobots move in to secure Sparkplug. Swoop flew towards Megatron, Laserbeak, Blitzwing, Starscream, Bombshell and at least half-a-dozen other Decepticons. Focused on the cave's opening, the Decepticons did not notice Swoop approaching. Using the element of surprise, Swoop took out Starscream first with his air-to-air missiles. The Decepticons retaliate, and Swoop is faced with a new decision.

If Swoop elected to stay and fight the Decepticons, he manages to take out Megatron with a lucky shot into the tyrant's fusion cannon, causing it to backfire and obliterate the Decepticon leader. Without their leader, the Decepticons fell into disarray and were easily picked off by the Autobot reinforcements that arrived soon afterwards.

If Swoop decided to fly off to the Autobots' headquarters, a substantial amount of Decepticons tail him, leading to Swoop needing a few days to return with reinforcements. {{storylink|Battle Drive}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
Swoop was in Metroplex city when an Autobot Alert sounded.

In one possible scenario, Swoop was selected alongside Mirage, Jazz, Powerglide and Prowl, to join Ultra Magnus on an orbital mission to both rescue Cosmos and halt a Decepticon plot to take over Earth’s broadcast satellites. After donning special space gear for solar protection, the team took off and headed towards Cosmos’s last coordinates.Though they soon found Cosmos, so did they spot Galvatron’s ship, Cyclonus, looming nearby. After they had retrieved Cosmos, Ultra Magnus called out to his troops to return to the shuttle’s control deck. Ultra Magnus ordered his troops to train all of their weapons on Cyclonus for a full-frontal assault. Swoop was pulled aside by Powerglide who questioned to wisdom of Ultra Magnus’s plan, and suggested that he and Swoop instead attempt a sneak attack on the Decepticons.

If the Autobots went along with Ultra Magnus’s plan, Swoop and the rest of the Autobots were horrorstruck when Galvatron himself emerged from Cyclonus, followed by an army of multiwing jet fighters. Swoop and the others were left drifting helplessly into space as the Decepticons tore their shuttle apart.

If Swoop and Powerglide went ahead with their own plan, Swoop is put in charge of using his superior fire power to disable Cyclonus while Powerglide distracts him. Sneaking up on Cyclonus, Swoop successfully destroyed the Decepticons’ transmit ion apparatus, foiling the Decepticons’ plans. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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===3H comics===
[[File:Sandstormwindrazor.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Check out that winged silhouette in the middle.]]
In a distant future of the [[Beast Era]], the dark warlord known as [[Shokaract]] had conquered Cybertron and much of the galaxy. Only a handful of Maximals and Predacons survived to oppose him, under the command of the Predacon [[Sandstorm (BW)|Sandstorm]]. Among them was an ancient warrior known simply as the Veteran. Reflecting on his long history and all his many departed comrades, the Veteran began to wonder if he had survived so long as to become a ''figurative'' dinosaur.

The Veteran's finely honed skills and instincts allowed him to survive an assassination attempt by the [[Cub]], one of Shokaract's servants. Returning in defeat, the Cub was severely wounded as punishment for his failure and left to die in the wilds of Cybertron. Before he could perish, however, Sandstorm's band of rebels recovered him. In an attempt to learn more about Shokaract's plans, the Veteran merged his Spark with that of the Cub, and thus was born the dual-sparked [[Windrazor (BW)|Windrazor]]. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Schism}}

Though Windrazor was essentially a new being, within him the Sparks of the Veteran and the Cub continued to grapple for control and dominance of their joined form. {{storylink|Herald, Covenant, Schism, Paradox|Paradox}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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Swoop was an Autobot once named Divebomb, though the circumstances surrounding his name change are unspecified. When Optimus Prime and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] disappeared into an unstable space bridge prototype, Swoop joined Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. Together, they were able to thwart Starscream's [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] from keeping a stolen cargo of Energon and made a quick retreat with the goods. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} When Grimlock took the Dynobots to execute [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] and Shockwave, Swoop argued that they should instead focus on [[Trypticon (G1)|the new battle base]] the Decepticons had built. Grimlock insisted on pursuing their initial mission, but eventually relented, and allowed Swoop and the others aid [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and his troops fight Trypticon while he pressed forward. The battle against Trypticon wound up ending prematurely as the base was called away to rescue Shockwave. Swoop told Trypticon to come back and fight, and called it a coward (once the base was already leaving). {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} Heading to the [[Neutral Territories]], they found no sign of Grimlock, Shockwave, or Jetfire, though there was evidence that a battle had taken place in the area. Swoop contacted Prowl factions to inform them of these strange happenings, and the Autobots agreed to investigate the matter further. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} Tracking Shockwave down, Swoop convinced the Decepticon to form a temporary alliance to deal with the bigger threat they now faced; [[The Fallen]], attempting to loose a [[Unicron/Generation 1|greater chaotic force]] onto their world. Together, the joint army managed to defeat the [[Chaos Trinity]], three acolytes working for The Fallen. Ultimately though, it was Jetfire who managed to put an end to The Fallen's diabolical scheming. Afterwards, each of the six Cybertronian factions agreed to seal the chamber used by The Fallen to prevent anyone from abusing the power contained within it. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Swoop was posted as perimeter guard during the signing, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Swoop and the other Dynobots were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

As with the other [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]], they departed for [[Earth]] after the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], most likely because they were running out of things to smash [[Cybertron (planet)|back home]]. {{storylink|Extermination}} They somehow ended up under [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s control and were used to blackmail [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] into serving the Decepticons again. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3|Prime Directive #3}} Grimlock was able to eventually free them when both Megatron and Optimus Prime became Shockwave's prisoners. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Thereafter, the Dinobots decided that all the fun was really back home. Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, Swoop piloted the Dinobots back to Cybertron, and after a crash-landing, began sowing their own brand of chaos, bringing discord to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s totalitarian regime. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Their rampage was so destructive that it required the intervention of the [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]] to halt. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Though all of the Dinobots wound up rather dinged up after this battle, but they were retrieved by Ultra Magnus. Magnus brought them all to Perceptor for repairs so that they could join the insurrection against Shockwave's regime anew. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (issue)|Countdown to Extinction}} Later, once Shockwave's government had been overthrown, Swoop was among the Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help fortify Cybertron's planetary defenses. The Dinobots were to help Kup bolster the new Autobot bases on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing ''Transformers'' at this point. A few details of [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|Generation One #11]] are known because [[Don Figueroa]] published the line-art of the comic up to page 9 on his DeviantArt account.}}

After an amusing conversation took place between Kup and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], the two of them, along with Arcee, Snarl, and Slag, joined Springer, Grimlock, and Swoop on their shuttle's bridge. Together, they all saw an approaching Quintesson ship. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Swoop and his team members were sent into Earth's past and reformatted into dinosaurs by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]]. After some problems with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] blocking their way back, a team consisting of [[Gung-Ho]], [[Dusty]], [[Shipwreck]], and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]] managed to retrieve the Dinobots, who immediately wrecked Shockwave's party. Swoop took care of flying Decepticons by simply cutting right through them with his wings. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}
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===The Beast Within===
Four million years ago, Swoop combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

In the current day, Swoop was called upon by Grimlock to combine once more into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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During [[Nominus Prime]]'s rule, Swoop and the other Dynobots made up the [[Primal Vanguard]] Covert Strike Force, a team of demolitions and heavy weapons experts with a perfect track record. This all changed one day when they ran into powerful subterranean monsters during a mission to the [[Toraxxis Plains]], forcing Swoop and his mates to use a revolutionary method of instantaneous [[alternate mode|altmode]] adaption to take on traits of their foes to survive. Already grieving over the death of their medic, [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]], the Dynobots were outraged to find that their superiors' response was to put them in quarantine and study their new altmodes, causing them to break out and abandon the Vanguard. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}

The Dynobots dropped off the radar until the day [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] rallied an army to fight the tyranny of the [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|Broadcast}} Swoop and his team responded to the rallying call and joined the Autobots at [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] where they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}} However, at this time they realized they were becoming increasingly aggressive, a side effect of their monstrous altmodes. Fearing that they might actually ''become'' monsters and endanger the people of Cybertron, the team turned to a life of crime in an attempt to gather enough money to leave the planet. {{storylink|Derelicts}}

Having caught a lead on a client wanting an energon refinery heist done, Swoop suggested that they rob the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], a plan the others agreed with. His main role in the heist was to air-drop Sludge onto the facility, smashing into it by using his thick comrade as a wrecking ball. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} When tensions grew between Grimlock and Slag during the theft, Swoop stepped in to calm them down but couldn't keep Slag from storming off. Thankfully he returned to help them out when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] showed up with a bunch of Decepticons to steal the Dynobots' score. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} Grimlock fought Scorponok one-on-one but grew increasingly vicious until he started transforming into his altmode, forcing Swoop and Slag to try to calm him down before he lost control completely. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} After the incident led to the destruction of the refinery, the Dynobots gave up on acting alone and accepted the Autobots' offer to help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}

Brought along by [[Kup (G1)|Kup]] to [[Starsreach Spaceport]], Swoop and his comrades were caught in a Decepticon airstrike, causing Grimlock to lose control and go berserk. {{storylink|Massacre}} Their leader's rampage caused the Dynobots to lose their newfound hope in ever finding salvation, and they chose to leave Cybertron. {{storylink|Unleashed}} Fortunately they changed their minds on learning that [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] was unleashed upon Cybertron, and returned to fight off the monster's minions—the very same creatures they'd met underground long ago. {{storylink|Annihilation}} Once Trypticon was defeated, Swoop and the other Dynobots joined Optimus Prime for good in hopes that Autobot scientists could cure them of their cursed altmodes. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}}

Later during the war, Swoop fought in the [[Battle for Hell's Point]]. {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

[[File:Shockwaveg1idw.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|GIVE ME YOUR EYEBALL.]]
Swoop and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[energon radiation]]. Due to a deadman's switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots' ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]]. As Swoop's wings had been mostly disintegrated by Shockwave, leaving only the "fingers," Skywatch scientists constructed new ones for him. Though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from Scorponok). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Swoop and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, planned to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Skywatch activated Swoop, and in a test run, had him destroy a plane. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He got to slash at Grimlock with his talons before his reprogramming was removed, allowing him to discover Grimlock had set up a dead man's switch that buried them ''without'' informing the rest of the team. However, Grimlock's spirited defence of his actions seemed to convince Swoop... {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

[[File:Dynobots divided MaximumDinos.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Oh no, dad and mum are splitting up!]]
Or not. Despite Grimlock’s best efforts to justify his actions, Swoop was quite disillusioned by the perceived betrayal of trust and decided to fly off on his own. The others also left Grimlock, who was thereafter almost immediately attacked by Scorponok’s [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmaster army]]. Despite their shaken faith in Grimlock, the other Dynobots were quick to turn back and aid him in battle, unwilling to watch a comrade fight alone. Swoop also flew back, admitting he had nowhere else to go. The five Dynobots continued to fight even as the Sunstreaker clones threatened to overwhelm them. Swoop told Grimlock it was probably better to die like this alongside his warrior brothers than be on his own. Just as the Machination grunts began to dogpile the Dynobots, the [[Monsterbot]]s arrived, having been summoned earlier by Grimlock. With their help, the Dynobots easily forced the remaining Headmasters into a retreat. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

[[File:Swoop Sunstreaker clones MaximumDinos.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Bombardment! Bombardment!'']]
Later, aboard the Monsterbots’ ship en route to Machination HQ, Swoop and the others discussed their current situation. Swoop in particular was quite disgusted at being allied, even temporarily, with the Monsterbots. When Grimlock came to them with the terms of the alliance, the rest of the Dynobots just gave him an annoyed look. Having arrived at Machination HQ, Grimlock told his team that he was going to see this through to the end, with or without them. Deciding things couldn’t get worse, Swoop and the rest followed Grimlock as they leapt from the ship and attacked. They set upon the task (again) of trashing Sunstreaker clones, until [[Hunter O'Nion]] managed to disconnect the clones’ link to the original Sunstreaker’s head. Assuming the threat was ended, Sludge began to celebrate…only to be struck down by the vengeful Scorponok. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[File:Maximum Dinos cast.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|You smelt it, you dealt it, Swoop.]]
Before the Dynobots could do anything about the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], Shockwave arrived on the scene. Claiming to want the Dynobots for himself, Shockwave entered into combat with Scorponok, leaving an opportunity for the Dynobots to escape. The price of his arrogance and unyielding attitude striking him, Grimlock decided to stay behind with Sludge’s stasis-locked body, as Swoop, Snarl, and Slag retreated. They were going to pull out of the area with the Monsterbots, but ultimately decided against it. Returning to the scene of the battle, they found Grimlock fighting Shockwave, and Sludge having just come back online. Swoop and the others briefly aided Grimlock, but were ordered by the Dynobot commander to go find Scorponok before he escaped. They infiltrated Machination HQ, and found the chamber where Scorponok’s original head was being stored. With some direction from the damaged Hot Rod, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok’s head functional with his wings, rendering the giant Decepticon inert. Snarl was about to execute Scorponok when Ultra Magnus arrived on the scene. He suggested that they quickly scrub the site of evidence of any Cybertronian, and take Scorponok and the now-defeated Shockwave into custody. Swoop and the others were totally cool with this. In the end, Grimlock surrendered himself to Ultra Magnus for his rogue actions and the rest of the Dynobots were let off the hook. Swoop was seen helping the others rebuild the ''Skyfire''. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

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After traveling space for a few years, Swoop and the newly dubbed "Dinobots" returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious [[turbofox]], which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was still around after the Decepticon leader had disappeared during the Autobot's last battle which ended the war. The night they set up camp, a battle suddenly broke out and ended with Slag and Swoop impaling Ironhide. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} However, this didn't kill Ironhide and the Dinobots continued to fight each other. Eventually, they somehow stopped clashing among themselves and began to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, [[Superion (G1)|"The Superion"]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}}

As it later turned out, the Dinobots' rage had been brought about by Megatron, who had unsuccessfully been using them as test subjects for a mysterious type of energy capable of forcing Transformers to [[combiner|combine]]. Superion's appearance caused them to recover from his tampering with their minds, and they returned to Iacon with Ironhide and Superion just as the city was being conquered by Decepticons. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} During the battle, Swoop took to the skies and fought with [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] and [[Buzzsaw (G1)|Buzzsaw]] {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} as well as [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]]. While the Autobots were victorious in the end, they found themselves exiled into the wilderness when [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] took command and banished all non-[[NAIL|neutrals]]. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], at least until the Decepticon team expressed their desire to join forces with the Autobots because they appreciated what a lying, murdering prick [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] was. [[Bumblebee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Bumblebee]] was horrified by the revelation, which Swoop found ''hilarious''. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

When a mysterious light lit up Cybertron, the Dinobots ignored Bumblebee's urges for caution and instead prepared to roll out and smash things. Then out of the light stepped the decidedly difficult-to-smash [[Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} As the Autobots scrambled to deal with the situation, Swoop performed aerial reconnaissance on the giant and found it silent and unmoving. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} They were interrupted by an attack from the similarly exiled Decepticon forces, but the battle didn't last long before both factions were caught in a destructive energy wave emanated from the Titan. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} Realizing they were both up against something greater, the Autobots and Decepticons teamed up to put a stop to Shockwave, responsible for summoning the Titan. {{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}}

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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Swoop was present when [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] presented the offworlders [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Breaker]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Jinx]] as P.O.W.s to King Grimlock. Grimlock had no mercy for his captives, and promptly dropped them in a pool of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

The Joes survived their trial, however, impressing Grimlock. The humans were escorted back to their allies on Cybertron, where Grimlock announced a truce between the Autobots and the Joes. Swoop joined in the festivities that ensued to celebrate the newly forged alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Soon thereafter, the mobile city of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] came under siege from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Swoop flew into battle to drive back the enemy forces of Decepticobra, allowing [[Snow Job]] and [[Rock 'n Roll]] to ride atop of him. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}

{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}} {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Primax 096.0 Beta]], Grimlock, Sludge, and Swoop appeared at the last minute to save the day for the Autobots at the Battle for [[Sherman Dam]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/06}}

{{note|Swoop's coloration in this universe is based on his unreleased ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'' toy. See [[Swoop (G1)#Notes]] for further details.}}

===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
Swoop was one of the many casualties of the Great War before the signing of the [[Pax Cybertronia]]. {{storylink|Dawn of the Predacus}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
The [[Titan Master]] Ptero was a skilled flier capable of bombing ground-based targets from high above. He could grant other bots the ability to fly at supersonic speed. {{storylink|Swoop (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|''Titans Return'' Ptero online bio}}

==Commercial appearances==
Swoop and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals then combined into Predaking and attacked the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Swoop is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
When Grimlock went missing, Swoop and Sludge paid a visit to the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]], but were unable to find him there. {{storylink|Wreckage (Legends)|Wreckage}} They and the rest of the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]] tracked down Grimlock to the Sea of Rust, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] who experimented on them and gave them dinosaur [[alternate mode]]s. They repaid him by trashing his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}

Grimlock and Swoop went missing, causing the other three Dinobots to act erratically, until the Autobots got the trio under control and locked them up. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The missing pair resurfaced, staging a raid and freeing their fellow Dinobots in the middle of the night. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}

The Dinobots supported Grimlock when their leader decided to take control of the Autobot army, and took part in an attack on the Decepticons, capturing Megatron and Shockwave. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}}

When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Swoop and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}} Swoop aided Grimlock in rescuing Rodimus and Kup when the pair were put on trial by the Quintessons. {{storylink|Mockery of Justice}}

===''Transformers Rising''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|War of the Dinobots (Rising)|War of the Dinobots}} {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots (Rising)|Desertion of the Dinobots}}}}
{{Note|In this game Swoop is referred to as "Strafe".}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Swoop.jpg|thumb|400px]]
Swoop participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He was a Super Rare character who was available as a reward in the "Dinobots Destruction" event. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgames|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:StrafeEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75| ]]

*'''Class''': Aerial
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Strafe uses a heat ray to obliterate targets.
*'''Ability: Fire Mission''': Sets out to damage targets in an area, striking them up to 18 times.
**'''Cost''': 5 ability points +5 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:strafe| Strafe at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}|Research Dialogue}}

==Toys==
{{main|Swoop (G1)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
{{main|Swoop (G1)/toys#Merchandise}}

==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneSwoop.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|"The UK sucks, even if they did get ROTF before the rest of us!"]]
[[File:SWOOPev.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Season 1 and 2 character models]]
[[File:PteraGeist.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Smartest among idiots.]]
*Swoop had the preliminary names of '''Divebomb'''<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071230210811/http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=41003 Jim Sorenson revealed] that the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|original ''The Transformers'' cartoon]] [[production bible|series bible]] contains a description of Swoop typed with the name "Divebomb", then crossed out by hand and rewritten "Swoop". This was dated 1984, two years before the Predacons would appear.</ref> and '''Wing'''.<ref>The [[dialogue script]] to "[[War of the Dinobots]]" refers to Swoop as "Wing" in places.[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/b533df64aedd8537?hl=en] This early name was evidently coined by writer [[Donald F. Glut]].[http://web.archive.org/web/20070217131842/http://members.aol.com/tfencyc/interview_glut.html]</ref>
*Swoop was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo Pteranodon type piloted mech. Whoever made Swoop's animation model used this ''Diaclone'' toy as a reference, as the Dinobot sports the pre-Transformer's blue chest, and gold lower beak, missiles, and dino feet. Swoop's box art has the Transformer toy's red chest, but keeps the gold parts from the Diaclone toy.
*Swoop's character model was simplified a little between seasons one and two of the original cartoon, removing a couple of lines here and there from his legs, chest, and wings, and the "ears" on his helmet.
*Swoop is the only original Dinobot who is not technically a dinosaur.
*Thanks to the ''[[Robo-Capers]]'' strip in issue [[Robo-Capers issue 87|#87]] of the UK Comic, Swoop became the first and possibly only Transformer to defecate in a licensed and approved presentation.
*Swoop was never released in the UK, resulting in several letters (that were published) asking about his whereabouts, in the UK comic.
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Swoop the alternate French language name "Swarp". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Swoop toy served as the basis for '''[[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]]''', one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]''; Ptera Geist was the smartest of the group, and something of an inventor. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four "Geisters" were once briefly fused into a single robot called "[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]" (マッドガイスター ''Maddogaisutā''). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from Ptera Geist, they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Ptera Geist forming the upper body of "[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Pteder]]" (プテダー ''Putedā'').
*Though never named specifically in the 3H comics, it is strongly implied that the Veteran is Swoop. The Veteran also appears in Simon Furman's pseudo-canonical story "[[The Last Days of Optimus Prime]]" and is outright referred to as being Swoop; he's said to have changed his name and appearance many times to adapt to Cybertron.
*The ''Diaclone'' incarnation of Swoop was also used as the model for the "restored" version of the Autobot [[Ravenus]] in the ''[[Transformers: Armada (franchise)|Micron Legend]]'' "[[Linkage (comic)|Linkage]]" mini-comics.
*Swoops character model was simplified for the second season of [[The Transformers (cartoon)|the original animated series]].
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Swoop''' (スワープ ''Suwāpu'')
*''French:'' '''Assailo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Roham''' ("Charge")
*''Italian:'' '''Reptilo'''
*''Portuguese:'' '''Pairador''' (Brazil comic)
*''Chinese:'' '''Fēibiāo''' (飞镖, "dart")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/orid/diadino/d090.html ''Diaclone'' Swoop at DIACLONE.net (Japanese-language site)]
*[http://www.toyarchive.com/Transformers.html Proofs of the Albitron & Swoop box on Toyarchive.com]
*[http://transfans.co.uk/comics_guide_detail.php?id=146&page=7 Transformers #132 Letters Page on Transfans.co.uk]

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Strafe (IDW)

2017-04-04T01:33:08Z

Shywarp: /* Notes */

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:''Strafe is a [[Caminus|Camien]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

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'''Strafe''' is a member of the [[Forgefire Parliament]] and, like most citizens of [[Caminus]], is an adherent of the [[Way of Flame]].

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
When [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] called to meet with the [[Forgefire Parliament]], Strafe was among those present. She insisted that [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] be contacted to give account of Cybertron's role in the destruction wrought on Caminus by [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]]. When Starscream arrived, she and her companions were shocked to see [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] arrive with the cityspeaker, and bowed low as he revealed the [[Matrix of Leadership]] within his chest. {{storylink|The Sum and Its Parts}}

Together with another representative from the Forgefire Parliament, Strafe served as an official representative of Caminus in meetings with Starscream, expressing gratitude for reparations made to repair the damage from Menasor, but also stressing the importance of Optimus's opinion as Matrix-bearer. {{storylink|The Possible Light}} At the negotations towards the [[Council of Worlds]], she was confused by Starscream's reluctance to follow the word of a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]], and later doubted the ability of [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] to defeat a [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]]-dominated [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], prompting Starscream to use the [[Enigma of Combination]] on the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], creating [[Defensor (G1)|Defensor]]. She looked on as the pair of Autobot combiners defeated Devastator, and was witness to a beaten and bloodied Prowl's insistence that the Decepticons and Starscream could not be trusted.{{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Afterward, she stood as part of a group observing further repairs to Caminus being assisted by Superion, Defensor, and several Decepticons, {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} and following further conflicts between combiners, she provided a signature for the treaty officially forming the Council of Worlds. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

Together with [[Swift]] and [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]], Strafe made plans to travel to [[Alyon]] with a truckload of Camien [[spark|sparks]] to make use of a [[hot spot]], joining the energy abundance of Cybertron with the available supply of new Camien sparks to ensure the future of both planets. The trio bargained for the assistance of [[Slag (G1)|Slug]] and the other [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] with a briefcase full of gold [[shanix]], though she chose not to trust their hired muscle with the nature of their cargo, telling [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] that he was "better off" not knowing. For most of the journey, she remained at the wheel of the truck, usually accompanied by Slug. When Starscream's [[Badgeless|secret police]] attacked the convoy, she briefly believed that the Dinobots had sacrificed themselves, and tried to motivate her companions to not let that be in vain—before Slug and his team returned, telling her to move forward for her own sake.

Crossing the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], she took point alongside Slug, walking in front of the truck with a bladed staff held at the ready. When Slug inquired about her choice of weapon, she explained that the power crisis on Caminus meant that blasters weren't practical, just before being attacked by a [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] taking advantage of the cover provided by dust storm. She took to the air in vehicle mode, her weapon converted into twin prongs that speared her attacker. Just as she asked the Dinobots about the dead bot's identity, more attacked, and Strafe joined the Dinobots in battling to defend the truck—until the Sweeps fled in fear. Strafe spotted the reason hidden in the dust storm: the [[Torchbearer|Torchbearers]].

As she drove the truck across [[Praetorus Wharf]], she was reminded of Caminus's energy-depleted past by the stark and frozen landscape. The resemblance disappeared as the ground turned to [[Trypticon (G1)|a mysterious sleek black metal]], and mutant [[Turbofox|turbofoxes]] fired on the truck, shattering the windshield and hitting both Strafe and Slug with what they assured each other was only superficial damage. When Slug expressed concern over her injuries, she took it for flirting, pointing out the similarity to a conversation between Barricade and Swift. She then mistook Slug's disgust at Barricade's Decepticon allegiance as being directed at the flirtatiousness, and expressed doubts about villainy of the Decepticons, recounting that she'd heard they had fought for equality.

When [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] tore through the truck at [[Tyger Pax]], she attacked him in a rage, only to be batted away and knocked against a leak of the same contaminated energon that Slug had earlier blamed for his change into a "monster". Broken and rapidly mutating, she looked on in horror as Bludgeon finished off the wounded Barricade and the sparks, and then explained his desire to see what the toxic blood of Trypticon might do to an Autobot—prompting Strafe to reply that she was a ''Dinobot'', as she transformed into a monstrous new beast mode with two heads on long necks. She began destroying Sweeps with a double blast of fire breath, agonized at all she had lost and the sacrifice of her principles now that the sparks were destroyed. When Swoop and Slug realized they were overlooking an '''active''' hot spot at Alyon, however, her mood improved at the sight of the great many sparks, and in spite of the newfound pain in transforming to robot mode, she realized that their journey was worthwhile.

As Slug prepared to depart and leave Swift to take credit for the discovery of the sparkfield (and let her put the blame for any crimes on having been kidnapped on the Dinobots, who were ''already'' outlaws), Strafe insisted on joining him so that she could hunt down Bludgeon and make sure that he did not survive. Returning to her monster mode, she joined the other Dinobots and left Swift and her old life behind. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}

==Notes==
* Strafe is the first female Dinobot and the first member of the team with an animal form in no way derived from Earth's prehistory.

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Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

2017-04-04T01:32:22Z

Shywarp: /* Regeneration One */

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[[File:Snarl transformers universe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
'''Snarl''' snarls in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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Early during the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the warriors who would later become the Dinobots began to suspect that one day they might become fed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership and strike out on their own. In preparation, they snuck into a [[Decepticon]] spaceport, stole a number of ships, and hid them in the [[Rad Zone]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

[[File:Arkshuttle3.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Snarl wound up being one of the Autobots selected to accompany Optimus Prime in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on a mission to clear a path for Cybertron through an asteroid belt, only for the ship to crash on Earth. Afterwards, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] came to Earth in pursuit and landed in the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark rebuilt Snarl along with [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]], [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]], and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] into the Dinobots and sent them to the Savage Land to defeat Shockwave. {{storylink|The Last Stand}} Shockwave had the upper hand until Snarl smashed the mountainside Shockwave was standing on, sending him and the Dinobots submerged in a tar pit where they remained until they were dug out by [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] millions of years later. Snarl, along with the other Dinobots, then helped Ratchet to defeat [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and reclaim the Ark. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

''On the way back to the Ark, Snarl had his first encounter with a [[human]], which ended with the organic fleeing in terror. Ratchet sought to explain why humans feared them with a story about the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons at [[Sherman Dam]]. At story's end, they reached the Ark, only to find their path block by [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]], reprogrammed by Shockwave to attack any Autobot it came upon!'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}}

[[File:Snarl wrath of guardian.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
''Seeing the Guardian pounding Swoop unconscious sent the rest of the Dinobots into a rage, but their might was no match for that of the Omega Class battle droid. Ratchet intervened, sending the Guardian fleeing into the Ark by blasting into its cerebral access port. While Ratchet went to work repairing the rest of the Autobots, Snarl and the Dinobots began tracking down the Guardian as it stumbled through the Ark. Together, they managed to bring it down to its knees just as Ratchet discovered that the Guardian had been booby-trapped with a thermo-nuclear bomb.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''Wheeljack managed to prevent the Dinobots from reducing the Ark to a smoldering crater by remote-controlling Optimus Prime's body, interrupting their execution of Guardian. This unfortunately allowed the droid to strike back, and it fled after knocking all of its opponents aside. The Dinobots reconvened in the medical bay, where Grimlock made sure Ratchet attended to Swoop in short order. Just as repairs on their comrade neared completion, Guardian burst into the room, and the Dinobots engaged the droid once again. However, Guardian was not planning to beat the Autobots through brute force this time around; instead, the droid had activated the bomb within its body, and was counting down to detonation. Snarl and the others were spared from utter destruction by Swoop, who flew Guardian up into the sky before the bomb went off. Believing their comrade to have perished, the Dinobots went off on their own afterwards.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

[[File:Snarl guardian victory.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
''Not long after this he went mad due to the burning out of his [[cybo-dendron]]s after being submerged in the tar pit for millions of years. The Autobots learned of the Dinobots' impending regression into animal-like states after tangling with Swoop,'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''and set out to find them. [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]], [[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]] and [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] tracked Snarl to the [[Black Rock Desert]] in [[Nevada]], where he had been sent into a fury by local military men. Snarl trampled through a secret military base, sending all of its occupants fleeing while the Autobots were forced to hold back, allowing the humans to gain distance between themselves and the firefight that would ensue. The battle itself never came, however; the human [[Carl Thompson]] triggered an experimental weapon, which knocked Snarl unconscious. The Autobots were able to then easily retrieve their downed comrade.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''The Dinobots were taken in by Ratchet, who attempted to recover them from their coma-like stasis. While Snarl was offline, he dreamed of fighting the Guardian once more, the droid emerging victorious in their struggle.'' {{storylink|Victory!}}

''Snarl later recovered along with the other Dinobots.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} When Prime organized a battle unit to assault the Decepticon base, not to demolish their enemy but to record some vital data, the Dinobots balked at the idea. Going into battle without intending to win was an anathema to them. Grimlock, Snarl and the other Dinobots chose to abandon the Autobot cause instead of putting up with Optimus Prime's "cowardly" ways any longer. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

[[File:Snarl scrapper soundwave in the national interest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3]]
''After their big speech, the Dinobots apparently hung around the Ark for a little while anyways, passing their time by working out. They soon grew bored and, on a whim, decided to help Sludge go after the "beautiful golden human" he had met while his cybo-dendrons were malfunctioning. [[Joy Meadows]], the aforementioned "human", was a reporter who drew some serious heat after she started questioning the [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] cover story being pumped over the air waves. This drew the attention of both the Decepticons and the US government to her, as they each had a stake in making sure the public believed all the Transformers were under the control of a so-called "terrorist." Snarl and Slag wrestled while the other Dinobots organized to get interviewed by Meadows and set the story straight. But before said interview was underway, Megatron and his troops tracked down the Dinobots, soon followed by [[Intelligence and Information Institute|Triple-I]]'s agent, [[Peter Anthony Morris|Professor Morris]] and his new robot [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]]. The 'Cons ultimately won the skirmish — [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] wiped Meadows' tapes and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] personally laid the beatdown on Snarl and the others. Despite some grumbling afterwards, Snarl and the Dinobots mostly decided to give up on the idea of "telling their story" to the humans.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''The Dinobots were then approached by Optimus and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], who demanded to know what had transpired. Snarl and his teammates refused to talk, and instead walked away from the whole ordeal.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[File:Dinobots Bad News.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
''When the future Decepticon named Galvatron returned to the 1980s, his first act was to destroy Centurion. Seeking revenge, the Dinobots came after Galvatron in a pitched battle alongside several other Autobots. Despite Snarl's best efforts, he found that his attacks barely yielded any results against the time-traveler. The Dinobots were only spared when Shockwave's forces joined the fray. As Galvatron was unwilling to destroy his own future-troops, he retreated upon their arrival.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

[[File:Grimlockkingofthehill.jpg|thumb|upright=2.1]]
The Dinobots were still on their own, stealing fuel from the humans, when they learned of Optimus Prime's death. After Grimlock attempted to claim leadership of the Autobots for himself and failed, Snarl and the Dinobots happened upon [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacking the Ark. Snarl was content to sit back and enjoy the spectacle at first, but when Grimlock leaped into the fray, he decided to join in on the "fun." Trypticon was driven back through a space bridge by their attack, and Grimlock's leadership convinced the Autobots that Grimlock should be leader after all. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

''When Swoop got in over his head taking on the Predacons by himself, the rest of the Dinobots were gathered up by Sludge and came to their teammate's rescue. Snarl battled both [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]] in the ensuing scuffle, managing to knock the former silly with his tail after taking a few lumps from the latter. All of the warriors on both sides wound up walking away from the confrontation when Swoop called for an sudden end to it, wanting to properly deal with his rivalry against [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]] at a later time.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

[[File:Snarladjustscrown.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|left|Well, isn't this awkward.]]
Under Grimlock's leadership, the Ark became spaceborne once more, though some Autobots began rebelling against their brutal commander. Chief among these insurgents was Blaster, who was tracked down to the Earth's orbit. Though the Autobots managed to capture four [[Spacehikers|young human]] allied to their rogue agent, Blaster himself remained elusive. Grimlock cast the children out into the void of space (which he reassured Snarl was only the means to set up a trap, and was not meant to bring about the children's demise). His trap was foiled by the interference of another Autobot, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Refusing to give up, Grimlock called upon Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots to help him hunt down Sky Lynx and his new passengers through a nearby asteroid belt. Sky Lynx proved too agile for them to catch up to, but Blaster was lured out nonetheless, as the ongoing chase threatened to exhaust the humans' limited oxygen supply. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} With the rebel troublemaker taken captive, Grimlock returned to his capricious rule, with Snarl and the other Dinobots attending to his every need. Snarl was tasked with looking after Grimlock's crown, making sure it stayed straight on Grimlock's head so the Dinobot leader would always look his best. Grimlock's time of lazily lounging about was interrupted when Snarl received word that another team of Autobots, this one operating under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]], wanted to join forces with them. Unwilling to share leadership duties, Grimlock challenged the new arrival to a duel, and had Snarl and Slag throw Goldbug, being harbored by Maximus, into the brig. Blaster wound up taking up the fight in Maximus's stead, with nearly all of the other Autobots acting as audience to their match. The Dinobots cheered for Grimlock, though the fight came to an abrupt end when the Decepticons launched a surprise attack. Grimlock and Blaster momentarily put aside their differences to chase away the attackers, and in the battle's aftermath, Goldbug had left with several others to reconstruct Optimus Prime on [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Upon Prime's return he confronted Grimlock, Snarl and the other Dinobots, who were none too happy about having to cede control of the Autobots back to him. However, Prime proved to be his usual persuasive self and managed to sweet-talk them into following his orders again. These events were witnessed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

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Afterwards, Snarl and the other Dinobots were lured up to the Arctic by a distress signal sent by Buster Witwicky. This turned out to be part of a complex series of manipulations, set up by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]], to distract all others from his bid for the legendary [[Underbase]]. The Autobots found a Decepticon ambush awaiting them after retrieving Buster, and were roped into battling the opposing faction until both sides realized they were being duped. Unable to prevent Starscream from absorbing part of the Underbase's cosmic energies, the Autobots and Decepticons were forced to spread their forces across various cities where they expected him to strike. Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots were stationed in [[Tokyo]], where they were critically damaged by the Underbase-powered Seeker before managing to get any shots of their own in. {{storylink|Dark Star}} After being repaired by Ratchet using [[Pretender]] technology, Grimlock grew frustrated that Snarl and the other Dinobots were doomed to remain in stasis within the Ark's repair bay. The loss of both Ratchet and the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] seemed to deprive the Autobots of any means of bringing them back online. But, upon learning of the miracle-substance [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]], Grimlock decided to take matters into his own hands. He took the Dinobots' bodies out of the medical bay and commandeered a shuttle to restore his team himself. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Braving the [[Nucleon guardian|guardians]] that protected the island of [[Farooth]] on [[Hydrus Four]] with the bodies of his comrades in tow, Grimlock succeeded in reaching the goal of his quest. He first tested Nucleon on himself, and feeling super-charged by it, proceeded to douse Snarl and the others in the substance. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

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Once more fighting fit, Snarl helped Grimlock load up as much Nucleon as they could in the hopes of reviving all other Autobots still lying inoperative within the Ark. Snarl was especially chatty during this task, congratulating Grimlock on his decision to bring them all back "leaner, meaner, and badder than ever!" {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Upon the Dinobots' return to the Ark, however, they found the ship completely deserted. Snarl performed a scan to locate any Transformers on [[Earth]], finding the planet nearly devoid of both Autobots and Decepticons as well. Surmising that the Autobots had somehow traveled to Cybertron to battle Unicron in their absence, Grimlock had Swoop and Snarl pilot the Ark towards their homeworld, while Sludge and Slag dispensed the Nucleon in the medical bay. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Their comrades revived, the Dinobots approached Cybertron with the battle against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] already underway. Grimlock rammed the Ark into the Chaos-Bringer's face, sending the Ark plummeting towards the planet's surface, and forcing all aboard to leap out before it crashed. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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Following Unicron's defeat, Optimus named Grimlock the Autobots' new leader before expiring. Though Prowl advised him to nurture the strenuous alliance between the Autobots and the Decepticons, Grimlock instead decided to seek out the Ark and all of the still-inoperative Autobots within it, taking his Dinobots with him for the task. En-route, Grimlock suddenly seized up, causing Snarl to bump into his suddenly-immobilized leader. Before the group could figure out what was happening, they were approached by [[Hi-Q]], then being chased by a pack of [[demon]]s! Snarl tried to cut one of their numbers down with his Energo Sword, only to find his weapon incapable of penetrating the Demon's hide. He narrowly avoided getting eviscerated when Slag came to his rescue, but the Dinobots still found themselves hopelessly outmatched by their opponents. Thankfully, Grimlock's paralysis was in reality the prelude to a metamorphosis! Shedding his outer plating, Grimlock emerged as an [[Action Master]], and easily sent the demons packing. {{storylink|Still Life!}} The Dinobots never managed to find the Ark on Cybertron, as it had already been commandeered by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. Worse yet, due to the sundering of Primus's consciousness during the battle with Unicron, Cybertron was now falling apart. Grimlock, anticipating further treachery from the Decepticons, planned ahead to ensure the Autobots wouldn't be left stranded on their decaying world when the Decepticons decided to abandon them. Sure enough, the new Decepticon leader [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] sabotaged the Autobots' spaceships, and took off with his troops to seek out new worlds to conquer. After this had happened, Snarl approached Grimlock and assured him all was going according to plan; {{storylink|Exodus!}} the Dinobots had gone to the [[Rad Zone]] to recover the [[Graviton (Classics)|hidden starships]] they had stashed there millions of years prior! {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} With transportation secured, the Autobots tracked down the Decepticons to the planet [[Klo]]. Unfortunately, the Decepticons anticipated being followed, and lured their pursuers into a trap as soon as they made planetfall. Snarl was killed in the ensuing ambush, only to be presumably revived by the [[Last Autobot]] when this newest ally appeared alongside Optimus Prime to snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat, and end the war. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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===Marvel UK future timelines===
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In [[2008]], Snarl and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on the planet of [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Snarl and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}
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===Earthforce===
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Searching for a means to revive his fellow Dinobots, Grimlock found a way and brought Snarl and the others back to full activation. [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] wanted the secret for himself, but the Dinobots weren't exactly forthcoming. During a fight with Shockwave's Decepticons, Snarl took [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] to school, battering him with his tail, taking a bite out of his legs, and finally zapping the treacherous Decepticon with solar energy from his spines. But then Optimus turned up, and began berating Grimlock for his overly violent methods. The Decepticons took advantage of the distraction to sneak off. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This led to a shouting match between Grimlock and Optimus, where the former threatened to take his Dinobots and leave the Autobot army. The situation deteriorated further, with Snarl and the others hanging back as Optimus and Grimlock eventually knocked some sense into one another. Optimus Prime took the Ark off-planet, leaving Earth under the protection of Grimlock, the Dinobots, and the newly formed Autobot Earthforce they commanded. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Although Grimlock had promised Optimus Prime that he would show restraint on Earth, Snarl was present at the first meeting of the Earthforce where their leader ''literally'' threw the [[Autobot Code|rule book]] out of the window. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

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Feeling Grimlock was taking his new command gig too seriously, Snarl and the other Dinobots decided to have a little fun with the boss, thanks to the Earth custom of [[April Fools' Day]]. They sent him out on a wild robo-goose chase for Shockwave, only to end up at an ice sculpture of the Decepticon set behind an "April Fools!" sign. Grimlock didn't take this too well, and was later seen headed towards Snarl and the Dinobots with the world's biggest snowball. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

When Wheeljack discovered an evil plot behind [[Sleepfast]] nightlights, he had Snarl help him break into the manufacturing warehouse to confirm his suspicions. While inside, they were attacked by a swarm of evil nightlight gremlins and confronted by the mastermind behind the nefarious scheme: [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]! Thinking quickly, Snarl and Wheeljack were able to turn the thought-activated nightlights against their creator, mentally commanding the hundreds of lights to all flash on at once, temporarily shorting out Mindwipe's neural circuitry. Mindwipe was left unresponsive, and his plot was foiled. {{storylink|The Living Nightlights!}}

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As Autobot [[Earthbase]] finished construction, Snarl was present for Wheeljack's demonstration of its systems. Unfortunately, Wheeljack had forgotten that the base's defenses could only be deactivated from within, a noticeable problem once it was pointed out that their entire fighting force was in attendance for the presentation. Prowl was forced to run the gauntlet of the base's defenses to shut them down. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} Snarl was also on hand to defend the base from an attack by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and the Decepticons. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

As always, the Dinobots stuck together in crises, like when Slag went into a [[Emotional damper|routine berserker rage]] right when Optimus Prime was performing an inspection of the Earthforce operation. Snarl and the others went racing around the base trying to keep Slag from destroying TOO much necessary equipment before Prime left. Though Slag escaped them for a short bit, the other Dinobots managed to catch up to him and wrangle him long enough for him to burn himself out. Optimus left shortly thereafter, with any embarrassments avoided. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}} On a more serious note, however, Snarl himself came down with a debilitating case of [[Corrodia Gravis]], a wasting disease that would cause him to slowly rust to death unless he received a systems boost from a compatible Transformer. The problem? That Transformer was Starscream. {{storylink|Assassins}}

[[File:Snarl corriodia gravis destiny of the dinobots.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Snarl goes to pieces.]]
Starscream made a deal with the Autobots and agreed to the systems boost, {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}} but years later the disease returned and Snarl was completely incapacitated. The Dinobots theorized that the central [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from the shuttle which first brought them to Earth could help, storing Snarl's cerebral patterns until a new body could be constructed for him. Once they traveled to the Savage Land, however, they found that the crystal wasn't in the shuttle anymore. Searching the area, the Dinobots found a paleontologist named [[Embrey|Professor Embrey]], who had adapted the crystal and used its radiative properties to stop a wasting disease that was killing off the dinosaurs in the Savage Land. Unable to retrieve the crystal from Embrey without condemning the dinosaurs to death, Swoop arranged a solution by using the crystal to transfer Snarl's mind into a living ''Stegosaurus''. Snarl remained behind in the Savage Land under Embrey's care until a new body could be made for him. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}

{{note|Although not explicitly set in Earthforce continuity and released before Earthforce even started, this is the best place it 'fits' in Marvel's sub-continuities due to the gravis link.}}

===Another Time & Place===
Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Snarl and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Snarl and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], [[Tote]], and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Snarl and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Energo Sword Snarl.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|They work hard, and they play hard.]]
Snarl and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot [[Firestormer]]s when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] and their [[Eco-structuring|terraforming measures]]. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots to discuss the matter, they were captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], leader of this new enemy force. The seeming insignificance of their previous conflicts weighed heavily on Optimus, but once Grimlock convinced him of the need to fight on, the Autobots burst free from their cell. Snarl and the others became part of a major offensive against not only Jhiaxus and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

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Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Snarl and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Using a stolen enemy shuttle, they attempted to sneak upon the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'' with a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] to obliterate it... But Snarl and the others were captured almost immediately, as Jhiaxus had increased his security. They only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Grimlock mellowed a bit after that exchange, and so Snarl and the Dinobots were relegated to training exercises with the other newly arriving Autobots from other regions of space until a new plan of attack against the Cybertronian Empire could be made. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When Grimlock learned that Optimus had left to confront Megatron alone on Earth, hoping to negotiate a treaty and join forces against Jhiaxus's army, the Dinobot immediately recognized the foolishness in this decision. He gathered up Snarl among others to come to their commander's rescue, their arrival interrupting Megatron before he could deliver a killing blow. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Snarl continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades on Ethos. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things—they teamed up with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in a metal-munching contest, to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] weren't there to make it a real contest. {{storylink|Total War!}}
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==Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic==
When both [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] came to Earth and began causing destruction in their wake, Grimlock called upon Snarl and [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], so that all three Dinobots could help [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fight back against the Decepticons. The Dinobots made their way to the ruins of [[London]], where Snarl shot down both [[Terradive (G2)|Terradive]] and [[Eagle Eye (G2)|Eagle Eye]], taking them out of the fight. Once the evil robots had all been driven off or defeated, Optimus had the Autobots retreat off-planet to avoid a confrontation with the humans. {{storylink|War Zone}}

==''Classics''==
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[[File:Classics Ultramagnus Springer Grimlock comic.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|He's not far away, that's actual scale, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] [[:File:Bigmagnus tinyconst.jpg|is really that big]].]]
Snarl (in his [[Action Master]] body) was part of Grimlock's crew on the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]].'' He told a recently ditched [[Monzo]] one little promise: "He'd never have to hear [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]'s voice again." That gave them everything they needed to defeat [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Later, Snarl and the rest of the team were seen hunting down [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]], [[Overkill (G1)|Overkill]], and [[Acid Storm]] on a dusty planet. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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==''Regeneration One''==
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In 2007, Snarl and the Dinobots reached a breaking point in their relationship with Grimlock. His reckless use of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] on himself, them, and the other Autobots had caused too many consequences. Even their fellow Dinobot Slag was reduced to a mindlessly feral state in the [[Nursery]]. Learning the wrong lesson from the dressing-down, Grimlock swore to reverse the Nucleon effect on his comrades...again, regardless of the consequences. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Five years later, Grimlock had formed an alliance of convenience with the evil [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], who was using a [[Gene Key]] device to rewrite all Autobots on Cybertron into essentially Decepticons. Snarl and the Dinobots were being hunted down by Scorponok's legions as further leverage to use against Grimlock. Reckoning that their fearless leader had finally gone too far, the Dinobots set off alarms at the Nursery as a challenge to Grimlock. When he arrived, the Dinobots attempted to give their traitorous former leader a quick death. A detachment of Scorponok's minions arrived though, and after Grimlock defeated them, Snarl and the others decided to give him one more chance. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

After retaking the Civil Defense Hub, the Dinobots raced to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to prevent Scorponok from activating a pan-global Gene Key to affect the entire planet at once. Snarl and the Dinobots damaged the bridge supports holding up the Key's position, but they were unable to stop Grimlock from sacrificing himself by grappling with Scorponok all the way down into the bottomless chasm below. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

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Once Slag was restored by the Nebulan process, Snarl and the other Dinobots came to the new Autobot leader, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. They all had a feeling that Grimlock wasn't really dead, and wanted to join Hot Rod on his expedition into Cybertron's core. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Their search led them deep into Cybertron's under-structure, following a "map" imprinted on Hot Rod's mind by the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} In the [[Primus]] chamber, the group was confronted by [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]], who only retreated after the arrival of Grimlock, aglow and inhabited by the power of Primus. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Snarl and the other Dinobots entered a form of mind-lock while Primus and Hot Rod conversed. After Primus dispatched Hot Rod on a quest through [[Zero Space]], the Dinobots awoke to find a very confused Grimlock. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As they made their way back towards the surface, the Dinobots realized the primitives were passively following them as well. Emerging from the ground in the middle of a Decepticon invasion, the Dinobots took up arms against the 'Cons and their [[Blitz Engine]]s, and led the primitives into battle as much needed reinforcements for the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

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After the invasion, however, the Autobots were unsettled by the presence of the Dinobots' new "friends". Even the newly risen Rodimus Prime, who first began the quest to reconnect with these ancestors, didn't want to know them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Snarl and the other Dinobots were unsettled by the ghetto constructed on the surface by the Autobots to house the primitives, and were suspicious of how passive the primitives had quickly become. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s highly advanced [[Primum Fugae]] arrived on Cybertron, they quickly judged the primitives to be an evolutionary insult and began exterminating them. Snarl and the others stepped up to defend the creatures, but the Primum Fugae proved incredibly powerful. They only retreated after a larger Autobot force arrived. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Damaged in the struggle, Snarl and the Dinobots remained behind on Cybertron when Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus's Hub worlds. The primitives' behavior continued to be unsettling as they spontaneously began growing "hibernation capsules" around themselves in the ghetto, apparently instinctively hiding out from some upcoming menace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

Sure enough, the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Anti-Matrix entity]] took advantage of the Autobots' absence and unleashing a corrupting wave over Cybertron, draining life and stability from nearly all the inhabitants. Swoop and the Dinobots only survived due to their proximity to Grimlock. It seemed it was the Anti-Matrix and not really Primus who inhabited Grimlock earlier, and that brief contact created an immunity for him. However, the Dinobots still had to deal with the shadow-demons all other transformers on Cybertron had devolved into thanks to the entity. They survived long enough to regroup with Rodimus Prime's fleet when they returned from the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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:''Snarl is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
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'''Snarl''' is an unhappy, unsociable loner. He grudgingly follows [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]'s orders and that's about it. He leaves thinking to others. He has few opinions and rarely expresses those he has. Snarl's uncommunicative nature only serves to fuel his sense of isolation. On top of all this, he hates the ungainly stegosaur form given him by the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and feels that the war on [[Earth]] means he may never see his beloved [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] again. Snarl is a profoundly unhappy being.

Only in war does Snarl feel happiness. Only the joy of combat washes away the ache in his [[spark]], and lets him forget anything but the rising thrill of the fight. For these reasons Snarl revels in combat more than even his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]].

As an [[Action Master]], he is [[Action Master partner|partnered]] with [[Tyrannitron]].

{{bigquote|Perfect end to a perfect day. We can't even die right.|Snarl, Dinobot morale officer|[[Maximum Dinobots issue 3|''Maximum Dinobots'' #3]]}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Hal Rayle]] (English), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese), [[Yoku Shioya]] (Japanese, ''2010''), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, "Call of the Primitives")|[[Edgar Wald]] (American Spanish)}}

[[File:WarOfDinobots SnarlDebut.jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|Me Snarl so cool, me not part of first Dinobot batch.]]
Along with [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], Snarl was part of the second set of Dinobots created by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]. They fought the previous Dinobot group who had been tricked by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] into joining the Decepticons. After [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] risked his life to save Grimlock from a fate similar to death, the rebel Dinobots realized the error of their ways and rejoined the Autobots, with Swoop and Snarl under Grimlock's command. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

Snarl, along with the rest of the Dinobots was deemed strong enough to battle the elements when [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s close proximity to [[Earth]] was causing natural disasters. He assisted by sticking trees into the ground to help break up an oncoming tidal wave. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}}

[[File:SnarlG1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|That's it, Snarl. Take one for the team.]]
Soon after a climactic battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] dug their way into the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot headquarters]] in an attempt to destroy [[Teletraan I]]. Upon the sounding of the alarm, Snarl was among the Dinobots who drove the intruders outside the base. However, the Constructicons unleashed their secret weapon by combining to form the mighty [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Snarl was kicked by the giant, ending up hanging over the edge of a river of lava which then proceeded to burn his already damaged backside. It was not a very good day. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike]], [[Hound (G1)|Hound]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] tried to teach the Dinobots how to play football, and Snarl found himself grappling with Wheeljack. Later, Wheeljack called Snarl and the Dinobots to [[Washington, D.C.]] during the battle with [[Nergill]]'s Sub-Atlanticans. Once there, Snarl's tail whip broke the Decepticons' glass dome and sent [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s grenade back at him. At [[Sub-Atlantica]], Optimus ordered the Dinobots to act prehistoric, which amounted to ripping the place apart. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

When Prime was endangered, he called the Dinobots (minus Swoop, for whatever reason) to help him out. The tanks attacking Optimus were no match for Snarl's powerful tail. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}}

[[File:DinobotIsland-Snarl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Why are you all looking at me Snarl? Oh, right. Is this about the energon goodie jar?]]
Snarl and Swoop were curious when they saw the other Dinobots wreaking havoc, but curiosity killed the cat when Snarl almost damaged Teletraan I ([[Trailbreaker (G1)|Trailbreaker]]'s force field protected the computer) and his tail knocked away the repair bay that Ratchet intended to use. Though Grimlock stopped the Dinobots and explained that they meant no harm, they were exiled to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|a prehistoric island]] where they would be able to train without damaging any of the Autobots' equipment. Snarl got attached to the island quickly, and he practiced his "tail stuff", which meant whipping a rock at Sludge's face. However, Megatron soon arrived, and he scared a large pack of real [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] into pushing Snarl and his comrades over a cliff, and into a tar pit, {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} which they soon escaped from. In return for Swoop using his lasers to dry off the Dinobots, Snarl did the same to him. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:DesertionOfDinobots1 SnarlVsStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.05|Starscream may be laughing now, but when he finds out how much Snarl sells for on [[eBay]] he'll be kicking himself.]]
Snarl came to an airport with the other Dinobots when Decepticons were spotted in the area. He was the first to smash into Megatron's [[Hangar|secret hideout]], and toppled [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]], Megatron, and several [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], but Snarl was himself downed when the Decepticons fired on their weaker [[robot mode]]s. As soon as their repairs were done, Optimus wanted the Dinobots to do more work, and Snarl had just about had enough, refusing to listen to Prime and instead choosing Grimlock as his leader. Grimlock's first order was bringing his team to Cybertron. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} On the metallic planet, Swoop was separated from his teammates in the heat of battle, and the remaining Dinobots were reprogrammed by Shockwave to do his bidding in the Cybertonium pits. Snarl's memory circuits were restored by [[Carly]], and he thanked her for this. Returning to the Ark with the [[Cybertonium]], Snarl admitted that he'd now be loyal to Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

[[File:G1TFTM Snarl cameo.JPG|thumb|Look! Me Snarl am in movie!]]
In the year 2005, Snarl was conspicuously absent during [[Battle of Autobot City|one of the most significant battles]] of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], but was present in the aftermath of the Decepticon attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. He disappeared after [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] ordered the Autobots to get to the [[Autobot shuttle|shuttles]]. Later, he was on the [[Quintesson]] spaceship commandeered by [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots and their new friend [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] when they arrived on the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junkion]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Snarl’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]].”}}

By 2006, Snarl had become a little more talkative. He and Sludge were left to guard Cybertron when a seemingly resurrected Optimus Prime told them all that Hot Rod, [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Ultra Magnus, and Kup were killed by the [[Quintesson]]s, only to see them arrive after the [[Autobot Fleet]] left. Despite Sludge's initial concern that the two Dinobots were dead, Snarl belatedly realized that something was wrong. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

When [[Fort Knox]] was stolen by a Transformer with [[dinosaur transform static]], Snarl was among the dinosaur Autobots who was interrogated. But Perceptor discovered that the energon found was a Decepticon formula, leaving [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as the real culprit. Snarl, riding on Broadside, accompanied the other Autobots to [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]] and helped fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

Snarl would often spend his free time fishing in a lake/pond with the other Dinobots. Their idea of fishing was wading out and grabbing fish with their teeth. He was among the first Dinobots to realize that there was something wrong with Grimlock after he was exposed to [[anti-electron]]s, and the Dinobots temporarily ostracized him. They let Grimlock back after he transferred his super-intelligence to [[Computron (G1)|Computron]]. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}} Later, he was among the [[Primitive]]s summoned by [[Primacron]]'s [[Oracle (G1)|assistant]] to fight [[Tornedron]]. He objected to [[Headstrong (G1)|the "stupid Decepticon rhino"]]'s low opinion of Grimlock, and a brawl ensued. Other than that, he didn't really contribute much to the Primitives' adventures. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Prevenge====
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Snarl was busy [[The Transformers: The Movie|smashing Sweeps]] when he was suddenly transported away from the battlefield through a trans-dimensional portal. He found himself in a metal maze, where he met with the [[Rescue Bot]] [[Blades (RB)|Blades]]. Though Blades was distressed over coming face-to-face with the fearsome-looking Dinobot, Snarl told him to calm down, as he wouldn't harm him. Unless Blades either annoyed or bored him, that is. Then, several cannons popped up throughout the corridor, prompting Snarl to draw his sword and advising Blades to do likewise. Snarl was baffled to learn that Blades didn't HAVE a sword, despite his name being.... well, "Blades." On their way to the middle of the maze, the pair went through a "graphic and expensive-looking battle sequence." Once that was done with, they met with six other 'bots who had similarly been abducted from their home universes: [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]], [[Sureshock (Armada)|Sureshock]], [[Sonar (BW)|Sonar]], [[Ironhide (RID)|Ironhide]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and [[Ravage (SG)|Ravage]].

A menacing voice then made itself heard, claiming responsibility from bringing the group together within its death trap. After rather embarrassingly unleashing a sick and rusted Sharkticon onto the group, the voice ordered them to fight one another to the death. Snarl was pleased with this development, and allowed Blades to borrow his sword for the fight-to-come. But mostly everyone else was opposed to the fight and the architect behind the whole plot was forced to reveal himself. Unimpressed by the [[Skuxxoid]] that appeared before him, Snarl punted the villain over the horizon. The group was then left to devise a solution on returning themselves to their home dimensions. They settled on all laughing together, as characters from cheesy cartoons are prone to do when an episode draws to an end. This worked, surprisingly enough, and Snarl was returned to his point of origin. {{storylink|Prevenge}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
In the year 2011, the Decepticons invaded [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to get their hands on [[Vector Sigma]]. [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] dispatched Snarl, Swoop and Grimlock to defend their planet. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Snarl and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel's control panel. Snarl stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and the group later made their way to the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s, though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup's war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Snarl and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Snarl and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. Snarl was travelling to the Autobots’ headquarter when he and the Dinobots were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets. The Dinobots managed to fend off the Decepticons, and continued to Autobot headquarters.
Back at the Dinobots’ base, another Snarl, immersed in his tar cocoon, awaited activation to join the Autobot ranks. When the [[Crusher (G1)|Crusher]], a Decepticon juggernaut, forced its way into the Dinobots’ headquarters, the vibrations it produced inadvertently freed the cocooned Dinobots, who charged at Megatron and Soundwave to fend them off. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Optimus had requested Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Snarl and the other Dinobots stood by while [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] mercilessly butchered [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] and killed the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons' carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}
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===Marvel coloring books===
When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots' vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Snarl used his thagomizer to topple Bonecrusher into a nearby pit. The rest of the Decepticons were then made to join the Constructicon, and the Autobots covered them with quick-drying cement to keep them out of further trouble. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Snarl took out Soundwave with a swipe of his tail. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}
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===Listen 'n Fun audiobooks continuity===
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Snarl was the leader of the Dinobots. Low on power, he lead them to Doctor [[Heath Blaisedale]]'s solar plant in search of more solar energy. When they got there, they found the Autobots and Decepticons engaged in a fierce battle for control of the plant, and Snarl grudgingly answered [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]]'s plea for help in stopping [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. After Cliffjumper used [[glass gas]] to destroy Megatron's cannon, Snarl powered up on solar energy from the reactor and, standing on his hind legs, started attacking the Decepticon jets. Unfortunately in their enthusiasm for fighting, the Dinobots completely trashed the reactor. {{storylink|Sun Raid (Listen 'n Fun)}}

===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Snarl was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Snarl and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
Snarl was one of the Autobots present at [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] when [[Hot Rod]] was talking about the car show at the Coliseum. {{storylink|Car Show Blow Up}}
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===Dinobot War===
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Snarl, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth's distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons' plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you! {{storylink|Dinobot War}}
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===Dinobots Strike Back===
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Snarl, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were on lookout duty in Hidden Valley. [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] managed to sneak up on the group and Snarl was one of the Dinobots who were subjected to the Insecticon's mind-control. After being ordered by his new master to attack Autobots and humans alike, Snarl's fate was up to the only Dinobot retaining his free-will, Swoop.
If Swoop reports directly back to Autobot base about what transpired, the Autobots weigh multiple options on how to best stop the Dinobots' rampage.

If the Autobots choose to use Mirage's abilities against the Dinobots, Snarl and the rest of the sub-group are tricked into believing Optimus is standing at the edge of Bandit Bluff's precipice, and charge for the Autobot leader. Their target turns out to be an illusion fabricated by Mirage, and the Dinobots are knocked unconscious by their fall, and subsequently freed of Bombshell's control.

If the Autobots choose to use Windcharger's abilities against the Dinobots, the outcome of the Dinobots' and the rest of the Autobots' confrontation has two possible outcomes. If Windcharger uses his magnetic powers too close to the Dinobots, the powerful magnetic field sends Snarl and the other Dinobots into convulsions before killing them. If Windcharger decides to use his magnetic powers from a greater distance, the Cerebro-shells are harmlessly extracted from the Dinobots. Later, Snarl is celebrating with the Autobots when Grimlock recalls Bombshell announcing that controlling the Dinobots was only a part of the Insecticon's plan.

Optimus in turn can send Bumblebee, Skids and Sludge to investigate nearby electromagnetic activity. If he does, and Skids returns to Autobot base after the Decepticons has captured Bumblebee, Prowl suggests to send Snarl and his ilk as undercover agents into the Decepticons' local operation. Prowl explains that the Decepticons are likely unaware that the Dinobots are no longer under Bombshell's control. If Optimus goes with this plan, Snarl takes one Megatron himself, one of his tail-strikes causing the Decepticon leader's cannon to fire an opening in the Decepticon's base, leading to the Autobots successfully defeating the Decepticons thanks to the Dinobot's strategic placement.

If the Autobots choose to simply attack the Dinobots immediately and brutally, Snarl is brought to his knees by one of Powerglide's concussion bombs. Next, he missile by Swoop until his Cerebro-Shell falls out of his body.

If Swoop chooses to stay and fight Bombshell instead of reporting back to base after the Dinobots have become Bombshell's slaves, and successfully defeats the Insecticon, Snarl is freed along with the other Dinobots. Whatever other choices are made in this path, Snarl stays unaware of what has transpired, his memory a blank during the mind-control. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}

===Frito-Lay posters===
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===Toy pack-in material===
Snarl, Grimlock, and Slag, were roaming about in a desert in their "undetectable everyday forms" when they came under attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}

===The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual===
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After the Ark crashed into the Earth, Snarl, Grimlock and two others remained active and were reformatted to resemble dinosaurs, the planet's dominant lifeforms. Their new bodies also affected their minds however, leaving them acting like violent beasts. Eventually, the dinosaurs' reign came to an end. The meteor impact that led to their extinction also kicked up a dust cover which robbed the Dinobots of the solar radiation they needed to function. Falling into a coma-like state, they lay dormant beneath what became modern-day [[Brazil]] until Snarl and Grimlock were inadvertently awoken by developers from a logging company. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Fizzle|Blaze]] investigated the area after the Ark detected the Dinobots' power emissions. En-route, they were ambushed by the Decepticons and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] trapped the Dinobots in a [[plasma net]]. But the net had an unforeseen reaction to the Dinobots; a negative ion feedback triggered their Transformer circuitry and restored their personalities along with their [[robot mode]]s. Even after the Decepticons were sent packing, Snarl was ready to chase after them to enact more violence upon his foes. His hand was stayed by Grimlock, who pointed him towards the more important matter of finding the rest of their missing comrades. To this end, Snarl and Grimlock remained in Brazil while Optimus and his soldiers left to continue the war against Megatron. {{storylink|The Dinobots!}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
[[File:Revelation-SnarlCriticizesTrypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|Ooh, burn!]]
During Cybertron's "Dark Ages," Snarl was part of Grimlock's [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. During one of the group's missions, Snarl fought the [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]] under [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s command with the rest of his team while [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] made off with Starscream's energon. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} When [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and his squad of Autobots were overwhelmed in a fight with the titanic [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the Dynobots (after a bit of heated debate) responded to their distress call. While Grimlock split from the group to confront [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Snarl and the rest fought Trypticon until he fled. During the battle, Snarl angered Trypticon by making fun of his "dumb-looking" dinosaur-esque [[robot mode]]. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} Snarl and the rest of the Lightning Strike Coalition formed a truce with [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] when they learned that [[The Fallen]], a greater and more malevolent power had devices for Cybertron. Together, they tracked down their missing comrades and rushed The Fallen's base of operations to prevent his evil schemes from coming to fruition. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Snarl and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Snarl and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

At some point Megatron captured the Dinobots, using their imprisonment to force Grimlock to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}} Grimlock freed them after Shockwave captured Megatron and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, the Dinobots then returned to Cybertron, crashing into its wastelands. They found the planet under the totalitarian regime of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], and set about sowing chaos and discord by rampaging about. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}} Though the Dinobots made much headway towards [[Shockwave's Tower]], their progress was halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinel]]s. One of these titans quickly defeated all of the Dinobots at once. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Later, once Shockwave's government had been overthrown, Snarl was among the Autobots assembled by Ultra Magnus to help fortify Cybertron's planetary defenses. The Dinobots were to help Kup bolster the new Autobot bases on Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing ''Transformers'' at this point. A few details of [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|Generation One #11]] are known because [[Don Figueroa]] published the line-art of the comic up to page 9 on his DeviantArt account.}}

En-route to Cybertron's moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and Snarl looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Snarl battled three Decepticons on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] with [[Paddles (character)|Paddles]]. After two of the Decepticons retreated, the Dinobots cornered the last, [[Raze]], who managed to damage Paddles before Snarl could finish him. Snarl flew off without bothering to check if Paddles was still functional, leaving the sand to swallow his comrade. {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
Snarl and his comrades got the name "Dinobots" after they were randomly sent into Earth's distant past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]] and given dinosaur [[beast mode]]s. They were brought back to the present by a group of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]] members, and proceeded to rip [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his army to pieces. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

A few months later, Snarl helped defeat [[Serpentor|Serpent O.R.]]'s newly acquired army as well. He agreed with [[Storm Shadow]]'s statement of "KIII-YAHHH!" as the two beat up [[Ransack (G1)|Ransack]] and [[Venom (G1)|Venom]]. {{storylink|The Art of War issue 5|The Art of War #5}}

===The Beast Within===
Four million years ago, Snarl combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
In the present day, Snarl participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He did not fare too well in the early stages of the battle, being on the receiving end of a volley of Decepticon laser blasts. Then, Grimlock called upon him and the other Dinobots to combine once more into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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In the days of [[Nominus Prime]], the Dynobots were known as the [[Primal Vanguard]]'s Covert Strike Force, a team of demolitions and heavy weapons experts with a perfect track record. This came to end end during a mission to the caverns of the [[Toraxxis Plains]], where the team was attacked by powerful monsters that forced them to fight back by using a revolutionary method of instantaneous [[alternate mode|altmode]] adaption to scan the monsters themselves. They escaped, but their grief over their loss of their medic, [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]], combined with the cold-blooded treatment by their superiors caused them to desert from the Vanguard. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}

Snarl and the Dynobots dropped off the radar, spending their time fighting in underground pit fights, up until the day the newly crowned [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]] broadcast a rally call for Cybertronians to join him against the [[Decepticon]] dictatorship. {{storylink|Broadcast}} The Dynobots responded by joining the Autobot side, arriving at the battle for [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] in time to tale out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}} However, by this time their hastily scanned monster altmodes was causing the Dynobots to become increasingly aggressive. Fearing that they might actually ''become'' monsters and endanger the people of Cybertron, the team left the Autobots and turned to a life of crime, gathering money for the purpose of leaving the planet. {{storylink|Derelicts}}

During an heist on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], Snarl was responsible for wheeling in the tanker they used to siphon the refinery's [[energon]]. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} The operation was interrupted by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s Decepticons, who were looking to capture the refinery for their own purposes, forcing Grimlock to trigger the alarm and summon the Autobots. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} Following the destruction of the refinery at the hands of Scorponok, the Dynobots had had enough and convinced Grimlock to turn themselves in to the Autobots in hopes that Optimus Prime could help them. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} En route to Autobot headquarters they were pulled aside to respond to a riot at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where they were caught in another Decepticon attack. {{storylink|Massacre}}

During the attack Grimlock lost control and went on a violent rampage in monster mode, causing the Dynobots to lose their newfound hope in finding salvation. They regrettably went back to their original plan and left Cybertron on one of the spaceport's shuttles. {{storylink|Unleashed}} However, on learning that [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] had awakened, they turned back to help the Autobots fight the ancient beast and its minions—the very same creatures they'd met underground long ago. {{storylink|Annihilation}} Snarl was ready to give up after Trypticon devoured Grimlock, but unexpectedly this only allowed the Dynobot leader to bring the giant monster down from the inside. In the aftermath, the Dynobots rejoined the Autobots for good in hopes that Autobot science could cure them of their cursed altmodes. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} A cure was indeed found, and the Dynobots had lost their rage and reacquired vehicular altmodes by the time Megatron took back the Decepticons and attacked Iacon. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}} During the great battle, the Dynobots fought with the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

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Millions of years later, Snarl and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him and reformatted themselves to transform into robotic dinosaurs with a synthetic skin as a defense against energon overload. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[energon radiation]]. Due to a deadman's switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots' ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

Thousands of years later, the Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}} and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Snarl and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however, plans to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

[[File:SnarlstegosaurmodeMaximumDinos.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|''Some-times a-nother di-no-saur, wants-to- pick-a-fight. I don't get mad, I use my tail- it has four long, long spikes!'']]
Skywatch activated Snarl, and in a test run, had him destroy a tank. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} The Dynobots were set loose on Grimlock, nearly tearing apart the town. Scorponok had the neural clamps on Snarl and the others loosened a bit to take advantage of their natural animosity towards Grimlock. As predicted, Snarl and the others weren’t happy to see their former commander, feeling Grimlock had betrayed their trust by activating the "dead man's switch" that entombed them along with Shockwave. But Grimlock pointed out that what he did was in keeping with the break-the-rules, win-at-any-cost Dynobot credo, which seemed to calm the others down briefly. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

However, Swoop simply couldn’t overlook what Grimlock had done and took off on his own. Snarl, Sludge, and Slag also walked away together. Scorponok chose this moment to have his [[Sunstreaker clone|Headmaster army]] engage Grimlock, curious to see if the wayward Dynobots would aid their now-estranged leader. And they did return, unwilling to watch Grimlock die alone. Despite their valiant efforts, it seemed as if the Sunstreaker clones would overwhelm them, but the [[Monsterbot]]s arrived on the scene to give the Dynobots some reinforcement. Summoned earlier by Grimlock, the Monsterbots' addition to the battle soon turned the tide and the remaining Machination troops retreated. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

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The Monsterbots agreed to ferry the Dynobots to Machination HQ in their ship. As Grimlock discussed terms of payment with [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]], Snarl and the others discussed what they considered a miserable situation. Snarl speculated that they were out in the cold now, in terms of faction. He admitted that although he enjoyed trashing Decepticons, he only did it so he could one day return to the trouble-free life he had on Cybertron. When Grimlock returned to tell the others the terms of their alliance with the Monsterbots, Sludge and Snarl both wondered aloud why they couldn't simply let Scorponok alone. Grimlock told them that it was personal now and it was the "Dynobot way" to settle up with Scorponok. Snarl disagreed; He pointed out that the "Dynobot way" was more often than not, "Grimlock’s way" and he wasn’t sure he wanted to be dragged down with Grimlock because of it. But Grimlock, being Grimlock, told them he was going in, with or without them. After their commander leapt out of the ship into battle once more, Snarl and the others decided "what the hell", and followed him despite their misgivings. They set about demolishing Sunstreaker clones again, with Snarl taking some damage to his leg. Grimlock told them he'd handle Scorponok, but Snarl insisted that they’d do it together, as Dynobot comrades-in-arms. Soon, the clones ground to a halt, and a damaged Hot Rod appeared to explain that [[Hunter O'Nion]] was likely responsible. As Sludge began to celebrate, he was blasted and apparently killed by Scorponok, who had decided to join the battle personally. Seconds later, Shockwave arrived on the scene, ALSO wanting a piece of the Dynobots and challenging Scorponok for the right to kill them. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

As Scorponok and Shockwave got into it, Snarl approached Grimlock, who was brooding over Sludge's downed body. Snarl urged Grimlock to snap out it and use the time to escape, while reminding him that the Dynobots never were ones to get all "band of brothers". But feeling that his obstinate attitude got Sludge killed, Grimlock told Snarl to retreat with the others while he remained behind to make amends. Snarl returned to Slag and Swoop and reported that Grimlock wasn’t going to be leaving with them.

[[File:SnarlfightsScorponokMaximumDinos.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Snarl brings plates to a claw-fight.]]
The three retreated to an evacuation point while Hot Rod decided to stay behind to breach Machination HQ again. The Monsterbots were waiting for Snarl and the others at the evacuation point and Repugnus was perfectly willing to take the remaining Dynobots on as members of his team. This offer did not particularly entice Snarl, Slag, and Swoop and they decided to return to help Grimlock. When they returned, they found that Scorponok had retreated, Sludge had come back online, and Grimlock was in pitched battle with Shockwave. Snarl and the others immediately set upon the one-eyed Decepticon, but Grimlock ordered them away to find Scorponok. They found Scorponok about to kill Hot Rod inside a chamber that housed the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]]'s original head. Using his stegosaur plates as handheld daggers, Snarl attacked Scorponok and Hot Rod directed Swoop to strike at the Decepticon’s original head. Swoop severed the connections keeping the original head alive and Scorponok was disabled. At Hunter's urging, Snarl was about to execute the helpless Decepticon when Ultra Magnus arrived on the scene. Magnus decreed that Scorponok and the now-defeated Shockwave would be taken into custody and made to pay for their crimes. He also suggested they clear the area of any Cybertronian evidence and depart as soon as possible. Snarl and the others agreed to this. When all was said and done, the warrants that Ultra Magnus had out on Snarl, Slag, Sludge, and Swoop were canceled when Grimlock took the blame for the initial going-AWOL incident and surrendered himself. Snarl was seen helping to repair the ''Skyfire'' and preparing to leave Earth with the remaining Dynobots. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

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After traveling space for a few years, Snarl and the newly dubbed "Dinobots" returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious [[turbofox]], which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was still around after the Decepticon leader had disappeared during the Autobot's last battle which ended the war. The night they set up camp, the Dinobots were suddenly compelled by an outside force to start fighting amongst themselves. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}} They eventually teamed up to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, "[[Superion (G1)|The Superion]]". {{storylink|Night and the City}}

As it later turned out, the Dinobots' rage had been brought about by Megatron, who had been using them as test subjects for a mysterious type of energy capable of forcing Transformers to [[combiner|combine]], though the Dinobots' egos proved too strong to allow for a combination. Superion's appearance caused them to recover, and they returned to Iacon with Ironhide and Superion just as the city was being conquered by Decepticons. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Snarl joined the fight and battled [[Decepticon Mini-Cassette|cassettes]] alongside Ironhide, {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} who then sent him and the Dinobots to help [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]. While the Autobots did win in the end, they found themselves exiled into the wilderness when [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] took command and banished all non-[[NAIL|neutrals]] from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}} Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]], at least until the Decepticon team revealed their desire to join forces with them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}}

The Dinobots were among the Autobots who responded to a mysterious light on the horizon, and on arrival witnessed the emergence of the [[Necrotitan]] from beneath the ground. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Snarl was ordered to flank the Titan in case it proved to be hostile, {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} only for a different battle to break out when the exiled Decepticons attacked the Autobots. The two factions fought it out until the Necrotitan suddenly unleashed a corrosive energy wave that injured many combatants on both sides. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}} The Dinobots retreated to protect the injured, then tried and failed to combat the Necrotitan as it began making its way to Iacon. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} They followed the giant to the city, continuing to ineffectively blast at it until [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] showed up. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} After Metroplex had brought down the Necrotitan, Snarl and his mates were given a chance to rest and caught up with everyone else. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The peace proved short-lived, as an army of [[Ammonite]]s then invaded Cybertron on Shockwave's orders, and the Dinobots went straight back to fighting. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Defending their planet alongside both Autobots and Decepticons, they held the Ammonites at bay until the invaders were destroyed and Shockwave was defeated. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Once the battles were over, Snarl attended the trial of a surrendered Megatron. {{storylink|World, Shut Your Mouth Part 1: Towards Peace|Towards Peace}} Months later, the Dinobots acted as security at a murder scene being investigated by Optimus Prime, Starscream, [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} When the [[Firecon]]s became the prime suspects, the Dinobots took care of the arrest in their usual violent manner, with Snarl impaling [[Flamefeather (G1)|Flamefeather]] on his tail. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} Once the Decepticons were proven innocent, Optimus Prime accused Slug of the murders, and the other Dinobots chose to stand with their buddy as the two came to blows. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} Snarl continued to support Slug as he plotted to murder Prime for accusing the Dinobots of war crimes, but it turned out Prime had only done so to lure out the real killer, [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], who was targeting Cybertronian war criminals. Sandstorm did attack the Dinobots, but their lives were saved by safety measures prepared by Prime. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

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===''Hearts of Steel''===
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Snarl was one of the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
Snarl was left distraught over the fact that nobody believed him when he said he starred in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Mini Mayhem!''===
[[Eric Siebenaler]] tried to convince Snarl to show up in his magazine by promising him that he'd get to punch a Decepticon if he did. Snarl decided to punch Eric instead, and then walked off. {{storylink|Mini Mayhem!}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Snarl is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===''Transformers Legends''===
At a time when their group was the Lightning Strike Coalition, Slug and Snarl were on a mission to find their leader Grimlock, who had disappeared. While searching the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]], they were ambushed by Hardshell and the Insecticons. Slug and Snarl were overwhelmed and taken prisoners to Shockwave's lab, where they are reunited with the rest of their squadron. Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired on the Decepticon scientist, however, when the Dinobots used their new found power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}

Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Snarl and the other remaining Dinobots refused to obey Autobot orders and set out for the Decepticon base, attacking Optimus when he tried to stop them. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}

The Dinobots supported Grimlock when their leader decided to take control of the Autobot army, and took part in an attack on the Decepticons, capturing Megatron and Shockwave. {{storylink|Me, Grimlock, King}}

When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Snarl and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] and Snarl were on a fact-finding mission to the planet of the [[Torkuli]] when Galvatron arrived there for treatment. They subsequently had to flee as Galvatron's treatment failed and he destroyed the planet. {{storylink|Web World}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
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[[File:Battle-Tactics-Snarl-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px]]
Snarl participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in multiple different bodies:
*''Snarl'' — This Super Rare character first appeared in the "Dinobots Destruction" event, and could be recruited by collecting 250 units of Cybermetal, 75 units of Transmetal, and 10 cores of this character.
*''Snarl (G2)'' — This Epic character first appeared in the "S.O.S Dinobots!' event, and could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character. {{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Snarl toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|So, why movie director tell me Snarl to wait here again?]]
*'''Snarl''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''29'''
**''Accessories'': "Energo Sword", "Electron Cannon", "Rocket Pod", 3 missiles

:Snarl transforms from a robotic ''[[wikipedia:Stegosaurus|Stegosaurus]]'' bristling with gold vacuum-metalized armor plates, to a heavily armed robot armed with a red energo-blade, a smaller laser rifle and a rocket launcher with three black missiles. The spikes on his tail were shortened and rounded [[for safety reasons]].

:Snarl was later reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" series (not to be confused with the ''[[Transformers: Classics|2006 Classics]]'' line). In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]'', at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two robot points.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinbots-snarl/644/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Snarl at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Snarl at TFU.info]''
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[[File:G1-toy SnarlAM.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Me never like me dino mode ''anyway''.]]
*'''Snarl''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories'': "Tyrannitron" partner, "Intensity Beam"

:[[Action Master]] Snarl is a non-transforming action figure that combines the animation model with toy-details and a few other new flourishes. Part of the third assortment of basic carded Action Masters, he came with his transforming [[Action Master partner|partner]] [[Tyrannitron]]. He is compatible with any other Action Master weapon or vehicle.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Action Master Snarl at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2SnarlRed.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Me no like dino mode, be it red, green or silver!]]
*'''Snarl''' (Dinobot, 1993)
**''Accessories'': "Vigor Sword", "Electron Gun"

:The original Snarl toy went through several iterations in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' line]]. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color without his missile launcher or missiles; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the "AUTOBOT" [[tampograph]] on the inside of one of his [[robot mode]] legs.

:The toy then had its silver changed to green, and ''then'' changed again to red. The final red coloration is the most common, while the green and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Generation 2 Snarl at TFU.info]''
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===Transformers (2014)===
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*'''Dinobots Generation One 4-pack''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories:''

:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] "Dinobots Generation One 4-pack" that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]]. Snarl is packaged with [[Grimlock (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]] and [[Slag (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Slug]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCSnarl/snarl.htm More information on 2014 Snarl at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
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*'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Most Likely to Skip Class
**''Accessories'': Small pistol, sword

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' Snarl is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based.

: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

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===Generations===
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Snarl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His bio actually says his favorite battlefield is [[Michael Bay|explosion-filled]], No kidding!]]
*'''Dinobots Set''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Axe-head, thagomizer

:Part of the ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Dinobots Set, Snarl is a G1-inspired redeco/new head retool of [[Snarl (AOE)#Generations|''Age of Extinction'' Deluxe Class Snarl]].

:Snarl was bundled with Grimlock, Slog, Slug, and Strafe.

: The set was initially released as a Toys R Us exclusive set in Canada in October 2015 and in Singapore in November 2015. The 5-pack never receive any release for the brick & mortar retail in the US, but was instead available online.
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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 9''' (multi-pack, 1986)

*'''Snarl''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''2'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]], and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Decoy Snarl at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneSnarl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Nemesis Snarl was not very creative.]]
[[File:SNARLev.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Evolution of Snarls character model]]
[[File:ArmorGeist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Smarter than Thunder Geist, dumber than Ptera Geist, and less violent than Horn Geist, Armor Geist suffers from "middle henchman" syndrome.]]
*Snarl had the preliminary name of '''Stegobot'''.
*The original Snarl toy was part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo series. When [[Hasbro]] imported the toy for the ''Transformers'' line, the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped and the [[robot mode]]'s black torso was turned to a more team-matching red.
*In "[[Heavy Metal War]]", Snarl demonstrated the ability to shoot lasers out of his nostrils.
*Snarl's [[character model]] was simplified a tiny bit between seasons one and two of the animated series, removing some extraneous tech-detailing from his legs.
*A 1986 [[Panini]] stickerbook sold in Belgium and the Netherlands gave Snarl the alternate French language name "Smarl". Whether this name was used in any other media made for French-speaking regions is unknown.
*Action Master Snarl is the only carded returning-character Autobot Action Master to have an animal/robot partner rather than a giant accessory in the US line. Whether or not his partner Tyrannitron was originally intended to go with [[Kick-Off (G1)|Kick-Off]]—who got a giant accessory rather than an animal/robot partner like all the other new-character Action Masters—is unknown.
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Snarl toy served as the basis for '''Armor Geist''', one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]''. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four "Geisters" were once briefly fused into a single robot called "[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]" (マッドガイスター ''Maddogaisutā''). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Armor Geist forming the lower body of "[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Hormor]]" (ホーマー ''Hōmā'').
*According to his toy bio, the ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Machines]]'' era [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]] [[Striker]] is rumored to be one of the original Generation 1 Dinobots. If this is true, his stegosaur mode and energy absorbing spinal plates strongly point towards his being Snarl.
*Shortly after its original release in Europe, the G1 toy of Snarl was discovered to be painted using a lead based paint. A huge recall was undertaken by Hasbro to make sure Snarl didn't poison anyone. So had Prime just tricked the Decepticons into licking him then the war probably would have ended much quicker.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Snarl''' (スナール ''Sunāru'')
*''French:'' '''Grondeur''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Acsargó'''
*''Italian:'' '''Stego'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Phá-hsiāo''' (Taiwan, 咆哮, "Snarl"), '''Háojiào''' (China, 嚎叫, "Howl")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Rugidor''' (Brazil comic), '''Grunhido''' (Brazil comic)

==External links==
*[http://www.diaclone.net/orid/diadino/d089.html ''Diaclone'' Snarl at DIACLONE.net (Japanese-language site)]

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Read about the adventures of '''Sludge''' in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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Early during the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the warriors who would later become the Dinobots began to suspect that one day they might become fed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership and strike out on their own. In preparation, they snuck into a [[Decepticon]] spaceport, stole a number of ships, and hid them in the [[Rad Zone]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

Sludge wound up being one of the Autobots selected to accompany Optimus Prime in the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on a mission to clear a path for Cybertron through an asteroid belt, only for the ship to crash on Earth. While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the Ark detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the Ark learned that [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but all combatants became trapped in a tar pit. Information on this battle was stored on the Ark's memory banks and were discovered four million years later by [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] {{storylink|The Last Stand}}, and Ratchet, at the moment the last Autobot on Earth that remained functional, tempted [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] with details of Shockwave's alleged defeat as currency for a deal with him. Promising Megatron that he would find the Dinobots and use them to defeat Shockwave on Megatron's behalf, {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet traveled to the Savage Land and retrieved the bodies of the Dinobots. Upon being reactivated, the Dinobots helped Ratchet fight and defeat Megatron. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

''On the way back to the Ark, Sludge had his first encounter with a [[human]], which ended with the organic fleeing in terror. Ratchet sought to explain why humans feared them with a story about the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons at [[Sherman Dam]]. At story's end, they reached the Ark, only to find the reprogrammed [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]] blocking their path.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''Seeing the Guardian pounding Swoop unconscious sent the rest of the Dinobots into a rage, but their might was no match for that of the Omega Class battle droid's. Ratchet intervened, sending the Guardian fleeing into the Ark by blasting into its cerebral access port. While Ratchet went to work repairing the rest of the Autobots, Sludge and the Dinobots began tracking down the Guardian as it stumbled through the Ark. Together, they managed to bring it down to its knees just as Ratchet discovered that the Guardian had been booby-trapped with a thermo-nuclear bomb.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''Wheeljack managed to prevent the Dinobots from reducing the Ark to a smoldering crater by remote-controlling Optimus Prime's body, interrupting their execution of Guardian. This unfortunately allowed the droid to strike back, and it fled after knocking all of its opponents aside. The Dinobots reconvened in the medical bay, where Grimlock made sure Ratchet attended to Swoop in short order. Just as repairs on their comrade neared completion, Guardian burst into the room, and the Dinobots engaged the droid once again. However, Guardian was not planning to beat the Autobots through brute force this time around; instead, the droid had activated the bomb within its body, and was counting down to detonation. Sludge and the others were spared from utter destruction by Swoop, who flew Guardian up into the sky before the bomb went off. Believing their comrade to have perished, the Dinobots went off on their own afterwards.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

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''Sludge, like the other Dinobots, went a-wandering after this but reverted to his base instincts after his primary [[cybo-dendron]]s burnt out, probably because the insulation that protected them had been eroded by [[Repeat Performance!|4 million years submerged in a tar-pit]]. The Autobots learned that Sludge was due to regress as such after tangling with Swoop,'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''and organized to seek him out. Sludge had ended up in the waterways of Littlewood, California, where he was befriended by [[Joy Meadows]]. Unfortunately, the Decepticons attacked, took him away from his newfound love, and made him fight [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. The Autobots found themselves struggling to contain the two Dinobots' clash, only for it to come to a sudden end when Bumblebee destroyed a [[sonic lance]], which had been used by the Decepticons to aggravate the Dinobots into their uncontrollable frenzy. Following the weapon's destruction, Sludge fell into a comatose state.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

''While Sludge was recovering from brain surgery, he dreamed of Joy.'' {{storylink|Victory!}} ''Sludge and the other Dinobots eventually recovered fully from their ordeal, although they were still none too happy to see Ratchet upon awakening.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} When Prime organized a battle unit to assault the Decepticon base, not to demolish their enemy but to record some vital data, the Dinobots balked at the idea. Going into battle without intending to win was an anathema to them. Grimlock, Sludge and the other Dinobots chose to abandon the Autobot cause instead of putting up with Optimus Prime's "cowardly" ways any longer. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

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''After leaving, Sludge spotted Joy again on TV and decided to search her out. On a whim, the rest of the Dinobots agreed to accompany him on this endeavor. It was lucky they did, because both the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] and the Decepticons had marked her for death to protect their stakes in the "[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]" story. Happening upon Meadows as she was being swarmed by Triple-I agents, the Dinobots rescued her and spirited her away. Afterwards, Sludge found himself doing little more than dreamily staring at her... Both Meadows and the other Dinobots viewed Sludge's open crush as quite weird. While Sludge was lost in his own thoughts, the rest of the team agreed to be interviewed by Meadows so they could set the record straight over Transformers being autonomous life forms, and not the tools of a so-called "terrorist." However, even the power of unrequited love couldn't stop the Decepticons from interfering. After tracking them down, Megatron and his forces defeated the Dinobots and forced Joy to stop her investigation. Though they grumbled afterwards, the Dinobots also gave up on telling their side of the story to the public.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''When Optimus Prime and Prowl confronted the Dinobots about their latest adventure, Sludge and the others refused to divulge anything and walked off in a huff.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''When the future Decepticon named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returned to the 1980s, his first act was to destroy [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], a mechanoid who had befriended the Dinobots. Seeking revenge, they came after Galvatron in a pitched battle alongside several Autobots. Using his massive beast mode, Sludge stomped down on Galvatron, only for his attacks to yield little result. The time-traveler only retreated when the Decepticons joined the fray, as Galvatron was unwilling to destroy his own future-troops.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

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The Dinobots were still on their own, stealing fuel from the humans, when they learned of Optimus Prime's death. After Grimlock attempted to claim leadership of the Autobots for himself and failed, Sludge and the Dinobots happened upon [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacking the Ark. Sludge was content to sit back and mock the Autobots' efforts at first, but when Grimlock leaped into the fray, he insisted their leader "share" his fight. Trypticon was driven back through a space bridge by their attack, and Grimlock's leadership convinced the Autobots that Grimlock should be leader after all. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

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''While browsing tv channels, Sludge came upon a live broadcast showing the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] attacking a circus. Ecstatic at the chance to get into a scrap, he first showed Swoop his find before planning to head off and tell Grimlock about it too. Upon seeing the footage though, Swoop revealed that among the Predacons was a face he recognized from long ago: [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], the Decepticon who had stolen his original name after defeating him. Swoop insisted on heading out alone to confront his rival.'' {{storylink|What's in a Name?}} ''Sludge gathered the rest of the Dinobots, and they caught up to Swoop as he was getting ganged up on by the Predacons. Though [[Rampage (G1)|Rampage]] got the upper hand on Sludge in the scuffle that followed, Sludge was simply too dumb to admit he had gotten himself into a precarious position, and managed to wear down his opponent by soldiering through his beating. The Dinobots emerged victorious, but Swoop convinced the rest of his teammates to let the Predacons go, so that their grudges could be resolve in a proper fashion later.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

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Under Grimlock's leadership, the Ark became spaceborne once more, though some Autobots began rebelling against their brutal commander. Chief among these insurgents was Blaster, who was tracked down to the Earth's orbit. Though the Autobots managed to capture four [[Spacehikers|young human]] allied to their rogue agent, Blaster himself remained elusive. In order to draw him out, Grimlock cast the children out into the void of space (with spacesuits), only for his trap to be foiled by the interference of another Autobot, [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. Refusing to give up, Grimlock called upon Sludge and the rest of the Dinobots to help him hunt down Sky Lynx and his new passengers through a nearby asteroid belt. Sky Lynx proved too agile for them to catch up to, but Blaster was lured out nonetheless, as the ongoing chase threatened to exhaust the humans' limited oxygen supply. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}} With the rebel troublemaker taken captive, Grimlock returned to his capricious rule, with Sludge and the other Dinobots attending to his every need. His time of lazily lounging about was interrupted when the Ark's crew came in contact with another team of Autobots, this one operating under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. Unwilling to share leadership duties, Grimlock challenged the new arrival to a duel. Blaster wound up taking up the fight in Maximus's stead, with nearly all of the other Autobots acting as audience to their match. The Dinobots cheered for Grimlock, though the fight came to an abrupt end when the Decepticons launched a surprise attack. Grimlock and Blaster momentarily put aside their differences to chase away the attackers, and in the battle's aftermath, Goldbug had left with several others to reconstruct Optimus Prime on [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Upon Prime's return he confronted Grimlock, Sludge and the other Dinobots, who were none too happy about having to cede control of the Autobots back to him. However, Prime proved to be his usual persuasive self and managed to sweet-talk them into following his orders again. These events were witnessed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

''The super-Decepticon known as Galvatron had become more and more of a threat to the Transformers, not only due to his raw power but also because of the time-warping effect his prolonged presence in the past was having. Optimus Prime and Grimlock were in the midst of rallying their troops for a major offensive against Galvatron, before the time storm consumed them all, when several Autobots teleported back in time from [[2009]]. The resulting mass-displacement effect, however, made it appear as if Prime and several other Autobots were disintegrated on the spot. Enraged, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] led Sludge and several other Autobots into battle against the murderous "impostors". Sludge tried to sneak up on the future [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] during the scuffle, only to have Slag slammed into him as he charged forward.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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When an [[Underbase]]-powered [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] announced that he would "destroy the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]]," Sludge was among the allied Autobot/Decepticon teams sent ahead to Japan to try and stop him. There, Starscream destroyed him with a blast of cosmic energy before he got a chance to get some shots in himself. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

Sludge's remains were recovered, but Ratchet was tormented by his inability to repair all of the Autobots under his care. The medic started to have nightmares about Sludge and various other deactivated Autobots reviving as [[zombie]]s to kill him for his failures. Ratchet's nightmares came true for a short while, when the Decepticon [[Sports Car Patrol]] managed to infiltrate the Ark and took control of the damaged Autobots' bodies to torment him. When this failed to make Ratchet snap completely, the Decepticons' plan was abandoned and Sludge was shut down once more. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}}

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Eventually, Sludge was revived with [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] by Grimlock on [[Hydrus Four]], {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} where all the Dinobots proceeded to stock up on the miracle-substance, planning on using it to revive the rest of their fallen comrades aboard the Ark. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} They found both the ship and Earth itself devoid of Transformers activity however, as [[Primus]] had teleported all Earth-bound Transformers back to Cybertron in anticipation for [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s arrival. Grimlock quickly guessed as to what had transpired during the Dinobots' absence, and had Swoop pilot the ship towards their homeworld while Sludge and Slag were tasked with dispensing the Nucleon. Though Sludge asked Grimlock if he wanted to check up on those they would revive first, Grimlock told him to not waste time, and to simply distribute the Nucleon indiscriminately. Had Grimlock heeded Sludge's suggestion, the Dinobots might have avoided reviving Megatron, then stored within a stasis pod. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Their comrades revived, the Dinobots approached Cybertron with the battle against Unicron already underway. Grimlock rammed the Ark into the Chaos-Bringer's face, sending the Ark plummeting towards the planet's surface, and forcing all aboard to leap out before it crashed. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

Unicron's defeat also resulted in Optimus Prime's death, and his dying words placed Grimlock back in command. His first decision once assigned his rank was to take the Dinobots and seek out the Ark, several inoperative Autobots still housed within it. En-route however, Grimlock suddenly seized up, rendering him completely immobile. Inconveniently enough, this perplexing problem was followed by [[Hi-Q]]'s arrival, and the Nebulan was on the run from [[demon]]s from below Cybertron's surface! The Dinobots found themselves hopelessly outmatched by the monstrous horde, Sludge getting himself in quite the precarious position, surrounded on all sides by the creatures. Thankfully, Grimlock's frozen state was the beginning stage of his transformation into an [[Action Master]], and his new powerful form was able to fend off the demons, saving the lives of Sludge and the others. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

When the planet threatened to tear itself apart, the Decepticons abandoned the Autobots to their fate, but Sludge and the other Dinobots retrieved the Decepticon battle cruisers they had stashed in the [[Rad Zone]] aeons before, allowing them to pursue their enemies to the planet [[Klo]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} But the Decepticons anticipated the Autobots' arrival, and lured them into a trap as soon as they made planetfall. Sludge was killed in the ensuing ambush, only to be later resurrected by the [[Last Autobot]] as the Autobots claimed victory in the war... {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
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''When Optimus received word that [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] was being besieged by Megatron and his Decepticons in the year [[2005]], he enlisted the aid of the Dinobots to repel the enemy forces. Sludge and his teammates battled Devastator as he tried to breach the outpost's defenses, though even their might failed to fell the combiner. The Autobots nonetheless managed to repel the Decepticons, though at a steep cost; Optimus was fatally wounded in combat.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''The Autobots were only given a brief respite before more bad news reached them: a "monster planet," [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was approaching Cybertron, and devouring the planet's moons! The Autobots quickly prepared to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, only to be attacked by Decepticon forces led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the upgraded form of Megatron. Sludge's group managed to lose their pursuers, and the Dinobots watched as [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] trained with an Auto-combatant once they believed themselves out of harm's way. But the Decepticons found them once more, shot up their ship, and forced them in proximity of planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]. A planetary defense system then brought the shuttle into a crash-landing. Sludge, Slag, and Swoop were separated from the rest of the crew. By the time they found them again, Kup, Hot Rod, and Grimlock were being escorted by a gang of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], and so the Dinobots opted to stay out of sight and follow them. En route, they met the young Autobot [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who joined their rescue effort. When Grimlock and the others began fighting back against their captors, Sludge's group joined in the scuffle, successfully beating back the hordes of Sharkticons. After their show of force, the Autobots convinced the Sharkticons to turn on their cruel [[Quintesson]] masters. They then went off to find a means to get off-world.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

''Sludge's group tracked down several of their friends to the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], at the time being accosted by the world's hostile [[Junkion (species)|natives]]. By speaking the [[Universal greeting]] and making a peace-offering of Energon sticks, Hot Rod and Kup were successful in befriending the Junkions. With these new allies, the Autobots headed back on course towards Cybertron, finding Unicron already ravaging the planet. Unicron was defeated when Hot Rod managed to open the Autobots' [[Matrix of Leadership]] (which upgraded him into Rodimus Prime in the process) and the Autobots once more gained a foothold on Cybertron in the aftermath.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

In [[2008]], Sludge and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Sludge and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

===Earthforce===
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After Grimlock revived the Dinobots under mysterious circumstances, Shockwave and his Decepticons attempted to beat the information out of the Dinobots. Didn't work too well. Sludge engaged in some serious swordplay with [[Motormaster (G1)|Motormaster]], pitting [[Energo weapon|energo-sword]] against [[ionizer sword]]. The Decepticons were quickly beaten down, but snuck off when Optimus appeared on the battlefield to berate Grimlock over his recklessness, which inadvertently had put some nearby humans at risk. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This led to a shouting match between Grimlock and Optimus, where the former threatened to take his Dinobots and leave the Autobot army. The situation deteriorated further, with Sludge and the others hanging back as Optimus and Grimlock eventually knocked some sense into one another. Grimlock was promoted to the Earth's Autobot commander while Optimus headed into space with his own group. Naturally, Sludge and the Dinobots joined Grimlock's new Earthforce. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Although Grimlock had promised Optimus Prime that he would show restraint on Earth, Sludge was present at the first meeting of the Earthforce where their leader ''literally'' threw the [[Autobot Code|rule book]] out of the window. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

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Early on, the Dinobots tried to teach Grimlock the value of a good joke; feeling their leader was taking his new gig too seriously, they sent him out on a wild robo-goose chase for Shockwave, only to end up at an ice sculpture of the Decepticon set behind an "[[April Fools' Day|April Fools!]]" sign. Grimlock didn't take this too well, and was later seen headed towards Sludge and the Dinobots with the world's biggest snowball. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

Sludge was present with the entire Earthforce team outside Autobot Earthbase when Wheeljack unveiled his brand-new unbreachable defensive system. This was unfortunate, as Wheeljack had forgotten that, once activated, the system could only be turned off from the inside, forcing Prowl to run the gauntlet and reach the shutdown console within. {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}}

Every four million years (give or take), Slag's lack of [[emotional damper]]s played up for a while, turning him from moderately savage to mindlessly savage. It was a secret the Dinobots had kept since they first formed, but unfortunately, this attack occurred when Optimus Prime came back to Earth to inspect the new base. While Grimlock kept Prime occupied, Sludge and the other Dinobots had the unenviable task of keeping the berserker in check so Prime wouldn't find out. Slag escaped Sludge's hold by punching him in the jaw, then made a run for it. The Dinobots managed to catch back up to Slag and wrangle him long enough for him to burn himself out, and their secret was safe for another four million years. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}

Later, Snarl began to suffer from the rusting disease called [[Corrodia Gravis]], leaving Earthforce in the uncomfortable position of getting help from the only Transformer who could give Snarl a compatible systems boost: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. Fortunately, they found the perfect opportunity for quid pro quo when they came upon the Decepticons' Louisiana headquarters and found Starscream under attack by Megatron, Shockwave and a group of assassins. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Grimlock stuttered a bit on the order, but he sent Sludge and Swoop to keep Starscream alive. They fought off the Mayhems and kept Starscream around long enough for him to give Snarl the boost. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

In [[1992]] Snarl once again fell victim to Corrodia Gravis so Sludge and the Dinobots returned him to the [[Savage Land]] to retrieve the [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from their old shuttle in an attempt to save his life. Finding that a human named [[Embrey|Professor Embrey]] had used the crystal to save some of the area's [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] from a disease that was killing them, they were unwilling to trade Snarl's life for the dinosaurs'. Instead, the Dinobots transferred his mind into a ''Stegosaurus'' until they could find another way to save him. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}

===Another Time & Place===
Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, Sludge and most of his fellow Dinobots had succumbed to the transfiguring effects of Nucleon and lost their ability to transform. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened, and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Sludge and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Sludge and his comrades were restored to fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
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Sludge and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot firestormers when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots to discuss the matter, they were captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], leader of this new enemy force. The seeming insignificance of their previous conflicts weighed heavily on Optimus, but once Grimlock convinced him of the need to fight on, the Autobots burst free from their cell. Sludge and the others became part of a major offensive against not only Jhiaxus and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Sludge and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Sludge and the others were captured almost immediately, though, and only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Grimlock mellowed a bit after that exchange, and so Sludge and the Dinobots were relegated to training exercises with the other newly arriving Autobots from other regions of space until a new plan of attack against the Cybertronian Empire could be made. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When Grimlock learned that Optimus had left to confront Megatron alone on Earth, hoping to negotiate a treaty and join forces against Jhiaxus's army, the Dinobot immediately recognized the foolishness in this decision. He gathered up Sludge among others to come to their commander's rescue, their arrival interrupting Megatron before he could deliver a killing blow. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Sludge continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades on planet [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things — they teamed up with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in a metal-munching contest, to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] weren't there to make it a real contest. {{storylink|Total War!}}

==''Classics''==
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When [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]], and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] joined that huge jerk [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], that was just asking too much. Sludge and [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] ditched the team, and went off on their own to track down Decepticons. The pair wound up busting into a sting headed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], thinking it was a Decepticon mercenary recruiting operation. The only thing that saved the detective from the two then intoxicated Dinobots was the timely arrival of some real Decepticons. Afterwards Sludge and Slag joined Nightbeat's entourage, becoming the muscle to his wandering detective organization. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|Slag's profile in Club magazine #22}} {{storylink|At Fight's End}}

This venture didn't have the greatest of starts though, as the group's ship wound up crash-landing in the only repair bay on the planet [[Azure]], stranding them. When [[Vorg|three]] [[Narfl|big]] [[Vorg and Narfl's buddy|organics]] picked a barroom fight with their new leader, Sludge got to earn his keep by putting an end to it. Violently. It turned out these thugs were only there to deliver a message from Nightbeat's newest employer: the sentient starship ''[[Amory]]''. Nightbeat's crew was tasked with tracking down [[Phyrion]], the ''Amory'''s binary-bonded pilot. Sludge and Slag participated in the search by browbeating citizens of [[Purgatory (asteroids)|Purgatory]] for answers. A lead led them to an abandoned warehouse, where a new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] was waiting for the team, their quarry in-hand as a hostage. Sludge got to wrestle with [[Stranglehold]], and soon got him in a headlock, forcing the Pretender to cry "uncle!" Phyrion was retrieved from enemy hands, and the Decepticons were forced to flee. Nightbeat's gang fulfilled their contract... only to realize they were still without a means to get off-planet once the ''Amory'' left without them. Scrap. {{storylink|Cheap Shots}} Some time later, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Prowl]], [[Silverbolt (G1)#Classics|Silverbolt]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Ironhide]] tracked down Sludge and Slag on Azure, and approached them to "persuade" Grimlock to rejoin the Autobot forces on Cybertron. The meeting between Grimlock and the trio wound up being cut short by a distress call from Earth, and they left together in order to respond to it. Before his departure, Grimlock left behind a secret message for Sludge and Slag, instructing them to gather up all the Autobots on Azure and bring them to Earth. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|Grimlock's profile Club in magazine #50}}

==''Regeneration One''==
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In [[2007]], Sludge and the Dinobots reached a breaking point in their relationship with Grimlock. His reckless use of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] on himself, them, and the other Autobots had caused too many consequences. Even their fellow Dinobot Slag was reduced to a mindlessly feral state in the [[Nursery]]. Learning the wrong lesson from the dressing-down, Grimlock swore to reverse the Nucleon effect on his comrades...again, regardless of the consequences. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

Five years later, Grimlock had formed an alliance of convenience with the evil [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], who was using a [[Gene Key]] device to rewrite all Autobots on Cybertron into essentially Decepticons. Sludge and the Dinobots were being hunted down by Scorponok's legions as further leverage to use against Grimlock. Reckoning that their fearless leader had finally gone too far, the Dinobots set off alarms at the Nursery as a challenge to Grimlock. When he arrived, the Dinobots attempted to give their traitorous former leader a quick death. A detachment of Scorponok's minions interrupted their squabble, and after Grimlock defeated the newcomers, Sludge and the others decided to give him one more chance. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

After retaking the [[Civil Defense Hub]], the Dinobots raced to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to prevent Scorponok from activating a pan-global Gene Key to affect the entire planet at once. Sludge and the Dinobots damaged the bridge supports holding up the Key's position, but they were unable to stop Grimlock from sacrificing himself by grappling with Scorponok all the way down into the bottomless chasm below. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

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Once Slag was restored by the Nebulan process, Sludge and the other Dinobots came to the new Autobot leader, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]]. They all had a feeling that Grimlock wasn't really dead, and wanted to join Hot Rod on his expedition into Cybertron's core. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Their search led them deep into Cybertron's under-structure, following a "map" imprinted on Hot Rod's mind by the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} In the [[Primus]] chamber, the group was confronted by [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]], who only retreated after the arrival of Grimlock, aglow and inhabited by the power of Primus. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Sludge and the other Dinobots entered a form of mind-lock while Primus and Hot Rod conversed. After Primus dispatched Hot Rod on a quest through [[Zero Space]], the Dinobots awoke to find a very confused Grimlock. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As they made their way back towards the surface, the Dinobots realized the primitives were passively following them as well. Emerging from the ground in the middle of a Decepticon invasion, the Dinobots took up arms against the 'Cons and their [[Blitz Engine]]s, and led the primitives into battle as much needed reinforcements for the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

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After the invasion, however, the Autobots were unsettled by the presence of the Dinobots' new "friends". Even the newly risen Rodimus Prime, who first began the quest to reconnect with these ancestors, didn't want to know them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Sludge and the other Dinobots were unsettled by the ghetto constructed on the surface by the Autobots to house the primitives, and were suspicious of how passive the primitives had quickly become. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] highly advanced [[Primum Fugae]] arrived on Cybertron, they quickly judged the primitives to be an evolutionary insult and began exterminating them. Sludge and the others stepped up to defend the creatures, but the Primum Fugae proved incredibly powerful. Sludge in particular wascritically damaged by one of the new Cybertronians, who impaled him on a set of blades, leaving him helpless like a fish on a line. The Primum Fugae only retreated after a larger Autobot force arrived. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Because of their collective injuries, the Dinobots remained behind on Cybertron when Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus's Hub worlds. Sludge apparently recovered, and was seen with the other Dinobots on Cybertron, {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} but he wasn't seen again after the rise of the shadow-demons. It's unknown if Sludge fell to the Anti-Matrix's spawn before the return of the other Autobots from the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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Read about the adventures of '''Slag''' in the [[Marvel Comics continuity]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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[[File:RepeatPerformance-didncha.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Optimus Prime assembled for the Ark's crew his greatest warriors... who didn't know each other.]]
Early during the war on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], the warriors who would later become the Dinobots began to suspect that one day they might become fed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership and strike out on their own. In preparation, they snuck into a [[Decepticon]] spaceport, stole a number of ships, and hid them in the [[Rad Zone]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

Slag and was among the Autobots selected to accompany [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] aboard the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] on a mission to clear a path for [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] through an asteroid belt. {{storylink|The Transformers (issue)|The Transformers}} After their ship crashed on [[Earth]], the Dinobots were reactivated to deal with [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. The team tracked Shockwave to the [[Savage Land]]. During the battle, Shockwave was buried under a collapsed mountain, but the Dinobots ended up in a tar pit. There they stayed for four million years. Information on this battle was stored on the Ark's memory banks and were discovered four million years later by [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] {{storylink|The Last Stand}}, and Ratchet, at the moment the last Autobot on Earth that remained functional, tempted [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] with details of Shockwave's alleged defeat as currency for a deal with him. {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Slag was the first Dinobot Ratchet uncovered from the tar pit; Ratchet probed his memory bank to find out what had happened to the team. Awakened by the probe, a confused and enraged Slag nearly attacked Ratchet, but stopped once he realized he was an Autobot. Told that Shockwave lived again, Slag readily agreed on behalf of the Dinobots to hunt him down once more. However, the Dinobots had to deal with [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] first; they did not fare well. After Ratchet managed to defeat the Decepticon leader, the Dinobots accompanied him back to the Ark. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

''On the way, Ratchet tried to explain to the Dinobots that scarring the piss out of [[human]]s wasn't a good idea, but the lesson didn't really take. At the Ark, they were confronted by a little going-away present from Shockwave — the defense drone known as [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]], reprogrammed to attack the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''Slag and the others did little damage to the battle droid before Ratchet chased it off by blasting a weak spot on Guardian with a laser emitter. The Dinobots continued to hunt Guardian through the Ark while Ratchet made with the repairs to the other Autobots. The situation became more difficult, however, once they uncovered the presence of a thermonuclear bomb inside of Guardian.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''Wheeljack managed to prevent the Dinobots from reducing the Ark to a smoldering crater by remote-controlling Optimus Prime's body, interrupting their execution of Guardian. This unfortunately allowed the droid to strike back, and it fled after knocking all of its opponents aside. The Dinobots reconvened in the medical bay, where Grimlock made sure Ratchet attended to Swoop in short order. Just as repairs on their comrade neared completion, Guardian burst into the room, and the Dinobots engaged the droid once again. However, Guardian was not planning to beat the Autobots through brute force this time around; instead, the droid had activated the bomb within its body, and was counting down to detonation. Slag and the others were spared from utter destruction by Swoop, who flew Guardian up into the sky before the bomb went off. With the apparent loss of one of their comrades, Slag and the other Dinobots chose to leave the Ark and seek their own path on Earth.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

[[File:DinobotHunt3-Slag.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|This is what happens if you call him [[Slog (G1)|Slog]].]]
''Over the following weeks, each Dinobot began suffering from a breakdown of their [[cybo-dendron]]s, an anomaly in their neuro-circuitry caused by their extended time spent immersed in the tar pits. The Autobots learned that all of the Dinobots were due to revert to a near mindless, animal states after tangling with Swoop.'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''Slag had retreated to the Old River Valley in the Idaho badlands and it was there that the Autobots sought him out. A search team consisting of [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] arrived in one of the [[Ark shuttlecraft|shuttles]] and found Slag in a one-sided struggle with two human cowboys. After getting the humans to safety, the Autobots tried to wrangle themselves a turbo-steer. They tried some amusing tactics like taking the ''Triceratops'' by the horns or using Ironhide like a red flag to distract the fighting mad Dinobot, but ultimately they couldn't have won without the help of the Decepticons. Ironhide found [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] spying on them and, after stunning the tin-plated turkey, he grabbed the Decepticon and thrust him inside Slag's mouth just before the Dinobot let loose with his flame breath. The resulting backwash took Slag off-line and allowed the Autobots to take him into protective custody.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}}

''Although Ratchet managed to repair the cybo-dendron damage, the Dinobots remained trapped in comatose states, experiencing the occasional dreams as their minds attempt to wake up. Slag's dreams revolved around the epic battle he had with Shockwave four million years ago, and the haunting feeling of going off-line beneath the tar pits.'' {{storylink|Victory!}} ''Slag and the other Dinobots eventually recovered fully from their ordeal, although they were still none too happy to see Ratchet upon awakening.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}}

The Dinobots were largely uncomfortable under Optimus Prime's command. When Prime organized a battle unit to assault the Decepticon base, not to demolish their enemy but to record some vital data, the Dinobots balked at the idea. The idea of going into battle without intending to win was an anathema to them. [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], Slag and the other Dinobots chose to abandon the Autobot cause instead of putting up with Optimus Prime's "cowardly" ways any longer. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''After their big speech, the Dinobots apparently hung around the Ark for a little while anyways, but soon became bored with their inactivity (as they were now soldiers without a general). Finally, on a whim, they decided to help Sludge go after the "beautiful golden human" he had met while his cybo-dendrons were malfunctioning. [[Joy Meadows]], the aforementioned "human", was a reporter who drew some serious heat after she started questioning the [[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]] cover story being pumped over the air waves. Both the Decepticons and the US government had a stake in making sure the public believed all the Transformers were under the control of a so-called "terrorist", and so they wanted her silenced. After the Dinobots agreed to do an interview with Meadows to set the story straight, Swoop flew off to pick up her [[Rick (Marvel)|camera]] [[Tony (G1)|crew]], but found his transformation controls malfunctioning when he returned. Demonstrating his rarely acknowledged tech-smarts, Slag located and identified a homing beacon on Swoop. Despite Grimlock crushing it, they were still found by the Decepticons. The 'Cons ultimately won the skirmish — [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] wiped Meadows' tapes and the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] personally laid the beatdown on Slag and the others. Despite some grumbling afterwards, Slag and the Dinobots mostly decided to give up on the idea of "telling their story" to the humans.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''Optimus and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] approached the Dinobots afterwards, demanding an explanation for what had transpired. Slag and the others refused to talk, and instead walked off in a huff.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

''When the future Decepticon named [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] returned to the 1980s, his first act was to destroy [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], a mechanoid who had befriended the Dinobots. Seeking revenge, they came after Galvatron in a pitched battle alongside several Autobots. Despite all the force leveled against him, however, the battle against Galvatron ended with a stalemate, at best. The time-traveler only retreated when the Decepticons joined the fray, as Galvatron was unwilling to destroy his own future-troops.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}}

[[File:MarvelUS27 DinobotsVsTrypticon.JPG|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Top this, ''Jurassic Park''!]]
After some time on their own, the Dinobots wound up living in the Cascade Forest range in [[Oregon]], some distance away from [[Mount St. Hilary]]. Once they heard of Optimus Prime's death, Grimlock planned on storming the Ark and demanding that the Autobots name him the new leader. On the way, however, they found that the Decepticon had unleashed the living battle station known as [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] on the Autobots. When Grimlock joined the battle to protect an endangered human, Slag and the other Dinobots joined in the fight as well. They did so much damage that Trypticon was forced to return to Cybertron to replenish his fuel supplies. After this impressive showing, Grimlock was voluntarily named the new Autobot leader, and the Dinobots rejoined the Ark's crew. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

''When Swoop got into a fight with his old sparring partner, [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], the Dinobots and [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] were drawn into a pitched war with each other. Slag and Snarl engaged in head-butting games with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]. After playing with them a bit, the Dinobots easily brought down their Predacon opponents.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

[[File:Twintwistspacehikers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Slag is ''very mad'' that he's been drawn shorter than Beachcomber.]]
Grimlock and the Dinobots started to let their new power go to their heads pretty soon. Grimlock started wearing a tin crown of all things, while Slag and the others began acting more like mob enforcers than Heroic Autobots. After the Autobot named [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] went AWOL with [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]], Grimlock swore out a vendetta against him and had his troops keep a look out for them. While monitoring human radio signals, Slag heard word of a possible sighting, and reported his find to Grimlock. The Dinobot leader sent out the Protectobots to look into Slag's report. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} This attempt at apprehending the rogue Autobots didn't pan out, and Grimlock even went so far as to cast some of Blaster's human acquaintances into space (albeit with space suits). When another Autobot named [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] intervened on the humans' behalf, the Dinobots chased him into an asteroid belt. In order to prevent any further harm from coming to the humans, Blaster surrendered himself to Grimlock. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

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With the rebel troublemaker taken captive, Grimlock returned to his capricious rule, with Slag and the other Dinobots attending to his every need. Grimlock's time of lazily lounging about was interrupted when the Ark's crew came in contact with another team of Autobots, this one operating under [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]]. Unwilling to share leadership duties, Grimlock challenged the new arrival to a duel, and had Slag and Snarl throw Goldbug, being harbored by Maximus, into the brig. Blaster wound up taking up the fight in Maximus's stead, with nearly all of the other Autobots acting as audience to their match. The Dinobots cheered for Grimlock, though the fight came to an abrupt end when the Decepticons launched a surprise attack. Grimlock and Blaster momentarily put aside their differences to chase away the attackers, and in the battle's aftermath, Goldbug had left with several others to reconstruct Optimus Prime on [[Nebulos]]. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

''Upon Prime's return he confronted Grimlock, Slag and the other Dinobots, who were none too happy about having to cede control of the Autobots back to him. However, Prime proved to be his usual persuasive self and managed to sweet-talk them into following his orders again. These events were witnessed by the [[time travel]]ling [[Dicet Alpha-zero]].'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}

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''The super-Decepticon known as Galvatron had become more and more of a threat to the Transformers, not only due to his raw power but also because of the time-warping effect his prolonged presence in the past was having. Optimus Prime and Grimlock were in the midst of rallying their troops for a major offensive against Galvatron, before the time storm consumed them all, when several Autobots teleported back in time from [[2009]]. The resulting mass-displacement effect, however, made it appear as if Prime and several other Autobots were disintegrated on the spot. Enraged, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fortress Maximus]] led Slag and several other Autobots into battle against the murderous "impostors". Slag and the remaining Dinobots showed off their awesome warrior strength by ganging up on [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], or "the broad" as Slag called her. The future [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] stepped in to teach Slag a lesson in manners, using him as a bludgeon to knock out Sludge.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

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Following a distress signal sent out by Buster Witwicky, Slag and the rest of the Autobots were lured out to the Arctic, only to find a Decepticon ambush awaiting them amid the frozen wastes. After a brief scuffle, the two warring factions joined forces; they learned that this confrontation had been orchestrated by Starscream as a means to distract all others from his bid for the [[Underbase]]. Though they were able to interrupt Starscream's absorption of the Underbase's cosmic energies, the amount Starscream had already taken into himself still granted him unimaginable might. Slag was among a group sent over to [[Tokyo]] to try and halt the Seeker as he rampaged across the globe. As temperamental as he was, Slag at least had the sense to point out during this fiasco that the people of Tokyo were not [[TakaraTomy|well aware]] of Transformers as a whole, and possibly mistook the Dinobots for movie props. His insight didn't do him much good against Starscream though, and like his teammates, Slag got, well, slagged. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

''Despite him being out of action, a [[solid light simulation]] of Slag was used in a training mission for the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]]. Said simulation contained both high-ranking Autobot officers and Autobot "non-entities" though, so it's unknown how worthy of an opponent Slag was considered by the Decepticons.'' {{storylink|The Hunting Party (Marvel)|The Hunting Party}}

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Many months later, Grimlock grew frustrated over the fact that, despite himself being back online due to Ratchet's handiwork, his Dinobots remained offline within the Ark's medical bay. Upon learning of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]]'s restorative capabilities, he took Slag and brought him, alongside the other Dinobots, to [[Hydrus Four]] in a quest for the miracle-substance. Reaching the island of [[Farooth]] with their bodies in tow, Grimlock first tested Nucleon on himself, and feeling super-charged by the liquid, proceeded to douse Slag and the others with it too. {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}} Then, with the help of Slag and the others, Grimlock filled the containment units in his shuttlecraft, hoping to bring back enough Nucleon to revive the Ark's entire crew. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} Surprisingly enough, the returning Dinobots found the Ark empty, as [[Primus]] had teleported all Transformers from Earth to Cybertron to engage in final battle with [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. En route to Cybertron, Slag and Sludge pumped enough Nucleon into the life sustaining pods to bring back a full battle unit of Autobots. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}} Their comrades revived, the Dinobots approached Cybertron with the battle against Unicron already underway. Grimlock rammed the Ark into the Chaos-Bringer's face, sending the Ark plummeting towards the planet's surface, and forcing all aboard to leap out before it crashed. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}

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After Prime died in the war, Grimlock was named Autobot commander once more. His first mission was to seek out the Ark and all of the still-inoperative Autobots within it, taking his Dinobots with him for the task. En-route, Grimlock suddenly seized up, rendering him completely immobile. Inconveniently enough, this perplexing problem was followed by [[Hi-Q]]'s arrival, and the Nebulan was on the run from [[demon]]s from below Cybertron's surface! Slag tried to light one of the aflame with his fiery breath, only to find that the creature ''enjoyed'' the heat! He was nearly taken down by another of the creatures, but thankfully Sludge came to Slag's rescue, and knocked the demon off his back before it got to do any damage. Still, the Dinobots were hopefully outmatched by the vile creatures... that is, until Grimlock's paralysis came to an end; in truth, his seizing up was the final stage of his metamorphosis into an [[Action Master]]! In this powerful new form, Grimlock easily sent the demons packing. {{storylink|Still Life!}} Although Prowl was attempting to maintain a truce with the Decepticons, Grimlock and the Dinobots recognized how improbable that was. Therefore, while the peace talks were going on, Grimlock sent Slag and the other Dinobots to the [[Rad Zone]] to recover the [[Graviton (Classics)|hidden starships]] they had stashed there millions of years prior. It was a good thing he did, because the Decepticons betrayed the Autobots, leaving them stranded on the dying planet without transport off it otherwise. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} Using a homing beacon he had planted on one of the Decepticon ships, Grimlock tracked them down to the planet [[Klo]]. The Autobots had been expected, however, and the Decepticon welcoming party annihilated the Autobot army. Within a short period of time, only five Autobots were left alive: Grimlock, Slag, Prowl, [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] and Blaster. They continued to fight on, regardless of the hopelessness of the situation, and their stubborn refusal to just lay down and die was rewarded. Optimus Prime arrived on Klo to turn the tide, thanks to his new [[Action Master]] body and the help of the [[Last Autobot]], a powerful Transformer who revived the entire Autobot army with his powers. The Decepticons were driven from Klo, and the Autobots celebrated a true victory. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
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[[File:Dinobots legacy of unicron 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Slag'd kill them anyways!]]
''When Optimus received word that [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] was being besieged by Megatron and his Decepticons in the year [[2005]], he enlisted the aid of the Dinobots to repel the enemy forces. Slag and his teammates battled Devastator as he tried to breach the outpost's defenses, though even their might failed to fell the combiner. The Autobots nonetheless managed to repel the Decepticons, though at a steep cost; Optimus was fatally wounded in combat.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''The Autobots were only given a brief respite before more bad news reached them: a "monster planet," [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was approaching Cybertron, and devouring the planet's moons! The Autobots quickly prepared to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, only to be attacked by Decepticon forces led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the upgraded form of Megatron. Slag's group managed to lose their pursuers, and the Dinobots watched as [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] trained with an Auto-combatant once they believed themselves out of harm's way. But the Decepticons found them once more, shot up their ship, and forced them in proximity of planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]. A planetary defense system then brought the shuttle into a crash-landing. Slag, Sludge, and Swoop were separated from the rest of the crew. By the time they found them again, Kup, Hot Rod, and Grimlock were being escorted by a gang of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], and so the Dinobots opted to stay out of sight and follow them. En route, they met the young Autobot [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]], who joined their rescue effort. When Grimlock and the others began fighting back against their captors, Slag's group joined in the scuffle, successfully beating back the hordes of Sharkticons. After their show of force, the Autobots convinced the Sharkticons to turn on their cruel [[Quintesson]] masters. They then went off to find a means to get off-world,'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}} '' and eventually succeeded in ending Unicron's threat.''

In [[2008]], Slag and the Dinobots were one of several special units unleashed on the Decepticon attack force when [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] led the 'Cons on a siege of the Autobots' main base on Cybertron. Slag was seen barrelling through the Decepticon forces like a living juggernaut. Autobot High Command soon learned this assault was only a distraction, however, engineered by [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] himself who was reconstructing himself on the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]]. When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned from Junk with this news, [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] gathered [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Grimlock, and the rest of the Dinobots with him to make an assault on Junk. Much to Rodimus's dismay, Slag and the Dinobots didn't hold back at all when attacking the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] Unicron had mind-controlled into doing his bidding, and tore through them as if they were any other enemy. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}
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===Earthforce===
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Slag was constructed without the necessary [[emotional damper]]s that would allow him to regulate his moods and rage. This fact made him unpleasant company at the best of times, but also caused a regular glitch in his circuits, turning him into a raging homicidal berserker for a brief period every four million years. Shortly before leaving aboard the Ark with Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobot crew, Slag experienced one of these "glitches" and wiped out his entire tactical unit. His fellow Dinobots managed to cover up the incident, and Prime and [[Autobot High Command]] never learned about it. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}

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Sometime shortly after the [[Matrix Quest]], Slag and his fellow Dinobots were revived by Grimlock and returned to action in the Autobot army. They were engaged in a battle against a group led by Shockwave (with Slag tossing Ravage overhead with his horns) when Optimus arrived on the scene. Their more brutal methods didn't sit well with Optimus Prime, and while he berated them, the Decepticons took the opportunity to sneak off. {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This led to a shouting match between Grimlock and Optimus, where the former threatened to take his Dinobots and leave the Autobot army. The situation deteriorated further, with Slag and the others hanging back as Optimus and Grimlock eventually knocked some sense into one another. Ultimately, Optimus chose to leave Grimlock in charge of a special Earthforce, guarding the planet while he led the Ark's crew out in space to deal with the threat of Unicron. {{storylink|Break-Away!}} Although Grimlock had promised Optimus Prime that he would show restraint on Earth, Slag was present at the first meeting of the Earthforce where their leader ''literally'' threw the [[Autobot Code|rule book]] out of the window. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

[[File:Snow Fun final panel.jpg|upright=1.2|thumb|Little did Grimlock know that this would only cause Slag to become even more violent than before...]]
While the Autobot Earthbase was under construction, Slag and his fellow Dinobots decided to engage in an Earth custom known as [[April Fools' Day]] and have a little fun at their leader's expense. Slag used his vast technical knowledge to rig up a fake video message from Decepticon commander Shockwave, and the Dinobots used it to lure Grimlock out into a blizzard, convinced that he was going to a one-on-one duel with the Decepticon. Instead, he found a snowman with a cardboard sign, proclaiming him an "April Fool". Amusing as it was, Grimlock was last seen heading towards the Dinobots with a massive snowball over his head, so he might not have taken it too well. {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

When the [[Survivors]] joined up with Earthforce in order to get help for their ally [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]], Slag was part of the strike team that went to attack the [[Mayhem Attack Squad|Mayhems]]' island, and he fought the Pretender [[Stranglehold]]. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} He was present at Earthbase for the unveiling of Wheeljack's new defense system {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} and, shortly thereafter, fought back against a major Decepticon offensive led by Soundwave. He roasted the Constructicon [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] with his flame breath, and the 'Cons eventually retreated. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

[[File:MarvelUK-280-4MYItch-ObservationusPrime.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|See? This is why you don't mess with Slag.]]
With the sort of bad timing that only happens in comic books and soap operas, Optimus Prime came to Earthbase for a tour and inspection right when Slag's next 4,000,000 year berserker rage came due. This led to a hilarious romp through Earthbase, as the Dinobots desperately attempted to keep Slag under control while Grimlock tried to keep Prime unaware of what was going on. Comedy gold! Through no lack of effort, they were successful in keeping him out of view, and Slag burned himself out while Optimus left Earthbase none the wiser. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}}

Later, when Snarl was suffering from [[Corrodia Gravis]], the Autobots were forced into the unpleasant circumstance of seeking out the only known compatible Transformer for a transfer: [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]]. What's worse, their petition for aid came right in the middle of Megatron and Shockwave's assassination attempt on the treacherous [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Forced to fight for Starscream's life, Slag held his own against Megatron in combat. He rear-ended the Decepticon with his horns and then set him on fire with his flame breath. Megatron tore out of there as if his reactor linkage was on fire. Which, incidentally... {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

In [[1992]] Snarl once again fell victim to Corrodia Gravis so Slag and the Dinobots returned him to the [[Savage Land]] to retrieve the [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from their old shuttle in an attempt to save his life. Finding that a human named [[Embrey|Professor Embrey]] had used the crystal to save some of the area's [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] from a disease that was killing them, they were unwilling to trade Snarl's life for the dinosaurs'. Instead, the Dinobots transferred his mind into a ''Stegosaurus'' until they could find another way to save him. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}

===Another Time & Place===
Several months after the golden age of Cybertron was reintroduced, more and more Transformers were succumbing to the effects of Nucleon. Slag was the only Dinobot still able to transform at this time. When Grimlock received information that the Hydrus Four facilities had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleonic changes, the Dinobots jumped at the idea. Despite Prime's half-hearted warnings, Slag and his teammates followed Grimlock back to Hydrus Four in the hopes of becoming Transformers once again. They were followed by the "exiled" Decepticons, however, and a battle with a huge native creature delayed the Dinobots long enough for Bludgeon's crew to get ahead of them and take over the Nucleon facility. The Dinobots were laid low by a [[Holocaust Trigger]], overloading their sensory circuits so that they were helpless before the Decepticons. Cruelly tortured, the Dinobots were still left alive so that they could witness the rebirth of Megatron, thanks to the Nucleon infusions Bludgeon was feeding him. Luckily, the Autobots had long since learned to become worried whenever the Dinobots were out of sight for too long, and had followed them to Hydrus Four. [[Roadhandler (G1)|Roadhandler]], [[Tote]] and several [[Micromaster]]s managed to free the injured Dinobots, and an Autobot strike force brought down their Decepticon captors. The Nucleon reversion process was a success, and Slag and his comrades were restored as fully operational Transformers. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:Eating contest.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|What's a little cannibalism between buddies?]]
Slag and the Dinobots were fighting alongside Grimlock and a small group of Autobot firestormers when they uncovered the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian Empire]] and their terraforming measures. After calling in Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots to discuss the matter, they were captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]], leader of this new enemy force. The seeming insignificance of their previous conflicts weighed heavily on Optimus, but once Grimlock convinced him of the need to fight on, the Autobots burst free from their cell. Slag and the others became part of a major offensive against not only Jhiaxus and his ilk, but everything they represented. {{storylink|War Without End!}} Their initial escape from the Empire was deterred by passage through the [[K'tord Nebula]], where both sides were swept up in the effects of aggressive psychic parasites. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

Despite Prime serving as overall commander, however, Slag and his buddies were still Dinobots first and foremost. So when Grimlock wanted to take first strike action against Prime's orders, there was no question who they'd follow. Using a stolen enemy shuttle, they attempted to sneak upon the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] ship, the ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'', with a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] to obliterate it... But Slag and the others were captured almost immediately, as Jhiaxus had increased his security. They only escaped thanks to the timely intervention of Optimus Prime and his more loyal group of soldiers. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}} Grimlock mellowed a bit after that exchange, and so Slag and the Dinobots were relegated to training exercises with the other newly arriving Autobots from other regions of space until a new plan of attack against the Cybertronian Empire could be made. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

When Grimlock learned that Optimus had left to confront Megatron alone on Earth, hoping to negotiate a treaty and join forces against Jhiaxus's army, the Dinobot immediately recognized the foolishness in this decision. He gathered up Slag among others to come to their commander's rescue, their arrival interrupting Megatron before he could deliver a killing blow. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} Slag continued to fight alongside the Autobots with his Dinobot comrades on [[Ethos]]. {{storylink|Escalation!}} Later, after the Autobots forged an alliance with the first-generation Decepticons against the Cybertronians, the Dinobots got into the spirit of things—they teamed up with [[Headstrong (G1)|Headstrong]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in a metal-munching contest to see who could chow down on the most Cybertronians.

Man, too bad [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Grrr]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] weren't there to make it a real contest. {{storylink|Total War!}}

In the final battle with the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], Slag was seen arranging the alliance's defenses against the voracious creature. He later gave his life in a futile attempt to protect [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] from the Swarm, proving once and for that all Dinobots truly do care about their other Autobots... as long as they're also obnoxious loners. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

==Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comics==
When both [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] came to Earth and began causing destruction in their wake, Grimlock called upon Slag and [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]], so that all three Dinobots could help [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] fight back against the Decepticons. The Dinobots made their way to the ruins of [[London]], where Slag overpowered [[Sparkstalker]]'s firebreath with his own, mocking his opponents' weaker attack all the while. Once the evil robots had all been driven off or defeated, Optimus had the Autobots retreat off-planet to avoid a confrontation with the humans. {{storylink|War Zone}}

==''Classics''==
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When [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]], and [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] joined that huge jerk [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]], that was just asking too much. Slag and [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] ditched the team, and went off on their own to track down Decepticons. The pair wound up busting into a sting headed by [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], thinking it was a Decepticon mercenary recruiting operation. The only thing that saved the detective from the two then intoxicated Dinobots was the timely arrival of some real Decepticons. Afterwards, thinking it would be fun working for someone with a nose for trouble, Slag joined Nightbeat's entourage, becoming the muscle to his wandering detective organization. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|Slag's profile in Club magazine #22}} Slag was officially in charge of setting up appointments for the group. {{storylink|At Fight's End}} Another member of this new team, [[Quig]], pointed out to Slag that his name was offensive to many Transformers. Slag found this amusing. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|Slag's profile in Club magazine #22}}

The team's detective ventures didn't have the greatest of starts though, as their ship wound up crash-landing in the only repair bay on the planet [[Azure]], stranding them. When [[Vorg|three]] [[Narfl|big]] [[Vorg and Narfl's buddy|organics]] picked a barroom fight with their new leader, Slag got to earn his keep by tossing one of them through a wall. (Sludge then pointed out that Slag could have pitched the lug through a nearby window, but Slag stood by his decision of making the guy go through brick and mortar instead of glass.) It turned out these thugs were only there to deliver a message from Nightbeat's newest employer: the sentient starship ''[[Amory]]''. Nightbeat's crew was tasked with tracking down [[Phyrion]], the ''Amory'''s binary-bonded pilot. Slag and Sludge participated in the search by browbeating citizens of [[Purgatory (asteroids)|Purgatory]] for answers. A lead led them to an abandoned warehouse, where a new [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] was waiting for them, their quarry in-hand as a hostage. Slag was harpooned by [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]], but managed to beat him back and moved on to [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], leader of the enemy group. Cutting Ruckus's arm off, he freed Phyrion, and kept the limb as a trophy. The Decepticons fled, and Nightbeat's gang fulfilled their contract... only to realize they were still without a means to get off-planet once the ''Amory'' left without them. Scrap. {{storylink|Cheap Shots}} Some time later, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Prowl]], [[Silverbolt (G1)#Classics|Silverbolt]], and [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Ironhide]] tracked down Slag and Sludge on Azure, and approached them to "persuade" Grimlock to rejoin the Autobot forces on Cybertron. The meeting between Grimlock and the trio wound up being cut short, and they left together in response to a distress call from Earth. Before his departure, Grimlock left behind a secret message for Slag and Sludge, instructing them to gather up all the Autobots on Azure and bring them to Earth. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|Grimlock's profile in Club magazine #50}}

Slag had a tendency to go absolutely crazy-murderous-berzerker once every 4 million years. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 22|Slag's profile in Club magazine #22}}

{{note|Slag's rage-every-four-million-years thing was ganked from an [[Earthforce]] story, despite ''Classics'' ignoring nearly all the Marvel UK material.}}
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==''Regeneration One''==
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By the year [[2007]], Slag had lost control, slipping into a murderous berserker rage due to the infusion of [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]] into his system. He was kept contained in the "[[Nursery]]". {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} Grimlock began to tirelessly search for a cure for nucleon as he blamed himself for Slag's state. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

When Grimlock next saw Slag, it was back in the Nursery, where the other Dinobots had gathered to confront their leader for bringing [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] and his [[Gene Key]] to Cybertron. As his actions had been for the purpose of saving the Dinobots, Grimlock resisted the urge to defend himself. When Scorponok's troops interrupted the fight, though, Grimlock defended the Dinobots, which restored a measure of their respect for him. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}} With the still-feral Slag left behind at the Nursery, Grimlock and the other Dinobots joined another group of Autobots in retaking the [[Civil Defense Hub]], securing Scorponok's Nucleon research in the process. The Donobots then confronted Scorponok at the [[Sonic Canyons]], where Grimlock sacrificed himself, plummeting into the depths of the canyons locked in battle with the Decepticon. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

The Autobots put Scorponok's research to use in short order, as Slag was in normal operation, alongside his remaining fellow Dinobots as they confronted [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] following his disastrous address at [[Eugenesis Plaza]]. They expressed their desire to join Hot Rod on his mission to the [[Demon]]-infested underground, because they believed Grimlock was still alive and they would be able to find him. Slag emphasized that they would ''know'' if he were dead. The Dinobots' "blind, intuitive faith" stirred Hot Rod into action, and he accepted the Dinobots' aid. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} Their search led them deep into Cybertron's under-structure, following a "map" imprinted on Hot Rod's mind by the [[Covenant of Primus]]. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Two}} In the [[Primus]] chamber, the group was confronted by [[Demon|Primordial Cybertronians]], who only retreated after the arrival of Grimlock, aglow and inhabited by the power of Primus. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Slag and the other Dinobots entered a form of mind-lock while Primus and Hot Rod conversed. After Primus dispatched Hot Rod on a quest through [[Zero Space]], the Dinobots awoke to find a very confused Grimlock. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} As they made their way back towards the surface, the Dinobots realized the primitives were passively following them as well. Emerging from the ground in the middle of a Decepticon invasion, the Dinobots took up arms against the 'Cons and their [[Blitz Engine]]s, and led the primitives into battle as much needed reinforcements for the Autobot cause. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

After the invasion, however, the Autobots were unsettled by the presence of the Dinobots' new "friends". Even the newly risen Rodimus Prime, who first began the quest to reconnect with these ancestors, didn't want to know them. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Slag and the other Dinobots were unsettled by the ghetto constructed on the surface by the Autobots to house the primitives, and were suspicious of how passive the primitives had quickly become. When [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] highly advanced [[Primum Fugae]] arrived on Cybertron, they quickly judged the primitives to be an evolutionary insult and began exterminating them. Slag and the others stepped up to defend the creatures, but the Primum Fugae proved incredibly powerful. They only retreated after a larger Autobot force arrived. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

Damaged in the struggle, Slag and the Dinobots remained behind on Cybertron when Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus's Hub worlds. The primitives' behavior continued to be unsettling as they spontaneously began growing "hibernation capsules" around themselves in the ghetto, apparently instinctively hiding out from some upcoming menace. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}}

Sure enough, the Anti-Matrix entity took advantage of the Autobots' absence and unleashing a corrupting wave over Cybertron, draining life and stability from nearly all the inhabitants. Slag and the Dinobots only survived due to their proximity to Grimlock. It seemed it was the Anti-Matrix and not really Primus who inhabited Grimlock earlier, and that brief contact created an immunity for him. However, the Dinobots still had to deal with the shadow-demons all other transformers on Cybertron had devolved into thanks to the entity. They survived long enough to regroup with Rodimus Prime's fleet when they returned from the Hub. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}

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Slag (G1)

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:''Slag is an [[Autobot]] [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Dinobot Hunt Slag.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Slapper (Dinobots)|His name is a swear word]]. Just the way he likes it.]]

'''Slag''' is the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]] most likely to live up to the team's bad reputation. Slag is surly, mean-spirited, nasty, and disturbingly violent, to the point where it really is a wonder he's not a [[Decepticon]]. Slag will fight anyone, over anything, at the drop of a microchip, and fight dirty. Slag enjoys nothing more than reducing his enemies (and he's more than willing to include annoying Autobots on that list) to pools of molten metal with his [[fire-breath]]. He'd swim in the pools to celebrate if he could.

None of the Dinobots really like [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], but he and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] share an especially intense dislike of him. But it's not just Prime's orders he questions. He'll even mouth off at [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] every now and then, but somehow does not end up as scrap or lunch. Slag's bad attitude means the rest of the Autobot forces are unlikely to come to his aid when he bites off more than he can chew.

He is sometimes known as '''Slug''' or, confusingly, '''Snarl'''.

{{bigquote|Me Slag no like anything.|Slag on Life, the Universe, and Everything|"[[Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Neil Ross]] (English), [[Toshio Ishii]] (Japanese), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese, "Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2"), [[Ken Yamaguchi]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Georges Atlas]] (French), [[Roberto Alexander]] (American Spanish), [[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, "Grimlock's New Brain"), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, "Call of the Primitives"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2'' Season 1), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'' Season 2)}}

[[File:SlagG1.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|One angry mother slagger!]]
Slag was developed, along with his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]], after the Autobots discovered dinosaur bones in their volcanic headquarters. Inspired by the power of the prehistoric beasts, [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] built a trio of Dinobots to add firepower to the Autobot forces. The Dinobots proved too dangerous at first, and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] ordered Wheeljack to abandon the Dinobot project. Wheeljack continued improving the trio of titans in secret, crafting memory components that made them smarter and easier to control. When the rest of the Autobots were captured by the Decepticons at the [[Great Falls]] hydroelectric power plant, Wheeljack dispatched the Dinobots to free their comrades and destroy the Decepticons. The Dinobots succeeded in forcing a Decepticon retreat and were welcomed as members of the Autobot team. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

[[File:SlagWarofDinos.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|I know he's a raging sociopath... but he's so cute!]]
One of Slag's greatest weaknesses was his hostility, and [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was able to use this to his advantage, turning the Dinobots against Optimus Prime. A new pair of Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], stalled the old trio until [[Meteorini Chipperoni|the unstable meteor]] nearby exploded. Witnessing Optimus Prime valiantly save Grimlock from the explosion, the Dinobots decided that he was a good, passionate leader, and turned against Megatron as his squad escaped. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

When Cybertron was being pulled into Earth's orbit, Slag pitched in to help stop the destruction. He and his fellow Dinobots created a moat that successfully captured an incoming tidal wave. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} After that, the Dinobots were called upon to fight against [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

[[Hound (G1)|Hound]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] had trouble teaching Slag and the other Dinobots how to play football. However, when the Autobots needed help to stop the Decepticons and [[Nergill|King Nergill]]'s attack on [[Washington, D.C.]], the Dinobots responded quickly. After the battle, Slag pitched in by using his fire breath to repair the Washington Monument. He came to [[Sub-Atlantica]] with the other Autobots, where he raised hell with his fellow Dinobots.{{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

The Dinobots' powers proved invaluable when they needed to save Optimus Prime from rogue vehicles. Slag transformed into ''Triceratops'' mode and melted them down. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}}

While Wheeljack attempted to show off Grimlock's newfound finesse, Slag bumped into Grimlock and caused him to run amok. Then Sludge stepped on Slag's tail, and Slag instinctively breathed fire, scorching the Ark's computers. Afterwards, the Dinobots were sent to [[Dinobot Island (G1)|a new island]] that Bumblebee and [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]] had discovered so they could master their abilities. Slag liked it, and thought that it'd offer room to move and stumble around. After practicing his "fire stuff", Megatron arrived and using fear, led a pack of dinosaurs to push the Dinobots into a tar pit. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} However, they managed to get out, and Slag used his fire breath to get the tar off his comrades. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:DesertionOfDinobots2-SlagCircuits.jpg|thumb|left|H-hey! That's my funny circuit!]]
Slag was sent with the four other Dinobots to an airport with Decepticons in the vicinity, despite his dislike of everything. Breaking into [[Hangar|their secret hideout]] with Snarl, Slag then melted [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]]'s [[null-ray]], to the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]]'s horror, and when he was dogpiled by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], threw them into a plane. When the Dinobots carelessly reverted to [[robot mode]], an explosion knocked them down. Back at the base, Ratchet, Hoist and Wheeljack were able to repair them after countless hours of work. But after the Dinobots heard Optimus send them out for another mission, they had enough. Slag was sick of taking orders and decided to take orders from Grimlock only, and the Dinobots left the Ark. However, when [[Carly]] informed the Dinobots that the Autobots were low on [[cybertonium]], Slag refused to help out, but Grimlock dragged him to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] anyway, since they would be away from the Autobots. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When they reached Cybertron, Slag rammed [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and then tried to turn him into a chew-toy. For this, the logic-driven Decepticon altered the Dinobots' [[Circuits|memory circuits]] and put them to work in the [[Cybertonium Pit]]. [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Two]] [[Carly|squishies]] ended up saving them. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

[[File:TFTM-QuintessonLeader Crushed.jpg|thumb|He may be in favour of grisly murder, but no one could ever accuse Slag of not having manners.]]
During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], the Dinobots battled [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Slag was the only one that managed to get a hit on Devastator, ramming into him at full speed. After evacuating Autobot City in the wake of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s attack, the Dinobots refused to leave, and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] was forced to push Slag into the ship. Possibly to avoid being killed, Kup told the Dinobots about one of his encounters with an [[Ick-Yak]]. The Dinobots, along with Kup and [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], were shot down and crashed on [[Quintessa]]. The Dinobots searched for the two Autobots, with Grimlock believing they were close by, but Slag disagreed. They started hurling insults, and things might have turned violent, had [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] not appeared and pointed them in the right direction. He and Sludge broke down a door as [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] prepared to execute the Autobots, giving a belated "Excuse me!" to a [[Quintesson]] prosecutor—who was being crushed under the combined weight of Slag, Sludge, and the door. Later, Slag literally burned the butt of [[Unicron|a god]]. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Slag’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]” and the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

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Slag was one of the [[Primitive]]s who were called by [[Oracle (G1)|Primacron's assistant]] to battle [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]]'s newest creation, [[Tornedron]]. When Grimlock was believed destroyed when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] crashed on him, Slag took command of the Dinobots. He came up with an incredibly innovative strategy—lead the Dinobots away until he got a better idea. [[Hun-Gurrr (G1)|Hun-Gurrr]] thought it was the best idea yet. After Tornedron dispatched the other Primitives, Slag and the Dinobots attacked him, only to have their energy sucked from them. Fortunately, Grimlock survived Trypticon's weight and destroyed Tornedron, fixing everything. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)|[[Simon Broad]] (English, Omni Productions dub), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American)}}
[[File:SleepySlagAnime1.jpg|left|upright=1.16|thumb|So cute when he's not killing things.]]
In the year 2011, Slag, along with his fellow Dinobots, was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] to deal with the sudden invasion of the Decepticon forces. Slag and his team attempted a resistance but were quickly disabled by one of [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnotic spells, which forced them all to fall asleep.

Slag was ''adorable''. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}}

Later, Slag fought alongside [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]], Optimus, and his fellow Dinobots against Galvatron and his lieutenants. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}
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====Rodimus vs. Cyclonus====
After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Slag and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel's control panel. Slag stood about, muted, as the spacecraft came under assault from Cyclonus. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, they managed to escape their attacker, and the group later made their way to the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}
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====''Wings Universe''====
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Together with [[Hot Rod/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]], though they were more concerned about hearing one of Kup's war stories than being under attack. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Slag and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}
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====Ask Vector Prime====
When [[Renegade#Gong|Gong]] and [[Sideways (RID)|Sideways]] mashed two universes together, they created a world where the Transformers and [[GoBot]]s co-existed during the [[Unicron War]]. Slag evacuated [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade-Decepticon alliance attacked, and Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron. Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]].

The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Slag and Grimlock briefly got into a fight, but encountered the [[Guardian (GoBots)#RoGuns|RoGuns]], who led them to the twisted court of the [[Master Renegade]], where Kup and Hot Rod were on trial. The Dinobots barged their way into the courtroom, with Slag pausing to apologize to the squashed [[Renegade#Klaws|Klaws]]. After stealing the Master Renegade's ship and dubbing it "''Grungy''", the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[Rock Lord#Boulder|Boulder]], and together the alliance rescued [[Guardian (GoBots)#Major Mo|Major Mo]]'s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[Rock Lord#Magmar|Magmar]]'s evil [[Rock Lord]]s.

The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Slag was on Optimus Prime's shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by "Megascream": a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage.

On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup's universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, the team picked up Hot Rod from Junkion and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
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===Milton Bradley mini-comic===
Slag was among a number of Autobots under [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]'s command who crewed the [[Ark (G1)|ark]]. After it crashed into [[Earth]], the ark detected [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and repaired Slag and three others into the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. The Dinobots soon tracked down Soundwave, but he proved too much for them to handle until Grimlock used his brain and brought the nearby cliff down, knocking them all offline. {{storylink|In the Transformers}}

===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
Slag and the other Dinobots live in an underground jungle environment, hidden beneath the Antarctic ice cap. He can fly. The Dinobots left together from their home to head to Autobot headquarters. Slag complained that they shouldn’t stick to a large formation, as he felt that this would make them an easy target for the Decepticons. His advice was ignored. Later, when they were attacked by Starscream and the Decepticon superjets, as Slag had predicted, Slag decided to break off from the group and continue on his way by himself. As he moved away from the other Dinobots, he was caught off-guard by Ramjet, who smashed a hole in Slag’s side. Slag was ordered to return to the Dinobots’ recovery base to get his wounds treated by Ratchet. There, Ratchet finished his repairs just as the [[Crusher]] forced its way into the Dinobots base. Though Slag was initially frightened by the machine, the vibrations it made caused hundred of Dinobots to be freed from their tar cocoons. Slag joined his brethren and beat back the Decepticons. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Optimus had requested Slag and the rest of the Dinobots’ assistance when he and Prowl investigated Decepticon activity on the island of [[Buru]]. Upon their arrival, the Dinobots quickly began overpowering the Insecticons on the island. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Slag and the other Dinobots stood by while Swoop mercilessly butchered Devastator and killed the Constructicons one by one. The rest of the Dinobots then joined in ripping the Constructicons' carcasses into scrap metal for good measure. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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When [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] learned that his "twin Autobot" had been captured by [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], he swore to rescue [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] himself. [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] advised him to take [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] and Slag with him, as their muscle would come in handy against Devastator. The three Autobots made their way to Decepticon headquarters, avoiding best they could the many traps that lay before it. The trio then encountered a couple of Decepticon guards, but made short work of them. Once within Decepticon headquarters, they encountered Devastator. Despite their best efforts, they were unable to defeat the Decepticon gestalt, and were themselves taken prisoner. Some time later, Megatron took Slag and the others out of their cell to show them that the Autobots had agreed to surrender; on the Decepticons' doorstep was left a statue of Devastator, with a note attached explaining that it was a peace offering. The statue turned out to be a ruse however, and Autobot reinforcements burst forth from within it. Slag participated in the battle that ensued, which eventually ended in a victory for the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}

===Marvel coloring books===
When Optimus learned from Cosmos that the Decepticons were razing a human village to build a fuel plant in its place, he had the Dinobots hide within the other Autobots' vehicle modes to sneak up on the enemy. Once they were in close enough proximity to [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his minions, the Dinobots were released and the battle against the evil robots commenced. Kickback and Ravage nearly managed to sneak up on Slag and Sludge, but [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Gears (G1)|Gears]] intercepted the two Decepticons before they could harm the Dinobots. After Shockwave had been tied up and loaded into Long Haul's open-box bed, Slag shoved them both down a pit so Grimlock could cover them with quick-drying cement, trapping the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

Slag and the rest of the Dinobots gathered around Grimlock as Hot Rod explained to them that he was being chased by a squad of Decepticons. Hot Rod then took off towards Autobot City to warn Ultra Magnus while the Dinobots headed to confront the Decepticons. In the battle that ensued, Slag spewed his firebreath at Buzzsaw. Then Starscream snuck up on him and injured the Dinobot with a couple of well-placed shots. Luckily, at this stage of the battle, Autobot reinforcements were arriving. Ratchet headed straight for Slag and tended to his wounds. {{storylink|Battle at Oil Valley}}
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===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
Slag and the rest of the Dinobots accompanied Hot Rod, Kup and Arcee on a space-faring mission. Though Kup warned Slag not to overload the ship, Grimlock ignored him, reasoning that he didn’t want to make a second trip. The ship wound up malfunctioning, and they crash-landed on the planet Quintesson. There, they encountered Wheelie, who warned them about the planet’s evil inhabitants. They soon encountered a few Quintessons leading their Sharkticon soldiers to apprehend them. Slag melted a bunch of them into puddles of molten metal with his fiery breath. After the Quintessons had been defeated, the Autobots left the planet in the ship that had once been piloted by Wheelie’s parents. {{storylink|The Story of Wheelie, the Wild Boy of Quintesson}}
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===Dinobot War===
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Slag, along with the rest of the Dinobots, were present during Earth's distant past, when [[you]], Ravage and Laserbeak travelled through time. The Dinobots quickly learned about the Decepticons' plan to attack the Autobots still slumbering in stasis aboard the crashed Ark, and set out to oppose them. Whether or not they succeeded was up to you!{{storylink|Dinobot War}}
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===Dinobots Strike Back===
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Slag was so bored while on look-out duty that he and Sludge began to fight. Distracted, he didn't notice Bombshell sneaking up on the Dinobots, which led to the Insecticon injecting a Cerebro-shell into each of them save Swoop. Slag and the Dinobots are ordered to go on a rampage, attacking Autobots and humans alike. If Swoop reports directly back to Autobot base about what transpired, the Autobots weigh multiple options on how to best stop the Dinobots' rampage.

If the Autobots choose to use Mirage's abilities against the Dinobots, Slag and the rest of the sub-group are tricked into believing Optimus is standing at the edge of Bandit Bluff's precipice, and charge for the Autobot leader. Their target turns out to be an illusion fabricated by Mirage, and the Dinobots are knocked unconscious by their fall, and subsequently freed of Bombshell's control.

If the Autobots choose to use Windcharger's abilities against the Dinobots, the outcome of the Dinobots' and the rest of the Autobots' confrontation has two possible outcomes. If Windcharger uses his magnetic powers too close to the Dinobots, the powerful magnetic field sends Slag and the other Dinobots into convulsions before killing them. If Windcharger decides to use his magnetic powers from a greater distance, the Cerebro-shells are harmlessly extracted from the Dinobots. Later, Slag is celebrating with the Autobots when Grimlock recalls Bombshell announcing that controlling the Dinobots was only a part of the Insecticon's plan.

Optimus in turn can send Bumblebee, Skids and Sludge to investigate nearby electromagnetic activity. If he does, and Skids returns to Autobot base after the Decepticons has captured Bumblebee, Prowl suggests to send Slag and his ilk as undercover agents into the Decepticons' local operation. Prowl explains that the Decepticons are likely unaware that the Dinobots are no longer under Bombshell's control. If Optimus goes with this plan, Slag and the Dinobots successfully carry out their infiltration. When the time comes to engage the Decepticons, Slag proves himself invulnerable to Starscream's lasers, one of which bounces off his armour and back into Starscream's weapon, The Autobots successfully defeat the Decepticons thanks to the Dinobot's strategic placement.

If the Autobots choose to simply attack the Dinobots immediately and brutally, Slag ends up attacking Powerglide with a jet of fire. He is brought down when Swoop fires a missile near him, causing Slag to tumble over and his Cerebro-shell to come loose. This leads to the Autobots realizing they can knock the Cerebro-shells out of the Dinobots, and the whole team is freed from mind-control.

If Swoop chooses to stay and fight Bombshell instead of reporting back to base after the Dinobots have become Bombshell's slaves, and successfully defeats the Insecticon, Slag is freed along with the other Dinobots. Whatever other choices are made in this path, Slag stays unaware of what has transpired, his memory a blank during the mind-control. {{storylink|Dinobots Strike Back}}
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===Frito-Lay posters===
Slag helped defend [[Boulder Dam]] from the Decepticons. He, alongside Hound, rumbled in for the final crisis! Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in staving off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Battle in the Desert Valley}}
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===Toy pack-in material===
Slag, Grimlock, and Snarl, were roaming about in a desert in their "undetectable everyday forms" when they came under attack from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]! {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Slag was chosen by Grimlock to join his commando unit, and was with them in the [[Dark Ages]] when they split off to become the [[Lightning Strike Coalition]]. On one of the group's missions, they managed to steal a plenty of energon from [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacons]]. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} Upon learning that [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] was meeting with Shockwave in the [[Neutral Territories]], Grimlock took the Dynobots to kill them for treason. The others, however, were more worried about [[Trypticon (G1)|the new Decepticon battlestation]] that was massacring [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s Autobots (Slag didn't care about the bots, he wanted a piece of the action). Grimlock grew angry, poked Slag, and ordered him to follow his orders or get physical. Swoop finally convinced Grimlock to let them go while the latter went for Jetfire and Shockwave himself. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}} After the battle, Slag's group discovered that someone had taken Grimlock and Jetfire, and there was no sign of Shockwave. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} When it was discovered that [[The Fallen]] was behind Grimlock's disappearance, the LSC were forced into a temporary alliance with Shockwave's Decepticons to put an end to the ancient Transformer's diabolical scheme. Despite the truce, Slag still decked [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]]. Nobody cared. Ultimately, The Fallen's plan to bring a [[Unicron/Generation 1|greater, more malevolent force]] to Cybertron was foiled by the power of [[Primus]] himself. {{storylink|Conflagration}}

Afterwards, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] managed to unite the Autobots once more, and under his leadership gained a significant hold over Cybertron's resources and territories. This eventually forced the [[Ultracon]]s and Shockwave's Decepticons to sign a peace treaty with the Autobots. Slag and the other Dynobots were posted as perimeter guards during the peace talks, in anticipation for any attacks that might come their way. Sure enough, Starscream and his [[Predacon (War Within)|Predacon]]s struck by sending in a pair of shuttles filled with neutronium plasma to crash into [[Tyger Pax]], where the treaty was being signed. Slag and his teammates were unable to halt the shuttles, ending any hope of an easy truce. The dramatic return of Megatron with his cloned [[Air Warrior|Aerospace Extermination Squadron]] ended any ideas of truce at all. {{storylink|The Age of Wrath}}

[[File:DWColdWar Slag Octane.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Slag like collect trophy like [[Lockdown (Animated)|him.]]]]
After the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' crash-landed on Earth, the Dynobots followed the Insecticons there. They trounced the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], who subsequently played dead until Grimlock and Slag got bored and wandered off. {{storylink|Extermination}} However, the Dinobots became trapped in [[stasis lock]]. After awakening, Megatron captured the Dinobots, using their imprisonment to force Grimlock to side with the Decepticons. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 3}} Grimlock freed them after Shockwave captured Megatron and Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Using a stolen Decepticon shuttle, the DInobots traveled back to Cybertron, finding it under the totalitarian rule of Shockwave. [[Octane]] was the first to come upon the group once they had made planet-fall, and poked Slag in the head calling him a "primitive" as he prepared to take him in. This only served to make Slag angry, and Octane was afterwards left without a body. Slag was keen on keeping Octane's head as a trophy, but Grimlock had him get rid of it before they started their rampage proper to disrupt Shockwave's rule. {{storylink|Cold War (issue)|Cold War}}

The Dinobots launched an attack on [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], heading for [[Shockwave's Tower]]. Grimlock ordered Slag and the others to keep pushing forward as he made a side-trip to the [[Smelting pool|smelting pits]] to personally confront Shockwave. Before they could reach their destination, the Dinobots were halted by the newly reawakened [[Guardian robot|Omega Sentinels]]. Slag barely managed to send a distress call to Grimlock before being defeated. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}}

Much later, after Shockwave's defeat, the Dinobots were ordered by Ultra Magnus to accompany Kup on a trip to establish a base on one of Cybertron's moons. {{storylink|The Route of All Evil}}

{{note|[[Dreamwave Productions|Dreamwave]] filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing ''Transformers'' at this point. A few details of [[Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Generation One|Generation One #11]] are known because [[Don Figueroa]] published the line-art of the comic up to page 9 on his DeviantArt account.}}

En-route to Cybertron's moon, Kup had an amusing conversation with [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] while [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]], Slag, and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] looked on. {{storylink|Unreleased Dreamwave issues#Issue 11|Generation 1 #11}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Along with Grimlock, Snarl, Sludge and Swoop, Slag was transported into Earth's distant past by a malfunctioning [[Teletran 3]], where he was reformatted into a ''Triceratops''. A group consisting of three [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joes]] and a [[Cobra]] [[Cobra Viper|Viper]] successfully retrieved them, and the new "Dinobots" made short work of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and his troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}
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===The Beast Within===
Four million years ago, Slag combined with his fellow Dinobots to form [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], a savage abomination of a gestalt that knew no mercy. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

In the present day, Slag participated in a savage battle against the Decepticons. He squared off against Headstrong, until Grimlock called upon the Dinobots to once more combine into their gestalt form. The merge complete, the Dinobots then rampaged once more as The Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
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Slag, later renamed Slug, has been fighting for a long, long time. He learned his earliest values and what the world was like in the [[Gladiatorial combat|gladiator]] pits: it was him against the world and the world had to die so he wouldn't. The brutalisation took a deep toll on his psyche. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}

Slag joined the [[Primal Vanguard]] and first met [[Grimlock (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Grimlock]] in a brig, after he'd ''shot his commanding officer in the back'' to convince him they were outflanked and had to make a frontal assault. Grimlock thought this made him an awesome, clear-thinking guy, and the two of them discussed forming their own semi-autonomous strike team, one that Slag declared would follow no rules. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} Apparently their new Dynobot unit ended up more amiable than he had hoped, however, as they went on to receive numerous commendations. Their time in the Vanguard came to an end after a mission to Cybertron's underground, during which they ran into powerful [[cyber-morphic predator]]s and were forced to take on [[alternate mode|alt mode]]s based on the monsters in order to survive. Grieving the loss of their comrade [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]] and locked up for study by their superiors, the Dynobots deserted from the Vanguard. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}

On the run, Slag and the other Dynobots began fighting in illegal pit fights once more. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}} {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}} They were in the [[Ring of Trials]] in [[Ironfall]] when they witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime's]] rallying call for additional support against the Decepticon tyranny. {{storylink|Broadcast}} They responded to the call and joined the Autobots in the following battle for control of Cybertron, during which they took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]]. {{storylink|Endgame}} They subsequently joined the Autobots, but struck out on their own again as they began to lose control of their hastily acquired alt modes, which was affecting their minds and threatening to transform them into mindless beasts for good. Unwilling to risk the lives of others, the Dynobots resorted to robbing to earn their way off-world where they could isolate themselves. {{storylink|Derelicts}}

During one of their heists, the Dynobots broke into the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]], intending to drain and sell the [[energon]] within. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} When Grimlock began hurrying them along, Slag lost his temper, blamed him for their situation and walked out, but calmed down and returned to them in time to fight off some Decepticons ''also'' looking to steal from the refinery. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} As the Autobots arrived to fight off the Decepticons, the Dynobots retreated into the refinery, but were followed by [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. As Grimlock dueled the 'con, he began to lose control and transform into his [[beast mode]], forcing Slag and Swoop to intervene and calm him down. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Following the destruction of the refinery, the Dynobots got sick of it all and convinced Grimlock to accept Optimus Prime's offer to help. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}}

Slag and the others were brought to Prime at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where a Decepticon attack caused Grimlock to transform and go berserk. {{storylink|Massacre}} His ensuing rampage caused the Dynobots to lose all faith in redemption, and they boarded a ship bound off-world then and there. {{storylink|Unleashed}} However, they changed their minds when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], the creator of the cyber-morphic predator, was unleashed upon Cybertron, and returned to help the Autobots fight it. {{storylink|Annihilation}} As they held off Trypticon's minions, Grimlock ended up devoured by the giant beast and the others began to lose hope, but Slag urged them to keep fighting in the belief that Grimlock could defeat it from the inside. And he was right! Once Trypticon was defeated, the Dynobots returned home with the Autobots with hope that their scientists could find a cure for their affliction. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}} The efforts of Autobot science succeeded, and the Dynobots were purged of their rage and beast mode in time to defend Iacon from a Decepticon invasion. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

As the war went on, Slag's contribution to the grand Autobot cause of freedom for all was to murder Decepticons who surrendered and play "kick the can" with severed heads. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}} He constantly tried to deny the Dynobots were a team at ''all'', saying they put the "un" into "unit" (and apparently he put the "lame" into "jokes"). {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} The Dynobots were involved with the battle of [[Varas Centralus]], where their actions were as brutal and horrific as any Decepticon's. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} In a particular horrific moment, he ''incinerated [[spark]]s'' in a rage so they could never be born as Decepticons. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption}}

[[File:SpotlightShockwave GrimlockSlag trexscan.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Slag knows that Grimlock is the harshest critic of his light sculpting.]]
Slag and the other Dynobots followed Grimlock to revenge themselves against [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]], who blew up a cache of [[energon]] they had stolen. When Shockwave traveled to [[Earth]], the Dynobots pursued him. Slag appeared to be the team's tech specialist, originating the idea of organic [[beast mode]]s as a defense against energon overload. That's pretty innovative for a guy who spends most of his time thinking how better to kill everyone around him. Sadly, it did not protect the Dynobots from Shockwave's energy blasts, which melted the artificial skin and caused the Dynobots to go into [[stasis lock]] due to excessive [[Energon radiation]]. Due to a dead man's switch, the [[Skyfire (ship)|Dynobots' ship]] blasted a volcano that buried everyone in molten lava. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

The Dynobots were eventually excavated by [[Skywatch]], and though Grimlock was the first to be brought back online, he was freed from Skywatch's control through a virus implanted by a [[Machination]] spy (under orders from [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]). Scorponok wanted Grimlock to join him, but Grimlock refused, fought Scorponok and escaped, vowing to find and rescue Slag and the other Dynobots. Scorponok, however planned to take control of the Dynobots himself and use them to assassinate Grimlock. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Skywatch activated Slag, and in a test run, had him melt a tank. When Grimlock showed up in [[Fallon]], he and the other Dynobots were sent to intercept him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}

[[File:SlagMaxDino02.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|This is revenge for the ''Triceratops'' always losing the fights in the movies.]]
Grimlock tried to break Slag's programming by reminding him of their shared past, which not only didn't work but got him set on fire. Making matters worse, [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] decided to reduce the programming remotely, at which point Slag shot Grimlock ''more'' and got enraged to find out Grimlock had set up a dead man's switch that nearly killed them without telling ''anyone''. Slag even decided they had been a team after all and this was a betrayal. However, Grimlock silenced him by reminding Slag of what he wanted the Dynobots to be, and how what he did was following Slag's ethos ''exactly''. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

Grimlock took the opportunity to inform the others of the current situation and what they needed to do, but Slag and the others weren't going to fall in line so easily. In particular, Swoop expressed his anger and disappointment in Grimlock's actions and decided to leave on his own. Slag, Snarl, and Sludge departed as well, leaving Grimlock standing there and fuming. Scorponok had his [[Sunstreaker clone]] army attack Grimlock at this point and they did so with gusto, ignoring the other Dynobots. Seeing their leader besieged, Slag and the others decided, for better or worse, that they were still Dynobots and had to stick together. They set to the task of trashing Sunstreaker clones until they were surrounded and nearly overwhelmed. But the [[Monsterbot]]s arrived on the scene, having been summoned by Grimlock earlier, and began to turn the tide. Slag was quite disbelieving that Grimlock would even think of calling upon [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus']] crew for help, but that didn't stop him from continuing to wreck Sunstreaker clones. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

[[File:MaximumDinobots5HotRodSwoopSlag.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|The list that Slag keeps of people who tick HIM off simply reads "'''EVERYONE'''".]]
Realizing they didn't have the advantage anymore, the surviving Sunstreaker clones retreated. The Dynobots hitched a ride in the Monsterbots' ship and headed for Machination headquarters. Aboard the ship, Grimlock discussed the matter of payment with Repugnus as the other Dynobots discussed how distasteful they found the whole situation (And you know it ''had'' to be ''really'' distasteful if the Dynobots were grousing about it!). Slag kept quiet but appeared as annoyed as the others as Grimlock told them he had worked out a temporary alliance with the Monsterbots. But again, as annoyed as the other Dynobots were, it didn't stop them from leaping into battle after Grimlock when they arrived at Machination HQ. They were greeted by yet more Sunstreaker clones, and proceeded to go about demolishing them. Finally, the clones were switched-off when [[Hunter O'Nion]] disconnected the original [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]'s head, thus robbing the Machination grunts of their ability to control the clone bodies. The badly-damaged Hot Rod arrived, having just escaped from Machination HQ and explained what had occurred to the Dynobots. Sludge began to celebrate their victory when he was suddenly blasted by Scorponok, who decided to take a personal hand in the battle. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[File:MaximumDinobots5Monsterbotsmakeanoffer.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|"You're jerks, but do you have what it takes to be SUPER-jerks?"]]
To top it off, Shockwave arrived on the scene, and quickly engaged Scorponok for the right to destroy the remaining Dynobots. With Sludge apparently dead, Grimlock told the others to retreat without him, as he was finally seeing the cost of his uncompromising attitude. Slag asked Hot Rod if he wanted to bolt with them, but Hot Rod declined. Slag, Snarl, and Swoop decided to cut out while the getting was good and headed due east to an extraction point where the Monsterbots were waiting. Upon arrival, Repugnus mentioned that they'd be good fits for the team, due to their apparent concern with self-preservation. This remark did not seem to sit well with Slag and the others and they decided to go back and help Grimlock. When they returned to the battlefield, they found that Scorponok had retreated and Grimlock was fighting Shockwave. What's more, Sludge had come back online, thanks to a spark-jump from Grimlock. They leaped into battle with Shockwave, even as Grimlock implored them to go find Scorponok. Grimlock managed to drag himself and Shockwave away from the others, giving the other Dynobots an opportunity to infiltrate the main Machination complex. They managed to find their way to the chamber where Scorponok had stored his original head, and engaged the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] in battle there. Hot Rod directed Swoop to sever the connections keeping Scorponok's original head functional. Swoop did so, and Scorponok was painfully disabled and left at the Dynobots' mercy. But before they could kill him, Ultra Magnus arrived and told them that Scorponok would instead be jailed and made to pay for his crimes. He also suggested that they quickly remove all Cybertronian technology from the facility and leave as soon as possible. Everyone was totally cool with this.

In the end, Ultra Magnus canceled outstanding warrants he had on the other Dynobots when Grimlock (who had managed to disable Shockwave) took the fall and admitted that going rogue was completely his idea. Grimlock was satisfied that he managed to save Sludge and his team was online and together again. Slag and the others were seen repairing the ''Skyfire'' and preparing to leave Earth. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

[[File:Slag Ironhide RID8.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You mean 'Frack you and everyone around you!' isn't a rational philosophy??"]]
With Grimlock gone, Slag took on the role of leader of the team. After traveling space for a few years, he and the newly dubbed "Dinobots" returned to a reborn Cybertron and joined [[Ironhide (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ironhide]] for a mission to find the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] who had gone missing in the wilderness. After a run-in with a ferocious [[turbofox]], which the Dinobots dealt with in their usual fashion, they discovered signs of Transformer weaponry which made Ironhide suspicious that [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]] was still around. His worried behavior bothered Slag, who had respected his toughness but now saw him as just another ''regular'' Autobot. Ironhide explained that he had changed because of a vision of the future, which Slag felt had a degree of truth to it. The night they set up camp, the Dinobots were overcome by an alien influence and began fighting amongst themselves, causing Slag and Swoop to impale Ironhide. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (IDW)|Dinobot Hunt}}

However, this didn't kill Ironhide and the Dinobots continued to fight each other. Eventually, they somehow stopped clashing among themselves and began to pursue Ironhide, who was saved thanks to the timely arrival of the combined form of the Aerialbots, [[Superion (G1)|Superion]]. {{storylink|Night and the City}} With everyone gathered in one place, the influence that had made the Dinobots aggressive and created Superion ceased to affect them. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} On returning to Iacon, the group found the city under attack by Megatron {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} Quick to join the fray, Slag took the streets and fought [[Needlenose (G1)|Needlenose]] and [[Turmoil]]. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Though the Autobots were victorious, [[Starscream (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Starscream]] was able to turn the neutral population against them and have both factions banished from the city. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

Out in the wilderness, the Dinobots defended the Autobot convoy from the approaching [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] until the Decepticon team revealed their good intentions. After setting up camp, they actually got along quite well with the Constructicons, who shared their interest in wrecking things and chugging energon. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} During his time in camp, Slag was informed by [[Arcee (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Arcee]] that his name held an offensive meaning, prompting him to change it to "Slug". {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} When a mysterious light appeared in the wilderness, Slug had the Dinobots go on the offensive, ignoring Bumblebee's orders to wait and observe. His attack plans were then shelved when the light turned out to be heralding the arrival of the giant [[Necrotitan]]. {{storylink|Dark Dawn: Dark Cybertron Chapter 1|Dark Dawn}} Fed up with Slug's continued attitude, Bumblebee gave him an ultimatum: either follow orders or leave the battlefield. Surprised by the little 'bot's courage, Slug begrudgingly fell into line and had the Dinobots aid in trying to contain the Necrotitan. {{storylink|Black Metal: Dark Cybertron Chapter 2|Black Metal}} A brief battle occurred when a group of Decepticons led by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] arrived at the scene, but was interrupted when the Titan emitted a deadly energy wave that injured and corroded many combatants, including Slug. {{storylink|Winners & Losers: Dark Cybertron Chapter 3|Winners & Losers}}

Slug was taken to safety by the other Dinobots, complaining that he couldn't participate in the attack on Shockwave's base. When the Necrotitan began making its way towards Iacon, the Dinobots tried to slow it down to no effect. {{storylink|No Exit: Dark Cybertron Chapter 6|No Exit}} They and the other Autobots then retreated to Iacon, having no choice but to try and defend the city from the giant. {{storylink|Burning Bright: Dark Cybertron Chapter 8|Burning Bright}} Slug was cured from the death wave's effects when the Necrotitan was brought down by [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} In celebration of the Titan's defeat, Slug went to [[Swerve's]] to drink and sing alongside both Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} The peace was brief, as an army of [[Ammonite]]s then invaded Cybertron on Shockwave's orders, forcing the Autobots back into action. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} Slug was ordered by Ironhide to drive the invaders out of the city, but in the chaos of battle the Dinobot couldn't even tell where the city limits were. Once the battle was won, he watched Megatron disembark the ''[[Lost Light]]'' wearing an Autobot insignia. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

Six months after Shockwave's defeat, Slug was drinking at [[Maccadam's Old Oil House]] when [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] stopped by to get info on Starscream. After a couple of drinks he was all too willing to tell her what he thought about that jerk. {{storylink|A 'Bot and Her City}} He was still there two days later when Windblade showed up in search of [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]], {{storylink|Windblade issue 2|Windblade vol. 1 #2}} and was taken along for the ride when Windblade brought several bar patrons with her to Metroplex's insides to serve as witnesses to Starscream's illegal "mine" within. As they were attacked by three [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]] on arrival, the Dinobot fought [[Rippersnapper (G1)|Rippersnapper]] until Starscream himself showed up with his [[Badgeless]] thugs and had the group captured. They were broken out of jail by [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]], after which Slug and [[Blurr (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Blurr]] remained behind to keep Starscream at bay while Windblade made her escape. {{storylink|Windblade issue 3|Windblade vol. 1 #3}} Slug pinned Starscream to a wall, but the Seeker got out of his grip by blowing him away with a missile. {{storylink|Windblade issue 4|Windblade vol. 1 #4}}

Some time later, Slug helped investigate the murders of three Decepticons in the slums outside Metroplex, although he cared little about the case seeing as how it was just some '''Cons'' who'd deserved it anyway. {{storylink|City of Steel (issue)|City of Steel}} Following more killings, Slug and the Dinobots stood guard at the murder site where they flung threats at an angry Decepticon mob placing the blame on Optimus Prime. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (issue)|Fight or Flee}} Suspecting the [[Firecon]]s to be the culprits, Prime, Starscream and Windblade had a team including the Dinobots take the trio down, which Slug and his pals did with gusto. {{storylink|Quest for Fire}} After the Firecons were proven innocent, Optimus Prime confronted Slug and accused ''him'' of the murders, claiming his war experiences and life on Starscream's Cybertron had made him snap. Slug took poorly to the accusation and attacked Prime, but their battle was interrupted by reports of yet another killing—this time of Autobots. Slug believed this proved his innocence, but Prime wouldn't relent, reminding him of his team's war crimes on Varas Centralus and telling him his stubborn adherence to wartime thinking was dividing Cybertron and representing everything wrong with their race. {{storylink|The Killing Jar (issue)|The Killing Jar}} That night, an infuriated Slug began plotting to kill Prime, only for him and his team be caught in an explosion, having become the killer's latest targets. As it turned out, Prime had only shouted about their crimes in order to lure out the culprit, the criminal killer [[Sandstorm (G1)|Sandstorm]], but had also arranged a trap door to open beneath them when the bomb struck, saving their lives. {{storylink|Forever Is a Long Time Coming (issue)|Forever Is a Long Time Coming}}

Prime's remarks would linger with Slug for weeks afterwards. He began to drink more and more to blot out his pain, getting violent a lot of the time,{{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}} while taking [[Chosen One Day]] to thank Blurr for the alcohol. {{storylink|Choose Me}} In his mind, that time they'd been 'turned into' beasts had just been showing the world what they really were. Barricade, who'd keep busting him, was disgusted at the waste of potential and how this person the Decepticons had feared so much could be so pathetic.

In a drunken rage, Slug tried to start a fight with [[Sterling|two]] [[Aileron|evangelists]] for Prime before being coaxed away by Swoop. (His antics almost crashed [[Sterling]]'s faith) {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}{{storylink|Conquerors Part 1: Aphelion|Aphelion}} He went back to the bar, started a massive fight, and was arrested by Barricade. That would just be a normal weekend except Barricade had a job for him: help him deliver some goods into the wilderness for the [[Caminus|Camien]] politician [[Strafe (IDW)|Strafe]] and the Dinobots would get a nice briefcase of untraceable money Barricade had been "collecting" in his police duties. Slug was desperate enough to take this job, to the disgust of the others until he said he'd dob the crew into the [[Badgeless]] and take the money after they'd been killed! It was a good plan until Slug discovered that the secret cargo were ''twelve sparks'' for delivery to a former 'hot spot'.

Slug changed the plan and had his crew slaughtered the waiting coppers before they could see Barricade, [[Swift (G1)|Swift]], and Strafe: now Barricade and his friends could return to the city, but the Dinobots would always be wanted cop killers. Slug considered that usual Dinobot work, doing the dirty stuff so the 'heroes' could stay clean. For the rest of the journey, Slug (thinking about the innocent sparks he'd once murdered) and the Dinobots fought off warped [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]]s and Badgeless, while he was left bitter when he discovered Swift was actually ''dating'' Barricade and Strafe couldn't grasp his disgust. After all, he'd done bad things in the war too. Slug said it wasn't the same (he knew it was).

Things came to a head when [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], who'd been making the Sweeps, attacked them at a contaminated energon site. Barricade and all the sparks were killed and Strafe transformed into a monstrous new form, just as Slug had once been. In a ferocious battle, the Dinobots defeated Bliudgeon, Slug saved Swift in Barricade's name, and they learned the Alyon 'hot spot' had ''reactivated'' and Bludgeon had been 'experimenting' on it: without intending to, Slug had helped save the future of Cybertron. He did Barricade and Swift a solid by telling her to lie that the Dinobots had abducted them, Barricade had died doing heroic deeds, and she'd discovered the sparks. That done, he departed into the wilderness with the Dinobots (Strafe now in tow), feeling on an upswing. {{storylink|The Transformers: Redemption|Redemption}}
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{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Into the Abyss: Dark Cybertron Chapter 4|Into the Abyss}} {{storylink|Windblade vol. 2 issue 4|Windblade vol.2 #4}}}}

===''Hearts of Steel''===
[[File:SlagIceAge-HOS1.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Slag was one of the many Autobots who fought against the Decepticons on prehistoric Earth. {{storylink|Hearts of Steel issue 1|Hearts of Steel #1}}
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===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Slag was present when [[Brawn (G1)|Brawn]] presented the offworlders [[Clutch (G.I. Joe)|Clutch]], [[Breaker]], [[Cover Girl]], and [[Jinx]] as P.O.W.s to King Grimlock. Grimlock had no mercy for his captives, and promptly dropped them in a pool of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. {{storylink|Funeral for a Friend}}

The Joes survived their trial, however, impressing Grimlock. The humans were escorted back to their allies on Cybertron, where Grimlock announced a truce between the Autobots and the Joes. Slag joined in the festivities that ensued to celebrate the newly forged alliance. {{storylink|Form Follows Function}} Soon thereafter, the mobile city of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] came under siege from both [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and a mind-controlled [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]]. Slag rode into battle alongside [[Cover Girl]] and [[Stalker (G.I. Joe)|Stalker]] to drive back the enemy forces of Decepticobra. {{storylink|Everybody Hates Metroplex}}
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe issue 12|Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #12}}}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Revenge (All Spark)|Revenge}} {{storylink|Ray of Hope}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}} {{storylink|Conclusion}}}}

==Commercial appearances==
*Slag, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] battled against [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] and [[Laserbeak (G1)|Laserbeak]] in the middle of a thunderstorm. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Dinobots|Dinobots commercial}}
*Slag and the Dinobots were beating up [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]], [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]], and [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] when the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] intervened. The new arrivals then combined into Predaking and attacked the Dinobots from the skies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Predacons|Predacons commercial}}
*Grimlock and Slag were trotting along through a field when they came under attack by Predaking. Though Grimlock was worried that they were in big trouble, Slag spotted [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] swooping down and assured Grimlock that they were safe. Indeed, Sky Lynx made short work of the giant Decepticon. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Sky Lynx|Sky Lynx commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{Note|Slag is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Autobot duplicates in the Decepticon campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

===Transformers Legends===
At a time when their group was the Lightning Strike Coalition, Slug and Snarl were on a mission to find their leader Grimlock, who had disappeared. While searching the [[Sea of Rust]], they were ambushed by Hardshell and the Insecticons. Slug and Snarl were overwhelmed and taken prisoners to Shockwave's lab, where they are reunited with the rest of their squadron. Shockwave experimented on the Lightning Strike Coalition, transforming them into the monstrous Dinobots. This backfired on the Decepticon scientist, however, when the Dinobots used their newfound power to rise up against Shockwave and thrash his lab. {{storylink|Rescue the King}}

Following the disappearance of Grimlock and Swoop, Slug took charge of the remainder Dinobots, claiming he wouldn't obey orders from anyone else. The trio set out for the Decepticon base, and when Optimus tried to stop them, they attacked him. Wheeljack attempted to use his [[magnetic inducer]] on Slug and scanned the Dinobot. Having dealt with Optimus, the Dinobots continued towards the Decepticon base until the Autobots managed to overwhelm and imprison them. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 1}} The trio were released during a night raid by Grimlock and Swoop. The five Dinobots marched on the Decepticon base, but were defeated by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]], [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}}

When Optimus fell in battle during a massive Decepticon attack on Autobot City and Grimlock took command, Slug and the other Dinobots joined him in crushing the Decepticon forces. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots (Legends)|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

Slug was caught up somehow in a [[Quintesson]] plot to kidnap several Autobots during the [[Galactic Olympics|Galactic Games]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 1}}
===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug.jpg|thumb|400px]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Slug-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px]]
Slug participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:
*''Slug'' - This Epic character first appeared in the "Dinobots Destruction" stronghold event, and could could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Slug (G2)'' - This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the "S.O.S. Dinobots!" stronghold event.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:SlugEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|]]
The process it takes to build up a fiery (3,000 degrees centigrade plus) blast and reduce an enemy to molten slag is hardly energy-efficient, but he doesn't care. It's firepower well spent in his book. As he often says, "I have no need for friends, even less for enemies." {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Slug Bio}}

Slag had a few head-on encounters with the Predacon [[Headstrong (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Headstrong]].

*'''Class:''' Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Weapons''': Slug headbutts and bashes opponents in his default dino mode.
*'''Ability: Flame Rush''': Rushes into combat spreading fire along the way, dealing some damage over 7 seconds!
**'''Cost''': 4 ability points +2 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:slug| Slug at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Slag toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|This... good enough for... Slag!]]
*'''Slag''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number'': '''28'''
**''Accessories'': "Energo Sword", "Electron Blaster", "Rocket Pod", 3 rockets

:Slag was released as part of the second series of ''Transformers'' in 1985. The toy transformed into a robotic ''[[wikipedia:Triceratops|Triceratops]]'', and came with a missile launcher that could fit in the shoulder socket of both the robot and dinosaur, a red [[sword]], a silver "electro blaster" and three silver rockets. Like many ''[[Diaclone]]''-era toys, Slag had a conspicuous driver compartment contained in his chest.

:Slag is mistransformed in the photo at right: His [[robot mode]] legs can be slid out further.

:Slag was later re-released in the European-markets "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" series. In Japan, he and the other Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]], at a cost of 2300 yen (his original retail price) and two [[Robot Point]]s.

:It also seems that Slag was designed to have fully moving legs (not just at the knee) but this was squared off. Careful filing to where the molded circle is can restore this functionality.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-slag/616/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Slag at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on Slag at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2SlagGreen toy.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me, Slag, no like... green!]]
*'''Slag''' (Dinobot, 1993)
**''Accessories'': "Kinetic Sword", "Blaster Gun"

:The original Slag toy went through several iterations in the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|''Generation 2'' line]]. First, he was re-released in the original silver base color; the only notable difference in the toy proper is the inclusion of the "AUTOBOT" [[tampograph]] on one of his robot mode legs.

:The toy then had its silver changed to red, and ''then'' changed again to dark green. The final green coloration is the most common, while the red and silver variations go for a little more on the secondary market.

:All three versions retain his original sword and rifle (which were renamed), but do not have the rocket pod or missiles from the Generation 1 release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Slag/slag.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Slag at TFU.info]''
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===Age of Extinction===
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[[File:DOTM-toy Triceradon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|''Ewww...'']]
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''25 OF 30'''

:Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, this ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' two-pack features the ''Generations'' Deluxe [[Slug (AOE)|Dinobot Slug]] toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a seemingly unchanged ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]], described as 'Classic' Slug.

:Unlike the Strafe Evolution two-pack, which incorrectly depicted the original Generation 1 [[package art]] of the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe]] rather than Slag's fellow Dinobot [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] on the card bubble, the Slug two-pack's packaging correctly depicts G1 Slag.
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===Transformers (2014)===
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[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCDinobotSlug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.95]]
*'''Dinobots Generation One 4-pack''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] "Dinobots Generation One 4-pack" that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]]. Slug is packaged with [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Grimlock]], [[Swoop (G1)/toys#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], and [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/SDCCSlug/slug.htm More information on 2014 Slug at TFU.info]''
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===Kre-O===
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*'''Kreon Class of '85''' (Kreon figure set, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': The Criminal
**''Accessories'': Small pistol, sword

: ''[[Kre-O]]'' "Slug" (thank you, non-US slang) is a small brick-built [[Kreon]] figure, using the 2015-style construction with raised hands and the sturdier "peg-in-peg" torso/waist connection. His body [[tampograph]]s are heavily toy-based, but he has a red helmet to match the toy as shown in the original catalog, not the final version released in the US.

: He was only available as part of the [[San Diego Comic-Con]]-[[exclusive]] "[[Kreon Class of '85]]" 30-Kreon set. This set was also sold online through [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] after the show.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2015/Autobot/SDCCKre-OSlug/slug.htm More information on Class of 1985 Slug at TFU.info]''
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===Generations===
[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Dinobots Set''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)
**''Accessories'': 2 swords

:Part of the ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Dinobots set, Slug is a G1-inspired redeco/new head retool of [[Slug (AOE)#Generations|''Age of Extinction'' Deluxe Class Dinobot Slug]].

:Dinobot Slug was bundled with Grimlock, Slog, Snarl, and Strafe.

: The set was initially released as a Toys R Us exclusive set in Canada in October 2015 and in Singapore in November 2015. The 5-pack never receive any release for the brick & mortar retail in the US, but was instead available online.

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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Cybertron Hero Collection 9''' (multi-pack, 1986)

*'''Slag''' (1987)
**''Decoy number:'' '''5'''

:The figurine was later brought over to [[Hasbro]] markets as part of the [[Decoy]] promotion, largely identical to the Japanese release except for the fact that the number on his back was replaced with a simple "checklist" number. Like all Autobot Decoys, he was a randomly-chosen pack-in available with the carded [[Throttlebot]]s, [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]], [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] and [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Slag/slag.htm More information on Decoy Slag at TFU.info]''

===Robot Heroes===
[[File:Snarl & Sharkticon G1 Robot Heroes.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
*'''Snarl Vs Sharkticon''' (2009)
**''Series:'' Generation 1 Series

:A tiny, adorably homicidal "Slag" that came packaged with a [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticon]]. Like ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Snarl (Animated)|Snarl]], who was also designed with G1 Slag in mind, the Robot Heroes figure was released using the name of Slag's fellow Dinobot [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]], so Hasbro could release the toy in the United Kingdom ("Slag" is considered an insult there).

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RHSnarl/snarl.htm More information on ''Robot Heroes'' "Snarl" at TFU.info]''
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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneSlag.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hey Weevil. Check it out. My dinosaur is horny.]]
[[File:SLAGev.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|G1 character model evolution]]
[[File:HornGeist.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Angriest idiot.]]
*Slag had the preliminary name of '''Tricerabot'''.
*Slag's original toy was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo Triceratops. In the ''Diaclone'' lore, this dinomech was a pilotable vehicle that could travel at speeds up of to 250 kilometers per hour and was designed for grasslands operation and melee combat. It also had a slightly different color scheme for its [[robot mode]] bits.
*The stock photos on Slag's box show him with colors closer to the cartoon: His head, hands, and back hinge are cast in red plastic and the legs are cast in white plastic. The Canadian release of Slag actually came in these colors. His horns are also chromed rather than bare red due to the mockup/prototype not needing to change them to soft plastic [[for safety reasons]].
*The European exclusive [[Action Master]] Decepticon [[Charger]] cribs Slag's quote, his [[function]], much of his [[bio]], and his [[Tech Spec]]s. Whether there was any relation intended between the characters or if the copywriters just got lazy is unknown.
*The overall design and transformation sequence of the original Slag toy served as the basis for '''Horn Geist''', one of four recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]''. In what might be called [[Beast (G1)|a vision of things to come]], the four "Geisters" were once briefly fused into a single robot called "[[:File:MadGeister.jpg|Mad Geister]]" (マッドガイスター ''Maddogaisutā''). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and, aside from [[:File:PteraGeist.jpg|Ptera Geist]], they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Horn Geist forming the upper body of "[[:File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|Hormor]]" (ホーマー ''Hōmā'').
*Slag's name is also [[Slag (slang)|a popular Cybertronian expletive]]. That just seems right, for some reason. In The Real World, Slag is also a term of abuse in the United Kingdom and some parts of Europe, which forced [[Hasbro]] to release toys (such as an ''[[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]]'' [[Snarl (Animated)|toy designed with G1 Slag in mind]]) under the name '''Snarl''' in the late 2000s to avoid possible problems with cultural sensitivities. [[Snarl (G1)|The original Snarl]] has yet to comment on the matter. ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' solved the issue without causing an identity crisis by calling the character "[[Slug (FOC)|Slug]]", a name that stuck with subsequent incarnations and was eventually applied to the original Slag as well.
*A Slag toy can be seen in the recreation of the Scottish artist [[Wikipedia:Eduardo Paolozzi|Sir Eduardo Paolozzi]]'s studio at the Scottish [[Wikipedia:Dean Gallery|Dean Gallery]]. This makes him the second [[Grimlock (G1)/toys|Dinobot]] to have a toy in a museum.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Slag''' (スラッグ ''Suraggu'')
*''French:'' '''Scories'''
*''Hungarian:'' '''Salak'''
*''Italian:'' '''Tricex'''
*''Mandarin:'' '''Thiě Chā''' (Taiwan, 鐵渣, "Iron Slag")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Chapado''' (Brazil comic)

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Skar (IDW)

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{{disambig2|the pre-war Dynobot|the Decepticon Powermaster bat|Skar (Decepticon)}}
:''Skar is a [[Transformer]] from the [[IDW Generation 1 continuity|IDW portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:Monstrosity6 Skar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|Remember me...]]
'''Skar''' was the tactical medic of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]] during their time as soldiers of the [[Primal Vanguard]]. Prior to joining up he was known to have researched the [[dynamic alt-mode adaption]] theory, a method of adapting a new [[alternate mode]] on the spot.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
While on a mission to search for subterranean terrorist bases beneath the [[Toraxxis Plains]], the Dynobots encountered powerful monsters dwelling in the caverns, creatures that almost wiped them out. In a desperate bid to survive, Skar used his research to scan the creatures and adapt his team into new alt-modes based on them, granting them the strength they needed to fight back. Unfortunately, the process also caused the Dynobots' minds to deteriorate into those of beasts, and Skar was killed by his own leader and best friend, [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], during their rampage. His death caused the other Dynobots to be overcome with grief and factored into their desertion from the Primal Vanguard, and Grimlock would always feel guilty for what he had done. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} {{storylink|Massacre}}

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Kakuryu (G1)

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:''Kakuryu is a [[Decepticon]] [[Dinoforce]] member from the [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Victory (franchise)|Victory]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Kakuryu.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|In a former life he was Dumbheart Bear in Care-a-lot.]]
While none of the [[Decepticon]] [[Dinoforce]] are particularly smart, '''Kakuryu''' (カクリュウ ''Kakuryū'') is easily the dumbest member of the team. Stooge-like, hopelessly clumsy, and innocent in nature, he's very much the "Curly" to commander [[Goryu (Victory)|Goryu]]'s "Moe"; taking blow after angry blow from his leader but handling it all with a care-free stride. Perhaps it's his barrier cannon, which projects a field that renders him invulnerable to harm, or his blind devotion to his commander that allows him to be so indifferent to the pummelling he often suffers, or maybe he really is just that oblivious to the extent of his lot in life. Give Kakuryu a motivation he can get behind and he'll perform well, but it seems like the Decepticon agenda is anything but motivating to this luckless little guy. He likes to dance and play, would rather sleep than fight, and has a soft spot for cute little flesh creatures, especially bugs, which he thinks are cuddly-wuddly adorable. Why he's a Decepticon is anyone's guess.

It is perhaps no great surprise, then, to note that Kakuryu ''did'' eventually end up switching sides, joining the Autobots, becoming a [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]], and participating in the [[Power Core Combination|Power Core Combiner]] program under the codename '''Grimmaster'''.

{{bigquote|I'm sorry!|Kakuryu's catchphrase}}
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==Fiction==
===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''Victory'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Victoryep1 kakuryu falling behind.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]
Kakuryu and the Dinoforce were responsible for the attack that claimed the life of [[Jan Minakaze]]'s parents. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} Several years later, in [[2025]], when [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]] targeted the planet [[Earth]], the Dinoforce served as the vanguard of his invasion. The ever-hapless Kakuryu lagged behind his teammates when they made their first strike against humanity by attacking Earth's [[Lunar Base (Victory)|Lunar Base]], but fared well in battle against the [[Autobot]] [[Brainmaster]]s, even if his choice of weapon—a puny six-shooter—left something to be desired. When [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]] arrived to join the fight, Kakuryu "generously" offered his commander [[Goryu (Victory)|Goryu]] the chance to engage the Autobot leader in battle first, but was shouted down, and didn't last long against the galaxy's greatest swordsman. {{storylink|The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber}} The base's human crew was relocated to the Autobots' [[Galaxy Base]], and a little later, Kakuryu sent his Pretender shell to join the other Dinoforce shells in attacking the station while he and the rest of the team ambushed [[Wingwaver]]. Over-eager, Kakuryu kept crashing into Goryu throughout the fight until the team combined into [[Dinoking]], and were then defeated by Star Saber. {{storylink|Sneak Attack! Dinoking}}

[[File:Victoryep3 kakuryu floaties.jpg|thumb|225px|Safety first]]

Following the Autobots down to Earth's surface, the Decepticons' vessel, the ''[[Thunder Arrow]]'', concealed itself within a lake, causing Kakuryu to become very flustered when he was ordered to depart on a mission, as he couldn't swim. Goryu supplied him with an inner tube and goggles, enabling Kakuryu to join in the team's attack on Star Saber at the [[Schwimmbad School]]. {{storylink|Attack! Leozack}} Later, Kakuryu joined in the Dinforce's effort to capture a human energy plant, but during the attack, he wound up doused in oil and accidentally set on fire by Goryu's fire breath. {{storylink|Unite!! Multiforce}} Retiring to a desert island to train with his team, Kakuryu used a palm tree for a punching bag, but only wound up clonking himself on the head with coconuts and collapsing the tree on top of himself. He wound up in similar straits during the Dinoforce's subsequent attack on the [[Ocean Exhibition]] amusement park when he accidentally collapsed some support columns onto himself while playing with the park's displays. {{storylink|Move Out! Rescue Team}}

[[File:Victoryep6 kakuryu clobbered.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Goryu and Kakuryu's audition to the ''batsu'' games.]]

Kakuryu's clumsiness made the Decepticon attack on the [[Neo Uranium Mine]] a particularly trying experience for Goryu, as he trod on his shell's tail, dropped a stack of uranium canisters on him, and clobbered him with his axe. Goryu returned the favor with his club. {{storylink|Infiltration... The Uranium Mine}} Kakuryu went on to help load and defend the Decepticons' energy base in the [[Amazon]] jungle with no major screw-ups (although he was pretty dejected when he had to be told not to fire his weapons around the energy). {{storylink|Explosion!! The Energy Base}} He kept out of sight for a while afterwards, popping up only to fetch [[Leozack]] on Deathsaurus's orders. {{storylink|Attack the Shuttle Base!!}}

[[File:Victory12 kakuryu surprised.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Kakuryu was part of the Decepticon team that invaded [[Marine City]] to plant a neutron bomb, but while he was running around scaring the populous, Kakuryu happened upon a car that looked very familiar. Said car promptly transformed into [[Blacker]], who grabbed Kakuryu and forced him to spill the beans on their bomb plan before he was rescued by Goryu. {{storylink|Tanker Hijack Operation}} Kakuryu was also the downfall of the Decepticons' next plan, when the villains captured Jan and [[Holi]], and he was assigned guard duty, only to wind up letting them escape when he was fooled by a drawing Jan placed in front of their cell's security camera. {{storylink|Rescue Jan!!}} He had no more luck when he and the rest of the Dinoforce helped drain energy from captured human spaceships, struggling to open an access panel on one ship and accidentally bashing Goryu when he attempt to smash the panel open. {{storylink|A Fierce Battle!! The Asteroid}}

[[File:Victory22 kakuryu flag.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Kakuryu and the Dinoforce accompanied Deathsaurus back to the [[Dark Nebula]] where his de-powered [[Planet-Destroying Fortress]] lay for a test of the integrity of the fortress's systems. On the return trip, they crossed paths with the Autobot [[Galaxy Shuttle]], and the Dinoforce tried to board the vessel, only to be repelled by the [[Rescue Patrol Team]]. In retaliation, the Dinoforce launched a bomb at the shuttle, but the Rescue Team sent it right back at them... but when it impacted, it didn't even explode, since Kakuryu had forgotten to install the ignition plug! {{storylink|Resurrection!? The Decepticon Fortress}} Upon their return to Earth, the Decepticons attacked the [[Schaeffer Energy]] Plant; during the loading of the captured Schaeffer Energy, Kakuryu tried to snack on some and got bonked by Goryu for his troubles. Undeterred, when the Autobots attacked, Kakuryu tried to make off with a case-full of Schaeffer Energy for himself but blundered straight into Blacker and got blasted out of the fight. {{storylink|Battle Up of Wrath!!}}

[[File:Victory24 kakuryu foam.jpg|thumb|225px|Man, [[Kakuryu#Victory|I remembered that the shell is quite slimy & icky inside]].]]

When the Decepticons attacked an oil field, Kakuryu was given the task of guarding the captured human workers, which he managed to do even while spending most of his time asleep. To save the humans, the Rescue Patrol Team took the direct approach, blasting both robot and shell with [[fire-retardant foam]]; Goryu gave him some brushes and towels to clean off and rejoin the fight. {{storylink|Crisis! Ambush in the Desert}} Kakuryu also took part in a Decepticon raid on a solar power station, and was the first to spot the Autobots' approach in the installation. Although he dropped a case of energy on his foot in the process, he did successfully raise the alarm, but in firing upon the Autobots, he wound up knocking a satellite dish off a nearby tower and onto Goryu. {{storylink|Ginrai Dies!!}}

[[File:Victory30 kakuryu panic.jpg|left|thumb|225px]]

Kakuryu was part of the failed Decepticon attempt to steal energy from a tanker on the [[Energy Road]]. {{storylink|Fight!! Victory Leo}} The villains had more luck when they threatened the Earth with orbital missile bombardment, preventing the Autobots from acting while they stole energy. Carefree Kakuryu earned himself a scolding from Goryu when he goofed around carrying more energy than he could manage, and took particular delight in taunting the helpless Autobots, but when Star Saber combined with [[Victory Leo]] to gain the power to outrace the missiles, he got on the horn to Deathsaurus to warn him of the Autobot leader's new abilities. {{storylink|The Tide Is Turned! The Ultimate Weapon, the Victory Unification}}

[[File:Victory31 kakuryu fountain.jpg|thumb|225px]]

Kakuryu and [[Rairyu]] were tasked with staking out the Schwimmbad School as part of a plan concocted by Goryu, but the appearance of Jan's new mecha, the ''[[Illumina II]]'', threw a wrench into the works. At Kakuryu's urging, Goryu decided to table his plan in order to test the mech's abilities, resulting in a fight that ended with the Dinoforce's defeat at the hands of Star Saber. As Goryu attempted to protect his subordinates by offering his life to Star Saber, Kakuryu lunged forward and grabbed Star Saber's leg, trying to hold him back with the exclamation that he was the unimportant one, and that it was Goryu who should survive. The rest of the Dinforce followed his lead, and the impressed Star Saber let them be, telling them to heal up for their next encounter. {{storylink|Jan - Defend the Campus!!}}

[[File:Victory33 kakuryudorya.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Get it off, '''GET IT OFF!''']]

The insect-loving Kakuryu was thrilled when [[Hellbat (Victory)|Hellbat]] bred a swarm of [[Doriya]] in the ''Thunder Arrow'' bio-room, recalling a fun time when he went bug-catching on the planet [[Dammar]]. When the insects were presented to Deathsaurus, Kakuryu was the one instructed to open the canister containing them... at which point, the metal-eating monsters swarmed all over him and began munching their way through his armor! [[Drillhorn (Victory)|Drillhorn]] scooped up a fallen piece of Kakuryu's arm and used it to lure the bugs off him, and the injured Kakuryu was taken to the infirmary. {{storylink|The Death-Bringing Space Insects!!}}

When Deathsaurus raised [[Atlantis]] to raid its energy stockpiles, the Dinoforce loaded the ''Thunder Arrow'' with the recovered energy, but were then abandoned by Deathsaurus for their many failures and left to be washed away by a tidal wave when the continent sank back beneath the ocean. {{storylink|The Terror of the Giant Tidal Waves}} [[File:Victory37 kakuryus new job.jpg|thumb|225px]] At first, Kakuryu thought this meant they could have a vacation, but Goryu refused to believe they had been deserted, and kept them busy stealing energy. When they were caught in the meteor bombardment of Earth carried out by Deathsaurus's reactivated fortress, however, they were forced to accept that their emperor had discarded them. Kakuryu begged his injured captain not to die, and allowed the Autobot Rescue Patrol Team to carry out first aid on him. {{storylink|The Wrath of the Resurrected Giant Fortress!}} Reawakening the Autobot base, Goryu called Kakuryu to his side and had him fetch an Autobot so he could pay Deathsaurus back by giving the Autobots' information on the fortress's weak spot. With this information, the Autobots triumphed and destroyed the Fortress and Deathsaurus with it. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}

In the aftermath of Deathsaurus's defeat, while his fellow Dinoforcers went to work in construction, Kakuryu took a job at an amusement park, where he became very popular with children. {{storylink|Showdown! The Fortress vs the Victory Unification}}
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====''United EX''====
[[File:UnitedEX5 dragon dues.jpg|left|thumb|275px]]
Once, Star Saber saved Kakuryu's life under some undisclosed circumstances. Seeking to pay the Autobot leader back for his kindness, at some point over the ten years that followed Deathsaurus's defeat, Kakuryu left his theme park job behind and signed up to become a fully-fledged Autobot. Admitted to the ranks of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], he spent a decade training on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] to finally become strong and skilled, and even took part in the Autobots' [[Power Core Combination|Power Core Combiner]] program, gaining control of four Dinobot drones built by [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]], and the new code-name of "Grimmaster".

[[File:UnitedEX6 destruction regeneration.jpg|thumb|275px]]
After a series of Decepticon attacks caused the loss of a team of Autobot drones and left [[Blaze Master|Choppermaster]] missing in action, the Autobots' human military ally [[Clouder|Major Clouder]] decided to call Grimmaster up to active duty and dispatched [[Tread Bolt|Jetmaster]] to Dinobot Island to tell him so. Grimmaster promised to fight his best for the Autobots and for Earth. {{storylink|The Dragon Pays His Dues}} On their return trip, while flying over a landfill, the pair were shot down by [[Detritus (G1)|Roadmaster]], who proposed that Grimmaster return to the Decepticon ranks in exchange for great fiscal reward. Unswayed by the offer, Grimmaster attacked, but found that Roadmaster's regenerative abilities posed a challenge. {{storylink|Destruction and Regeneration}} Nevertheless, he was able to triumph over his seemingly-invincible foe, only to be ambushed by [[Grindcore (G1)|Tankmaster]], who had been hiding nearby. Fortunately, he was saved from execution at Tankmaster's hands by [[Manta Ray (G2)|Marinemaster]]. {{storylink|Ocean Encounter}}

The Autobots were able to obtain the location of the Decepticons' base from Tankmaster, and Grimmaster took part in the subsequent attack. When the Autobots' human ally [[Clouder]], piloting the [[Eldedroid|Assaultmaster]] mech, found himself on the losing side of a one-on-one struggle with [[Gravedigger|Buildmaster]], Grimmaster came to his aid and took over the fight. {{storylink|Unearthed Future}}
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====Wars manga====
After an immense battle where [[Metrotitan (Zone)|Metrotitan]] and his comrades were sent fleeing, Grimmaster and his drones did clean-up so that [[Guard City]] could perform his emergency repairs. {{Storylink|Metrowars}}

===''Victory'' manga===
[[File:Victorymanga4 kakuryu starsaber.jpg|left|thumb|275px]]
When Deathsaurus launched his attack against the Earth, Kakuryu and the Dinoforce were at the forefront of the assault, riding their Pretender shells into action as they ransacked a city. They attempted to escalate the devastation by forming [[Dinoking]], but were stopped cold by the power of [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]]. {{storylink|Magnificent! Our Friend, Star Saber!}}

Kakuryu continuously underwent extensive personal training in order to earn the respect of his peers and his emperor—though that training evidently didn't extend to his mind, as he figured the best way to put his new skills to use would be to hide underground on the off-chance that Star Saber would wander by and he could ambush him. It took three days, but Star Saber eventually did happen by, so Kakuryu leapt out to assault the Autobot Supreme Commander. While grappling with his foe from behind, Kakuryu commanded his shell to gore Star Saber's chest with his horns, hoping to penetrate down to his [[Brainmaster]]. Star Saber was only momentarily caught off-guard, however, and in seconds he had the upper hand after unleashing his Saber Vacuum Tornado Pacifier attack. Kakuryu bounced across the landscape and nearly fell over a cliff thanks to the awesome maneuver. Hanging from the edge, Kakuryu was defiant to the end and told Star Saber to hurry up and kill him if he was going to do it. Instead, Star Saber pulled his opponent to safety, and congratulated Kakuryu on his effort. {{storylink|Warrior of Love, Star Saber!}}

Kakuryu and the Dinoforce were stationed aboard the Decepticon Space Stronghold when Deathsaurus turned its power against the Earth, but were scattered by a sudden, forceful Autobot invasion of the vessel. The fighting soon ceased as the Decepticons revealed they only sought energy for their families, including the adorable [[Baby Dinoforce|Dinobabies]]. Kakuryu's a daddy! {{storylink|Heroic! The Victory War}}
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===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
Kakuryu was part of [[Deathsaurus (Victory)|Deathsaurus]]'s contingent of Decepticons stationed in their [[Warworld]]. In agreement with [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]], Deathsaurus and his forces joined with the [[Decepticon Justice Division]] to continue the Decepticon dream and eliminate [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]. {{storylink|The Permanent Revolution}}

==Toys==
===Victory===
[[File:Victory-toy Kakuryu.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Kakuryu''' (Dinoforce, 1989)
**''ID number'': '''D-324'''
**''Accessories'': ''Triceratops'' shell, shell back, "Tricera Gun", "Dino Blaster" Dinoking gun, Dinoking head

: A [[redeco]] of the [[Pretender Monster]] [[Slog (G1)#Generation 1|Slog]], Kakuryu transforms into a squat pincher monster via a simple process similar to the [[transformation scheme]] of both Goryu and [[Doryu]]. The largest among the inner robots of the Dinoforce, he unfolds in a comparatively complex fashion to combine with them to form the shoulders and upper torso of Dinoking. His robot form fits inside his soft-plastic Pretender shell, an armored ''Triceratops'' (albeit one with three horns in a row, unlike the actual dinosaur), which mounts both his smaller "Tricera Gun"—which he wields in robot mode—and his larger "Dino Blaster", Dinoking's weapon. Dinoking's head stores on the rear of the larger weapon.

: The Dinoforce shells are notable for developing a green patina on the painted-gold portions, as well as a slimy texture over their whole surface over time. What causes this is unknown, but ''ick''. Even previously unopened samples will develop this nastiness. While some water and a little bit of hand soap should take care of the slime, there's not much to be done about the green discoloration.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Kakuryu/kakuryu.htm More information on Kakuryu at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Victorytoy dinoking giftset.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Dinoking''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''ID number'': '''D-328'''
**''Accessories'': ''Triceratops'' shell, shell back, "Tricera Gun", "Dino Blaster" Dinoking gun, Dinoking head

: All six members of [[Dinoforce]] were available both in individual boxes, and in a complete six-piece gift set. While there are no differences in the toys themselves, the gift set lacks any [[bio]] or [[Tech Spec]] cards for the individual components, only having cards for the combined mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Destron/Dinoking/dinoking.htm More information on Dinoking at TFU.info]''

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===United EX===
[[File:UnitedEXtoy grimmaster.jpg|thumb|400px]]
*'''Grimmaster Prime Mode''' ([[2012]]-[[October 20|10-20]])
**''ID number'': '''EX 04'''
**''Accessories'': Cross-Ryu Drone, Caesar-Ryu Drone, Illumina III Drone, Saber-Ryu Drone

: Grimmaster is a [[redeco]] of the ''[[Power Core Combiners]]'' [[Grimstone (PCC)#Toys|Grimstone]] toy, transforming into a robotic ''Styracosaurus''. He also has a "Prime Mode" where he becomes the torso of a super robot, capable of using any auto-transforming Power Core Combiner drone-machine molds for limbs.

: Light gray and light red were changed to darker gray and darker red. The gold paint color was changed and the red toes on the ''Pachycephalosaurus'' limb are now painted silver.

: He comes with four prehistoric creature drone-limbs, redecos of the [[Dinobot (PCC)|Dinobot]] drones. Each one has a square socket for a Power Core Combiner connection; when attached via the blue plugs on a Commander figure, the creatures automatically transform into a super-robot limb, and snap back to creature mode when disconnected. Despite the universal connector, each drone can only form one limb type (but can be swapped from left to right):

:*'''Cross-Ryu Drone''' (''Ankylosaurus'') — Leg (Grimmaster's left)
:*'''Caesar-Ryu Drone''' (''Pachycephalosaurus'') — Leg (Grimmaster's right)
:*'''Illumina III Drone''' (''Parasaurolophus'') — Arm (Grimmaster's left)
:*'''Saber-Ryu Drone''' (''Dimetrodon'') — Arm (Grimmaster's right)

:The drones are all named after concepts from ''Victory'', specifically [[Star Saber (Victory)|Star Saber]], [[Road Caesar]], [[Landcross (Victory)|Landcross]], and Jan Minakaze's ''[[Illumina II]]''.

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==Notes==
[[File:VictoryKakuryuColorModel.jpg|thumb]]
[[File:Victory1 kakuryu revolver.jpg|thumb]]
*''Kakuryū'' is short for "三角竜" (''Sankakuryū'', "three-horned dinosaur") in Japanese, referring to ''[[Wikipedia:Triceratops|Triceratops]]''.
*Kakuryu's Tech Specs seem to mix him up with Goryu when describing the components of Dinoking that they form. While Goryu is incorrectly described as forming the combiner's head—actually Kakuryu's role—Kakuryu's listed abilities include the power to create earthquakes using Dinoking's foot, a piece included with Goryu's toy, not his.
*Kakuryu's [[character model]] brightens him up with some notable color changes that owe nothing to either his toy or that of his American predecessor Slog, including a distinctive golden torso and arms.
*The ''Victory'' anime depicted the Dinoforce members as carrying melee weapons, rather than the blasters the toys actually came with; Kakuryu carried an axe that could shoot blasts from its blade and handle, in addition to the wimpy, ineffective pistol he was seen with in both "[[The Brave Hero of the Universe - Star Saber]]" and "[[Explosion!! The Energy Base]]".

===Foreign names===
*''English:'' '''Slog''' ([[Omni Productions]] dub)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Jiānjiǎoguài''' (China, 尖角怪, "Sharp-horned Monster")
*''Russian:'' '''Prishibala''' (Пришибала, "Knock Out")

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Grimlock (G1)/toys

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[[File:G1 Grimlock boxart.jpg|upright=2.0|thumb|Me Grimlock have been shaking fists at uptight paleontologists since 1985.]]

Me [[Grimlock (G1)|'''Grimlock''']] have lots of toys and merchandise!
{{picsneeded|G2 toy, Decoy, Myclone}}

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
[[File:G1Grimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And the debate goes on: "Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!" "No! Me Grimlock am greatest warrior!"]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1985/1986/1991/1992)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''26'''
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle, galaxial rocket launcher, 3 rockets,
: Grimlock's toy was originally part of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Diaclone]]'' Dinosaur Robo series. When [[Hasbro]] imported the toy in 1985 for the ''Transformers'' line, its blue pelvis was changed to red, its sword was changed from chrome to flat red, the Diaclone driver mini-figure was dropped but still retained the cockpit though later releases had it permanently locked shut, and its teeth were altered [[for safety reasons]].

:The original Grimlock changes from robot into a robotic ''[[wikipedia:Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus]]'' and comes with a red [[energo weapon|energo-sword]], a black double-barreled rifle, and a rocket launcher with three silver rockets.

: Grimlock was later reissued in the European/Australian-exclusive "[[Classics (Europe)|Classics]]" series. In Japan, he and the other four Dinobots were offered as mail-away items during [[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Operation Combination (toyline)|Operation Combination]]; Grimlock cost 2300 yen (his original retail price) and 2 [[Robot Point]]s.

::*''[http://www.transformerland.com/wiki/toy-info/transformers-g1-dinobots-grimlock/671/ Patent info, price guide, and further reading on Grimlock at Transformerland.com]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Generation 1 Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:Pretender Grimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock have fleshy bits!]]
* '''Grimlock''' ([[Classic Pretender]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Pretender shell, rifle, helmet, tail/gun
: A simplified and slightly modified version of Grimlock, he transforms into a robotic ''T. rex'' whose tail becomes a handgun. He came with a large human [[Pretender]] shell with a rather knight-like armor theme, with a helmet and large cannon.

: His human shell looks a lot like [[wikipedia:Ed Asner|Ed Asner]].

{{note|Pretender Classic Grimlock's function was "Lieutenant Commander" instead of "Dinobot Commander".}}

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1989/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Pretender Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:GrimlockLegends toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock say cut it out.]]
* '''Grimlock''' ([[Legends (G1)|Legends]], 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun
: A K-Mart [[exclusive]] in its Hasbro release, this version of Grimlock is simply the inner robot of his Classic Pretender form without the shell or its accessories, leaving him only his tail/gun.

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[[File:G1toy japanese legends giftset.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Hero Set''' (Multi-pack, 1989)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/gun

: In Japan, Legends Grimlock was available only in a boxed "Hero Set" with the Legends versions of [[Bumblebee (G1)/toys#Hero Set|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/toys#HeroSet|Jazz]] and [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Heroset|Starscream]]. Grimlock was mostly unchanged from to the Hasbro release, but sported a silver painted face instead of Hasbro's orange painted one.

: In Italy, [[GiG]] released their own version of the Hero Set, named "Set Commandos", instead of the Classic Pretender versions of the toys. Grimlock, was renamed from "Tiran" to "Drago", originally the Italian name of [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]]. The "Set Commandos" toys were identical to the Japanese "Hero Set" versions.

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[[File:G1Grimlock ActionMaster.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Me Grimlock no longer able to transform, so me Grimlock over-compensate with really big gun.]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Action Master, 1990)
**''Accessories:'' Anti-tank cannon partner, particle beam cannon
: Part of the initial assortment of non-transforming [[Action Master]] figures, Grimlock's design combines his cartoon model with extra toy-based detailing. He came with the [[Anti-tank cannon]] "partner" machine which could be ridden by Grimlock (or any other Action Master) or unfolded via spring-loaded [[gimmick]] to form a really ''big'' hand-held "long-range mortar launcher". He is compatible with any other Action Master vehicle or weapon.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1990/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Action Master Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Generation 2===
[[File:G2GrimlockBlue.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me am Blue! Me am Blue! You could be too! ''(Blue variant pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-G2-Turquoise-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(Turquoise variant pictured)'']]
* '''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 1993)
**''Accessories:'' 'Energo' sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle,
: Grimlock's original toy was [[redeco]]ed for release in ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]'', this time lacking the missile launcher accessory. He was available in three different colors; the first—and rarest—in his original silver (the easiest way to spot if this is a ''Generation 2'' or original is by the "Autobot" [[tampograph]] on his leg), then in a medium turquoise-blue, and finally (and most commonly) in a dark blue.

{{note|Grimlock outranked Optimus Prime in the Generation 2 toyline! Prime had a rank of 9.}}

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlcok.htm More information on ''Generation 2'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Beast Wars===
[[File:BWtoy-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|[[Ben Yee]] think me Grimlock look like dalmatian... :(]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 1997)
**''Accessories:'' Spinning slasher sword, sword
: ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' Grimlock is a [[redeco]] of [[Dinobot (BW)#Beast Wars|Dinobot]] in gray and gold with black spots, transforming into a "raptor" of some variety. His tail becomes a sword and a rotate-blade. He was slightly [[retool]]ed to have ratcheting shoulders and space for an "energon chip" [[rubsign]]. Unfortunately, Grimlock suffers from [[Gold Plastic Syndrome]].

: This mold is also used by ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Grimlock (Dinobots)|Grimlock]], and was retooled to make [[Dinotron]], ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Hardhead (BWN)#Toys|Hardhead]], and [[Thrust (BWII)#Thrustor|Thrustor]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Beast Wars'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Alternators/Binaltech===
[[File:AlternatorsGrimlock toy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock no can munch metal, but can burn rubber!]]
* '''Grimlock''' (2005)
**''Alternator ID number:'' '''9'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''BT-10'''
**''Accessories:'' Engine/gun, energo-sword

: For the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' line, Grimlock's [[alternate mode]] was changed from a dinosaur into a [[licensed vehicle alternate modes|licensed]], 1:24 scale silver [[Wikipedia:Ford Mustang|Ford Mustang]] with opening doors, hood, and trunk, a detailed interior, [[rubber tires]] and a working steering mechanism. His engine transforms into a double-barreled gun, and he also carries an orange "energo-sword" which can attach to the underside of his vehicle mode. The toy is one of the most-complained-about ''Alternators'' toys, due to its notoriously finicky transformation (with many small steps that must be performed in exactly the right order) and to several pieces which have a tendency to pop off with relatively small amounts of force. And it's a Grimlock who doesn't transform into a ''Tyrannosaurus rex.

: The main difference between Hasbro's ''Alternators'' version of the toy and the Japanese ''Binaltech'' version is that the latter has its vehicle shell partially made out of painted [[die-cast]] metal parts, whereas the ''Alternators'' version is made entirely out of plastic (not counting the rubber tires). In addition, the ''Binaltech'' version's engine/gun and the wheel's rims are [[vacuum metallizing|vacuum-metalized]], whereas they're simply painted silver for the ''Alternators'' version.

:This sculpt was retooled into ''Alternators/Binaltech'' [[Wheeljack (G1)/toys#Alternators/Binaltech|Wheeljack]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2005/Autobot/AltGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Alternators'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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===Classics===
[[File:Grimlockclassicstoy.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock want to try new appearance, how me look in thigh high boots and stiletto heels?]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

: ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Grimlock, a gray and gold ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', is a re-imagined form of his original toy, and is notably designed to run rather than drag (theories on the ''T. rex'' having changed from "caveman adversary" to "Carl Lewis in lizard skin" since the Generation 1 incarnation).

:This mold features a few design elements likely influenced by Grimlock's Pretender toy; his bayonet blaster is an homage to his gun/blade combo weapon from said toy, and his tail detaches to become a handheld weapon as it does for the inner robot of his Pretender toy. Another similarity is the ''T. rex'''s upper-body forming the [[robot mode]] legs (though the ''T. rex'' head forms his feet this time around).

:Grimlock's bayonet blaster can be deployed in either mode and fires a clear red projectile. Both weapons can be stored on his back when not used. As with most ''Classics'' toys, Grimlock features a heat-sensitive [[rubsign]], placed on the left side of the tyrannosaurus torso/his left leg.

:A common complaint about the figure is the size of the peg being too small in relation to the peg-hole, making it impossible to lock the arms into place. The black shoulder flaps above are apparently meant to tab into these and lock the whole thing together, but the flaps are remarkably out of alignment and the tabs themselves are too short to even reach the slots. In addition, the bayonet blaster has a hair-trigger and for no apparent reason, his fist holes are a few fractions of a millimeter too small to accommodate standard 5mm peg accessories that most modern ''Transformers'' toys use.

:An unpainted ''Classics'' Grimlock was used at the [[BotCon 2007]] customization classes to create ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' [[Overkill (G1)#Timelines|Overkill]]. The mold was also [[redeco]]ed to make [[Grimlock (SG)#Toys|''Shattered Glass'' Grimlock]] and [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' (2008)]] Overkill.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/ClassicsGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Classics'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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*'''Jetfire and Grimlock Twin Pack''' (2-pack, 2007)
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

:''Classics'' Grimlock was available in Asian markets in a two-pack with [[Jetfire (G1)/toys#Grimlock2pack|''Classics'' Jetfire]]. Both toys are identical to their normal individual releases.

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===Titanium Series===
[[File:TitaniumWarWithin Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock turn into tank? Me mash brains with style!]]

*'''Grimlock''' (6" Cybertron Heroes, 2008)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, Energo-sword

:Based upon his appearance from ''[[Transformers: The War Within|The War Within]]'', this version of Grimlock transforms into a Cybertronic heavy tank. This transforming partly die-cast and plastic Grimlock was initially unreleased due to the cancellation of the ''Transformers'' series of ''Titanium'' toys at retail (the line would continue on for ''[[Star Wars (franchise)|Star Wars]]'' at the three-inch scale). The toy was eventually released in the fall of 2008 as a Toys-R-Us exclusive, alongside the also-almost-unreleased War Within [[Prowl (G1)/toys#Titanium Series|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/TitGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Cybertron Heroes Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Henkei! Henkei!===
[[File:TakaraTomy-Henkei!Henkei!-C-03-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Witness me Grimlock, shiny and chrome!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Deluxe, 2008-[[March 13|03-13]])
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Missile launcher, missile, removable tail

: ''[[Henkei! Henkei! Transformers (toyline)|Henkei! Henkei!]]'' Grimlock is an extensive redeco of ''Classics'' Grimlock, with generally more intricate paint detailing to make him more closely resemble the ''Generation 1'' toy. As with all ''Henkei'' toys, he lacks the heat sensitive rubsign seen on the ''Classics'' release, and instead features vacuum-metalized "chromed" plastic (in a similar [[gimmick]] to the ''Beast Wars'' [[Transmetal]]s toys). The vac-metal is used on his [[beast mode]] feet, as well as the ''Tyrannosaurus'' torso, which was, oddly enough, in Hasbro's original deco plan for ''Classics'' Grimlock.
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===Masterpiece===
[[File:Grimlock Masterpiece.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock be smaller than Prime, but me Grimlock more expensive!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-8'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, waiter apron, waiter bow tie, waiter tray, 7 unique waiter glasses, intelligence transfer helmet

: Released in March of 2009, ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock is based upon his original toy and cartoon model, transforming into an outdated view of the ''Tyrannosaurus'' rather than the more accurate depiction seen on ''Classics'' Grimlock. Of all the Masterpiece figures, Grimlock features both the least complex transformation, as well as the least deviation from his original toy's essential [[transformation scheme]].

: ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock features the usage of [[die-cast]] metal for his dinosaur mode's toes and an LED mounted within his right fist which illuminates both his gun's barrels and his sword. As a result of said mechanism, the only articulated part of his right hand is the thumb. Similarly his left hand is modeled much like [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|Masterpiece Starscream's]] hands with the thumb and index finger fully articulated with the remaining fingers joined together. Possibly as a show of good faith regarding the sacrificed articulation, [[TakaraTomy]] designed his alternate mode's arms to be highly poseable, featuring full articulation of the claws with the arms themselves attached to the body with ball joints.

: He features many gimmicks, including the ability to change his eye color in either mode from red to blue with the flip of a switch found at the back of his head in robot mode, and by opening the top of his head in dino mode and switching the eyes around. This allows the owner the choice of representing the use of blue in the cartoon (and his IDW alternate mode) or the use of red in most other media, including his original toy. His tail is connected to his head, and by wiggling and moving it, the head rotates at the base of the neck. Pushing down on his torso in dinosaur mode makes his legs move up higher into his body, and as a result his head will look up. His alt mode's head features jaws that snap shut at the press of a button hidden on his cheek; in addition, it also has a tiny sculpted flame thrower in its mouth, but [[for safety reasons|for your safety]], it does not actually breathe fire (boo). Besides his weapons, he also comes with a cloth apron and bow tie to go with a drinks serving tray he carried in "[[Madman's Paradise]]", as well as the device he used to transfer his super-intelligence into [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] in "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]".

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[[File:Masterpiecetoy-GrimlockKing.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Best accessory ever! Me Grimlock know you know it.]]
*'''King Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''MP-8X'''
**''Accessories:'' Energo sword, twin 'stunner' lasers rifle, crown

:King Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock with a color scheme based on his appearance in the [[The Transformers (Marvel comic)|G1 Marvel comic]]. All of his previously flat gray surfaces are coated in silver paint, his gold chrome is more vibrant, and his previously black plastic is now a dark blue in reference to the limited color palette of the Marvel Comics issues. The colorless chrome used for his tail and arms is now a light blue chrome. He also features some different paint applications: on his dinosaur chest, inside the clear panel on his robot mode chest, and on his robot mode knees. His toes are now metallic yellow instead of metallic gray. He lacks the faceplate paint of the original Masterpiece Grimlock. His sword is also tinted orange rather than neutral clear, and the clear panel on his chest is clear dark green plastic instead of neutral clear. Curiously what were the red eyes in dinosaur mode on the original ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock are now the blue eyes on King Grimlock, and the blue eyes are now the red. The product also features the crown worn by Grimlock in the comics instead of the accessories from the cartoon, such as the waiter apron or the glasses. The [[package art]] is drawn in an homage to the early style of ''The Transformers'' published by Marvel Comics, as well as a bilingual ''[[The Transformers Universe|Transformers Universe]]'' style [[bio]] on the back of the package.

:King Grimlock was only available via [[TakaraTomy Mall|Toy Hobby Market]], the official shopping site of TakaraTomy. Pre-orders were open through [[July 31]]st through [[September 11]]th 2009, with the toy shipping out in December.

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[[File:Masterpiece-grimlock-hasbro-2014.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Me Grimlock's legs backwards! Me need [[Ratchet (G1)|doctor]] to fix Grimlock's legs!]]
*'''Masterpiece Grimlock''' (2014)
**''ID number:'' '''MP-03'''
**''Accessories:'' Dinobot Crown of Leadership, sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle

:Another Hasbro release of the figure, four years after the ''Transformers (2010)'' version (see below), ''again'' available as a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive.

:This figure was also available as a Toys"R"Us exclusive in many international Hasbro markets such as Canada, Australia, and Europe.

:Oddly, the Hasbro stock photos display his dino-mode legs as being ''backwards''.

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===Device Label===
*'''Device Grimlock''' (Device Label, 2009)
[[File:Device Label Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Me Grimlock turn into computer-thingy ... something not right.]]
: Takara's ''[[Transformers Device Label|Device Label]]'' Grimlock transforms from a working USB laser mouse into a mechanoid raptor. He shares this mold with ''Device Label'' [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].

: According to early [[BigBadToyStore]] solicitations, the mice were originally supposed to depict Generation 1 [[Overkill (G1)#Device Label|Overkill]] and ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (franchise)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Dinobot (BW)#Device Label|Dinobot]].
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===Transformers (2010)===
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[[File:MPGrimlock Hasbro.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Beryllium baloney not included. Grimlock: 1. Slag: 0.]]
*'''Masterpiece Grimlock''' (2010)
**''Accessories:'' [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership]], sword, twin 'stunner' laser rifle

: [[Transformers (2010 toyline)|''Transformers'']] Grimlock is a [[Toys"R"Us]]-[[exclusive]] redeco of ''Masterpiece'' Grimlock with King Grimlock's accessories (also redecoed). His gray is darker, he features additional painted details on his thighs, biceps, and waist to mimic label stickers included on the original 1985 figure, the dark gray painted details on his robot mode toes are now gold, the dinosaur mode's toenails are now coated in a thick gold paint rather than the polished golden look of the TakaraTomy version, and the red paint used on the metal area on his crotch is a lighter shade, matching the adjacent red plastic less.

:Grimlock's teeth and claws have been slightly rounded for this release.

:The stock photography to the right is mistransformed, depicting Grimlock's beast mode claws as pointing straight down (as they are in robot mode) instead of laying flat to the ground.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2010/Autobot/MasterpieceGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on 2010 Masterpiece Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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===Generations===
[[File:Generations fall of cybertron voyager grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Talk about monkey paw wishes- the most [[geewun]] version of this mold is on the Age of Extinction Grimlock page.]]
[[File:Generationstoy-TakaraTomy-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager Class, 2012)
**''Series / number'': '''1 / #003'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''[[June 29|06-29]]-[[2013]]'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''TG19'''
**''Accessories'': Sword, shield
{{note|''Fall of Cybertron'' [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|Grimlock]] was repurposed as Generation 1 Grimlock by ''Transformers Legends'' and ''[[Transformers Cloud|Cloud]]''.}}

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock transforms into a robotic ''[[Popular beast alternate modes|Tyrannosaurus rex]]''. He comes with a sword with a [[5mm post|5mm handle]] and a peg on either side of the hilt, as well as a shield which can mount via its single peg. Grimlock features 5mm ports for his hands, as well as on his forearms/lower dino legs and shoulders/dino hips. Interestingly, the hollow sides of his dinosaur arms feature [[Cyberverse]]-compatible [[C joint|3mm ports]].

:His main [[gimmick]]s, however, are that he has a light in his dinosaur mouth, and a chomping dinosaur jaw. When a lever behind his dino head is pulled, his mouth opens, and the light turns on, strongly illuminating his head. This gimmick can also be used in robot mode, as his dino head ends up inside his hollow chest, although it's not as effective. The [[insignia]] on his chest is the Lightning Strike Coalition variant of the Autobrand.

:The [[TakaraTomy]] version, part of the seventh wave of Japanese ''Generations'' toys, replaces his gray plastics with darker shades, coats much of his gold plastic in shiny metallic gold paint, paints his tail tip silver and his abdomen red, and features more [[Paint operation|paint details]], among other deco changes.

:This toy was [[redeco]]ed for all the other versions of ''Fall of Cybertron'' Grimlock, but was also used for ''Age of Extinction'' [[Grimlock (AOE)#Voyager Class toys|Grimlock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Autobot/FOCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Generations'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:Platinum-Edition-G1-Dinobots-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me talk pretty one day!]]
*'''Dinobots Set''' (Platinum Edition 5-pack, 2015)
**''Accessories'': Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the ''Generations [[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Dinobots Set 5-pack, Grimlock is a redeco and retool of [[Grimlock_(AOE)#Voyager_Class_toys|''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class Grimlock]], sporting a Generation-1 inspired deco and a head.

:Grimlock was bundled with Slug, Slog, Snarl, and Strafe.

: The set was initially released as a Toys R Us exclusive set in Canada in October 2015 and in Singapore in November 2015. The 5-pack never receive any release for the brick & mortar retail in the US, but was instead available online.

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[[File:TitansReturntoy-Clobber.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.77|I, Clo...I mean me Grimlock use other bodies to ''clobber'' cons!]]
*'''Clobber''' (Titan Master, 2016)
**''Accessories:'' Dragon partner

:Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' [[Titan Master]]s, Clobber is a retool of [[Squeezeplay#Generations|Crashbash]] and transforms from a robot into a head compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger figure in the line. Clobber features a new head piece based on ''Generation 1'' Grimlock's animation model. [[Hasbro]] stated at [[BotCon 2016]] that Clobber ''is'' Grimlock himself, leaving the reasons for his name unclear, but some kind of attempt to avoid confusion with the contemporaneous ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 franchise)|Robots in Disguise]]'' [[Grimlock (WFC)|character]] seems a likely explanation. Clobber features peg holes in his feet to allow him to stand on a variety of ''Titans Return'' figures, and is packaged with a beast accessory with three modes: a dragon for Clobber to ride, a ''T. rex'' formed by combining with Clobber, or a 5mm-compatible gun for larger figures. His new face piece was molded in black plastic, rather than gunmetal.

:As with Crashbash, Clobber's instructions feature the same error for steps 6(5)-8(7).

:This toy also doubles as the independent ''[[Beast Wars: Uprising]]'' character [[Clobber]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Autobot/TRClobber/clobber.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Clobber at TFU.info]''
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====Cyber Series====
[[File:Generations-Cyber-Battalion-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock having identity crisis!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Cyber Battalion, 2015)
:Part of the new ''Generations'' Cyber Battalion series, this new Voyager-sized mold of Grimlock transforms from robot to dinosaur and back, with it's transformation taking cues from the [[Grimlock_(RID 2015)#Warrior_Class|2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' Warrior Class Grimlock]], and the coloration from [[Grimlock (AOE)#Toys|the toys of the live-action movie Grimlock]].

:Like all of the ''Cyber Series'' figures, Grimlock did not get distribution in the United States, but has been reported showing up in Asian markets and was also solicited to South America. Toy importers did stock this series in a limited capacity and they sold out quickly in 2015 and effectively disappeared at that time.

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===Age of Extinction===
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[[File:AOEtoy-1984Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock feel like me once had [[Mega-Dinobot|bigger purpose in life]]...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''24 OF 30'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, this ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]''-branded two-pack features "1984 Grimlock" in the form of a Generation 1-inspired redeco of ''[[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|Energon]]'' [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]]. The toy is slightly retooled to give it [[5mm post|5mm ports]] in its hands, allowing it to hold the included redeco of [[Razorclaw (G1)|Generation 1 Razorclaw]]'s sword (not pictured in stock photography). Undocumented in the instructions, he can be combined with ''Energon'' [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] to form an inter-continuity version of [[Mega-Dinobot]]. As an Evolution 2-Pack, Grimlock was packaged alongside an ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' Voyager Class [[Grimlock (AOE)#TRUEvolution|Grimlock]] toy.
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===Transformers (2014)===
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[[File:TF2014toy-SDCCGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock make the Bayformer style look ''good''!]]
*'''Dinobots Generation One 4-pack''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Mace head, mace shaft

:Available only as part of the [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] [[exclusive]] "Dinobots Generation One 4-pack" that was first made available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] [[2014]], Grimlock transforms into a horned ''T. rex'', and features heavy use of vacuum metalization, transparent plastic and paint applications to recreate the look of the Generation 1 Grimlock toy. He includes a mace accessory, and its head, or the entire weapon, can be attached to Grimlock's dinosaur mode tail. Grimlock is packaged with [[Swoop (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Strafe]], [[Snarl (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Snarl]], and [[Slag (G1)#SDCCDinobots|Slug]], and their box unfolds into a diorama of the crashed [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] in [[Mount St. Hilary]].
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[[File:TF2014toy-LegionGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Me Grimlock get ''bad'' [[Beast (G1)|feelings]] about combining...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legion, 2014)

:Part of the Generation 1-inspired 2014 Legion Class assortment, Grimlock is a redeco of ''[[Cyberverse]]'' ''[[Beast Hunters (toyline)|Beast Hunters]]'' [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], and transforms into a vaguely shark-like dragon, although his package art, recolored from the [[:File:MTMTE8 cvrRI.jpg|RI cover]] of [[Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|''More than Meets the Eye'' #8]], and the Hasbro website product description would have you believe that it's a mechanical ''T. rex''. Being the sixth use of the sculpt, it's starting to show instances of [[Mold#Deterioration|mold deterioration]], as several sections (such as the tabs that hold the robot mode torso together, or the parts of the beast mode neck formed by the robot mode feet) don't fit properly anymore.

:In the United States, Grimlock has thus far been found at Big Lots and Family Dollar stores. In Australia and Europe, he is available at general retail again, just like the previous [[wave]] of Legion Class figures. In 2015, he was re-released in redesigned packaging now resembling the currently released ''Combiner Wars''-era ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]''' packaging template, but replacing the name ''Generations'' with "Authentic Transformers".

:The [[stock photography|stock photo]] on the back of the packaging depicts him with ''Beast Hunters'' Cyberverse Commander Class [[Optimus Prime (WFC)/toys#BHCyberverse|Optimus Prime]]'s sword, which is also listed as an accessory in the Hasbro website product listing for this toy. The actual toy doesn't include a weapon. Furthermore, the [[instructions]] printed on the back of the packaging of the 2014 release are completely inaccurate, as they are for an [[Grimlock (AOE)#WalmartENmold|entirely different "Grimlock" toy]]! (This was fixed for the 2015 release.) Even if the instructions ''had'' been accurate, they probably wouldn't have mentioned that Grimlock can also form a leg of [[Abominus (Prime)#Beast Hunters|Abominus]] (or a combiner of his redecoes). This sculpt was also redecoed into ''[[Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising|Predacons Rising]]'' [[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]], ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' [[Jurara]] and ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]'' [[Grimlock (AOE)#Legion Class toys|Grimlock]].

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===Kre-O===
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[[File:Kre-o-grimlock-unleashed-kreon-and-dino-grimlock.jpg|250px|right|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Unleashed''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A8600'''
**''Pieces'': '''333'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Movie)#Grimlock Unleashed|Bumblebee]], [[Galvatron (AOE)#Grimlock Unleashed|Galvatron]], Grimlock, [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Grimlock Unleashed|Lockdown]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)#Grimlock Unleashed|Optimus Prime]]
**''Accessories'': Sword, crown

:Available only in the "Grimlock Unleashed" set, both the buildable Grimlock and the Grimlock Kreon are based on the Generation One looks of the character, despite the other Kreons on the set being based on their Age of Extinction versions. The Kreon comes with his Energo-Sword and two optional helmets, a Sideswipe-style one and a crown based on the time Grimlock led the Autobots. Unlike other Kreons, Grimlock has his faceplate printed on the figure face instead of added by the helmet.

It is incredibly posable and well-built by Kre-O standards.

: This set popped up at ToysЯUs a few short weeks after the initial product without any advance warning... and retailed for a mere $25, despite the size of the set.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OGUGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Grimlock Unleashed Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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*'''Kreon Class of 1985''' (Kreon figure set, [[2015]])
**''Set number'': '''B5152'''
**''Voted'': Me Best Looking
**''Accessories'': Sword

:[[Kreon Class of '85]] Grimlock's deco is extra-detailed, even above the amount of the first figure. Like the rest of the set, he uses the almost-totally-[[retool]]ed 2015 style of Kreon body.

:This box set of thirty Kreons was a [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2015 [[exclusive]], with leftovers being sold on [[Hasbro Toy Shop]] online after the show.

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[[File:Kre-O-Battle-Changers-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Time to play some foosball again.]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Battle Changers, 2015)
**''Set number'': '''B0718'''
**''Pieces'': '''82'''
**''Accessories'': Energon-Sword

:Part of the new Battle Changers series, Battle Changers Grimlock transforms from a really badly-proportioned ''T. rex'' into a robot and back without removing any parts! His appearance is reminiscent to his Generation 1 counterpart, while the deco is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart's toys. Like all of the Battle Changers, Grimlock uses a new hip piece using larger balljoints than the normal Kreons. He also comes with a weapon that ''vaguely'' resembles an Energon-sword with stickers for detailing, and can be wielded by his C-joint hands.

: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 and Marshalls stores, including this set.

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===Hero Mashers===
[[File:HeroMashers_ElectronicGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Me Grimlock no need robot mode! Me Grimlock king!]]

* '''Electronic Grimlock''' (Battle Upgrade, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''14'''
: Part of the first wave of Electronic Hero Mashers toys, Grimlock is a non-transforming robot ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' that is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart, but also takes some cues and the coloration from the Generation 1 version of the character. His parts can be removed and swapped out with any other Hero Mashers figure to create Transformer [http://rickandmorty.wikia.com/wiki/Cronenbergs cronenbergs]. He also includes a projectile launching gun and several smaller non-launching guns that can clip onto ports all over his body.

:He has a button on his head that activates a light-up gimmick in his mouth to give the effect of fire breath.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/HMGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Hero Mashers'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Legends===
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[[File:TF-Legends-LG-EX-Headmaster-Set-Grimlock.jpg|thumb|WHERE IS CLOB...no, WHERE IS ME GRIMLOCK'S BODY GO?]]
*'''Headmaster Set''' ([[2017]]-[[February 19|02-19]])
**''ID Number'': '''LG-EX'''

:Released as a Wonder Festival 2017 exclusive, this Grimlock is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' [[#Clobber|Clobber]] head, featuring plastic color changes and extensive paint apps to resemble his appearance in the cartoon.

:Grimlock is released along with [[Chromedome (G1)#HeadmasterSet|Chromedome]], [[Brawn (G1)/toys#Legends|Gong]], [[Hardhead (G1)#HeadmasterSet|Hardhead]], [[Flywheels#Legends|Flywheel]], and [[Brainstorm (G1)#HeadmasterSet|Brainstorm]].

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==Merchandise==
===Decoy===
*'''Grimlock''' (Decoy, 1986)
**''Decoy ID number:''

: Coming packaged at random on carded ''Transformers toys'' during 1986, [[Decoy]] Grimlock is a red soft-rubber figure depicting him in his robot mode.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Autobot/Decoys/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Decoy Grimlock at TFU.info]''

===Super Collection Figure===
[[File:HOC Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Me Grimlock need to work out...]]
*'''Grimlock''' (March 2001)

:A three-inch-tall [[plastic|PVC]] figurine of Grimlock's dinosaur mode was available in the second wave of [[TakaraTomy|Takara]]'s ''[[Heroes of Cybertron|Super Collection Figure]]'' line. Like all the figures in the wave, it was available as both a standard full-color figure and a clear plastic version, one of each of which was available in a standard case of twelve [[blindpacking|blindpacked]] figures. A clear plastic stand was included with the figure, along with the [[Brainwave Transfer Device]]<ref>Unnamed here, but later called as such on Takara's ''[[The Transformers: Masterpiece|Masterpiece]]'' Grimlock figure.</ref> seen in the cartoon episode "[[Grimlock's New Brain]]".

:The original Grimlock PVC was re-released in September 2001 in a solid metallic color for the fourth act of the "Super Collection Figure" series, available only as a rare chase figure.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2002/Autobot/HoCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Super Collection Figure'' Grimlock at TFU.info]''
::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2001/Cybertron/ClearGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on clear Grimlock at TFU.info]''

===Heroes of Cybertron===
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)

:This release used the same mold as the Takara ''Super Collection Figure'', but was cast in translucent plastic instead of the opaque plastic used in the Takara version. It was sold on a blister card rather than blindpacked, and a collector card of the character was included instead of the stand.

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===Hard Hero===
[[File:HardHero Grimlock bust.JPG|upright=0.8|thumb|'''ME GRIMLOCK DEMAND TO KNOW WHERE ME GRIMLOCK'S LEGS ARE!''']]
*'''Grimlock''' (2003)

: [[Hard Hero]]'s Grimlock is a 6.5 inches tall cold-cast porcelain bust, sculpted after his cartoon appearance (complete with blue eyes) and holding a white energo-sword in his right hand. The bust was limited to 2500 pieces, with an additional 100 being specially signed by sculptor [[Jason Ray]]. Grimlock was number 9 in Hard Hero's main series of ''Transformers'' busts.

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===MyClone===
*'''Grimlock''' (Takara, 2003)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''MTF015'''
** ''Accessories:'' Grey display stand

:Released in the second wave of the ''[[MyClone]]'' line of Transformers PVC figures, this [[super deformed]] Grimlock comes with a hexagonal grey display stand, which can link up with the identical stands included with other ''MyClone'' figures. His modular design allows his parts to be mixed and matched with those of any other ''MyClone'' figure, though he stands out as rather unique about the Transformers MyClones, as he's the only one in alternate mode.
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===Generation 1 Figure-Collection===

[[File:Bottlecap grimlock.JPG|thumb]]

*'''Grimlock''' (2003)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-5'''
**''Accessories:'' Display base

:At only one inch in height, this Grimlock "bottlecap" figurine (so named because its display base is the size of a bottlecap) was one of fourteen blindpacked figures available in Kabaya's Transformers [[Generation 1 Figure-Collection]]. The figure was rendered in a "retro" black and white color scheme, and came with a leaflet, personalized with cartoon screen captures.
::*''[http://snakas.web.fc2.com/misc_item/kabaya_bottle.htm More information on the Generation 1 collection at Autobase Aichi]''
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===Titanium Series===
[[File:Titanium RM Grimlock.jpg|125px|thumb|Me Grimlock say boogie down!!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (3" Robot Masters, 2006)
**''Accessories:'' Gun, sword, Autobot stand

: ''[[Titanium Series]]'' Grimlock is a non-transforming, three inch die-cast metal figurine based on his toy and comic/cartoon model. He has very limited articulation, in his neck, waist and shoulders. Grimlock is posed squatting and/or dancing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2006/Autobot/TitGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on ''Titanium'' Robot Masters Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Attacktix===
*'''Grimlock''' (Booster, 2007)

[[File:Attacktix Grimlock.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Me Grimlock can't move. [[The Last Stand|Seem]] [[Blast from the Past|to]] [[Spotlight: Shockwave|happen]] [[Still Life!|a lot]].]]
:Attacktix Grimlock is depicted in his ''Tyrannosarus'' mode, and has a sculpt based heavily upon his original G1 toy. Pressing down on his back will cause his head to extend and presumably hit whatever he's facing.

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===Transformers - Mini Bust===
* '''Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

[[File:Grimlock Mini-bust.jpg|thumb|When me Grimlock get legs back, you in ''BIG TROUBLE!'']]
: A mini-bust of Grimlock based on his appearance in the cartoon was released by Diamond Select in 2007. The figure includes the upper body of Grimlock, wielding his energo-sword, acting as if rushing into the battlefield. There is the head of his beast mode sculpted into the base of the statue.

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* '''War Within Grimlock''' (Diamond Select, 2007)

[[File:Grimlock sdcc.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock say no fun to be exclusive all of time.]]
: War Within Grimlock was an Action Figure Xpress exclusive at the 2007 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]. He was sculpted by Chris Lee of Art Asylum and limited to 600 pieces. The sculpt features Grimlock holding his flaming sword. The front of his vehicle mode is sculpted onto the base of the bust.

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===Robot Heroes===
*'''Grimlock Vs Shockwave''' (Two Pack, 2007)

[[File:G1 RobotHeroes ShockwaveVsGrimlock.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Me Gwimwock no cutie, me king!]]
: Packed with [[Shockwave (G1)/toys|Shockwave]], ''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Grimlock is a detailed two-inch tall soft-plastic figurine with exaggerated, cartoonish proportions and an amusing "raised eyebrow" look on his face. He is sculpted holding his sword in his right hand. He has swivel joints at his shoulders and neck. He brings cuddly wuddly death.

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
[[File:3DBattleCard Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|A head to match his ego.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2007)

: A 48-point "rare" character in the [[3D Battle-Card Game]]'s "Energon Wars" expansion, Grimlock "transforms" into a gray vague approximation of a ''T. rex''. He uses the same parts layout as [[Megatron (BW)/toys|Megatron]] and [[Cruellock]].

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===Mighty Muggs===
[[File:MightyMuggs Grimlock.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock am huuge hit with lady-bots!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2009)
**''Accessories:'' Energo-sword

: This [[super deformed]], non-transformable PVC figure uses the standard [[Mighty Muggs]] body template, with swivel joints in Grimlock's neck and arms. He comes with a similarly super-deformed version of his trademark energo-sword.

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===Titan Warriors===
*'''Titan Warrior 5-Pack''' (2013)
:Available at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] 2013, this Grimlock is a 6" PVC [[Titan Heroes|Titan Warrior]] figure (similar to Bandai's ''Ultra/Sentai/Rider Hero, Movie Monster Series'') with articulated arms. He was packed with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Megatron]], [[Starscream (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)/merchandise#Titan Warriors|Soundwave]]. Unlike the other four, Grimlock never received an individual release.

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===EX Gōkin===
*'''Grimlock''' (2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two fists, two open hands, two gripping hands, energo-sword, stunner laser, galaxial rocket launcher, alternate head, display stand

: A 7-inch tall non-transforming Grimlock action figure was produced by [[Art Storm]] as part of their ''EX Gōkin Transformers Series'' line. He comes with a number of extra hands as well as the energo-sword, double-barreled rifle and (non-firing) rocket launcher of the original toy. While his mold and paint details are heavily based on the original Generation 1 Grimlock toy, his proportions are cartoon-based and he includes an alternate blue-eyed headsculpt based on his [[:File:Grimhead.JPG|early cartoon head]].

::*''[http://artstorm.co.jp/exgokin_transformersseries_grimlock.html More information on ''EX Gōkin'' Grimlock at Art Storm's official site]''

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===Tiny Titans===
[[File:TinyTitans-Series6-Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|Me Grimlock say don't eat yellow lightsaber!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Tiny Titans, 2016)
**''Series'': '''6'''
**''Number: '''10/12'''
: Part of the sixth [[Blindpacking|blind-bagged]] assortment of ''[[Tiny Titans]]'', this small, soft-plastic figurine 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.

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==Notes==
[[File:DiacloneGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Me Diaclone Grimlock...kinda boring.]]
[[File:Grimlock Natural History Museum.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock '''BIG''' person, so they put Grimlock's statue in Natural History Museum!]]
[[File:G2GrimlockArtwork.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Heavy Metal Greymon.]]
* Grimlock was originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Dinosaur Robo Tyrannosaurus". The only differences between this incarnation and the ''Transformers'' release is that the ''Diaclone'' version has a silver-chromed sword and a blue crotch piece rather than red, as well as coming with a green-and-black Diaclone pilot figure.
* The original ''Diaclone'' commercial for the mold that became Grimlock showed him spewing fire from his mouth. So much for truth in advertising!
* There is a Grimlock toy placed in the showcase in the dinosaur section of the [[wikipedia:Natural History Museum|Natural History Museum]] in [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]; oddly, this doesn't make him the [[Slag (G1)|only one]].
* Grimlock's function is [[Lieutenant Commander]] instead of Dinobot Commander on his Pretender Classic and Alternator toys. Lieutenant Commander is [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]'s rank. Deal with it, egobot.
* Despite being released in three different color schemes during the ''Generation 2'' toyline, a piece of recolored card artwork—seemingly from the collection of a former [[Hasbro]] employee—has surfaced on [[eBay]] (alongside recolored artwork of [[:File:Swoop iconic.jpg|Swoop]] and [[:File:G2SludgeBoxart.jpg|Sludge]]), showing what may have been an intended fourth version of the Grimlock toy for that line. Being bright yellow with teal stripes, it certainly ''looks'' very [[neon|'90s]].
* [[T-Wrecks]] may have been intended to be a new form for Grimlock, based on the references in his tech spec bio to his ''Beast Wars'' "Attack Specialist" function and other hints. However, T-Wrecks' appearances in the [[3H Productions]] ''[[Transformers: Universe (comic)|Universe: The Wreckers]]'' comics suggest he is a new, unrelated character.
* A working name for the ''[[Transformers: Alternators|Alternators]]'' Ford Mustang mold which ultimately ended up as Grimlock was "[[Freeway (G1)|Freeway]]", according to various early store listings.
* The [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] toy released in the [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'' toyline]] was originally created by [[Hasbro]] for release as a special new-mold addition for the [[Transformers: Universe (2003 toyline)|2003 ''Universe'' toyline]], and was intended to represent Generation 1 Grimlock. However, it wasn't and it didn't for the combination of budgetary concerns and keeping the combination gimmick (since he combines with the packed-in [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] to form "[[Mega-Dinobot]]") only in the ''Energon'' toyline, which had combination as a central theme.

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Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity

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[[File:Grimlockg1.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me Grimlock draw self-portrait.]]
Me '''[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]''' play a big, major, and important role in [[Marvel Comics continuity|Marvel Comics]]!

==Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics==
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{{note|The comic Dinobots had average, functional intellects. Grimlock spoke normally for most of the early issues, but by [[King of the Hill!|Marvel US issue #27]], Grimlock began affecting a caveman-esque speech pattern to mask his intelligence,<ref>Grimlock possesses a brilliant mind but considers intellectuals weak. He chooses to talk dumb rather than be thought of as weak. ''Marvel UK #200 "Secrets of the Transformers" booklet.''</ref> leaving his fellow Autobots to think he has a glitch in his speech processor. The other Dinobots speak normally.}}

Millions of years ago on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Grimlock and four other warriors who would later become the Dinobots snuck into a [[Decepticon]] spaceport and stole a number of ships and hid them in the [[Rad Zone]], suspecting that one day they might become fed up with [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s leadership and strike out on their own. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}}

[[File:Arkshuttle3.jpg|left|upright=1.95|thumb|Countless kids were left wondering what "cur leader Grimlock" means.]]
While the Autobots remained dormant inside [[Mount St. Hilary]], the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] detected Cybertronian life. Dispatching a probe, the Ark learned that [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] had come to Earth and was wandering the [[Savage Land]]. The Ark used data gathered from the Savage Land to convert five of the dormant Autobots into the Dinobots. They traveled to fight Shockwave, but their battle reached a stalemate when all combatants became trapped in a tar pit and buried under a collapsing cliff side. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

Information on this battle were stored on the Ark's memory banks and were discovered four million years later by [[Ratchet (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ratchet]] {{storylink|The Last Stand}}, and Ratchet, at the moment the last Autobot on Earth that remained functional, tempted [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] with details of Shockwave's alleged defeat as currency for a deal with him. Promising Megatron that he would find the Dinobots and use them to defeat Shockwave on Megatron's behalf, {{storylink|Warrior School!}} Ratchet traveled to the Savage Land and retrieved the bodies of the Dinobots. Ratchet faked this defeat using video of [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]]'s memories and when Megatron doublecrossed him, he ambushed Megatron with the Dinobots. However, Grimlock and the others were no match for Megatron, and they were knocked aside. Ratchet managed a victory regardless, and he and the Dinobots returned to the Ark. {{storylink|Repeat Performance!}}

[[File:Grimlocktestsnewhand.jpg|upright=1.95|thumb|Now that's a bedside manner.]]
''On the way back to the Ark, Grimlock had his first encounter with a [[human]], which ended with the organic fleeing in terror. Ratchet sought to explain why humans feared them with a story about the Autobots' battle with the Decepticons at [[Sherman Dam]]. At story's end, they reached the Ark, but it was guarded mercilessly by [[Guardian (Marvel)|Guardian]]! After Guardian disposed of [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]],'' {{storylink|Decepticon Dam-Busters!}} ''the Dinobots attacked Guardian together, but they were defeated and were forced to regroup. Grimlock was furious when Ratchet said Swoop's injuries were not top priority, as he had an Ark full of Autobots in need of care. While Ratchet was tending to [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]], and [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], Grimlock led the remaining Dinobots on a second attack against Guardian. This time they were successful, though they didn't realize that Guardian was hardwired with a bomb that threatened them all.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Guardian!}} ''Thankfully, Wheeljack was able to control Optimus Prime's headless body by remote and seize Grimlock's arm before he could deliver the blow that would destroy them all. Grimlock lost his hand as Guardian struck back and fled, forcing the Dinobots to reconvene with Ratchet, who fixed up Grimlock. Still frustrated over Ratchet's earlier disregard for Swoop, Grimlock delivered a blow to Ratchet's face to "test out" his repaired hand. He then "supervised" the medic as he came around to fix Swoop. Guardian burst into the medical bay with intent to detonate the bomb within his body himself, and though Grimlock proved more effective than ever against the drone, he was not able to beat him down fast enough as the bomb's countdown neared zero. Ultimately, their lives were saved by Swoop, who carried Guardian up into the sky as the bomb detonated. With Swoop believed dead, Grimlock took his Dinobots elsewhere.'' {{storylink|The Wrath of Grimlock!}}

[[File:Grimlock sludge dinobot hunt.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.85]]
''After Swoop returned in a berserker rage, it became apparent that the Dinobots had reverted to their base instincts due to their primary cybo-dendrons having burnt out from millions of years stuck in tar, so the Autobots plotted to round them up.'' {{storylink|The Icarus Theory}} ''Grimlock and [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]] were the final targets, and as the two tore through a snowy part of [[Canada]], Optimus Prime vowed to stop them even if it cost him his life. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] discovered that the source of the rage was coming from a Decepticon-crafted signal, but when the signal was destroyed, the Dinobots entered a deep hibernation stat from which there may not have been any return.'' {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt!}} ''While Grimlock sat comatose, he dreamed of slaying Megatron, though he subsequently died at the hands of [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]].'' {{storylink|Victory!}} ''Grimlock and the other Dinobots eventually recovered fully from their ordeal, although they were still none too happy to see Ratchet upon awakening.'' {{storylink|Second Generation!}} They then attended the unveiling of the Autobots' last line of defense, [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. Jointly, Optimus Prime detailed a plan to attack the Decepticon base and immediately retreat after stealing data from [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Grimlock was displeased at this, and refused to fight a war in which he was unable to fight. He seceded his Dinobots from the Autobots, and they struck out on their own. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

[[File:Grimlock in the national interest.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
''Grimlock and the other Dinobots met up with Sludge's human friend, [[Joy Meadows]], and agreed to help her expose the truth about the Robot Master cover-up. (Grimlock was bemused about Sludge's obvious crush on Joy) That was fine when they were fighting the [[Intelligence and Information Institute]] but then the Decepticons got involved, and despite the Dinobots' best efforts Joy was blackmailed by Soundwave into dropping the investigation.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}} ''When Optimus Prime caught up with them and demanded to know what was going on, Grimlock walked off.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}} ''Along the way, the Dinobots had picked up an ally: [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]], an archaic mechanoid who'd helped them against the Decepticons.''

[[File:Dinobots Bad News.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4]]
''While wandering the countryside, Grimlock and the other Dinobots found that Centurion, who'd gone on ahead, had been ripped to bits by the [[time travel]]ing [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Pissed off, Grimlock went after him and the Dinobots found Galvatron as he was beating up on a small group of Autobots who had recently arrived from Cybertron.'' {{storylink|Fallen Angel}} ''The Decepticon bested Grimlock in hand-to-hand combat, and Grimlock was about to receive a deadly blow from his own sword when he was rescued by [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. The combatants were scattered when Shockwave's Decepticons fired upon Galvatron and allowed the time traveller to leave.'' {{storylink|Resurrection!}}

[[File:Grimlockkingofthehill.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Blah blah Grimlock thinks in real English, but dude, check out that creepy grin on Slag.]]
Paleontology student [[Rachel Becker]] found Grimlock's footprints in the [[Cascade Mountain Range]], so she, [[Robert Paaswell|her professor]], and [[Marty Cooper|his assistant]] pitched tents to observe the area overnight. The Dinobots were indeed hiding nearby, and when Swoop brought Grimlock news of Optimus Prime's death, Grimlock prepared to take leadership of the Autobots for himself. The Dinobot Commander interrupted a committee of high-ranking Autobots attempting to nominate a replacement, and he rudely nominated himself. Unsurprisingly, the Autobots were not impressed, and Grimlock was turned away. Grimlock got a chance to prove himself when [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] attacked the Ark. At first his plan was to hide in the forest, let Trypticon "soften up" the Autobots, remove the Decepticon, and impose leadership over the weakened faction, but Grimlock's doubts increased as the Autobots were pummeled. Additionally, he was surprised when Rachel Becker approached Grimlock with no fear, since he was certain that all humans were cowards. When Rachel's life was threatened by Trypticon, Grimlock attacked Trypticon himself, which signaled the other Dinobots to follow his lead. In the aftermath of his victory against the Decepticon intruder, the high-ranking Autobots decided that Grimlock had displayed all the desired traits of a great Autobot leader—wisdom, compassion, courage, charisma, and military skill. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

[[File:Variablevoltageharness.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Time it took for power to corrupt Grimlock: Approximately 3 seconds.]]
Unfortunately for the Autobots, Grimlock set about immediately picking out a [[Dinobot Crown of Leadership|crown]] for himself and affecting an unintelligent way of speaking. His first point of order was to steal back the assorted equipment and tools that the [[Mechanic (G1)|Mechanic]] had stolen from them shortly before his assumption of command. To his dismay, [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Goldbug]] and Blaster refused to harm humans if necessary to complete the mission, and the two Autobots deserted after failing to complete their mission. {{storylink|Mechanical Difficulties!}} {{storylink|Crater Critters}} ''Grimlock declared them traitors and sent Autobots out to look for them; the rest of his army were tied up with pointless tasks and Wheeljack was ordered to repair Centurion above all others. In pursuit of the deserters, Grimlock and Centurion went to join [[Blades (G1)|Blades]] in [[London]], but the Transformers that Blades had found was actually Megatron!('s clone) Grimlock took a beating but got back up, and was quite impressed to see the human [[Action Force (team)|Action Force]] soldiers were trying to fight Megatron as well: it challenged his assumptions about weak stubbies. He almost died against Megatron, saved only by Centurion, who himself perished holding Megatron in place for an airstrike.'' {{storylink|Ancient Relics!}}

[[File:Dinobots razorclaw grudge match.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85]]
''Grimlock spotted Swoop storming out of their headquarters, and learned from Sludge that one of bombardier's old adversaries, [[Divebomb (G1)|Divebomb]], had recently come to Earth'' {{storylink|What's in a Name?}} ''along with the rest of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. This group began terrorizing Swoop after the Dinobot attempted to retake the name "Divebomb," which had been stolen from him millions of years ago following a dishonorable defeat. The other Dinobots fought the Predacons in defence of their mate. Swoop was afraid to admit to the full story behind the loss of his former name. When Divebomb revealed this to Grimlock, the Dinobot commander admitted that he had known about it ever since he had taken command of the Autobots and had access to Optimus Prime's files... and didn't care! Grimlock then tried to murder Divebomb in order to cover up Swoop's secret shame, stopped only by Swoop calling an end to the fight.'' {{storylink|Grudge Match!}}

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With Blaster and Goldbug still out there, Grimlock ordered the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] to bring them in. Grimlock had in the meantime completed repairs on the Ark itself, and with Wheeljack's new [[Geothermal Generator]], they were no longer dependent on humans for fuel. {{storylink|Used Autobots}} Expecting Blaster and Goldbug's forced return, Grimlock had a [[variable voltage harness]] constructed to serve as their punishment. Then, as soon as enough Energon was harvested to power up the vessel, Grimlock ordered the Ark to launch into Earth orbit. {{storylink|Child's Play (issue)|Child's Play}} Immediately the Ark overtook the Decepticon [[Blast Off (G1)|Blast Off]], who was being taken for a ride by Blaster and [[Spacehikers|four children]] he had befirended in his absence. Fearing Grimlock's growing megalomania, Wheeljack had called his old friend [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] for help. Before Grimlock could capture Blast Off, the children threw Blaster from the airlock into space. Grimlock used the children as bait, threatening to end their lives if Blaster did not show up. Blaster returned himself to the Ark to the welcome arms of the other Autobots, who had grown tired of Grimlock's tyranny. Despite Sky Lynx's intervention outside the Ark, he was surrounded by the Dinobots, and Blaster was forced to give himself up to protect the safety of the children. {{storylink|Spacehikers!}}

[[File:Grimlockokeydokeyblaster.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|We've replaced ruthless early-to-mid Marvel Comics Grimlock with Season 3 cartoon Grimlock. Let's see if Blaster notices.]]
Blaster was placed in the variable voltage harness for his treason. Some time thereafter, Grimlock's Autobots stationed on the Ark met up with Autobots from Nebulos stationed on the ''[[Steelhaven (G1)|Steelhaven]]''. Grimlock was furious that the ''Steelhaven''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Autobots were led by a human, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], and he challenged Spike's [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] partner, [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Fruitloop Multipuck]], to a duel for ultimate Autobot supremacy. Forktongue Maxiface was in no condition to fight, as he had suffered terrible damage recently at the hands of Shockwave, so Grimlock offered Blaster to fight in his stead. Both ships' crews unloaded onto Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] to watch the fight, but Blaster and Grimlock's grudge match quickly rumbled past the horizon line. After exchanging blows, Grimlock and Blaster noticed explosions back at the ships' landing site, and agreed to a short truce to investigate. Indeed, Ratbat's Decepticons had ambushed the Autobots in their absence, but with the introduction of Blaster and Grimlock to what had been up to that point a massacre, the tide quickly turned. Grimlock's sword pierced the forcefield of the Decepticons' [[Club Con|flying island base]], and the Decepticons retreated. In the wake, Fortress Maximus admitted that he had sent Goldbug and the ''Steelhaven'''s skeleton crew to Nebulos to rebuild Optimus Prime, their true leader. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

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Optimus Prime returned from Nebulos as a [[Power Master]] and took back the reins of command, ''easily sweet-talking Grimlock into going along with it'' {{storylink|The Quest!}}, though both Grimlock and Fortress Maximus kept high-profile positions in the ranks. The trio watched a commercial for [[Club Con]], a tropical resort suspiciously helmed by Decepticons. Grimlock wanted to bust some heads, but Optimus thought a more subtle approach was needed. {{storylink|Club Con!}} ''Meanwhile, Earth was coming apart at the seams due to a timestorm caused by the displacement of Galvatron, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]], and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]] from Earth's future. Optimus, Grimlock, and Fortress Maximus held court, and decided an attack on the future Decepticon's underground base was due. During the battle, shockingly, Optimus and others were displaced to [[limbo]] by [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]] and other Autobots from the future. Believing these future Autobots were imposters, responsible for the apparent deaths of Optimus Prime and the other displaced Autobots, Fortress Maximus and Grimlock led a vengeful charge. By the time the truth was learned, the stakes had shifted, and the future and present Autobots, including Grimlock, teamed up to face the combined might of Galvatron and a [[Straxus (G1)|clone of Megatron]].'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Grimlockdarkstar.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Yeah, those Pretenders are ''real'' sorry.]]
Answering a distress call in the [[Arctic]], Grimlock and the Autobots found [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]... and a Decepticon ambush! After a number of casualties, a brittle truce was forged when it was discovered that this was all a setup by Starscream to divert attention away from his grab at the [[Underbase]]. Both factions found Starscream about to meet the Underbase in space, but Starscream was able to absorb enough Underbase energy to throw his ship into theirs. Starscream departed for Earth, to conquer the cities of [[New York City|New York]], [[Tokyo]], and [[Buenos Aires]], and Optimus had thoughtfully kept the Ark nearby to help ship everyone back to Earth. Grimlock and [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]] led a team sent ahead to Tokyo to await Starscream. After the Underbase-powered Decepticon destroyed the Dinobots, Grimlock was quick to fire upon Starscream and scored one of the few consequential hits on the fearsome traitor. Grimlock hunted him down and bit at Starscream's leg, but Starscream was able to grab the Dinobot commander and place him between himself and "friendly" fire from the Decepticon [[Pretender]]s. {{storylink|Dark Star}} Grimlock perished, and was next seen undergoing futile repairs on board the Ark. {{storylink|Guess Who the Mecannibals Are Having for Dinner?}}

Ratchet was tormented by his inability to repair all of the Autobots under his care, to the extent that the medic started to have nightmares about Grimlock and various other deactivated Autobots reviving as [[zombie]]s to kill him for his failures. Ratchet's nightmares came true for a short while, when the Decepticon [[Sports Car Patrol]] managed to infiltrate the Ark and took control of the damaged Autobots' bodies to torment him. When this failed to make Ratchet snap completely, the Decepticons' plan was abandoned and Grimlock was shut down once more. The Micromasters switched to their "plan B," tricking Ratchet into thinking they were fellow Autobots and inviting him on their return trip to Cybertron. Ratchet brought along Grimlock's body, hoping to repair it with his homeworld's superior tools. {{storylink|Back from the Dead}} Ratchet was soon privy to the Micromasters' real allegiance, and was horrified to learn that they were working under the leadership of Megatron! The Decepticon leader forced Ratchet to activate a new, Pretender version of Starscream. Spotting three discarded prototype Pretender shells, Ratchet resolved himself to also reactivate Grimlock and the other Autobots he had brought along, {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} successfully doing so in secret. When Megatron predictably betrayed Ratchet despite the medic's cooperation, Grimlock, [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]], and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]] were loosed on the Decepticons. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}}

[[File:Grimlockyesterdaysheroes.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|left|Wait, if Grimlock still looks like his original [[character model]], whose tail-gun is that?]]
Grimlock had been shaken by his time offline, the experience making him all-too-aware of his own mortality; to cover up his fear, he struck with blind fury towards Megatron. But despite his upgraded form, the Dinobot was still no match for Megatron in terms of brute strength. He was thrown out of Megatron's base, the tyrant's subordinates following outside to deal with him. Grimlock had better luck against the [[Sports Car Patrol]], and had just defeated them with Jazz and Bumblebee's help when Megatron's base exploded. Unfortunately, Ratchet was still inside, and had apparently perished. {{storylink|Skin Deep}} ''Grimlock was present at the [[Transformer]]s' [[1989]] [[Christmas]] party where he seemed annoyed by the presence of [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] and [[Darkwing]].'' {{storylink|:File:MarvelUK-250.jpg|''The Transformers'' #250 cover}} Afterward, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee briefly joined the Autobot resistance movement on Cybertron, ''one of their missions tasking them with investigating a brutal group-killing. Their inquiries were interrupted by [[Ruckus (G1)|Ruckus]], [[Windsweeper]], [[Sparkstalker]], and [[Cindersaur (G1)|Cindersaur]], out for revenge on behalf of the Decepticons offed in said killing.'' {{storylink|Demons!}} ''Grimlock took on Cindersaur and Sparkstalker until Bumblebee drew everyone's attention to a trio of [[Demon]]s encroaching on their battlefield; the monstrous colossi were the real culprits behind the murders! Unperturbed by this new enemy, Grimlock charged the Demons and chomped down on one of their fingers. He was easily shaken off, forcing him to join his comrades in blasting the Demons with laser-fire. This proved even less effective, as the Demons absorbed all of the energy thrown their way. The day was saved when [[Emirate]] [[Xaaron]], having consulted the [[Seawatch|only survivor]] of the Demons' previous attack, brought to the battlefield a reserve of pure energon, pumping the fiends full of the stuff and causing them to overload explosively.'' {{storylink|Dawn of Darkness}}

Grimlock assisted the Autobot resistance in eight successful raids on [[Decepticon fuel store|Decepticon-held facilities]].[[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]], seeking to crush the resistance's momentum, sent ''the latest incarnation of'' the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] to destroy the three Autobot Pretenders. Infiltrating [[Autobase]], the three Decepticons sabotaged its trans-dimensional portal as Grimlock, Bumblebee, and Jazz were readying to return to Earth through it. The resulting malfunction teleported all six Transformers (and the [[Micromaster]] [[Rescue Patrol (G1)|Rescue Patrol]]) deep into the heart of Cybertron, where the Autobots discovered the resting place of their god, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Yesterday's Heroes!}}

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Grimlock at first thought it was all a Decepticon trick and was [[Atechnogenesis|skeptical]] that the Transformers even had a god. When the [[Keeper (Transformer)|Keeper]] appeared, Grimlock demanded the ancient Transformer "prove it" by telling them the story of the Transformers' origin. The Keeper's story (complete with holographic slide-show) was suitably convincing, but unfortunately gave the Mayhem Attack Squad time to sneak up on the Autobots, and another battle ensued. The outnumbered Decepticons were no match for Grimlock and company, but [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]'s last-ditch shot ricocheted off the Dinobot's back, waking Primus. A few seconds too late, the Autobots in Autobase repaired the portal, sending the lost Transformers to Earth. Grimlock immediately demanded they find the Earth-based Autobots to warn them of [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]. {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} {{storylink|Bird of Prey!}}

[[File:Grimlockdarkcreation.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Like cartoon Grimlock, Grimlock's shell has beautiful, soulful blue eyes.]]
After rejoining Optimus Prime's forces, Grimlock, Jazz and Bumblebee formed a team in the search for the lost [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]. Traveling to [[VsQs]], where Optimus Prime's funeral barge had crashed, the three began to search an abandoned science station for any clue as to the Matrix's whereabouts. While Bumblebee searched the computer logs, Grimlock went looking for the science team—only to discover they had all been killed. Before the Autobots could formulate a plan, Thunderwing appeared. Grimlock's first reaction was to attack, but not even all three of them could defeat the Decepticon leader. Instead, they were "saved" by the hostile [[Matrixspawn]], which became Thunderwing's new target. The three Autobots searched the wrecked station independently and recovered the Matrix. Low on [[energon]], the three attempted to return to their shuttle, but the moon's heavy gravity slowed them down, {{storylink|Dark Creation}} allowing Thunderwing to overtake them, defeat the three weakened Autobots and claim the Matrix for his own. {{storylink|All Fall Down}}

After Thunderwing's defeat, the Autobots sent a shuttle to VsQs to rescue Grimlock and the others, who were low on energon and on the verge of [[stasis lock]]. Grimlock was none too grateful for his rescue, instead berating himself for failing to destroy Thunderwing and guilty that he was alive while the other Dinobots were still deactivated. However, without Ratchet or the Matrix, the Autobots knew of no way to bring back their fallen. Grimlock found a filed-away report detailing the discovery of a miraculous substance on [[Hydrus Four]], [[Nucleon (substance)|Nucleon]], which he surmised might be up to the task. He petitioned Optimus for permission to investigate, but the Autobot leader turned him down; Nucleon had too many risky side-effects to be used in good conscience. Grimlock thrashed his room in anger afterwards. He was approached by [[Waverider]], who tried to talk him out of his rage, and after nearly skewering the well-intentioned 'bot, Grimlock made his way to the medical bay. There, [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] caught him in the act of taking the Dinobots' bodies off-ship. Reasoning with the old timer failed, and so Grimlock knocked him out, stole a shuttle, and muscled his way out of the Ark with his cargo. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}}

[[File:Grimlockpriceoflife.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Grimlock never looked like his inner Pretender robot.]]
Once on Hydrus Four, Grimlock sought out the medi-center on the island of [[Farooth]], where the well of Nucleon was kept. Along the way, he encountered the substance's [[Nucleon guardian|three guardians]], zombie-like mechanoids who attempted to bar visitors from tapping the Nucleon. Two engaged him in combat, but Grimlock dispatched them easily. Unlike destroying Decepticons, he could take no pleasure in his victories, which seemed pointless. He began to question his motives: Was he really trying to save the Dinobots, or just prove himself a better leader than Prime? By the time he reached the island of Farooth, Grimlock simply wanted the grim business done with.

At the well, Grimlock encountered the final guardian. The Hydrusian didn't want to fight, but instead warned him that Nucleon always came with unexpected side effects. To quell the doubts that had plagued him since his arrival, Grimlock decided to test the Nucleon on himself, plunging a hand into the well. Feeling a surge of power and no immediate side effects, Grimlock decided it had to be safe and went to work reviving the other Dinobots, ignoring the Hydrusian's parting words, "Time will tell." {{storylink|The Pri¢e of Life!}}

With the Dinobots revived, Grimlock began loading up as much Nucleon as he could, though his leg becoming temporarily paralyzed during the effort gave him pause, the Hydrusian's final words to him still echoing in the back of his mind. He nonetheless completed the task and returned to the Ark. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}} The Dinobots found it empty, as Primus had teleported the Earth-bound Transformers back to Cybertron. Electing not to waste time looking for the others, Grimlock ordered Swoop to set course for Cybertron while Sludge and Slag pumped the Nucleon into the Ark's life-support pods. The Dinobots were unaware that the life-support pods also held Megatron, as Grimlock had departed before Ratchet's rescue. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

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Grimlock was the first Transformer to begin feeling the Nucleon's effects. Before he even left Hydrus Four, he began suffering erratic joint locks. He tried to hide the symptoms as long as he could, and led the newly-revived Autobots into battle against Unicron... by ramming the Ark into the Chaos-Bringer's face. The attack left the ship plummeting down towards Cybertron, forcing all those aboard to leap out before it crashed. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}} After Unicron's defeat, Optimus Prime died from injuries, but not before naming Grimlock his chosen successor (although Grimlock still had to put up with Dumb Prowl as his self-appointed advisor and conscience). While Prowl began naive negotiations with the Decepticons for continued peace, Grimlock had his Dinobots arrange precautionary measures against any treachery. He also opted to seek out the Ark and all the still-inoperative Autobots within it, taking only his Dinobots for this task. Grimlock's symptoms began to worsen, and his entire body seized up during a battle against several [[Demon]]s. [[Hi-Q]] came to his rescue, recognizing that the Nucleon was still transforming Grimlock's body. Hi-Q accelerated the process, as the Nucleon granted Grimlock a new, more powerful body, but at the cost of [[Action Master|his ability to transform]]. Still, thanks to his new form, he easily bested the demons and sent them fleeing. {{storylink|Still Life!}}

Unfortunately, more troubles were forthcoming; chief among them was Cybertron tearing itself apart! With Primus's consciousness sundered during the battle against Unicron, the planet no longer had the cohesion necessary to remain whole. Grimlock nonetheless found himself bored during meetings on the matter, throwing cans of oil at the Decepticon heckler, [[Fangry]]. With no confidence in the Autobot/Decepticon alliance, Grimlock eschewed any attempt at maintaining the coalition, driving Prowl up the wall in the process. The final straw came when Grimlock got into a petty brawl with Fangry, prompting the Decepticon leader, [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], to demand assurances out of Prowl. Prowl was forced to comply, and allowed the Decepticons to leave the planet ahead of the Autobots. As Grimlock had predicted, Bludgeon sabotaged the Autobot ships on Cybertron and took off to loot and plunder with his army. {{storylink|Exodus!}} [[File:Grimlockendoftheroad.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Octopunch: "I see what you did there."]] Thanks to Grimlock, though, the Autobots not only had a set of ships held in reserve, but the Dinobots had also placed tracking devices on the Decepticon shuttles, leading the Autobot pursuit force right to the planet [[Klo]]. {{storylink|A Savage Circle}} Grimlock showed impressive restraint as, en-route, Prowl badgered him for not having secured a faster ship! Grimlock told his antsy subordinated to calm down, confident that the Decepticons couldn't possibly have done too much damage to Klo after such a short head-start. {{storylink|The Last Autobot?}}

Unfortunately, Grimlock's knack for forward-thinking ran a little short here, and he led his Dinobots into a trap as soon as the troops arrived on Klo. It seemed the Decepticons had discovered Grimlock's tracking device and anticipated their arrival. One massacre later and the only Autobots left alive were Grimlock, Prowl, Slag, Kup and Blaster. Despite their misfortunes, they managed to overcome the Decepticon hunting party sent after them, and carried the battle back to Bludgeon and his men. Luckily, a miracle arrived in the form of a resurrected Optimus Prime and his new friend, the awesomely powerful [[Last Autobot]], who began spontaneously reviving all the Autobots who fell in battle with the Decepticons. Facing an ever growing number of fully recharged Autobots, Bludgeon fled with his remaining Decepticons, and Grimlock and the Autobots stood victorious. {{storylink|End of the Road! (US)|End of the Road!}}
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===''Robo-Capers''===
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Having decided that [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] had answered the [[Letters page (Marvel UK)|letters page]] for too long, Grimlock travelled to the [[United Kingdom|UK]] [[Marvel Comics]] offices to forcibly eject him from the position. However, while Grimlock was talking to the [[Marvel Comics receptionist|receptionist]], Soundwave had already left the building with a [[blond boy]] bound for [[United States of America|America]], leaving the Dinobot to be swamped by unopened mail. {{storylink|Robo-Capers issue 74}}

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After Grimlock became Autobot leader, [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] had devised a plan to defeat the Decepticons once and for all but Grimlock told him it would have to wait as he was too busy living a celebrity lifestyle—opening a supermarket, playing in a charity football match, being interviewed on ''[[Wogan]]'', going to his squash club and attending a royal garden party—after appearing in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie (fictional)|Transformers: The Movie]]'' went to his head. {{storylink|Robo-Capers issue 91}} Grimlock would also take time out of his busy schedule to introduce the four failed Transformers [[Handlebars]], [[Balloon]], [[Fireplace]] and [[Ticker]]. {{storylink|Robo-Capers issue 114}}

Eventually even Grimlock's tenure as letters page answerer had to come to an end and the Decepticon [[Powermaster]] [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]] arrived to oust him but Grimlock was not in the mood for a fight, so he knocked a pile of suitcases on top of Dreadwind with his tail before commanding a [[Stubbie]] to bring the ones containing [[Transformer fuel|fuel]]. {{storylink|The Wind of Change!}}

{{note|A [[Ghost of the past|ghost]] resembling Grimlock would later visit Dreadwind at [[Christmas]].}}

===Marvel UK future timelines===
{{note|The movie adaptation, originally published by Marvel US, is in italics}}
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''When Optimus Prime learned that the Decepticons were besieging [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in the year [[2005]], he enlisted the aid of the Dinobots to repel Megatron's forces. Eager for a challenge, Grimlock leaped into the fray, he and his teammates taking on [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] as the combiner attempted to breach Autobot City's defenses. Though this task wound up being more troublesome than Grimlock initially thought it would be, the Autobots nonetheless managed to repel the Decepticons. The victory came at a steep price, however; Optimus was mortally wounded in battle.'' {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

''The Autobots were only given a brief respite before more bad news reached them: a "monster planet," [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]], was approaching Cybertron, and devouring the planet's moons! The Autobots quickly prepared to head to Cybertron aboard two shuttles, only to be attacked by Decepticon forces led by [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], the upgraded form of Megatron. Grimlock's group managed to lose their pursuers, and the Dinobots watched as [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] trained with an [[Auto-combatant]] once they believed themselves out of harm's way. But the Decepticons found them once more, shot up their ship, and forced them in proximity of planet [[Quintessa|Quintesson]]. A planetary defense system then brought the shuttle into a crash-landing. Grimlock, [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]], and Hot Rod were separated from the rest of the crew and were accosted by a band of [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]]. Brought before a kangaroo court, the three Autobots were sentenced to death by the [[Quintesson]]s and sent plummeting into a Sharkticon pit. But the trio held their own until their companions (now accompanied by the young [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]) found them once more. Together, they pummeled the Sharkticons until Grimlock intimidated them into turning on their masters.'' {{storylink|Judgment Day!}}

''Grimlock's group then tracked down several of their friends to the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], at the time being accosted by the world's hostile [[Junkion (species)|natives]]. Grimlock suggested that he try and establish himself as the Junkions' king, but Kup and Hot Rod had a more sensible solution; by speaking the [[Universal greeting]] and making a peace-offering of Energon sticks, they befriended the Junkions. With these new allies, the Autobots headed back on course towards Cybertron, finding Unicron already ravaging the planet. Unicron was defeated when Hot Rod managed to open the Autobots' [[Matrix of Leadership]] (which upgraded him into Rodimus Prime in the process) and the Autobots once more gained a foothold on Cybertron in the aftermath.'' {{storylink|The Final Battle!}}

Grimlock and the Dinobots were stationed on Cybertron during the subsequent Autobot war effort to consolidate control over the planet. In 2008, the Decepticons staged a brazen and unprovoked attack on the Autobot location, prompting an incredible battle. Grimlock led the charge of his Dinobots, and literally began to "munch metal". When [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] returned to Cybertron from the planet [[Junkion (planet)|Junk]] with information, Grimlock exited the battle to attend a war room meeting with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Rodimus Prime]], Kup and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. They learned from Smokescreen that Unicron had survived their last encounter, and his head had been drawn to Junk, where he then took over the minds of the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] and began forcing them to rebuild his lost body out of their planet. Realizing that the Decepticons were just pawns being used by Unicron to distract them, the Autobots realized the true battle awaited them on Junk. Rodimus Prime questioned whether he could pull enough troops away from the battle at hand to be of any use on Junk, but Grimlock reminded Roddy who he was talking to, and assured that his Dinobots would be more than enough firepower. [[File:Dinobots legacy of unicron 2.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]] Rodimus agreed, and brought Grimlock, [[Scattershot (G1)|Scattershot]], Smokescreen and the rest of the Dinobots with him to confront Unicron. While Scattershot and Smokescreen distracted Unicron in the shuttle, Grimlock brought the Dinobots down to the planet and stopped the mind-warped Junkions from making any further repairs on Unicron's body by slaughtering them wholesale. {{storylink|The Legacy of Unicron!}}

Later, Grimlock was part of Rodimus Prime's crew who came to Earth to free Autobot City from Quintesson occupation. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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===Earthforce===
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[[File:Primevsgrimlockbreakaway.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|The clumsy, awkward fight you've been waiting for!]]
In one alternate timeline, Grimlock found a way to revive his fellow Dinobots after their destruction in the Underbase Saga. This method may or may not have involved Nucleon, as it did in the main timeline, and Grimlock apparently did not or could not bring back the means for restoring all the Autobots in the Ark's life pods. With the Dinobots back together they came on strong, battling a new splinter group of Decepticons that had sprung up on Earth under Shockwave's command. Grimlock personally brought down both [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s himself. Despite their victory, Optimus Prime harangued Grimlock and his team for their brutal tactics, flying in the face of the "[[Autobot Code]]". {{storylink|Two Steps Back!}} This led to a shouting match between the two Autobots where Grimlock threatened to take his Dinobots and quit the Autobot army altogether. The situation deteriorated further into a physical brawl, but ultimately Prime and Grimlock knocked some sense into each other. With Unicron inching ever closer to Cybertron, Optimus Prime decided that the Autobots aboard the Ark were needed elsewhere, yet Earth still needed defenders. Therefore he promoted Grimlock to Autobot Commander: Earth. Grimlock was given his Dinobots, his fellow (former) Classic Pretenders, and the five Autobots recently reawakened by [[Galvatron II|Galvatron]] as troops. In return for their autonomy, all Optimus Prime asked for was to show some restraint.

He was probably kidding. Or concussed. Whatever. {{storylink|Break-Away!}}

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From the beginning, Grimlock made it clear to his troops that they would not be fighting the war Prime's way. To get things done right, they'd have to toss the Autobot Code out the window. To demonstrate what he meant by this, Grimlock picked up a copy of the Autobot Code and tossed it out the window. Grimlock isn't big on metaphors. {{storylink|Once upon a Time...}}

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Shortly after Earthforce started up, Grimlock received a transmission from Shockwave, challenging him to a duel leader-to-leader. Grimlock vigorously accepted, and traveled 300 miles away to the coordinates Shockwave transmitted, deep in the [[Canada|Canadian]] wilderness during a snowstorm. Only problem was... he couldn't find Shockwave. Grimlock wandered around in the snow and ice for a while until he found him, or rather, he found a snowman shaped like Shockwave with a sign out front saying "April Fools! — Slag, [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]], Sludge, Swoop". Two [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] patrolling the area had the misfortune of coming across Grimlock right at that moment. What happened next was censored by the Comic Code Authority, Mothers Against Violence, and viewers like you. He later headed back to the base with the biggest snowball he could carry. (Wonder what he was going to do with it?) {{storylink|Snow Fun!}}

Later, Grimlock made a deal with the [[Survivors]], lending them aid to rescue their Decepticon comrade [[Carnivac (G1)|Carnivac]] in exchange for them joining Earthforce under his command. {{storylink|Where Wolf?}} Acting on an anonymous tip-off, Grimlock and the Earthforce travelled to [[Memphis Airport]] to defeat the duelling [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] and Shockwave. {{storylink|Internal Affairs!}}

After Wheeljack finished the construction of Autobot [[Earthbase]], Grimlock gave him a hearty slap on the back as congratulations on a job well done. After they learned Wheeljack had effectively locked them out of the base with the defense grid fully active and hunting for targets, Grimlock hung Wheeljack upside-down by his ankle and smothered his face in the snow. (Centuries later, the good guys are apparently [[A Better Mousetrap|still this dumb]].) {{storylink|The House that Wheeljack Built!}} As if that weren't enough, [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] staged a full-scale Decepticon assault before the grid could be repaired, putting Earthforce on the defensive. Grimlock took his Dinobots out to kick butt, and threw his energo-sword right through [[Octane]]'s wing. They soon drove off the Decepticons. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}

[[File:MakinTracks-Tracks.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Grimlock, that's probably a hate crime.]]
It was just one annoyance after another for Grimlock when Optimus Prime came to inspect the newly finished Earthbase. He and the Dinobots had to hide the fact that Slag was an [[Emotional damper|unbridled killing machine]] unfit to wear the Autobot symbol, as the latter was going through an routing berserker rage at the time. By keeping Optimus busy with a guided tour, he managed to steer him clear of the other Dinobots long enough for them to wrangle their comrade and burn him out. {{storylink|The 4,000,000 Year Itch!}} Then Dumb Prime wanted to use Wheeljack's Bodyshop to revive one of the most obnoxious Autobots on Grimlock's hit list—the vanity-obsessed [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]]. Grimlock tried to sabotage the revival process several times, but eventually Tracks was brought on-line anyway, while Grimlock got forcibly and painfully dragged through the auto-restoration machine. To make things worse, Prime assigned Tracks to Earthforce, meaning Grimlock had to put up with him permanently. {{storylink|Makin' Tracks!}} He was also less than impressed when the [[Mayhem Attack Squad]] escaped from the Earthbase's cells under [[Inferno (G1)|Inferno]]'s watch. {{storylink|Shut Up!}}

When Snarl was diagnosed with the fatal disease [[Corrodia Gravis]], Grimlock and Earthforce had to seek out Starscream, the only Transformer capable of giving his Dinobot comrade a compatible systems boost. {{storylink|Assassins}} To make things even more complicated, they found the Decepticons at war with each other at their Louisiana headquarters, with Megatron, Shockwave and their Mayhem assassins trying to take out Starscream and Soundwave. Grimlock briefly forgot that they needed Starscream alive, and was ready to allow the Decepticons eliminate one another before Prowl reminded him that wasn't an option. {{storylink|External Forces!}} Forced to choose sides, Grimlock sent Sludge and Swoop to protect Starscream from the assassins while he and the others dealt with the two former Decepticon leaders. After Slag charbroiled Megatron and Grimlock plunged his energo-sword through Shockwave's chest, they gave up the fight and took off. Starscream then agreed to the systems boost in exchange for Grimlock's promise to help if Megatron tried to assassinate him again. {{storylink|The Lesser Evil!}}

After [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] went crazy due to a [[cerebro-shell]], Grimlock and the Autobots were forced to give an interview and a guided tour of their base to the reporter [[Irwin Spoon (G1)|Irwin Spoon]] in exchange for his help removing the shell from their friend. {{storylink|Inside Story!}} Grimlock was less than thrilled. He tried to hurry the tour as much as possible, but Prowl insisted they give the human as much details as they could; the Autobots would finally be able to set the record straight with humanity, and establish a better working relationship with them. After visiting the Autobots' Combat Room, and heading outside for some quiet, Grimlock prepared to give his interview proper, only to be shot in the chest by the [[Stunticon (G1)|Stunticons]]. The Decepticons then abducted Spoon, intent on brainwashing him to slander the Autobots. {{storylink|Front Line! (issue)|Front Line!}}

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In [[1992]] Snarl once again fell victim to Corrodia Gravis so Grimlock and the Dinobots returned him to the [[Savage Land]] to retrieve the [[Crystalline containment vessel|control crystal]] from their old shuttle in an attempt to save his life. Finding that a human named [[Embrey|Professor Embrey]] had used the crystal to save some of the area's [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] from a disease that was killing them, they were unwilling to trade Snarl's life for the dinosaurs'. Instead, the Dinobots transferred his mind into a ''Stegosaurus'' until they could find another way to save him. {{storylink|Destiny of the Dinobots!}}
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===Another Time & Place===
[[File:TFAnnual1991rip.JPG|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Break off me Grimlock piece of that Kit Kat bar!]]
In the months that followed the war on Klo, as more and more Autobots began to succumb to the Nucleon's effects and lose their ability to transform, Grimlock's guilt over his actions grew. When he heard the medical facilities on Hydrus-Four had reopened and discovered a means of reversing Nucleon's effect, he jumped at the chance. Taking his fellow Dinobots back there, Grimlock and his comrades ran smack into a Decepticon trap. Bludgeon and his crew had followed the Dinobots to Hydrus-Four and cut in ahead of them while they had gotten forestalled by some of the local fauna. The Decepticons had then taken control of the med-facility and installed a [[Holocaust Trigger]] device, which totally overwhelmed the Dinobots' equilibrium as they entered, knocking them out.

Grimlock awoke hours later to find Bludgeon's sickly-skullhead grinning at him, as the Master of [[Metallikato]] planned to use the Nucleon to revitalize his warriors and bring the Great Megatron himself back to life. Grimlock's team was only being kept alive to witness the dawn of a new Decepticon empire! Luckily, Optimus Prime and Prowl arrived with a rescue party in time to stop the macabre resurrection ceremony from being completed. While the battle was underway, Grimlock managed to find the cure he had initially sought, and replaced the Nucleon coursing through his frame with a refined version of the substance. He retained the power boost Nucleon provided, and could become a mighty ''Tyrannosaurus Rex'' once more! The process complete in a few minutes, Grimlock transformed to his dino mode and rescued Prime as Bludgeon was about to get the drop on him. Bludgeon was destroyed, and Prime and Grimlock personally ripped apart the half-reanimated Megatron. Normally, [[Furmanism|it never ends]], but this time it truly did. {{storylink|Another Time & Place}}
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===''Cybertron'' comic===
[[Vector Prime]] witnessed Grimlock's presence at [[Octopunch (G1)|Octopunch]]'s accidental awakening of [[Primus]] {{storylink|The Primal Scream}} and considered it a highlight of his career as the guardian of space and time. {{storylink|Vector Prime: In the Beginning}}

==''Transformers Comic-Magazin''==
The Autobot Classic Pretenders were part of Crossblades's squad of Pretenders who helped to rescue an oil tanker captured by the Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 5|A Big Day for Powermaster Optimus Prime}}

When the Decepticons stole three nuclear missiles from the United State Federation to hold the world to ransom, Optimus Prime ordered that [[Bumblebee (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and Grimlock be given the power and abilities of Pretenders and sent to defeat the Decepticons. They arrived outside the Decepticon base, but were attacked by Pretender Starscream! Starscream wasn't a match for Grimlock, who ate one of his wings and knocked him out in three hits. The Classic Pretenders then chased off the Firecons, before Grimlock took on all the Decepticon Pretenders in their base. {{storylink|Transformers Comic-Magazin issue 8|Megatron's Ultimatum}}

==Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic==
[[File:WarWithoutEnd-Grimlockdino.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|The Autobot re-enactment of Jurassic Park took a lot of liberties.]]
After the coming of the [[Last Autobot]], much of the Autobot army scattered. Grimlock took command of a small commando team, leading strikes against [[Cybertronian (faction)|Decepticon outposts]] across the galaxy.

After encountering seventeen conquered worlds, cyberformed into "[[Eco-structuring|little Cybertrons]]", Grimlock realized the problem was greater than he had originally imagined and contacted Optimus Prime. After comparing notes in an abandoned base, the base was attacked by the flagship ''[[Twilight (G2)|Twilight]]'' and captured by [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]. Jhiaxus told Optimus and Grimlock in no uncertain terms that the war had been practically over for millions of years; the Autobot/Decepticon war was just a sideshow while Jhiaxus's Decepticons had conquered the greater galaxy. While Optimus took Jhiaxus's description of their insignificance to heart, Grimlock refused to give up, bolstering the Autobot leader's spirits. Grimlock and Optimus subsequently burst free from their cell and led an escape from the ''Twilight''. {{storylink|War Without End!}}

Grimlock was part of a group of Autobots led by Optimus Prime when they clashed with the Decepticons on an alien world. There was word of a weapon of great power on this planet, and both sides struggled for supremacy over it. Autobot and Decepticon alike eventually fled the planet when the weapon's titanic [[Guardian (G2)|guardian]] awoke. {{storylink|Ghosts}}

Grimlock clashed with Jhiaxus's Decepticons once again when the Autobots met them in battle in a planet amidst the [[K'tord Nebula]]. The fighting reached a fever pitch when it was discovered that their warrior natures were being manipulated by the [[Shadow parasite|parasitic organisms]] that lived on the planet. Though both sides carefully lowered their weapons, Grimlock did so with more reluctance. {{storylink|Primal Fear!}}

[[File:DevicesandDesires-Grimlocktickedoff.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Many scientists believe that despite their size, Tyrannosaur arms were surprisingly functional.]]
Despite his loyalty to Autobot ways, Grimlock still chafed under Optimus' leadership. Disobeying his orders (which somehow still surprised Optimus), Grimlock led a raiding party against Jhiaxus, seeking to destroy the ''Twilight'' with a [[Chaosmaster Bomb]] by sneaking on board via a [[Kiro|stolen shuttle]] under cover of [[duetrillium|resupplying]]. Unfortunately, the Dinobot failed to anticipate Jhiaxus' increased security measures, and the mission cost [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] and [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] their lives. Their deaths forced Grimlock to question his methods and his attitude toward Optimus Prime. He admitted that he envied Prime for the loyalty he inspired in the Autobots, and that this, not the leadership of the Autobots, was what he'd truly desired. Thus, no one was more surprised than Grimlock when Optimus Prime placed the Dinobot in command while he traveled back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Devices and Desires! (Marvel)|Devices and Desires!}}

[[File:Prowlg2muzzle.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Megatron wants to muzzle him...now if only he had a mouth.]]
While Optimus Prime communed with the Matrix to learn more about Jhiaxus's origins, Grimlock, his Dinobots, and some other Autobots played war games on an Autobot base situated on a remote asteroid. The Dinobots' team won against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]]' team. {{storylink|The Power and the Glory}}

Grimlock's command status proved invaluable when Optimus met Megatron on Earth alone, intending to form an alliance against Jhiaxus. Megatron beat Optimus half to death, and Prime only lived because Grimlock disobeyed orders and led an Autobot brigade to Earth. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}} While Optimus Prime recovered from his injuries, he reminisced on all the times he and his troops had faced Megatron. His recollections included Grimlock headbutting the Decepticon leader. {{storylink|New Dawn|Tales of Earth Part Four}} After Megatron was beaten and humiliated by Jhiaxus, what was left of the Decepticon leader returned to Earth to reconsider Prime's alliance offer. Grimlock, seeing the Decepticon leader in their base, immediately attacked him, though Megatron was able to easily repel the Dinobot even in his sad condition. As Megatron asked Prime whether the Autobots had a muzzle for Grimlock, Prowl was forced to restrain Grimlock from further attacks. {{storylink|Escalation!#"Tales of Earth Part Five"|Tales of Earth Part Five}}

Grimlock joined Optimus Prime and the Autobots again on the planet [[Ethos]], where Jhiaxus's [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]] had recently enacted genocide on the local population. Grimlock coordinated their search and rescue efforts with a headset. The Cybertronians were quickly upon them, and the Autobots found themselves greatly outclassed. Only the arrival of the Decepticons, much to the Autobots' embarrassment, helped turn the tide. {{storylink|Escalation!}}

Grimlock accompanied the Autobot/Decepticon alliance to the moon [[J'asik]], where they found another ravaged world. This time, the Cybertronians' involvement was in doubt; the late inhabitants had been destabilized at a molecular level. {{storylink|Swarm (issue)|Swarm}}

[[File:Biggrim.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock work hard!]]
Eventually, the Cybertronians attacked Autobase on Earth, with Grimlock gunning down scores of its troops. As Optimus Prime and Megatron prepared to investigate elsewhere, Optimus put Grimlock in charge during his absence. {{storylink|Total War!}} The alliance between Autobots and Decepticons gave Grimlock a chance to work alongside two new Rotor Force members, [[Leadfoot (G2)|Leadfoot]] and [[Manta Ray (G2)|Manta Ray]], both of whom were impressed with Grimlock's style. {{storylink|Total War!|Tales of Earth Part Seven}}

As the battle continued, Grimlock, Manta Ray, and Razorclaw stopped for a moment to witness a mushroom cloud from a great distance as the ''Twilight'' nuked [[San Francisco]]. {{storylink|Dark Shadows!|Tales of Earth Part Eight}}

But the Cybertronians were the least of Grimlock's worries. Soon the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]] was upon them, a living bi-product of the Cybertronians' dark origins, and with both Optimus and Megatron out of contact, it fell to Grimlock and the Predacon [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]] to organise the Transformers in a desperate defensive action. They utilized a combination of shield generators, sky snipers, thermal mines, but nothing stopped the Swarm. However, their plans allowed the Autobots to hold out just long enough —barring a few casualties — for Megatron to arrive with the [[Rheanimum]] that ensured their survival.

During this operation, Manta Ray deliberately ignored Razorclaw's orders in favor of Grimlock's and, when the Predacon attempted to execute him for treason, Leadfoot cut Razorclaw in two, securing them as new recruits for the Autobots. In the end, Optimus Prime united with the Swarm and cleansed it of its dark impulses. The Swarm was dispersed, and Grimlock celebrated a victory with Prime's united forces. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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==Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comics==
{{note|The Fleetway comics follow the Marvel Comics continuity, telling a similar but divergent story to the US ''Generation 2'' series.}}
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When Bludgeon and his Decepticon soldiers returned to Earth in force, Grimlock alerted Optimus Prime and the space-bound Autobots to the threat. Before he could rendez-vous with the reinforcements, however, Grimlock was ambushed by Megatron, who sought to reclaim his seat of power. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}

Recovering, Grimlock alerted Slag and Snarl to the problem, and they gathered at Prime's location to help fight off Megatron and the other Decepticons, with Grimlock tackling the Decepticon leader himself. After the battle, Grimlock informed Optimus that a greater threat from [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s new generation of Decepticons awaited them. {{storylink|War Zone}}
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==''Classics''==
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After the Autobots' victory on Klo, Grimlock wasn't interested in "reconstruction" or a new "Golden Age of Cybertron". He knew from bitter experience that any Decepticon talking "peace" or "exile" was just biding their time to strike. So he gathered a like-minded crew and set off aboard the ''[[Graviton (Classics)|Graviton]]'' to make sure Bludgeon and his ilk never darkened Cybertron with their presence again. Naturally, the Dinobots came along with him, but so did many other Autobot warriors such as [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]], [[Siren (G1)|Siren]], [[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]], [[Springer (G1)|Springer]], [[Elita One]], [[Strongarm (Classics)|Strongarm]], and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]].

The crew of the ''Graviton'' spent over a decade patrolling the outer reaches of the cosmos, hunting down Decepticons wherever they raised their ugly heads. Although Optimus Prime openly disagreed with Grimlock's mission, he never raised a servo to stop him. Then, one day, a transport signal reached the ''Graviton'' near the planet [[Vaine]]. Megatron had resurfaced on the planet Earth. Optimus Prime ordered Grimlock to join him on Earth opposing Megatron, and that was one order Grimlock would eagerly follow. Leaving the ''Graviton'' under Ultra Magnus's command, Grimlock made his way to Earth with all due speed. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 13|Grimlock's profile in Club magazine #13}}

Grimlock, Prime, [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], and [[Mirage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Mirage]] encountered Megatron just as he was smashing his way through the human [[Armored Robot Hunters|RUNTs]] and a mysterious extradimensional arrival named [[Skyfall (Cybertron)|Skyfall]]. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 1|Crossing Over #1}} Working off of some information from their new arrival, the Autobots tracked Megatron and his small band of Decepticons to a newly discovered power source in the Southern Hemisphere. Facing off against their foes, Grimlock eagerly leapt into battle with the newly reconstructed [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3|Crossing Over #3}}

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He beat the combiner back into his individual pieces and then rumbled with the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] until they desperately scattered to seek a better tactical position. Like, far away from Grimlock. Always eager to help, Grimlock grabbed the fleeing [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]] and gave him a flying toss into the distance, where he landed atop of [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. The remaining Constructicons did their best to dogpile Grimlock into submission, but if even Devastator could not stop him, [[Furmanism|what chance did they have?]] None—Grimlock broke free and made another Constructicon shotput toss, sending [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] careening into Megatron. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5|Crossing Over #5}}

[[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]] and [[Hightower (Classics)|Hightower]] finally managed to score a decent blow against Grimlock, but it didn't last. As the battle ended and the Decepticons departed, Grimlock was seen back on his feet, carrying Hightower's severed crane arm in his grasp. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6|Crossing Over #6}}

[[File:Classics Ultramagnus Springer Grimlock comic.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Me Grimlock like to make self look smart by hanging around bots who no hold binoculars correctly.]]
Shortly afterwards, Grimlock and the ''Graviton'' crossed paths again, as Magnus and the crew had tracked some of Bludgeon's Decepticons to Earth, led by his lieutenant [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. Grimlock's sudden departure from Autobase Prima for a rendezvous didn't go unnoticed, and Mirage followed him to where Magnus was surveying a meeting between the two factions of Decepticons. Unfortunately, Mirage got noticed by [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]]'s nose, and the surveillance became a rescue op. Swoop tracked the Decepticons to the Ark's latest crash site in the Yukon. Grimlock and his hunters rescued Mirage and eliminated several of the Decepticon targets in the process. He then rejoined the crew of the ''Graviton'' full-time, and took off in pursuit of Bludgeon once more. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

Grimlock returned to Azure when he learned that Slag and Sludge had been approached by [[Silverbolt (G1)#Classics|Silverbolt]], [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Ironhide]], and [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity#Classics|Prowl]] in an attempt to reach him. Though at first angered that Prowl had come to draft him back into the Autobot forces, Grimlock agreed to put old grudges aside when the group received a distress call from Earth. Grimlock boarded the ''Graviton'' with Prowl and the others to respond to the S.O.S., though he was sure to instruct Slag and Sludge to gather all Autobots on Azure and bring them to Earth before he left. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 50|Grimlock's profile in Club magazine #50}}

Grimlock was still aboard the ''Graviton'' when it was pulled into the [[Primax -408.24 Epsilon]] universe and deposited near that universe's prehistoric [[Earth]]. After being shot down by the ''[[Talon (Classics)|Talon]]'', Grimlock was keen to get outside—so keen that he didn't stop to let [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] explain about the ambient [[Energon radiation]], and had to spend some time in a [[CR chamber]] recovering. Prowl came up with the solution of using organic [[alternate mode]]s to shield themselves, and Grimlock took the form of a raptor. {{storylink|Shattered Time}} On discovering that [[stasis pod]]s were missing from the ship, the Autobots set out to find them, only to be beaten there by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]. The newly activated Decepticons blasted Ultra Magnus, and when Grimlock tried to attack them, [[Autolauncher]] shot him too. The Autobots were only saved by the arrival of [[Depth Charge (BW)#Beast Wars: Uprising|Depth Charge]] and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s recovery. {{storylink|Shattered Expectations (BWSG)|Shattered Expectations}}

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The Autobots retreated across a rock bridge, and watched as Mammoth faced off against Megatron, dealing their foe a temporary defeat. Back at the ''Graviton'', Depth Charge gave the "Maximals" more of an explanation regarding his presence. {{storylink|Shattered Paths}} When the ship's sensors located the missing energy purifier, the Maximals went out to fetch it, only to be soundly trounced by the Predacons, who made off with the device. {{storylink|Shattered Hope}} Returning to the ship, the Maximals fueled up before joining Depth Charge, who had located the [[Origin Matrix|Matrix]] he was seeking. The Maximals kept a security system occupied long enough for Magnus to retrieve the Matrix in question, however a short time later they were confronted by Megatron piloting a giant mech. {{storylink|Shattered Balance}} During the ensuing battle, the Maximals were soundly defeated by Megatron's [[Gigastorm Armor]]. They were moments later pulled into a dimensional rift created by Ultra Mammoth. {{storylink|Shattered Destiny}}

[[File:AnotherLight-grimlocklovechallenge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5|Just 'cause your beast mode has feathers doesn't mean you can fly, Grimlock.]]
Grimlock and the Maximals arrived in the present day on negative-Cybertron. Grimlock emerged from the portal with claws and teeth flailing, landing atop [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. When [[Ironhide (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ironhide]] pulled him off and pointed out that was the Blaster from THEIR universe, Grimlock remarked, "Me KNOW". {{storylink|Falling into Place}}

After catching up, Grimlock joined the heroic Decepticons aboard the ''[[Annex]]'' when they journeyed to their Earth in defense of [[Decepticon City (SG)|Decepticon City]] from the evil Autobots. {{storylink|Distant Fissures}} Arriving at the city, the impetuous Grimlock leapt from the shuttle to battle the "little" [[Superion (SG)|Superion]], but found the free-combining Autobot surprisingly tough. He begrudgingly allowed the [[Predacon (SG)|Predacons]] to take over the fight. {{storylink|Memory's Splinter}} Grimlock was indulging in one of his greatest fantasies by beating the evil [[Prowl (SG)|Prowl]] to scrap when [[Optimus Prime (SG)|Optimus Prime]] fell before [[Megatron (SG)|Galvatron]]. This led to a general retreat of the Autobots aboard [[Sky Lynx (SG)|Sky Lynx]]. {{storylink|Restoration}}

The Decepticon shuttles returned to the dual worlds of negative-Cybertron and positive-Earth to find catastrophe. The dreaded Order-Bringer [[Primus]] had emerged from his slumber to destroy the neighboring Earth. Grimlock flew his shuttle to [[Construction station|Ironworks]] and recovered the heroic Autobots and Decepticons threatened by the attack. Miraculously, the [[Rarified Energon]] of Grimlock's Earth turned out to be the lifeblood of a planetary entity called [[Gaea (Classics)|Gaea]], who destroyed Primus in battle. Now a technological world herself, Gaea became the new Cybertron for the displaced Autobots and Decepticons to inhabit. Grimlock was seen with the bi-faction governance council as a new age of peace dawned. {{storylink|The Future Buried...}}
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==''Regeneration One''==
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The final Hydrusian guardian's warnings bore bitter fruit for [[Slag (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Slag]] and several other Autobots, as the Nucleon had devastating side effects on them, forcing Grimlock to have them placed in stasis. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}} He left Cybertron without orders, determined to find a cure for Nucleon. [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] used Grimlock's actions as justification for taking a more proactive approach to matters—namely, taking the [[Wrecker]]s to [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 1}}

Grimlock decided to try his luck on [[Nebulos]], even though Optimus Prime had declared the planet off-limits. As he approached the planet, Grimlock reviewed a science log on "[[Project Lazarus]]", recorded by the Nebulan scientist [[Borx]], which documented their attempts to reconnect the Autobot [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]]' original heads (left behind when the Transformers first left Nebulos). {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} After initial failures, reports had shown promising progress in this area, and Grimlock hoped that the Nebulans would be able to construct new bodies for himself and his Dinobots in order to free them from the effects of Nucleon.

[[File:Grimlock natural selection 1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Fifty Shades of Grimlock]]
Unfortunately for Grimlock, when he arrived at the spaceport at [[Koraja]], he found the city deserted... until he was attacked by Nebulan jet fighters. The Nebulan pilots appeared mesmerized; however, despite their hostile actions, Grimlock couldn't bring himself to fire on them, and was defeated and knocked out. Something with green, spindly legs prepared to take him away. {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 2}} Grimlock awoke to find himself suspended in the air by chains on his arms, and that his captor was none other than the original [[Scorponok (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Scorponok]], having gained a duplicate of his original body. Scorponok decided to make Grimlock an offer—join him, and he would restore the Dinobots, and provide Grimlock with a new copy of his original, transforming body (which Scorponok had conveniently prepared). {{storylink|Loose Ends, Part 5}}

Left unattended, Grimlock broke out of his chains and attempted to escape the facility, but was stopped by other Dinobots. Declaring he was no longer one of them and better off dead, Sludge crushed Grimlock beneath his feet, but this was just a mental hallucination courtesy of Scorponok. Shaken by the experience, Grimlock agreed to serve Scorponok in exchange for new bodies for his Dinobots. In exchange, Scorponok revealed that he had used the genetically-mutative abilities of Nucleon, cloned from Grimlock's system, to develop the [[Gene Key]], a program that could manipulate Transformer genetics, including the "warrior gene", the strand of [[CNA]] that distinguished Autobot from Decepticon. Using it, he intended to transform all of Cybertron's population into Decepticons! {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part One}}

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Grimlock received his new body from Scorponok, and found it quite capable. He returned to Cybertron and was arrested for previously leaving without permission, but while in being questioned at the [[bastion-five lock-up]], Grimlock seemingly infected [[Perceptor (G1)|Perceptor]] with the Gene Key. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Two}} In truth, Grimlock only pretended to turn Perceptor, and had him play along as a "bad guy" so that he and Grimlock could eventually undo all the harm Scorponok was in the process of dealing. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

[[File:Punch scorponok grimlock natural selection.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Grimlock searched for his fellow Dinobots, but was ordered by [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] to the [[Civil Defense Hub]] on Scorponok's orders. There, Scorponok chided him for disobedience. Grimlock balked, demanding that Scorponok honor the rest of their deal and provide new, Nucleon-free bodies for the rest of the Dinobots immediately, so Scorponok arranged a test of loyalty: [[Punch (G1)|Punch]], immune to the Gene Key's effects, was brought before Grimlock, and the Dinobot leader was ordered to execute him or Scorponok would order the other Dinobots destroyed. Grimlock turned his gun on Scorponok himself, but the former [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] had anticipated this and protected himself with a force field. Scorponok produced a crystal that gave him control over the new body he created for Grimlock and used it to subdue the Dinobot. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Three}}

Scorponok then left to see through his plan's fruition. At the Civil Defense Hub, Grimlock recognized an attack at the [[Nursery]] as a summons from his Dinobots, and he took out [[Treadshot (G1)|Treadshot]] before he could report it. Grimlock arrived at the Nursery and called out for the Dinobots, explaining that he had found a cure for Nucleon. The Dinobots emerged and attacked him, accusing him of going too far, and Grimlock was reluctant to fight back, having risked so much to save them. Faced with the end at their hands, however, he refused to lie down and die and transformed to fight back...at which point a detachment of Scorponok's troops arrived, having followed Grimlock via a homing device Scorponok had placed in his new body. Rather than them fight directly, Grimlock ordered the Dinobots to take cover and shot open the containment capsule holding Inferno, whose uncontrollable Nucleon-induced internal combustion ability caused a massive fiery explosion that took Scorponok's men out. As another group of uninfected Autobots arrived on the scene, [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and Grimlock agreed to coordinate an attack to take Scorponok down and reverse the Gene Key's effects. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Four}}

[[File:Grimlock natural selection 5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.5]]
Grimlock's team stormed the Civil Defense Hub and he personally stomped the guards Roadblock and Guzzle. Then, Grimlock took the Dinobots to confront Scorponok at the [[Sonic Canyons]]. Scorponok's plan was already in the process of being foiled by Perceptor, who had set the Gene Key to undo the reprogramming already dealt out by its smaller counterpart. After the scientist revealed the ruse that he and Grimlock had conceived to spoil Scorponok's machinations, the enraged Decepticon made a go at killing him. Grimlock spoiled Scorponok's shot, and managed to knock his failsafe crystal out of his claw before getting completely paralyzed by its effect. Grimlock then called for the other Dinobots, in hiding nearby, to strike. As they battled, [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]] blasted out a support strut, and the structure both Grimlock and Scorponok were atop of began to collapse. [[Snarl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Snarl]] flew in on a sky-sled and offered Grimlock his hand, but the Dinobot leader refused; he believed he had most recently gone too far over the line, and had no hope of redeeming himself. Both Scorponok and Grimlock tumbled into the bottomless darkness of the canyons as the other Dinobots looked on in horror. {{storylink|Natural Selection, Part Five}}

[[File:Grimlock primus hot rod destiny.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7|He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty Dinobot!]]
The other Dinobots weren't convinced that Grimlock perished, however. They approached [[Hot Rod (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Hot Rod]] and asked to join him on his mission to seek out the Demons underground, believing that they would be able to find their leader. {{storylink|Destiny, Part One}} They were correct. In the shadow of Primus's façade, they encountered Grimlock, still alive and glowing with an inner light. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Three}} Grimlock had apparently been saved and possessed by the power of [[Primus]] himself. He froze the Dinobots in time while conversing with Hot Rod about the threats to come he needed to prepare for. The entity within Grimlock then dispatched Hot Rod on a "vision quest" while leaving Grimlock's body behind. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Four}} {{storylink|Less Than Zero}}

Shaky in the aftermath of the possession, Grimlock reunited with the Dinobots and found the [[Demon]]s that had pursued Hot Rod and the Dinobots earlier were now meek and submissive. As the Dinobots returned to the surface, the Demons followed them and soon joined them in battle against the Decepticons invading from [[Warworld]]. The arrival of Grimlock and the Demons helped turn the tide against [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s army of [[Blitz Engine]]s. {{storylink|Destiny, Part Five}}

[[File:Nightjar dinobots war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6|"Jhiaxus never told you what happened to your father." "He told me enough! He told me you killed him!" "No, '''I''' am your father."]]
Afterwards, the Autobots were hesitant to be accepting of the Dinobots' new "friends". {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 1}} Grimlock was less than impressed by the [[Camp Zero|shanty ghetto]] built for the Demons to reside in on Cybertron's surface. The Dinobots were forced to defend the now-pacified creatures when the elite [[Primum Fugae]] of Jhiaxus's Cybertronian cousins attacked the ghetto, intending to purge the "impure" strain of Cybertronians from history. Despite their savage battle tactics, Grimlock and the Dinobots were ill-equipped to defeat the technologically advanced Fugae, and were nearly destroyed before Ultra Magnus chased them off with a cadre of reinforcements. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 2}}

[[File:Grimlock kup mirage war to end all wars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
Rodimus Prime led a counter-attack against Jhiaxus and his [[Hub (G2)|Hub Network]], but the Dinobots were too badly injured to join. Instead, they remained behind on Cybertron and were treated to the unsettling sight of the Demons going into some form of instinctive and protective hibernation, as if in anticipation of some imminent threat. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 4}} Sure enough, the entire planet was soon consumed by the devastating effects of the [[Dark Matrix (G1)|Dark Matrix]], converting the entire planet into a decaying Necropolis, and the Cybertronians present into corrupting [[Shadow-leech|shadow-demons]]. It turned out the Dark Matrix had replaced Primus in [[Zero Space]] after the Unicron War, and had been manipulating events behind-the-scenes ever since. It was the Dark Matrix who possessed Grimlock and diverted Hot Rod on a wild goose chase with his visions. As luck would have it, though, Grimlock's possession gave him an immunity to the corruption effect. His presence protected the Dinobots from the initial wave, and his energo-sword was one of the few things that could hold back the shadow-demons. The Dinobots reconnected with Rodimus Prime's armada when they returned from the Hub. Recognizing the threat had extended to Earth and Nebulos, the Autobots raced to the [[Star Chamber]], and Grimlock held the line outside until the threat was contained. {{storylink|The War to End All Wars, Part 5}}
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==Notes==
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*According to [[Gone but Not Forgotten!|Marvel UK #107]]'s letters page, Grimlock considers [[August 23]], [[1986]], his birthday. It's the date he took over the Transformers letters page. On August 23, [[2015]], the official Transformers Facebook page celebrated it.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/transformers/photos/a.153259298077606.36631.146805978722938/870980939638768/?type=1&theater</ref>
*Grimlock had the words '''Big Grim''' scrawled on his right shoulder in "[[Dark Shadows!]]".
*[[Bob Budiansky]] made Grimlock the Autobot Commander mainly because he would contrast with Prime's leadership: Grim had no empathy for humans, he just wanted to fight Decepticons and was ruthless at it. "I thought his different approach would shake up the direction of the book in an exciting way and confound readers’ expectations."<ref>[http://www.metalmachine.net/blog/2009/11/21/todds-take-with-bob-budiansky-the-architect-of-the-transformers/ Metal Machine interview with Bob]</ref> In practice, Grimlock didn't fight the Decepticons during his leadership (apart from the UK's "[[Ancient Relics!]]" and "[[Grudge Match!]]", neither written by Budiansky) until the end of it and instead focused his ruthlessness on rogue Autobots, but Furman would later try out the same idea.

==References==
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[[Category:Marvel Generation 2 Autobots]]
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Grimlock (G1)/2005 IDW continuity

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[[File:MTMTE 46 Textless.jpeg|upright=1.4|thumb|Demolition while you wait.]]
Me '''Grimlock''' play big part in [[IDW Generation 1 continuity]] too!

{{bigquote|Will he be pleased to see us?|[[Guzzle (G1)|Guzzle]]}}
{{bigquote|Hell no. He's never pleased to see '''''anyone'''''.|Kup|[[Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|''Last Stand of the Wreckers'' #4]]}}

==IDW Generation 1 continuity==
===Joining the Autobots===
Grimlock was a [[Reproduction#IDW Generation 1 continuity|forged]] heavy-weight class [[Point One Percenter]]. {{storylink|Remain in Light 3 of 5: The Divided Self|The Divided Self}} {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}} He has been a warrior for millennia, although not always an obedient one. He was languishing in a military brig after angering a field commander when he met a fellow detainee named [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and started swapping stories. Slag had shot a vice-admiral in the back to con him into a frontal assault, so Slag won the conversation. Grimlock thought this Slag guy sounded like a good bloke, and the two of them discussed the formation of their own rule-breaking strike team, the D'''y'''nobots. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}} Grimlock and the Dynobots would go on to serve under the [[Primal Vanguard]] {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} as a covert strike force, carrying out over 200 missions under the command of [[Nominus Prime]] and receiving numerous commendations.

Everything changed, however, when the team was sent to investigate a tunnel network below the [[Toraxxis Plains]]. Set upon by powerful [[cyber-morphic predator]]s, the Dynobots were forced to use technology developed by their medic, [[Skar (Dynobot)|Skar]], to scan the creatures and match their power. These new [[alternate mode]]s gave the team the edge needed to defeat their assailants, {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}} but Grimlock, unable to control the rage induced by his monstrous form, inadvertently killed Skar. {{storylink|Massacre}} On returning to base, the Dynobots were placed in quarantine for the study of their altered bodies, but overwhelmed with grief and a feeling of betrayal, they staged an escape and went on the run. {{storylink|Underworld (IDW)|Underworld}}

Having fallen from grace, the Dynobots began fighting in the gladiatorial pits. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} There, the likes of [[Scorponok (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Scorponok]] regarded Grimlock as one of the greatest gladiators the pits had ever produced, having personally fought him one-on-one. {{storylink|Soundwaves (issue)|Soundwaves}} At the start of [[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron's]] rise to power, the Dynobots turned out to an open casting call for Megatron's underground gladiatorial games, and got a good deal more respect from the Predacons than the other attendees. It turned out to be a recruitment drive for the Decepticon army. What they thought of that is unknown, as Autobot security forces raided the party soon after. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}. While Megatron would mark Grimlock as a potential Decepticon of great potential, he was also acutely aware that for all his strength, Grimlock possessed a "flaw": compassion. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}}
[[File:Dinobots Autocracy Endgame.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"The odds of survival are a million to one!" "And that's the way we LIKE it!"]]
Later, Grimlock and the Dynobots were in [[Ironfall]], at the [[Ring of Trials]], when they heard [[Optimus Prime (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s call to arms against the new Decepticon insurrectionist government. The Dynobots responded on the side of the Autobots, and joined in the march on Megatron's citadel. {{storylink|Broadcast}} During the battle, Grimlock and his Dynobots took out [[Onslaught (G1)|a lot]] [[Brawl (G1)|of tanks]], sneering at the Decepticons' definition of "armored". {{storylink|Endgame}}

Not long after Megatron's defeat, the Dynobots once again disappeared from the radar and took to robbing energon reserves supplies, receiving intel from Swindle. After a raid proved less successful then had been hoped, Grimlock throttled an explanation from Swindle, who admitted that intelligence had suffered in the now Scorponok-dominated Decepticons. Releasing the Decepticon, Grimlock fretted over the idea that the longer the Dynobots remained on Cybertron, the greater the risk their unstable alternate modes posed to the populace. {{storylink|Derelicts}} Tempers in the Dynobot ranks soon flared as Slag accused Grimlock of dragging them from small-time raid to small-time raid because he enjoyed their life on the run. The pair began to loose their tempers, but were talked down by [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], who feared what would happen if they transformed. Their next raid was at the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]]. While they broke in, they were hindered by remote sentries until Grimlock killed their controller. Once they had captured the refinery, Grimlock ordered they wait for [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] to bring a truck to drain the energon. {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}}

Tempers continued to flare until a furious Slag seemingly abandoned his comrades, but returned at sunrise just as Scorponok's Decepticons arrived in their own bid to raid the refinery. However, Grimlock had triggered the refinery's alarm during the fight and summoned back-up in the form of the Autobots. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}}

Using the arrival of the Autobots as a distraction, the Dynobots made their escape, followed by Scorponok, Blitzwing, Dai Atlas and Orion. Scorponok and Blitzwing managed to get ahead, and as Scorpnok ordered Blitzwing to attack, Grimlock mocked him for hiding behind artillery. The two former gladiators clashed, the fight driving Grimlock into a rage. After stabbing Scorponok, Grimlock began to lose control, battering the Decepticon to the ground. As he advanced on his prey, Grimlock began to change into his bestial form, with his eyes changing from yellow to red and bladed ridges bursting through his exoskeleton. The Dynobots tried to restrain him, but he seemed to have lost control completely, crying out he'd kill them all. He was brought back to his senses by a shot from Orion. Grimlock begged Optimus to let him leave, but when the Autobot leader refused, Grimlock threatened to blow the refinery up, killing everyone there. By appealing to his better nature, Optimus managed to talk Grimlock down, but this only allowed Scorponok to attempt the very same thing. {{storylink|Rage (IDW)|Rage}} Grimlock survived the subsequent explosion, but was left wandering the ashen blast crater alone. {{storylink|Fallout (issue)|Fallout}}

[[File:Monstrosity9 Grimlock beast mode.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.4|She is learning where she fits on the food chain and I'm not sure you want her to figure that out.]]
Eventually, Grimlock was found by both [[Kup (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Kup]] and his teammates, who, with some difficulty, managed to convince him that Optimus Prime could be able to help the "cursed" Dynobots. {{storylink|Prey (issue)|Prey}} They met up with the Prime at [[Starsreach Spaceport]], where a mass exodus of neutral Cybertronians was occurring, but the entire group was caught in a Decepticon aerial bombardment ordered by Scorponok. Enraged, Grimlock fully transformed into his [[beast mode]] and attacked the Decepticon ground forces, {{storylink|Massacre}} with such vigor that they effected a full retreat. Still in a fury, it took Optimus to subdue and calm Grimlock sufficiently for him to revert to robot mode. Despite Prime's efforts to convince them otherwise, the Dynobots proceeded with their plan to get themselves away from Cybertron, leaving the spaceport in a shuttle. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

However, an [[Trypticon (G1)|ancient monster]] appeared on the surface not long afterwards, accompanied by the same predators that the Dynobots had fought beneath Toraxxis. Unwilling to leave the Autobots to their fate, Grimlock turned the ship around and air-dropped with his team to the surface, where they were able to fight off the smaller beasts. When Megatron approached a wounded Optimus Prime, Grimlock leapt to the rescue. Engrossed in combat, neither the Dynobot or Decepticon noticed Trypticon lean down towards them, and the creature swallowed them whole. {{storylink|Annihilation}}

Trapped inside the monster, the two enemies were attacked by more of the dragon-beasts, revealing to Grimlock that they were generated from inside Trypticon. Agreeing to a temporary alliance to escape alive, Megatron and Grimlock fought their way to the beast's plasma-core, where they found vast containers of an aggression and power-boosting energon substance. With Megatron covering him, Grimlock went to destroy the reservoirs, but was halted when proximity to the volatile fuel began increasing his rage. Fighting through the impulses the Dynobot cleaved open the tanks, felling Trypticon. Emerging just after Megatron, Grimlock found Prime close to death, and decided to let his battle with Megatron wait until another day so the wounded Autobots could be taken to safety. As they retreated, leaving the inert Trypticon in Decepticon hands, Grimlock asked [[Jetfire (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Jetfire]] for his help in curing the Dynobots. {{storylink|Belly of the Beast (issue)|Belly of the Beast}}

Though Grimlock was worst off among the Dynobots, Autobot scientists were eventually able to purify his corrupted energon and re-engineer his original altmode, curing him. He was sent to check up on Trypticon's body together with [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]], but the optimism of the young recruit got on his nerves and an argument broke out between the two when he accused Hot Rod of not understanding pain and guilt. They quickly shut up upon noticing that Trypticon had disappeared. {{storylink|Primacy issue 1|Primacy #1}} The beast soon reappeared from the depths of space on a collision course with Iacon, prompting an emergency security meeting which Grimlock attended. {{storylink|Primacy issue 2|Primacy #2}} Once this turned out to be the first step of a Decepticon invasion plan, he took to the battlefield, fighting [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] and [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]] before being confronted by [[Blackwall]], an old rival from his gladiator days. {{storylink|Primacy issue 3|Primacy #3}} Though outpowered in hand-to-hand combat, Grimlock prevailed by stabbing Blackwall in the head with his sword, proclaiming he was better at fighting dirty. He then gathered his Dynobots and led them into battle against the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]], saving Hot Rod from the beasts and personally breaking [[Razorclaw (G1)|Razorclaw]]'s jaws off. {{storylink|Primacy issue 4|Primacy #4}}

At some point during the war, Grimlock was a Decepticon. He eventually went back to the Autobots. {{storylink|Animals}}

===On Earth===
[[File:SpotlightShockwave GrimlockSlag trexscan.jpg|thumb|Me Grimlock in love!]]
In no small part due to Grimlock's influence, the Dynobots remained a group of close knit hunters and guardsmen who preferred to work outside the Autobot rulebook, though still on the same side. Grimlock was among the Autobots fighting atop the Decepticon warship ''[[Hell's Point]]'' during a [[Battle for Hell's Point|particularly brutal fight]]. {{storylink|The Gloaming}} After [[Shockwave (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Shockwave]] destroyed a cache of energon the Dynobots had been hoarding, causing them severe energon burns and equally severe humiliation, they swore revenge. So, against orders from Optimus Prime, they followed Shockwave when he left Cybertron to stabilize "[[Ore-13|Ultra-Energon]]" deposits he had sent to other worlds as a precaution against the depletion of Cybertron's own energon reserves.

When Shockwave reached his first destination—Earth, at the end of the last Ice Age—the Dynobots destroyed his ship, but Slag revealed that the high energon levels of the planet would put them in stasis lock, since they hadn't come prepared like Shockwave. Slag then came up with the idea that they should scan the local life forms and create alt modes based on those animals, but with synthetic flesh coatings to protect against the high levels of energon radiation. Grimlock was
completely against the idea, but since Slag couldn't come up with something better, he relented. However, he refused to take on the form of the weak mammalians that dominated the planet, demanding "something with some... bite." Scanning fossil deposits, Slag found the remains of some [[Dinosaur (dinosaur)|extinct reptilian animals]] and brought up a holographic representation of one to see if Grimlock approved. What popped up was a ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', which Grimlock seemed to fall in love with the moment he saw it. The choice made, Grimlock took the Tyrannosaur as his altmode and had Slag find more dinosaurs as templates for the rest of the Dynobots.

[[File:SpotlightShockwave Grimlock stasislock.jpg|left|thumb|One, two three... Red light!]]
On teleporting down to the planet's surface to confront Shockwave, they gained an initial advantage, as Shockwave's logic was unable to comprehend the effort and risks they had taken for their revenge. However, when Shockwave recognized this weakness, he shut down his logic processors and executed a "rage" program to enable him to operate on pure instinct. He shrugged off the Dynobots' attacks and beat them severely, ending the assault by burning off their organic coatings.
Unable to accept another defeat, Grimlock transformed to robot mode and fought against his imminent [[stasis lock]] to no avail.

However, before leaving the Dynobots' ship, he had enabled a "dead man's switch" designed to take Shockwave with them if they were defeated. When he entered stasis lock, this failsafe activated, firing on a nearby dormant volcano and causing an eruption which buried Shockwave and the Dynobots under ash and lava. Thousands of years later, their entombed bodies were discovered by a human archaeological team. {{storylink|Spotlight: Shockwave}}

[[File:SpotlightGrimlock punch KLUNG.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Six foot, seven foot, eight foot, Punch! Daylight come and me Grimlock wanna go home.]]
Thousands of years later in [[2007]], the [[human]] organization [[Skywatch]] took over jurisdiction of the dig site and excavated Shockwave and the Dynobots. {{storylink|Escalation issue 5|Escalation #5}}

When the [[Reaper]]s attacked the Decepticons, Skywatch decided to awaken the most advanced of their "Eureka Six", which turned out to be Grimlock. {{storylink|Devastation issue 5|Devastation #5}} {{storylink|Devastation issue 6|Devastation #6}}

Grimlock's reactivation was sabotaged by an agent of the [[Machination]] and when he awoke, they had no control over him. He escaped the facility, confused and angry. His escape was engineered by the head of the Machination, Scorponok, who wanted Grimlock to join him in the Machination plot to dominate the Earth by running interference and delaying Megatron's plans long enough for the Machination to put their plans into action.

[[File:GrimlockMaxDino01.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock's roar sound funny...]]
Grimlock considered for a second, but refused the offer for two reasons: he could turn Scorponok in to Ultra Magnus for redemption, and as revenge for Scorponok once robbing an installation the Dynobots were guarding. The two fought and Scorponok quickly gained the upper hand, mostly due to his [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] upgrade. Grimlock was able to activate his transporter chip, which beamed him back to his ship, the ''[[Skyfire (ship)|Skyfire]]'', which was buried deep in ice somewhere. Grimlock hoped he could use the ship to find the other Dynobots. {{storylink|Spotlight: Grimlock}}

Finding himself trapped, both on a useless ship and in a less than inconspicuous form, Grimlock was forced to try and contact some of his less reputable acquaintances in an attempt to get the ''Skyfire'' into some sort of working order. Meanwhile, the Machination had tracked him down and had sent their [[Sunstreaker clone|Tsunami Unit]] to apprehend him. Grimlock's early warning system detected them, and he circled round as they began to attack, bursting from the ice and transforming. The battle very quickly turned in his favor with four of the clones falling in the opening moments. The surviving Headmasters were rather shaken, but managed to fulfill their mission: attach a device which would [[Orbital jump|orbital bounce]] him to Nevada, near Skywatch's base. Grimlock materialized in the middle of a busy street in [[Fallon]]. As a car crashed into his toe, he realized things had just gone from bad to worse. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 1|Maximum Dinobots #1}}

[[File:GrimlockSludgeSwoopMaxDino02.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Hey... he stole that move from Shockwave!]]
Grimlock knew Scorponok was trying to deliberately set him up as a rampaging monster, but ''didn't'' expect his fellow Dynobots to be sent to take him down! He was able to fight them all off but unable to break their reprogramming by appealing to their team ethos...and when they ''did'' regain sentience and memory, it was because Scorponok let them so they could get pissed off at the knowledge Grimlock had set up a "dead man's switch" ''without'' informing them. Grimlock's defence was that such a sneaky, amoral and rule-breaking act was what the Dynobots were ''all about'', which surprisingly worked. While saying this, he grudgingly and with much moaning saved a human from burning to death. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 2|Maximum Dinobots #2}}

Convinced he'd brought his team round, Grimlock began issuing orders, only to be met by an icy silence. Swoop spoke for the group, saying his trust was hard earned and Grimlock tossed it away. Disgusted he abandoned the team, prompting the others to follow. Grimlock tried pleading with them, then turned in a huff, stating he'd be better off on his own. He was interrupted by the arrival of the Sunstreaker clones, who blasted him in the chest. Enraged, he vented his frustrations on the clones until their numbers began to tell. He was saved by the arrival of the other Dynobots, who felt that whatever had happened, they were still a team. However, they were overwhelmed by the sheer number of clones, until the arrival of the "help" Grimlock had requested earlier: the [[Monsterbot]]s. Seeing the newcomers take the fight to the enemy, Grimlock extolled his unit to show the Monsterbots how it's ''really'' done. Decimated and demoralized, the surviving Machination clones escaped with their lives. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 3|Maximum Dinobots #3}}

[[File:MaxDinos3 Grimlock SS clone.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock best is at what do. And it not very nice.]]
Aboard the Monsterbots' ship, the Dynobots wondered why Grimlock would side with the outcasts. They gave Grimlock a stern look when he exited the cockpit. The Dynobots didn't see the point of fighting Scorponok, but Grimlock said that Scorponok made it their fight when he turned the Dynobots against him. Snarl disagreed, saying that it had always been Grimlock's fight, that he and the other Dynobots went along with him, and that it was now Grimlock's wounded pride at stake. After the Monsterbots blasted away the defenses, Grimlock exited the ship, saying that there was no way he could let this go, and that with or without the Dynobots, there would be a reckoning for Scorponok. The Dynobots decided that arguing was pointless and followed Grimlock. When [[Hunter O'Nion]] pulled the cords from [[Sunstreaker (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Sunstreaker]]'s head, shutting him down, the clones ceased to function. [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] cried out in victory, but the moment was short-lived as Scorponok blasted Sludge into stasis. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 4|Maximum Dinobots #4}}

[[File:MaxDinos5 Grimlock Sludge.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|He's dead, Grim.]]
Grimlock stared down at Sludge's dead body, brooding about how it was his fault Sludge was dead... while a battle between Scorponok and Shockwave (for rights of revenge upon Grimlock) raged on around him. Eventually Snarl, Slag, and Swoop decide to get to the Monsterbots' ship while the getting was good, but Grimlock stayed behind with Sludge. Grimlock tried infusing some of his [[spark]] energy into Sludge to revive him, but it seemed to have no effect. Shockwave got the upper hand and let Scorponok escape, and in frustration, Grimlock attacked Shockwave. Grimlock and Shockwave were too busy fighting to notice the return of Slag, Snarl, and Swoop, who reasoned that, while helping Grimlock might not be much of a cause, it still beat being no better than the Monsterbots. They were noticed by Sludge, who seemed to have recovered due to Grimlock's treatment after all. The four of them dove into the fray proper, but Grimlock ordered them to go after Scorponok instead. When [[Hot Rod/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Hot Rod]] was about to get squished by Scorponok, the remaining Dynobots showed up in just the nick of time. At Hot Rod's urgings, Swoop severed the connections keeping Scorponok's head conscious. Grimlock in the mean time had found out Shockwave was using their battle to stall for time so that Soundwave could free him from Skywatch's control. The Decepticon attempted to abandon the fight, but Grimlock stubbornly refused to let him walk away, and rolled out a grenade, which incapacitated them both.

[[File:MaxDinos5 Grimlock Magnus.jpg|left|upright=1.66|thumb|Magnus was unaware that Grimlock had watched ''[[Jurassic Park]]'', and had already hired a fat man to bring the fences down.]]
By this time [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Ultra Magnus]] had arrived and taken Scorponok into custody. Grimlock and Shockwave were both arrested and taken off-world. Ultra Magnus later told Grimlock that having Scorponok and Shockwave in custody could help offset Grimlock's own sentence. Grimlock wasn't interested, asking only that the blame was put squarely on him and that the other Dynobots' warrants were cancelled. Magnus agreed, and Grimlock was left to muse on the fact that Sludge and his team were alive and well, thanks to him. {{storylink|Maximum Dinobots issue 5|Maximum Dinobots #5}}

Grimlock was taken to [[Garrus-9]]. However, shortly afterward, [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] and the [[Predator (subgroup)|Predators]] launched a devastating assault on the detention facility and seized control of it. Prisoners and guards, Autobots and Decepticons alike, were made to fight for Overlord's amusement... except for Grimlock, who Overlord kept alive and forced to watch footage of the pit fights. [[Snare]] believed the experience may have driven him mad. By the time the [[Wrecker]]s arrived to free Garrus-9, Grimlock had disappeared from the facility under unknown circumstance. {{storylink|Last Stand of the Wreckers issue 4|Last Stand of the Wreckers #4}}

===After the war===
[[File:MTMTE ROE Grimlock.jpg|thumb|"This is how you make dinosaurs?" "No, this is how you play God".]]
Grimlock resurfaced a few years later, discovered in a [[stasis pod|stasis tube]] in a crashed [[Worldsweeper]] spacecraft on the planet [[Clemency]] by a ragtag Decepticon group known as the [[Scavenger (group)|Scavengers]]. {{storylink|Rules of Disengagement (issue)|Rules of Disengagement}} These Decepticons had made themselves targets for the [[Decepticon Justice Division]], and quickly decided to use Grimlock to their advantage, awakening him with a dose of [[circuit speeder]]s that drove him into a ferocious rage, and pointing him in the direction of their hunters. Unfortunately, after a brief burst of violence and success against [[Tarn (DJD)|Tarn]] and [[Kaon (DJD)|Kaon]], Grimlock all but stopped fighting following a blow from [[Tesarus (DJD)|Tesarus]], and would have been destroyed by the weaponized speech of Tarn if the battle had not prematurely ended when their opponents picked up the trail of [[Overlord (Masterforce)|bigger game]] and departed. In the aftermath, when the speeders had worn off, the Scavengers discovered that Grimlock was heavily brain damaged, and decided to take him with them, believing they could use him as a bargaining chip when and if they got back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:Scavengers arm the lonely.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|Winning is easy when everyone else is dead!]]
Later, aboard the ''[[Weak Anthropic Principle]]'' on the planet [[Constancy]], Grimlock was playing a game similar to [[Jenga]] whilst completely oblivious to the effects of [[Tyrest (G1)|Tyrest]]'s [[universal killswitch]] on his shipmates. {{storylink|Remain in Light 4 of 5: Arm the Lonely|Arm the Lonely}}

At some point in the months after this, Grimlock and the Scavengers became caught in a [[perspective trap]]. As the Scavengers continued on their madcap adventures, Misfire attempted to rehabilitate the Dinobot, to little success beyond some mild increases in cohesion. The rest of the time Grimlock remained as he was, incapable of speaking and prone to random fits of brief violence.

One such fit caused Grimlock to randomly attack Misfire as the 'bot tried helping him learn to spell, interrupting a speech by [[Krok (G1)|Krok]], which forced the Scavengers to blast him into submission. Before the Scavengers could devolve into violence, a transmission from [[Demus]] interrupted them, with an offer. Leaving Grimlock behind on the crashed W.A.P., they went to meet Demus, who tempted them with the prospect of buying Grimlock. The vote turned in favor of selling the Dinobot. The matter quickly became moot when [[Fortress Maximus (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Fortress Maximus]] blew his head up. {{storylink|Some Of My Best Friends Are Autobots}}

[[File:Grimlock and Misfire.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Me..Grimlock...am..feeling...a bit better in cognitive faculties.]]
To protect himself, Crankcase made Grimlock's signal visible to Fort Max, who decided it was better to go after the former G-9 inmate. When the duly appointed enforcer of the Tyrest Accords arrived at the W.A.P., Grimlock was in the middle of writing something. He soon attacked Fort Max, who believed Grimlock had turned 'con again. Their battle was cut short when the Scavengers appeared and talked Max out of fighting by explaining their story with Grimlock. Maximus proposed bringing the Dinobot to Luna 1 to Misfire's agreement, but he was met with objection from Spinister, who noted that they should ask Grimlock his opinion; to which he managed to sputter out Misfire's name. After bluffing Maximus into leaving the planet with the Roboids, the Scavengers returned to space in the ''Weak Anthropic Principle''. Misfire, having lost a game of "[[Cybertronian games#Shoot Shoot Bang Bang|Shoot Shoot Bang Bang]]", escorted Grimlock to his quarters and was left stunned when the Dinobot replied to him, but the Decepticon failed to notice what he'd drawn before Max had shown up: a gear-shaped symbol and writing the message "PREPARE - CONFRONT - REPEL". {{storylink|Animals}}

Grimlock would later watch the disturbing last will and testament of several of the ''Lost Light'' crew. {{storylink|The Dying of the Light: (1) How Bright Their Frail Deeds|How Bright Their Frail Deeds}} Unknown to him, shortly after they recorded those, [[Drift (G1)|Drift]] had had a vision of himself, Grimlock, and Rodimus standing against an apocalyptic threat, with "PREPARE - CONFRONT - REPEL" inscribed before them in [[Ancient Cybertronian]]. {{storylink|Dissolution Part 1: Some Other Cybertron|Some Other Cybertron}}

[[File:GrimlockPresent.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.3|]]

When the Scavengers paid a brief visit to Earth, specifically the [[Texas]] region, Grimlock recognised this as the place he'd last seen the other Dinobots. Unable to articulate his reasons, he escaped the ship and inadvertently smashed up several human towns (injuring dozens of people) in an attempt to get to Dallas. Misfire found him digging up his old sword, the names of his comrades inscribed, before he sadly handed it to the Decepticon. After consoling him, Misfire told the T-rex he was thrilled to see he'd recovered a memory, something he'd assumed was impossible. {{storylink|Nothing Will Ever Be the Same Again!}}

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[[File:TVMGrimlockNov1985.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|"Me Grimlock make anatomically antiquated depiction of ''Tyrannosaurus'' look ''good!''"]]
Me '''Grimlock''' appear in tooooo many stories related to [[Generation 1 cartoon continuity]], so me get page for it!!

{{bigquote|You don't frighten me, you mechanical throwbacks!|Megatron}}
{{bigquote|Good, Megatron! We love stupid enemies.|Grimlock|"[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"}}

==''The Transformers'' cartoon==
{{voiceactor|[[Gregg Berger]] (English), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese)|[[Lin Dongfu]] (Chinese, ''Season 1 & 2''), [[Zhan Che]] (Chinese, ''Season 3''), [[Edgar Fruitier]] (French Canadian), [[Jacques Ferrière]] (French), [[Jorge García]] (Spanish), [[Gernot Duda]] (German), [[Gerd Rigauer]] (German, Generation 2 & The Movie)}}

[[File:Grimhead.JPG|left|upright=1.4|thumb|It take while for me Grimlock to settle into character model.]]
When mysterious tremors shook the [[Ark (G1)|Autobot base]], [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]]'s investigation revealed strange objects behind a rock wall. After removing the wall, the Autobots found a cave full of [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaur]] bones. The Autobots decided the idea of dinosaurs was interesting and researched the prehistoric beasts. Wheeljack and [[Ratchet (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ratchet]] asked [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] if they could build robot dinosaurs, and Prime agreed this was a good idea, only Primus knows why. Grimlock, [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], and [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]] were built and unveiled to the Autobots, but the Dinobots were dimwitted and violent, and they attacked their makers, Frankenstein's monster style. Grimlock blasted [[Teletraan I]] with his fire-breath, damaging it. Optimus Prime decreed that the Dinobots "must be destroyed." Wheeljack convinced him instead to lock them away, and the trio were herded back into the cave and buried alive.

[[File:Grimlockskywarp.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Mmm, taste like chicken!]]
Later, the Decepticons took over a hydroelectric plant, and when the Autobots arrived to stop them, the Autobots were defeated and captured. Wheeljack, Ratchet, and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]], left behind at the Autobot base to finish repairing Teletraan I, decided to go against Optimus' orders and release the Dinobots, but not before upgrading their brains to be smarter and more obedient. After the Dinobots were reactivated, Wheeljack asked them to save their friends. Grimlock said he would obey... this time. They successfully attacked the Decepticons and freed the imprisoned Autobots. Optimus forgave Wheeljack, Ratchet, and Bumblebee for disobeying his orders and welcomed the victorious Dinobots back to the Autobots. {{storylink|S.O.S. Dinobots}}

After a [[Meteorini Chipperoni|meteor]] surging with unknown energies struck the [[Earth]], Optimus ordered the three Dinobots to guard it. He was so pleased with the Dinobots he asked Ratchet and Wheeljack to build two more. Meanwhile, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] was frustrated at the Dinobots' success and sent [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] to probe them for potential weaknesses. Reading the Dinobots' minds, he discovered that Grimlock was arrogant and believed he would make a better leader than the weak Optimus Prime. Megatron decided to use this to his advantage and approached them himself. He played to Grimlock's jealousy and agreed with him that the strongest should be leader. The Dinobots declared Optimus Prime their enemy.

[[File:Grimlockapologize.jpg|left|thumb|After he stop shaking hand, me Grimlock going to eat him!]]
Realizing the meteorite was due to explode, Optimus left to warn the Dinobots, but they attacked him. Instead of destroying him completely, Grimlock carried him to the Decepticons, who had stolen the meteorite during the battle. Megatron was angry that Optimus Prime was not destroyed, and [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] suggested that despite Grimlock's arrogance, inside he was still compassionate (or as compassionate as Grimlock could get). Grimlock didn't take this well and blasted Starscream right in the chest. They were interrupted by the two new Dinobots, [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] and [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], whom Megatron ordered the original three Dinobots to attack. At the climax of the battle, the meteorite exploded, but Optimus Prime pushed Grimlock out of the way, saving him. Grimlock realized the error of his ways, and the Dinobots forced the Decepticons into retreat. Grimlock then apologized for his jealousy. {{storylink|War of the Dinobots}}

When [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] was brought into Earth's orbit, wreaking havoc, Optimus asked the Dinobots to help control the damage. Grimlock announced he didn't much care if the planet fell apart, but Wheeljack quickly pointed out that he was still on the planet. Defeated by superior logic, Grimlock agreed to help and the Dinobots were soon attempting to stop a tsunami. {{storylink|The Ultimate Doom, Part 2}} After Cybertron left Earth's orbit, the Dinobots even helped to rebuild the shattered human cities. {{storylink|Countdown to Extinction (episode)|Countdown to Extinction}}

Teletraan I activated the Dinobots when the newly-built [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s breached Autobot headquarters. With the battle moving outside, Grimlock commanded the Dinobots to transform, only to find themselves facing [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Attempting to bite the combiner, Grimlock was swatted aside. The Dinobots were able to hold Devastator off long enough for the Autobots to discover that Megatron had defeated Optimus by cheating during their single combat. The Autobots were then able to help defeat the Constructicons and the rest of the Decepticons, driving them into a lava-filled chasm. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}

{{quote|Autobots bite off more than they can chew. ''Then'' send for Dinobots!|Grimlock, "[[Atlantis, Arise!]]"}}

The Decepticons joined forces with [[Sub-Atlantica]] and staged a full-scale attack on [[Washington, D.C.]]. The Autobots were overwhelmed, forcing Wheeljack to call for the Dinobots' assistance. Grimlock expressed his frustration at being called whenever the Autobots were in over their heads. With their help, the Autobots were able to overturn the Decepticons' advance and plunge the now-burning city of Sub-Atlantica back into the sea. {{storylink|Atlantis, Arise!}}

This pattern of the Autobots' dependence on the Dinobots repeated when the artificial intelligence [[TORQ III]], put under Decepticon control, turned all machines against Mankind. With every piece of help he and his troops gave, Grimlock was never slow to add a scathing remark about the inabilities of the Autobots. {{storylink|Day of the Machines}} That said, he was not unwilling to admit the failings of his own troops, either. He willingly took them to the time-displaced "[[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]]", where they trained in the wilderness {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} and helped stop a Decepticon raid on the prehistoric paradise, with Grimlock inspiring the native [[dinosaur (dinosaur)|dinosaurs]] to help them fight the Decepticons. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

When the Autobots were "exposed" by [[Shawn Berger]] as being the true perpetrators of the various attacks conducted by the Decepticons, they were banished from Earth. Grimlock (and presumably the Dinobots) were among the Autobots that voluntarily stepped onto a rocket that eventually blasted them towards the [[Sun]]. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

[[File:DesertionDinobotsPt1 Grimlock bites Megs.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Hmmm... Guns.]]
The final straw for Grimlock came when he and the Dinobots were injured in a Decepticon trap at an airfield. Enraged, Grimlock refused to take orders from Optimus Prime any more and led the Dinobots away from the Ark. When the Autobots began to suffer from [[Cybertonium]] deficiency, [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike Witwicky]] and his girlfriend [[Carly]] attempted to persuade the Dinobots—who continued to function perfectly, as they had been built on Earth without Cybertonium—to steal some of the mineral from a Decepticon shipment coming in from Cybertron. Although Grimlock was willing to let the Autobots die and decided to crush the humans, he recognized the Cybertron connection to the Cybertonium. Instead of securing the element, Grimlock opted to lead the Dinobots to Cybertron itself, where they were captured by [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} He altered the Dinobots' [[Circuit (circuit)|memory circuits]] and put them to work in the Cybertonium mines, where they remained until Spike and Carly repaired them. Grimlock and Spike faked having an argument, compelling the guards to lower the energy fences to remove the troublesome humans—only to be obliterated by the Dinobots. Grimlock led the group back to Earth, where the Dinobots agreed to follow Prime's orders again—until such time as Grimlock didn't feel like it. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 2}}

[[File:TFTM Grimlock Quintessa.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Me Grimlock mad that name "[[T-Wrecks]]" already taken. (Maybe by me Grimlock.)]]
In the year 2005, Grimlock and the other Dinobots were stationed on the Autobots' [[Moonbase One]], seemingly overseeing weapons production. When word arrived from Earth that Autobot City was suffering a massive Decepticon attack, they traveled to Earth with Optimus Prime and were dispatched by the Autobot leader to take on Devastator. Though they attacked fearlessly, the giant combiner robot was too much for them, shrugging off their attacks and overwhelming them in short order.

After fleeing [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]'s attack on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], the Dinobots, along with [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] and [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]], crashed on [[Quintessa]], and were separated from the two Autobots. During their search, the Dinobots met [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]]. Grimlock initially didn't like the rhyming little robot, but soon grew quite fond of him, letting him ride on his back. Eventually, the Dinobots managed to locate where Kup and Hot Rod were being held by the planet's rulers, the [[Quintesson]]s. The Dinobots entered the Quintessons' execution room with all the grace they could muster, and Grimlock immediately declared his desire to munch metal. After the Dinobots saved Hot Rod and Kup from the [[Sharkticon (G1)|Sharkticons]], a Quintesson judge ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Dinobots. Grimlock stomped his foot on the ground and ordered the Sharkticons to execute the Quintessons. They complied with the Dinobot's order. Heading for the [[Junkion (planet)|planet of Junk]], Grimlock watched the Autobots and the [[Junkion (species)|Junkions]] celebrate their new friendship. The party ended shortly after [[Re-Cycle]] [[kiss]]ed Grimlock, causing him to reassert his status as "king". Later, Grimlock achieved one of his life's greatest accomplishments by literally kicking the butt of [[Unicron|a deity]], only to realize shortly afterward that he needed a new strategy. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Grimlock’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series “[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]” and the storybook “[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

When [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Kup and Spike were kidnapped, Rodimus Prime took Grimlock on a stealth(!) mission to [[Chaar]], to investigate whether the Decepticons were responsible. The pair found the Decepticons, but realised their eternal foes were far too low on power to have kidnapped anyone. As they discussed the ramifications of their discovery, Grimlock's raised voice alerted the Decepticons, who attacked. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Despite the Decepticons' depowered state, the pair were overwhelmed, and only the intervention of [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] and [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] in a stolen [[Skuxxoid]] ship saved them. Retiring to a safe location, Grimlock tried unsuccessfully to rouse Rodimus and the Autobots feared that their leader had died. They were overjoyed when he returned to the land of the living, and Grimlock announced he loved Arcee, despite her protests that she hadn't done anything. Following a vision Rodimus had had, they headed for Quintessa, arriving in time to find Ultra Magnus, Kup and Spike on trial. Grimlock jumped from Springer's helicopter mode, ready to attack, only for the Quintessons to zoom past him in their haste to escape. He was greatly disappointed. With Quintessa set to explode, the Autobots vacated the planet as well. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 2}}

The destruction of Quintessa destroyed the Autobot rescue ship, sending its occupants hurtling through space to eventually splat-land on the planet [[Goo 8739B|Goo]]. After an altercation with some sort of garbage-processing machine, the Autobots again found themselves under attack by the Decepticons, this time under the control of the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} Fortunately the Autobots were rescued in short order by the Junkions and taken back to Junk. There Rodimus had another vision, which led them back to Cybertron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Grimlock accompanied Springer and Arcee to Earth, where they attempted to defend [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] from [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]]. They were frozen when Galvatron triggered a Quintesson device, deactivating every Transformer everywhere, and promptly ''un''frozen when Spike subsequently destroyed the device. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Enjoying another of Kup's tales about planet [[Dread (planet)|Dread]], Grimlock asked about [[Chaos (alien)|Chaos]], a monster he'd heard lived there, and Kup told him to forget he ever heard the name. A lead took the Autobots to Goo, where they discovered that the Decepticons had found a source of [[death crystal]]s. Grimlock and [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]] finally managed to get the truth from Kup—the death crystals were produced by Chaos. The group travelled to Dread, where Grimlock, Wheelie and Wreck Gar were left with [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]]. They soon got bored and found Kup and Blurr in time to save the pair from an attack by the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacon]]s. The Autobots subsequently attacked the Decepticons, who had been working on a cannon with which they interned to fire death crystals at Cybertron. While Kup entered [[Queeg Mountain]] to find Chaos, the other Autobots held off the Predacons. After the Decepticon defeat, Grimlock asked Kup to tell another story. {{storylink|Chaos (episode)|Chaos}}

When the reanimated Optimus Prime returned to Cybertron and reported the alleged deaths of Hot Rod, Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Spike and [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel Witwicky]], Grimlock angrily swore to stomp the Quintessons into the ground. However, the Dinobots were left behind whilst the rest of the Autobots were led by Optimus Prime into a Quintesson trap. {{storylink|Dark Awakening (episode)|Dark Awakening}}

[[File:Madman Paradise Grimlock drinks.JPG|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock hope they not [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|immortalize this in plastic]].]]
Grimlock helped to sniff out the "[[dinosaur transform static]]" that implicated Trypticon in the theft of world monuments, though before the Trypticon link was discovered, Grimlock and the Dinobots were accused of being the culprits by [[Six-Gun]]. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}} Grimlock continued his newfound sense of helpfulness by serving drinks at a major diplomatic event held on Cybertron. When Daniel wandered off in boredom, Grimlock followed his friend and they were both transported to the other-dimensional realm of [[Menonia]], where Grimlock was duped into fighting on the side of the tyrannical Quintesson [[Mara-Al-Utha]]. {{storylink|Madman's Paradise}}

Grimlock was occasionally among the Autobots seen attacking Galvatron's forces in space, and later on the planet [[Eurythma]]. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} At one point, he was stationed at Autobot City when [[Victor Drath]] attempted to infiltrate Metroplex using the lifeless bodies of Ultra Magnus and the other Autobots. The real Ultra Magnus and Springer managed to tip off the Autobots in the city fast enough for them to raise the defenses. {{storylink|Only Human}}

Later in the year, when Decepticon leader Galvatron had Cybertron infused with function-inverting anti-electrons, a dose of the particles gave Grimlock super-intelligence. During a mission to [[Unicron]]'s disembodied head, where the Autobots were outmatched by the new Decepticon [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], Grimlock used components of Unicron's head to construct the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]] to battle them. Even combined as [[Computron (G1)|Computron]], the Technobots felt they could not match the Terrorcons, until Grimlock transferred his super-intelligence into Computron, reverting to his old self and allowing the Technobots to claim victory. {{storylink|Grimlock's New Brain}}

[[File:CallofthePrimitives Grimlock Primacron.jpg|left|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock threaten space monkey into giving me Grimlock energon wine.]]
Grimlock's greatest victory came when he and a large number of other Transformers with animal transformations were summoned to a world at the center of the galaxy by the ex-assistant of the ancient genius, [[Primacron (G1)|Primacron]], creator of Unicron. The assistant had assembled these "[[Primitive]]" Transformers in the hope that their simple instincts could defeat Primacron's newest creation, [[Tornedron]], but one by one they fell to him, with Grimlock apparently crushed under Trypticon. Grimlock survived, and followed Tornedron back to Primacron's lab. When Tornedron turned on his master, like his predecessor had, Primacron's complicated plans and equations could not find a way to stop him. Grimlock, on the other hand, randomly flicked a switch which reversed Tornedron's energy polarity, undoing the damage he had done and dissipating the creature. Dancing around over his successful saving of the universe, Grimlock decimated Primacron's lab, which he decided was the smartest thing he'd ever done. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

Grimlock piloted the shuttle bringing Optimus Prime to an important meeting<ref>The meeting was with [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]] and its importance was debatable, but Prime was upset at being late.</ref> and took a wrong turn, making Prime very late. Prime subsequently took him to have his brain circuits upgraded. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie#Day Four|Season 5: Movie, Day Four}} Later, [[Tommy Kennedy (G1)|Tommy Kennedy]] asked Optimus if Grimlock had been "dropped on his head as a baby". {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie#Day Five|Season 5: Movie, Day Five}}
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==Japanese cartoon continuity==
{{note|The events of the Generation 1 cartoon occur in Japanese continuity as detailed above, except that the events of 2006 are pushed back to 2010. Japanese continuity inserts several new stories into the gaps in the timeline, as covered below.}}

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===''Story of Binaltech''===
[[File:Binaltech grimlock cardart.jpg|thumb|275px|Me Grimlock built Ford tough!]]
In 2004, Grimlock and the Dinobots served as the front line and primary strength of the forces led by Optimus Prime, battling on Cybertron to prevent Megatron from taking complete control of the planet. To break the Autobots' war effort, the Decepticons used primitive telepathic alien lifeforms named "[[Unleasher]]s" to assault the Dinobots' psychically, causing the bestial impulses of their dinosaur modes to overwhelm their minds and driving them into a rampage. Faced with their own potential destruction at the claws and fangs of the rampaging Dinobots, the Autobots were forced to deactivate their out-of-control comrades. Studying Grimlock's brain casing, Wheeljack was able to isolate the psychic sub-routine warping the Dinobots' minds, but its removal proved virtually impossible, thanks in part to the shortage of supplies caused by the war effort. As a stop-gap measure, Wheeljack proposed taking Grimlock's brain casing to Earth and installing it in one of the new "[[Binaltech]]" bodies that had been developed there between the Autobots and [[Earth Defense Command]]: a body with a vehicular alternate form, thereby removing the corrupting influence of Grimlock's dinosaur mode as a temporary solution until the problem could be permanently fixed. Grimlock grumbled at the notion of losing the power of his dinosaur form, but, eager to get back to fighting, agreed to the process, and Wheeljack promptly sped his brain casing to Earth, where it was installed in a new body styled after a Ford Mustang. {{storylink|Beast in the Machine}}

As the Binaltech conflict continued, thanks to the efforts of the time-tossed Decepticon [[Ravage (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ravage]] and the mysterious time- and space-bending entity known as the [[Optimus Primal/Beast Wars cartoon continuity|Protector]], its events were ultimately diverged from the mainstream timeline into a parallel universe dubbed the "BT World".

{{Note|At this point, the original timeline was retroactively restored and the events of the ''Story of Binaltech'' diverged into a parallel universe. Skip to the ''[[The Great Transformer War]]'' section below to continue reading about the original timeline; exactly how many (if any) of the events related in this section, even prior to the divergence, occurred in the original unaltered timeline are unknown.}}

In 2008 of this timeline, Grimlock and Hound were on patrol on Earth when they crossed paths with [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]]—but not the Bluestreak of their world. This Bluestreak had traveled across the dimensions, from the mainstream timeline, to inform the Binaltech Autobots that the [[spark]] of their [[Prowl (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Prowl]] (previously lost in a [[transwarp|subspace]] accident {{storylink|Prowl & Chase}}) had appeared in his home universe, and begun to destabilize. Grimlock couldn't quite wrap his head around the whole ordeal, and didn't take kindly to Bluestreak's endless waffling as they took him back to Autobot City to explain his story, but he was able to work out his frustrations when they happened upon a rampaging [[phonon hologram]]—a malfunctioning science project created by knock-off Binaltech technology. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 1}} Grimlock was subsequently part of the Autobot team who tracked down the source of the signal destabilizing Prowl's spark, which proved to be the work of [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Doctor Arkeville]], who were using energy from Prowl's spark to power a synthetic [[electrum]] giant. Grimlock gave his sword to Jazz, who used it to take out the subspace node on the creature that was channeling Prowl's life-force, shutting it down. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 2}}

Later, Grimlock was among the Autobot forces who battled [[Nemesis Prime (G1)|Nemesis Prime]]'s Decepticons in [[Australia]]. When the battle ended with Nemesis Prime's destruction, the Autobots all rolled for home... but Grimlock couldn't shake the feeling that he had forgotten something very important. {{storylink|Unfinished Business, Part 4}}

{{note|But what that was, we have no idea.}}

===''Alternity''===
In the 900,000 years that followed the defeat of the Decepticons, the influence of the Unleashers upon Grimlock and the Dinobots' minds was finally cured. The other Dinobots were brought back online, and Grimlock was reinstated in a brand new ''tyrannosaurus'' body, complete with a crown, which he considered a real [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Masterpiece|masterpiece]]. Subsequently, many of the Autobots upgraded into the hyper-dimensional lifeforms known as the [[Alternity]], but Grimlock apparently declined to take this evolutionary step.

Ascending to a position as defenders of space and time, the Alternity became aware of the [[Planicron]]s, two-dimensional lifeforms that were attempting to evolve themselves. Searching for a "gateway" that would permit the Planicrons' evolution when they passed through it, the Alternity contacted the Autobots of the BT World, convinced the gateway was somewhere in their [[universal stream]]. Grimlock and the Protector met the small team of Agents who arrived in their world soon after, and informed them that they had identified the gateaway as the circuit diagram for the super-dimensional reactor the [[Critias Gate]]. The diagram was soon used to help the Planicrons evolve into higher-dimensional begins. {{storylink|Alternation}}

===''The Great Transformer War''===
[[File:DanielGrimlockGreatTransformerWar.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|left]]
Shortly after creating the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobots]], Grimlock joined [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Rodimus Prime]], [[Spike Witwicky (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Spike]], and others as they observed a battle between [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]]. Thanks to upgrades by Doctor [[Dalton (G1)|Dalton]], Computron was faring well in battle. However, during his internment by [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], Dalton was forced to upgrade the [[Terrorcon (G1)|Terrorcons]], as well.

The Terrorcons took control of Computron with a "[[Cohesive Control Liquid]]", much to Grimlock's horror. Dalton explained that the only way to save Computron was for a [[human]] to burn off the control liquid. [[Daniel Witwicky (G1)|Daniel]] wanted to go, but Spike forbade him and went himself. As Daniel pouted, Grimlock poked fun at him for still being a puny kid. Eventually, the Technobots were saved and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 2|The Great Transformer War #2}}
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===Controverse===
When the Decepticons invaded the trial of [[Primacron]], Grimlock confronted [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] outside the Galactic Courts. He was later present when Primacron was banished to another universe. {{storylink|Controverse}}

===''The Headmasters'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Masaharu Satō]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub), [[Roberto Alexander]] (American Spanish)}}

[[File:FourWarriors Grimlock hyptonized.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb|Me Grimlock cannot hope to defeat Aquaman.]]
In the year 2011, the Decepticons invaded Cybertron in full force. Grimlock was deployed by [[Wreck-Gar (G1)|Wreck-Gar]] to fend off the invaders. He was seen fighting alongside his fellow Dinobots as well as the [[Throttlebot]]s against the invading Decepticons. However, they didn't fare too well against the Decepticon [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], as they were all quickly put to sleep by [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]]'s hypnosis attack. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Grimlock continued to fight to defend Cybertron, joining Optimus Prime and [[Jazz (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Jazz]] in holding off the Decepticon advance. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}
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===''Unite Warriors''===
[[File:UniteWarriorsOffshot Grimlock.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
In [[2021]] the Technobots threw a surprise party for Grimlock after learning of the human custom of [[Father's Day]], though he caused some chaos by showing up before they were done preparing. {{storylink|Unite Warriors Offshot#Surprise Father's Day Party!!|Surprise Father's Day Party!!}}
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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
[[File:LegendsManga Vol40 Grimlock.jpg|left|thumb|200px|]]
In 2021, Grimlock was among a number of Transformers forced to convert their heads into small [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] forms and travel to the [[Legends Universe]] in search of new bodies. He abandoned the [[Axalon Trading Company|Autobot Axalon Trading Company]] in favor of the [[Astrotrain Transport Company]], but left to be a part-time waiter at [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]]'s cafe after [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s promises of free transtectors turned out to be a trap. There he was approached by [[Flywheels]], who promised him and Brawn new bodies if they got jobs at his new workplace, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]] shopping center, winning the suspicious Grimlock over with a gift of oil. Once it turned out the Hive's true identity was the evil [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], however, Grimlock determined that a new body wasn't worth it and punched Flywheels in the face. [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] then had [[Batora]] combine with Grimlock, allowing him to turn into a ''T. rex'' again and help defeat Scorponok, though he was unable to separate from Batora afterwards and continued being a waiter in that form. {{storylink|LGEX Headmaster Set Chapter}}

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===Hero Set===
In year 2025, Grimlock joined Jazz and Bumblebee in battling Starscream in the far reaches of space.<ref>Packaging blurb for the Japanese-exclusive "Hero Set" release of the [[Classic Pretender|Pretender Classic]] versions of Bumblebee, Jazz, Grimlock, and Starscream, confirmed to be part of cartoon continuity by Takara's [[Generation 1 cartoon timeline (Japan)|2007 timeline]].</ref>

===Ask Vector Prime===
The Autobots were triumphant over Starscream. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/29}}

==Rodimus vs. Cyclonus==
After blasting off of Quintessa aboard one of its ships, Grimlock and the other Dinobots huddled around Kup near the vessel's control panel. When the vessel experienced some rather violent turbulence out in space, Grimlock pointed out that they had probably been found by the Decepticons... something that was already quite clear to the rest of the crew. Thanks to Kup and Hot Rod, the Autobots managed to escape their attacker, Cyclonus, and Grimlock later disembarked to meet up with Arcee and Wreck-Gar on the planet Junk. {{storylink|Rodimus vs. Cyclonus}}

==''Wings Universe''==
{{wingsnote}}
Together with [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] and [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]], the Dinobots were on board a shuttle fleeing from [[Cyclonus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Cyclonus]], [[Scourge (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Scourge]], and the [[Sweep (G1)|Sweeps]]. When they found temporary safety inside a nebula, Grimlock insisted with fire that [[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]] tell the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobot]]s storytime. Kup relented and told them about the time he was in the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] and fought on [[Beta-Nine]]. Eventually the Decepticons found them, but Grimlock and the other Dinobots were so angry about the interruption that they made short work of the attackers. {{storylink|Wings of Honor}}

==''Mars Attacks: The Transformers''==
Grimlock took part in a battle which resulted in the Decepticons being defeated and captured. When the city was attacked by [[Martian]]s, he and the other Autobots were forced to make a temporary alliance with the Decepticons to destroy the invaders. {{storylink|Mars Attacks: The Transformers}}

==Grim Grams==
After [[Vector Prime]] abruptly left [[Axiom Nexus]] on the behest of his brother [[Nexus Prime]], an overworked [[Rook (TransTech)|Rook]] put out a hasty request on [[Cragun's List]] for a replacement columnist. Grimlock eagerly took the job, and celebrated by renaming the column [[Letters page (Marvel UK)#Grim Grams|Grim Grams]]. {{storylink|Rook - Axiom Nexus News: Investigative Journalist|Rook - Axiom Nexus News, 2015/10/01}} Grimlock was eager to work through the backlog of questions intended for Vector Prime while answering new questions about himself and his adventures... although he wasn't quite as thorough or coherent as his predecessor.

Over the course of the feature, Grimlock revealed several details about himself:

*His favorite dish was [[plutonium pepperoni]].
*His favorite color is red.
*He enjoys the ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' movie.
*He likes to dance.

==Ask Vector Prime==
In one particularly strange iteration of the [[Unicron War]], Grimlock and the Dinobots were forced to flee Guardian City aboard a [[Command Center (GoBots)|Command Center]] after Galvatron and his Renegade Decepticon alliance attacked. Kup entertained the Dinobots with a few tall tales as they headed to Cybertron, but Galvatron attacked their ship, stranding them on [[Antares 3|Antares III]].

The four Dinobots tried to search for the missing Kup and Hot Rod, but not even Swoop could locate their whereabouts. Instead, they encountered the RoGuns. After a misunderstanding, they formed an alliance and barged into the court of the [[Master Renegade]] just in time to save Kup and Hot Rod from execution. After stealing the Master Renegade's ship and dubbing it "''[[gbwiki:Grungy|Grungy]]''", the group headed to [[Quartex (planet)|Quartex]]. Kup met up with [[gbwiki:Boulder|Boulder]], and together they alliance rescued [[gbwiki:Major Mo|Major Mo]]'s group of Autobots and Guardians from [[gbwiki:Magmar|Magmar]]'s evil [[Rock Lord]]s. The group held a party afterwards to commemorate their victory.

The Autobots, Guardians, Rock Lords, and RoGuns returned to Cybertron aboard the Grungy and a Rock Lord vessel, where they battled Unicron. Before they were finished their fight, [[Vector Prime]] managed to disentangle the two universes, setting history back on its proper course. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

==''Deviations''==
In a timeline where Optimus Prime killed Megatron during their Autobot City duel, Grimlock was on Optimus Prime's shuttle when the Autobots set off to reclaim Cybertron from the leaderless Decepticons. They were attacked en route by "Megascream": a reformatted Starscream now in the thrall of Unicron. They managed to escape after Megascream and his troops retreated, touching down on Quintessa to repair the damage. Grimlock was eager to bash Decepticons right in their turbo-chargers.

On the watery surface of the planet, the Autobots encountered a group of Sharkticons. Kup's universal greeting ended poorly, so Optimus dispatched the Dinobots to take care of the threat. Optimus, Kup, and the Dinobots stormed into a Quintesson courtroom, where they rescued Kranix and learned more about the threat of Unicron. When repairs on the ship had completed, they picked up Hot Rod from Junkion and returned to Cybertron, where Optimus announced his intent to confront Unicron head-on.

When Hot Rod saved the day by opening the Matrix, Grimlock was present to witness Optimus's declaration that the Cybertronian Wars had indeed ended. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

==References==
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Beast (G1)

2017-04-04T01:04:20Z

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:''The Beast is <s>an abomination that we like to pretend doesn't exist</s> a combined robot from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:THE BEAST.jpg|upright=1.5|thumb|This is a monument to all of your sins.]]
The '''Beast''' is the combined form of the five [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]]. Like them, his strength is awe inspiring, far beyond the other [[combiner]]s. Unfortunately, he is also a mindless monster, whose single impulse is simply to kill, regardless of allegiance. He is also an aesthetic nightmare of broken robot parts, most of which can't clearly be recognized as part of any Dinobot.

{{quote|Grimlock, Slag, Sludge, Snarl and Swoop all writhed in agony as their bodies were torn and conjoined into a single creature, one that should never have existed.|The [[Narrator]] says what we're all thinking|"[[The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences]]"}}

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==Fiction==
===''The Beast Within''===
The Beast was let loose upon the battlefield once, four million years ago. Fearing the uncontrollable savagery it possessed, Grimlock vowed never to let the Beast loose again. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

In the present day, with the [[Autobot]]s moments from death (some several moments ''past'' death) [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] laid all his cards on the table and combined with his teammates into the Beast in an act of desperation. After killing the [[Decepticon]] combiners, and any Decepticon foolish enough to attack him, he turned on the Autobots. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] attempted to reason with him, but to no avail. {{storylink|The Beast Within}} After significant casualties, the Autobots were forced to kill the Beast, and therefore all of the Dinobots, by leading him to fall off a cliff. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
The massive body count inflicted by the Beast's rampage left both the Autobots and Decepticons weakened, and meant they were unable to fend off [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]'s assault on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. With [[Primus]] grievously wounded, reality-quakes tore the cosmos apart, and the remains of this particular [[Primax 504.0 Gamma|reality]] were eventually devoured by the [[Hytherion]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/05/30}}

[[Cy-Kill (GoBots)|Cy-Kill]] was confident that he could take this mindless brute in a fight. Yeeeeah, good luck with that. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Renegade Rhetoric|Renegade Rhetoric (1), 2015/10/17}}

==Notes==
[[File:MadGeister.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|And now, Not Quite Devil Satan Six.]]
[[File:PtederAndHormor.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|So yeah, our names are pretty ridiculous.]]
*For years, fans have been coming up with designs for a Dinobot combiner. This is so much worse than any of them.
*While the Beast is a combiner, is it not quite in the traditional sense. The Dinobots had to physically break themselves down to change into the various components that made up its body, rather than transform into them, leading to its frankensteined appearance.
*Certain parts of the Beast's limbs are more easily identifiable than others. Snarl seems to form the right leg, while Sludge forms the left. Grimlock's robot-mode torso makes up its torso, while his dino-mode's upper body seems to form its neck and head, complete with his stubby ''T. rex''-arms sticking out from said neck. Grimlock's robot-mode arms form the shoulders and upper arms, while Slag forms the right forearm with ''parts'' of Swoop forming the left forearm. Swoop's wing parts attach to the Beast's back to form its supposedly useless wings. The Beast carries an Energo-sword like its individual components, although it isn't identifiable as to which of them it may belong to, if any.
*[[Dylan Gibson]] stated that he wanted the Beast to look different from any other Transformers to really show the horror and monstrosity it is. Mission accomplished?
*Four of the original five Dinobot designs served as the templates for the "Geisters", recurring villainous henchmen on the Takara/Sunrise co-production ''[[Brave (franchise)|Brave Exkaiser]]''. In what might be called a vision of things to come, the four were once briefly fused into a single robot called "Mad Geister" (マッドガイスター ''Maddo Gaisutā''). However, because each Geister controlled a portion of the combined body—and they had the accumulated brain power of a Froot Loop—this ended rather badly for them. In a more successful (if not [[Mega-Dinobot|also prescient]]) later development, the Geisters learned to merge in groups of two, with Ptera Geist and Thunder Geist forming the centaur-esque "Pteder" (プテダー ''Putedā'') and Horn Geist and Armor Geist forming "Hormor" (ホーマー ''Hōmā'').
*Hasbro has stated repeatedly, even after the publication of "The Beast Within", that there is no Dinobot combiner. It isn't clear whether this is a strategic retcon or simply Hasbro being unaware of the comic's existence.
*A [[Dinobot (PCC)|Dinobot]] combiner team exists. However, it is not the original Dinobots, nor do they form the Beast. There was also a presumably-not-Dinobot-yet-dinosaur-themed combiner considered for the [[The Transformers (toyline)|original toyline]], but it was never produced.
*Though not officially identified as "Dinobots", a [[Mega-Dinobot|combiner]] consisting of a [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] and a [[Swoop (Energon)|Swoop]] does exist that isn't the Beast.

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Paddles (G1)

2017-04-04T01:03:44Z

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{{disambig2|the character named Paddles|the story in which he appears|Paddles (story)}}

:''Paddles is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Legends (book)|''Legends'' anthology portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Paddleshead.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|No, I am not [[Magmatron]]'s ass.]]

'''Paddles''' is a simple, gentle giant. Less hostile than his fellow [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], Paddles is willing to befriend both Autobots and [[human]]s. However, when stirred to action, Paddles will fight valiantly and furiously to defend others. He's awkward on land, but glides through the oceans with ease in his elasmosaur mode.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Legends'' anthology===
Paddles was among the Autobots stationed on [[Earth]], where he befriended [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. He was given his name by [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] on [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]], where he first demonstrated his aquatic prowess. He later defended the island from a [[Decepticon]] attack, where he was seriously damaged by [[Raze]], who was then blasted by [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]]. Both Paddles and Raze sunk into the sand, where they lay long after the battle ended. Paddles' mind was still active and undamaged, and he tried counting the time since his entombment, but lost count after twenty-seven years.

Eventually, Paddles was excavated by [[Randall]] and [[Ed (student)|Ed]], a pair of paleontology students who initially mistook him for a real fossilised creature. Paddles was overjoyed to hear their voices, as they were the first he had heard in decades. As he finally laid eyes on them, his happiness was shattered by Raze, who had been similarly unearthed. The Decepticon attacked his unwitting liberators, knocking Randall and Ed into a crevice. Marshalling the last remnants of his energy supply, Paddles attacked the Decepticon with his flame breath, driving him to tear up the ground with his piledrivers. Paddles and Raze plunged into a chasm, trapping them anew. Raze was killed, but Paddles remained awake. Once more, he tried to count the years, but stopped after thirty-nine. Some time after that, Paddles heard a man digging above him... {{storylink|Paddles (story)|Paddles}}

==Notes==
* Paddles frequently has happy thoughts about Snarl and Grimlock, wanting to see or speak to them again... but never [[Slag (G1)|Slag]]. ''Heh''.

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Wide Load

2017-04-04T01:02:35Z

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:''Wide Load is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ConstructBots DinobotWarrior Hound.jpg|thumb|400px|]]
'''Wide Load''' is buddies with [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]].

==Toys==
===Construct-Bots===
* '''Hound with Wide Load''' (Dinobot Warrior, 2014)
: Part of the second wave of the ''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Dinobot Warriors assortment, Wide Load is a four-legged dinosaur (possibly a ''Polacanthus'') packaged with the larger Hound. Wide Load can fire a projectile from his mouth and, like all other Dinobot partners, transform into a pair of weapons for Hound.

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Thunderlips

2017-04-04T01:02:15Z

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:''Thunderlips is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[live-action film series]] and [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[File:AOEtoy Thunderlips.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Ultimate Male in the flesh, baby]]

The great and mighty '''Thunderlips''' (サンダーリップス ''Sandārippusu'') has one of the hands-down most awesome names in Transformers history.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
Thunderlips, along with [[Paulie]] and [[Ivan]], is a member of the [[Saurian Strike Team]] in [[Aurex]]-cluster realities. [[Vector Prime]] notes that he has an English-language name, but is unable to recall it. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/28}}

==Toys==
===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Thunderlips''' (Dinobot Micron, 2014)

: Thunderlips is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Knockdown (Classics)#Toys|Knockdown]] in clear purple plastic, transforming into a robotic ''Triceratops''. His paint scheme seems to be based on ''Age of Extinction'' [[Slug (AOE)#Toys|Slug]]. He was only available individually as a Joshin Kids Land [[exclusive]] in Japan.

: This mold was also used to make ''[[Transformers: Cybertron (toyline)|Cybertron]]'' Mini-Con [[Knockdown (Cybertron)|Knockdown]], [[Ironlunge]], [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' (2008)]] [[Stockade (Universe 2008)|Stockade]], and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]].

==Notes==
*Thunderlips takes his name from [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]]'s fake working name, which in turn takes the name from a character in ''{{w|Rocky III}}''.

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Snarl (AOE)

2017-04-04T01:01:46Z

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:''Snarl is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:DinobotSnarlAOE.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Me Snarl am ''Stegosaurus''!]]
'''Snarl''' hates everybody. He hates the [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]], he hates the [[Autobot|Autobots]], and he hates the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]]. He even hates [[You|you]]. The only time he smiles is when he stares at you... when you are dead or when he's about to murder you. He transforms into a robotic ''Stegosaurus''.

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==Fiction==
===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Snarl participated in a battle against the Decepticons until Optimus paused the confrontation to talk about the [[live-action film series]]. The Autobot leader introduced Snarl and the rest of the Dinobots to the audience to wrap-up his recap. Then, a pizza was delivered to the battlefield, and the fighting started up once again. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}} {{storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:TF-AOE-Power-Battler-Snarl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Snarl''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
**''Japanese release date'': '''2014-[[October 18|10-18]]'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA17'''
:Power Battlers Snarl is a simplified version of the toy, with a 'Hammer Strike' gimmick, triggered by pulling down the switch on his back.

:The Japanese release of the toy features no changes from the American release, other than the packaging.

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====Generations====
[[File:AoE deluxe Snarl.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|"How come me, Snarl, never in the movies?! It not fair!" ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-AOE-Movie-Advanced-AD28-Snarl.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Snarl''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD28'''
**''Accessories:'' Axe-head, thagomizer
:Part of the third wave of deluxe class toys, ''Generations'' Snarl transforms into a robotic ''Stegosaurus'' with a layout inspired by his [[Snarl (G1)|G1 counterpart]]. This mold is also redecoed in a G1-inspired deco as part of a SDCC 2014 exclusive Dinobot four-pack.

:Snarl's largest pair of plates and thagomizer become a blade and a spiked mace for him to wield in robot mode, and can combine to form a large axe; the combination is not mentioned in his instructions, but he is shown wielding it in the [[stock photography]] on his packaging (seen at right), albeit upside down and misassembled. Interestingly, one of his legs has a false head tucked into the side, and his real head folds in symmetrically on his other leg. This gives the impression that he has ''two'' dinosaur heads in robot mode, which is hilarious in hindsight because people used to believe that stegosaurs had two brains.

:The Japanese release of Snarl, as part of the ''Movie Advanced Series'' toyline, features metallic light green paint on his opaque green parts, his shoulder and pelvis parts were replaced into grey plastic, and his transparent yellow plastic is colored a bit lighter than the Hasbro edition.

:The elbow joints of Hasbro Snarl's front ''Stegosaurus'' legs were subject to a running-change. Early shipments of the figure lacked a metal pin running through them, which caused them to pop off very easily at the elbow joint. This pop-off issue was addressed in later shipments which now featured metal pins running through the elbow joints. The Takara-Tomy release of this figure does not feature these pins and thus, still suffers from the pop-off problem.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Snarl/snarl.htm More information on Deluxe Snarl at TFU.info]''

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====Kre-O====
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot Gnaw.jpg|right|thumb|250px|]]
*'''Optimus Prime Dino Hauler'''
**''Set number'': '''A7796'''
**''Pieces'': ''203''
**''Kreons'': [[Ratchet (Movie)/toys#Kre-O|Ratchet]], [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]] x2, and human [[Cade Yeager#Kre-O|Autobot Driver]].

:Included in the [[Optimus Prime Dino Hauler]] kit, "Snarl" (he goes unnamed in the packaging) is a buildable Dinobot beast. The club at the end of his tail contains a magnet that attracts the metal parts on the [[Vehicon (Kre-O)#Age of Extinction|Vehicon]] helmets and backpacks. The tail is flexible soft-plastic, but springs back into a straight position so he can swat away badguys.

==Merchandise==
===Cheetos stickers===
*'''Snarl''' (2014)
{{Charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*While his deluxe ''Age of Extinction Generations'' toy is very much a ''Stegosaurus'' like his [[Snarl (G1)|Generation 1 counterpart]], his character artwork and Power Attackers figure more closely resemble a ''Huayangosaurus''.
*More so than in other series, the realism of the movies would have resulted in Snarls alt mode not belonging, since ''Stegosaurus'' went extinct millions of years before the existence of the dinosaurs the other Dinobots turn into.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Snarl''' (スナール ''Sunāru'')

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Slug (AOE)

2017-04-04T01:01:14Z

Shywarp: /* Foreign names */

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
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:''Slug is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity]].''

[[File:AOE Triceratops concept.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2.2|The drink will flow and blood will spill from you.]]
'''Slug''' doesn't like [[you]] and he doesn't like your face. Don't bother trying to give him orders, unless they involve head-butting an opponent into next week. And don't bother trying to make peace with him, because he wants a fight and he's going to start a fight. On your face.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Slug and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] had cornered [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]] inside an old barn, but Drift's lack of experience in fighting alongside his steed ensured it was a long day. Surprisingly, Slug had dozens of mundane services built into his body, including a toilet plunger, a yo-yo, and a coffee maker. Drift had all these deployed in his struggle to activate the weaponry. After an exasperating period of trial-and-error, Drift finally activated Slug's weaponry... but fried himself with it. Slug could only sigh in annoyance.
{{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 3: How to Fight|How to Fight}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
Slug was among the Dinobots trapped aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship until the Autobots detached that section for their own uses. When the smaller ship was shot down and crashed in the Wulong Valley near [[Hong Kong]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] freed the Dinobots, demanding they aid him against [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]] and the Creators who wished to destroy them all. Though he initially had to be held back by [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]], Slug yielded to Optimus' charge when Grimlock was bested in combat. Slug allowed [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] to ride him into battle, where Slug's ferocity and durability proved a great asset against Galvatron's forces. After defeating the Decepticons, Slug helped escort the Seed to a safe location, but was briefly hampered by Lockdown's return with a magnetic vortex until Optimus destroyed it. Slug aided in holding the line so Joshua Joyce could escape with the Seed until Lockdown was defeated by Optimus and their human allies. The day won, Slug and his fellow Dinobots parted on good terms with the Autobots.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
Slug was minding his own business in a Chinese forest, when suddenly Optimus Prime and his Autobots arrived intent on learning how to ride the mighty Dinobots into battle. When Drift attempted to learn how to battle atop his mighty steed alongside [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]], Slug and [[Scorn (AOE)|Scorn]] found smashing them together much more enjoyable. Eventually, when the Autobots queried Prime on why he wasn't doing the activities, he claimed he had mastered it already...only to be dragged along when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons! Slug allowed Drift to saddle him as the Autobots and Decepticons followed their leaders into battle. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] bought a [[#Generations|Slug toy]] which greatly confused [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] with how its weapons stored in beast mode, as it made the Dinobot look like he'd been impaled. [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]] joked that he looked like the meat of a spit roast and that when cooked, he would become [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s "meat on a bone" (actually his mace). {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 4|TF4 Toy Party Part 4}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Slug participated in a battle against the Decepticons until Optimus paused the confrontation to talk about the [[live-action film series]]. Slug was the one who wrote Optimus's script for his presentation, and became enraged when [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]] criticized his prose. {{storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}} To wrap up his monologue, the Autobot leader introduced Slug and the rest of the Dinobots to the audience. Then, a pizza was delivered to the battlefield, and the fighting started up once again. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}} {{storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

==Games==
===''Age of Extinction'' mobile game===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)|Age of Extinction}}}}

===''Dinobot Hunt'' online game===
Slug teamed up with Crosshairs to destroy some Decepticon encampments, and collect some Energon along the way. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (online game)|Dinobot Hunt}}

==Toys==
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:AoE dino sparker Drift and Slug.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|"Wait, how do you start a ''Triceratops''?"]]
*'''Autobot Drift & Dinobot Slug''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of [[Dino Sparkers]], this toy is a friction-motor dinosaur cast in semi-translucent plastic. When rolled along, [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] flash inside the dino's back end. Affixed to Slug's back is a simplified figure of Drift wielding one hella-long sword.

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[[File:AoE 1-step Slug.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|I'd slap you senseless...if I could move my hands.]]
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (One Step Changers, 2014)

:Part of the 4th wave of ''Robots in Disguise (2014)'' One-Step Changers, Slug transforms from Triceratops to robot in just one step by splitting the triceratops head apart...with an extra step consists of adjusting the arms into their proper position. He features 5mm compatible hands, although his arms cannot move individually.

*'''Final Battle 4-Figure Set''' (Multi-pack, [[October 18|10-18-]]2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA-SP'''
:The Japanese release of the toy, with no notable changes, is bundled with 1-Step Silver Knight Optimus, Galvatron, and Helicopter Drift.

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[[File:AoE Power Battler Slug.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.67|What will it be; precise dissection? Or blunt force?]]
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA16'''

:''Power Battler'' Slug features a simple 8 step transformation from ''Triceratops'' to [[robot mode]]. Like the other Power Battlers, He also features an attack gimmick consists of smashing and slashing (which is supported by his molded mace on his right hand and the sword on his left) in robot mode.

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====Generations====
[[File:AoE now & then Slug 2014.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|If anybody calls me Slug one more time, I'm gonna <Strike>Slag</Strike> Slug everyone in the room! ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-AOE-Movie-Advanced-AD-07-Slug.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (Deluxe 2014)
**''Series'': '''M4: #003'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD07'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

: Part of the initial wave of ''Age of Extinction'' "Generations" Deluxes, Slug transforms from a medieval-looking robot into a robotic ''Triceratops'' with an opening jaw. His lower jaw and swords are cast in soft plastic. In [[beast mode]], his twin swords "store" on the sides of his belly and stick outward. His robot mode helmet is a stechhelm, a type of great helm worn by knights on horseback.

:Slug is slightly mis-transformed in the stock photos. His tail section can be folded up against the gray-colored part that forms his dinosaur mode's back, and ''that'' can be folded at an angle to give a slightly tidier robot mode.

:Later releases of Slug features a running change: his front Triceratops horns were rounded.

:The ''Movie Advanced Series'' release of the toy features slightly different paint applications, and it uses the rounded horns variant.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Slug/slug.htm More information on ''Generations'' Deluxe Slug at TFU.info]''

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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Slug.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Purple and organic beast mode? [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Slug hates this]].]]
*'''Dinobot Slug vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Tail/launcher, 2 missiles

: This bizarre iteration of Slug is a purple redeco of ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (toyline)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' [[Guiledart#Toys|Guiledart]], transforming into an organic ''Triceratops''. He has a "third" mode that's supposed to look like a dead, decomposing ''Triceratops'' (although the innards have been left unpainted for this release). His beast mode tail detaches to become a spring-loaded missile launcher, plus his dino forelegs have flip-out (non-firing) blasters for robot mode.

: This version was available only in a [[Walmart]] [[exclusive]] two-pack with a [[Cyberverse]] Legion-class version of [[Stinger (AOE)#WalmartVsSlug|Stinger]].

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed as ''[[Beast Machines: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Machines]] [[Dinobot (BM)|Dinobot]]'' [[Triceradon (BM)#Toys|Triceradon]] and the Walmart-[[exclusive]] ''[[Transformers: Dinobots|Dinobots]]'' [[Triceradon (Dinobots)|Triceradon]]. It was also [[retool]]ed as the ''Styracosaurus'' [[Killer Punch#Toys|Killer Punch]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/WMSlug/slug.htm More information on two-pack Slug at TFU.info]''

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[[File:TF-Evo-2-pack-Slug-packaging.jpg|upright=1.33|thumb]]
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''25 OF 30'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us]] stores in the US, UK, Canada and Germany, this two-pack features the "Generations" Deluxe Slug toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packed with a "[[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]]" iteration of the original character [[Slag (G1)#Mini-Con|Slag]] (also named "Slug" here)... which is just a seemingly-unchanged re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Triceradon (DOTM)|Triceradon]]. Go figure.

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*'''Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 Swords
:Redecoed from the ''Age of Extinction'' Deluxe Class figure, Slug sports a ''vaguely'' [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] gray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes of [[Scorn (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Scorn]], [[Grimlock (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Grimlock]], [[Strafe (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Strafe]], and [[Slog (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slog]]

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[[File:TF-EXPO-2014-AOE-Slug-G1-Colors.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Dinobot Slug G1 Color Ver.''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

: This version of Slug is done up with a distinctly Generation 1 [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] color scheme, complete with silver chromed bits. It was available only at the Japanese [[Transformers Expo]] show in Yokohama on [[August 9]] 2014, but could only be obtained there with a 6000 yen pre-purchase ticket from Lawson stores, first made available on [[April 25]]th.
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[[File:AOE-Movie-Advanced-Black-Knight-Slug.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His colors reflect his hatred for you.]]
*'''Black Knight Slug''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' 2 swords

: Another redeco of deluxe class Slug, this time in a predominantly black color scheme, Black Knight Slug is another Takara [[exclusive]] to Joshin Limited and Yodobashi.
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====Construct-Bots====
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (Dinobot, 2014)
: Slug transforms from a purple ''Triceratops'' into a robot. In dinosaur mode he can be ridden by the smaller Dinobot Riders assortment.

:Like all Construct-Bots Dinobots, Slug features a gear-driven gimmick. In Slug's case, spinning the gear on his back makes his Dino-mode frill spin though it kind of makes him look like a pretty flower.

: For some reason, he doesn't have any forearm armor.

====Kre-O====
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot Slug.jpg|right|thumb|400px|"How do you start a ''Triceratops''?"]]
*'''Dinobot Charge''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''66'''
**''Kreons'': [[Drift (Kre-O)|Drift]], [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]].

:The Dinobot Charge set includes a buildable Dinobot beast based on Slug from ''Age of Extinction''.
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* '''Dinobot Slug''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
[[File:Custom Kreon Slug.jpg|thumb]]

:Part of the third wave of ''Age of Extinction''-themed Custom Kreons, Slug is based on the movie Slug's robot mode, coming with extra robot parts and accessories, with some parts reused from the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' building sets. Unlike most toys of the ''Age of Extinction'' Dinobots, Slug is coloured silver instead of purple. [[Show-accuracy|Screen-accuracy]] ahoy!
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===The Last Knight===
[[File:TLKDeluxeSlug.jpg|thumb|upright=1.90|]]
*'''Dinobot Slug''' (Deluxe, 2017)

{{comingsoontoy|Set for Spring 2017 release}}
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==Notes==
*Oddly enough, as soon as Slug transforms into dinosaur mode in ''Age of Extinction'', he has an Autobot insignia on his head.
*In the film itself, Slug's sword appears to sit in place of his left hand.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Slug''' (スラッグ ''Suraggu'')

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[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
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[[Category: Kre-O Autobots]]
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Slog (AOE)

2017-04-04T01:00:33Z

Shywarp: /* Foreign names */

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
{{disambig3|Slog}}
:''Slog is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:movie slog card.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb|Not coming to a theater near you.]]

'''Slog''' is dumb. Really dumb, even [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] can out-smart him. But it actually proves strategic, as all his brain cells have been traded to pure robot muscle. He can take out any opponent, provided that any one of the mighty [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobots]] can point out the right way, as he is a warrior from [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]'s ancient past who transforms into a robotic ''Apatosaurus''.
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==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Generations====
[[File:AoE voyager Slog.jpg|thumb|300px|Digivolves from Skullgreymon.]]
*'''Slog''' (Voyager Class, 2014)
**''Japanese Release Date'': '''[[2014]]-[[August 20|09-20]]'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''AD29'''

:Part of the third wave of Age of Extinction Voyager Class figures, Slog transforms from a barbarian themed robot into an amalgam of an ''Apatosaurus'' and a ''Brachiosaurus'' with spikes adorning its backside. He includes two large lance-like weapons and two smaller dual-headed clubs of some sort.

:Slog's factory applied silver paint app on his robot mode mouth is very similarly colored to his head's grey plastic, making it hard to notice unless viewed under a bright light. In some instances this silver paint app is missing from the figure because the factory didn't notice it was missing during manufacturing.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Slog/slog.htm More information on Slog at TFU.info]''

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*'''Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul
:Redecoed from the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class figure, Slog sports a ''vaguely'' [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] gray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes of [[Scorn (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Scorn]], [[Slug (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slug]], [[Strafe (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Strafe]] and [[Grimlock (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Grimlock]].
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==Merchandise==
===Topps cards===
* '''Slog''' (2014)
** Number: 18
** Power: 82
** Tech: 70
** Combat: 80
** Speed: 71

===Cheetos stickers===
{{Charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Slog''' (スロッグ ''Suroggu'')

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Generations]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
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Sling (AOE)

2017-04-04T00:59:55Z

Shywarp: /* Movie Advanced Series */

{{factions|minicon|predacon}}
: {{disambig2|the Mini-Con from ''Age of Extinction''|the Predacon from ''Beast Wars Neo''|Sling (BWN)}}
:''Sling is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[live-action film series]] and [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family|continuity families]].''

[[File:AOEtoy Sling.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
'''Sling''' (スリング ''Suringu'') looks like a radioactive [[Brimstone (Universe)|Brimstone]].

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
In [[Aurex 1104.30-JH Zeta]], Sling was one of the Mini-Cons gathered by [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]]'s [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s during the [[Beast Wars (event)|Beast Wars]] on prehistoric [[Earth]]. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/08/13}}

==Toys==
===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Dinobot Sling''' (Dinobot Micron, 2014)

: Sling is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Nightscream (Classics)#Toys|Nightscream]] in a color palette that's more or less identical to ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Brimstone (Universe)|Brimstone]], except with clear plastic. He was an [[exclusive]] in Japan to Edieon toy counter, Best Denki, Yamada Denki, and Yodobashi Camera.

: This mold was also used to make [[Dragoyell]] and ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|Universe]]'' [[Brimstone (Universe)|Brimstone]].

[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese promotion exclusives]]
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Slash (AOE)

2017-04-04T00:59:14Z

Shywarp: /* References */

{{factions|autobotfilm}}
:''Slash is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:AOE velociraptor concept.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Somehow more scientifically progressive than a 2015 movie, despite being a ''giant robot''.]]
'''Slash''' is surprisingly sneaky for a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]. Skilled in the arts of stealth and tracking, he can cut down his target without getting detected or hunt down his next victim with ease. Equipped with cyber scythes in robot mode and claws as a ''Velociraptor'', Slash can fight his way out of a bad situation if things go south.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/characters.cfm?bot=Dinobot_Slash Dinobot Slash bio at Hasbro.com]</ref>

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
Slash and the other Dinobots were happily frolicking in a [[China|Chinese]] forest when five [[Autobot]]s arrived. One of them, [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], attempted to ride Slash, but the Dinobot immediately sent him flying. [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] then tried to win the Dinobots' favor with a snack of nuts and bolts, which Slash and his allies quickly wolfed down. When [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] caught the scent of [[Decepticon]]s, Slash allowed Hound to ride him into battle to a war-torn city. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Slash participated in a battle against the Decepticons until Optimus paused the confrontation to talk about the [[live-action film series]]. The Autobot leader introduced Slash and the rest of the Dinobots to the audience to wrap-up his recap. Then, a pizza was delivered to the battlefield, and the fighting started up once again. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}} {{Storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
[[File:Onestepchangerslash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Note: Guitar not included.]]
*'''Dinobot Slash''' (One-Step Changer, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA08'''
:Slash transforms from robot to mechanical ''Velociraptor'' in a single step. This is achieved using [[autotransformation]], triggered by folding his robot arms/dinosaur legs. Slash shares his engineering with One-Step Changer [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]], but the two are otherwise different molds.

:The Japanese release of Slash features extensive silver paint, rendering his ''Velociraptor'' mode mostly silver, and has red dino eyes.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/OSCSlash/slash.htm More information on One-Step Changers Slash at TFU.info]''

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[[File:AoeGenerationsDeluxeSlash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|For a Dinobot who got cut from the film, I sure seem to have a lot of merchandise, don't I?]]
*'''Dinobot Slash''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Two cyber scythes
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD25'''
:Slash transforms from a robot to a mechanical ''Velociraptor''. The feather-spikes on his beast mode arms remove in robot mode to become his cyber scythe weapons, which he can hold via [[5mm post]]s which plug into his robot mode hands.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Slash/slash.htm More information on Deluxe Slash at TFU.info]''
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots Dinobot Slash.jpg|right|300px|thumb|“Alas, poor [[Snarl (AOE)|Snarl]]! I knew him, [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]].” ]]
* '''Dinobot Slash''' (Dinobot, 2014)
: Slash is part of the second wave of Dinobots and transforms from a blue ''Velociraptor'' into a robot. In dinosaur mode, Slash is the right size to be ridden by the smaller 'Dinobot Rider' toys in this line. Like all Construct-Bots Dinobots, Slash features a gear-driven gimmick. Spinning the gear on Slash's back causes his dino-mode claws to slash up and down in a back-scratching manner.

:His nominal Dinobot Rider counterpart is [[Hound (Movie)#Construct-Bots|Hound]].

:Unlike the other Movie Dinobots who have a corresponding ''Construct-Bots'' counterpart, Slash's head sculpt is entirely different from his ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)#Generations (Series M4)|Age of Extinction Generations]]'' release. Interestingly, the ''Construct-Bots'' version has a head that is very reminiscent of [[Dinobot (BW)|Dinobot]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBSlash/slash.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Slash at TFU.info]''

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===Kre-O===
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot Slash.jpg|right|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Lockdown Air Raid''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''???'''
**''Pieces'': '''203'''
**''Kreons'': [[Hound (Movie)#Kre-O|Hound]], [[Lockdown (ROTF)#Kre-O|Lockdown]], [[Leadfoot (DOTM)#Kre-O|Sideswipe]].

:The Lockdown Air Raid set includes a buildable Dinobot beast Slash.
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*'''Galvatron Factory Battle
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot.jpg|right|200px|thumb]]
**''Set number'':'''?'''
**''Pieces'':'''388'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)|Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Optimus Prime]], [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]], [[Dr. Littleman]], 2 KSI workers.

{{charstubtoys}}
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===The Last Knight===
[[File:TLKDeluxeSlash.jpg|thumb|upright=1.90|]]
*'''Dinobot Slash''' (Deluxe, 2017)

{{comingsoontoy|Set for Spring 2017 release}}
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==Notes==
*''Velociraptor'' Dinobots were at one stage planned to appear in the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|''Age of Extinction'' film]], with concept art depicting a large number of them charging into [[Hong Kong]] alongside [[Scorn]].<ref>[https://studiomadeinpb.wordpress.com/2014/06/29/transformers-4-a-era-da-extincao-conheca-as-artes-conceituais-de-wesley-burt-para-o-filme/ Transformers: Age of Extinction concept art by Wesley Burt]</ref> Multiple colorations of these are known; one which was silver and gray, one which was blue and brown, one which was brown and gray. Slash's toy design is based on these pieces of concept artwork; while the deco seems closest to the blue-ish version, though the toy's beast mode eyes are red instead of green, and the brown has also been replaced by green.
**Additionally, one piece of concept art portrays the proto-Slash with ''[https://studiomadeinpb.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/transformers-4-age-of-extinction-by-wesley-burt-38.jpg?w=1000&h= buzzsaws]'' on his legs!
*[[How to Ride a Dinobot!|Some tie-in materials]] released seem to indicate that ''had'' Slash appeared in the movie, he would have been paired up with [[Hound (Movie)|Hound]], the only Autobot in the finished movie who didn't have his own Dinobot partner.
*Slash also has the distinction of being the only Dinobot who did not appear in the film to receive a ''Construct-Bots'' and recognizable ''Kre-O'' figure on top of a ''Generations'' release; this, along with his appearances in some promotional material and multiple pieces of concept art, might indicate that he was scrapped later on in production than [[Slog (AOE)|Slog]] or Snarl were.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese'': '''Slash''' (スラッシュ ''Surasshu'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category: Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Scorn

2017-04-04T00:58:49Z

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{{factions|autobotfilm}}
:''Scorn is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Spinosaurus concept.jpg|right|thumb|upright=2.2|Illusion never changed into something real.]]

'''Scorn''' is what happens when you combine a destructive war machine with a predator. Nothing else so much as a destroyer on two legs, he's strong and massive. Not only capable of using his ''Spinosaurus'' [[alternate mode]] in combat, Scorn is also a demolitions specialist and wields the Scrapmaker Sword in 'bot mode. His massive size makes him almost impossible to bring down.<ref>http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/characters.cfm?bot=Scorn</ref>

He also goes by the nickname '''Spike'''.

==Fiction==
===''Age of Extinction'' film===
[[File:AOE-ScornFlipsOut.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.67|This one's for you, ''Jurassic Park III'' haters!]]
Scorn was trapped aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s vessel until [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots stole the section of the ship he was imprisoned on, though Optimus did not reveal the Dinobots' presence to his men until the time came for reinforcements. Optimus offered an ultimatum: stand with the Autobots against their mysterious Creators and [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]'s Decepticons, or face death at his hands. [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]] submitted to his command when beaten in single combat by the Autobot leader, there by earning his respect, and Scorn and the other Dinobots followed suit. Scorn allowed [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] to ride him into the Hong Kong battle, where Scorn's massive size and lethal sail-spikes proved a great asset in turning the tide. Scorn accompanied the group to try to escort the Seed to safety, but Lockdown returned and turned his tractor beam on them. Scorn would've been recaptured by the bounty hunter had Optimus not destroyed the tractor beam. Scorn helped defend the Seed on a bridge with the other Autobots and Dinobots until Optimus was able to defeat Lockdown. The battle over, Optimus gave the Dinobots their freedom, and Scorn parted with Crosshairs on good terms, who even gave him a new nickname, "Spike". {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

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===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
Scorn was minding his own business in a Chinese forest, when suddenly Optimus Prime and his Autobots arrived, intent on learning how to ride the mighty Dinobots into battle. When Crosshairs attempted to learn how to battle atop his mighty steed alongside [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]], Scorn and Slug found smashing Crosshairs and Drift together much more enjoyable than dueling. When the Autobots queried Prime on why he wasn't doing the activities, he claimed he had mastered it already...only to be dragged along when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons! Scorn allowed Crosshairs to saddle him as the rest of the Autobots and Dinobots followed their leaders into battle. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
[[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] bought a toy of Scorn and had fun with how the way it was packaged, thinking it made the Dinobot look perpetually surprised. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 3|TF4 Toy Party Part 3}}

==Games==
===''Age of Extinction'' mobile game===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)|Age of Extinction}}}}

===''Dinobot Hunt'' online game===
Scorn teamed up with Hound to destroy some Decepticon encampments, and collect some Energon along the way. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (online game)|Dinobot Hunt}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:TF2014toy-PowerBattlerScorn.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.67|I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect guy is Scorn. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-AOE-Lost-Age-Series-LA10-Battle-Attack-Scorn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Scorn''' (Power Battler, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA10'''

:Scorn features a basic transformation from a mechanical ''Spinosaurus'' into a robot. Squeezing his legs together in [[robot mode]] rotates the center of his torso, whipping his tail forward in a "Tail Whip!" attack, as well as giving him a new robot-mode head. Funky.

:The Takara ''Lost Age'' version of the toy, sold as '''Battle Attack Scorn''', features different paint applications, making his [[beast mode]] mainly silver.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/PBScorn/scorn.htm More information on Power Battler Scorn at TFU.info]''

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====Generations====
[[File:AOEGenerationsDeluxeScorn.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|You're a little late, I'm already Scorn. ''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[File:TF-AOE-Movie-Advanced-Series-AD05-Scorn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Scorn''' (Deluxe Class, 2014)
**''Series'': '''M4: #004'''
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''AD05'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]]''-themed ''[[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Deluxe class toys, Scorn transforms from a robot into a red ''Spinosaurus'' (albeit with a single sail, seemingly indicating the triple-sailed design was a late change to the movie character). His sword can be stored inside his tail, but he can only hold it in his right hand in robot mode, as his left arm converts from his tail into a [[lance]]. Scorn's [[transformation]] scheme is [[Megatron (BW)/toys#BWultra|extremely familiar]], yesss.
:The Takara ''Lost Age'' version of the toy uses a darker shade of red plastic, replaces the orange paint apps with gold, and features a painted blade for his sword.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Scorn/scorn.htm More information on ''Generations'' Scorn at TFU.info]''

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{{anchor|Platinum5Pack}}
[[File:TF-AOE-Platinum-Edition-Dinobots-Unleashed-Scorn.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Sword
:Redecoed from the ''Age of Extinction'' Deluxe Class figure, Scorn sports a ''vaguely'' [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] gray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes of [[Grimlock (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Grimlock]], [[Slug (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slug]], [[Strafe (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Strafe]] and [[Slog (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slog]]

:His Dino head in the stock photos is hilariously upside down.
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*'''Black Knight Scorn''' (Deluxe, August 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Sword

: A redeco of ''Generations'' Scorn, this time in a predominantly black colour scheme with orange highlights, presumably representative of the mainly dark gray appearance of the Dinobots in the movie. '''Black Knight Scorn''' is a Takara [[exclusive]] to Edion and Bic Camera.

====Kre-O====
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot Scorn.jpg|right|thumb|300px| Probably goes hat shopping with the Statue of Liberty.]]
*'''Scorn Street Chase''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6950'''
**''Pieces'': '''106'''
**''Kreons'': Crosshairs, Vehicon x2.

: The centerpiece of the "[[Scorn Street Chase]]" set, ''[[Kre-O]]'' Scorn is a buildable dino-beast. (No, he has no alternate robot build.) His head has a small magnet in the roof of his mouth that allows him to "bite" and carry ferrous metal items, like the crest of the new Vehicon helmets, or the 2x2 circular plate that makes up the Vehicons' backpacks. He has movable (non-firing) cannons on each hip, plus he has exposed studs on his back to allow a [[Kreon]] to ride him. He features no ''Spinosaurus'' sails.

: Unfortunately, Scorn has some construction issues. His tail is extremely lightweight, providing virtually no counterbalance to his front half if you want to have him in a pose that doesn't basically have him standing vertical. His knees are simple clip-and-bar affairs that do not have enough "grip" to hold onto any real weight. When built as shown in the instructions, the jointing is awkward and leaves him with few non-tail-dragging poses. However, building his legs as shown in the promotional photography, omitting the 1x2 plates with the small slope, gives him knees that bend backwards and do a much better job of supporting his weight when standing in a natural horizontal-body pose.

: The set also comes with Kreons of [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Kre-O|Crosshairs]] and two [[Vehicon (Kre-O)#AOE|Vehicons]], plus a simple banner with "Hong Kong" in Chinese (and technically Japanese too).

* '''Scorn''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
[[File:Custom Kreon Scorn.jpg|thumb]]
: Part of the 3rd wave of the Custom Kreon ''Age of Extinction'' Collection, this Custom Kreon Scorn is based on his ''Age of Extinction'' counterpart. Like his wave mates, he saw limited release in Hasbro Asia.
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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:ConstructBots_Scorn.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Confuse me with a little purple dragon, and you're going home in a body-bag.]]
*'''Scorn''' (Dinobot, 2014)
: Scorn is part of the second wave of Dinobots. Scorn can transform from a ''Spinosaurus'' with two sails on its back into a robot. In dinosaur mode, Scorn is the right size to be ridden by the smaller 'Dinobot Rider' toys in this line.

:Like all Construct-Bots Dinobots, Scorn features a gear-driven gimmick. In Scorn's case, spinning a gear on his back causes his sails to lunge forward for some sort of attack.

:His nominal Dinobot Rider Partner is [[Crosshairs (AOE)#Construct-Bots|Crosshairs]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBScorn/scorn.htm More information on Scorn at TFU.info]''

{{-}}

===The Last Knight===

*'''Scorn''' (Voyager, 2017)
[[File:TLKVoyagerScorn.JPG|thumb|upright=1.35|]]
:''[[Transformers: The Last Knight (toyline)|The Last Knight]]'' Scorn is a new Voyager-sized mold that transforms into a robot to ''Spinosaurus''. Unlike the Deluxe Class figure, he finally has movie-accurate 3 sails on his back.

{{comingsoontoy|Set for Spring 2017 release}}
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==Notes==
*Scorn is by far the largest Dinobot appearing in the film, given his status as a ''Spinosaurus'', which is infamous (thanks to ''Jurassic Park III'') for being a much larger predator than ''Tyrannosaurus rex''. Scorn seems to take the role of being the largest Dinobot from [[Sludge (disambiguation)|Sludge]], who traditionally fills the bill in most incarnations of the Dinobots.
*Incidentally, a little more than two months after ''Age of Extinction'' hit the theater, additional fossils of ''Spinosaurus'' were unveiled to the public. The new reconstruction depicts an animal with [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/09/140911-spinosaurus-fossil-discovery-dinosaur-science/ an even larger dorsal sail and incredibly short hindlegs]. This makes Scorn's [[alternate mode]] an outdated depiction of ''Spinosaurus'', which is a pity, considering that he was the most scientifically accurate Dinobot to appear in the movie before this revelation.
**Interestingly, this is ''also'' a [[Sludge (G1)#Notes|trait that Scorn shares with G1 Sludge]]. [[Red Alert (G1)|It's a conspiracy, I tell you!]]
*In [http://static.seibertron.com/images/movie/uploads/1414058321_a5.jpg later concept drawings], Scorn was planned to have used his spines as small projectiles.
*Scorn's Deluxe class package photo depicts an early version of Scorn. This version's dino-mode head seems to split down the middle to form a slightly wider hand. Although it does leave an unsightly gap in the head.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Scorn''' (スコーン ''Sukōn'')

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category: Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Roughneck

2017-04-04T00:52:15Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
:''Roughneck is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]]''
[[File:TF-AOE-Construct-Bots-Drift.jpg|thumb|right|400px|]]

'''Roughneck''' hangs out with [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]].

==Toys==
===Construct-Bots===
*'''Drift with Roughneck''' (Dinobot Warrior, 2014)
: Part of Wave 1 of the Dinobot Warriors assortment, Roughneck is a red and blue ankylosaurid dinosaur packaged with his Autobot partner Drift. Like other Dinobot Warriors, Roughneck can transform into battle armour for his larger partner.

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Paulie

2017-04-04T00:38:35Z

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{{factions|minicon}}
:''Paulie is a [[Mini-Con]] from the [[live-action film series]] and [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[File:AOEtoy Paulie.jpg|thumb|right|300px]]

'''Paulie''' (ポーリー ''Pōrī'') is a blue pterosaur.

==Fiction==
===Ask Vector Prime===
Paulie, along with [[Ivan]] and [[Thunderlips]], is a member of the [[Saurian Strike Team]] in [[Aurex]]-cluster realities. [[Vector Prime]] notes that he has an English-language name, but is unable to recall it. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/28}}

==Toys==
===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Paulie''' (Dinobot Micron, 2014)

: Paulie is a clear blue [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Swoop (G1)/toys#Classics|Swoop]], transforming into a ''Pteranodon''. His blue-and-dark-gray colour scheme brings in mind that of [[Strafe (AOE)#Toys|Strafe]]. He was only available as an Aeon [[exclusive]] with the purchase of one of these three toys: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Lost Age Series|LA-01 Battle Command Optimus Prime]], [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Leader Class toys 5|AD-01 Optimus Prime]], or [[Grimlock (AOE)#Leader Class toys|AD-20 Black Knight Grimlock]].

: This mold was also used to make [[Reptix]], ''[[Transformers: Universe (2008 toyline)|Universe]]'' [[Windrazor (Universe)|Windrazor]], and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (franchise)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]].
{{ClassicsSwoopMold}}

==Notes==
*Paulie takes his name from Strafe's fake working name, which in turn takes the name from Paulie Pennino, a character in the {{w|Rocky (film series)|''Rocky'' film series}}.

[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese promotion exclusives]]
[[Category:Multi-family characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Nosedive

2017-04-04T00:38:06Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
:''Nosedive is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:ConstructBots_DinobotWarriosBumblebee_Nosedive.jpg|350px|thumb|right|]]
'''Nosedive''' is buddies with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]. He's totally not that [[Strafe (AOE)|other]] Dinobot ''Pteranodon''! He only has one head.

==Toys==
===Construct-Bots===
* '''Dinobot Warriors Bumblebee & Nosedive Dino''' (Age of Extinction, 2014)
: Part of the second wave of the Dinobot Warriors assortment, Nosedive is an orange ''Pteranodon'' packaged with Bumblebee, and can transform into a battle armour for his larger partner.

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Ivan

2017-04-04T00:37:30Z

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{{factions|minicon}}
:''Ivan is a [[Mini-Con|Micron]] from the [[live-action film series]] and [[Unicron Trilogy]] [[Continuity family|continuity families]].''
[[File:AOEtoy Ivan.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Full name: Ivan [[Dragotron]].]]

'''Ivan''' (アイヴァン ''Aivan'') is a little dinosaur. He will break you.

==Fiction==
===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
[[Megatron (Armada)/Cartoon continuity|Megatron]] stole Ivan during his trip to the [[Legends Universe]], holding the dinosaur in his hand as he delighted in how many Mini-Cons there were to take in this world. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Armada Megatron)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

===Ask Vector Prime===
Ivan, along with [[Paulie]] and [[Thunderlips]], is a member of the [[Saurian Strike Team]] in [[Aurex]]-cluster realities. [[Vector Prime]] notes that he has an English-language name, but is unable to recall it. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/09/28}}

==Toys==
===Movie Advanced Series===
*'''Ivan''' (Dinobot Micron, [[2014]]-[[July 19|07-19]])

: Ivan is a [[redeco]] of ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' [[Terrorsaur (Classics)#Toys|Terrorsaur]], transforming into a robotic ''[[Popular beast alternate modes#Tyrannosaurus|Tyrannosaurus rex]]'' in clear plastic. He was only available individually as a ToysRUs [[exclusive]] in Japan.

: This mold was also used to make [[Gnashteeth]], [[Gnashteeth#Chromebite|Chromebite]], [[Transformers: Universe (2008 franchise)|''Universe'' (2008)]] [[Ransack (Universe 2008)|Ransack]], and ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' [[Dualor (DOTM)|Dualor]].
{{ClassicsTerrorsaurMold}}
{{charstubtoys}}

==Notes==
*Ivan takes his name from [[Grimlock (AOE)|Grimlock]]'s fake working name, which in turn takes the name from Ivan Drago in ''{{w|Rocky IV}}''.

[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Armada Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Japanese promotion exclusives]]
[[Category:Legends Mini-Cons]]
[[Category:Multi-family characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Hangnail

2017-04-04T00:36:58Z

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{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Hangnail is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:ConstructBots DinobotWarrior Lockdown.jpg|thumb|right|400px|]]
'''Hangnail''' is a Decepticon, and is partners with [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]. He's probably a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]].

==Toys==
===Construct-Bots===
* '''Lockdown with Hangnail''' (Dinobot Warrior, 2014)
: Part of Wave 1 of the Dinobot Warriors assortment, Hangnail is a mainly blue theropod dinosaur packaged with Lockdown. Hangnail can transform into a set of massive weapons for Lockdown to wield.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/CBHangnail/hangnail.htm More information on Hangnail at TFU.info]''

[[Category:Age of Extinction Decepticons]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Decepticons]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Gnaw (AOE)

2017-04-04T00:36:36Z

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{{factions|autobot}}
{{disambig3|Gnaw}}
:''Gnaw is an [[Autobot]] from the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:Construct Bots Optimus Prime and Gnaw.png|thumb|right|250px]]
'''Gnaw''' is an [[Autobot]], probably a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]]. He hangs out with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

==Toys==
===Construct-Bots===
* '''Optimus Prime with Gnaw''' (Dinobot Warrior, 2014)
: Part of Wave 1 of the Dinobot Warriors assortment, Gnaw is a ''Dimetrodon'' that is packaged with his larger partner Optimus Prime, and can transform into battle armour for his larger partner.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBGnaw/gnaw.htm More information on Gnaw at TFU.info]''

==Notes==
*A ''{{w|Dimetrodon}}'' is not a dinosaur, but a mammal-like synapsid.

[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Toy-only characters]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Strafe (AOE)

2017-04-04T00:35:59Z

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{{factions|autobotfilm}}
{{disambig3|Strafe}}
:''Strafe is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Pteranodon concept.jpg|thumb|right|450px|Is a knight. Is not actually a dinosaur. Or a [[Strafe (G1)|Technobot]]. Or a [[Strafe (IDW)|woman]]. You know, maybe "[[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]]" might have worked better after all.]]

You'd be forgiven if upon seeing '''Strafe''' appear on the battlefield, you had some sort of embarrassing evacuation of waste. After all, the sight of a gigantic, two-headed, fire-breathing metal dragon-like pterosaur swooping down on you with lightning speed like some kind of movie monster would shake the toughest fighters. However, Strafe is an interesting contradiction in terms; while a powerful and merciless warrior on the field, off of it Strafe is one of the most friendly and approachable individuals you're ever likely to meet.

Strafe is very good friends with [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]].

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Strafe found himself the unwilling target for Bumblebee's first Dinobot riding lesson. Strafe ensured the Autobot had a rough first lesson, flying out of his reach for the majority of the time while trying to feed on scrap metal. Bumblebee laid a trap for Strafe with a tasty gear, and finally held onto a rope that had snared around his leg... but Strafe happily flew Bumblebee into a mountain's wall. Bumblebee seemed to have learned not to mess with Strafe, since he destroyed the Dinobot-riding instruction manual and quit listening to that maddeningly unhelpful narrator. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 1: Getting on a Dinobot|Getting on a Dinobot}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
[[File:AOEStrafeandBumblebee.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Strafe is about to catch his favourite meal, the [[Bumblebee (Movie)|kid-appeal character]].]]
Strafe was among the Dinobots freed from [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s ship, and subsequently yielded to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s command. During the battle in Hong Kong, Strafe aided [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] as he battled [[Stinger (AOE)|Stinger]]. The two fought on Strafe's back until Stinger was defeated, and Strafe got to munch on Stinger's head. Strafe aided in escorting the Seed to safety until Lockdown returned and unleashed his magnetic vortex upon the group. Though he briefly freed [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] from the vortex, the Dinobots were trapped in it again until Optimus destroyed it. Strafe helped hold the line on a bridge until the Seed was transported to safety and Lockdown was defeated. The battle over, Strafe and the Dinobots were freed from Optimus' command and parted on good terms with their new allies.
{{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
Strafe was minding his own buisness in a Chinese forest when Optimus Prime and his Autobots arrived, intent on learning how to ride the mighty Dinobots into battle. After Hound tried to boss about [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] and got hurled away for his efforts, Bumblebee attempted to earn their favor...by giving them treats. This went over a bit ''too'' well, and Strafe was forced to rescue the Autobot from the Dinobot stampede; but the Dinobot immediately sent Bumblebee falling to the ground when the Autobot attempted to ride him. When Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons, Strafe rolled out with his fellow Dinobots into battle, finally letting Bumblebee ride him. {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

{{--}}

==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
[[File:AOE PowerBattlers Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Sadly, clicking my heels three times doesn't make me turn into Swoop.]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA11'''

:Part of the initial wave of Power Battlers, Strafe features a simple transformation from a mechanical, two-headed pterosaur into a robot. In robot mode, squeezing Strafe's legs together causes him to rotate at the waist for a spin attack.

:The Japanese release of this toy, sold as '''Battle Attack Strafe''', features a different color layout that adds a lot of silver.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/PBStrafe/strafe.htm More information on Power Battlers Strafe at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Bumblebee and Strafe.jpg|thumb|right||300px|Hey, I'm a ghoul ''and'' a ghost now!]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)

: Part of the first wave of [[Dino Sparkers]], this non-articulated toy is a friction-motor pterosaur cast in semi-translucent plastic. When rolled along, [[sparking gimmick|"cold" sparks]] flash inside the creature's back end. Affixed to Strafe's back is a simplified figure of [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] wielding one hella-long sword.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/DSStrafe/strafe.htm More information on Dino Sparker Strafe at TFU.info]''

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*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (One-Step Changers, 2014)

:Part of the fourth wave of One-Step Changers, Strafe transforms from robot to ''Pteranodon'' in a single step.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/OSCStrafe/strafe.htm More information on One-Step Changer Strafe at TFU.info]''

====Generations====
[[File:AoE deluxe Strafe.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Look, to get the cool shoulder armor, I have to use a two-headed pterosaur mode, okay? Let's accept that. (Hasbro version pictured)]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2014)
**''Series'': '''M4: #005'''
**''Japanese release date'': '''2014-[[July 19|07-19]]'''
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''AD-24'''
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: "Generations" Strafe is a more complex and less [[gimmick]]-focused version of Strafe than the "Robots in Disguise" toy. Strafe transforms into a twin-headed ''Pteranodon'' monster. Like all the other Dinobots, Strafe's design is based on medieval knights. Twin swords peg onto his wings, and the swords can also be hand-held in robot mode. He also comes with a pressure-launch missile-firing "crossbow". Pegs on the crossbow allow the swords to attach and create a larger weapon. Both the crossbow and the swords seem to stem from unused concept art, as seen in this page. His tails are made of soft rubber, but due to his packaging, they are almost always bent at an extreme angle out of the package. This can be fixed by soaking the rubber in hot water and then correcting the bends.

: The ''Movie Advanced Series'' version of Strafe features several different paint apps.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Strafe/strafe.htm More information on Deluxe Strafe at TFU.info]''

*'''Black Knight Strafe''' (Deluxe, December 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: A redeco of ''Generations'' Strafe, this time in a predominantly black colour scheme with blue highlights, presumably representative of the mainly dark gray appearance of the Dinobots in the movie. '''Black Knight Strafe''' is a Takara [[exclusive]], and was obtainable at [[Cybertron Satellite]] participant stores.

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[[File:TRU-Evolution-2-pack-Strafe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"Bring Your Child to Work" day is kind of embarrassing for Strafe.]]
*'''Dinobot Strafe''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''26 OF 30'''
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: Available only at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]] stores in the US, UK, Canada and Germany, this two-pack features the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, with no known differences from the normal retail release, packaged with [[Swoop (G1)#TRUEvolution|'classic' Strafe]], a seemingly-unchanged re-release of the ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon (toyline)|Dark of the Moon]]'' Mini-Con [[Rav (DOTM)|Rav]]. The packaging mistakenly<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0uG8JszvCs&t=23m5s] Botcon 2014 Interview - Hasbro's Mark Weber - Transformers Manager of Global Brand Development</ref> uses the [[Technobot (G1)|Technobot]] [[Strafe (G1)|Strafe's]] art instead of Swoop's G1 art and lists him as a "stealth fighter" (what our wiki described the 2010 ''Transformers'' [[Strafe (TF 2010)|Strafe]] toy as).

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[[File:TF4-Bumblebee-Strafe-Stinger-3-pack-packaging.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Damnit Bumblebee, how am I supposed to eat his head ''now''?!]]
*'''Bumblebee with Dinobot Strafe vs. Decepticon Stinger''' (3-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords

: ''Another'' unchanged release of the "Generations" Deluxe Strafe toy, only this time he's packaged in a "Scene Pack" with [[Cyberverse]] versions of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartScenePack|Bumblebee]] (redecoed from his ''Revenge of the Fallen'' Legends class toy) and [[Stinger (AOE)#WalmartScenePack|Stinger]] (a redeco of Transformers: ''Prime'' Legion class [[Knock Out (Prime)|Knock Out]]).

: This three-pack was available exclusively at Walmart stores in the United States, at Asda stores in the United Kingdom, at Müller drug stores in Germany and at Auchan stores in Italy...thus making Strafe the ''only'' "Generations" toy from the AOE toyline to be officially released in Italy.

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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Strafe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Why do I have this nagging urge to [[Terrorsaur (BW)|try and usurp Grimlock?]]]]
*'''Bumblebee & Dinobot Strafe''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Submachine gun

: This bizarre entry is a redeco of ''[[Beast Wars: Transformers (toyline)|Beast Wars]]'' [[Terrorsaur (BW)#Toys|Terrorsaur]], a mold ''nearly 20 years old at this point''. He transforms from an organic, one-headed ''Pteranodon'' to robot mode with a [[autotransformation|spring-loaded one-step transformation]]. A small gun stores in his robot mode back which can be removed, unfolded, and pegged into his robot mode fist.

: This figure was only available as part of a two-pack with a [[Cyberverse]] Legion Class version of [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#WalmartCyberverse2pk|Bumblebee]] that was exclusively to Walmart stores in the United States and to Asda stores in the United Kingdom.

: This mold was also used for Terrorsaur, [[Fractyl#Toys|Fractyl]], [[Lazorbeak#Toys|Lazorbeak]], [[Hydra (BWN)#Toys|Hydra]], and [[Terranotron (Dinobots)|Terranotron]]. This particular mold use was repurposed as [[Garboyl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/WMStrafe/strafe.htm More information on ''Age of Extinction'' 2-pack Strafe at TFU.info]''

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*'''Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Crossbow/launcher, missile, 2 swords
:Redecoed from the ''Age of Extinction'' Deluxe Class figure, Strafe sports a ''vaguely'' [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] gray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes of [[Scorn (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Scorn]], [[Slug (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slug]], [[Grimlock (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Grimlock]], and [[Slog (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slog]]
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====Construct-Bots====
[[File:ConstructBots_DinobotStrafe.jpg|thumb|300px|Why are there so many holes in my body?! I feel like a cardboard cutout!]]
*'''Strafe''' (Dinobot, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''27'''
: Part of the first wave of Dinobots, Strafe is heavily based on Strafe from [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction]], and can transform from a two-headed ''Pteranodon'' monster into a robot. Like all the other Dinobots in the line, Strafe can be ridden by any of the smaller Dinobot Rider toys.

:Like all Construct-Bots Dinobots, Strafe features a gear-driven gimmick. Spinning the gear on Strafe's back causes his wings to flap.

:His nominal Dinobot Rider partner is [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Construct-Bots|Bumblebee]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBStrafe/strafe.htm More information on ''Construct-Bots'' Strafe at TFU.info]''
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[[File:ConstructBots_WalmartStrafe.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Neon|Am I getting your attention now?]]]]
*'''Bumblebee vs. Decepticon Stinger with Strafe''' (Walmart exclusive, 2014)
**''Pieces: '''44'''
: [[Walmart]] exclusive Strafe is a redeco of the single-pack release and comes with Dinobot Riders [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Construct-Bots|Bumblebee]] and [[Stinger (AOE)#Construct-Bots|Stinger]]. Strafe retains all the gimmickry of his previous version.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/CBWMStrafe/strafe.htm More information on Walmart ''Construct-Bots'' Strafe at TFU.info]''
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====Kre-O====
[[File:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot Strafe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|]]

*'''Cell Block Breakout''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6951'''
**''Pieces'': '''135'''
**''Kreons'': [[Bumblebee (Kre-O)#CellBlock|Bumblebee]], [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#CellBlock|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime]], [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]].

:The Cell Block Breakout set includes a buildable Dinobot beast Strafe. Strafe also features a "Dino Force Technology" gimmick on its pair of leg claws, which Strafe can use it to capture the magnet-tipped prison cell, the Vehicons and the Evasion Mode Optimus Prime Kreons.
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[[File:Custom Kreon Strafe.jpg|thumb|300px]]
* '''Strafe''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
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===Movie The Best===
[[File:TF-Movie-Anniversary-MB-10-Strafe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Dino Ride Strafe & Bumblebee''' ([[March 25|3-25]]-2017)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''MB-10'''
**''Accessories'': Missile, Bumblebee figure

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===The Last Knight===
[[File:TLKDeluxeStrafe.JPG|thumb|upright=1.35|]]
*'''Strafe''' (Deluxe, 2017)

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==Notes==
*According to ''Transformers'' Manager of Global Brand Development Mark Weber at New York [[Toy Fair 2014]], Strafe is named so not because of [[trademark]] reasons, but because the film's two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous [[Swoop (disambiguation)|Swoop]] characters. Of course, this doesn't explain why various toys released around the same time that represent the [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]] are also named "Strafe"; the fact that [[Swoop (G1)/toys#TitansReturn|Swoop's ''Titans Return'' toy]] was named "Ptero" suggests that Hasbro has lost the trademark to the name "Swoop".
*Also, Strafe's pterosaur mode looks more like a ''Darwinopterus'' than a ''Pteranodon'', albeit two-headed, two-tailed and massively overgrown. Still, referring to Strafe as a ''Darwinopterus'' is more scientifically accurate than calling him a ''Pteranodon'', seeing as how he has teeth and long tails. Of course, either way, [[Scale|Strafe is far too big compared to most of the cast]]...
*Strafe's two pterosaur heads in the movie have some noticeable differences, with the right head having a straight beak and a larger crest as compared to the left head that has a more curved beak, a smaller crest, and two large teeth on its lower jaw. Neither head is scientifically accurate, as discussed above.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Strafe''' (ストレイフ ''Sutoreifu'')

==References==
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[[Category:Age of Extinction Autobots]]
[[Category:Age of Extinction Dinobots]]
[[Category:Construct-Bots Autobots]]
[[Category:Knights]]
[[Category:Kre-O Autobots]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Platinum Edition]]
[[Category:Dinobots]]

Grimlock (AOE)

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:''Grimlock is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] from the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]] portion of the [[live-action film series]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:AOE Grimlock concept.jpg|thumb|right|400px|When me Grimlock go clubbin', me make sure to pack extra mace just in case.]]
'''Grimlock''' is a [[Dinobot (AOE)|Dinobot]] with a rather rough n' tough attitude. One of the most powerful warriors alive, his general approach to a problem is to smash it first, worry about the specifics later. This attitudes extends to his [[Autobot]] [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|companions]], who are expected to meet Grimlock's standard of strength. That said, the Autobots have a lot less to fear from this behemoth than the [[Decepticon]]s.

==Fiction==
===''How to Ride your Dinobot'' cartoon===
Grimlock found himself being the guinea pig for [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]]'s Dinobot-riding lessons. To his irritation, Optimus rudely beckoned him to move forward, and was thus thrown into a barn. Optimus's mood did not improve much, but Grimlock's did, as it was now time for him to ride Optimus. The Autobot leader proved a much more compliant steed, to Grimlock's joy. {{storylink|How to Ride Your Dinobot Chapter 2: How to Ride|How to Ride}}

===''Age of Extinction'' film===
[[File:Age-of-extinction-grimlock-hanged.jpg|thumb|left|300px|[[John DiMaggio|King Shark]] knows how you feel after being in Arkham Asylum.]]

Grimlock was a prisoner aboard [[Lockdown (ROTF)|Lockdown]]'s [[Knight Ship|ship]] until the Autobots detached that section and flew it to [[China]], though Optimus did not inform his troops of their presence. When [[Galvatron (AOE)|Galvatron]]'s new Decepticons shot down their ship, Optimus went to recruit the Dinobots for their aid. Optimus was nevertheless amazed that the "legend" existed, and freed Grimlock and his men. Optimus explained to Grimlock that the [[Creator (AOE)|Creator]]s intended to wipe them all out, and urged them to stand with him, or refuse and die. Grimlock immediately challenged Optimus, but despite his immense size and strength, was bested in combat. Grimlock submitted to Optimus's lead, and allowed the Autobot leader to mount him. Grimlock and Optimus led the Dinobot-Autobot charge into [[Hong Kong]], where Grimlock killed many Decepticons with ease.

[[File:AOEOptimusRidingGrimlock.jpg|thumb|right|300px| Me Grimlock no Yoshi! Me Grimlock KING!]]
Grimlock later helped escort the [[Seed]] to a safe location, but Lockdown arrived and turned his tractor beam on them. Grimlock and the Dinobots would have been captured once again had Optimus not destroyed the tractor projector with a well-placed shot. Optimus ordered Grimlock and the others to flee while he fought Lockdown. The group subsequently held the line on a nearby bridge until Optimus, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], and their human allies triumphed and killed Lockdown. Optimus granted Grimlock and the Dinobots their freedom, and Grimlock happily departed with his team for parts unknown. {{storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction}}

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===''The Last Knight'' film===
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===''How to Ride a Dinobot!'' comic===
Grimlock was minding his own business in a Chinese forest, when suddenly Optimus Prime and his Autobots arrived, intent on learning how to ride the mighty Dinobots into battle. Unfortunately for them, the Dinobots proved uncooperative steeds, with [[Slash (AOE)|Slash]] tossing [[Hound (AOE)|Hound]] through the air, Bumblebee nearly getting mauled when attempting to feed them and [[Scorn (AOE)|Scorn]] and [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]] smashing [[Crosshairs (AOE)|Crosshairs]] and [[Drift (AOE)|Drift]] together. When the Autobots queried Prime on why he wasn't doing the activities, he claimed he had mastered it already...only to be dragged along when Grimlock caught the scent of Decepticons! {{Storylink|How to Ride a Dinobot!}}

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===''Kre-O'' cartoon===
Grimlock participated in an enormous battle against the Decepticons... until Optimus Prime began talking about the plot of the [[live-action film series]] to the audience. He quickly grew bored during his leader's monologue and attempted to order a pizza over the phone. The beeping caused by Grimlock dialing up the pizza place kept on interrupting Optimus when he tried to spoil the plot of the [[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|fourth film]]. Optimus settled with introducing Grimlock and the rest of the Dinobots. Then Grimlock's pizza arrived, and the fighting started up once again. {{storylink|Take Us to the Movies}} {{Storylink|Take Us Through the Movies}}

Grimlock served as Optimus's mount as the two of them burst in on a bunch of Vehicons building the Galvatron Factory Battle set. Announcing that it was "Dinner Time!", Grimlock used a sort of tractor beam to draw his victims into his maw. He also got to stomp down on [[Lockdown (Kre-O)|Lockdown]], and kicked his head away. {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Dino Force|Kre-O Dino Force commercial}}

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===''Transformers Legends'' comic===
As a lover of beast Transformers, [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] purchased [[#Voyager Class toys|a Grimlock toy]] at [[Transformers Celebration 2014]]. [[Silverbolt (BW)|Silverbolt]] used it as a mount for [[Rhinox (BW)|Rhinox]]'s [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#EvasionMode|Evasion Mode Optimus Prime]], greatly upsetting Rhinox. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 2|TF4 Toy Party Part 2}} While discussing how neat the toy was, the three found its weapon reminiscent of stereotypical cartoon meat and imagined that Grimlock wanted to eat it. {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 3|TF4 Toy Party Part 3}} They went on to compare [[Slug (AOE)|Slug]]'s battle mode to a spit roast, joking that when he was done, Slug would become Grimlock's "meat". {{storylink|TF4 Toy Party#Part 4|TF4 Toy Party Part 4}}

==Games==
===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark''===
{{voiceactor|[[Gregg Berger]] (English)}}

When Bumblebee and Drift were ambushed by Lockdown and his troops, Grimlock came to help the Autobots. The Dinobot forced the enemy to retreat and cleared passage to Lockdown's base. With Drift distracted by Lockdown's troops, Optimus and Bumblebee made their way to Lockdown. With their mutual enemies near defeat, Grimlock ran off to hunt some of the fleeing mercenaries.{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark'' (3DS)===
Grimlock joined the Autobots during an attack on Lockdown's hideaway. He destroyed a series of barriers the autobots couldn't defeat on their own. His attacks were a large stomp, a chomp to use on barricades, and a flamethrower to attack the enemies on his sides.
{{storylink|Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark (3DS)|Rise of the Dark Spark}}

===''Age of Extinction'' mobile game===
Grimlock was one of the Autobots, who helped destroy the Decepticons on streets of Texas, Detroit, and Chicago.
{{Storylink|Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)|Age of Extinction}}

===''Dinobot Hunt'' online game===
Grimlock teamed up with Optimus Prime to destroy some Decepticon encampments, and collect some Energon along the way. {{storylink|Dinobot Hunt (online game)|Dinobot Hunt}}

===''Feed Grimlock'' online ''Kre-O'' game===
Optimus Prime fed the hungry Grimlock. His lunch was [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicons]], his favourite! No matter how much Grimlock ate, he always had room for more. {{storylink|Feed Grimlock}}

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===''Transformers: Battle Masters''===
{{Charstubgames|{{Storylink|Transformers: Battle Masters (mobile game)|Battle Masters}}}}

==Commercial appearances==
Grimlock had somehow wound up buried on Earth, where some kids started excavating him. He had been partially unearthed when he awakened and roared in the face of a little boy. Optimus Prime then hopped on his back and told his mount to "Roll Out!" {{storylink|Commercial/Age of Extinction#Flip and Change|1-Step Optimus Prime & Flip and Change Grimlock toy commercial}}
==Toys==
===Age of Extinction===
====Robots in Disguise====
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[[Image:AoE flip and change Grimlock.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Optimus Prime's gonna have a hard time trying to mount on Grimlock.''(Hasbro Version Pictured)'']]
[[Image:Takara-lost-age-series-big-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|White chocolate Grimlock.''(TakaraTomy Version Pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Flip & Change, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA02'''

:Part of the first wave of Flip & Change toys, Grimlock transforms into a robotic horned ''Tyrannosaurus'' by way of an [[autotransformation]] gimmick, triggered by holding his tail parts and flipping him over and over himself (or spin his tail while he was standing on a flat ground). Grimlock features very limited articulation on the arms, and features 5mm-compatible hands. The toy was inadvertently sold by some [[Walmart]]s before the official May 17th street date for ''Age of Extinction'' merchandise.

:The Japanese release of Grimlock, called '''Big Grimlock''' to separate it from the One Step Changer, has a primarily silver deco, especially on the dinosaur parts. It also has some other changes like golden teeth and red dino eyes. The Flip and Change construction gimmick is also ''removed'' from the release, which you have to transform him by hand.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/FCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Flip & Change Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:AoE Power Battler Grimlock.jpg|right|upright=1.67|thumb|Grimlock's attempt to cosplay as Beast Wars Megatron didn't go as well as he had hoped.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Power Battlers, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA15'''

:Power Battlers Grimlock is a simplified version of Grimlock with a more basic transformation and a gimmick featuring his spinning mace.

:He was also released in Japan without any changes with an exception of the packaging.

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[[Image:AoE 1-step Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Why me Grimlock's shoulders hurt?''(Hasbro Version pictured)'']]
[[Image:Takara-lost-age-series-grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock eat my wheaties.''(TakaraTomy Version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''LA04'''

:One-Step Changer Grimlock features a one-step autotransformation in both directions from robot to dinosaur, triggered by folding his robot shoulders/dinosaur thighs.

:Like the Flip & Change version, the Japanese release of this toy features more silver than orange.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/OSCGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on One-Step Changer Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:AoE stomp and chomp Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Me Grimlock take your all your precious money, no matter how silly me look.]]
*'''Electronic Stomp & Chomp Grimlock''' (One Step Changers, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Sword, Optimus Prime mini-figure
:Stomp & Chomp Grimlock is a 22" tall figure designed as a centerpiece for the One-Step Changer line, featuring light and sound effects and a one-step autotransformation performed by squeezing and pulling the handle. A One-Step Changer, Power Battler, or the included non-transforming Optimus Prime figure can ride him in dinosaur mode, and the toy is able to detect if said rider is Autobot or Decepticon and change its electronics effects accordingly.

:Please take note that the arms need to be in a straight position before you turn him back into a ''T. rex''. His left leg is detached to fit in the package.

:The toy was redecoed into [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#Stomp .26 Chomp|another Grimlock]].
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====Generations====
=====Legion Class toys=====
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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart legion Grimlock.jpg|thumb|300px|Not even the kids will think that's a T.rex.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legion, 2014)
:Grimlock is a redeco of [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|''Prime'']] ''[[Cyberverse]]'' [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]], transforming into a bipedal lizard creature. He can also transform into a leg for the ''Prime'' [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Cyberverse|Hun-Gurrr]] mold to use in its [[combiner]] mode, though this is not advertised anywhere for obvious reasons.

:This figure was available exclusively at [[Walmart]] stores in the United States, at Asda stores in the United Kingdom and at Müller drug stores in Germany.

:This sculpt was also used to make ''[[Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising]]'' [[Cindersaur (Prime)|Cindersaur]], ''[[Triple Combination: Transformers Go! (toyline)|Go!]]'' [[Jurara]] and [[Transformers (2014 toyline)|''Transformers'' (2014)]] [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Legion Class|Grimlock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/WMLegGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Legion Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:AoE Wal-Mart 2-pack scout Grimlock.jpg|thumb|300px|Me Grimlock disapprove of meek scientists who mutate worms.]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Legion two-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Sword, pistol

:This time, Grimlock is a redeco of [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'']] [[Cruellock]] packaged with a redeco of [[Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|''Revenge of the Fallen'']] Optimus Prime. He transforms into a dinosaur-monster somewhat reminiscent of the American movie version of [[Godzilla]] (Now known as simply "Zilla") and comes with a handgun and a large sword, both of which store in his tail in dino mode. These pieces can combine into a larger weapon that can be used by other Transformers toys. He also comes with an opaque gray [[Energon star|Energon chip]] which could be be attached to most ''Energon''-line toys, but unlike every other release of an Energon toy the chip is glued to his body, concealing that the spark crystal is missing from the construction of this toy.

:This two-pack was available exclusively at Walmart stores in the United States and at Asda stores in the United Kingdom.

:This mold was also used to make [[Doom-Lock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/WMGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Walmart two-pack Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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=====Voyager Class toys=====
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[[File:AOEVoyagerGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|So Me Grimlock pick [[Grimlock (WFC)#Generations|skinny legs]]... you wanna question that decision in front of me Grimlock's face? Thought so. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-03 Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|right|thumb|Me Grimlock traded me silver face paint for these leg tattoos. ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD03'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2014-[[May 17|05-17]]'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:Part of the first wave of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (toyline)|Age of Extinction:]] [[Transformers: Generations|Generations]]'' Voyager Class toys, Grimlock transforms into a silver and bronze ''Tyrannosaurus'' with [[Articulation|articulated]] horns, and a button-activated, spring-loaded chomping jaw. He comes with a spiked maul that he can ''sorta'' wield via the smaller [[5mm post|5mm handle]] at the top of its haft. The maul's head and handle are two separate pieces, and the weapon can slide onto to his tail to store in dino mode... as a ''really'' long tail extension. Yeah...

:There is a bronze paint color variation on the Hasbro release of this figure. The bronze paint can either be colored to match the bronze plastic -or- it can be colored very intensely, appearing oversaturated as more of an "orangey-bronze" color as seen on the Evolution 2-Pack and the Legion two-pack figure. This paint variation can be easily spotted when comparing Grimlock's robot mode hip pieces to each other, seeing the painted sides versus the plastic center and plastic dinosaur arms. Having both the bronze paint and the oversaturated "orangey-bronze" paint versions side-by-side makes the latter one much more noticeable in person.

:The TakaraTomy version, part of the first wave of the ''[[Movie Advanced Series]]'', lacks the silver paint on his dinosaur head, features additional paint on his robot face and legs, and has red dinosaur eyes.

:This toy was later redecoed into [[Nemesis Grimlock]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Transformers .282014.29|''Transformers'' (2014) Dinobots Generation One 4-pack Grimlock]]'', and retooled into [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition Dinobots set Grimlock]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Grimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Voyager Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:AoE now & then Grimlock 2014.jpg|thumb|300px|ORANGE-a glad to see me again? Huh? Huh?? Nothing? Ah, ok.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Evolution 2-Pack, 2014)
**'''24 OF 30'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:As a Toys R Us exclusive, this pack includes a redecoed ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class Grimlock and a redeco of [[Transformers: Energon (toyline)|''Energon'']] [[Grimlock (Energon)|Grimlock]] representing the [[Grimlock (G1)/toys#Age of Extinction|Generation 1 character]].
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[[File:AoE Target 2-pack voyager Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|One of me Grimlocks are not like the other...]]
*'''Silver Knight Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (two-pack, 2014)
**'''29 OF 30'''
**''Accessories:'' Sword, shield

:A G1-inspired redeco of ''[[Transformers: Generations]]'' ''[[Transformers: Fall of Cybertron|Fall of Cybertron]]'' Voyager Class Grimlock that was only available in a two-pack with a Deluxe Class [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#SKDeluxe|Silver Knight Optimus Prime]] figure. His sword & shield is cast in reddish pink transparent plastic, with the sword's details painted like the Japanese release & the ''Platinum Edition'' figure, while his shield is completely unpainted. Grimlock also features an Autobot insignia on his chest rather than the Lightning Strike Coalition insignia.

:The two-pack was exclusively available at Target stores in the United States, Canada and Australia, at Tesco stores in the United Kingdom and Hungary and at Galeria Kaufhof department stores in Germany. Also available in Russian toy stores.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/TargetGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Target 2-pack Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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[[File:AOEtoy-DinobotsUnleashedGrimlock.jpg|thumb|300px]]
*'''Dinobots Unleashed 5-Pack''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul
:Redecoed from the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager Class figure, Grimlock sports a ''vaguely'' [[show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] gray color scheme, with heavy use of chrome and transparent plastic. He comes packaged with similarly-themed redecoes of [[Scorn (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Scorn]], [[Slug (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slug]], [[Strafe (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Strafe]] and [[Slog (AOE)#Platinum5Pack|Slog]]
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[[File:MovieAdvancedtoy-GrimlockG1ColorVer.jpg|thumb|300px|No G1 nostalgia for you America!]]
*'''Grimlock G1 Color Ver.''' (Voyager, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul
:Another redeco of the ''Age of Extinction'' Voyager, Grimlock G1 Color Ver. features a [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]]-inspired deco, and was available to order only when purchasing advance tickets for ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' at [[Lawson]] convenience stores in Japan.
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=====Leader Class toys=====
[[File:AOEtoy-GrimlockLeader.jpg|thumb|upright=2.33|Me Grimlock tear mace out of [[Windrazor (Prime)#Beast Hunters|(now-dead) dragon]]'s hands. ''(Hasbro version pictured)'']]
[[File:Lost Age AD-20 Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2.33|"...Me Grimlock had worse." ''(TakaraTomy version pictured)'']]
*'''Grimlock''' (Leader, 2014)
**''Series / Number:'' '''M4 / #002'''
**''Japanese ID number'': '''AD20'''
**''Japanese release date:'' '''2014-[[July 19|07-19]]'''
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:Part of the first wave of ''Age of Extinction: Generations'' Leader Class toys, this version of Grimlock transforms into an oddly-elongated, [[Vacuum metallizing|chromed out]], black-and-bronze ''Tyrannosaurus'' with an articulated jaw, and ''tiny'' vestigial arms. A large section of his dino mode rear detaches and splits into two accessories: a spiked mace-like weapon formed out of his rather short, pointy tail, which he can wield ''normally'' via 5mm post, as well as a spiky, sawbladed shield formed from the dino mode's hip armor, which can slot onto the dino feet on his forearms.

:He features chrome on several pegs, tabs, slots, and holes, all of which have a nasty tendency to flake.

:All releases of ''Age of Extinction'' Leader-Class Grimlock have very similar looking left & right robot mode feet and thus, are notorious for being incorrectly added to the figure during factory assembly, resulting in a left foot on a right leg, a right foot on a left leg, two left feet, or two right feet. Not having the right foot on the right leg and left foot on the left leg causes him to not stand properly because each foot is designed on the bottom to sit at a specific slanted angle. Both feet look very similar to one another, however they can be identified by finding the corresponding "L" and "R" on each one. If placed on a flat surface to be viewed, one will notice that both feet have subtle slants to their stance. Unfortunately, Leader Grimlock's feet cannot be swapped to correct this issue unless one manages to heat up the rivets holding them in with the tip of a soldering iron and carefully remove them. [[Transformers:_Prime_(toyline)#Robots_in_Disguise_.282012.29|''Prime'']] Voyager Dreadwing and his brother Skyquake can also suffer from the same issue with their very similar looking left & right robot mode feet, however, their feet can be easily swapped around to remedy the problem (as long as you have the proper left and right feet on hand to do so).

:This figure was only made available as a store [[exclusive]] in parts of Europe, at least in the United Kingdom (at Argos) and Germany (at Rossmann drug stores).

:His [[stock photography]] features a [[:File:AOE-Leader-Class-Grimlock.jpg|''completely'' different deco]] compared to the final product.

:The TakaraTomy version is dubbed '''Black Knight Grimlock''', and features a more [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] deco... meaning he's almost entirely silver and grey, but with a bit of bronze. It was unknown that the figure's feet had the same issues as the Hasbro release.
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[[File:AOEtoy-PELeaderClassGrimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=2.33|We were expecting a giant car.]]
*'''Leader Class Grimlock & Leader Class Optimus Prime''' (Platinum Edition, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace", shield

:This ''Platinum Edition'' two-pack includes a redeco of Leader Class Grimlock. The toy lacks chrome, and instead sports extensive metallic blue and green paint applications, seemingly to evoke the {{w|patina}} seen on the character on-screen.

:It was unknown if this Grimlock had incorrectly-assembled feet from the original Leader Class figure.
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===Kre-O===
[[image:KreO-Toy AoE Dinobot Grimlock.jpg|right|300px|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock Street Attack''' (2014)
**''Set number'': '''A6955'''
**''Pieces'': '''196'''
**''Kreons'': [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)#Gold Knight|Gold Knight Optimus Prime]], [[Vehicon (Kre-O)|Vehicon]] x2.

:The ''[[Kre-O]]'' "[[Grimlock Street Attack]]" set includes a buildable Dinobot beast Grimlock in his beast mode with two pairs of non-firing cannons. The included [[Optimus Prime (Movie)#GoldKnight|Gold Knight Optimus Prime]] [[Kreon]] (or any other Kreon) can ride on him. Grimlock also features two gimmicks: a grabbing claw on his tail, and a "Dinoforce Power" gimmick, which consists of a magnet in his mouth, which he can use to chomp down (if by chomp down, it mean magnetically grabs them with his mouth) the included Vehicon Kreons thanks to their ferrous-metal backpacks. The set also comes with a ''paifang'' Chinese gateway base with a swivel joint to smash through with.

::*''[http://tfu.info/2014/Autobot/Kre-OGSAGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Grimlock Street Attack Grimlock at TFU.info]''

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[[File:KRE-O-Dinobot-Ride-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"I have a big head and tiny arms!"]]
*'''Dinobot Ride''' (2014)
**''Pieces'': '''46'''
**''Kreons'': Optimus Prime

: This mini-build of dino-mode Grimlock comes with a micro-Kreon version of Optimus Prime as part of a small bagged kit. Grimlock only features swivel articulation, with no ball joints to speak of.

: This set was only available on [[June 28]] as part of a special promotion at [[Toys"R"Us|ToysЯUs]], given away free from noon to 2pm (roughly) as part of an in-store building event that coincided with the opening weekend of ''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (film)|Age of Extinction]]'' and the final day of a buy-one-get-one-half-off sale on all ''Transformers'' product.

: The building set also comes with a poster with a preview of all Kre-O Transformers products released in 2014.

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[[File:Custom Kreon Grimlock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|"Me Grimlock do the opera".]]
* '''Grimlock''' (Custom Kreon, 2014)
**''Set number'': '''A9374/A6948'''
**''Pieces'': '''30'''
**''Accessories'': Weapons rack, blade-weapon, buildable axe, sword, claw weapon, extra body parts

:Part of the third wave of the Custom Kreon ''Age of Extinction'' Collection, Grimlock makes heavy use of the new parts created for ''Kre-O Dungeons & Dragons'', what with the "knight" theme. He features a "bat'leth" blade-weapon from the ''Kre-O [[Star Trek]]'' line, a large chromed axe, a claw weapon, and a red sword. He also come with extra-clear body parts. Unlike most toys of the ''Kre-O Age of Extinction'' Dinobots, Grimlock is colored in [[Show-accuracy|screen-accurate]] silver.

:Like the rest of his wave-mates, he saw very limited release, mostly in Hasbro Asia regions, and nowhere in the US.

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===Construct-Bots===
[[File:Construct-bots-AOE-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock look like Bionicle.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Tail/Sword
:''[[Construct-Bots]]'' Grimlock is just the right size to be ridden by the smaller Dinobot Riders assortment, most notably Optimus Prime.

:Like all Dinobot ''Construct-Bots'', Grimlock features a gear driven gimmick. In his case, spinning the gear on his back causes his jaws to chomp.

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[[File:Construct-bots-Dinofire-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Now with extra angus beef!]]
*'''Dinofire Grimlock''' (Dinobot, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Tail/Sword, 6 Missiles
:The sole larger class ''Construct-Bots'' toy, Dinofire Grimlock is an enormous Leader-sized figure. The tops of his thighs/robot shoulders feature large rocket launchers each capable of firing 3 missiles at the turn of a knob. Like all ''Construct-Bot''s Dinobots, Grimlock has a gear-driven gimmick wherein his dinosaur mouth also conceals a third launcher which also fires 3 missiles as well as lighting up when the gear on his back is rotated. He is additionally armed with a ''huge'' sword in robot mode.

:Due to his construction, all of his ball joints are double-headed however they can become dislodged while handling the figure due to its impressive heft.

:He comes included with a slight recolor of Dinobot Riders Optimus Prime.

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[[File:ConstructBots Grimlock 2pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|>_<]]
*'''Grimlock with Silver Knight Optimus Prime''' (multi-pack, 2014)
**''Accessories'': Tail/Sword

:This Target-exclusive two-pack includes a yellow, blue and black redeco of the smaller ''Construct-Bots'' Grimlock toy and a [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Construct-Bots|Silver Knight Optimus Prime]] Dinobot Rider figure.

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===Battle Masters===
[[File:BattleMasters Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Grimlock''' (2014)

:''[[Battle Masters]]'' Grimlock, titled "The Prehistoric Powerhouse", is a non-transforming "Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots"-like toy with arms that punch through the use of levers in his legs. He can also be placed on a controller handle, allowing the punches to be activated with a pair of triggers, but as part of the "Rivals" assortment did not come with one.

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[[File:BattleMasters OptimusPrime Grimlock 2pack.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|]]
*'''Optimus Prime / Grimlock''' (2015)

:A Target-exclusive golden redeco of Grimlock, sold in a two-pack with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys#Battle Masters|Silver Knight Optimus Prime]]. Both toys come with controller handles.

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===Movie The Best===
[[File:TF-Movie-MB-09-Dino-Ride-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Me Grimlock had screen-accurate colors!]]
*'''Dino Ride Grimlock & Optimus Prime''' ([[March 25|3-25]]-2017)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''MB-09'''
**''Accessories'': Mace, Optimus Prime figure, Optimus Prime's Vector Shield, Optimus Prime's Sword

:''[[Transformers Movie The Best|Movie The Best]]'' Grimlock is a screen-accurate redeco of the first ''Generations'' Voyager Class figure, with some metallic green to evoke his patina in the movie. He also comes with a poseable-but-non-transformable Optimus Prime mini figure to let him ride on.

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===The Last Knight===
*'''Grimlock''' (Turbo Changer, 2017)

:''Turbo Changer'' Grimlock is a redeco of 2015 ''Robots in Disguise'' [[Grimlock (RID 2015)#One-Step Changers|One Step Changer figure]], featuring a dull but more screen-accurate colors.
{{comingsoontoy|Set for Spring 2017 release}}

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===Legion Class===
[[File:TF-TLK-Legion-Class-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Legion Class, 2017)

:This Legion Class Grimlock is ''once again'', a redeco of [[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|''Prime'']] ''[[Cyberverse]]'' [[Rippersnapper (Prime)|Rippersnapper]]. As a redeco of the said Legion Class figure, he can also transform into a leg for the ''Prime'' [[Hun-Gurrr (Prime)#Cyberverse|Hun-Gurrr]] mold to use in its [[combiner]] mode, though this is not advertised anywhere for obvious reasons.

:We can assure that this toy still suffers from mold deterioration after ''seven'' uses.

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[[File:TF-TLK-Knight-Armor-Turbo-Changer-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|His crown is actually a prize from the ''Cruiser Eating Contest''.]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Knight Armor Turbo Changer, 2017)

:This Grimlock is a Voyager-sized Turbo Changer, sharing a similar transformation to his Flip & Change counterpart. Like the rest of the larger Turbo Changers, Grimlock features a "Knight Armor" gimmick. In his case, a spiked crown stored from his robot spine/T-rex tail.
{{comingsoontoy|Set for Spring 2017 release}}

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[[File:TF-TLK-Voyager-Grimlock.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|No, me Grimlock had ''better'' colors!]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Premier Edition Voyager, 2017)
**''Japanese ID Number'': '''TLK-05'''
**''Accessories:'' Two-piece spiked maul

:''Premier Edition'' Grimlock is once again, a redeco of the [[#Voyager Class toys|Voyager Class figure]], sporting an even more screen/concept art-accurate silver and gunmetal paint.

{{comingsoontoy|Set for Spring 2017 release}}
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==Merchandise==
===Dino Sparkers===

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[[Image:AoE dino sparker Optimus and Grimlock.jpg|thumb|right|The unexpected return of the [[Beast Rider]]s!|300px]]
*'''Optimus Prime & Grimlock''' (Dino Sparkers, 2014)
:Dino Sparker Grimlock is a static figure cast in translucent plastic, and features a sparking pull-back-and-go motor and a Optimus Prime rider figure.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Autobot/DSGrimlock/grimlock.htm More information on Dino Sparker Grimlock at TFU.info]''
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===Titan Heroes/Guardians===
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[[File:AOEtoy-TitanGuardianGrimlock.jpg|thumb|200px]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Guardians, 2014)
:Titan Guardian Grimlock is a 16" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation. In [[Australia]], he is exclusive to [[Kmart]] stores.
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[[File:AOEtoy-TitanHeroWeaponGrimlock.jpg|thumb|250px|Do you recall the name Zordon of Eltar?]]
*'''Grimlock''' (Titan Hero with weapon, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace"
:Grimlock is a 12" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation, and a mace accessory. His assortment has thus far only been sighted as a [[Big W]] exclusive in Australia.
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*'''Grimlock''' (Electronic Titan Hero, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace"
:Grimlock is a 12" tall non-transforming action figure with five points of articulation, a mace accessory, and eight voice clips activated by pressing his Autobot badge. Other than the sound functionality, he is near-identical to the non-electronic Titan Hero Grimlock. Grimlock is a Kmart exclusive in the US and Australia.
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===Amazon Exclusive Age of Extinction Blu-Ray DVD Statue===
[[File:AOE-transformers4dvdbl.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
*''' Grimlock and Optimus Collectible Statue''' (Amazon Exclusive Blu-Ray, 2014)
**''Accessories:'' "Dragontooth Mace"
:An [[Amazon]]-exclusive 7¼ inch statue of Optimus Prime riding Grimlock and waving his sword.
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===3D Light FX===
* '''Grimlock 3D Deco Light''' (3D Light FX, 2015)
:A three-dimensional wall light fixture from [[3D Light FX]] meant to look as though Grimlock's head is breaking through a hole in the wall. It uses LED lights and is battery powered. The wall crack is a sticker that is included.

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==Notes==
*[[Transformers Comic issue 5.1|Titan's bio for Grimlock]] says he was given his dino mode "during [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave's]] experiments... which left him low on intellect". Different [[Grimlock (WFC)|Grimlock]] there!
*At approximately 42 meters (140 feet) in length in alt-mode, Grimlock is more than three times as large as a real ''{{w|Tyrannosaurus}}''.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Grimlock''' (グリムロック ''Gurimurokku'')

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Ultra Magnus (Animated)

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{{disambigm|Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Prime}}
:''Ultra Magnus is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:TFA Ultra Magnus promoimage.JPG|right|350px|thumb|He can deal with you. He'd just rather not.]]
Wise, powerful, and utterly committed to keeping the peace of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] at any cost, '''Ultra Magnus''' is the [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]] and [[Supreme Commander]] of the Autobots and the leader of the [[Cybertron Elite Guard]]. A veteran of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]], Magnus is exceptionally straightforward in his dealings on every level. He makes no bones about some of the [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|questionable]] [[Safeguard (Animated)|projects]] he's enacted in order to counter the threat of the more heavily-armed [[Decepticon]]s, and doles out both praise and admonishments to his subordinates without hesitation. Magnus may not be the most likable bot around, but he is completely honest at every level.

Magnus is no slouch when it comes to combat, either. When he needs to enter the fray, the [[Magnus Hammer]]—his symbol of office—can call down devastating lightning from the sky.

{{bigquote|Whoa... now I get why they call you 'Ultra' Magnus.|Bumblebee is impressed|"[[The Elite Guard]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English), [[Banjō Ginga]] (Japanese)|[[Gerald Paradies]] (German), [[Riccardo Rovatti]] (Italian), [[Marcelo Pissardini]] (Portuguese, first voice), [[Marco Antonio Espina]] (Latin American Spanish, season 1), [[Marcelo Liapiz]] (Latin American Spanish, season 2), [[Dado Monteiro]] (Brazilian Portuguese; ''second voice''), [[Kari Tamminen]] (Finnish))}}
''In [[Autobot boot camp|boot camp]], [[Impactor Major|Impactor]] gave '''Ultra''' his name. 12 million [[Units of time|stellar cycle]]s ago, as the Decepticons began to rally around the insurgent named [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]], '''Ultra Prime''' was sworn in as [[Magnus (rank)|Magnus]] in replacement of [[Powered Convoy]]. Ultra Magnus immediately passed the [[Decepticon Registration Act]], and two million stellar cycles later, the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] had begun. First there was an attack on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] itself by the Decepticons, and then one by one, the other planets in the [[Autobot Commonwealth|Commonwealth]] fell to the Decepticons.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[File:BrawnandMags-BoS.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|]]
''The Decepticons continued dealing the Autobots defeats. After the experimental [[Cosmic Rust (disease)|Cosmic Rust]] toxin made a battle for the [[Hydrax Plateau]] particularly costly,'' {{storylink|Bots of Science}} ''putting the Autobots in a sinkhole of morale, Ultra Magnus did his best to rally the troops behind him once more. The tide began to turn when Ultra Magnus made the drastic decision to hide the [[AllSpark]] from both Autobot and Decepticon by launching it into the cosmos. After this, the war began to cool down.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[Image:TransWarped1-UltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|300px| Old timey pictures on Cybertron look like old timey pictures from Earth. Both are in black and white, though Cybertron could at least afford some color.]]

''The Autobot ninja [[Dai Atlas (Animated)|Dai Atlas]] would end up as Ultra Magnus's right hand, acting as general of all ground forces and the Elite Guard under his orders.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

Towards the end of the Great War, an Autobot intelligence agent named [[Arcee (Animated)|Arcee]] was in danger of falling into [[Decepticon]] hands. Ultra Magnus sent Ratchet to recover her so the access codes she held in her data banks couldn't be used to deal a devastating blow to the Autobots. He specifically ordered Ratchet to bring Arcee back in one piece, but due to a run-in with [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]], her memory was erased by Ratchet's EMP generator. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}}

Desperate for the access codes she'd been carrying, Magnus had Ratchet perform open-processor surgery on her. When Ratchet's proximity triggered a failsafe data transfer, Magnus assigned the medic to take her place as the activator/mentor to the Autobots' ultimate weapon: [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

''Omega Supreme was just the first of Ultra Magnus's [[Project Omega]], and the fleet of [[Omega Sentinel (Animated)|Omega Sentinel]]s was instrumental to helping end the war. Finally, with the [[Battle for Iacon]] won and the [[Tyrest Accord]] signed, the Decepticons were defeated. Ultra Magnus granted the surviving Decepticons amnesty so long as they stayed in exile.'' {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II|The AllSpark Almanac II}}

[[File:SurvivalSkills-UltraMagnusexpectsgreatthings.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|left]]
''Long after the end of the war, Ultra Magnus took a strong interest in [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Cadet Optimus]], noting his combat simulator scores were higher than anyone else had ever managed.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5|Survival Skills}} He had high hopes, believing Optimus could even become a Magnus, but then Optimus, [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Cadet Sentinel]], and Cadet [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Elita-1]] took an unauthorised trip to an organic planet. Elita-1 was MIA, Sentinel blamed Optimus for the loss, and Optimus took full responsibility for the screw-up. Ultra Magnus's judgement was that the offending cadet was to be expelled from the Autobot Academy and be ineligible for service in the Cybertron Elite Guard. However, still impressed by Optimus's service, he had him bumped up to [[Prime (rank)|Prime rank]] and given a ship to command. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

Later, Optimus attempted to contact Magnus to report that 1) he and his maintenance ship crew had discovered the legendary AllSpark, and 2) they were now being pursued by Decepticons. Though nearly denied by [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]], Optimus Prime got patched through to Ultra Magnus to report on the discovery. Magnus still didn't believe the Decepticons would pose much of a threat, but agreed to dispatch some ships to escort [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Optimus's ship]]. He warned Prime not to pull any heroics, as it wasn't in Prime's programming.

This, of course, would all go out the window once it was discovered that the Decepticons in pursuit were in [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]'s [[Nemesis (Animated)|flagship]], at which point the Autobots decided that they should book it. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

[[File:LongarmSentinelMagsBlurr-Dispatches.jpeg|thumb|right|upright=1.1]]

Eventually, Ultra Magnus located Earth with Sentinel Prime and [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]]. {{storylink|Dispatches}} Upon landing on [[Earth]], Magnus seemed to trust Sentinel's judgment regarding the planet. This might well have been because the big blue lug wouldn't let anyone else get a word in edgewise. Hearing that the AllSpark had been supposedly destroyed, Magnus announced that he intended to take these charges very seriously and investigate. Adopting the vehicle mode suggested by his subordinate, the Autobot Supreme Commander proceeded to drive around downtown [[Detroit]] as a massive military vehicle. Smooth.

[[Image:Eliteguardleaveshuttle.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Airport management, the FAA and the airlines—they're all cheats and liars. All right, let's get outta here.]]
However, once he was led to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], he had to bail out that same subordinate, who had angered the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]. After a distress call from [[Sumdac Systems]] was answered, he turned the tide in a battle against malfunctioning [[police drone]]s. As Optimus Prime acted bravely, loyally, and with sound tactical judgment during that incident, he commended the wayward Academy bot, simultaneously putting Sentinel in his place, much to Sentinel's chagrin. Seeing evidence that the AllSpark indeed still existed scattered about the city, he settled in for the long haul. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

[[Image:Ani Ultra Magnus alt.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Not just heavy duty. Ultra heavy duty.]]

Ultra Magnus was unable to come to the press meeting, so Sentinel Prime went in his place. Supreme Commander Magnus wanted a report about the reported Decepticon activity, and about Sentinel "losing [his] head". Optimus covered for Sentinel, stretching the truth in front of him. Magnus left to report to [[Cybertron Command]] on "a matter of great importance". {{storylink|The Return of the Headmaster}}

Upon his return, Magnus received a report from [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] that there was an increased amount of Decepticon activity at the galaxy's rim, particularly targeting [[space bridge]]s. Ironhide was unable to report further, as the Decepticon attack destroyed the transmitter. Since Magnus had still not seen any evidence of Decepticon activity on Earth, he reasoned that resources were better dedicated to the defense of Cybertron and its colonies, and thus ordered Optimus and his crew to prepare for departure.

Taking Optimus Prime aside, he expressed concern that should the general population come to believe that Megatron was still alive, it would incite a panic and embolden the Decepticons. Optimus objected, but Magnus felt that easing the concerns of the civilians was their duty to Cybertron. Optimus continued to drag his heels until Magnus was alerted to AllSpark activity on a commuter train. Ordering Sentinel to remain behind to keep an eye on Optimus, he left with Jazz to investigate.

After his hammer proved insufficient to dislodge the AllSpark shard, he was ultimately saved by the insubordinate Optimus and his crew, particularly the intervention of [[Sari Sumdac (Animated)|the little organic]] with the [[AllSpark Key]]. Optimus insisted that the whole event was a Decepticon trap, just as Sentinel Prime arrived with charges of assaulting a fellow officer. Finally having enough of the insubordinate repairbot, Magnus was about to give Optimus Prime a serious reprimand—right when evidence of Decepticon activity quite literally fell into his lap as [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] was knocked from the sky. As Starscream rebooted, Magnus turned and ordered his subordinates to stay back while he dealt with Starscream. He was rather surprised to find Starscream pointing a blaster in his face when he decided to turn around again, and even more so when the flying traitor blasted him point-blank. Magnus was repaired by Ratchet and Sari while the remainder of the Autobots brought Starscream into custody. Once all was said and done, Magnus apologized for doubting Optimus Prime's claims of Decepticon activity, and again praised Optimus's decision-making skills and scolded Sentinel for insisting that things be done "by the book". He also decided that while he was needed to direct the war effort on Cybertron, the Decepticons on Earth had to be dealt with as well. Therefore, Ultra Magnus and the Elite Guard left for Cybertron, while Optimus Prime's crew remained on Earth to locate the AllSpark shards and capture the Decepticons. Magnus helpfully left a box of stasis cuffs to make their jobs somewhat easier. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Ultra Magnus later witnessed Starscream's escape from his ship and contacted Optimus Prime to inform him of the breakout. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}} He also helped oversee the upgrade of the twins [[Jetfire (Animated)|Jetfire]] and [[Jetstorm (Animated)|Jetstorm]], and inaugurated them into the Elite Guard when the pair proved themselves in a virtual reality scenario. {{storylink|First (and Second) in Flight}}

Ultra Magnus contacted the Earth Autobots to inform them that a convicted traitor named [[Wasp]] had escaped from prison. After finding out [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] had some history with him, Magnus requested he keep an optic out, on the off chance the traitor showed up on Earth. {{storylink|Autoboot Camp}}

In the wake of Megatron's return, Magnus found himself faced with ever-mounting attacks by Decepticons on space bridge outposts all over the galactic rim. As a security measure, he ordered the entire space bridge nexus on Cybertron shut down, much to the consternation of Intel Chief [[Shockwave (Animated)|Longarm Prime]]. He then convened a meeting of the Autobot High Council, at which he announced that the level of coordination in the Decepticon uprisings indicated an inside source, a Decepticon double agent on Cybertron. Longarm Prime was quick to assert that the agent in question was Wasp, as the Decepticon activity had occurred following the fugitive's escape. Magnus assigned Sentinel Prime and Jazz to assemble an Elite Guard unit to track down Wasp, then ordered that they contact Optimus Prime, as the Earth Autobots had been out of touch for [[units of time|decacycles]]. He was a bit nonplussed at Longarm Prime's insistence that all communications with Earth be filtered through Longarm himself first—Longarm assured him this was for security reasons. {{storylink|TransWarped}}

[[Image:WhereIsThySting-UltraMagnusDamaged.jpg|right|thumb|250px|"I can drop mine down a staircase and it's perfectly fine."]]
Despite Longarm's request, Magnus ordered Jazz and Sentinel Prime to pursue Wasp to Earth without letting Longarm know, lest word of the pursuit somehow reach Wasp and give him warning. Unfortunately, Magnus was preparing against the wrong traitor. Caught off-guard by a desperate Shockwave, Magnus was left heavily damaged and bereft of his hammer, barely able to tell [[Ironhide (Animated)|Ironhide]] who was responsible. {{storylink|Where Is Thy Sting?}}

[[Cliffjumper (Animated)|Cliffjumper]] informed Sentinel Prime of the details, noting that the Autobots had been thrown into shock and despair. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

Though Ultra Magnus survived the attack, he was left incapacitated and on [[spark support]]. Sentinel Prime returned to Cybertron to assume command as a "temporary Magnus," though the other members of the Autobot Council disapproved of his rush to take control and his penchant for secrecy. In his inaugural parade, Sentinel swore that Ultra Magnus would be avenged, and the crowd cheered approvingly. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

[[Image:TFA-ThisIsWhyIHateMachines-UltraMagnusSparkSupport.jpg|thumb|left|210px|"I will deal with you now."]]
His image was used—kind of gratuitously—in an anti-Decepticon propaganda ad by [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]]. Comatose in the [[Cybertron Central Infirmary]], he was seen by [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] and the Decepticon spy [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] as their fight spilled over into the room he was being held in. With a final goodbye to his former boss, Shockwave was preparing to deal the fatal blow with Magnus' hammer, when Ratchet blasted it and then Shockwave with his EMP Generator, saving Ultra Magnus (for the time being). {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}
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===''The Cool'' comic===
[[Image:TheCoolEliteGuard01.jpg|thumb|200px|right|]]

Ultra Magnus and the Elite Guard journeyed to Earth in order to extract an explanation from Optimus Prime regarding why he had yet to return to Cybertron with his crew. {{storylink|The Cool Episode 5}}

[[Image:TheCool11TitlePage01.jpg|left|thumb|200px|"Tell Optimus I said: Bleh."]]

As Ultra Magnus lay on his death bed, he told [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] that he wanted him to deliver the Magnus hammer to [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]]. He also wanted him to tell Optimus that he should return to the elite guard and tell him he was wrong to have discharged him so cruelly. Ratchet assured him he would be able to tell Prime himself. After Magnus said this, [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] showed up to finish him off. Ratchet defended his supreme commander by using his magnets to throw things at the Decepticon spy. Unfortunately Ratchet had also thrown the Magnus hammer at Shockwave, hence the Decepticon could now use the hammer to destroy both of them. The Magnus hammer was all of a sudden activated, electrocuting the spy. Shockwave was dead and it turned out that the one who had activated the hammer was Ultra Magnus.

After an undetermined portion of time, the Magnus hammer was delivered to Optimus Prime who also had a new wingblade jetpack. He prepared to use these weapons in his battle with the three [[Lugnut Supreme]]s. Optimus Prime swore that his team would deliver victory for Ultra Magnus. {{storylink|The Cool Extra issue 1|The Cool Extra #1}}
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===''TransTech''===
During his monitoring of the events surrounding the [[Origin Matrix]], [[Rhinox (TransTech)|Rhinox]] observed many [[Matrix (disambiguation)|Matrix]]-carrying [[Ultra Magnus (disambiguation)|Ultra Magnuses]] throughout the [[multiverse]], including a Malgus version of Ultra Magnus holding the [[AllSpark Matrix]]. {{storylink|Timeless}}

==Games==
===Transformers Animated: The Game===
{{voiceactor|[[Jeff Glen Bennett]] (English)}}
[[Image:TFAnimated Game Ultra Magnus.jpg|thumb|left|135px]]
After [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] and his team succeeded in driving [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]] off [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Ultra Magnus contacted them to let them know the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] had likewise driven the Decepticon forces away from the Space Bridge terminals. Stressing the great debt that Cybertron owed Optimus, Ultra Magnus offered him a place in the Elite Guard, but Optimus turned him down on the basis there was more work to do on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The Game}}

===Transformers Animated: ''Action Packs''===
{{note|Ultra Magnus is featured as a playable game card. He is a silver card, has a value of 9 points, and has no additional powers.}} {{storylink|Transformers Animated: Action Packs}}

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==Toys==
===Transformers Animated===
[[Image:Leaderanimatedultramagnus.jpg|right|500px|thumb|Left: Mild-mannered alter-ego mode. Right: Too... awesome... should've sent... a poet...]]
* '''Ultra Magnus''' (Leader, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-27'''
**''Accessories'': [[Magnus Hammer#Toys|Magnus Hammer]]

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Transformers Animated (toyline)|Animated]]'' Leader Class toys, Ultra Magnus transforms into an 8-wheeled [[wikipedia:Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck|Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck]], and wields a giant, spring-loaded, expanding hammer with which to... hammer things. He can simply grip it in his hand, or one can attach it by inserting the tab on the handle into the slot in his palm. Aside from his hammer, he also features a grand total of ''twelve'' guns, ranging from the two large boosters/cannons on his back, each with ''another'' cannon on top, two small triple-barreled cannons on his vehicle front/shoulders, and two mini-guns at the front, all of which can be hidden in both modes for show-accuracy, or deployed for Blowing-Up-Everything-accuracy. Pressing the red button on the side of the vehicle mode activates laser sound effects and causes his boosters/cannons to light up yellow, and rotating his shoulders to tab/untab them activates transformation noises.

: In robot mode, pressing his Autobot symbol will make the symbol, his eyes, and cannons light up, make his mouth open, and make him say one of three phrases: "Don't be a hero, Optimus. It's not in your programming", "Ultra Magnus here", and "We must return the Allspark to Cybertron." Unlike his fellow speaking ''Animated'' toys, however, he is ''not'' voiced by Magnus's in-show actor, Jeff Glen Bennett, although somewhat ironically, whoever is providing the toy's voice actually does a ''better'' [[Robert Stack]] impression than Bennett does.

: He is capable of wearing the [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] accessory that's included with Leader Class [[Bulkhead (Animated)#Leader|Bulkhead]], although this does not activate any [[gimmick]]s.

: Unfortunately, there are reports of problems with the sounds on several units for this release. Some have partial sounds or no sounds at all, while others have overly sensitive sensors for the shoulder joints, leading to transformation sounds every time you move the arms. Also, an inordinate number of units suffer from notably poor quality control of the face's paint applications. (This can at least be checked before you buy, since the toy is packaged in robot mode.)

: The Japanese [[TakaraTomy]] release coats most of his plastic parts in shiny metallic paint.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Autobot/UltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''

{{-}}{{anchor|Roadbuster}}
[[Image:RBAniMagnus.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Finish the fight.]]
* '''Roadbuster Ultra Magnus''' (Leader, 2009)
**''Accessories'': "Stormbringer" hammer

: The only new release in the fourth wave of ''Animated'' Leader Class toys, Magnus gains a new coloration based on [[The Transformers (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[Roadbuster (G1)|Roadbuster]]. Strangely, he retains his original release's head coloring, and stranger still, the waist flaps. He retains all of his previous gimmickry and sound effects from the original release.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/RoadbusterUltraMagnus/ultramagnus.htm More information on Roadbuster Ultra Magnus at TFU.info]''

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==Notes==
[[Image:AllSparkAlmanacI-MotormasterUltraMagnus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Ultra Prime, is that you?]]

* In the early stages of ''Transformers: Animated'', [[redeco]] possibilities were brainstormed using the existing character models. Concepts for [[The Motor Master|Motormaster]] and Ultra Magnus, using an early [[character model]] for [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], were published in the ''[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]''.
* In voicing Magnus, Jeff Glen Bennett seems to be channeling [[Robert Stack]], who voiced [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|the original Ultra Magnus]] in ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.
* Ultra Magnus was planned to go off-line in season 4 according to ''The AllSpark Almanac II''.
* Derrick J. Wyatt has confirmed that one of the unidentifiable busts of [[Yoketron (Animated)|Yoketron]]'s star pupils is, in fact, Ultra Magnus.
* According to ''The Complete Allspark Almanac'' Ultra Magnus is writing a book called Memoirs of a Magnus

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ultra Magnus''' (ウルトラマグナス ''Urutora Magunasu'')

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Talk:Rung (G1)

2017-02-13T03:03:38Z

Shywarp: /* New Main pic? */

Hey, I've been rereading Eugenesis, and Rung is referenced by Soundwave in it as a psychologist. I was wondering what our policy is for a case like this, where a character originates in what is technically fanfiction and then graduates to official canon. Does this merit a mention? --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] 11:56, 31 May 2010 (EDT)
:There is this: [[Fandom#Adopted_fan_terminology]]. However, I don't think that's exactly the case here, more like an author canonizing his own work. Maybe a trivia note on this page.--[[User:Jimsorenson|Jimsorenson]] 12:00, 31 May 2010 (EDT)
==I found Rung elsewhere==
In Transformers: Drift issue 4, when Dai Atlas is sending the city to attack, Rung appears among the crowd. lobythelegend 21:39, 2 July 2012 (EDT)
:Rung was designed by Alex Milne. Alex Milne drew the Drift miniseries. Milne's designs tend to share certain elements. The end. - [[User:Cattleprod|Cattleprod]] 23:19, 2 July 2012 (EDT)
:So does this mean this should be added to the main article? Something like Sometime during the war, Rung was part of the Circle of Light and went to attack the alien slavers when Dai Atlas decided to? [[User:Ed|Ed]] 12:13, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
::No. Also, '''where''? I just checked the scene in question and have found no one who looks even ''remotely'' like Rung. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 12:40, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
::When Dai Atlas just got the city out of the ground and shouting "Cybertronians! For Crystal City!" [[User:Ed|Ed]] 12:52, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
:::Yeah, thanks Captain Obvious. I mean where in the scene. I looked it over and there is no sign of Rung or anyone that looks even slightly remotely close to being ressembling Rung even when you're half-blind and squinting and in the perfect light of the winter solstice. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:00, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
::The guy next to Dai Atlas' kneeling leg. One leg is bent, right? The one thats red and orange. [[User:Ed|Ed]] 13:05, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
:::...That guy doesn't look a damn thing like Rung. The head is completely different, the body construction is completely different, the kibble is completely different, the only things even remotely close to being similar are some aspects of the coloration and the circle in the chest. --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 13:08, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
Detour is right, Drift issue 4 was out Oct 2010 and Milne's concept art is signed 2011. Milne also states on his Deviant Art page that this was for approval for James Roberts (i.e. for Chaos Theory/ MTMTE not the Drift mini-series). Besides that can't be Rung, he has no eyebrows!
::Ok, I guess I got the wrong guy. [[User:Ed|Ed]] 14:16, 3 July 2012 (EDT)

==Something's up==
Okay, I apologize for this if it's marked as speculation and therefore removed, but there's some details about Rung that aren't on the wiki that I think deserve to be, but I don't know where best to put them. The guy has an ID code of 1,000,000 exactly, something marked as impressive by Red Alert. He's somehow spent at least 6 million years healthy and safe until Cyclonus sliced his arm off miraculously clean, and Ratchet finds it remarkable. He seemingly has a brighter spark than ''Rodimus "Ex-Matrix Bearer" Prime''. Obviously, none of this stuff will be elaborated on until Roberts decides to elaborate on them, if ever. To me, it's all pretty darn weird put together like that. [[Special:Contributions/24.11.110.62|24.11.110.62]] 17:15, 3 July 2012 (EDT)
:I agree, Rung seems way too important just to kill off so quickly, I suspect there is more to the story yet to come. That is just speculation of course but the fact that he has been around so long, has been so lucky (up until MTMTE at least) makes me think these points are clues to something greater...[[User:Mister Jazzz|Mister Jazz]] 11:24, 8 July 2012 (EDT)

==Psy-ops?==
Where (other than this article) is he referred to as a psy-ops specialist? Looking back through his appearances, I'm constantly seeing him referred to as a psychologist or psychiatrist, not psy-ops - ie, he's concerned with the mental welfare of the Autobots, not with propagandizing Decepticons and Neutrals, or attempting to demoralize the Decepticons.[[User:Kamino Neko|Kamino Neko]] 06:31, 7 December 2012 (EST)
: I was just copying from the earlier version when I made the newer intro, so if there's no mention of him being psy-ops anywhere, feel free to change the hell out of it. --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 08:56, 7 December 2012 (EST)
:: Yeah, since I can find no reference to Psy-ops in the book, or the linked material, I'm going to change that. [[User:Kamino Neko|Kamino Neko]] 09:36, 7 December 2012 (EST)

==Alt Mode==
The article makes mention of the uniqueness of Rung's alternate mode, but does nothing to demonstrate it. As I have neither the equipment to scan comics nor the familiarity with the IDW continuity to know where the best glimpse of Rung in his alt mode can be found, I leave the matter of dealing with this (or electing not to) to more capable hands. [[User:Nemesis Primal|Nemesis Primal]] ([[User talk:Nemesis Primal|talk]]) 01:08, 29 March 2014 (EDT)
:[[File:MTMTE22 Rung's alternate mode.jpg|thumb|250px]]The issue it appears in isn't covered by the article yet. I'll just leave this here anyway. --[[User:Abates|abates]] ([[User talk:Abates|talk]]) 01:25, 29 March 2014 (EDT)
::Thanks for handling that. Consider yourself lauded. [[User:Nemesis Primal|Nemesis Primal]] ([[User talk:Nemesis Primal|talk]]) 00:04, 31 March 2014 (EDT)

==New Main pic?==
There's gotta be a better full-body shot of Rung somewhere. Heck, that panel of him whistling on his scooter would make a better main pic than the "I just got strangled" pose. --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] ([[User talk:Nu-Priest|talk]]) 15:21, 18 March 2015 (EDT)
:Just bringing this up again...there's gotta be a better shot of Rung somewhere. The current main pic feels like a placeholder. Any takers? --[[User:Nu-Priest|Nu-Priest]] ([[User talk:Nu-Priest|talk]]) 19:22, 5 February 2017 (EST)
:: The only full body picture is in MTMTE 38 when he's captured by the Functionalists. [[User:Shywarp|Shywarp]] ([[User talk:Shywarp|talk]]) 22:03, 12 February 2017 (EST)

Talk:Mnemosurgery

2017-02-13T02:54:19Z

Shywarp: /* Sunder */

businesses? Transformers culture?[[User:KrytenKoro|KrytenKoro]] 11:15, 31 May 2013 (EDT)

==Sunder==
Should Sunder's "remote mnemosurgery" power go here, or does it deserve its own page? [[User:One|One]] ([[User talk:One|talk]]) 18:44, 27 December 2015 (EST)

:I think it should go here, probably under its own subheading. -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 18:50, 27 December 2015 (EST)

The '''Remote Mnemosurgery''' section looks good. Nice work, [[User:One|One]]! -[[User:Foffy the Sheep|Foffy the Sheep]] ([[User talk:Foffy the Sheep|talk]]) 21:03, 27 December 2015 (EST)

==Overlord==
Does Overlord count as a mnemosurgeon if he studied it but never performed a surgery? [[User:Shywarp|Shywarp]] ([[User talk:Shywarp|talk]]) 21:54, 12 February 2017 (EST)

Mnemosurgery

2017-02-13T02:44:04Z

Shywarp:

[[File:Chromedome mnemosurgery ChaosOfWarmThings.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|"Ooh! Ooh! Do me next!"]]
'''Mnemosurgery''' is a technique by which one [[Transformer]] can enter the mind of another, viewing the subject's memories and giving the mnemosurgeon the ability to "edit" said memories, even to the point where the subject's personality is completely rewritten. The procedure is accomplished via spikes extending from the mnemosurgeon's fingers, which are typically inserted into the subject's neck. The surgical scars fortunately only show up under ultraviolet light. Mnemosurgery can sometimes lead to surgeons experiencing flashbacks—reliving inherited memories from the minds they've worked on.

==Fiction==
===IDW Generation 1 continuity===
[[File:Chromedome notices hands Patternism.jpg|thumb|left]]
Mnemosurgery was an inherently dangerous profession with a high mortality rate - most mnemosurgeons died young. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} Entering traumatic memories could be traumatic in turn for the surgeon, and those who performed too many operations ran the risk of inheriting memories from their subjects and suffering painful flashbacks. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} In particular, doing a "deep reading" on a living subject could kill an incautious mnemosurgeon. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

Trainee mnemosurgeons practiced with finger-drills before they got the signature finger-needles. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

Mnemosurgery was used by the [[Institute]] as a component of [[Shadowplay]]—altering the minds of enemies of the corrupt [[Senate]]. {{storylink|Shadowplay (Conclusion): An Intimate Beheading|An Intimate Beheading}} When [[Zeta Prime]] later set up the "New Institute", Tumbler was recruited to study under the mnemosurgeon [[Trepan]] and eventually adopted the name [[Chromedome (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Chromedome]]. [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] attacked the New Institute, abducting Trepan so he could learn the basics of mnemosurgery. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} Chromedome would go on to use the technique on himself, to erase the memories of those he had lost during the war. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

[[File:Trepan megatron births deaths and interventions.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8]]
[[Megatron (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Megatron]]'s early anti-[[Functionism|Functionist]] writings concerned the Senate enough to order his Shadowplay, dispatching Trepan to carry it out. [[Rung (G1)|Rung]]'s interruption halted the operation only moments after it began, but the experience left Megatron with a lasting fear of mnemosurgery. {{storylink|Births, Deaths, and Interventions}}

Chromedome would continue to use mnemosurgery, despite his [[Conjunx Endura]] [[Rewind (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Rewind]] not approving. He utilized it during the autopsy of [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], reliving Skyfall's suicide by [[Gideon's Glue]]. {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} When [[Prowl (G1)/IDW Generation 1 continuity|Prowl]] attempted to blackmail Chromedome, the latter simply used mnemosurgery to wipe the unwanted knowledge from Prowl's mind as well as any memory of the blackmail attempt. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}}

While on the ''[[Lost Light]]'', Chromedome interfaced with [[Shock (G1)|Shock]] to extract the deceased [[Autobot]]'s last memories of the [[Sparkeater (creature)|Sparkeater]]. {{storylink|Liars, A to D Part 3: The Chaos of Warm Things|The Chaos of Warm Things}} Though he was increasingly experiencing false memory recall, he would go on to interface with a [[Titan (IDW)|Titan]] beneath [[Crystal City]], {{storylink|Primus: You, Me, and Other Revelations|You, Me, and Other Revelations}} and at [[Skids (G1)|Skids]]'s request, Chromedome unsuccessfully attempted to use mnemosurgery to unlock Skids's lost memories. {{storylink|Scavengers (Part 2): Who's Afraid of the DJD?|Who's Afraid of the DJD?}}

[[File:RemembranceDay-Chromedome.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.8]]
Chromedome used his mnemosurgery skills on Overlord, whom had been smuggled on board the ''Lost Light'' for precisely that purpose. Chromedome succeeded in learning the secret of creating [[Phase Sixer]]s, however Overlord's own mnemosurgery knowledge allowed the Decepticon to turn the tables, taking control of the procedure so he could learn the code to open the [[slow cell]] in which he'd been imprisoned. {{storylink|Remembrance Day}} Chromedome had, however, left a present in Overlord's mind, embedding a mnemonic through a process known as "[[Trepan's Trigger]]", that caused Overlord to panic when he heard the phrase "[['Til all are one]]". The trigger allowed the Autobots to defeat Overlord. {{storylink|Under Cold Blue Stars}}

Chromedome subsequently intended to erase his own memories of Rewind, who had been one of the casualties of Overlord's rampage, however a final message from Rewind caused him to change his mind (or not change his mind, technically). {{storylink|The Gloaming}}

As a precaution to avoid changing the timeline after traveling into the past, Chromedome modified his mnemosurgery equipment to work through a simple handshake. The handshake would carry out a simple operation to wipe the other person's short-term memories. {{storylink|Elegant Chaos Part 1: All Our Parlous Yesterdays|All Our Parlous Yesterdays}}

[[Getaway]] got his hands on a set of clip-on mnemosurgery needles and gifted them to [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]] as part of their [[Conjunx Endura|Conjunx Ritus]]. These needles were fakes, intended only to trigger violence from the mnemophobic Megatron. {{storylink|The Lopsided Triangle}}

====Remote mnemosurgery====
Remote mnemosurgery is the ability to perform mnemosurgery telepathically, without the spikes or indeed any kind of physical contact whatsoever. [[Sunder (G1)|Sunder]] is the only mnemosurgeon known to possess this particular skill, having developed it somehow after his arrest. It may, in fact, be unique to him. Though he was convinced that performing remote mnemosurgery required him to make visual contact with his victims, this was evidently a ruse on [[Froid]]'s part, who encouraged Sunder's delusion in order to keep him under control. {{storylink|Speak, Memory: Part 1}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
A creepy mnemosurgeon called [[Vampire (BW)|Vampire]] worked for the [[Predacon Secret Police]]. After [[Stiletto (BW)|Stiletto]] was left traumatized from killing her partner, the [[Maximal Command Security Force|MCSF]] packed her off to the Mandala to have her memories altered by him. {{storylink|Burning Bridges}}

After "recruiting" [[Cryotek (Universe)|Cryotek]] and his [[Minion of Unicron|Minions of Unicron]] into the [[Darksyder]]s, [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] had [[Psychobat (BW)|Psychobat]] perform a little mnemosurgery on him to make sure he didn't get any "ideas". A short while later, [[Packrat]] noted Cryotek was acting a little off, but wasn't overly concerned. {{storylink|Not All Megatrons}}

===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
The [[Titan Master]] [[Stylor]] granted whomever he partnered with the ability of mnemosurgery. {{storylink|Stylor#Generations|''Titans Return'' Stylor/Chromedome toy bio}}

==Notes==
*See also: [[cortical psychic patch]]

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising technology]]
[[Category:IDW Generation 1 technology]]
[[Category: Functions]]

User:Shywarp

2017-01-22T05:55:34Z

Shywarp: Created page with "Honestly just a fan that wants to contribute to their favorite fan site Try not to be a jerk on here, or anywhere for that matter"

Honestly just a fan that wants to contribute to their favorite fan site

Try not to be a jerk on here, or anywhere for that matter

Talk:Bee in the City

2017-01-22T04:26:31Z

Shywarp:

Right, this page been created. Somebody ought to fill it in, seeing as how I wasn't there, maybe with the cast? [[User:Metal Gear NOIZE|Metal Gear NOIZE]] 19:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
:You really need to create a page more fully, otherwise it'll get marked for deletion, as it is now. NO article is preferable to a very poor one. I've filled in the rest of the cast and what I can remember of the plot, but you should've waited until you had more info or for someone who WAS there (preferably one of the writers) to start the article.
:I'm leaving the pending deletion up for now, in case I still haven't brought the article up to snuff despite adding all I could remember. If someone else feels it doesn't merit that any more, great, but I don't feel qualified to judge this one.--[[User:Apcog|Apcog]] 23:39, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

It's up on YouTube; I'm loathe to edit the wikipage on something I wrote. I will correct some non-synopsis things, tho.
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4rUveSq7vg Part 1
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRLwZZV1YJ4 Part 2
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sww0sue3xTs Part 3
 --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 02:26, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

== Script reading category? ==

I'm just curious, would it be a good idea to create a "Script reading" category for all these Botcon/OTFCC script readings? --[[User:Detour|Detour]] 06:16, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
:I'd like to see it, as a way to tie them all together. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 06:19, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

==Quotes==
Uh, yeah. I think it's way too easy to overdo quotes on this, seeing as the script is at its core a procession of verbal gags. I think we can lay off them... but ones that are specific references, like the "hard hat" one, should get explanations. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 22:53, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

== Is this just a scipt? ==

I know it was read by the voice actors at the botcon 2008, but is that it? Was it never made into an episode? Is that the case with all the ''script-reading'' scripts? --[[User:Furhun|Furhun]] ([[User talk:Furhun|talk]]) 05:46, 14 September 2016 (EDT)
:Yes, yes, and yes. --[[User:Riptide|Riptide]] ([[User talk:Riptide|talk]]) 06:50, 14 September 2016 (EDT)

==Canon==
Do these script reads count as canon to the series as much as the almanacs do? --[[User:Shywarp|Shywarp]] ([[User talk:Shywarp|talk]]) 23:26, 21 January 2017 (EST)