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T.K. Carter

2026-01-11T00:26:43Z

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[[Image:TK_Carter.jpg|thumb|right|170px|]]
'''Thomas Kent Carter''' (born [[December 18]], [[1956]] - [[January 9]], [[2026]]) was an American actor and comedian known as Mike Fulton on ''Punky Brewster'', Milo Williams on ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (the precursor to ''Saved by the Bell''), Nauls on John Carpenter's ''The Thing'', Monstar Nawt in ''Space Jam'' and Anthony Julian from ''Jem''.

==Voice roles==
===''The Transformers''===
*[[Rocksteady]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141953/ T.K. Carter] at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, T.K.}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

T.K. Carter

2026-01-11T00:26:29Z

Skullgrin140:

[[Image:TK_Carter.jpg|thumb|right|170px|]]
'''Thomas Kent Carter''' (born [[December 18]], [[1956]] - [[January 9]], [[2026]]) is an American actor and comedian known as Mike Fulton on ''Punky Brewster'', Milo Williams on ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (the precursor to ''Saved by the Bell''), Nauls on John Carpenter's ''The Thing'', Monstar Nawt in ''Space Jam'' and Anthony Julian from ''Jem''.

==Voice roles==
===''The Transformers''===
*[[Rocksteady]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0141953/ T.K. Carter] at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, T.K.}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Pauline Newstone

2023-12-22T00:26:18Z

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'''Pauline Newstone''' [[August 13]], [[1943]]–[[May 5]], [[2023]]), sometimes credited as '''Paula Newstone''', was a Canadian voice actress. Some of her most notable roles includes Medusa on ''Class of the Titans'', Harpy on ''[[King Kong|Kong: The Animated Series]]'', Heka on ''Mummies Alive!'' and Agatha Harkness on ''[[X-Men|X-Men: Evolution]]''.

In the world of dubbing, Newstone played Mum Mew on ''Monster Rancher'', Mistress Centipede on ''Inuyasha'', but is perhaps best remembered as the original voice of Frieza in the Ocean dub of ''Dragon Ball Z''.

==Voice roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Airazor (BW)|Airazor]]

==Convention appearance==
* [[BotCon 2006]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0628448/ Pauline Newstone at the Internet Movie Database]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD0-wfGQqk0 Video of the Beast Wars Voice Actor panel from BotCon 2006]
*[https://www.instagram.com/p/C0w8qMuOfwp/ Announcement of her death from BotCon's official Instagram account]
*[https://www.cemeteryboard.com/grave-finder/newstone-pauline/ Source of date of death.]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Newstone, Pauline}}
[[Category:Mainframe Entertainment]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Mark Hildreth

2015-06-16T14:27:37Z

Skullgrin140: Created page with "'''Mark Hildreth''' (born January 24, 1978) is a Canadian actor. As a voice actor his most notable roles include Terry Bogard in the ''Fatal Fury'' anime, Heero Yuy in..."

'''Mark Hildreth''' (born [[January 24]], [[1978]]) is a Canadian actor. As a voice actor his most notable roles include Terry Bogard in the ''Fatal Fury'' anime, Heero Yuy in ''Gundam Wing'', Caz in ''The New Adventures of He-Man'', Ziv Zulander in ''The Bots Master'', Angel in ''X-men: Evolution'', King Lotor in ''Voltron Force'', Action man from [[Mainframe]]'s Action Man and many other roles

He is also a trained theater actor and a musician for the band Davis Trading.

==Voice Roles==

===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*[[Scowl (RID)]]

== External links ==
* [http://mark-hildreth.com// Personal website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0383926/ IMDB Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hildreth, Mark}}
[[Category: English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Eddie Deezen

2015-01-25T23:38:59Z

Skullgrin140:

'''Edward Harry "Eddie" Deezen''' (Born [[March 6]], [[1957]]) is an American character actor, voice artist and comedian, best known for his bit parts as the typical nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films. Some of his most notable roles include Eugene Felsnic in ''Grease 1'' & ''Grease 2'', Eddie Malvin in ''Punky Brewster'', Wesley in ''Midnight Madness'', Herbie Kazlminsky from [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''1941'' and Malvin in ''Wargames''.

As a voice actor, he is easily recognizable for his distinctively high-pitched and nasally voice. He is probably best known for the role of Mandark on ''Dexter's Laboratory''. He also voiced Snipes the Magpie in ''Rock-A-Doodle'', Ned in ''Kim Possible'' and Lenny the Know-It-All in ''The Polar Express''.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
*[[Ped (RID)|Ped]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.eddiedeezen.com/ Personal Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214430/ IMDB Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deezen, Edward}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Hasbro Studios]]

Eddie Deezen

2015-01-04T22:47:50Z

Skullgrin140:

'''Edward Harry "Eddie" Deezen''' (Born [[March 6]], [[1957]]) is an American character actor, voice artist and comedian, best known for his bit parts as the typical nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films. Some of his most notable roles include Eugene Felsnic in ''Grease 1'' & ''Grease 2'', Wesley in ''Midnight Madness'', Herbie Kazlminsky from [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''1941'' and Malvin in ''Wargames''. As a voice actor, he is easily recognizable for his distinctively high-pitched and nasally voice, he is probably best known for the role of Mandark on ''Dexter's Laboratory''. In voice acting he has also voiced Snipes the Magpie in ''Rock-A-Doodle'', Ned in ''Kim Possible'' and Lenny the Know-It-All in ''The Polar Express''.

==Voice Roles==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
*[[Ped]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.eddiedeezen.com/ Personal Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214430/ IMDB Profile]

Eddie Deezen

2015-01-04T22:41:14Z

Skullgrin140: Created page with "'''Edward Harry "Eddie" Deezen''' (Born March 6, 1957) is an American character actor, voice artist and comedian, best known for his bit parts as the typical nerd char..."

'''Edward Harry "Eddie" Deezen''' (Born [[March 6]], [[1957]]) is an American character actor, voice artist and comedian, best known for his bit parts as the typical nerd characters in 1970s and 1980s films. Some of his most notable roles include Eugene Felsnic in ''Grease 1'' & ''Grease 2'', Wesley in ''Midnight Madness'', Herbie Kazlminsky from [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''1941'' and Malvin in ''Wargames''. As a voice actor, he is easily recognizable for his distinctively high-pitched and nasally voice, he is probably best known for the role of Mandark on ''Dexter's Laboratory''. In voice acting he has also voiced Snipes the Magpie in ''Rock-A-Doodle'', Ned in ''Kim Possible'' and Lenny the Know-It-All in ''The Polar Express''.

==Voice Roles==

==Roles==
===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise''===
*[[Ped]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.eddiedeezen.com/ Personal Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214430/ IMDB Profile]

John Stephenson

2015-01-04T22:26:02Z

Skullgrin140:

{{disambig3|John}}
[[File:Johnstephenson.jpg|upright=1.4|thumb]]
'''John Winfield Stephenson''' (b. [[August 9]], [[1923]]) is an American voice actor. He has worked in the animation business (particularly Hanna Barbara) since the early [[1950]]'s, with some of his most recognizable characters being Mr. Slate from ''The Flintstones'', Doggie Daddy from ''[[Auggie Cahnay (G1)#Notes|Augie Doggy]]'', Captain Murphy from ''Sealab 2020'', General Flagg and Col. Sharp from ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'' and Professor X from ''Pryde of the X-Men''.

==Roles==
===''The Transformers''===
{{collist|2|
*[[Alcazar|Dr Alcazar]]
*[[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]
*[[Bosch]]
*[[Brobdingnag scientist]]
*[[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]]
*[[Football coach]]
*[[Hector Ramirez (G1)|Hector Ramirez]]
*[[Huffer (G1)|Huffer]]
*[[Kup (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Kup]]
*[[Haley|Professor Haley]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]
*[[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]]
*[[Winston]]}}

==Convention appearances==
* John Stephenson was a guest at [[BotCon 2001]].

==Notes==
* Of all the voice actors who participated in all four seasons of the G1 cartoon, John Stephenson was the only one who did not lend his voice to ''[[The Transformers: The Movie]]''.

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827267/ John Stephenson at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephenson, John}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]
[[Category:Convention guests]]

Frank Stallone

2015-01-04T18:37:32Z

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'''Frank Pasqualle Stallone''' (Born [[July 30]], [[1950]]) is an American actor. His roles include Mac Richards in ''Lethal Games'', Cesar Mario in ''Hudson Hawk'', Testi in ''Night Claws'', Ed Bailey in ''Tombstone'', Jack Miskowski in ''Killing Blue'' and many other roles. He is mostly a singer/guitarist who sung Take Me Back for ''Rocky'', Peace in Our Life for ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and Angel Voice, "Please Be Someone to Me for ''Paradise Alley''

He is the younger brother of Action Movie star Sylvester Stallone.

==Voice roles==

===''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' (2015)===
*[[Thunderhoof]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.frankstallone.com/ Personal Website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0821734/ IMDB Profile]

Eric Bauza

2015-01-04T18:07:52Z

Skullgrin140: Created page with "'''Eric Adrian Bauza''' (born December 7, 1979) is a is a Canadian voice actor and animation artist. He is best known for his roles as Stimpy of "Ren and Stimpy Adult..."

'''Eric Adrian Bauza''' (born [[December 7]], [[1979]]) is a is a Canadian voice actor and animation artist. He is best known for his roles as Stimpy of "Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon" (after Stimpy's original voice actor Billy West refused to reprise his role) and Slip & Slide D'Peel of "Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island". He also voices Rodolfo/White Pantera for "El Tigre" on Nickelodeon, Storm Shadow, Destro, and Tunnel Rat on "G.I. Joe: Resolute", Razoff from "Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc" and The Professor and Pipo Monkeys in "Ape Escape".

Bauza is currently working on his stand up routine, and has already performed at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles alongside Harland Williams.

==Voice roles==
=== ''[[Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015 cartoon)|Transformers: Robots in Disguise]]'' ===
*[[Drift (RID)|Drift]]

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Eric Bauza|Eric Bauza]] on Wikipedia
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1082823// Eric Bauza at the Internet Movie Database]

Michael Dobson

2014-12-06T14:05:37Z

Skullgrin140:

{{disambig3|Michael}}
[[Image:Michael richard dobson full.jpg|right|180px|thumb|I killed Woltz's horse and left the head in the bed]]
'''Michael Richard Dobson''' (born[[ January 18]], [[1966]]) is a Canadian voice actor and is the brother of fellow voice actors [[Paul Dobson|Paul]] and [[Brian Dobson]].

He is known for playing serious and emotionally driven characters such as Dryden Fassa in ''Vision of Escaflowne'', Mitsunari Ishida in ''Kessen'', Oran Bajir in ''Broken Saints'', Lucas Amato in ''Cybersix, Kazuki Fuse in ''Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade'', Blob in ''X-Men Evolution'', Goth in ''Silverwing'', [[Cobra Commander]] in ''[[G.I. Joe (franchise)|G.I. Joe: Spy Troops]]'' and ''G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom'', Pythor P. Chumsworth and Wyplash in ''Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu'', Kopaka Nuva, Krekka and Toa Lhikan in the ''Bionicle'' movies, Rocco and Sgt. Joe Galtosino in ''The Godfather: The Game'' and the eponymous hero of the video game ''DeathSpank''.

==Voice roles==
===''Armada''===
*[[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]

===''Energon''===
*Starscream
*[[Signal Flare (Energon)|Signal Flare]]

===''Cybertron''===
*Starscream
*[[Brakedown (Cybertron)|Brakedown]]
*[[Mike Franklin|Colonel Franklin]]
*[[Ernesto]]

==Convention guest==
* [[BotCon 2005]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0229923/ Michael Dobson at the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dobson, Michael}}
[[Category:Convention guests]]
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Nicole Oliver

2014-05-10T21:54:07Z

Skullgrin140:

[[Image:Nicoleoliver.jpg|right|250px|thumb|She's my mother...she's my sister...my mother...my sister...she's my mother and my sister!]]
'''Nicole Oliver''' is a Canadian actress. Among her better-known roles are Kelly Blaine on ''Kung Fu: The Legend Continues'', Risty Wilde on ''[[X-Men]]: Evolution'', Katsumi Liqueur in ''Silent Möbius'', the Sorceress on the 2002 version of ''Masters of the Universe'' and, currently, Princess Celestia and Cheerilee on ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''. She also hosts the reality series ''Crash Test Mommy''.

==Voice roles==
===''Armada''===
* [[Kelly Baumgartner]]

===''Energon''===
* [[Miranda Jones (Energon)|Miranda Jones]]
* [[Sally Jones (Energon)|Sally Jones]]

===''Cybertron''===
* [[Override (Cybertron)|Override]]
* Mrs. Hansen
* The [[President of the United States]]
* [[Motorcycle refugee]]
* Suzuki's Aide

==External links==
* [http://www.nicoleoliver.com/ Nicole Oliver's official website]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0646955/ Nicole Oliver on the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.crystalacids.com/database/person/3230/nicole-oliver/headshots/ Nicole Oliver's list of roles on crystalacids.com]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Oliver, Nicole}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Mark Acheson

2014-05-10T21:52:47Z

Skullgrin140:

{{disambig3|Mark}}
[[Image:Mark acheson full.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's not Orson Welles, but at least he's scary]]
'''Mark Acheson''' (born [[1957]]) is a Canadian actor. Among his better-known roles are Fisto on the 2002 version of ''Masters of the Universe'', Leaky Boat Louie on ''Weird-Ohs'', Sabretooth on ''[[Hulk]] vs. [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]'', The Turk on ''The Trial of the Incredible [[Hulk]]'' (which also featured [[Richard Newman]]) and Magistrate Wilkins on ''Smallville''. Most recently he has landed the part of Tirek on ''[[My Little Pony|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]''.

==Voice roles==
===''Armada''===
* [[Unicron]]

===''Energon''===
* Unicron

===''Cybertron''===
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009811/ Mark Acheson on the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT: Acheson, Mark}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Mark Acheson

2014-05-10T21:52:01Z

Skullgrin140:

{{disambig3|Mark}}
[[Image:Mark acheson full.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's not Orson Welles, but at least he's scary]]
'''Mark Acheson''' (born [[1957]]) is a Canadian actor. Among his better-known roles are Fisto on the 2002 version of ''Masters of the Universe'', Leaky Boat Louie on ''Weird-Ohs'', Sabretooth on ''[[Hulk]] vs. [[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]]'', The Turk on ''The Trial of the Incredible [[Hulk]]'' (which also featured [[Richard Newman]]) and Magistrate Wilkins on ''Smallville''. Most recently he has landed the part of Tirek on My Little Pony Friendship is Magic.

==Voice roles==
===''Armada''===
* [[Unicron]]

===''Energon''===
* Unicron

===''Cybertron''===
* [[Crumplezone (Cybertron)|Crumplezone]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009811/ Mark Acheson on the Internet Movie Database]

{{DEFAULTSORT: Acheson, Mark}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

The New Weapon, Tako Tank

2013-10-05T00:51:38Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=28
|image=BWII 28 Tako Tank.jpg
|caption=
|title="The New Weapon, Tako Tank"
|japanese=新兵器タコタンク
|romaji=Shin Heiki Tako Tank
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[October 7|7 October]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
|director=[[Tomio Yamauchi]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''While Gigastorm has a go at the Maximals, Ikard delivers the Tako Tank.'''

==Synopsis==
As the Nemesis travels towards Gaea, volcanoes start to erupt. Gigastorm has crawled out of the Angolmois Energy pit and arrived at the Destron ship. He uses the ray of the ship to shrink himself so that he may enter the base. He attends to his comotose brother, Galvatron, and then proceeds to order the Destrons around. Afterwards, he heads outside on another rampage. At the Cybertron base, Lioconvoy and crew have located Gigastorm. Lio Junior, Santon, and Skywarp are sent out to capture Gigastorm. They locate him, and allow him to chase them to an unknown destination.

Starscream and BB are in the skies, waiting for an unknown vessel to enter Gaea's atmosphere. Dirge and Thrust are also waiting for the item, but are fired upon. They quickly retreat, and it is revealed that Starscream and BB actually fired upon them from above the clouds. Meanwhile, Lio Jr, Santon, and Skywarp have lead Gigastorm to a box canyon. The rest of the Cybertrons are at the rim of the canyon waiting to surrround Gigastorm. As Gigastorm enters, the Cybertrons fire on the canyon and cause part of the canyon to collapse. Gigastorm is buried in the rubble, but survives. He calls on Starscream and BB for assistance. However, Starscream and BB are chasing the vessel which has just crash landed elsewhere. The door to the vessel opens, and a robot that looked similar to Scuba (but blue) before he acquired his beast mode appears. The figure asks for Scuba, but is only met with enemy fire by Starscream and BB. The figure retreats to the vessel and shuts the door.

At the canyon, Gigastorm has managed to free his head from the rubble at the same time Thrust and Dirge arrive. Using ropes, they pull him out the rubble. Lio Jr is knocked off the cliff into the valley. He is almost stepped on by Gigastorm, but is saved at the last moment by Lioconvoy. Gigastorm then picks up Lio Jr with his mouth, but is knocked down as the mysterious vessel crashes in the valley. The figure comes out and Scuba approaches the individual. It is revealed that he is Scuba's friend and that his name is Ikard. Ikard copies Scuba's beast mode to protect himself from Gaea's elements. Ikard then presents Scuba with a new weapon in the vessel: the Tako-Tank (a tank that looks like an octopus). Meanwhile, the Destrons have regrouped and attack the Cybertrons. Scuba jumps in the Tako-Tank and rushes towards Gigastorm. Using the Tako-Tank he spits out ink at the Destron. He takes the Tako-Tank to the cliff, where he deploys the hovercraft portion of the Tako-Tank. He uses the guns on the tank to fire at Gigastorm. Magnaboss forms, and then takes Gigastorm on at ground level. The Destrons quickly retreat.

In the canyon, the Cybertrons jealously look over the Tako-Tank. Scuba and Ikard say their good-byes and Ikard takes off in the empty vessel. In space, he warps just in time before the Nemesis sucks him in.

New Cybertrons: Ikard Last Appearance: Ikard

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Lio Convoy]] (7)
*[[Lio Junior]] (8)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (9)
*[[Bighorn]] (10)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (11)
*[[Scuba]] (12)
*[[Apache]] (13)
*[[Santon]] (14)
*[[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]] (15)
*[[Ikard]] (18)
*[[Magnaboss II|Magnaboss]] (19)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Megastorm|Gigastorm]] (1)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (2)
*[[BB]] (3)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (5)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (6)

|c4=
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (16)
*[[Artemis]] (17)

}}

==Notes==

===Transformers references===

===Real world references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1999 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 10 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:New Weapon, Tako Tank}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Megastorm Reborn

2013-10-05T00:51:00Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=27
|image=BWII 27 Gigastorm.jpg
|caption=
|title="Megastorm Reborn"
|japanese=新生メガストーム
|romaji=Shinsei Megastorm
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[September 30|30 September]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Susumu Ishizaki]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Starscream attempts to off Megastorm by dunking him into Angolmois, but the experience proves to be beneficial for the Duke of Destruction.

==Synopsis==
After a staredown, Magnaboss and Galvatron (who is in dragon mode) begin to tussle. Lioconvoy recovers from the pain in his Matrix chamber to fire a shot at Galvatron. He then jumps on Galvatron and holds his neck while Magnaboss plunges his sword into Galvatron's chest. As Magnaboss withdraws the sword, Angolmois Energy spills out of Galvatron's chest. Severely wounded, Galvatron flies off. Magnaboss wants to follow Galvatron, but Lioconvoy points out that Galvatron has been severely and, probably, mortally wounded.

After the fight, Lio Junior continues to refer to Lioconvoy as "Papa". Lioconvoy is still confused and angered to here this, and tries to inform Lio Jr that he is not his father. While Lio Jr sits alongside the falls at base, Lioconvoy views the information disk that Santon and Skywarp have delivered. The disk shows footage of the Nemesis as well as information on its purpose. The Nemesis is being sent to Gaea to drain it of all the Angolmois Energy.

Lio Jr continues to sulk near the falls as Lioconvoy approaches him and explains that they are connected through their Matrix housings and that they will need to share the energy to stabilize Lioconvoy. As the Cybertrons then scout as a group, Lioconvoy explains that Gaea created a copy of Lioconvoy's Matrix energy when he was rescued by the white lion. This energy was infused into Lio Jr's body, which would then be allowed to grow under the control of Gaea. Lio Jr is not satisfied by this news, yells at Lioconvoy, and runs off. Santon and Skywarp follow him.

At the Destron base, Skywarp and BB perform "surgery" on Galvatron in an attempt to save his life. They are successful, but Galvatron remains critical. Megastorm arrives and informs the Destrons that he is going to dip himself in Angolmois Energy to even the sides against the Cybertrons. As Megastorm departs for the energy, Starscream plots against Megastorm. Above the Angolmois pit, Megastorm has entered the cage being held up by a crane. He orders Starscream to lower him into the pit. As he is lowered, Megastorm reconsiders and asks Starscream to pull him back up. Starscream defies Megastorm and lets go of the control level, breaking the line. Megastorm falls uncontrollably into the Angolmois Energy pit.

Later on, Lio Jr arrives near the pit (no one is around now). Santon and Skywarp arrive and attempt to talk to Lio Jr but to no success. As Santon and Skywarp depart, Lio Jr takes a nap at the edge of the pit. Soon, the ground shakes and gives way underneath Lio Jr. At the Cybertron base, Lioconvoy's Matrix Energy fluxes. This flux informs Lioconvoy that Lio Jr is in danger. The Cybertrons then depart for the pit at which Lio Jr was last located.

As Lio Jr is about to fall, Lioconvoy arrives and catches Lio Jr. Just as the two reconcile, a giant mechanical dinosaur appears from the Angolmois Energy. The new foe is actually Megastorm reborn as....Gigastorm! Gigastorm runs at the Cybertrons, but is met with resistance. Santon, Skywarp, and Lio Jr form Magnaboss and drive back Gigastorm with the aid of Lioconvoy. Gigastorm is sent back into the pit.

As the sun sets on another day, Lioconvoy and Lio Jr discuss their bond and promise to protect each other.

New Destrons: Gigastorm Last Appearance: Megastorm

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Magnaboss II|Magnaboss]] (1)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (3)
*[[Santon]] (4)
*[[Lio Junior]] (5)
*[[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]] (6)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (7)
*[[Apache]] (8)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (9)
*[[Bighorn]] (10)
*[[Scuba]] (13)
*[[NAVI-chan]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (2)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (15)
*[[BB]] (16)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (17)
*[[Megastorm|Megastorm/Gigastorm]] (18)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (19)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (11)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (12)

}}

==Notes==

===Transformers references===

===Real world references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 9 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Enter Lio Junior

2013-10-05T00:49:24Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=26
|image=BWII 26 LJ.jpg
|title="Enter Lio Junior"
|japanese=ライオジュニア登場
|romaji=Lio Junior Tōjō
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[September 23|23 September]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Kyōsuke Mikuriya]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Like all teenagers, Lio Junior hates his dad.'''

==Synopsis==

The force that sucked the Seacons in at the end of the last episode was revealed to be the Nemesis, an instrument of destruction built by Galvatron. He will use it to absorb Angolmois Energy wherever possible.

Two new Cybertrons have tracked the Nemesis and enter the solar system containing Gaea. Meanwhile on Gaea, Angolmois Energy geysers are erupting all over. Bighorn, Apache, and Lioconvoy have ventured off to investigate when Lioconvoy approaches the cave in which the white lion first rescued him (see Episode 2). Several small rocks fall from the cliff above, and Lioconvoy looks up to see an outline of a lion above. Suddenly, the lion jumps from the cliff and runs towards the Cybertrons. The lion smacks Bighorn and runs off back up the cliff. Before the Cybertrons run up the cliff to catch the lion, Lioconvoy grasps his chest as the Matrix energy flucuates. As the Cybertrons attend to Lioconvoy, the lion runs off.

The Destrons are overlooking the construction of an energy storage system built by the Autorollers. Galvatron soon approaches, and takes a container to a geysers against the apprehension of the rest of Megastorm. As Galvatron heads towards the geyser, the land shakes and some of the contraption falls on Galvatron. The Destrons fear he is dead, but Galvatron soon digs out of the rubble in his drill mode. He wanders off in a rampage, with the Destrons chasing behind him.

Diver and Tasmanian Kid are elsewhere looking at the Angolmois Energy geysers when they see the new lion. Believing it is Lioconvoy, they call out for him. The lion changes course as he approaches the Cybertrons, and Diver and Kid follow him. The Cybertrons cut the lion off and the lion swipes at Kid. Kid gets up and the two start to wrestle. Kid is thrown off the lion. Diver and Tasmanian Kid transform to robot mode to subdue the lion The lion first looks shocked at these robot, but the lion then speaks! After speaking, the lion transforms into robot mode and apparently has a head that looks similiar to Lioconvoy! Diver and Kid look at each other, stunned. The three sit down on a cliff and try to determine who this lion is and why he's here. The lion informs the Cybertrons that the first thing he remembers was being cared for by an old white lion. The lion trained him, but was fatally injured one day when the young lion jumped off a cliff and transformed. The old lion jumped down the cliff, but violently hit the ground. Diver and Kid mention his uncanny likeness to Lioconvoy and say that he will know the answers. At the same time, Lioconvoy, Bighorn, and Apache approach the lion, Kid, and Diver. The lion runs to Lioconvoy, excited to discover what his past may be. As he reaches Lioconvoy, the lion exclaims, "Mama!". The Cybertrons look in shock as Lioconvoy explains that he can't possibly be the lion's mother. The lion then calls Lioconvoy his "Papa", and Lioconvoy himself looks on in shock. Lioconvoy explains that he doesn't know where the lion came from. The lion then transforms, and has dubbed himself Lio Junior. Lio Jr. then attacks Lioconvoy. Lioconvoy then draws his guns, and the Cybertrons can't believe he is going to fire at this newly found transformer. However, Lioconvoy fires over a hill at the approaching Galvatron. As Galvatron approaches in drill mode, he pushes Lioconvoy against the cliff. As Galvatron attempts to find the rest of the Cybertrons, the ship containing the two unknown Cybertrons arrive. Inside the ship, the two Cybertrons have an image of Lio Jr. on the screen, which is soon followed by an image of a giant robot.

The mystery Cybertrons jump out of the ship and transform to robot mode. The elephant reveals himself to be Santon and the eagle reveals himself to be Skywarp. The two Cybertrons grab Lio Jr's attention and surround him with an energy pulse. The pulse forces Lio Jr to merge with them to form the giant robot seen on their ship's monitor. The robot reveals himself to be Magnaboss! Magnaboss confronts Galvatron and draws his sword. Meanwhile, Lioconvoy grabs his chest and falls over in pain again.

New Cybertrons: Lio Junior, Santon, Skywarp

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Santon]] (1)
*[[Skywarp (BWII)|Skywarp]] (2)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (3)
*[[Bighorn]] (4)
*[[Apache]] (5)
*[[Lio Junior]] (6)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (16)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (17)
*[[Magnaboss II|Magnaboss]] (18)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Autostinger]] (9)
*[[Autocrasher]] (10)
*[[Autojetter]] (11)
*[[Megastorm]] (12)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (13)
*[[BB]] (14)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (7)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (8)

}}

==Notes==
First appearance of the [[Maximal Mobile Base]].
===Transformers references===

===Real world references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 9 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Final Battle (BWII)

2013-10-05T00:48:01Z

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{{disambig3|The Final Battle}}
{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=25
|image=BWII 25 LC HS.jpg
|caption=
|title="The Final Battle"
|japanese=最後の戦い
|romaji=Saigo no Tatakai
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[September 16|16 September]] [[1998]]
|written by=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]]
|director=[[Tomio Yamauchi]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Lio Convoy and God Neptune have a duel.'''

==Synopsis==
The Seacons are busy fixing their ship, as Scylle annouces she is going to shore to relax. She runs into the Scuba, and Scuba decides to stay and talk instead of running. The two discuss the war between the Cybertrons and the Seacons, and they decide that the war has gone too far. Scuba returns to the Cybertron shuttles and informs Lioconvoy that this war has become too great. Lioconvoy agrees and the two set off for the Seacon ship. At the ship, Lioconvoy meets with Halfshell to discuss the situation. Both agree to a final battle. The battle will be a duel of each side's best fighter. Meanwhile, Starscream and BB listen to the whole conversation from a submersible vehicle placed underneath the ship.

On the shore, Lioconvoy has chosen himself as the Cybertron representative. The Seacons decide to cheat, and count God Neptune as one person. God Neptune gains the upper hand until Lioconvoy uses his "Lion Claw" attack to slash him. Lioconvoy tries to use his claw again, but its grabbed by God Neptune in mid-air and is thrown into the ocean. While God Neptune chases into the sea, Apache, Kid, and Bighorn are in one of the shuttle above the fight. They are being chased by Thrust and Dirge. Apache turns the shuttle around, and Kid and Bighorn jump on the two jets. The Cybertrons easily defeat the two jets. Lioconvoy, meanwhile, has managed to get back to shore and above God Neptune. As Lioconvoy is about to unleash an attack, Megastorm fires his cannon at Lioconvoy and the cliff he is standing on. The cannon fire hits the cliff and sets off a huge release of Angolmois Energy into the air. The sides retreat and the Seacons return to the ship. Lioconvoy then appears, unharmed on the shore.

The Seacons admit defeat and agree to leave Gaea. As the Cybertrons watch from the shore as the Seacons depart, Bighorn cries as his crush leaves. Meanwhile. Scylle mourns the departure from her love, Scuba. As the pirate ship heads farther into outer space, it is suddenly sucked into a mysterious black void.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Scuba]] (4)
*[[Bighorn]] (8)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (9)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (10)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (11)
*[[Apache]] (12)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Sea Phantom]] (1)
*[[Halfshell]] (2)
*[[Scylla]] (3)
*[[Terrormander]] (5)
*[[Coelagon]] (13)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (14)
*[[BB]] (15)
*[[Megastorm]] (16)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (17)
*[[God Neptune]] (18)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (19)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (20)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (6)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (7)

}}

==Notes==
===Animation and technical errors===

===Continuity errors===

===Transformers references===

===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 9 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

==External links==

{{DEFAULTSORT:Final Battle (BWII)}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Face the Setting Sun

2013-10-05T00:46:33Z

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{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=24
|image=BWII 24 Bighorn Scylla.jpg
|caption=
|title="Face the Setting Sun"
|japanese=夕陽に向かって
|romaji=Yūhi ni Mukatte
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[September 9|9 September]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
|director=[[Mihiro Yamaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Jointrons use their cool—and kidnapping skills—to help Bighorn woo Scylla.'''

==Synopsis==
Flying over the sea towards the Cybertrons' base is...the Jointron Brothers! Returning from the journey, they find Bighorn on a cliff. Bighorn is still lamenting about Scylle. The Jointrons attempt to give Bighorn some advice on love. Together, they work out a plan to draw Scylle in and let Bighorn make an impression on her.

Along another spot on the shore, Starscream and BB meet with Halfshell. The Destrons have discover the Seacons have stolen some Angolmois Energy from Galvatron. Starscream and Halfshell talk but come to no conclusion. On the Seacon ship, Scylle has received a recording that is apparently from Scuba and that invites her to come ashore to meet him. Scylle goes to shore and waits for Scuba. Instead, she finds the Jointron who are dressed up like squids. They kidnap her and quickly throw her in a sack. They take off for a destination to meet up with Bighorn. Bighorn, meanwhile, runs to the destination with Tasmanian Kid and Diver with a bundle of flowers in his mouth. The Jointrons are soon attacked by Starscream and BB, but escape. After their escape, Bighorn is soon attacked by the same Destrons.

The Jointron Brothers have reached the destination at the waterfalls and celebrate as they wait for Bighorn. Looking for Scylle, Seaphantom and Terrormander locate Scylle and attack the Jointrons. DJ deploys some fog and the Jointron Brothers escape with Scylle. They jog down the river, only to be attacked by Starscream and BB. As they are attacked, Gimlet accidently drops the bag containing Scylla down some steep sets of rocks. The bag ends up hitting Bighorn and the flowers from his mouth end up flying in front of him. The flowers are red roses, which cause his rage to build. Not knowing what is in the bag, he charges the bag. The bag flies against the rocks and breaks open. While Bighorn is shocked to see Scylle, Scylle gets angry and blows Bighorn away. The Jointrons see the fight below and the gathering Seacons. They combine to form Tripledacus. The Seacons notice and combine to form God Neptune. The two giants fight and God Neptune has the upper hand until Tripledacus' missile hits the cliff just behind God Neptune. The cliff gives way and the Seacons fall into the ocean below.

As the sun sets on another day, the Jointron Brothers celebrate another victory. Bighorn charges up behind him, angry at their bad plan. Instead of staying and getting into a fray with Bighorn, the Jointrons venture out on a journey once again.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] (1)
*[[Gimlet]] (2)
*[[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] (3)
*[[Bighorn]] (4)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (15)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (16)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (17)
*[[NAVI-chan]] (18)
*[[Apache]] (21)
*[[Tripledacus]] (23)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (5)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (6)
*[[BB]] (7)
*[[Megastorm]] (8)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (9)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (10)
*[[Halfshell]] (11)
*[[Scylla]] (12)
*[[Sea Phantom]] (19)
*[[Terrormander]] (20)
*[[Coelagon]] (22)
*[[God Neptune]] (24)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (13)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (14)

}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 8 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Showdown in the Sea

2013-10-05T00:45:57Z

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{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=23
|image=BWII 23 LC HS.jpg
|caption=
|title="Showdown in the Sea"
|japanese=海中の対決
|romaji=Kaichū no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[September 2|2 September]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Takeshi Yūtenji]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Fed up with their constant failure, the Seacons pull the Maximals into their element: the sea.'''

==Synopsis==
At the pirate ship, the Seacons are watching the monitor as Galvatron delivers an ultimatum. Galvatron orders them to help the Destrons destroy the Cybertrons or face his wrath. After ending the transmission, the Seacons cry so much that they sink their ship. (Note: They didn't sink the ship permanently. This was meant as purely humor).

On the beach, Bighorn continues to pine for Scylle. As he dreams of Scylle, he appears to see Scylle in robot mode standing on a jagged cliff hanging over the ocean. Bighorn runs to her and prepares to give her a giant hug. The hug shatters what proves to be a decoy. As Tasmanian Kid climbs up onto the cliff to talk to Bighorn, Apache and Lioconvoy try to talk him out of his love-struck phase. As Bighorn continues to pine, Seaphantom's fin appears on the ocean surface and slices the cliff that Bighorn and Kid are standing on. The cliff section falls into the ocean and floats away from shore, with Bighorn and Kid still on it. Bighorn is unshaken and wants to run to the Seacons to find Scylle. Kid tries to stop him, but Bighorn knocks them both into the ocean.

Just off the floating rock, Scuba and Diver rescue the Cybertrons. While Scuba balances Bighorn on his chest, Scylle grabs him from underneath and flips the trio over so that she's on top and Bighorn is undewater. Scylle and Bighorn flip around several times untiil Scylle shakes Bighorn off Scuba. On the moon, Artemis and Moon are concerned about the Seacons' attack, so Moon transforms to robot mode and heads to Gaea. Meanwhile, the Seacons continue to attack Kid, Diver, and Bighorn in the water. Lioconvoy flies off into the sea to join the fray.

Flying over the sea, Lioconvoy is pulled down into the water by Halfshell. Apache follows soon afterwards, and become angry when he sees Lioconvoy severely hurt. The anger causes Apache to transform into his battle station mode and he blasts Halfshell away. When Apache recovers his energy from using that much power, he attends to Lioconvoy. The two are soon attacked by Coelagon. On the ship, Moon has arrived and decides to use the Seacon flag to deliver a message. Scuba, meanwhile, manages to slip Scylle's grasp as he sprays his blank ink defense. In his escape, Scuba uses his tenticles to grab the rest of the Cybertrons from the Seacons' grasps. Angered, the Seacons merge to form God Neptune. God Neptune uses his sword to create a surge through the ocean to seperate the slab of earth that the Cybertron are on from the rest of the solid land. As they are about to strike again, Insectrons Big Mos and Tonbot return and attack God Neptune. As God Neptune recovers from his damage, the Insectrons carry Lioconvoy over to him. Lioconvoy performs his "Lion Typhoon" (spinning his mane) and creates a waterspout that tears God Neptune into his components.

Back on dry land, the Cybertrons thank the Insectrons for their assistance and wonder how they knew their friends were in danger. Big Mos reveals that they saw a flag....a Seacon flag. Back on the Gaean moon, Moon brags about how he helped save the Cybertrons by alerting the Insectrons with the flag.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (7)
*[[Bighorn]] (8)
*[[Apache]] (9)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (10)
*[[Scuba]] (11)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (12)
*[[Tonbot]] (19)
*[[Bigmos]] (20)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (1)
*[[Sea Phantom]] (2)
*[[Terrormander]] (3)
*[[Halfshell]] (4)
*[[Scylla]] (5)
*[[Coelagon]] (6)
*[[BB]] (15)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (16)
*[[Megastorm]] (17)
*[[God Neptune]] (18)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (13)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (14)

}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 8 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Megastorm's Reckoning

2013-10-05T00:44:16Z

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{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=22
|image=BWII 22 Megastorm.jpg
|caption=
|title="Megastorm's Reckoning"
|japanese=メガストームの計算
|romaji=Megastorm no Keisan
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[August 26|26 August]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]]
|director=[[Kazuhiko Kikuchi]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Megastorm recruits the Seacons in his plan to attack the Maximals.'''

==Synopsis==

In the middle of the night, Halfshell and Megastorm meet near the ocean to discuss an alliance to help destroy the Cybertrons. The two agree to the alliance and agree to cooperate in the future. Back at Destron base, however, the Destrons have already decided to plant a series of bombs that can take out both the Seacons and Cybertrons. Dirge and Thrust then begin to plant the bombs.

At the Cybertron base, Lioconvoy sends everyout out to perform recon. Scuba and Diver are underneath the ocean, and run into Halfshell and Seaphantom near the planted bomb. Apache is attacked by Terrormander in the valley, near another bomb. In the forest, Tasmanian Kid locates a bomb, but Scylle appears before Kid can do anything. Scylle transforms and runs after a retreating Kid. In a grassy field, Bighorn and Coelagon run into each other. Dirge and Thrust, meanwhile, are on top of a cliff watching the bomb below. They also have a remote detonator for the bombs. Lioconvoy walks up below them and sits on the rock outcrop. As he looks at the Destrons and the bomb, Dirge drops the detonator.

Megastorm has entered a submersible vehicle and attempts to find Halfshell and warn him of the bombings. As Megastorm moves through the ocean, the bomb on the sea bed explodes below him and he is sent out of the water and flying into the sky. He lands on the beach and runs to the rocky area in which Apache and Seaphantom are fighting. The second bomb explodes and Megastorm is sent flying once again. Lioconvoy gets up from the outcrop and walks over to Dirge and Thrust. Knowing they are outmatched, the jets escape. As they escape, one of the bombs explode behind Lioconvoy. Megastorm is soon in the grassy field and about to attack the fighters when the next bomb explodes and he is sent flying once again. He lands in the forest, where Scylle is chasing and firing on Kid. He lands near the bomb located there and is yet again sent flying when the bomb explodes. He lands near Lioconvoy, heavily beaten. Seaphantom appears and is charging towards Megastorm and the Cybertrons. As he is running towards them, Megastorm realizes Seaphantom has the last bomb on his head. As Seaphantom reaches Megastorm, the bomb explodes and both are sent flying.

At the Destron ship, the Seacons agree to never enter an alliance with the Destons again. The Cybertrons are on the cliff facing the ocean, thankful they survived the battle.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Bighorn]] (13)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (14)
*[[Apache]] (15)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (16)
*[[NAVI-chan]] (17)
*[[Scuba]] (18)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (19)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Megastorm]] (1)
*[[Halfshell]] (2)
*[[BB]] (3)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (4)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (5)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (6)
*[[Sea Phantom]] (7)
*[[Coelagon]] (8)
*[[Terrormander]] (9)
*[[Scylla]] (10)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (11)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (12)

}}
==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 8 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Tentacular Scuba

2013-10-05T00:43:24Z

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{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=21
|image=Bwii21-hentacular scuba.jpg
|caption=...and thus a fetish is born.
|title="The Tentacular Scuba"
|japanese=イカしたスクーバ
|romaji=Ika shita Scuba
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[August 19|19 August]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
|director=[[Tomomasa Yamazaki]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''Scylla pines for Scuba while Bighorn pines for Scylla.'''

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BWII legless God Neptune.jpg|left|thumb]]
As the Seacons attempt to repair their ship, Scylle continues to pining for Scuba. On a grass knoll, Bighorn is discussing his lack of a relationship with Diver and Tasmanian Kid when he finds a four-clover. He believes his luck will change now. At the Destron ship, Galvatron and Megastorm order Thrust and Dirge to perform recon on the Seacons and see if they are a threat. Thrust and Dirge arrive above the Seacon ship and begin to take recon photos. The Seacons quickly notice the jets, shoot at them, and allow them to escape.

Scylle later takes off to deliver a love letter to Scuba. Artemis watches from the moon and grows angry as she learns that someone else has a crush on Scuba. Meanwhile, Lioconvoy orders Bighorn, Diver, and Tasmanian Kid to perform recon. Scuba is off swimming in the river, when he sensors detect an enemy. He surfaces and discovers that the enemy is Scylle. Scuba transforms and gets ready to defend himself. Scylle, meanwhile, is excited and ready to talk to him. Scylle throws the love letter to him, but Scuba believes it to be a weapon and destroys it with his boomerang. Scylle finds his actions confusing but romantic. She puckers up for a kiss, but Scuba retreats.

Bighorn sees Scylle crying from across the river and instantly falls in love with her. Diver and Kid attempt to tell him that she's the enemy and that a relationship between the two would never last. Bighorn refutes that theory, and says that his four-leaf clover will give him luck. He attempts to run across the water to Scylle, but falls into the water. Meanwhile, Seaphanton grabs Scylle and retreats. Bighorn runs, with the ultimate plan of reaching the pirate ship and talking to Scylle. As he runs along the beach, Diver and Kid stop in front of him to talk to him. Terrormander soon attacks but is quickly throw off far into the water by Bighorn. Seaphantom arrives, but is disposed of in a similar fashion. Scylle talks to Coelagon on the ship, and they believe it is Scuba on the shore. Scylle puts on more lipstick and prepares for Scuba. Instead, she sees Bighorn running across the water. She first attempts to fire at Scuba with lasers eminating from her tenticles, but then blows him an explosive kiss. Bighorn sees the kiss coming and puckers up. The kiss literally blows Bighorn away, and he flies off into the distance. Before he hits the water, he notices that he has lost his clover. Diver grabs Bighorn and brings him to shore.

When they arrive on the shore, the Seacons have already reached there and begin to merge to form God Neptune. After they merge, however, they notice Scylle (and thus one leg) is missing and they fall into their individual components. Scuba is playing in the river when his sensors go off again. He turns around to see Scylle behind a rock. He fires on her, much to the rejoice of Artemis on the moon. Scylle returns to the Seacons and they merge once again to form God Neptune. The rest of the Cybertrons arrive and fight the Seacons. The Cybertrons later escape and God Neptune falls apart again and Scylle runs off after Scuba.

Afterwards, Scylle continues to pine for Scuba as Bighorn longs for Scylle.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Scuba]] (2)
*[[Bighorn]] (4)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (5)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (6)
*[[Apache]] (18)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (19)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Scylla]] (1)
*[[Sea Phantom]] (3)
*[[BB]] (7)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (8)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (9)
*[[Megastorm]] (10)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (11)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (12)
*[[Halfshell]] (13)
*[[Terrormander]] (14)
*[[Coelagon]] (15)
*[[God Neptune]] (20)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (16)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (17)
}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===
*The original Japanese title uses "イカした" (''Ika shita''). This is a pun—the phrase means "cool" or "amazing", while ''ika'' means "squid". This is difficult to translate into English, as attested by the title of this article.

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 7 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tentacular Scuba}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Space Pirate Seacons!

2013-10-05T00:40:38Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=19
|image=BWII 19 Seacons.jpg
|caption=
|title="The Space Pirate Seacons!"
|japanese=宇宙海賊シーコンズ!
|romaji=Uchū Kaizoku Seacons!
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[August 5|5 August]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Shigeto Makino]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The space pirates, the Seacons, come to Gaea.'''

==Synopsis==

During a late night on Gaea, Artemis is brushing her teeth at her moon base. As she looks into the viewing monitor, she's shocked to see a pirate ship cruising towards Gaea. The Cybertrons are alerted and take the shuttles to investigate as the pirate ships lands in a Gaean ocean.

On the ship, the space pirates inroduced themselves. Lead by Halfshell (a turtle), the remaining Seacons are Coelagon (a fish), Scylle (a female squid), Seaphanton (a shark), and Terrormander (a manta ray). The Seacons head underwater to search for buried treasure, and end up finding a buried ancient building.

Meanwhile, the Cybertrons are looking at the ship from a cliff facing the ocean. A love-lorn Bighorn contemplates about not having anyone, and then sees a red flower. His rage builds and he charges straight into the ocean! The Cybertrons fish him out. As Bighorn recovers, Lioconvoy orders Diver and Scuba to investigate the Seacons' actions. At the ruins, the Seacons are taking loads of Angolmois Energy from a well within the ruins and filling them into cannisters. Scylle ventues off and finds Scuba and Diver spying. Instead of calling out an alarm, Scylle finds Scuba handsome (both Scylle and Scuba are squids, albeit different looking). Not knowing what the Seacons are after, Scuba sprays the blank ink of a squid and the Cybertrons escape.

At the cliff, Tasmanian Kid is fishing with a line attached to his tail. Scuba and Diver surface and inform Kid and Bighorn of their find. Soon, Kid has a bite on his line. Bighorn helps pull up the line, and Halfshell is attached! Halfshell chases the four Cybertrons as they run towards Lioconvoy and Apache. Halfshell then fires on all the Cybertrons, but they avoid the fire by hiding behind a rock outcrop. While the rest of the Cybertrons attend to Halfshell, Diver and Scuba head underwater again.

The Cybertrons surround Halfshell and fire on him. A huge cloud of smoke appears and the Cybertrons assume they've finished Halfshell. As the smoke clears, Halfshell has spun into a circular buzzsaw and starts to chase the Cybertrons. He then calls out the Seacons. As the Seacons arrive, they combine to form...God Neptune! God Neptune swipes at the Cybertrons with his sword, slicing the rock outcrops with his mighty swipes. God Neptune's attention is soon distracted as they see Scuba and Diver in control of their ship. As he swims out to the ship, God Neptune swipes the sword into the water and creates a tidal wave to shake the Cybertrons out. It doesn't work, but Diver and Scuba flee as God Neptune reaches the ship. As he reaches the ship, the Angolmois Energy explodes and the Seacons separate as they fly apart into the ocean.

As Diver and Scuba surface and the Cybertrons discuss the future of their war against the Destrons and now the Seacons, Halfshell lays wounded on the ocean bed and vows revenge.

New Destrons: Coelagon, Halfshell, Seaphantom, Scylle, Terrormander

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[NAVI-chan]] (3)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (9)
*[[Apache]] (10)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (11)
*[[Bighorn]] (12)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (13)
*[[Scuba]] (14)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Sea Phantom]] (4)
*[[Terrormander]] (5)
*[[Halfshell]] (6)
*[[Coelagon]] (7)
*[[Scylla]] (8)
*[[God Neptune]] (15)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (16)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (1)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (2)

}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 7 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Space Pirate Seacons!}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Black Lio Convoy

2013-10-05T00:39:59Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=18
|image=BWIIep18 1.jpg
|caption=And so [[Black repaint|it begins...]]
|title="The Black Lio Convoy"
|japanese=黒いライオコンボイ
|romaji=Kuroi Lio Convoy
|production code=BWII-18
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[July 29|29 July]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Yūji Hamano]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''A camera found in some ruins has the ability to create dark doubles, including, but not limited to, Black Lio Convoy!'''

==Synopsis==
At the heart of an abandoned city, the Autorollers are knocking down a section for their next project. In the midst of the ruins, they located an odd-looking camera. Upon taking the camera back to the Destron ship, Galvatron and crew seem confused as to its use. BB activates the camera and a beam ends up scanning him. The camera then creates a black replica of himself. BB goes to inspect the replica and the replica punches BB. The two fight until Starscream blasts the clone and it disappears. Megastorm then orders the camera to be returned to the deserted city.

In the deserted city, Tasmanian Kid is taking a stroll. Suddenly, he trips. He looks over to see what he tripped over and finds the replication camera. He looks around to make sure no one has left it. Upon seeing that he is alone, he takes the camera and returns to the Cybertron base.

Along a stream near the Cybertron base, Bighorn, Diver, and Scuba are relaxing near a river. Kid arrives and starts to talk about the camera. He has a book with him, and uses it to show the rest what the camera can do. Kid starts up the camera and replicates the book. While the rest of the Cybertrons read the books in amazement, Lioconvoy and Apache warn of the dangers of such a device. Against his wishes, Kid activates the camera and scans Lioconvoy. A black clone of Lioconvoy then appears besides him. Lioconvoy attempts to talk to his clone, but is instead attacked. After Lioconvoy receives some hits, the rest of the Cybertrons attempt to attack but are defeated. As the Cybertrons escape, Black Lioconvoy runs off into the forest. Meanwhile, the replication camera remains at the river.

While the Cybertrons talk the situation over at the base, Black Lioconvoy has run into Starscream and BB in the forest. Starscream attempts to convince Black Lioconvoy to join the Destrons. Black Lioconvoy contemplates it, but then fires upon the two Destrons and retreats.

Back at the Cybertron base, one of their probes is flying around base looking for intruders. Black Lioconvoy finds the probe, draws it near him, and destroys it. He orders the Cybertrons to come out of the base, and they follow his orders. As the Cybertrons apparently come out, Black Lioconvoy scans all of them with the replication camera. Suddenly, clones of all the Cybertrons appear. The Cybertrons begin to fight their clones, but are quickly defeated. As Black Lioconvoy boasts, Diver suddenly appears from behind the waterfall nearby and activates a huge double-barrel cannon he had built behind the falls. He uses it to destroy all the clones except for Black Lioconvoy. Black Lioconvoy goes to grab the camera again so that he may clone more fighters. However, Kid reaches the camera first. Kid throws it up into the air and Lioconvoy destroys it. As the pieces fall into his hands, Black Lioconvoy disappears.

[[Image:BWIIep18 2.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Heehee! Look how cute it is!]]

{{epstub}}

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (13)
*[[Bighorn]] (14)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (15)
*[[Scuba]] (16)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (17)
*[[Apache]] (18)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Autostinger]] (1)
*[[Autocrasher]] (2)
*[[Autolauncher]] (3)
*[[BB]] (4)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (5)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (6)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (7)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (8)
*[[Megastorm]] (9)

|h3=Evil clones|c3=
*[[Black BB]] (10)
*[[Black Lio Convoy]] (19)
*[[Black Tasmania Kid]] (20)
*[[Black Scuba]] (21)
*[[Black Bighorn]] (22)
*[[Black Apache]] (23)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (11)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (12)
}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 6 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Black Lio Convoy}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Who Is the Leader!?

2013-10-05T00:39:06Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=17
|image=BWII 17 Jointrons.jpg
|caption=
|title="Who Is the Leader!?"
|japanese=リーダーは誰だ!?
|romaji=Leader wa Dare da!?
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[July 22|22 July]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
|director=[[Katsumi Ono]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''What hijinks will the Jointrons get themselves into while deciding who's the dominant member?'''

==Synopsis==
At the Cybertron base, Lioconvoy is holding a meeting with his crew. He asks the Jointron Brothers to join in, but they seem more intent on throwing a fiesta. Tasmanian Kid and Diver wander off, and the Jointrons follow. The Jointrons wonder why Lioconvoy sometimes seems disappointed with them, and Kid answers that it appears they have no clear leadership. Suddenly, it makes the Jointrons wonder who exactly is the leader of the brothers.

At Destron headquarters, meanwhile, Galvatron is trying to see, through his computer, if any of his army might be able to combine into something more powerful. All attempts fail. Starscream then suggests that they should kidnap at least one of the Jointrons, thus rendering the formation of Tripledacus useless.

In the forest, the Jointron Brothers argue who the leader of the group is. Each brother begins to perform some action which serves to prove why he should be the leader. This soon leads to a game of paper-rock-scissors in an attempt to win leadership. The Jointrons then starting running to see who has the most endurance. They reach a cliff and see the Autorollers working on something below. Suddenly, Starscream and BB are above then. The Jointrons retreat. BB fires a net on the Jointrons, but it falls short of capturing any of them.

The Jointrons return to base and start discussing the leadership issue in one of the ships. In the debate, they lift off in one of the Cybertron ships. The surprised Cybertrons take off after them in the other ship. In an attempt to take back over the other shuttle, the Cybertrons drop Kid onto the shuttle with the Jointrons. However, Kid has to hang on tight as the Jointrons fight over the controls (and thus leadership) of the shuttle. In the Jointron shuttle, Gimlet tricks the other Jointrons into dancing, while he drives the ship. DJ and Motorarm learn quickly and they go back to fighting. The fighting causes the shuttle to cruise out of control and it crashes into the shuttle bearing the Cybertrons. By this time, Kid has gotten inside the Jointron shuttle and attempts to take control. He gains control of the ship right before it is to crash into the Autorollers' project below the cliff. Kid barely misses hitting Starscream and BB, and then crashes the shuttle. Outside the shuttle, the Jointrons continue to argue. Starscream and BB arrive and deploy a net to trap the Jointrons. They end up trapping Motorarm and fly away with him. As the Cybertrons land their shuttle, Thrust and Dirge arrive and capture DJ and Gimlet.

As BB passes by the waterfall with the captured Motorarm in tow, Scuba pops out of the waterfall and attacks BB. On the moon, meanwhile, Artemis falls in love with Scuba for his brave actions. At the waterfall, Scuba continues his attack and manages to snap the net Motorarm is captured in. Motorarm falls to the ground and is caught by Scuba. Bighorn, using his mouth missile, fires at Thrust and Dirge. The huge explosion causes them to let go of the other two Jointrons, and they fall to the ground. Meanwhile, Lioconvoy and Apache have easily taken care of the Autorollers.

At the Cybertron base, the Jointron Brothers settle their differences and decide that no one needs to be the leader. Then, Starscream, BB, Thrust, and Dirge attack. The Jointrons merge to form Tripledacus and easily drive off the Destrons. After they tow the crashed shuttle back to base, the Jointron Brothers throw a fiesta as the sun sets.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Bighorn]] (1)
*[[Apache]] (2)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (3)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (4)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (5)
*[[Scuba]] (6)
*[[Gimlet]] (7)
*[[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] (8)
*[[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] (9)
*[[Tripledacus]] (16)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[BB]] (10)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (11)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (12)
*[[Megastorm]] (13)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (14)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (15)
*[[Autolauncher]] (19)
*[[Autocrasher]] (20)
*[[Autojetter]] (21)
*[[Autostinger]] (22)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (17)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (18)
}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 6 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

A Fearsome Combination Plan?

2013-10-05T00:38:30Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode|
|series=bwii
|ep=16
|title=A Fearsome Combination Plan?
|japanese=恐るべし合体作戦?
|romaji=Osorerubeshi Gattai Sakusen?
|image=BWII 16 Triplefailure.jpg
|caption=
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|writer=[[Junki Takegami]]
|director=[[Mihiro Yamaguchi]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[July 15|15 July]] [[1998]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''The Predacons infect the Jointrons with a plague that prevents combination.'''

==Synopsis==
At the Cybertron shuttles, the Jointron Brothers celebrate in one shuttle while the Cybertrons still look confused in the other shuttle (watching the Jointrons).

At the Destron base, the Destrons are imitating the Jointron Brothers by throwing a fiesta. This is suddenly brought to a halt with an evil glare from Galvatron. Galvatron then asks how they'll defeat the Jointrons. Starscream presents a plan to prevent the Jointrons from merging, and Galvatron accepts the idea.

The Jointrons, Tasmanian Kid, and Diver have been sent off to investigate some smoke in a valley. Little do they know that Thrust and Dirge have set the fire and are fanning it to draw in the Jointrons. On the moon of Gaea, Moon transforms into robot mode and transports to the planet to warn the Cybertrons about this setup. (Artemis and Moon appear in every episode, offering commentary on the events, but have never figured into the storyline before now). Moon reaches Gaia and attempts to warn the traveling Cybertrons, but they cannot see or hear Moon because he is invisible.

The Jointrons, Kid, and Diver arrive at the smoke. Kid and Diver are dropped into the smoke by the flying Jointrons. As the Cybertrons investigate, Kid and Diver are sprayed with a yellow gunk by Starscream and BB. This gunk weakens them and causes them to be unable to transform (and thus stuck in beast modes). The Jointrons notice and retreat to inform the rest of the Cybertrons. As they fly back to the Cybertron base, Starscream and BB spray the Jointron Brothers with the yellow gunk as well, and the Brothers crash to the ground. Upon being taunted by the Destrons, the Jointrons attempt to merge to form Tripledacus. Hindered by the gunk, the brothers are unable to correctly form Tripledacus. Through several attempts, they manage to form contorted versions of the combiner. The Jointrons give up trying to merge and instead decide to fight in their beast modes. BB, meanwhile, has changed into tank mode. Upon seeing this, the Jointrons attempt to flee. However, they are hit by fire from BB.

Suddenly, a huge steel-plated robot comes up from behind Starscream and BB. The Destrons spray it with the yellow gunk, but it seems unaffected. The robot throws BB, and Starscream unleashes a massive attack against the robot. The attack cracks the robot open, to reveal all the Cybertrons inside. This diversion has given time for the gunk on the Jointron Brothers to dry up, and the Jointrons transform to form Tripledacus. Quickly, the Destrons retreat.

Outside the Cybertron base, the Jointrons begin the fiesta anew.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Gimlet]] (1)
*[[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] (2)
*[[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] (3)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (4)
*[[Apache]] (5)
*[[Bighorn]] (6)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (7)
*[[Scuba]] (8)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (9)
*[[Tripledacus]] (18)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (10)
*[[Megastorm]] (11)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (12)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (13)
*[[BB]] (14)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (15)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (16)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (17)
}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 6 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Fearsome Combination Plan?}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Festive Jointrons

2013-08-02T23:28:35Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=15
|image=BWII 15 Jointrons Apache.jpg
|caption=
|title="The Festive Jointrons"
|japanese=陽気なジョイントロン
|romaji=Yōki na Jointron
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[July 8|8 July]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Kazuhiko Gōdo]]
|director=[[Kazuhiko Kikuchi]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''The Jointrons decide they like the Maximals and move in. Their lifestyle leads to inevitable conflict.'''

==Synopsis==
The Jointron Brothers are off in the forest performing a conga line. They run into Tasmanian Kid and Bighorn, who are roaming the forest. They run up and talk to their amigos. The Cybertrons depart as soon as they can. Before long, the Jointrons arrive at the Cybertron base. At the Cybertron base, Apache is inside one of the shuttles and is shocked that the Jointrons were let in.

In a forest, Thrust and Dirge lead the Autorollers and instruct them to clear the forest. Meanwhile, the Jointron Brothers have dressed up Apache and Diver in Mexican wear. The party-going Jointrons soon start to play with the shuttle's control panels and turn off the invisibility cloak on the ships. Apache and Diver attempt to control them, but they are outnumbered by one.

In the forest, Thrust and Dirge can hear noise coming from the Cybertrons. Knowing that they can hear them, they know they can locate the Cybertron base and possibly take it over. At the Cybertron base, Apache has finally quieted the Jointron Brothers down when Dirge and Thrust break in. The Jointrons then invite them to join in the fiesta. Dirge and Thrust are confused at what when on before they invaded. Meanwhile, the Autorollers wait for a signal outside the shuttles.

Overjoyed that they have taken over the ship, Thrust and Dirge express their happiness. Suddenly, Gimlet begins to hit the controls again and smashes the control panel. This renders the ship useless and keeps everyone inside. The Destrons order Diver to fix it. Meanwhile, Lionconvoy is on his way back to the ship. Back on the ship, the Jointrons offer oil drinks to the Destrons and they accept. The Jointrons start dancing once again, much to Apache's dismay. Soon, the Destrons and Jointrons are dancing together. Outside the ship, Lionconvoy discovers the recent events and decides on a plan of attack. Bighorn and Kid soon arrive.

Once the Jointrons feel that Thrust and Dirge are intoxicated enough on oil, they take the conga line outside and offer oil to the Autorollers. At that point, Lioconvoy attacks the Autorollers. The Autorollers attempt to retaliate, but the Jointrons form to join Tripledacus. After some battle damage, the Autorollers retreat. Before the intoxicated Dirge and Thrust know it, the Cybertrons have taken back over the ship and they are taken prisoner.

Outside the ship, the Cybertrons ask the Jointrons to take the prisoners back inside the ship. Inside the ship, the Jointrons begin to throw a fiesta agian. This gives the Destrons ample time to escape and they do so. The Jointrons appear not to be concerned about the escape, as they take yet another conga line outside. The Cybertrons continue to be confused about these weird comrades.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
* [[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] (1)
* [[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] (2)
* [[Gimlet]] (3)
* [[Bighorn]] (4)
* [[Tasmania Kid]] (5)
* [[Scuba]] (6)
* [[Apache]] (7)
* [[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (8)
* [[Lio Convoy]] (15)
* [[Tripledacus]] (20)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]]|c2=
* [[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (11)
* [[Autostinger]] (12)
* [[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (13)
* [[Autocrasher]] (14)
* [[Megastorm]] (16)
* [[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (17)
* [[BB]] (18)
* [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (19)

|c4=
* [[Artemis]] (9)
* [[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (10)
}}

==Notes==
===Animation and/or technical glitches===
===Transformers references===
===Trivia===

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Festive Jointrons}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

The Combined Giant, Tripledacus

2013-07-30T18:53:23Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=beast wars ii
|ep=14
|image=BWII 14 Tripledacus.jpg
|caption=
|title="The Combined Giant, Tripledacus"
|japanese=合体巨人トリプルダクス
|romaji=Gattai Kyojin Tripledacus
|production code=
|production company=[[TV Tokyo]], [[Nihon Ad Systems|NAS]], [[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|airdate=[[July 1|1 July]] [[1998]]
|writer=[[Yukiyoshi Ōhashi]]
|director=[[Yukio Okazaki]]
|animation studio=[[Production Reed|Ashi Production]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}

'''A crashed ship brings some weird folk to Gaea.'''

==Synopsis==
A ship in outer space approaches Gaea. The Destrons are the first to notice, and discuss what may be onboard. Diver and Tasmanian Kid are relaxing near a waterfall, when they hear the alarm go off at headquaters. They head into base and also see the ship. The ship heads into the atmosphere and crash lands. Diver, Kid, and Bighorn are dispatched to locate the ship and rescue anyone on board. They locate the ship and find the inside vacant and in poor shape. Suddenly, a missile attack hits the ship from the outside. Luckily, the Cybertrons escape to the ship above. The three soon encounter the attackers, Starscream and BB. The Destrons have the upper hand until a giant robot comes on the scene and attacks Starscream and BB. The giant robot fires at the Destrons, who then retreat.

The giant robot then turns to attack the Cybertrons. The Cybertrons return the attack, but are being defeated. The robot grabs Diver. He scans him, and discovers that he is a Cybertron and exclaims "Amigo!". The robot then seperates into three seperate robotic beast. They introduce themselves as DJ (cicada), Motorarm (beetle), and Gimlet (lobster). As the Jointron Brothers, they form Tripledacus.

(Something that will not come across in this summary and other summaries is that the Jointron Brothers are given Mexican accents and are given the stereotypic views of a Mexican personality)

The Jointron Brothers are taken to the Cybertron base to meet the rest of the crew. After some brief introductions, the Jointron Brothers start to rejoice by drinking energy drinks. The Cybertrons look around in disbelief.

At the Destron base, Galvatron and his army review footage of Tripledacus and try to locate a weekness. The Jointron Brothers have wandered off in the meantime. Bighorn grows angered that the Jointrons have wandered off, and departs with Kid and Diver to find them. Lioconvoy radios Scuba and asks him to watch out for them.

Thrust and Dirge have located the Jointron Brothers, but retreat for fear of what they can transform into. Starscream and BB soon find the Brothers and radio to base. Meanwhile, Thrust and Dirge have located Bighorn, Diver, and Kid and attack.

The Jointron Brothers are now on the ground discussing today's events. Suddenly, they look up and are shocked to see the Destron ship. Megastorm comes out of the ship and attacks the Jointrons. The Jointrons escape being hit, but Starscream and BB soon join Megastorm. The Jointrons then merge to form Tripledacus. The Destrons fire, but their weapons don't even phase him. Meanwhile, Thrust and Dirge stop attacking Bighorn, Diver, and Kid when they receive a message that their comrades need assistance against Tripledacus. As the Destrons arrive and surround Tripledacus, Lioconvoy, Apache, and Scuba arrive and drive off the Destrons. The Destron ship takes off and escapes.

At the Cybertron base, Lioconvoy invites the Jointron Brothers to stay with them on Gaia. The brothers accept and throw themselves a fiesta as the sun sets.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters
|h1=[[Maximal]]s|c1=
*[[Scuba]] (7)
*[[Diver (BWII)|Diver]] (8)
*[[Tasmania Kid]] (9)
*[[Lio Convoy]] (10)
*[[Apache]] (11)
*[[Bighorn]] (12)
*[[Tripledacus]] (13)
*[[Gimlet]] (14)
*[[Motorarm (BWII)|Motorarm]] (15)
*[[DJ (BWII)|DJ]] (16)

|h2=[[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]]s|c2=
*[[Megastorm]] (3)
*[[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] (4)
*[[BB]] (5)
*[[Starscream (BWII)|Starscream]] (6)
*[[Thrust (BWII)|Thrust]] (17)
*[[Dirge (BWII)|Dirge]] (18)

|c4=
*[[Artemis]] (1)
*[[Moon (BWII)|Moon]] (2)

}}

==Notes==
===Transformers references===
===Real world references===
===Trivia===
*The vehicle model for the Jointrons' ship would be reused for [[Crazybolt]] and [[Bazooka (BWN)|Bazooka]]'s ship in the ''[[Super Lifeform Transformers: Beast Wars Neo (cartoon)|Beast Wars Neo]]'' cartoon episode "[[The Stolen Gung Ho|The Stolen ''Gung Ho'']]".

==Home video releases==
{{homevidnote|japanese}}
;VHS
[[Image:Flag of Japan.png|20px|Japan]] 1998 — ''Beast Wars II: Super Lifeform Transformers'' — ACT. 5 ([[Geneon Universal Entertainment|Pioneer LDC]])

{{DEFAULTSORT:Combined Giant, Tripledacus}}
[[Category:Beast Wars II episodes]]

Michael Ironside

2013-03-17T13:23:39Z

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'''Frederick Reginald "Michael" Ironside''' (born [[February 12]], [[1950]]) is a Canadian actor who is mostly known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters, Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes. In film and television he is best known for playing roles such as Darryl Revok in ''Scanners'' ,Ham Tyler on ''V'', Lt. Cmdr. Rick "Jester" Heatherly in ''Top Gun'', Richter in ''Total Recall'', Gen. Katana in ''Highlander II: The Quickening'', Captain Oliver Hudson in ''seaQuest 2032'', Jean Razak in ''Starship Troopers'', General Sam Lane in ''Smallville and many other roles.

In voice acting he was Tyler in ''Heavy Metal 2000'', Darkseid in ''Superman: The Animated Series'' & ''Justice League'', Colonel Moss in ''Wolverine and the X-Men'' and was the first voice for Sam Fisher in ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' series.

==Voice roles==
===''Transformers: Prime''===
*[[Ultra Magnus (Prime)|Ultra Magnus]]

==External links==
*[[Wikipedia:Michael Ironside]]
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000461/ Michael Ironside at the Internet Movie Database]

Troy Baker

2010-06-27T09:15:50Z

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'''Troy Baker''' (Born [[April 1]], 1976) is an American voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include Frank Archer in ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', Action Bastard in ''Shin Chan'', Abbadon in ''Darksiders'', Zumma in Slayers, Van Kleiss in ''Generator Rex'', Yuri Lowell in ''Tales of Vesperia'', and Snow Villiers in ''Final Fantasy XIII''. Baker is also a musician, currently part of L.A.-based band "Sons of the Lawless".

==War for Cybertron==
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Zeta Prime]]
*Additional voices

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1684869/ Troy Baker] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=29218 Troy Baker at the Anime News Network]
*[http://www.myspace.com/troybaker Troy Baker] at MySpace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Troy}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Kari Wahlgren

2010-06-20T22:39:27Z

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[[Image:KWahlgren.jpg|thumb|right|140px|No, she's got nothing to do with [[Hook (G1)|Hook]].]]
'''Kari Wahlgren''' (born in 1977) is an American voice actress. She can be recognized as Haruko Harahara in ''FLCL'', Kagami Hiiragi in ''Lucky Star'', Fuu in ''Samurai Champloo'', Kyoko Milchan in ''Heat Guy J'', Lady in ''Devil May Cry'', Tayuya in ''Naruto'', Emma Frost in ''[[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] and the X-Men'', and Saya Otonashi in ''blood+''.

==Roles==

===Transformers (2007 game)===
*Additional Voices

===War for Cybertron===
*[[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1312566/ Kari Wahlgren] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=531 Kari Wahlgren at Anime News Network]
*[http://www.kariwahlgren.net/ Her official website]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wahlgren, Kari}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Graham McTavish

2010-06-20T22:26:30Z

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[[Image:Graham McTavish.jpg|thumb|right|140px|Anyone up for some Graham Thundercrackers? (awkward silence)]]
'''Graham McTavish''' (born in 1961) is a Scottish actor. Aside from ''Transformers'', he is also Mikhail Novakovich on ''24'', Ferguson on ''Prison Break'', Dante in ''Dante's Inferno'', Warden Ackerman on ''Red Dwarf'', Sebastian Shaw on ''[[Wolverine (superhero)|Wolverine]] and the X-Men'', and Lewis in the 2008 version of ''Rambo''.

==War for Cybertron==
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0574615/ Graham McTavish] at the Internet Movie Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:McTavish, Graham}}
[[Category:English voice actors]]

Transformers: War for Cybertron (games)

2010-04-14T01:22:26Z

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'''''Transformers: War for Cybertron''''' is a video game developed by [[High Moon Studios]] and published by [[Activision Blizzard|Activision]], set before the Transformers take their war to [[Earth]]. [[Hasbro]] intends it to act as a foundation for ''[[Transformers brand| Transformers]]'' franchise storylines for years to come, and so they've been giving a lot of input and stressing character development.<ref name="tfw2005">[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/video-games-17/tfw2005-war-for-cybertron-interview-with-aaron-archer-and-matt-tieger-168910/ War for Cybertron interview with Aaron Archer and Matt Tieger @ TFW2005.com]</ref> The upcoming book ''[[Exodus: The Official History of the War for Cybertron]]'' may be a tie-in to the game and its fiction.

Unlike previous ''Transformers'' video games which feature distinctly separate campaigns for the Autobots and the Decepticons (traditionally depicting the playable faction utterly defeating the other), ''War for Cybertron'' will feature a single, linear storyline; the Decepticon campaign occurs chronologically before the Autobot campaign, but [[Fandom|fans]] can play through them in whichever order they prefer.<ref>[http://www.seibertron.com/news/index.php?f_keyword=war+for+cybertron Seibertron Q&A with Activision]</ref>

The game itself will be an over-the-shoulder third-person shooter in which the player can choose his character from a small roster of either Autobots or Decepticons. The game will be released on [[June 22]], [[2010]], for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS and personal computers.
{{quote|One shall stand.|Optimus}}
:{{quote|One shall fall.|Megatron}}

==Synopsis==

[[Image:WarforCybertron-OptimusPrime.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Prime auditions for Unreal Tournament. There were no survivors.]]

The game is set during the waning days of the [[Great War (G1)|Great War]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] before coming to Earth. [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is searching for a dangerous power source known as [[Dark Energon]] to fuel his conquest of the planet. [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] assumes temporary command following an attack on [[Iacon]] that killed [[Zeta Prime]], but he is not yet leader of the Autobots. [[Starscream]] joins the Decepticons as second-in-command, but does not consider either Optimus or Megatron to have the planet's best interests at heart. (We will apparently learn ''why'' Starscream is such a whopping traitor and why Megatron [[:Image:Infiltration6_takeyourpunishment.jpg|doesn't just]] [[:Image:Swordscream.JPG|kill him]]).

==Characters==
At the start of each level, the player can choose from one of three characters. The characters available will shift from level to level. Known playable characters include:

'''Autobots'''
*[[Optimus_Prime_(G1)#War_for_Cybertron_video_game|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]]) ([http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/11/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-optimus-prime.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] ([[Johnny Yong Bosch]]) <ref>[http://twitter.com/johnnyyongbosch/status/11686292590 Twitter post by Johnny Yong Bosch confirming his role as Bumblebee.]</ref>
*[[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]]
*[[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]
*[[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]]
*[[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]
*[[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]]
*[[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]]
*[[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]]
*[[Silverbolt (G1)|Silverbolt]]
*[[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]
*[[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]]
*[[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]
'''Decepticons'''
*[[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] ([http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/18/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-megatron.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] ([http://gameinformer.com/games/transformers_war_for_cybertron/b/xbox360/archive/2009/12/23/transformers-war-for-cybertron-character-profile-starscream.aspx ''WfC'' character profile])
*[[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]]
*[[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] ([[John C. McGinley]])
*[[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]]
*[[Breakdown (G1)|Breakdown]]
*[[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]]
*[[Motormaster]]
*[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] (Gamestop preorder Multiplayer exclusive)
*[[Demolishor (WFC)|Demolishor]] (Amazon.com preorder Multiplayer exclusive) <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-War-Cybertron-Playstation-3/dp/B0030HM2WO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1270579997&sr=8-1 Amazon.com preorder page featuring a special Demolishor trailer]</ref>

The Decepticon campaign includes a boss battle with [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] and the Autobot campaign includes defending [[Iacon]]. [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] appears in the IGN trailer, but he's, uh, probably not playable. Players should expect references to Cybertron locations taken from all previous Transformer stories, "things which may have only been referenced once, in one comic way back when, could be used and expanded upon."<ref name="tfw2005"/>

...They're totally reading the Wiki, aren't they? Hello, designers!

<center><gallery>
Image:WfC-IGN-Bumblebee.jpg|Bumblebee fires his weapon.
Image:WfC-IGN-RatchetBumblebeePrime.jpg|Ratchet, Bumblebee, and Prime in battle.
Image:WfC-IGN-OmegaSupreme.jpg|Omega Supreme attacks a platoon of Decepticons.
Image:WfC-IGN-StarscreamMegatron.jpg|Starscream and Megatron get ready for the ground assault.
Image:WfC-IGN-StarscreamMegatronSoundwave.jpg|More Decepticons!
Image:WfC-IGN-Soundwave.jpg|Soundwave sneaks around.
Image:WfC-IGN-Trypticon.jpg|Oh Primus.
Image:War for Cybertron Shockwave.jpg|Resistance really does seem to be futile.
Image:WfC-Kutaku-Grimlock.jpg|Dynobot?

</gallery></center>

==Features==
* Campaigns will be co-op both online and off for the first time in a Transformers game.
* All playable characters have two special abilities, such as absorbing health from enemies or marking targets.
* The game will run on the Unreal engine.
* High Moon is prepared to "support the game after release," meaning either patches or downloadable content.
* Online Multiplayer is being developed for the game.
* All environments, including cover, can be destroyed.
* Characters transform at any time with an easy and quick tap of the Left Analog stick. There is no "cool down" so players can transform as often and as freely as they wish.
* The ability to create your own Transformers character for multiplayer. <ref>[http://www.3news.co.nz/Transformers-War-for-Cybertron-trailer/tabid/418/articleID/144347/Default.aspx War For Cybertron trailer news at 3news.co.nz]</ref>

==Production==

As an early marketing campaign, the game's website included the feature "Operation Transmission Recovery": using transmission and coordinate dials, you could pick up "transmissions" from Cybertron (or "video clips" to you and me).

The art and design team did intense research (i.e. watched the original cartoon, looked at comics, and watched "typical sci-fi cool stuff" like ''Blade Runner'') to work out the aesthetic of Cybertron; lead artist [[Ivan Power]] remarked that the original cartoon was the main inspiration, and that Cybertron wasn't shown there so they had to rewatch the same few clips "over and over". While many of the city designs are elaborate and shiny, Decepticon [[Kaon]] was deliberately designed to be sharp-edged, rusting, and slapped together to show the Decepticons weren't interested in building a functioning society. <ref>[http://gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/21/transformers-art-video.aspx Game Informer: Behind the Art of War for Cybertron]</ref>

==Operation Transmission Recovery==

As an early marketing campaign, the game's website included the feature "Operation Transmission Recovery": using transmission and coordinate dials, you could pick up "transmissions" from Cybertron (or "video clips/images" to you and me).

There are two dials, blue (outer) and yellow (inner). Using your mouse, you can drag the dial to set coordinates. The blue dial is set by aligning it to marks on the outer circle. When aligned, it becomes a blue ring. After that, the yellow dial is set so that signal strength is full, as indicated by a meter on the right. Once a transmission is unlocked its symbol lights up and the "Total Recovered" amount increases a little bit. When you reach 100%, it tells you how many hours remain until next batch.

As of January 12, 2010, the following transmissions (Batch 9), almost all of which are part of the second trailer (link below), were available:

{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5
| '''S. No.'''
| '''Blue'''
| '''Yellow'''
| '''Type'''
| '''Description'''
|-
| 1
| 351
| 327
| Video
| Game Trailer (unlocked by default).
|-
| 2
| 018
| 088
| Video
| Starscream flying.
|-
| 3
| 018
| 088
| Image
| Starscream standing.
|-
| 4
| 029
| 209
| Video
| Battle scene: Camera behind Autobots, Optimus is prominent.
|-
| 5
| 040
| 328
| Image
| Holographic map of Cybertron and its two moons.
|-
| 6
| 051
| 110
| Image
| Cybertron .
|-
| 7
| 073
| 190
| Image
| Optimus vs an average Decepticon.
|-
| 8
| 085
| 298
| Video
| Decepticon insignia (on Starscream).
|-
| 9
| 096
| 347
| Video
| A bomb explosion on Cybertron's surface (possibly the same one which made a huge hole in it).
|-
| 10
| 107
| 035
| Image
| Megatron crushes cranial unit of a poor Autobot, Starscream is visible behind him, just before the ground assault.
|-
| 11
| 120
| 040
| Image
| Cybertron as seen from a moon.
|-
| 12
| 140
| 201
| Image
| Starscream flying towards Cybertron .
|-
| 13
| 162
| 359
| Image
| A red robot (Ironhide?).
|-
| 14
| 173
| 003
| Image
| A hall (Council of Autobot Elders?).
|-
| 15
| 192
| 147
| Video
| Injured Autobot, trying to get up .
|-
| 16
| 203
| 094
| Video
| Battle scene: Trypticon joins the battle as a burning asteroid (Entry mode) behind Decepticons and Autobots run towards it.
|-
| 17
| 214
| 004
| Image
| A city seen from a tunnel .
|-
| 18
| 225
| 199
| Image
| A city tower falling and hitting another tower.
|-
| 19
| 265
| 011
| Image
| Optimus Prime.
|-
| 20
| 284
| 021
| Image
| Megatron firing his gun (at YOU).
|-
| 21
| 295
| 249
| Video
| Optimus uses his axe on a Decepticon.
|-
| 22
| 306
| 041
| Image
| Cybertron as seen from another moon.
|-
| 23
| 317
| 081
| Video
| City skyline, camera moving down, some music in the background (start of the second trailer).
|-
| 24
| 328
| 221
| Video
| Battle scene: A missile hits a battlestation and an Autobot falls down from it.
|}

==Toy tie-ins==
[[Hasbro]] has confirmed that several toys will be made to tie into the promotion of the video game. These include figures of Optimus Prime, Megatron, and Bumblebee. At [[Toy Fair 2010]], they were confirmed to be part of the [[Generations (toyline)|''Generations'' toyline]].

<gallery>
Image:WFC Optimus Prime toy.jpg
Image:WFC Megatron toy.jpg
Image:WFC Bumblebee toy.jpg
</gallery>

==Notes==
<references/>

==External links==
*[http://www.transformersgame.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-debut-transformers-war/59860 Exclusive trailer via 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/exclusive-gameplay-transformers-war/62343 Exclusive gameplay trailer via 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://ps3.ign.com/dor/objects/54929/transformers-war-for-cybertron/videos/transformerscyber_trl_revealtrailer_10710.html;jsessionid=8yroitu115mw Second, fuller trailer from IGN]
*[http://gameinformer.com/mag/cybertron.aspx Behind the scenes bios and information from ''Game Informer'' magazine.]
*[http://www.gametrailers.com/video/gdc-10-transformers-war/62925 Civil War Story Interview at 'Game Trailers TV']
*[http://www.allspark.com/content/view/6450/20/ Press release]

[[Category: Video games]]

YÅ«ichi Nagashima

2010-03-21T13:25:17Z

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[[Image:Yūichi Nagashima.jpg|thumb|right|180px]]
'''Yūichi Nagashima''' (長島雄一 ''Nagashima Yūichi''), nowadays credited as '''Chō''' (チョー), is a Japanese voice actor born [[December 15]], 1957 in Saitama, Japan. He is most famous for playing Chō in the 1984-1991 children's show ''Tanken Boku no Machi'', eventually becoming synonymous with the character and using the name as his stage name. A few of Nagashima's other roles include Jaken in ''InuYasha'', Ginnosuke Nohara in ''Crayon Shin-chan'' and the President of Everything in ''Super Milk-chan''.

==Roles==
===''Beast Wars''===
*[[Tarantulas|Tarans]]

===''Super Link''===
*[[Alpha Quintesson|Alpha Q]]

===''Transformers'' (2007)===
*[[Seymour Simmons]]

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
*Seymour Simmons

===''Animated''===
*[[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]]

==External links==
*[http://haikyo.or.jp/PROFILE/man/12225.html Official profile] at Haikyo ''(Japanese)''
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=68750 Chō] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Nagashima, Yuichi]]

Blitzwing (Animated)

2010-03-21T13:23:45Z

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{{disambig3|Blitzwing}}
:''Blitzwing is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated (franchise)|Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:AniBlitzwingPromoModel.jpg|right|250px|thumb|That's far enough, Dr. Jones.]]
'''Blitzwing''' not only has three modes (robot, jet, and tank), he also has three alternate personalities (an "Icy" cold strategist, a short-tempered "Hothead", and a total "Random" nutcase) along with the faces rattling around in his head to go with them.<ref>Blitzwing's three personas are named "Icy", "Hothead" and "Random" on his [[Character model|model]] sheets.</ref> He's as liable to have a conversation with himself as he is to say a word to his fellow Decepticons. Pretty much the only thing that keeps him in line is that all three of his personalities are scared to death of [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]].

Blitzwing's "dominant", Icy personality is represented by a long, blue face with a monocle and speaks with quiet disdain. His easily angered Hothead personality has a wide, red face, is gap-toothed, and tends to react angrily with violent threats towards almost anyone. Finally, his Random personality's face looks like nothing so much as a black jack-o'-lantern, and may toss out bad puns and jokes, children's nursery rhymes, or random non sequiturs, mostly followed by hysterical laughter. All three personalities speak with a pronounced German [[Accents|accent]] and apparently he has trouble flying in a straight line.

Blitzwing's armament varies depending upon which personality is dominant at the time. His calculating personality has an arsenal of ice weaponry, while the Hothead predictably can turn up the heat. When his third personality is foremost, nearly anything can be dished out from either of his vehicle modes. Blitzwing's alt-mode is likewise usually dependent on which aspect is dominant at the time. His cold side uses the jet, his angry side uses the tank, and his insane side can use either. However it seems that if he changes personality while in his alt mode, that alt will change with him, and if that's a jet to tank change, he'll fall right out of the sky.

{{quote|Ze name iz Blitzwing, [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|insect]]—remember it! Cause it's ze last thing you're gonna hear before I—express my feelings in song!|Blitzwing switching personalities like we switch shoes|"[[Transform and Roll Out]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
{{Idw-tfa}}
:''Voice actor:'' [[Bumper Robinson]] (English), [[Yūichi Nagashima]] (Japanese), [[Rainer Doering]] (German), [[Giorgio Bonino]] (Italian)

[[Image:Animated blitzwing faces1.JPG|left|125px|thumb|"So Arnold, Dietrich, and Blot walk into a bar..."]]

Long after the [[Great War (Animated)|Great War]] ended and the Decepticon went into hiding, [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] experimented upon Blitzwing, rebuilding him into a Triple Changer and giving him the fractured mind he is known for today. {{storylink|Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac|The AllSpark Almanac}}

Blitzwing was aboard the [[Nemesis (Animated)|''Nemesis'']] with the other Decepticons at the time of the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]'s re-discovery. He partially froze [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]]'s arm, commenting on how her demeanor was as unpleasant as her organic beast mode. When Blackarachnia advised him to blow it out his actuator, Blitzwing angrily demanded that she refer to him by his proper name, or else he would...''express his feelings in song!'' His out-of-tune rendition of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" got all the Decepticons arguing until Megatron entered, prompting Blitzwing to fall silent with the rest.

When it became clear the ''Nemesis'' was going to crash into an exploding space bridge, Blitzwing fled in an escape pod. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

''After Megatron's disappearance, the Decepticons held a funeral at [[New Kaon]]. Blitzwing gave the eulogy, in which he vowed that they would destroy the [[Autobot]]s responsible for their leader's demise...and then paint mustaches on their faceplates. [[Lugnut]] was angry with the service, declaring that Megatron was alive and would return. When Blitzwing pointed out evidence to the contrary, Lugnut destroyed the statue of Megatron that Blitzwing had built. This angered Blitzwing, who'd spent six deca-cycles building it, and initiated an exchange of fire between him and Lugnut.'' {{storylink|Dispatches}}

Blitzwing placed a bounty on [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]], intending to punish him for destroying Megatron. Fifty stellar cycles later, the bounty hunter [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] contacted Blitzwing, saying he had Prime. Blitzwing promised that Lockdown would receive payment once Blitzwing received Prime — then his random side asked if he could ''please, please, please'' see Prime turn into a firetruck. {{storylink|The Thrill of the Hunt}} ''His conversation was cut short however, when an enraged Lugnut slammed his face into the monitor for daring to commune with the bounty hunter. The pair began scrapping, and things were only made worse when [[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]] showed up, taking the opportunity to sell each of them a wide variety of weapons so they could pummel each other. It eventually culminated in him selling the pair of them doomsday weapons and unbreakable nemesis shields. Realizing they were being played, Lugs and Blitz put aside their anger, beat the holy hell out of Swindle and made friends again.'' {{storylink|The Arrival issue 5#Everything Must Go|Everything Must Go}}

[[Image:LugnutBlitzwingNemesis.JPG|right|200px|thumb|"This was Megatron's ship!" "Oh, cool! Maybe my DVD collection's still in there."]]

Some time after this, Blitzwing and Lugnut followed a beacon to the [[Moon (moon)|Moon]] to find the wreckage of the ''Nemesis''. Noting that [[Starscream (Animated)|Starscream]] was bad at parking, Blitzwing also remembered that this quadrant was the last time they received an update from Lockdown. Concluding that the Autobots responsible for killing Megatron were nearby, the duo went to Earth. Landing at a construction site, the two had similar problems determining the dominant species on Earth as the Autobots did, mistaking Earth's automatons and machines for sentient beings. Lugnut's attempt to interrogate a crane ended up getting Blitzwing hit by the wrecking ball, which convinced the Decepticons to do a more time honored tactic—blow stuff up and hope it forces the Autobots to come out. It worked. During the battle with the Autobots, [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]] and [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] were hard pressed to avoid Blitzwing's energy blasts, but his freeze beam did get Bumblebee off his feet. When Lugnut demanded information on Megatron's location, the Autobots mentioned that he had "turned into a fireball somewhere over [[Cleveland (city)|Cleveland]]". Naturally, Lugnut was displeased, and he used his [[Punch of Kill Everything|super-punch]] to floor the Autobots—and bury himself and Blitzwing under the rubble. When Blitzwing unburied himself, he irritatedly reminded Lugnut of his oft-repeated request for a little warning before the punch.

Having observed the battle over a live feed, Megatron opted to radio Lugnut exclusively, leaving Blitzwing struggling to work out what exactly was going on. Blitzwing believed Lugnut was only listening to voices in his head, so Lugnut had to take him along forcibly. Uncertain of the number and strength of the Autobots' "reinforcements" (the Detroit Police Department), the pair scanned Earth vehicles for disguises so they could lay low. Icy Blitzwing wanted to scan a fighter jet, while Hothead wanted a tank. After a brief argument, Random suggested that they scan both. That evening, the two Decepticons followed the Autobots to [[Lake Erie]], where Blitzwing froze the lake. When the Autobots submerged, he followed them in tank form. Blitzwing was lured by the Autobots towards [[Teletran-1|their ship]] and blasted by one of its weapons systems. He and Lugnut were left fragmented but functional and floated to the surface, only to be met by Starscream, who offered to repair them in exchange for a pledge of undying allegiance. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}}

[[Image:Megatron Rising 1 Ratchet Blitzwing Key.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Oooh, Autobot-cicles, fresh out of the freezer!]]
Apparently, they chose to serve under Starscream, but still were bickering with each other. When Lugnut began receiving internal transmissions from Megatron again, Starscream was confused, and Blitzwing explained that it was a "technical glitch" that happened. A lot. When Starscream learned that Lugnut thought he was talking to Megatron, he felt threatened and scanned Lugnut, detecting the signals. Starscream ordered both Lugnut and Blitzwing to find the [[AllSpark Key]] while he himself tracked the transmissions.

At the moment, the AllSpark Key was in the hands of [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]]. Blitzwing used his ice guns to freeze Ratchet and rip off the arm that was carrying the Key. Afterward, they went to [[Sumdac Tower]] to find Megatron. In the process of greeting him, they revealed Megatron's true Decepticon nature to [[Isaac Sumdac|Prof. Sumdac]]. Blitzwing, now understanding what had been going on with Lugnut, inserted the Key into Megatron's head, restoring their true leader. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:Megatron Rising 2 Blitzwing tank crash.jpg|right|200px|thumb|He's just as aerodynamic as the next tank.]]
As Megatron proceeded to beat up the Autobots, Blitzwing and Lugnut decided not to intervene and kept an eye on Professor Sumdac instead. When Megatron called his loyal troops to him, Blitzwing looked on as his leader made an example of Starscream. The Decepticons took to the air, locating and attacking the Autobots' ship as it travelled from the lake to the Tower, then from the Tower to [[Dinobot Island (Animated)|Dinobot Island]], where it was shot down. Blitzwing split off to tackle Prowl, Ratchet and Bumblebee, before being brought down by a combined EMP burst. As Blitzwing rolled around and shelled the Autobots, Prowl noticed that Blitzwing's personalities were connected to his alternate modes and powers. By this time, Blitzwing was back in the air, but Bumblebee taunted the Triple Changer enough that Hothead Blitzwing took over, transformed from jet to tank—and fell into the lake. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[Image:TFA Blitzwing Jet Altmode.jpg|left|200px|thumb|I'm gunning for you, Snoopy.]]
The Decepticons set up a base in a mine containing carbon deposits, which would block their energy signatures so they could recover from their encounter with the Autobots without detection. When Megatron announced his new plan to conquer [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Blitzwing felt the plan was crazy, as neither he nor Lugnut had any idea how they would get there. He changed his mind when Megatron explained that they would build their own [[space bridge]] using the specs Megatron had downloaded from [[Teletran-1]] during one of the encounters with the Autobots. However, they would need the captured Prof. Sumdac to help them, as the specs were incomplete. {{storylink|The Elite Guard}}

After Isaac Sumdac developed a device that shielded their energy signatures from Autobot sensors, Blitzwing and Lugnut went to retrieve a tachyon transmitter from the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard's]] [[Steelhaven (Animated)|ship]]. When they presented it to Megatron, Starscream appeared, tried to kill Megatron—and was killed by Megatron. However, Starscream appeared to survive, and Blitzwing spent the rest of the evening dumping Starscream's body into the river...repeatedly. The next day, Blitzwing and Megatron responded to an AllSpark energy signature which turned out to be a trap laid by Starscream. Blitzwing and Megatron then pursued the traitor, offlining him again. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

Blitzwing was later sent by Megatron to track down an AllSpark fragment, with an oddly disappearing energy signature. He froze [[Bulkhead (Animated)|Bulkhead]] and much of the surrounding landscape, destroyed a bridge, [[Captain Fanzone|Captain Fanzone's]] [[Captain Fanzone's car|car]], and [[Master Disaster|Master Disaster's]] truck before [[Sari Sumdac]] managed to make him leave using Master Disaster's remote. {{storylink|Velocity}}

Blitzwing and Lugnut wound up stuck with the dirty work, collecting supplies for the construction of the space bridge. Foiled by the Autobots, they tried again the next day, hauling heavy trailers up a hill. Blitzwing's foot slipped, and he was nearly offlined by the trailer sending him careening towards a wall. Bracing for impact, his demise was interrupted by the intervention of [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]] and [[Scrapper (Animated)|Scrapper]]. Seeing a good opportunity in the brawny Constructibots, he tricked them into hauling the two trailers to the mine. Though Lugnut stated that Megatron would never stand for this, he reassured the huge Decepticon that the two newcomers would be offlined as soon as the work was done. True to his word, Blitzwing was about to have Lugnut dispatch the hapless bots when Megatron stepped in. He had bigger plans for them. {{storylink|Rise of the Constructicons}}

[[Image:TFA Sari no one home Blitzwing Ratchet hostage.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Verrry interesting...but shtupid.]]
When the [[Constructicon (Animated)|Constructicons]] resurfaced, Megatron dispatched Blitzwing to bring them back to the mine, giving him some oil to entice them, and instructing the Triple Changer not to engage the Autobots. During his search, Blitzwing came across the Autobots. Although his Icy personality wanted to continue the search, his Hothead and Random personality decided to engage them. During the battle, Blitzwing utterly dominated the Autobots, and eventually took Ratchet hostage. At that point, Megatron ordered Blitzwing to disengage and resume his search. Finally locating the Constructicons, Blitzwing offered the two the oil barrels he was carrying, and led them back to base. {{storylink|Sari, No One's Home}}

Soon after the space bridge was near completion, the Autobots found the Decepticons' hideout and attempted to stop them. Blitzwing and Lugnut attacked the Autobots invading their underground base, but they ended up getting [[Stasis cuffs|stasis cuffed]] by [[Blurr (Animated)|Blurr]]. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}} Blitzwing was later retrieved by Scrapper and joined in on the attack on [[Omega Supreme (Animated)|Omega Supreme]]. His Hothead side was unimpressed with the gargantuan Autobot, and he vowed to damage Omega Supreme so badly he'd need a GPS locator to help him find his still-attached exhaust port. Omega was equally unimpressed with the verbal posturing and headbutted Blitzwing to the horizon. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:FiveServosOfDoom-CapturedDecepticons.jpg|thumb|left|200px|"So, how often do you transform them for display?"]]
When [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|Sentinel Prime]] hired Lockdown to capture Decepticons for him, Blitzwing was one of the bounty hunter's early victims. He was subsequently locked up in the Elite Guard flagship alongside [[Sunstorm (Animated)|Sunstorm]] and Swindle, and had mouth clamps placed on each of his faces to keep him quiet. {{storylink|Five Servos of Doom}}

As the Elite Guard headed back to Cybertron with their prisoners, they navigated the ship through an energy storm in outer space, causing a stray bolt of energy to hit the ship and free Swindle, who had been left unrestrained. The greedy Decepticon immediately released Blitzwing and the others from their bonds and provided them with new weaponry. Led by Lugnut, the Decepticons defeated and captured the crew, only for Optimus Prime to transwarp into the ship and release them. The ensuing battle took place outside the ship, where Blitzwing froze Sentinel Prime and threatened to blast his head off if the other Autobots didn't surrender. The plan was a success, and the captured Autobots were led into their own decontamination unit to be frozen. (Blitzwing's crazy side also wanted them grinded up into snowcones.) However, this was the Autobots' plan all along, as [[Jazz (Animated)|Jazz]] had tampered with the freeze-gas pipes, causing Blitzwing, Sunstorm and the [[Ramjet (Animated)|Liar Starscream]] to be frozen instead. The three Decepticons were subsequently recaptured and brought to Cybertron, where Sentinel Prime displayed them during his [[Magnus]]-promotion parade. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}}

==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:Ani blitz.JPG|right|250px|thumb|"WHY IS IT GETTING SO CROWDED IN HERE?!" "Oh, wait, it's me." ''"And me! AHAHAHAHAAA!!!"'']]
*'''Blitzwing''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-13'''
**''Accessories'': 2 "flame" missiles

: Blitzwing transforms into a futuristic "Mech-Warrior"-ish tank with two large, spring-loaded anti-aircraft-like guns, and a fighter jet that loosely resembles the Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat. His tank-cannons become the jet's thrusters. The robot mode has three faces, which can be switched around via a knob on the back of the head. Surprisingly against the [[For safety reasons|norm]], Blitzwing's pointy nosecone is molded from rigid plastic. He has a pair of panels on his forearms which are spring-loaded to be able to lie flush in his vehicle modes, yet make his arms wider in robot mode (as they tend to be rather flat without them).

: Sadly, his cannons cannot tilt forward over his shoulders when in robot mode. Though promotional photos showed the figure with a gold traditional Decepticon insignia, the final toy used the movie variant in the tampograph.

[[Image:Blitzwinganimatedtoyfaces.jpg|left|250px|thumb|So people who buy enough toys to display them in every mode have to buy five of this guy, right?]]
: Blitzwing also has a minor [[misassembly]] problem, in that his upper arms are swapped. This is the reason his wings cannot press down flush with the rest of the jet fuselage. This can be fixed by pulling off his arms, unscrewing the one screw visible on either forearm, then separating the upper arms and switching them, which makes for a much improved jet mode.
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[[Image:TFAnimated_McDonalds_Blitzwing.jpg|right|200px|thumb|No one's ever really insane so long as he has courage!]]
*'''Blitzwing''' (McDonald's Happy Meal toys, 2009)

: A very simplified (but well painted!) version of Blitzwing that has abandoned his triple changer aspect for simplicity's sake. Although this toy sports Blitzwing's "Icy" face, he transforms into "Hothead"'s tank mode.

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==Notes==
* When developing the character who would become Blitzwing, [[Marty Isenberg]] originally envisioned a character who could change into anything. Obviously enough, that idea proved unworkable in toy terms, so art director [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] proposed using [[Sixshot]] for the role. When Hasbro deemed a [[Six Changer]] to be too expensive, the Triple Changer Blitzwing was finally settled upon instead.<ref name="artstory">http://www.cvcomics.com/artandstory/?p=242 Art & Story interview with Marty Isenberg]</ref> As fate would have it, Hasbro designer [[Eric Siebenaler]] had been itching to do a face-swapping Blitzwing since 2005. <ref>Blitzwing's long design history was detailed at [[BotCon 2008|BotCon 2008's]] Hasbro Design panel.</ref>
* His German accent was a last-minute improvisation by voice actor [[Bumper Robinson]], inspired by the character's name, that went on to influence his entire robot mode aesthetic; once Robinson had been cast in the role, Blitzwing was subsequently designed to "make him look really German"<ref name="artstory"/>, with his helmet an obvious nod to a World War II-era [[wikipedia:Stahlhelm|Stahlhelm]] helmet and goggles.
* Blitzwing's face-changing [[gimmick]] was in part inspired by [[wikipedia:Man-E-Faces|Man-E-Faces]] from ''Masters of the Universe.''<ref>According to [[Hasbro]] employees speaking at the 2007 Comic-ConInternational.</ref> He's not the first Transformers toy to feature multiple rotating faces; [[Alpha Quintesson]], inspired by the five-faced Generation 1 [[Quintesson]]s, holds that distinction. The fiction-only character [[Violen Jiger]] also had three faces that spoke in different tones.
* According to the Allspark Almanac, Blitzwing wasn't always the [[Triple Changer]] we know now him as today. His current state came about as a result of being rebuilt by [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] after the Great War, to increase his versatility. This process, however, also had the side effect of giving him three distinct personalities, something [[Springer (Animated)|hinted at earlier]] by [[Derrick Wyatt]].

==Footnotes==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Blitzwing/blitzwing.htm Blitzwing at TFU.info]

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Starscream (Animated)

2010-03-20T22:03:48Z

Skullgrin140: /* Animated cartoon */

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:''Starscream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Transformers Animated]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Starscreamanimated.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Special skills: <s>barefist fighting</s> backstabbing, aggressive negotiation, dramatic oratory, self-resurrection, clone production, [[chin]]-stroking.]]
'''Starscream''' is easily as accomplished, powerful and deserving of leadership as [[Megatron (Animated)|Megatron]]. At least, that's what he thinks. Power-hungry and driven by jealousy, Starscream operates through three ideals: lying, manipulation and deception. And when all else fails, a bit of sabotage never goes astray. Wise bots are careful about turning their backs on Starscream, just in case it's the day he finally decides to shove in the knife.

Though not as powerful as Megatron (despite what he thinks of himself), Starscream is by no means a wimp. His weapons can demolish large buildings, and he can fly around so fast that he can break free of [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet's]] magnetic powers. Unfortunately, all these abilities are offset by an enormous ego and the tendency to make long, overbearing speeches when he should just get on with it and fight. More than once, his leanings towards bombast have caused him to miss a golden opportunity. Sadly, he doesn't seem to be learning from these mistakes.

{{bigquote|Fools! I am Starscream!...Hold your applause! Kneel and worship the TRUE leader of the Decepticons!...assuming I can ever dispose of that accursed Megatron.|Starscream|"[[Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac]]"}}

==Fiction==
===''Animated'' cartoon===
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:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Jin Yamanoi]] (Japan, [[Stefan Staudinger]] (German), [[Krzysztof Korzeniowski]] (Polish) [[Daniele Demma]] (Italian)

Starscream was aboard the ''[[Nemesis (Animated)|Nemesis]]'' when it came across an [[Teletran-1|Autobot repair ship]] that appeared to be emitting the energy signature of the fabled [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]]. Starscream's doubt of the AllSpark's very existence and his dismissal of Megatron's millennia-long search did not sit well with [[Lugnut]], and an argument broke out on the bridge until Megatron himself arrived and all fell silent. Starscream was forced to eat his words when [[Blackarachnia (Animated)|Blackarachnia]] confirmed that the energy coming off the ship was indeed that of the AllSpark, but quickly volunteered to secure it for his leader. Seeing through his lieutenant's greed, Megatron put a dent in Starscream's wing and rose to obtain it for himself. As he was leaving, however, Starscream arrived at the airlock to wish Megatron luck and patted him on the back—planting an overload device on him in the process. As Megatron attacked the Autobot ship, the device overloaded his circuits and caused an explosion that led Starscream to believe that Megatron was no more. In the aftermath of the blast, Starscream got so caught up in his own greatness that he didn't notice that his comrades had left him on the ship, hurtling towards an exploding space bridge.

[[Image:MegsRisingPt1-StarTeeth.jpg|left|150px|thumb|He gained strength and speed and shiny teeth and as the Huntsman was reboo-oorn!]]
Surviving the explosion, Starscream spent the next fifty [[Units of time|solar cycles]] searching for the [[AllSpark (Animated)|AllSpark]] on his own, using the damaged ship as a base (and probably getting a few screws loose in his [[central processor]] in the meantime). Detecting the faint signal of the AllSpark on [[Earth]], Starscream tapped into television broadcasts from the planet and discovered that the Autobot ship had landed there. ''While heading for the planet, Starscream was approached by Blackarachnia, who was also seeking the AllSpark for her own purposes and proposed an alliance. Starscream was unsurprisingly unwilling to share power, and he booted Blackarachnia out into space just before the ship warped away. Starscream was so occupied by the task, however, that he failed to notice Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]] appearing in the ship's path.'' {{storylink|Dispatches}}

One crash-landing later, Starscream abandoned the ruined hulk of the ship and headed down to Earth, immediately drawing the attention of military jets. After a brief dogfight, Starscream scanned one of the jets as an alternate mode in order to continuing searching incognito. The search did not go on long, as Starscream found the Autobots watching a [[Crimson Angels]] air show, and he quickly joined in the proceedings. Upon revealing himself to the Autobots, he quickly thrashed each of them individually. Starscream mocked them, apparently assuming that the Autobots thought ''they'' had really defeated Megatron (whom he referred to as "the great Megatron" without sarcasm, so he seems to have at least a loathing respect for his leader's power). All too boastful of his cunning, Starscream boldly admitted that Megatron was already defeated by the bomb which Starscream himself had put on him. Despite being more powerful than the Autobots, Starscream failed to take the AllSpark, partially because he [[Megatron (BW)|spent too much time gloating]]. [[Optimus Prime (Animated)|Optimus Prime]] grabbed Starscream in midair, and they opened the AllSpark, releasing a massive wave of energy. Optimus was killed by the energy surge and subsequent fall (he got better), while Starscream disappeared. {{storylink|Transform and Roll Out}}

[[Image:StarscreamProfessorArrivalIssue2.jpg|thumb|Oh, so ''that's'' what happened to Whatisname...]]
''Starscream was hurled into the wilderness by the AllSpark energy surge, where he lay, unconscious and undisturbed, for an unspecified period of time. Eventually, Starscream came back online, only to discover that his body had succumbed to [[stasis lock]], leaving him immobile. As "luck" would have it, it was at this moment that he was happened upon by the villainous [[Professor Princess]], whom Starscream attempted to sweet-talk into triggering his manual reset. She was insistent upon "fixing up" Starscream first, plastering him with makeup and a wig, but when the horrified Starscream screamed at her, she just decided to blast him. Her rainbow-blast jumpstarted Starscream's systems, and he seized the Professor, but before he could reduce her to a pink stain, she threatened to broadcast an image of the prettified Starscream all over the world and perhaps the galaxy. Preferring ''not'' to be hideously embarrassed, Starscream let her live and quickly departed, unaware that she'd worked her fashion magic on his wings, too.'' {{storylink|Whatever Happened To Whatisname?}}

[[Image:Megatron rising 1 Starscream freakout.jpg|left|150px|thumb|"Do you have any idea how long I spent preparing that speech!?"]]
Starscream laid low on Earth, until he revealed himself to a badly damaged [[Blitzwing (Animated)|Blitzwing]] and Lugnut, offering them help in exchange for their loyalty. {{storylink|Lost and Found (episode)|Lost and Found}} After repairing the duo, Starscream continually had to reassert his authority over the two walking malfunctions, who were quick to point out that their service was by threat, not choice. As Lugnut went prostrate with praise, Starscream was initially quite flattered by the hulking Decepticon's obsequity, but quickly learned that the big guy was being manipulated by an outside source. Tracking the transmission, he came to [[Sumdac Tower]] and was quite surprised to find the disembodied head of his former leader. Megatron, aware of Starscream's betrayal after seeing a news report on his earlier battle with the Autobots {{storylink|Home Is Where the Spark Is}} but not wanting to tip his hand, greeted Starscream as a "devoted and faithful subject", while Starscream adopted a subservient attitude himself. Beginning the smug monologue to end all smug monologues, he was interrupted by the senseless heroics of the Autobot [[Bumblebee (Animated)|Bumblebee]]. Focusing his attentions on the yellow little squirt, he mistakenly assumed that Megatron was helpless, an oversight that allowed the galactic despot to control the lab's machinery and defenestrate the traitor. Even so Starscream remained fixated on Bumblebee, and thus was caught unaware when the repaired form of Megatron burst from the tower roof. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 1}}

[[Image:PayThePiper.JPG|150px|thumb|Ghost in three...two...one...]]
Starscream watched with interest, tossing Bumblebee around absentmindedly as Megatron trashed the Autobots. When Megatron called out his loyal Decepticons, Starscream gracefully landed on Lugnut's head, ready to return to his position as second-in-command. Megatron prepared to fire on the Autobots, but quickly lashed out and rammed the [[AllSpark Key]] into Starscream's chest, seemingly offlining the traitor, who then crumpled to the ground. {{storylink|Megatron Rising - Part 2}}

[[Image:Jagged.JPG|left|150px|thumb|All tied up and ready for ''Kiss Players''.]]
Sometime later, Starscream awoke on a garbage barge, evidently thrown in by an Autobot cleaning up Detroit. He found he couldn't detect any Decepticons, not even himself. Panicking, he wondered if he was dead, but recovered when he realized he was still on Earth. Furious, he managed to track down Lugnut and Blitzwing and to follow them to the Decepticon base. There he challenged Megatron and was soundly sliced, blasted and thrown off a cliff. However, he again revived, except now he had no [[spark]]! Starscream discovered he was being kept alive by an AllSpark fragment embedded in his head. Using this newfound immortality to his advantage, he again attacked Megatron... and again and again and again, each time taking a trouncing and having his corpse thrown off a cliff by Blitzwing and Lugnut. Discovering another fragment, he set up a trap that would draw Megatron out and blow up both him and the city. He embedded the shard in a train engine, and as the overloading machine drew out Megatron, Blitzwing, the [[Cybertron Elite Guard|Elite Guard]] AND the Earth team, the plan seemed to be working. Unfortunately, the Autobots stopped the train, and Megatron knocked Starscream out of the sky, sending him crashing into the midst of the Autobots. He blasted [[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]] and took back his fragment, but was put into stasis lock when Optimus slipped [[Stasis cuffs|some cuffs]] on him. He was last seen bound, gagged and being taken onto the [[Steelhaven (Animated)|Elite Guard vessel]]. {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}

While in transit on said vessel, Starscream somehow blasted his way out, once again vowing revenge against Megatron. Magnus sent word to Optimus Prime, warning him that Starscream was most likely on his way back to Earth. Megatron, eavesdropping on the conversation, offered a substantial reward for bringing Starscream to him.

To this end, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] ran off by himself to the resting place of the ''Nemesis'' on the Moon, where he ran right into Starscream. Despite getting in behind Prowl, Starscream was rather easily disabled and put in stasis cuffs. While [[Lockdown (Animated)|Lockdown]] and Prowl battled, Starscream somehow managed to escape.

Lockdown and Prowl agreed to team up, and they tracked down an apparently very scared Starscream, who was captured easily. While Lockdown brought him to Megatron, another Starscream turned up. This Starscream tried to deal with the Autobots, suggesting they team up to deal with their common enemy, Megatron. Prowl disabled him with ease, despite making a total mess.

[[Image:Lotta starscreams.jpg|thumb|Megs is gonna have a field day.]]
Shortly after Lockdown delivered "Starscream" into the hands of Megatron, the Autobots showed with the other Starscream. Confusion ensued, and suddenly both Starscreams exposed internal bombs, and a recording of the real Starscream revealed that his entire plan was to allow the [[Starscream clone (Animated)|clones of himself]] to be captured and take out all his enemies in one fell swoop. In his infinite wisdom, however, he apparently programmed the bombs to explode long after everyone had realized what had happened. Prowl sent the clones into the sky, where they exploded without destroying the city.

Afterwards, Megatron increased the bounty on Starscream, this time stipulating that it had to be the ''real'' one. Watching, Starscream cursed Megatron (again) and dismissed his failure, noting he had plenty more clones—an army of them. {{storylink|A Fistful of Energon}}

[[Image:Starscream with Shescream.jpg|thumb|left|Technically, she is my sister, and therefore unable to take me as her lover. After much soul searching, I have reluctantly decided, "What the hell", I just won't tell her.]]
His time alone allowed him to produce five clones of himself, which he empowered with small slivers of the AllSpark fragment in his head, giving them life. He quickly learned that each of the Starscreams was a different aspect of his personality: [[Skywarp (Animated)|cowardice]], [[Thundercracker (Animated)|ego]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|sycophancy]], [[Ramjet (Animated)|deception]], and...[[Slipstream (Animated)|something else]]. He asked the female version of him where she came from, and she said not to ask. Once introductions were done, he ordered them on their merry way to Megatron's base. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part I}}

[[Image:TFA ABTC1 Screamer Clones Emerge.jpg|thumb|There can be only one!]]
Upon reaching the base, the clone army attacked, leading to a free-for-all against Megatron's forces and the Autobots who'd assembled to stop the Decepticon leader's plan. During the fight, Starscream became fed up with his female clone telling him how to handle Megatron, as he'd been working on killing him long before she existed. She was unimpressed with his results to date. Eventually, his team overwhelmed Megatron, allowing two of the clones to subdue him while Starscream prepared to deal the killing blow. Starscream relished the moment, wryly assuring Megatron that he'd tell everyone that he died fighting valiantly—after naming Starscream as his successor. Abruptly, Starscream got head-jacked by [[Isaac Sumdac]] in a [[Headmaster (Animated)|Headmaster]] unit.

Starscream's inert body fell on top of his head, which put him out of action. Panicking, he told his clones to attack, but was outraged when they all sided with Megatron instead. Starscream's head was then glued to one of the walls by [[Mixmaster (Animated)|Mixmaster]]'s concrete. When he tried to mock Megatron's plan for the conquest of Cybertron, he had his mouth closed by more concrete. Poor Screamer.

[[Image:TFA ABTC2 Megatron Screamer End.jpg|150px|left|thumb|So...Megatron..how've you been]]
When Megatron's newly activated [[Space bridge]] ran out of power to maintain the portal to Cybertron, Megatron replaced the AllSpark fragment with Starscream's head, which overloaded the power systems. This caused the portal to expand and attempt to suck everything around it into itself. This included Starscream's head and Megatron, the latter of whom was disabled by Autobot stasis cuffs, which prevented him from resisting the space bridge's pull. The overload also caused the space bridge receiving coordinates to be deleted, dumping the pair into empty space. Without a body to manoeuvre, Starscream was forced to look at Megatron, while Megatron, still disabled by the stasis cuffs, suffered a similar problem. A long night of bickering commenced. {{storylink|A Bridge Too Close, Part II}}

[[Image:TransWarpedStarscreamsScream.jpg|thumb|200px|How... literal. And disturbingly ironic.]]
Somehow, Starscream managed to manoeuvre his head to begin trying to free Megatron from his stasis cuffs, either by gnawing on them or by picking them with a fragment of asteroid in his mouth. Megatron berated Starscream for his incompetence, whereupon the indignant Decepticon pointed out that this would be much easier if Megatron had reattached his head to his body back on Earth, and that they wouldn't even be here if Megatron hadn't overloaded the Space Bridge. Fuelled with anger, Starscream screamed that this was all Megatron's fault, during which the fragment in his head lit up... and Starscream's face suddenly unfolded into a sonic blaster that smashed Megatron's cuffs.

This was evidently not something from Starscream's original design plans, as he could be heard asking where that had come from once it had fired. Megatron didn't care, though; all that mattered was that he was free now. Starscream was petrified when Omega Supreme chose that moment to float into view, trying to denounce Megatron in order to save his own hide. Fortunately for them both, Omega Supreme was currently offline, giving Megatron an idea. Though Starscream nearly gave the plan away when he was brought inside the awoken giant, Megatron succeeded in installing Starscream's head into the computer to be used as a combination of power source and control mechanism.

[[Image:TransWarpedDigitalStarscream.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Take me to ATARI!]]
Megatron used Omega Supreme to attack the Autobots on Earth, and during the battle, [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]] infiltrated Omega, accessed his internal processor, and helped him fight off Megatron's control... only for Starscream to take over instead. He continued fighting the Autobots until Megatron suggested that they just go conquer Cybertron instead. Starscream agreed that it was a good idea, but failed to make Omega transwarp as the giant's old friend [[Ratchet (Animated)|Ratchet]] swayed his control. Eventually overpowering Omega's mind, Starscream tried flying into space, only for Optimus Prime to plant a [[plasmadynamic thruster]] on his new body, causing it to start warping around randomly in outer space. {{storylink|Transwarped}}

At some point during Starscream and Megatron's warping adventures, Starscream stopped controlling Omega Supreme's body, again reduced to a sarcastic head. After one of the warp jumps, Lugnut suddenly smacked into their windshield and joined their merry group. {{storylink|Decepticon Air}} Removing the plasmadynamic thruster, they traveled into Cybertron airspace, even though Omega Supreme was offline and drained of energy. Starscream advocated that they abandon the hulk before the Autobots picked them off in their helpless state, but Megatron disagreed. After the Decepticon agent [[Shockwave (Animated)|Shockwave]] obtained Omega's activation codes, they picked him up and transwarped back to Earth's moon, where Starscream noted Lugnut's anger at Megatron complimenting Shockwave. {{storylink|This Is Why I Hate Machines}}

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-MegatronFieldDay.jpg|thumb|Megs has his field day.]]
Goading Lugnut into fighting Shockwave, Starscream used the distraction to roll himself back to his old headquarters, the wrecked ''Nemesis'', where he used a [[protoform]] and one of his many clone bodies to get himself back to 100%. Megatron subsequently destroyed the rest of the lifeless clone bodies, before explaining to Starscream his ultimate plan—creating Decepticon clones of Omega Supreme. When the time came for these clones to imprint upon a leader, Starscream went for a power grab yet again, knocking Megatron down and taking his place. However, he was in turn tackled by the eternally loyal Lugnut, who ended up becoming the template of the three "[[Lugnut Supreme]]s". As Megatron explained that this had been his plan all along, Starscream retorted that the giants would just be lifeless shells without his AllSpark fragment.

[[Image:TFA-Endgame-StarscreamBits.jpg|thumb|left|"It’s incredible! I can feel, I can touch, I’m alive! I can fondle, I can fiddle! Phwooar! I am ali—"]]
Unfortunately for him, Megatron had found three other fragments in Omega Supreme's spark chamber, and so and deemed Starscream useless before blasting his lower body to smithereens with a fusion cannon shot and leaving him on the surface of the Moon. {{storylink|Endgame, Part I}}

But this did not destroy the tenacious traitor, and he painstakingly reattached himself to a reassembled lower torso before transforming and flying to Earth. There, he was distracted from his goal of taking revenge on Megatron by a sudden severe pain in his head, which pulled him to Sumdac Towers, where he found Jazz and Prowl using their Processor-Over-Matter skills to reassemble AllSpark fragments. Realising what a threat this posed to him, he opened fire on them in an effort to distract them, but failed. His fragment was torn from his head, and Starscream, his sparkless body no longer fueled by the AllSpark, fell from the air, finally dead.

[[Image:TFAni EndgamePart2 Screamer Offlined.jpg|thumb|The ''seventh'' time's the charm.]]
He did leave behind a nasty post-mortem surprise, however: Upon the disconnection of Lugnut from the [[Lugnut Supreme]]s, a hidden program kicked in, a message from Starscream revealing that each of the Omega clones had been secretly outfitted with a nasty set of concealed explosives, now primed and ready to detonate. Unfortunately for Starscream, his revenge would not come to be. Not only did Omega Supreme destroy one clone while deactivating its explosive, the other was encased in an AllSpark-powered force field and failed to destroy anything...not even Megatron, who took the full force of the blast (albeit he was heavily damaged). {{storylink|Endgame, Part II}}
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===Titan Magazines===
[[Image:Starscreamanimated_DinoMIGHT.jpg|right|150px|thumb|"''They're not singing they're not singing they're not singing any morrrre!''"]]

Megatron kept uncovering Starscream's hide-outs, so Starscream took [[Starscream clone (Animated)|his clone army]] and seized control of the Autobots' own base, reasoning the Decepticons would never look for him ''there''. His plan was undone by the [[Dinobot (Animated)|Dinobots]]. {{storylink|Dino-MIGHT!}}

He later acted as the backer for the supervillain [[Crossroads]], giving him a sliver of Megatron (no, it ''wasn't'' explained how he got it) that completed the man's robot-controlling gauntlets. Starscream didn't care that Crossroads was going to hurt robots, as long as he made sure to turn the city against the Autobots. Boo, hiss! {{storylink|Crossroads!}}

Later still, he appeared out of nowhere to hack into the [[Wraith-X]] stealth bomber and send it off to bomb Detroit to bits, seemingly just for shits and giggles. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Divebomb}} It turned out he'd been let back into the Decepticons for... some reason, joining their massed attack on the Autobot base. Of course, he used that as a way to ensure Megatron had an "accident", and then "saved him"; as a result, Megatron become stupid and believed he could be trusted with temporary command of the Decepticons... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Megatron's Revenge}}

===Animated shorts===
Starscream mocked Megatron during a speech by the latter. {{storylink|Starscream Heckles Megatron}}
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==Toys==
===Animated===
[[Image:TFAnimated Voyager Starscream toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|What? Decepticon sigil not upside down? HERESY! HERESYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!]]
*'''Starscream''' (Voyager, 2008)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''TA-07'''
**''Accessories:'' 2 missiles

: Starscream transforms into a futuristic, forward-swept wing jet fighter based upon the [http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/s37/ Su-47 (S-37) Berkut Experimental Fighter] and the [http://www.mahq.net/MECHA/macross/plus/yf-19.htm YF-19 "Alpha One"] from the series ''[[wikipedia:Macross_Plus|Macross Plus]]''.

: His twin "sonic shock blaster" spring-loaded missile launchers can slide forward, opening panels on his forearms (referred to as blasters on the packaging). Landing gear in his vehicle mode flip down from his undercarriage, and his blasters flip forward or back for a "hidden" attack. He also features two [[automorph]] gimmicks. When his nose cone is pushed in, his undercarriage folds into his hips. Folding his shoulders down also pushes up his head. Though not really an "automorph", with the arms and legs out of the way, his spring loaded wings fold down by themselves. His arms are also ''just'' poseable enough to stroke that enormous chin.

:His missiles have tiny shark faces molded into them.

:As with [[Seeker (body-type)|past incarnations]], Starscream was [[Redeco|redecoed]] as [[Skywarp (Animated)|''Animated'' Skywarp]], [[Sunstorm (Animated)|''Animated'' Sunstorm]], and [[Thundercracker (Animated)|''Animated'' Thundercracker]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Starscream/starscream.htm More information on Voyager Starscream at TFU.info]''

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[[Image:Activatorsstarscream.jpg|right|250px|thumb|I shall call him Screamer and he shall be mine and he shall be my Screamer. Come here, Screamer!]]
*'''Starscream''' (Activators, 2008)

: A smaller, simpler version of Starscream, the Activators Starscream toy has a spring-loaded autotransform gimmick that springs him from Harrier jet mode to robot mode in one easy step, although robot to Harrier jet mode is still that good old manual click-it-up yourself transformation, giving you the best of both worlds.

: Activators Starscream greatly resembles Voyager Starscream, especially when compared to several other Activators and their respective larger toys, with the only discernible difference between Activators and Voyager Starscream is that Activator Starscream's wings sit lower on his back. Most notably, this toy possesses more show-accurate weapons than its Voyager counterpart, due to the lack of a launching mechanism.

: This mold was also used to make ''Animated'' [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] and [[Dirge (Animated)|Dirge]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/ActStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Activators Starscream at TFU.info]''

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*'''Starscream''' (McDonald's Happy Meal Toy, 2008)

:A simple version of Starscream with a very simple transformation sequence. A tad unique among the McDonald's ''Animated'' toys, he has given up a toy accurate vehicle mode for a toy accurate robot mode. You transform him by splitting the front of the jet to form the legs, snapping up the feet, lowering the rear wings and rotating his head. His robot mode, save for the fact the wings are pointing the wrong direction and that he is missing his guns, is decently [[Show-accuracy|show-accurate]], but his vehicle mode totally sucks. Plain and simple.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/McStarscream/starscream.htm More information on McDonald's Starscream at TFU.info]''

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*'''Rescue Ratchet''' (Animated 3-pack, 2008)

: A ''Universe'' Legends-class Starscream came packaged with this [[Target]]-[[exclusive]] version of [[Ratchet (Animated)#Rescue|Ratchet]], as well as a Legends [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/AniLegendsStarscream/starscream.htm More information on Legends Starscream at TFU.info]''

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===Universe (2008)===
[[Image:Universe2008-toy LegendsAniStarscream.JPG|right|250px|thumb|And yet, his ego remains as big as ever.]]
*'''Starscream''' (Legends, 2008)

:Legends-class Starscream transforms surprisingly similarly to his larger counterparts. He is notable for being the only version of the character to have his weapons mounted correctly on his upper arms, rather than his lower arms (though this is largely because he completely lacks elbows). However, as with his past versions, he is again not gray, but apparently a shade of blue.

:This toy can also be found as part of the ''Animated'' [[Ratchet (Animated)|Rescue Ratchet]] three-pack with Legends [[Prowl (Animated)|Prowl]], but with a more purple deco.
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==Notes==
*In a podcasted audio interview, [[Marty Isenberg]] revealed that he originally wanted to play Starscream's name ironically — he wanted the character to have a quiet, whispery tone, as he '''really''' didn't like the screechy voice of [[Starscream (G1)|the original Starscream]] (though, at the same time, he pointed out that he has nothing against [[Chris Latta|his actor]]). [[Derrick J. Wyatt]] argued against this idea, and Tom Kenny's reading finally won Marty over.
* Though he never ''truly'' took out Megatron, this Starscream may be the most successful to bear the name to date.
* There is some confusion as to precisely what weapons Starscream has. According to the Decepticon character descriptions sent out in the initial [[Cartoon Network]] press release for ''Transformers Animated'', Starscream "can affect a sonic scream and produce powerful blasts of sound that can send enemies spinning through the atmosphere". His toy packaging declares that he has "twin sonic shock blasters" rather than the [[null-ray]]s of his Generation 1 counterpart, while a bio on the [[Hasbro]] website declares that ''Animated'' Starscream '''does''' have null-rays... while otherwise being a direct copy of the press release text, which doesn't mention them anywhere. What is unquestionably Starscream's "sonic scream" appears in the third season episode "TransWarped", apparently a modification created by the AllSpark fragment in his head. Similarly, in the same episode, Blurr tells [[Skywarp (Animated)|Skywarp]] and [[Thundercracker (Animated)|Thundercracker]] to use alternating sonic pulses to destabilise the concrete the trio are trapped in. This could point to Starscream's arm-mounted cannons being sonic shock blasters, as he was addressing Skywarp, but also could be a reference to Generation 1 [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] and his ability to create sonic booms.
*Several times in the series, Starscream's alt-mode is called a "harrier jet". In the real world, this term actually refers to just one specific jet type--the [[United Kingdom|British]]-designed V/STOL-capable [[wikipedia:Harrier_Jump_Jet|Harrier Jump Jet]]--which very clearly is not Starscream's altmode. Then again, the series is set about 100 years in the future, so perhaps the jet designs or terminology could have changed.

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[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Universe (2008)]]

Peter Renaday

2010-02-15T15:02:11Z

Skullgrin140:

{{disambig3|Peter}}

'''Peter Renaday''' (1935- ) is an American voice actor. A veteran of his craft, he has appeared on series such as ''[[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]]'', ''Batman: The Animated Series'' and various Disney animated television series and theme park attractions, among others. However, perhaps his most well-known role was as Splinter in ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''.

In his voice acting career, Renaday portrayed the voice of Abraham Lincoln on a fairly regular basis across a wide variety of animated television series. In recent years he's played Al-Mualim in Assassin's Creed & Duncan in Dragon Age: Origins.

===''Generation 1''===
*[[Grapple]]
*[[Lord Chumley]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719115/ Peter Renaday at the Internet Movie Database]

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[[Category:Voice actors]]

Skids (ROTF)

2010-01-23T03:02:30Z

Skullgrin140: /* Titan Magazines Revenge of the Fallen comics */

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{{disambig3|Skids}}
:''Skids is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].

[[Image:ROTF_Skids_promo.jpg|thumb|300px|Look, it's that robot child actor that grew up and robbed a convenience store.]]

The dopey-looking '''Skids''' spends a lot of his time arguing with his [[The Twins|twin]] brother [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and trying to outdo him in crazy stunts, all while believing ''he's'' the responsible, level headed one. In his own mind, everything dangerous and dopey he does is simply making him a better warrior. And that means one day, one ''glorious'' day, [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] will ''notice'' him! Prime even looking in his direction makes him babble, fall over, and generally fail to make an impression, but that won't stop him trying! Underneath it all, he harbors a secret fear that Mudflap is actually the superior warrior of the pair... which is probably true.<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Skids Battle Bio]</ref>

Skids' hyper-reactive optical imaging scanner allows him to process tactical information faster than ''anyone'' (except his twin). Add that to his supreme firepower and his unpredictable actions, and he's a pain in the aft for any [[Decepticon]] who wants to counter him! And that's only if they spot him. He changes alt-mode so much it's hard to keep track of him. On Earth, he's already been part of an ice-cream truck (combining with his brother), and more recently a Chevy Beat, but that's unlikely to last very long.

{{bigquote|This is what you call blendin' in wit' the landscape... like a ninja.|A less-than-successful Skids tries to conceal himself,'' [[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''}}
==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Alliance04 icecreamtruck.jpg|left|thumb|150px|Skids is the one in front.]]
Skids and Mudflap arrived on [[Earth]] as part of Autobot reinforcements that [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] requested. They both chose the [[combiner|combined]] form of an old, beat-up ice cream truck. The newly-arrived Autobots joined the human-Transformer military alliance [[NEST]] and began training in earnest on [[Diego Garcia]], but soon had to be deployed to [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4|Alliance #4}}
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===Titan Magazines ''Revenge of the Fallen'' comics===

Skids first met [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] when they were about to be thrown into a [[smelting pool]]. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}} He and his twin are well known for tall tales and messing about, enough so that people have stopped believing their claims. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

[[Image:Titan2-1_Skids.jpg|right|thumb|350px|You know what? ''You'' tell him he looks dopey.]]

Skids and Mudflap happily stayed on Cybertron, going through intensive training (which ''totally'' wasn't goofing off) and having extreme-sports contests. Neither wanted to leave their homeworld, and they were the only Transformers on it until [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] turned up with [[Purple generic drones|a Decepticon army]]. When they heard him mention a [[Solar Harvester|star harvester]], they realised they should tell someone...but Skids worked out the fastest way to do that would be in person, meaning they'd have to leave their homeworld.

The decision was made for them when the Decepticons attacked. Skids angrily blew away some of the jet-drones when they shot his brother, using an impressive missile barrage, and used transform-and-shoot moves to keep their pursuers away...but he realised this was delaying the inevitable. They fled the planet, with Skids remembering to head for Earth, the site of Optimus's message. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.1|Training Day}}

[[Image:Titan2_twinsbeats.jpg|left|thumb|200px|...actually, no, tell him to ''put some clothes on JESUS''.]]

The twins made it to [[Earth]] soon, crash-landing in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]. On the way in, Mudflap hit a [[Wikipedia: CN Tower|big tower]], but Skids felt it wasn't that big a deal. They swam their way to Ball's Falls, where they picked up Earth alternate modes and set out to try and find local Autobots and warn them about the solar harvester.

Driving along the wrong side of the Interstate (Skids wanted a challenge!), the twins were attacked by the Seeker [[Ransack (ROTF)|Ransack]], trying to kill them on [[the Fallen]]'s orders. While Skids dissed Ransack's retro alt mode, he pursued them across [[Wikipedia: North by Northwest|open countryside]]. With their energon levels low, the airborne enemy kept up with the twins, and Skids soon collapsed, unable to run any further. He and his brother would've both died, if not for Bumblebee arriving and forcing the Seeker into retreat. {{Storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Dogfight!}}

[[Image:Titan2-3_Mudflap_face.jpg|right|thumb|"I hear you're racist now, Father! How'd you get involved in that sorta thing?"]]

Now living at [[NEST]]'s [[California]]n base with Bumblebee as their minder, Skids and Mudflap repeatedly asked to deliver their info to [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]—and only Optimus, much to [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide's]] annoyance. He was more annoyed when they ambushed him (Skids tipping crates on him!) to get to Optimus...who, as it turns out, was away on a need-to-know mission anyway.

After this defeat, and with Ironhide having bluntly told them nobody believed them, they desperately asked to join in a NEST op in [[Las Vegas]]...getting turned down, because they were too crap to get involved. Annoyed with this, Skids went along with Mudflap's suggestion to go to Vegas and show Ironhide just what they could do! What they could do, it turned out, was screw up a successful mission by freeing [[Grindor (ROTF)|a captured Decepticon]] by trying to "shoot him down". Skids was left mortified. Ironhide, recognising what they were trying to do, told him that maybe they could work on training the twins not to jump in without looking, and that the trick was to learn from mistakes. The twins claimed they'd try. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.3|Learning Curve}}

They soon wished they hadn't, as they were condemned to NEST's [[United Kingdom|Orkney Islands]] base for days of sim-com (simulated combat) training under [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]]. Skids had a nagging feeling this was just an excuse to keep them away from the main action, and both protested to Sideswipe that they could handle Decepticons. Him pointing out their failure with Grindor shut them up. However, the training was interrupted when [[Ravage (ROTF)|a huge metal cat monster]] broke into the base, KOed Sideswipe, and tried to eat the twins!

[[Image:Titan2-4_SkidsRavage.jpg|left|thumb|250px|]]

They transformed and fled, drawing the creature into a trap where Skids used his weaponry to bring the roof down on it. When that failed, he deferred to and helped Mudflap carry out his plan of trapping the beast in a sim-com session on maximum setting. With that done, and with it revealed that the creature was sent after them by another Decepticon, they tried to fill in the revived Sideswipe... except the creature had gone, leaving their instructor with the view that ''they'd'' knocked him out in revenge for their training. Between that and Grindor, he thinks they're up to something... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.4|New Tricks}}

[[Image:Titan2-5_twinsHEstartedit.jpg|right|thumb|Which one of you left the tap running!?]]

The twins were later taken to Diego Garcia, and ecstatic to learn Optimus was coming there! Sideswipe stated he didn't know about their info and wasn't here to talk to them, cutting off Skids as he attempted to mention the [[the Fallen|"dude they call the F-"]]. While their trainer told them how they weren't to see Prime, the twins cunningly drove off when he wasn't looking and headed for the base's runway. The mood soured when Skids noticed Mudflap was planning to pinch the credit for their intell, and soon the two of them were having a big fight and slagging match on the runway...

And so their first meeting with Optimus Prime was to be yelled at for conduct unbecoming of an Autobot warrior. (Mudflap started it!)

That was when [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] made his attack, blasting at the distracted Prime. Skids made the situation worse by accidentally tripping over Optimus, preventing him from taking control, and so Scorponok liberated the prisoner [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. Sideswipe, watching from a distance, believed Skids had done that ''deliberately'', and convinced Prime that the twins were traitors: they must have helped Scorponok get here and now assisted him in his mission, on top of freeing Grindor and attacking him at Orkney! Skids and Mudflap protested they were being set up because they knew too much, but it fell on deaf ears as they were taken into custody. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.5|Reversal of Fortune}}

[[Image:Titan6_Samabducted.jpg|left|thumb|250px|The car picks the driver.]]

Following this, the decision was made to exile the twins into orbit. A disgruntled Skids remarked they should've minded their own business and ignored the Fallen, but help was at hand... from the Decepticons? Freed by a Decepticon attack, an angry Skids realised they'd been framed ''again'' and now the Autobots would think they're massive traitors. The two went underground to clear their names, and hit on the foolproof plan of abducting [[Sam Witwicky]] from his house and pleading with him to tell their story to Optimus. All this did was cause Bumblebee to launch an attack to rescue Sam. Skids spat out the kid, remarking he'd need to clean his seats to get the organic off them, but that didn't stop Bumblebee holding him at gunpoint...

...until Soundwave arrived, gunning down the Autobot and offering the twins sanctuary in the Decepticons. Skids quickly agreed {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.6|Outlaw Blues}}, intending to get into a position where they could whallop a Decepticon and hand him over to the Autobots to clear their names. After some fun times of annoying the other Decepticons, the twins were despatched to bring in an AWOL member; Skids was annoyed to find Mudflap didn't know they were just pretending, and hoped Soundwave would be sending a minder (either Grindor or Sideways) they could ambush.

[[Image:Titan_deceptitwins.jpg|thumb|right|250px|''Two of these things are not like the other...'']]

The AWOL member turned out to be Ransack. Skids quickly lied to him, saying they'd ''totally'' been sent by [[the Fallen]] to bring him in from the cold. This deception worked, until the Decepticon minders attacked... both of them! Skids ordered Mudflap after Sideways while he launched suppressive fire on Grindor and dodged each shot. Unfortunately, the chopper bugged out with Ransack held captive. While the twins had captured Sideways, Skids wasn't satisfied: he was tired of taking the fall and being pushed around. He decided they were going to go gunning for Soundwave and bring down his whole conspiracy! {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.7|Turnabout}}

[[Image:Titan2-8_twinsanywaytowelcome.jpg|left|thumb|350px|]]

Upon returning to the Phobos base, it suddenly occured to Skids that they had no plan... but, as Mudflap wisely pointed out to him, that never stopped them before! The twins stormed the base, but initial success was undone when Starscream and Soundwave fought back. Luckily, the two Decepticons were forced to run off after Ransack, who'd fled talking about reporting to the Fallen. Skids was left feeling that they'd just seen part of a really big, confusing picture. Unfortunately, this was just a short respite, as the twins discovered just what that army massing on Cybertron had been planning: to arrive at the Phobos base en route to Earth...

The twins stood ready to make their last stand, and Skids told his brother it had been an honour to work with him... when Optimus arrived with the other Autobots! The twins had been tracked to Phobos and to their shock, the other Autobots had realised they weren't traitors and were even apologising! And with all the street cred of uncovering the Phobos base, the twins were welcomed to the Autobot's Earth division. Skids briefly wondered if they should mention "the ''Fa-''" again, but was convinced not to by Mudflap. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 2.8|Back-to-Back}}
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Tom Kenny]] (English), [[Tomokazu Seki]] (Japan), [[Michael Pan]] (German), [[Vladimiro Conti]] (Italian)

[[Image:ROTF-icecreamtruck.jpg|thumb|left|250px|When the kiddies hear my bell, they all know to run like hell...]]

Skids and his brother were part of a taskforce deployed in Shanghai to root out Decepticon activity. In their combined ice cream truck [[alternate mode]], they rolled through the evacuated zone, taunting and trying to lure out the Decepticons in the area. When the Decepticons did show themselves, they gave chase to the escaping [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. However, their slow and ungainly choice of vehicle could not keep up with the fugitive, and they rounded a corner too sharply, tearing their combined form in half. Even though Mudflap took the blame for the separation, Skids still berated (and smacked) his brother for his failure. Skids reminded his brother that they were in a combat situation and wondered what was wrong with him.

[[Image:ROTF Twins truck robot modes.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Yipee! It's Mister Whippy!]]
Upon arrival at [[Diego Garcia]] and NEST headquarters, the twins received new, separate alternate modes. A fight broke out between the two of them over which vehicle they wanted, and Skids "called" the [[Wikipedia: Chevy Beat|Beat]], resigning Mudflap to the form of a [[Wikipedia: Chevy Trax|Trax]].

Later, the twins, along with the other NEST-allied Autobots, were dispatched to look for [[Sam Witwicky]] when Decepticons were detected heading towards his college. After [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] was killed by [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the twins helped the Autobot force fight off the Decepticon leader and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]], allowing Sam, [[Leo Spitz]], [[Mikaela Banes]] and [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to make good their escape. Skids and Mudflap met up with Bumblebee and the humans, and together they fled to a remote location. After teasing Leo for a while for his panic attack, Sam inquired whether one of them could interpret the Cybertronic symbols he had become obsessed with, but the twins claimed that they couldn't read the ancient Language of the Primes, and weren't much into reading, anyway.

[[Image:ROTF_movie_SkidsMudflap_bigmother.jpg|thumb|left|250px|"Yousome people gonna die??" "Yep. Wesa screwed."]]

With the help of the Decepticon [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] and former [[Sector Seven]] agent [[Seymour Simmons]], the group made their way to the Smithsonian, where the humans reactivated the venerable ex-Decepticon [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]. He teleported them all to [[Egypt]] before telling them the tale of the original [[Prime (ROTF)|Primes]], the [[Solar harvester]], which had the potential to destroy all life on Earth, and finally, the [[Matrix of Leadership]], the key to activating the harvester, and possibly the only thing that could bring Optimus Prime back to life. When the Matrix could not be found at the ruins of [[Petra]], the twins began arguing with each other over why they were following Sam, which soon escalated into physical violence. As their brawl nearly crushed the humans, Bumblebee picked up the twins in each hand, slammed them together, and threw them outside the ruins, which Skids considered to be just rude. Fortunately, their bickering created a hole in the wall where the [[Tomb of the Primes]] lay, and with it, the Matrix.

[[Image:ROTF Skids toothless.jpg|thumb|right|250px]]
Making their way back to the Pyramids where NEST waited with Optimus Prime's body, the group came under attack by Starscream. Mudflap, Skids, Leo and Simmons acted as a decoy to lure the Decepticons away from Sam and Mikaela. Unfortunately, they attracted the attention of the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicons]], who [[combiner|combined]] into [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] and attacked by vacuuming up loose objects such as sand, cars, and Mudflap. As Skids mourned the loss of his twin, Simmons realized that the safest place to be was directly under the giant. But Mudflap had survived being vacuumed up by Devastator, and to escape he had blasted a hole through its head. To buy the humans time to escape, Skids clambered up Devastator's [[Hightower (ROTF)|right forepaw]] to assist Mudflap. Skids threw a cable to Mudflap, who grabbed it and swung off Devastator's head onto his arm. However, once they landed, Mudflap accidentally shot Skids in the face, knocking them off the arm and knocking out Skids gold tooth in the process. At [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s command, Devastator continued onto the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
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===Toy bios===

Skids and his brother idolise Optimus Prime and the other great Autobot heroes, and joined the battle on Earth solely to be part of their crew. {{storylink|Mudflap#Deluxe Class Toys|Deluxe Mudflap}} In an early mission, however, they found themselves used as guinea pigs for experimental combination technology; trying to ''stay'' combined in their gestalt vehicle mode took up more of their focus than fighting Decepticons! {{storylink|#Deluxe Class Toys|Autobot Skids and Mudflap}}

Believing himself to be the "smart one" of the twins, Skids constantly tries to impress Autobot High Command with his <strike>inane, random babbling about everything</strike> insightful comments about things. {{storylink|Mudflap#Deluxe Class Toys|Deluxe Mudflap}} This chatter blows any stealth mission he's part of, so Ironhide has cunningly assigned Skids and his brother to create diversions (far, ''far'' away from him). {{storylink|#Robot Replicas|Robot Replica Skids}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===

====Legends Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTF-toy_Legends_Skids.jpg|250px|thumb|For some reason, [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] has no interest in [[Triple Takeover|making him into a chair]] anytime soon.]]
*'''Autobot Skids''' (Legends, 2009/2010)

: Legends Class Skids is a simple, affordable small-scale toy. Amusingly, just like his brother Mudflap, the [[kibble]] on his arm actually works as his big deformed hand, only grossly oversized.
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====Deluxe Class Toys====
[[Image:ROTFtoy-SkidsDeluxe.jpg|250px|thumb|Kids, never try to deflect a fusion cannon blast with your face.]]
*'''Autobot Skids''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-10'''

:Skids was released as part of the second wave of deluxe class ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' action figures. He transforms into a green Chevy Beat Concept car with black stripe designs on either side and a black hood. His vehicle form features transparent blue windows. In robot mode, Skids features a "[[Mech Alive]]" [[gimmick]] that makes the fenders on the sides of his chest push out and his head move forward when the front grill is pushed inwards. Moving the head up and down through this gimmick may suggest it's meant to make him appear as though he is talking, but the packaging only says "Moving Armor Panels".

:Skids's right arm is larger than his left, just like his movie counterpart's. It features a small cannon that, when pressed, both makes the cannon stick out in a position more suitable for firing and activates Skids's "Punching Robot Fist" action. Despite this, his right hand is surprisingly poseable.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Skids/skids.htm More information on Skids at TFU.info]''
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[[Image:ROTF_Deluxe_Skids&Mudflap_toy.jpg|thumb|250px|Hey look, it's the robot child actor who grew up and ''became'' a convenience store.]]
*'''Autobot Skids And Mudflap''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''

:This two-pack of the twin Autobot brothers can combine into a single, old-fashioned ice cream truck. The vehicle splits in half right down the middle of its chassis (similar to how it does in the film) to create the two small robot forms. Other than the transformation, the toy features no [[gimmick]]s.

:Mudflap's heels are too thick for his feet to fold up properly in vehicle mode, though this can be fixed by trimming them. Also, this toy may be the first Transformer to feature the typeface Comic Sans, which is used to write "MADE FRESH FOR YOU" across both front wheel hubs. But that's on Skids's half, so Mudflap is partly absolved here.

:Both Skids and Mudflap have sculpted rust detailing all over the Ice cream tuck, but for some reason, they are not painted.

:Hasbro has reported that this figure has been [[shortpacked]], and will be re-released in later waves.
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*'''Desert Version Skids''' (Deluxe, 2009)
:This version of Skids has a sandblasted deco to closer match his onscreen appearance during the scenes in Egypt. It is only available in Japan with purchase of the Revenge of the Fallen DVD.

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*'''Shanghai Showdown''' (Multi-pack, 2010)
:The twins in this set have additional decals (save for the "suck my popsicle" slogan) and painted rust for the ice cream truck mode. They come with a repainted version of [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]
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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:ROTF_FAB_Missile_Blast_Skids.jpg|thumb|250px|That's not going to pick up any [[Charlene (cowgirl)|cowgirls]] any time soon.]]
*'''Missile Blast Skids''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:''

:[[Fast Action Battlers]] Missile Blast Skids is quite similar in transformation engineering to [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys#Fast Action Battlers|Plasma Punch/Plasma Blast Bumblebee]], and even has a similar [[gimmick]] in having one arm being a spring-loaded projectile launcher.

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[[Image:ROTF-toy_FAB_OffroadSkids.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
*'''Offroad Skids''' (Fast Action Battler, 2010)
**''Japanese ID number:''
**''Accessories:''

:A [[redeco]] of Missile Blast Skids with different details, such as silver on the back of his car mode, Autobot insignias on his doors and his name on his windshield.

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====Human Alliance====
{{anchor|haskids2009}}[[Image:ROTFtoy-SkidsHumanAlliance.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Then again...]]
*'''Autobot Skids / Arcee / Mikaela Banes''' (Human Alliance, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-25'''
**''Accessories:''
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====Gravity Bots====
[[Image:ROTF_GravityBots_Skids.jpg|thumb|250px|From car to novelty trash can in the blink of an eye!]]
*'''Autobot Skids''' (Gravity Bot, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''???'''
:An extremely simplified version of Skids with a small tab on the bottom of his feet that when he placed on his feet will automatically transform him to robot mode. There is also one on his back side that when placed upon will transform him to his vehicle mode.
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====Robot Replicas====
[[Image:ROTF-toy_RobotReplicas_Skids.jpg|thumb|200px|]]
*'''Autobot Skids''' (Robot Replicas, 2009)

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==Merchandise==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====R.P.M.s - Robot Powered Machines====
=====Battle Series=====
[[Image:ROTFtoy-SkidsRPM.jpg|right|300px|thumb|I ran myself over!]]
*'''Mudflap vs Autobot Skids''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle, 2009)
**''Number:'' '''04 of 08'''

: Number four in a series of eight [[Robot Powered Machines]] [[Mini-Vehicle]] versus packs, Skids is packaged against his twin, Mudflap. He's an untransformable Hot Wheels-like car, unless you count his robot mode being sculpted and painted onto the underside of him.

: This toy is also available with the Devastator Showdown track set.

=====Track Set=====
*'''Devastator Showdown''' (R.P.M. Mini-Vehicle Track Set, 2009)

: A Mini-Vehicle of Skids also comes with this Devastator-themed race track set.

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===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:RobotHeroes_SkidsMegatron.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Megatron thinks that the twins are annoying too.]]
*'''Autobot Skids and Megatron''' (2009)

:''[[Robot Heroes (toyline)|Robot Heroes]]'' Skids is a [[super deformed]] figure with limited articulation in his neck and shoulders. He came in a two-pack with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

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[[Image:rotf_desertdevastation_rh.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Give me your fac—oh wait, wrong article.]]
*'''Desert Devastation''' (Multi-pack, 2009)

:Both Skids and Mudflap are sculpted in their vehicle modes for this box-set that also includes [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]] and [[William Lennox]].

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[[Image:Robotheroestwinswidewaysprimedemolishorsideswipe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Pink smoke? Should probably get that looked at.]]
*'''Shanghai Shootout''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
:Shanghai Shootout replicates the opening action scene from ''Revenge of the Fallen'', featuring figurines of [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] and Skids in their combined ice cream truck mode, [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] (vehicle mode), [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], and [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] (vehicle mode). Demolishor is a slightly-oversized figure and the centerpiece of the box set.
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==Notes==
*The ice cream truck is apparently based on a heavily customized 1930s Chevrolet truck.{{fact|confirmation needed}} [[Ben Procter]] apparently lifted the color scheme and deco for his early concept design for the ice cream truck<ref name="procterrotf">[http://conceptartworld.com/?p=2772 Ben Procter's ROTF concept art at Concept Art World.]</ref> ''directly'' off a photo of an [[Australia]]n ice cream truck that had been added to the Wikipedia article for "ice cream van" in February 2006<ref name="wikipediaice">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_Cream_Truck_Sydney_Australia_-_crop.png Photo of an Australian ice cream truck at Wikipedia, added in February 2006.]</ref>, down to identical placement and design of the fonts and graphics. The details were later slightly tweaked for the final design that can be seen in the movie... but only very slightly so.
*One of the decals on the ice cream truck's side that was created specifically for the movie reads "([[Decepticon]] [[insignia]]) suck my popsicle." Classy. Too bad the toy does not. (Because, you know, for kids...)
**A "censored" version of the movie supposedly exists with the aforementioned text edited out, with the somewhat nonsensical result of a Decepticon symbol, followed by a long black space and then the word "popsicle". This version was shown in some international markets (even though other theaters in at least some of those same markets apparently got the uncensored version), and apparently also in some theaters in the USA. Another explanation for this would be that different theaters simply used different lightings settings, which effectively rendered the words "suck my" (which were written in dark red on a black backdrop to begin with) invisible, with no actual intention of "censorship" behind it.
*The Chevrolet Beat, Skids's upgraded [[alternate mode]], goes into production in 2011 as the Chevrolet [[Spark]].
*The Twins have been accused of being derogatory racial stereotypes of inner-city African-Americans. Writers [[Roberto Orci]] and [[Alex Kurtzman]] claim to have followed [[Michael Bay]]'s lead with the characters, while Bay says voice actors [[Tom Kenny]] (Skids) and [[Reno Wilson]] (Mudflap) came up with their schtick on their own. Reportedly, Wilson (who is African-American himself) was sad to learn his way of speaking was apparently offensive to himself.<ref name="jive">[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/24/transformers-jivetalking-_n_220005.html The Huffington Post's coverage of the furore over the Twins]</ref> Orci and Kurtzman said the twins' portrayal was not in their script, that they were disappointed in the characters and admitted that they could understand if others were offended by the characters.<ref>[http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/orci-and-kurtzman-respond-to-claims-of-racism-in-transformers-2.php Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman respond to claims of racism on ''Revenge of the Fallen'', Film School Rejects, June 24, 2009]</ref>
*The twins are less slangy in the [[Revenge of the Fallen Movie Adaptation|comic adaptation]] and [[Transformers (Titan Magazine)|Titan comics]], which could either indicate it was a last-minute voice actor decision or [[Simon Furman]] just didn't want to try writing ebonics.





*Amusingly, [http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro's Battle Bio] for Skids lists his arch-enemy as... [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]].

==References==
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[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:Combiners]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]

Rocksteady

2010-01-22T16:24:38Z

Skullgrin140:

:''Rocksteady is a [[human]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[Image:AutoBop Rocksteady.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Unfortunately, he doesn't have a friend named Bebop.]]
'''Rocksteady''' is a member of the [[Bop Crew]]. He's got some sharp moves. How sharp? He keeps his hat on while he break-dances, and it never falls off! He seems to be the most pragmatic of the trio, but is easily distracted by the opportunity to show off his dance moves.

{{quote|You're lookin' at a dancin' detective!}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon===

Voice Actor: [[T.K. Carter]] (English)

While busting some moves outside the [[Dancitron]], Rocksteady and his friends [[Raoul]] and [[Poplock]] were harassed by a group of thugs send from the club. The trio split, fleeing from the thugs until they ran into [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] and [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]]. After the two Autobots had chased off the thugs, the Bop Crew filled them in on the events so far. Later, as the Bop Crew were taking the elevated train, Rocksteady observed that the train was running out of control. They were once again saved by Tracks and Blaster.

Poplock and Rocksteady found themselves left with Blaster, as Tracks and Raoul departed to investigate the club. While they were waiting for Blaster to consult [[Teletraan I (G1)|Teletraan I]], the pair were approached by a Dancitron promoter, who handed them free tickets to the club. They dashed to the club, where Rocksteady immediately eschewed any investigation in favor of hitting the dance floor. Unfortunately the secret of the club was that [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] were using music to hypnotize the patrons, and Poplock and Rocksteady soon succumbed. When Tracks arrived, the duo led him straight to the hands of the Decepticons. A follow up attempt to get Raoul hypnotized backfired when he threw water over the pair, breaking the hypnotic spell.

The Bop Crew quickly freed Tracks, and jumped in as the [[Autobot]] pursued Starscream in his vehicle mode. After being rattled around Tracks's car interior, they watched Blaster demolish the building which the Decepticons had been constructing using hypnotized humans. Afterward, they requested Blaster's services as a replacement for their lost tape deck, and resumed break-dancing. {{storylink|Auto-Bop}}

==Notes==
*[[Wikipedia:Rocksteady|Rocksteady]] is a music genre originating in Jamaica. It was popular in the '60s, which probably makes it a tragically unhip nickname for someone in the '80s.
*Seriously, it would have been awesome if another member of the Bop Crew was named Bebop.

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[[Category:Humans]]

Sideswipe (Movie)

2009-09-06T13:23:30Z

Skullgrin140: /* Revenge of the Fallen movie */

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:''Sideswipe is an [[Autobot]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Revenge of the Fallen Sideswipe.jpg|thumb|300px|Also known as ''"Stabby McWheelfeet"''.]]

'''Sideswipe''' is true to his function of Warrior. Unlike most Autobots, Sideswipe—part of a younger generation built during wartime—was made to fight. He was born during the war and with full knowledge of the Cybertronian battlefield, designed solely for killing. He's master of the quick-change transformation! <ref>''[[Transformers Comic issue 2.2|Sideswipe's Titan profile]]''</ref> Before he enlisted with the Autobots, Sideswipe traveled the galaxy in search of the most proficient warriors and devastating martial arts he could find, leading to him becoming an Autobot combat instructor<ref>[http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_US/discover/Battle-Bios.cfm Hasbro Sideswipe Battle Bio]</ref>. Though proficient with guns, he prefers melee combat to ranged weapons, and will employ any maneuver it takes to get close enough to the enemy to use his arm-mounted [[Cybertanium]] swords. His agile, wheel-legged form more than allows for this. His tactics are merciless and he's utterly unapologetic about this—war, after all, is ''messy''.
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Oh, and he's also not vain at ''all'': those alt modes of his are chosen for speed only. It's a ''total coincidence'' that the fastest one just ''happens'' to be a sleek, sexy, concept model that's better than ''your'' car, honest! <ref>[[Revenge of the Fallen: The Movie Universe|Transformers: The Movie Universe]]</ref>

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==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
After [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]]'s Autobots left [[Mission City]], they left a homing beacon in a junk yard near the metropolis to attract any Autobots who might have heard Prime's rallying call to [[Earth]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 3}} Sideswipe was among those few that safely arrived and had hidden themselves in the junk yard. Once discovered, they were brought to [[Diego Garcia]] to train with the other Autobots and [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]]'s soldiers in defense of their new home. However, they soon had to apply that training on the battlefield: the [[Decepticon]] [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] had been sighted in [[Shanghai]], [[China]]. {{Storylink|Alliance issue 4}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Voice actor:'' [[André Sogliuzzo]] (English) [[Akio Ohtsuka]] (Japanese)
Sideswipe was one of the Autobots sent to [[Shanghai]] when Decepticon energy signatures were detected, but he was initially held in reserve. As [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] managed to flee from [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|the]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Twins]] in vehicle mode, [[William Lennox|Major Lennox]] ordered Sideswipe deployed. Sideswipe immediately sped in and quickly changed to robot mode. Catching up with Sideways by dexterously skating on his wheel-feet, Sideswipe somersaulted over the Decepticon, threw his right blade in the Decepticon's hood, and then dragged the blade in the opposite direction, tearing Sideways apart. Sideswipe took a moment to reflect on the success of his kill.

Afterwards, he returned with the other Autobots to [[NEST]]'s base in Diego Garcia, where he witnessed Director [[Theodore Galloway]] air the [[Barack Obama|President's]] concerns over the recent spate of Decepticon activity, and how the Autobots remaining on Earth might be the cause of it.

After the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark shard]] was stolen by [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] from NEST's secured bunker and Decepticons were detected heading towards [[Sam Witwicky]] at [[Princeton University]], Sideswipe and the other Autobots were deployed to intercept, but arrived too late: [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] had died protecting the human boy from the resurrected [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]].

The Autobots and NEST arrived at a [[United States]] air base to discover that they were no longer welcome, following renewed Decepticon aggression after Prime's death, and that they were ordered to return to Diego Garcia. The emotionally overwhelmed Autobots nearly came to blows with their former allies but finally agreed to stand down and remain on Earth. When Major Lennox learned Witwicky had come up with a way to possibly resurrect Optimus Prime, NEST travelled to [[Egypt]] instead. Sideswipe, who had been covered in a cargo net while being transported in vehicle mode, relished the chance to cut through his bonds when deployed from the air. He fought off many Decepticons in Egypt, and bore witness to Sam resurrecting Optimus Prime with the [[Matrix of Leadership]], and the death of [[The Fallen]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

==Toys==
===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:Sideswipe ROTF Legends toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Hey! I have real feet now!]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EZ-06'''

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/LegSideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on Sideswipe at TFU.info]''

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====Deluxe Class toys====
[[Image:ROTFSideswipe 2009 Deluxe.jpg|right|300px|thumb|His heroes are [[Tigatron]] and [[wikipedia:Edward Scissorhands|Edward Scissorhands]].]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Deluxe, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-04'''

:Sideswipe transforms into a silver Corvette Stingray concept car. In this mode, he sits so low that it's difficult to roll him without scraping his undercarriage, unless you perform some careful shaping after transforming him (a trait shared by some other live-action movie Deluxe cars, such as [[Bumblebee (Movie)/toys|Bumblebee]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]). He has the Corvette twin flag logo sculpted on both the front of the vehicle mode and on the robot mode sternum, although neither is actually painted. Sideswipe's [[Mech Alive]] gimmick is in his knees—bending his legs causes the blue armor plates on his knees to extend. He does have wheels in his feet like his character model, but the toy's feet have been designed in such a way that it can stand alone. The bonnet halves that become Sideswipe's kibble-backpack are highly posable due to the way the hinges work and can be reshaped in several ways, including wrap-around chest armor and bat-like wings. Rounding out his robot-mode awesomeness, his hips have an "invisible joint" and moving pistons, while his "blades" are geared to spin out in unison. He is ''totally awesome''.

:Sideswipe's instructions aren't clear as to how his torso is supposed to connect with his chest in robot mode. The torso piece has a square peg on top of it and there is a corresponding square hole between the two screws holding the front of his chest together. Getting his torso section in front of his arm struts can be a somewhat snug fit. Despite this, the chest peg does have a habit of popping loose while posing the upper body, but can easily be fixed with a thin piece of card.

:Some people might notice that his heels can be turned but his "toe" piece can not. It is advised that you do not try.

:He has blue [[light-piping]] for his eyes, but it's ineffective due to backpack kibble blocking the light. Turning his head sideways makes it easier to see.

:This mold was [[retool]]ed into ''Revenge of the Fallen'' [[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2009/Autobot/Sideswipe/sideswipe.htm More information on Sideswipe at TFU.info]''
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====Human Alliance====
[[Image:ROTF_HumanAlliance_Sideswipe_Epps.jpg|thumb|300px|Training with Sergeant Epps really beefed him up!]]
*'''Sideswipe / Tech. Sergeant Epps''' (Human Alliance, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-22'''
**''Accessories:''

:Like all [[Human Alliance]] figures, Sideswipe is designed to allow his accompanying human figure, in this case [[Robert Epps]], to ride inside. While in many ways simply a larger version of the Deluxe toy, it has several improvements. The wheeled feet now fold out into a stand system, allowing Sideswipe to stand without having to balance on the wheels, and his scissors are now rubberized to prevent injury. The scissor-hands can also be slotted into a gear system connected to the front wheels which cause them to spin as the wheels are turned. Although easy to miss, Sideswipe has more than one place to seat Epps in robot mode, as both seats and both forearms provide Human Alliance human figures a place to stand or sit. The passenger's seat transforms into a missile launcher slung over Sideswipe's other shoulder. Like the Deluxe figure, the HA Sideswipe suffers from an excessive amount of kibble, as nearly the entire top of the vehicle mode is folded up into a backpack, with only the rear bumper being incorporated as Sideswipe's chest. Unmentioned in the instructions, there is a fold-out handle under the swiveling roof section that lines up over Epps' head when seated behind Sideswipe's shoulder, implying that the tailpipes might actually be considered another cannon or scope. This possibly explains why said tailpipes are transparent.

:Surprisingly, Sideswipe has a battle mask! Or rather, his normal head IS his battle mask, and one can lift the top portion of his forehead to reveal a thin sliver of his "real" face. It looks...odd. It's probably best to leave the thing down and never speak of this feature.

====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Sideswipe ROTF FAB toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Has anyone seen my proportions?]]
*'''Battle Blade Sideswipe''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)

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====Battle Chargers====
[[Image:ROTFSideswipe BattleChargers 2009.jpg|right|150px|thumb|Not [[Runamuck (G1)|Runamuck]]]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Battle Charger, 2009)

====Gravity Bots====
[[Image:Sideswipe Gravity Bot.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Before he joined the army, Sideswipe was picked on a lot for his "mass problem".]]
*'''Sideswipe''' (Gravity Bot, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''GB-04'''

{{comingsoontoy}}

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====Robot Replicas toys====
*'''Sideswipe''' (Robot Replicas, 2009)

==Merchandise==
===Robot Heroes===
[[Image:Robotheroessideswipesideways.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Still needs training wheels.]]
*'''Sideswipe and Sideways''' (2009)
: Sideswipe is part of the first wave of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen]]'' ''[[Robot Heroes]]'' figures and is packaged versus [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]. He has rotational articulation at both shoulders, but his head is molded into his torso. In order to stand up, the figurine must rest its weight on one of his arms.
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[[Image:Robotheroestwinswidewaysprimedemolishorsideswipe.jpg|right|thumb|300px|"Damn, I'm cute."]]
*'''Shanghai Shootout''' (Multi-pack, 2009)
:Shanghai Shootout replicates the opening action scene from ''Revenge of the Fallen'', featuring figurines of [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]/[[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] (ice cream truck), [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] (vehicle mode), [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]], [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]], and Sideswipe (vehicle mode). Demolishor is a slightly-oversized figure and the centerpiece of the box set.
{{comingsoontoy}}

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==Trivia==
* On June 11, 2008, blurry camera phone photos from the set of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' offered the first look at Sideswipe's vehicle mode, which was believed to be a 2009 Chevrolet Corvette XR1 at that time.<ref name="fairmont">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/06/new-concept-car-at-fairmont-park-base.html Blurry set photos from Fairmont Park]</ref> Ten days later, leaked photos offered a better look at the car being painted by Saleen, which was now revealed to be a never-seen-before Corvette model.<ref name="corvettesaleen">[http://jalopnik.com/396734/transformers-corvette-concept-z28-bumblebee-get-a-close+up Photo of the Corvette being painted by Saleen at Jalopnik]</ref> On August 7, 2008, Jalopnik claimed having received information that the car was a so-called "Corvette Centennial Concept".<ref name"centennial">[http://jalopnik.com/5034285/exclusive-the-transformers-mystery-car-is-the-corvette-centennial-design-concept Jalopnik's story on the "Corvette Centennial Concept"]</ref> [[General Motors]] finally admitted the car's existence at the Chicago Auto Show in February of 2009, now confirming that it was, in fact, a new Corvette Stingray concept.

* Rumored names for Sideswipe in the early days of the movie shooting were "Hot Rod"<ref name="upclose">[http://jalopnik.com/398892/up+close-photos-of-mystery-corvette-concept-from-new-transformers-movie More shots of the Corvette at Jalopnik], July 2009</ref> (which might have been a case of fans simply suggesting a random name and other fans subsequently treating it as gospel) and "Stinger". The latter originated with a (real) call sheet leaked in June 2008, which suggests that "Stinger" was an actual working name.<ref name="bethcall">[http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2008/06/bethlehem-call-sheet-cast-tf-and-next.html Leaked call sheet at the Transformers Live Action Movie Blog], July 2008</ref>

* Thanks to that whole [[General Motors]] bankruptcy thing, Sideswipe may be the closest we'll ever get to seeing a ''real'' Stingray.

* Sideswipe was recently announced as a new downloadable character for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 versions of Revenge of the Fallen, alongside [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] and several G1 versions of existing characters. Still unknown is whether he'll be able to stand on his own in-game or if he'll need to be propped up.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Autobots]]
[[Category:NEST]]
[[Category:Martial artists]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Robot Heroes]]

God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon

2009-07-16T22:37:25Z

Skullgrin140:

{{episode
|series=Masterforce
|ep=27
|image=Surfaceofthemoon.jpg
|caption="We can breathe here then?" "I guess those candy-butt astronauts didn't have the stones to try it." "I could ''never'' say that about an astronaut."
|title="God Ginrai - Showdown on the Surface of the Moon"
|japanese=ゴッドジンライ・月面の対決
|romaji=God Jinrai - Getsumen no Taiketsu
|production code=
|production company=[[TakaraTomy|Takara]], [[Toei]]
|airdate=[[November 1|1 November]] 1988
|writer=[[Hiroyuki Hoshiyama]]
|director=[[Jōhei Matsūra]]
|animation studio=[[Toei]]
|continuity=[[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity]]
}}
'''On the lunar surface, God Ginrai fights a desperate battle against Overlord and BlackZarak, with the fate of the world at stake!'''

:''English/Malay dub title:'' "'''Battle in Space'''"
:''Also known as:'' "'''Showdown on the Moon'''"

==Synopsis==
[[Image:BlackZarakMasterforce1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|]]
On the surface of the moon, [[Ginrai|God Ginrai]] has been badly wounded by [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] and [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]]. BlackZarak continues to pummel the crippled Autobot, but Overlord requests that be allowed to take over, for fear of BlackZarak being injured. The battle rages on, and Ginrai is able to dispatch Overlord with his God Cannon, only for BlackZarak to strike back, toppling Ginrai into a crater and pouncing on him in scorpion mode. Ginrai hurls his foe off of him, but his respite is short lived when Overlord appears again and separates into his component parts for a two-pronged attack. Again, the God Cannon saves his bacon when he blasts the Megajet out of the air with it, but BlackZarak then shoots Ginrai in the back, knocking the God Cannon off his body and out of his reach.

[[Image:Masterforce ep27 GodGinraiEarth.jpg|right|200px|thumb|]]
Down on Earth, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] find that a magnetic storm is cutting off communications with Ginrai. [[Lander]] attempts to defuse the tense mood in the room by joking that Ginrai doesn't realize that they're trying to contact him because they're calling him "commander," but the [[Headmaster Junior|Headmaster Juniors]] don't take the joke well, and he and the [[Pretender|Pretenders]] retire for a drink. [[Lightfoot]] and the Juniors attempt to relax with tea, and [[Cab]] and [[Shūta Gō|Shūta]] try relaxing with a Rubik's Cube, but it only frustrates them more. At the instant the communications console starts to beep, everyone rushes over, but it is only [[Grand Maximus]] on the other end of the line, who reports that he is heading for the moon at that very moment.

Back on the moon, the injured Ginrai has managed to escape his foes for a few moments and reclaim the God Cannon, but before long, he finds himself trapped, with a Decepticon on either side. Suddenly, Ginrai evens the odds by splitting off from [[Godbomber]], who circles around behind Overlord while Ginrai draws his fire and blasts him in the back. Overlord loses his grip on his blaster and Ginrai seizes it, opening fire on BlackZarak, but the monstrous Decepticon dodges and sends Ginrai rolling across the lunar surface with an unrelenting volley of blasts. Just as BlackZarak seems poised to deliver the killing blow, a hail of laser fire rakes the moon's surface, forcing him back—Grand Maximus has arrived! Grand transforms into his giant robot mode and engages BlackZarak in hand-to-hand combat, giving Ginrai the time he needs to make contact with the Autobots on Earth. As he updates them on the situation, he looks down on the Earth, at last truly recognizing the beauty of the planet compared to the rocky wasteland of the moon, and vows to be its protector. Emotionally charged, he turns and dives into the fray, knocking BlackZarak back.

[[Image:Masterforce ep27 GodGinrai&BraveMaximus.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Hi Ho Silver! Away!]]
With the numbers between the two sides now even, Overlord encourages BlackZarak to pull out and head for Earth in accordance with [[Devil Z]]'s wishes, but Ginrai recombines with Godbomber and he and Grand give chase. The battle continues in space, with Ginrai blasting Overlord back down to the moon's surface as Grand Maximus and BlackZarak trade blaster fire in their ship modes. Ginrai boards Grand and delivers a massive blast of [[Chōkon Power]], sending BlackZarak tumbling down to the moon as well. There, BlackZarak finds Overlord and instructs him to return to Earth and inform Devil Z of the situation, but Overlord is indignant at being given orders, and insists that BlackZarak must accompany him to Earth. BlackZarak refuses, and Overlord only acquiesces because of his injuries. In seconds, Ginrai and Grand Maxims are upon them again, and Overlord flees while BlackZarak tackles Ginrai head on. A "God Punch" attack from Ginrai forces BlackZarak back, and he follows it up with his "God Fire Guts" attack, wreathing himself in flaming Chōkon Power and crashing like a meteor into BlackZarak. BlackZarak's body tumbles back to the ground, having been decapitated by the sheer force of the blast... but as his disembodied head lies burning on the ground, his headless body rises unsteadily, and flees into space, heading away from the Earth! Although Ginrai is concerned that the threat of BlackZarak is not over, Grand Maximus assures him that the rest can be left in his hands. He parts ways with Ginrai and heads after BlackZarak, and Ginrai then heads back down to Earth to reunite with the other Autobots, who are busy celebrating his victory, with Lander once again in favor of a drink to do the job.

==Featured characters==
{{featuredcharacters|c1=
* [[Godbomber]] (3)
* [[Metalhawk]] (4)
* [[Lander]] (11)
* [[Diver (Masterforce)|Diver]] (12)
* [[Phoenix]] (13)
* [[Grand Maximus]] (17)

'''Human Autobots'''

* [[Shūta Gō]] (5)
* [[Ginrai]] (6)
* [[Cab]] (7)
* [[Minerva]] (8)
* [[Lightfoot]] (14)
* [[Ranger]] (15)
* [[Road King]] (16)

|c2=
* [[Scorponok (G1)|BlackZarak]] (10)

'''Human Decepticons'''

* [[Mega]] (1)
* [[Giga]] (2)
* [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]] (9)

}}
==Notes==
===Animation or technical errors===
* In the opening shot of Overlord standing over a fallen God Ginrai, the latter is missing the boosters on the bottom of his right foot.
*After performing the "God Punch" on BlackZarak, God Ginrai's left forearm turns from red to blue a moment before his gauntlets reattach.

===Continuity errors===
*At the end of the [[God Ginrai - Into the Sky!!|previous episode]], BlackZarak appeared in robot mode and impaled God Ginrai through the shoulder with his spear. And yet, at the start of this episode, he's in scorpion mode, goes through a super-dramatic showy-offy transform sequence as if this was the first time we were seeing his robot mode, and—in what can only be described as a moment of ''utter'' bizarreness—Overlord isn't sure who he is! And throughout all of this, ''Ginrai's still got the puncture wound in his shoulder!'' This is bad enough on its own, but it's compounded by the fact that the episode is preceded by a "last time" segment that ''shows clips of all this happening!!''
*The ignorance even carries over to the Autobots, who all claim never to have heard BlackZarak's name before!

===Transformers references===
*This episode brings to a close the current story arc of the series—centred on the looming threat of BlackZarak, the creation of Godbomber and the formation of God Ginrai—which has been running since "[[Life? Death? Lightfoot Must Choose]]".
*Ginrai recalls the Decepticons' asteroid bombardment of Earth from "[[Expose the Decepticons' Dark Deception!]]", realizing that BlackZarak was responsible for it.
*In the course of the battle, Ginrai discovers that Overlord is not, as he had previously thought, the leader of the Decepticons. It's easy to forget as a member of the audience, but the Autobots are thus far unaware of the existence of [[Devil Z]], and this is the first hint they receive.
*Ginrai was appointed Autobot commander back in "[[The Autobot Warrior, Sixknight?!]]", but this has not really been touched on since then, and he has been seen taking orders from Metalhawk. It is this episode in which he truly embraces his role as protector of Earth and leader of the Autobots.
*Previously seen in "[[Save the Little Girl! The Chōjin Warriors, the Godmasters|Save the Little Girl! The Chojin Warriors, the Godmasters]]" (as the "Atomic Fire Guts") and in "Expose the Decepticons' Dark Deception!" (as the "Super Fire Guts"), Ginrai unleashes the third—and most famous—form of his "Fire Guts" attack for the first time in this episode: the "God Fire Guts."

===Miscellaneous trivia===
*This episode features the second appearance of the insert song, "[[Kiseki no Transformer|Miracle Transformer]]".
*Okay, so, you're probably wondering how the heck BlackZarak is able to function perfectly when his head's been blasted off his body. It's not the last time it happens in the series, either, but like so many other things, no explanation is ever actually offered, either in the broadcast series, or in any of the direct-to-video clip episodes. The answer to this conundrum is actually given in the Masterforce ''[[Super-God Masterforce (manga)|manga]]'', of all places, but even then, to understand it, one must understand that BlackZarak is, in fact, the original [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] from ''[[The Headmasters (cartoon)|The Headmasters]]''—a fact which is ''also'' not revealed in the broadcast series, but which ''was'' explained in the exclusive "Super Secrets" segment added to the video release of "[[You Too Use the Masterforce to Transform]]" [[Decepticons' Great Counterattack!|Issue #9]] of the manga explains that Scorponok does not connect to this new Transtector as a head, but is, in fact, wired into the chest compartment. This, then, is how he is able to survive having his noggin blasted off—because that's not where his brains are.
*The [[Metrodome]] R2 DVD release of this episode features an audio commentary by [[Chris McFeely]].

[[Category:Super-God Masterforce episodes]]

King Poseidon

2009-07-09T23:23:16Z

Skullgrin140: /* Zone comic and story pages */

{{disambig3|King}}
{{factions|decepticon}}
:''King Poseidon is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:KingPoseidon1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|King of the Deep Blue Sea]]
'''King Poseidon''' is the combined form of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], created when the Seacon leader [[Turtler]] merges with one of each of the numerous Seacon drones under his command. As Turtler is the only sentient member of the team, it is his consciousness alone which controls the giant combiner, becoming even more cold and cruel as he tears through the battlefield with his massively increased mobility and destructive power.

King Poseidon is composed of:

*Turtler (leader)
*[[Gulf]]
*[[Kraken]]
*[[Lobclaw]]
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]

:''English/Malay dub name:'' '''Piranacon'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Kingposeidon masterforce.jpg|left|220px|thumb|]]
After numerous failures on the part of the individual Seacons and the other Decepticons serving under them, Decepticon leaders [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] decided it was time for King Poseidon to enter the fray. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}} The Seacon combiner introduced himself to the shocked Autobots during a battle on an island off the coast of America, and immediately attacked [[Ginrai]], who found himself unable to match King Poseidon's raw power. As King Poseidon ground his foot down on top of Ginrai, the trailer Ginrai had recently added to his [[Transtector]] suddenly burst into life, flying through the air and knocking King Poseidon aside. Ginrai and the trailer then fused together to create "Super Ginrai", who seized King Poseidon and body-slammed him so hard that the Seacons forming his limbs exploded. Only Turtler survived, and escaped into the ocean. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}

[[Image:Kingposeidon ginraiflip.jpg|right|180px|thumb|''"And lo did Ginrai toss King Poseidon out on his aft, as was before, as e'er shall be."'']]
King Poseidon next battled Super Ginrai in [[Canada]], where he was again quickly overcome by the Autobot's [[Chōkon Power]] and had his right arm blown off. Sent tumbling backwards, the combiner lost his grip on his sword, which wound up impaling his own leg and destroying it. With two limbs gone, the Seacons were forced to disengage and retreat. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

It was some time before King Poseidon reappeared, but he eventually showed up again when Autobot Godmaster [[Lightfoot]] clashed with the Seacons in the waters off [[Australia]] and was sent tumbling into a crevasse. When Ginrai arrived to save his team-mate, the Seacons merged into King Poseidon and collapsed the crevasse on both of them, intending to leave them both to be destroyed by a sub-sea volcano that was about to erupt. Ginrai's drone partner [[Godbomber]] soon came to dig them out, and King Poseidon engaged him in battle to prevent the Autobots from being rescued, but during their fight, the volcano erupted. King Poseidon was knocked aside by flying rocks, allowing Godbomber to extricate Ginrai and Lightfoot, but as they attempted to flee, King Poseidon recovered for one final attack. Ginrai and Godbomber merged into God Ginrai and grappled with the combiner on the rim of the volcano, at which point Lightfoot performed a "Chōkon Spin Drill", creating a water spout that threatened to suck King Poseidon in. With his attention divided, King Poseidon was overcome by Ginrai and hurled into the volcano, then hit with a blast from Ginrai's God Cannon, blowing him into his component parts. As ever, only Turtler survived, slinking back to the Decepticon base to report his failure. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}}

[[Image:Kingposeidon clouderdangle.jpg|left|175px|thumb|I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky...]]
A little later, the Decepticons found themselves approached by the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] instructed King Poseidon to test the newcomer's ability in battle. Surprisingly the other uninformed Decepticons, King Poseidon burst from beneath the ground and mercilessly attacked Clouder, who countered by transforming to his falcon form, seizing the combiner's shoulders, and hoisting him into the air. As he was dragged over a nearby cliff and dangled over the ocean, King Poseidon attempted to free himself with his double cannons, but wound up having his limbs blasted off by Clouder's Chōkon Power. As he tumbled into the ocean, Clouder hit him with one more blast, blowing King Poseidon to pieces yet again and proving himself to the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Clouder was subsequently installed as a double agent within the Autobot ranks, and the information he fed the Decepticons enabled them to perform an all-out assault on the Autobot base. King Poseidon was summoned into action by Giga and separated into his component Seacon parts, which proceeded to invade the base and destroy it from within. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

When the Decepticons captured Autobot [[Headmaster Junior]] [[Shūta Gō]], King Poseidon served as jailer for the young hero, holding him in an unbreakable grip as Ginrai arrived in the base to rescue him. Unable to act thanks to King Poseidon's hold on his team-mate, Ginrai was pummelled by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], but the tables turned most unexpectedly when the Decepticon Junior [[Cancer]] could finally no longer stomach the Decepticons' evil and opened fire on King Poseidon. King Poseidon's arm was blown off and he dropped Shūta, but Cancer pressed his attack, and King Poseidon turned his weapons on the youth, blasting his gun out of his hand. Luckily, before he could deliver the killing blow, King Poseidon was once again blasted to smithereens by Godbomber. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Cancer subsequently sided with the Autobots and provided them with the information they needed to mount an attack on the Decepticons' headquarters, during which King Poseidon was formed once again, only to be promptly blown apart by [[Grand Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[Image:Kingposeidon metalhawkswordfight.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Mine's bigger than Yours!]]
When the Autobots' assault resulted in the destruction of the Decepticon base, the villains relocated to the [[Grand Canyon]] for an attack on North America, and the Autobots pursued, splitting up into teams to search. The team consisting of the Headmaster Juniors and [[Ranger]] were about to scale a rock face when it exploded into fragments, revealing King Poseidon hiding within it. When their weapons proved ineffective against the giant, Shūta and [[Cab]] grabbed his arms in hopes of breaking them off, but King Poseidon simply slammed his arms together, crushing the boys between them. Although Ginrai and Grand Maximus arrived to save them, the Decepticons pulled out rather than fight on, heading for the Alps for their final attack on Earth. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Again, the Autobots gave chase, but as soon as they arrived in the Alps, [[Metalhawk]] and the Autobot Juniors were almost immediately attacked by the waiting King Poseidon. Metalhawk engaged the combiner in a swordfight, but as the strained their blades against one another, Ginrai appeared in the skies overhead and knocked King Poseidon into his component Seacons with a God Punch attack. Rather uncharacteristically, the Seacons actually managed to stay intact through his disassembly, and Turtler had them immediately recombine to attack Ginrai, but the Autobot hero easily blew King Poseidon to fragments with his God Cannon, for the final time. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Turtler, of course, survived the explosion, but disappeared, and was not seen either during the final battle, or when the other Decepticons fled into space at the war's end. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
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====''Zone'' cartoon====
[[Image:KingPoseidonZone1.jpg|left|230px|thumb|...of course he needs a cape! He's a "King"!]]
Years later, when the supernatural entity known as [[Violen Jiger]] took command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history. King Poseidon was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank of Aquatic General as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before.

King Poseidon was sent to [[Earth]] along with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and [[Predaking]] to steal the [[Zodiac]] necessary for Violen Jiger's schemes. The mysterious energy source was located beneath the planet's surface by new Autobot commander [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and stolen by Devastator, but as Dai Atlas attempted to chase him down, King Poseidon struck, emerging from a nearby subterranean lake and ensnaring Dai Atlas with a chain. Devastator handed the Zodiac off to King Poseidon, who returned to the surface with it, where he was attacked by [[Sonic Bomber]] and forced to hurl the Zodiac out of his reach. Unfortunately for the villains, Dai Atlas was the one who caught it, prompting Trypticon to fire a beam of Energon Z at the heroes. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac, which empowered Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber with its energies, transforming them into powerful new "Zone Modes". The firepower of the two Autobots' new modes was directed upon King Poseidon and Trypticon, who were destroyed when they exploded dramatically. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
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===Comic continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
[[Image:Kingposeidon manga.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
King Poseidon's sole recorded foray onto the battlefield occurred when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic projections of legendary Decepticons from years past. Racing into action, the Autobots suddenly found themselves surrounded by a legion of Decepticons led by "[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]", and while the holograms themselves posed no danger, the threat of King Poseidon was all too real. The Seacon combiner loomed over the battlefield, bearing down on the Autobots, at which point the new Autobot Godmasters Lightfoot, Ranger and [[Road King]] arrived with a new trailer unit for Ginrai's Transtector. At Lightfoot's instruction, Ginrai combined with the trailer, transforming into "Super Ginrai" and unleashing the full extent of his Chōkon Power against King Poseidon. Struck by a "Super Fire Guts" attack, King Poseidon was smashed to bits, and the battered Turtler limped away while the Autobots realized the had been facing illusions. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

Although there were no further documented instances of Turtler combining with the other Seacons, he did later combine with several other Decepticons into the mis-matched "[[Scramble 7]]", which, naturally, had Piranacon's head and torso. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}
{{-}}

====''Zone'' comic and story pages====
[[Image:Kingposeidon zonestorypage.jpg|left|210px|thumb|Now in grey edition!]]
Years after the conclusion of the Masterforce war, King Poseidon was one of nine Decepticons selected by the supernatural new emperor of the Decepticon, Violen Jiger, to become one of his [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Great Demon Generals]]. Appointed "Aquatic General" and equipped with new powers and weapons to make him stronger than before, King Poseidon was first unleashed against the Autobots on the ocean planet of [[Wall]]. Hiding beneath the waves alongside Trypticon, King Poseidon emerged to battle Autobot commander [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], but was beaten back by a concentrated attack from [[Erector]], [[Skywave]], [[Missile Bull]] and [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Later, King Poseidon, Trypticon, Predaking and Devastator were directed to attack Earth in search of the mysterious "Zodiac", in order to create the super-energy Violen Jiger needed for his schemes. They were pursued to the planet by the Autobot [[Powered Master]]s Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber but while, Dai Atlas was occupied in a subterranean battle with Devastator, King Poseidon located and absconded with the Zodiac. Dai Atlas pursued him back to Earth's surface, where both sides grappled for possession of the Zodiac until Trypticon fired a beam of [[Energon Z]] at the Autobots. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac and unleashed its energies, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into heavily-armed new "Zone Modes". The two heroes blasted the generals with their powerful new weapons, winning the day. {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making tem formidable oponents to the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:G1 Piranacon toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|An example of neon not existing in Generation 1 toy colourations.]]
* '''King Poseidon''' (1988)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-318'''
: The six Seacons who form King Poseidon could be purchased separately, or together as a [[giftset]]. The toys were sold concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as the American [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] team, who formed [[Piranacon]], but unlike the Piranacon giftset, which omitted [[Nautilator]], the King Poseidon giftset includes all six members.

:King Poseidon was later redecoed into [[God Neptune]], then into the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive Piranacon giftset.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Piranacon/piranacon.htm King Poseidon/Piranacon at TFU.info]

[[Category:Combined forms]]
[[Category:Decepticons]]
[[Category:Japanese-original characters]]
[[Category:Masterforce characters]]
[[Category:Seacons]]
[[Category:Zone characters]]

Optimus Prime (Movie)

2009-07-06T13:07:10Z

Skullgrin140: /* Revenge of the Fallen film */

{{factions|autobot|{{factions/icons|custom=Cyberglyphics Prime Symbol.png|cLink=Dynasty of Primes|cPretty=Prime}}|NEST}}
{{disambig3|Optimus Prime}}

:''Optimus Prime is the [[Autobot]] leader from the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[Continuity family|continuity family]]. He has [[Transformers: Rise of the Chevy Autobots|sometimes]] used the codename '''10-22'''.''
[[Image:Movieprime meettheautobots.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Hello, pretty bird. GIVE ME YOUR FACE!]]
'''Optimus Prime''' is the leader of the Autobots. Once, long ago, he was [[Prime (rank)|co-ruler]] of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] together with his [[brother]], [[Lord High Protector]] [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], but Megatron grew greedy and attempted to claim the [[All Spark]] for himself. Optimus rose to stand against him. As obsessively as Megatron strives to achieve his objective, Optimus is equally as dedicated to stopping him, even at the cost of his life, his world, and—if necessary—his own people. It was on his order that the All Spark was jettisoned into space, dooming Cybertron to a slow death and his people to nomadism. The sacrifices he has made weigh heavily on his [[Spark|spark]], but they must be done, for there is no other choice. He knows the ambitions that lurk in Megatron's spark, and they must never see the light of day. Lives must be kept free from the threat of Megatron's tyranny, no matter the cost.

{{bigquote|A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes.|Optimus Prime on sacrificing his life to destroy the [[All Spark]], ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''}}

:''Hungarian name'': '''Optimusz Fővezér''' ("Prime Leader Optimus")
:''Chinese name (Taiwan):'' '''Kē Bó Wén''' (柯博文)
:''Cantonese name (Hong Kong):'' '''O Baak Man''' (柯柏文)

==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance1 Megs Prime argument.jpg|left|350px|thumb|"Hey, I wanted a mouthplate!"]]

Millions of years ago, Optimus was in charge of the [[Science Division]] and the protectors of the [[All Spark]]. When Protector Megatron toured the excavation site near the temple at [[Simfur]], he and Optimus clashed over several issues. While Optimus wanted to take the investigation slowly, all Megatron cared about was whether the site contained power similar to the All Spark. Optimus nettled Megatron when he reminded the Protector that the science sector was in charge of scientific and archaeological discoveries, and that the defense forces had a tendency to treat such discoveries as hostile, to which Megatron responded that if and when he was leader, he could make such decisions. When a mysterious relic was uncovered, Optimus disagreed with Megatron's order for it to be removed from the ground. Just as the two were about to launch into yet another argument, aliens previously encountered by Commander [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attacked Cybertron. Megatron blackmailed Optimus into moving the relic into his personal quarters by reminding the science leader that the science division would like to protect the only intact relic from harm. {{storylink|Defiance issue 1}}

Optimus ordered his science teams to help the survivors on both sides, in the hopes of finding out who was responsible and why they attacked. While he went off to find Megatron, he ordered the others to continue searching for survivors while [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] examined the alien remains. Optimus was shocked and appalled when Megatron ordered him to marshal his forces for war. Optimus objected, as his science division was not trained for combat, but Megatron retorted that the scientists should have known that aliens were after the All Spark. He endured Megatron's insane fury when he accused the Protector of betraying that upon which their society was built. Later, Optimus called upon a meeting with his science division to ask them to stay by his side and continue on with their mission of peaceful research, as they were protectors, not soldiers. While the aerial-based Cybertronians followed Megatron into space, Optimus confided in [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] and [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] that Megatron sought to divide their planet, and he asked the former for help breaking into the the High Protector's personal quarters. {{storylink|Defiance issue 2}}

[[Image:Defiance3_OptimusPrime_battle.jpg|thumb|300px|Man...Prime ain't foolin' around.]]

After noting that Megatron had restored the artifact to pristine condition, Optimus had to leave the military leader's quarters just before he returned. Returning to Burthov, he came upon [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], Arcee, and [[Elita-One]] scanning the pieces of the other artifacts. Arcee then discovered that the pieces all contained the same symbol on them, and that the same symbol was on Optimus' head. Ratchet declared that the symbol was proof of the [[Dynasty of Primes]], and it indicated Optimus himself was a [[Prime (rank)|Prime]]. Ratchet and the other Autobots began to dub him "Optimus Prime", although a humble Optimus noted they did not know what it meant and for all they knew, he could just be from a line of record clerks. As they discussed the revelations, Prowl was forced by Megatron to arrest Optimus, but this turned out to be a trap to kill him. Optimus bested Starscream, while Megatron formed his new faction, the [[Decepticon]]s. {{storylink|Defiance issue 3}}

Retreating to Burthov with his fellow scientists and Prowl's security officers, Optimus was acknowledged as the leader of the group, with Prowl serving as his lieutenant. He and Prowl were discussing sites for a new base when Jazz informed them that Captain Ironhide of the [[Defense Force]] wanted to see Optimus. Learning of Megatron's new starship, the ''[[Nemesis (ROTF)|Nemesis]]'', Optimus Prime was convinced by his advisers that their side needed a [[Ark (Movie)|ship of their own]] to prepare for any eventualities. The Autobots found themselves at an advantage when the ''Nemesis'' left Cybertron with the balance of the Decepticon forces, and Optimus himself took the fight to their enemies. However, years of bloody war devastated the planet, and Optimus saw no end in sight, unless the main reason for fighting was removed from the conflict. He revealed his plan to capture the All Spark, and most assumed the Autobots would somehow take it aboard their ship. But Optimus's real plan was to blast the Cube into deep space, away from Cybertron and away from Megatron. {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}}

{{note|[[Defiance]] changes the past relationship between Megatron and Optimus Prime as previously seen in IDW's Prime Directive prequel where they ruled side by side as equals. As presented here, Defiance establishes Optimus Prime as merely the leader of the Cybertronian science sector, and an underling to Megatron.}}

[[Image:Optimusprimemovieprequel.jpg|left|200px|thumb|All Primes are required to have window boobs.]]

For two generations, Optimus Prime ruled [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] side-by-side with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. The two personalities created a balance; Prime was fair while Megatron was firm. However, when Megatron revealed his intentions to steal the All Spark and use it for evil, selfish gain, Prime reacted accordingly. He formed the Autobots, a militia from the civilians around him, but they fared terribly against Megatron's armies, the Decepticons. Ultimately, Prime was forced to eject the All Spark into space to keep it from his nemesis. Unfortunately, Megatron tracked the All Spark to [[Tyger Pax]], where [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]]'s unit was trying to slow down the Decepticons. Prime and the Autobots were held up in [[Simfur]], and unable to come assist. Fortunately, Bumblebee's unit succeeded, and the All Spark was ejected into space, but Cybertron was sentenced to a slow death. The Autobots were forced to abandon the planet.

Thus the focus of the war between Autobot and Decepticon shifted. The All Spark's ejection was only a stall. No longer did Prime have to keep Megatron from stealing the All Spark; instead Prime and his Autobots must hunt down the All Spark, wherever in the universe it landed, before Megatron could. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 1}}

As they prepared to leave Cybertron on board the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'' to go after the All Spark, Optimus Prime had some doubts about his decision, feeling that in buying them some time in the war, he had sentenced their world to death. [[Prowl (Movie)|Prowl]] disagreed, pointing out that had Megatron been able to claim the Cube, all those that opposed him would have been destroyed, and that Prime had turned death into a fighting chance for the Autobots. Bolstered by Prowl's words, Prime resolved to rebuild their shattered home once they retrieved the All Spark. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|The Reign of Starscream issue 1}}

===''Transformers: Beginnings''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Bumblebee remembered Optimus Prime's orders that they must launch the All Spark into space, for it was better to lose it to the depths of space than allow Lord Megatron to corrupt it with his evil. For where ever there is hope, there is life. {{storylink|Transformers: Beginnings}}

{{note|Transformers: Beginnings is a condensed, flash-animated retelling of the [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] [[Prime Directive (IDW)|Prime Directive]] Movie Prequel that is detailed above this section.}}

===Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:OptimusMovie_GeoffSenior.JPG|250px|thumb|Starting as he means to go on.]]

When war broke out, Optimus studied the entire history of intergalactic warfare from any datatrack he could find—he studied whole campaigns to desperate last stands, gaining a focused "playbook" of warfare strategy. He understands warfare on a practical and psychological level, and in desperate battles knows to show no mercy to opponents beyond a swift death. <ref>''Autobot VS Decepticon Smackdown! - Megatron V. Optimus Prime'', #4</ref>

Optimus was the focus of constant attacks by assassin drones and killed them all. In the aftermath of one, he witnessed a prophetic vision of the [[Mission City]] battle and realised the All Spark's ejection could spread war to other planets—but too late to stop the launch... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 1|Prelude: Optimus Prime}}

{{note|The following event is unique to the Titan Magazines comics continuity, and thus does not occur anywhere else.}}

Almost immediately after the final battle against Megatron, Optimus Prime had to lead the Autobots against a horde of [[Zombie|zombie]] Decepticons. Despite having no idea how they could be stopped and having had his power drained by fighting Megatron, Optimus continued to fight the monsters rather than let them run amok. Ratchet worked out a solution just in time before Optimus fell. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 7|Starscream's Militia}}

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In the alternate reality, Megatron defeated Optimus and took the All Spark at [[Mission City]]. Prime's body was now partially frozen and in Decepticon hands. He was the last and only hope of the Earth resistance, and so Bumblebee and [[Mikaela Banes]] were not happy to find him offline. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 9|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 1}}

She thawed him out while Bumblebee distracted Megatron, and the revived Prime challenged Megatron to a solo duel... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 12|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 4}} Unfortunately, Megatron's link to the All Spark meant Optimus could not do any lasting damage and was never going to win. Luckily, Bumblebee and Mikaela saved the day, hitting the distracted Megatron with an old [[Sector Seven]] nanovirus. (Which means ''they'' were the last and only hope, but oh well.) Despite Megatron dying as a result and the All Spark being destroyed elsewhere, Prime could take no satisfaction in victory: this battle was won, but the war remained... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 13|Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5}}

[[Image:Optimus_Titan12.JPG|left|250px|thumb|"Megatron's face must be cut off...no MATTER THE COST!"]]

He became resigned to the fact that Humanity, battered by Decepticon occupation, would view both Autobot and Decepticon as hostile invaders. When [[NATO]] was manipulated into attacking the Autobots, Optimus refused to allow his men to return fire, and after the crisis passed, he was sure that [[Starscream (Movie)|the Decepticons' unknown new commander]] was up to something bigger. Optimus also placed the last All Spark fragment in the care of Ratchet, though he was worried exposure to Megatron might have corrupted it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 14|Aftermath Part 1}} {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 15|Aftermath Part 2}} He was ''not'' happy when Ratchet "took care" of the fragment by bringing [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] back with it, who was left corrupted and amoral by it. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 16|Dark Spark}}

Optimus Prime soon worked out that while the All Spark's transformation of Earth had been halted, the damage had been done: the organic Earth and the technological transformation were now fighting for supremacy, killing the planet in the process. He called in a specialist team to investigate and limit the damage, while working with [[President of the United States|President Allen]]. In secret, he organised for [[Nucleon]] to be retrieved from the dead Cybertron and brought to Earth, as there was a long shot it could save the planet. He didn't tell the humans out of concern that if they knew about the plan and it failed, their hopes would be raised and dashed. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 17|Return to Cybertron: Part 1}} It was bad enough that Nucleon was so unstable it could turn destructive... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 18|Return to Cybertron: Part 2}}

When the team on Cybertron sent an distress signal and reported [[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade's]] Decepticons had captured the Nucleon, Optimus led the entirety of the Earth-bound Autobots (save Camshaft's team) to Cybertron as back-up. He was then surprised to see Cybertron coming to ''them'', looking [[Unicron|a lot meaner these days]]. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 19|Return to Cybertron: Part 3}} The planet's possessor, Unicron, shot down the Straxus and the Autobots survived only by evacuating it in time in [[Protoform|protoform]] modes.

Optimus landed next to Stockade's old equipment and, after being filled in by [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], he effortlessly formed an alliance with Stockade against Unicron. His plan was to drain the Nucleon away so Unicron couldn't use it as a power source, while the bulk of the Transformers provided a distraction, which turned out to be going underground and shooting up Unicron's body. The plan worked, Nucleon was secured for Earth, and Optimus extended an offer for Stockade to join them on Earth whenever he wished. Optimus was left optimistic that Autobots and Decepticons had come together in a common cause. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 20|Return to Cybertron: Part 4}}

On returning to Earth, he found the Decepticons had seized the Autobot base and six hundred square miles around it; he made the decision to withdraw to [[Washington, D.C.]], knowing that this meant leaving Mikaela in Decepticon hands. Upon landing at an air base, the Decepticon-controlled President Allen lured him into a trap, and he found himself fighting Jazz, now a Decepticon hired gun. Optimus lured him away from humans and prepared to engage him, but when a second assassin named [[Kullt]] turned up, Jazz gunned it down out of annoyance. Optimus had viewed Jazz as a lost cause but now stated there was still some Autobot in him: he ''could'' have let Kullt do the work for him and then killed him, but he saved Prime instead.

The battle made it clear to Optimus that Allen was under Decepticon mental control. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 21|Hard Target}}

[[Image:Optimus Titan22.JPG|200px|thumb|Freedom is not dispensed here, sentient fools, only DEATH!]]

As he'd promised Bumblebee, Optimus took the Autobots to get Mikaela back; he himself went first, launching himself in [[Protoform|protoform]] mode to land in Savannah like a bomb and tearing his way through [[Swindle (Movie)|drone hordes]]. He was quickly gunned down by aerial units and about to be killed by Starscream, but this whole flashy attack had been a diversion—allowing other Autobots a chance to hit the distracted air forces and nab Mikaela. After the battle, Optimus remarked Starscream was no Megatron. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 22|The Decepticon Who Haunted Himself}}

Optimus seemed to quickly bond with [[General Seward]], his military liaison at Andrews Air Base, but that didn't help when the mind-controlled President Allen had the government order the Autobots out of America. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 23|Revolution Part One}} However, Prime had anticipated this. Almost two weeks before, he'd had Ironhide task [[Tom Banachek]] to identify all the Decepticon puppets for him. With Allen making the expected move, he dispatched Ironhide and Bumblebee to set things up so that the following day, when the Autobots all departed, Allen would try to nuke them out of the sky and be fooled by a decoy ship into thinking he'd killed them. {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

To protect the Earth while they were undercover on Cybertron, Optimus had made a deal with Stockade to start a [[Decepticon Civil War]]. Optimus doesn't trust Stockade to not renege on the deal and just take control of Earth for himself, {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 24|Revolution Part Two}} but he ensured the Decepticons were set up for the Autobot's final strike: forcibly teleporting all of the enemy to Cybertron via Unicron's leftover teleportational engines, then stranding Cybertron in a remote solar system. Optimus led the troops to Earth and witnessed Megatron's return from the dead... only to ''thwack'' him flying. The next minute, both Megatron ''and'' Stockade (why wait for him to renege?) were teleported away, along with their forces.

This left the Autobots stranded on Cybertron and with a lot of clean-up to do. But Optimus had ''finally'' brought about the end of the war... {{storylink|Transformers Comic issue 25|Revolution Part Three}}

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===''Ghosts of Yesterday'' prequel novel===
Optimus Prime led the search for the All Spark in the ''[[Ark (Movie)|Ark]]'', a transport vessel. When they came across an abandoned solar system, they located [[Ghost 1|a vessel]] of strangely Cybertronian design, seemingly of Decepticon make. When the vessel fled to the surface of a planet, Prime dispatched Bumblebee to investigate while he and the other Autobots battled Decepticons from the ''[[Nemesis (Movie)|Nemesis]]''. Prime managed to defeat [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], and [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] all on his own. After losing touch with Bumblebee, Prime went down to locate him on the planet, where they were attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] and the alien ship. They fell into a cavern network, where they were further attacked by [[Worm-thing|indigenous worms]].

During their flight from the creatures, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee came across the alien vessel. Prime realized that they were trying to surrender, so the Autobots communicated with its crew. Optimus explained that they came in peace, "freedom is the right of all sentient beings," Starscream tricks everyone, and so on. However, the creatures, who called themselves "[[Human|humans]]", explained that they held Megatron, whom they called the Ice Man, on their home world, [[Earth]]. Realizing the destruction Megatron would wreak upon the humans if he escaped, and that the humans would be unable to defend themselves effectively, Prime vowed to see them return to their world to warn it. Prime was able to blast an opening in the cavern, and the group escaped. As they returned to the ''Ark'', Prime began to speculate that the All Spark was what drew Megatron to Earth.

In the ensuing battle with the Decepticons, Prime was in the difficult position of fighting Starscream and protecting the human ship. His distractions allowed Bonecrusher to spear him with his tail. The difficult state nearly gave Starscream the chance to kill him, but the humans saved Prime's life by damaging Starscream, who destroyed them. Optimus Prime was inspired by their courage and sacrifice, and resolved to locate Earth before the Decepticons did—and hopefully before Megatron came back online. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}}

===''Transformers'' (2007) film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazil), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German)

[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime protoform.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Having overenergized the previous night, Prime woke up abandoned in a field, with his wallet and clothes stolen.]]
The leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, came to Earth shortly after [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] sent his comrades a beacon. Upon atmospheric reentry, Prime managed to land outside of [[Tranquility]]'s inhabited areas. While Sam and Mikaela watched, Optimus transformed and fled his landing place. From atop a hill, he quickly scanned the form of an Earth truck, thus configuring his body to transform into it. Prime, [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]], [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]], and [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] met up with Bumblebee and his human friends, [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] in an alley. In one of the most extended [[Transformation|transformations]] in the multiverse, Prime assumed his robotic form before the stunned humans. After confirming Sam's identity, Prime introduced himself and his team. When Mikaela asked of the Autobots' intentions, Prime explained the search for the All Spark, the betrayal of Megatron, and why Sam was important to their search.

[[Image:Movie PrimeSam parentsfreakout.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Optimus Prime will watch you fornicate. And there is nothing you can do about it.]]
Glasses that belonged to Sam's ancestor, [[Archibald Witwicky|Captain Archibald Witwicky]], contained the location of the All Spark encoded across its lenses, so Optimus Prime ordered his troops to wait outside Sam's house while Sam and Mikaela searched inside for the glasses. Much to Sam's exasperation, Optimus Prime, in his impatience, clumsily ruined his parents' garden, and the Autobots' heavy footsteps convinced them there was an earthquake. Prime's attempts to hide, such as having the Autobots transform into vehicle mode right in the backyard, were also less than satisfactory. Ultimately, Sam came so close to a panic attack that Prime was forced to order the Autobots to fall back. As Prime lectured his team on their supposed inability to remain quiet, Ratchet got himself shocked by walking into some powerlines, causing further problems. When [[Ron Witwicky|the]] [[Judy Witwicky|parents]] came to investigate, Prime's attempt to avoid discovery caused the house to shake, though this was to their benefit, as the father assumed that the damage to the yard was the result of an earthquake. Ironhide suggested that they kill the parents, but Optimus scolded his old friend. Despite all this, their presence remained undetected until [[Sector Seven]] arrived (in a convoy of GMC Yukons) and abducted Sam, Mikaela, and Sam's parents.

[[Image:Movie Optimus Prime S7 mad.JPG|right|300px|thumb|Get out of the car...what's left of it anyway!]]
Optimus Prime sent the Autobots in pursuit of the SUV that contained Sam, Mikaela, and Sector Seven's director, [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]]. Prime intercepted the vehicle carrying their young human friends, ripping the roof of the vehicle off, with the other Autobots disarming the agents, and made it perfectly clear to Simmons how pissed off he was at him for trying to apprehend the two children, regarding this as a bad move on Simmons' behalf. Optimus then ordered his comrades to relieve the agents of their weapons, and attempted to interrogate Simmons. The agents' lack of surprise at their appearance indicated that they had seen Cybertronians before, but Simmons refused to reveal any information. With a Sector Seven backup team en route, Prime ordered the Autobots to scatter, while he took Sam and Mikaela. While hiding under a bridge, Mikaela and Sam slipped and fell off Prime's shoulder. Bumblebee managed to catch them before impact, but was captured, and Sam and Mikaela recaptured, by the organization after their retreat.

Optimus Prime, now in possession of the glasses which could tell him the location of the All Spark, regretfully left Bumblebee in Sector Seven's hands, knowing that if they went after him, they would have to use deadly force. After regrouping the next day, Prime used the glasses to locate the All Spark. Jazz raised objections to leaving Bumblebee behind, but Prime remained firm in his belief of not harming the humans. Ironhide seemed okay with using deadly force, stating the humans were too violent, but Prime countered that when their time had come, the Cybertronians had been [[Cybertronian Civil Wars|little different]]. Going on to explain the potential he saw in the humans, as well as reminding them that "freedom is the right of all sentient beings", Prime revealed to the Autobots his real plan for the All Spark: if they could not defeat the Decepticons, Prime intended to merge the Cube with his [[Spark|spark]]. Though this would destroy the All Spark, Ratchet cautioned Prime against this, as it would also kill him. Prime believed that this was acceptable, vowing not to let another race suffer the mistakes of the Transformers. The glasses placed the All Spark at [[Hoover Dam]] where, luckily, Bumblebee and the young humans were taken.

[[Image:Movie2007 Prime sword.jpg|left|300px|thumb|Swiss army Prime.]]
Optimus Prime's team met up with Sector Seven, Bumblebee, Sam, and Mikaela en route, who had planned to hide the All Spark in nearby [[Mission City]]. While on the highway, he was attacked by [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], who managed to tackle Optimus and drag him over the edge of a freeway overpass. During the battle, Optimus struck the rage filled Transformer so hard his [[Optic|optic]] popped out. As the Decepticon swung his claw wildly, Optimus drew his sword from his right arm and sliced off one of Bonecrusher's arms, before brutally finishing off his enemy by [[Decapitation|driving the blade through]] Bonecrusher's neck, severing his head.

Optimus arrived at Mission City just in time to observe Megatron discarding the remains of Jazz, and challenged him. Millennia in the ice had done nothing to lessen Megatron's hatred of his brother, and he launched himself in jet mode at the Autobot leader. Optimus leaped and grabbed hold of the wings, which was a really bad idea, as Megatron drove himself and Prime through an office block. As they flew out of the building onto the street below, Megatron transformed and leapt on top of Prime, declaring the humans undeserving of life. Prime rejected his claims, saying that they deserved to choose for themselves. Megatron threw Prime across the street, declaring that if he wished to defend the humans, Prime could die with them. He then formed his [[Fusion cannon|fusion cannon]] from his forearms. The power up time allowed Prime to draw his [[Ion blaster|ion blaster]] and fire, hitting Megatron. The Decepticon used the momentum to spin around, then used the fusion cannon to blast Prime across the street into another building. Megatron then resumed the hunt for Sam and the All Spark.

[[Image:Movie2007 Prime truck.jpg|right|300px|thumb|He knows he's a sexy truck.]]
Tracking Megatron to the deserted building, Prime barely managed to catch Sam after Megatron knocked him off the roof. Telling the boy to hold onto the Cube, Prime attempted to scale down the building, but Megatron jumped on Prime, causing them both to fall down hard onto the street below. Sam survived, however, and Optimus told the boy that if he could not defeat Megatron, Sam must put the All Spark into his chest which would destroy it. As Sam sought cover, Optimus faced down Megatron, and informed him that, "At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall". Unfortunately, Megatron, even after years of stasis, proved to be far too powerful for Prime to defeat alone. The unit led by Lennox and the Raptor squadron laid down suppressing fire as Megatron reached for the All Spark, until Optimus finally took him down by sweeping his legs. Still, Megatron continued, crawling toward the cube. Believing he had lost, Optimus implored Sam to put the All Spark into his chest. Sam instead thrust it into Megatron's chest, killing the Decepticon leader and destroying the All Spark.

[[Image:Movie2007 Prime AllSpark shard.jpg|left|300px|thumb|The Autobot [[Matrix of Leadership|Dorito of leadership]]]]
As Optimus watched his brother die, he regretfully said there was little other choice. He also told Sam he owed him a debt of gratitude for saving his life, but was then informed that Jazz had not survived (Jazz was flapping around disrespectfully like a ragdoll during this sequence). Prime briefly eulogized his comrade, then commented that they had gained new comrades in the humans, and was honored by their bravery. Bumblebee, who had finally regained his voice, requested permission to remain with Sam Witwicky, to which the young human eagerly agreed, and Optimus approved. He noticed a fragment of the All Spark in Megatron's chest cavity and removed it, then permitted the humans to dispose of the Decepticon corpses by dumping them into the deepest part of the ocean.

[[Image:Movie Optimus ending.JPG|right|300px|thumb|[['Til all are one]]!]]
Though Megatron was killed and his Decepticons were defeated, the All Spark was destroyed, leaving the Autobots unable to restore Cybertron. The Autobots elected to remain on Earth, and Prime sent a message into deep space to any surviving Autobots in the Galaxy to come to their new home on Earth, their long years of searching having finally having come to an end. As the other Autobots rested (and watched Sam and Mikaela make out on Bumblebee's hood) Optimus Prime looked to the sky, hoping his message had been heard. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)}}
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{{note|The [[Movie Adaptation Issue Number Four|comic book adaptation]] depicts Optimus Prime also defeating [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] during the highway altercation with Bonecrusher. However, the later comic [[The Reign of Starscream Issue Number One|The Reign of Starscream issue 1]] depicts Ironhide doing the deed.}}
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===Toy bios===
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That truck he transcanned was ''the coolest thing he ever saw''. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Voyager Class toys|Robo-Vision Optimus Prime}}

When the All Spark was destroyed, Optimus was ''bathed'' in its power and became a living receptacle: he could destroy or heal with the merest thought. He still remained dedicated to peace, and altered his exterior decorations to match the ones he bore as a young leader, before the beginning of the war. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Voyager Class toys|First Strike Optimus Prime}}

When the war turned out to ''not'' be over though, and with more Decepticons appearing on Earth, he was forced to alter himself to be used for stealth missions—something he finds dishonourable but knows has to be done. He is now sensor transparent and silent. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Leader Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime}} In this form, he came under surprise attack by an equally stealth-modified Starscream, leader of the new Decepticons! {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Legends Class toys|Nightwatch Optimus Prime vs. Stealth Starscream}}

Once the Decepicons were beaten on Earth, Optimus was given intelligence by [[Sector Seven]] on Decepticon activity on Mars. He immediately altered his form to blend in to Mars, and headed off to ''personally'' hunt the enemy down. {{storylink|Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Fast Action Brawlers|Fire Blast Optimus Prime}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:AllianceOptimusHoloDriver.jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Peter Cullen|Optimus Prime]] driving Optimus Prime! Sheer awesomeness!]]

Following the battle of [[Mission City]], and the destruction of Megatron and the All Spark, Optimus Prime was left to ferry the body of his first lieutenant [[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] out of the city in an abandoned trailer. Trusting [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] and his men, Prime asked the human soldiers to help the Autobots escape from the city, before [[Sector Seven]] and other untrustworthy humans could arrive. A month later, [[Seymour Simmons|Agent Simmons]] managed to convince Lennox and [[Robert Epps|Sergeant Epps]] to call upon the assistance of Optimus Prime and the Autobots to escort the Decepticon remains, thereby hopefully reactivating the Decepticon [[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] somehow. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee arrived at Sector Seven's Nevada desert base to escort the a naval base at [[California|San Diego, California]]. Optimus insisted on escorting Jazz's remains personally, and thanked Lennox for arraigning a proper burial-at-sea for his fallen lieutenant. When he noticed the All Spark shard seemingly reacting to the Decepticon bodies, he handed the fragment to [[Professor Vine]] for safekeeping until he returned. Shortly after leaving the base, Optimus had second thoughts about leaving the fragment in Sector Seven's possession, and ordered Bumblebee and Ironhide to turn around and retrieve the only remaining piece of the All Spark. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}}

[[Image:Alliance3_OptimusPrime_Lennox.jpg|thumb|left|300px|"So erm, want to go back to my place?" "Prime, are you trying to get onto me?" "No dude, I just want to show you my collection of faces and heads!"]]

The convoy returned to the Sector Seven base after learning of Wreckage and Starscream's attacks. [[Salani]] retrieved the All Spark shard and returned it to Optimus Prime, who felt the last piece of their heritage should stay with him. Weeks later, the Autobots and the soldiers with whom they served with traveled aboard a [[United States Navy|US Navy]] carrier for Jazz's burial-at-sea and to observe the disposal of the Decepticons. Optimus deeply appreciated the humans' paying last respects to their fallen comrade, though he was concerned that even the great depths of the Laurentian Abyss were not enough to keep the Decepticon bodies hidden. Below deck, Optimus and Lennox agreed to a formal [[N.E.S.T.|alliance between the Autobots and humans]] as the first line of offense and defense against the Decepticons. During training on the island of [[Diego Garcia]], Optimus Prime reminded the Autobots that they must work together with the humans as a team, never forgetting that division was what caused the war on Cybertron in the first place. When they were alone, Optimus Prime and Major Lennox complimented each other's leadership and the dedication of their respective troops. When Lennox commented that it was because of the Autobots that he and his soldiers were alive today, Optimus refuted this, saying it was because of humans such as Lennox and Sam, and that the Autobots were only part of the problem. Soon, both [[N.E.S.T.]] leaders learned that the Decepticons had returned to Earth. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

[[Image:Alliance4_Prime_killingspree.jpg|thumb|300px|Freedom is the right of all '''non-Decepticon''' sentient beings.]]

NEST was deployed to [[San Francisco]], where the Decepticons [[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] and [[Dead End (Movie)|Dead End]] were wreaking havoc. Flushed out of hiding, the Decepticons managed to evade the other Autobots, but Optimus Prime quickly put down Dead End by ramming him head-on. When asked by Prime, he commented that he was fine, but he wasn't sure if Dead End was. On the way back to base, Lennox and Optimus Prime discussed Swindle's last words and were concerned that this was just the first wave of Decepticons coming to Earth, and that they were after [[Sam Witwicky]]. Optimus convinced Lennox that no matter what, it was Sam's destiny to become involved in this conflict, and they agreed to send Bumblebee back to the States to resume his role as the boy's guardian. Later, when Optimus observed the distrust for the Autobots held by Lennox's superiors, he suggested that they must work harder and that continued success would satisfy those above them. During the subsequent hunt for Decepticons around the world, Optimus Prime personally destroyed [[Jetstorm (Movie)|Jetstorm]], [[Dropkick]] and [[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]]. As NEST's ranks grew, together they celebrated their victories and mourned those who made the ultimate sacrifice. One event brought joy and hope to the team: The arrival of Autobot refugees who were eager to protect their new homeworld. This joy was tempered by the fact more and more Decepticons were being sighted on Earth, and Optimus believed that there was some unknown that threatened their new home, their species and their alliance with the humans. {{storylink|Alliance issue 4}}
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===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}
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{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]] (English), [[Tesshō Genda]] (Japanese), [[Guilherme Briggs]] (Brazil), [[Reiner Schöne]] (German)

{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|July 24, 2009}}

[[Image:ROTF-DemolishorPrime.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]
After the events in [[Mission City]] two years ago, Optimus Prime and the Autobots became part of a Transformer/human military group called [[NEST]], which hunted down the remaining Decepticons across the world. When [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] and [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]] were detected in Shanghai, NEST was deployed there, including the Autobots [[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]], [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]], [[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]. Once Demolishor made himself known by transforming into robot mode and crushing dozens of cars along the highway, Optimus Prime parachuted out of a NEST cargo plane and landed in vehicle mode. He leapt off a bridge onto the Decepticon's head and wrestled the titan to the ground. With his dying breath, the Constructicon stated that [[The Fallen]] would rise again. Optimus responded in the negative and unceremoniously executed him.

Returning to [[Diego Garcia]], Prime entered a briefing with [[Theodore Galloway]], the National Security Adviser who had been appointed liaison by the [[President of the United States|President]], and [[Morshower]], the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who was watching by satellite feed. Prime relayed the warning of The Fallen to them, but Galloway made no effort to conceal his hostility toward the Autobots. He took issue with their refusal to share weapons technology and their continued sending of transmissions into space. Prime told Galloway that the Autobots were aware of humanity's history of warfare, and Morshower said that all the transmissions had been vetted by NEST officers. Galloway also pointed out that the Decepticons had not left Earth as Optimus had hoped, leading him to conclude that the Autobots were the ones who the Decepticons were after. When asked if the Autobots would leave Earth if told to, Optimus replied that they would comply, but warned Galloway to consider what would happen if the Autobots left but the Decepticons did not.

Unknown to Prime, the Decepticon [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] had been monitoring transmissions and spied in on the briefing. Dispatching [[Ravage (ROTF)|Ravage]] to the island, he had his agent steal the remaining All Spark fragment from the island so it could be used to revive Megatron. Optimus was unaware of the Decepticons' goal, so it is understandable that he became more preoccupied by the resulting cool relations with the United States. Seeking outside help, Optimus dispatched Bumblebee to retrieve Sam Witwicky from college in an effort to secure his testimony on the Autobots' behalf. Meeting Sam at an abandoned cemetery near his college, Optimus explained the situation. Sam was not receptive; in fact, he was quite hostile, saying that he had just started college and was trying to have a normal life. Knowing that fate often called at inconvenient times, Optimus impressed upon Sam the importance of what was going on, but Sam reiterated that the Cybertronian War was not his. Optimus relayed his fear that it soon would be.

[[Image:ROTFPrimevsMegsandScreamer.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Stick em' up!]]
Prime's fear soon came to pass, but in the last way he could imagine: Megatron had learned that the knowledge of the All Spark had been passed to Sam by a fragment Sam had touched, and soon captured him, Mikaela, and Sam's college roommate [[Leo Spitz]]. Heading to rescue the three humans, Optimus and Bumblebee ambushed the Decepticons in the abandoned industrial complex where the teens were being held, just as [[Scalpel]] was about to perform fatal neurosurgery on Sam. Managing to whisk Sam away from the plant, Optimus made it as far as the nearby forest when Megatron arrived. Going one-on-one with the Decepticon leader, Prime managed to hold his own until Starscream and [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] arrived. Prime was forced to run interference between Megatron and Starscream, who pursued Sam.

[[Image:ROTF Optimus vs Grindor.jpg|thumb|left||250px|''Roses are red,'' ''Violets are blue,'' ''this poem doesn't rhyme,'' ''NOW GIVE ME YOUR FACE'' ]]As the battle raged, Megatron told Prime that the boy was the key to finding another energon source, then shattered his [[mouthplate]] and sent him flying back with a point blank shot. Megatron asked if the boy's life was greater than the future of their race, but Prime knew that he would never stop with a single life. Declaring that he'd take them all on, Optimus Prime unsheathed both [[battle blade]]s and fought a three-on-one fight against the Decepticons. Surprisingly, not only did he manage to hold his own, he was actually winning, managing to stab Megatron multiple times, slice off Starscream's arm and use it as a club, and rip apart Grindor's head. However, Megatron managed to stab his own sword through Optimus Prime's chest, following with a point blank shot through his injured back. Critically injured, Optimus implored the still-observing Sam to run. Although the rest of the Autobots soon arrived and drove off Megatron and Starscream, Optimus Prime was [[The_many_deaths_of_Optimus_Prime|dead]].

Soon after, The Fallen made his presence known and demanded Sam Witwicky be turned over to him or the world would be destroyed. Galloway used this as a reason to shut down NEST and ordered the Autobots returned to Diego Garcia under guard, along with Prime's corpse (which was unceremoniously dropped from multiple helicopters). Fortunately, Bumblebee, and [[Skids (ROTF)|the]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Twins]] managed to spirit Sam, Mikaela, and Leo away before The Fallen made his announcement. With help from their former enemy Seymour Simmons and the Decepticon-turned-Autobot [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]], the group discovered that Sam's mind contained the Language of the Primes, to which group The Fallen had once belonged. The human/Autobot group managed to locate the Seeker [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]], who told them of how the [[Seven Primes]] forged a [[solar harvester]] to use a star's energy to replenish the All Spark, and the [[Matrix of Leadership]], needed to activate the harvester, until they were betrayed by The Fallen, who tried to harvest [[Sun|Sol]] in defiance of the Primes' rule of the sanctity of life. Sam hit upon the idea to use the Matrix to restore Optimus to life, similar to how the Decepticons had used the All Spark fragment to resurrect Megatron. Having been teleported to [[Egypt]] by Jetfire, the group managed to relay the information to Major Lennox and Sergeant Epps, who faked engine trouble over Petra, where the [[Tomb of the Primes]] was located. Unfortunately, the Matrix had turned to dust in the thousands of years since its entombment, but Sam still believed that it could be used to revive Optimus.

[[Image:ROTF Optimus sphinx.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Upon consideration, Optimus decided not to add the Sphinx's face to his collection, but only because it was already damaged.]]
However, the Decepticons were still looking for the harvester and the Matrix needed to activate it. Sam was technically killed in the battle, during which he communed with the six Primes from the tomb, who restored the Matrix. Jamming it in the fallen Autobot's chest, Sam used the Matrix to restore Optimus Prime to life. Unfortunately, The Fallen soon arrived and stole the Matrix. Having been fatally injured by [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]], Jetfire offered his parts to Optimus, as only a Prime could defeat The Fallen, and snuffed out his own spark. After Ratchet and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]] finished attaching Jetfire's wings and thrusters to Prime's body, Optimus hurried to the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], which had been constructed around the harvester, and damaged the machine before it could destroy Earth's sun. Optimus Prime then faced Megatron and the Fallen, using Megatron's own blaster to shoot off half his face and quickly sending him through some ruins. Telling the Fallen he had picked the wrong planet, Optimus ripped off The Fallen's face and punched through his abdomen, crushing his spark core and forcing Megatron and Starscream to retreat.

On the return voyage home, Optimus and Sam discussed what they had seen and experienced. Though he did not know what the future held for their races, Optimus Prime declared that the Autobots and humans would face it together, as they had millennia before. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

{{note|The film's official adaptations note Optimus is an orphan, implying he is the son of one of the [[Seven Primes]] (although their number was [[Thirteen original Transformers|thirteen]] since these were based on early drafts of the script). He was presumably young enough to have no knowledge of his family when hidden from The Fallen as he waged war against his brethren on Cybertron.}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers'' The Game (console)===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Optimus Prime provides intelligence and missions to Bumblebee in his search for the All Spark. Eventually, the clues lead the Autobot to Sam Witwicky. After saving Sam from Barricade, Bumblebee finally completes preparations for the Autobots to arrive on Earth.

Once on Earth, and having informed the two teenagers of their mission, Prime and the Autobots are discovered by Sector 7. Optimus sends Jazz on a high-speed <strike>destruction</strike> distraction mission, then sends Ironhide to rescue Jazz from a double-threat posed by the government agents and various Decepticon scouts.

When Bumblebee is captured, Prime transforms and chases the chopper which from which the small Autobot is tied. After a lengthy chase, Prime manages to catch the net, only to be thrown off by another Cybertronian meteor. As Bumblebee is carried away, Optimus promises he will not fail him again. Jazz informs him that the meteor is not an Autobot. Prime confronts the new threat, who turns out to be the Decepticon triplechanger [[Shockwave (Movie)|Shockwave]]. The two battle it out across [[Tranquility]] before Optimus finally destroys him. But not without overhearing [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s transmission revealing the location of the All Spark.

Optimus then returns to an intel role as he guides Bumblebee in his mission to retrieve the All Spark from Hoover Dam. Unfortunately, the Decepticons manage to free Megatron, leading to the final battle in Mission City.

As the Autobots battle it out with the Decepticons to protect Sam and the All Spark, things seem to take a turn for the worst as Megatron finally arrives. But before he can claim the cube, Optimus attacks him.

The two battle it out until Megatron is finally on the ground, seemingly devoid of life. Optimus then kneels to take the All Spark as Sam hands it to him. Megatron however awakens, leaping at Optimus with his chain-flail out, and making one last attempt at defeating his adversary. Optimus grabs the chain, pulling Megatron in closer, and with the All Spark clutched in his fist, delivers a punch through Megatron's spark. As Megatron dies, Optimus reflects on the losses and rewards of this battle, as the Autobots have a new home. Optimus plans to guard the humans in secret, "For freedom is the right of all sentient beings." {{storylink|Transformers The Game (console)}}

{{note|If played in Decepticon mode, Optimus is beaten to the ground, and as he crawls for the All Spark, Megatron smashes his head with his flail before using the cube to destroy humanity.}}

===''Transformers: Autobots''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Arriving late on Earth, Optimus meets up with the other Autobots to give further commands to his troops. [[Create-A-Bot (Autobot)|Create-A-Bot]], the new rookie, is eager to help in the cause, but Optimus tells him to sit back while the grown-ups take care of business. Getting fed up with the bureaucracy, Create-A-Bot finally defies orders and completes a mission against Optimus's council. After nearly getting himself and the other Autobots killed, Create-A-Bot apologizes to Optimus personally. Taking pity on the newcomer, Optimus lets him off with a stern warning, and they move out together to face Megatron. During the fight, Create-A-Bot sacrifices himself to save his commander. Megatron defeated, Optimus commends the young Autobot as a war hero, and sends out an interstellar message to any Cybertronians living among the stars. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Autobots}}

===''Transformers: Decepticons''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]

Landing on Earth, Optimus Prime quickly joins the other Autobots to attempt to stop the Decepticons. Prime didn't appear on the battlefield until Megatron himself was released and Starscream escaped with the All Spark. He stepped in to thwart the maniacal leader of the Decepticons, but alas, was struck down, left in the streets while Megatron gave chase to his traitorous second-in-command. {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Transformers: Decepticons}}

===''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - The Game''===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Peter Cullen]]
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==Toys==
{{main|Optimus Prime (Movie)/toys}}

==Merchandise==
:''Main article: [[Optimus Prime (Movie) toys#Merchandise|Merchandise]]''

==Trivia==
[[Image:Movie Primetruck before.jpg|right|150px|thumb|8:30 pm: "Trick My Truck". Tonight's guest: [[Alpha Trion (disambiguation)|Alpha Trion]].]]
[[Image:Movie OptimusPrime truckrear.jpg|right|150px|thumb|No container for you!]]
[[Image:Movie Prime Trucklogomistake.jpg|right|150px|thumb|In the darkness, a PA will misread "Truck A" as "Truck B", and there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth -- Revelation 11:7.]]
* When Optimus' design was first revealed, many fans of the ''Generation 1'' series objected to the flames seen on Prime's body. When asked in an interview why he put the flames on, [[Michael Bay]] claimed he liked them because it was "cool". It was later revealed on a special featurette on the DVD that the flames were added because, apparently, red is not very good to film on camera, so Bay chose a blue truck but used the flames so that when Optimus transformed, the layout would result in maintaining his iconic red chest.

* The announcement of [[Peter Cullen]] as Prime's voice actor in the movie is credited by some fans as alleviating many fan tensions about the movie. Not all tensions, mind you, as there are some who just will never be satisfied, but it put the fans in a good mood.

* [[TakaraTomy]] officially recognizes Optimus Prime's vehicle mode as a [http://www.kenworth.com/2100_vir_w900.asp Kenworth W900 truck], even though the vehicle used for filming was a modified [http://www.peterbilt.com/index_gal_mod_desc.asp?model=model379 Peterbilt 379], a different model from a different brand, although both are made by the PACCAR company.<ref>[http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Features/articleId=121424?tid=edmunds.il.home.photopanel..2.* Article at Edmunds.com on some of the vehicles used in the movie]</ref>

* Unlike most of the other truck-mode Optimus Primes in other continuities, ''Movie'' Optimus Prime does not pull a trailer of any sort. However, if he did, it would most likely be a flatbed trailer, as the rear of Prime's sleeper cabin is protected by a large silver "headache rack", a piece of optional equipment installed in trucks that haul heavy loads on flatbed trailers. The rack protects the driver in case the load breaks free during braking.

* When Optimus Prime scans a truck for his new body, the passing truck has what appears to be an Autobot sigil on its grill, but the actual truck that Prime turns into at the end of the scene has a much wider, flatter symbol on the grill, which looks rather more like that of Peterbilt. Then, Prime has an Autobot sigil on his grill while driving to meet the other Autobots.

* As part of the hype buildup to the movie's release, Optimus Prime made a brief cameo at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards, interacting with host Sarah Silverman. The scene spliced Silverman into pre-existing movie footage, but featured new dialogue recorded for the event by Peter Cullen. Prime heavily hinted that he wanted to present an award, but was rejected for a regular MTV fan.

* According to the free trading cards from the Boston Globe, Optimus is 28 feet tall, weighs 4.3 metric tons, and his primary weapon is an [[Ion blaster|ion blaster]]. (Considering Optimus's height, however, this weight would seem implausible.)

* In the Japanese dub of the movie, he is given his original western name of Optimus Prime rather than the Japanese equivalent, Convoy. Just as Peter Cullen voiced Prime in the English version of the film, Tesshō Genda (the voice of G1 Convoy) reprised his role for the Japanese dub.

* According to a tie-in advertisement for [[Burger King]], Prime likes his Whoppers with no onions, no cheese, and with extra pickles on the side. However, due to a cruel twist of fate, he can never enjoy the sweet taste of beefy victory. He saved the world from the Decepticons, and still he can't even have it his way? Where's the justice?

* The Optimus Prime computer generated model consisted of 10,108 individual parts, 1,830,898 polygons, 27,744 rig nodes, and 2336 texture maps. The volume of all pieces combined came to 5445 cubic feet.<ref>Robertson, Barbara (2007). Heavy Metal. ''Computer Graphics, 30''(7), 12-17.</ref>

* Optimus Prime (in truck mode) made an appearance at [[BotCon 2007]], alongside the [[Sector Seven Mobile Command Unit]]. He was available for pictures all weekend. He made a second appearance at [[BotCon 2009]].

* It said in the Autobots game in the DS, Prime's father was killed by Megatron. However, since it is also widely known that Prime and Megatron were brothers, Megatron killed his own dad. Not that this is surprising, though.

* In Titan Magazines ''Transformers'' comics, Optimus's Cybertronian robot mode is exactly like his Earth mode, but with different weapons, yet his Cybertronian mode is a mostly silver protoform—with no truck windows. Odd.

* Of the Optimus Primes in all the existing continuities, this one is probably the most aggressive incarnation, based on how he speaks to [[Seymour Simmons|government officials]] and his utter ruthlessness in battle. Additionally, he seems obsessed with destroying the heads of his opponents. In ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'', Prime [[Decapitation|decapitates]] [[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]], and tries pulling off [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]'s head. In ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of The Fallen]]'', Optimus severely damages [[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]]'s head before putting the lethal bullet in it, he tries pulling off [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream's]] head with his foot, ''rips apart'' [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor's]] head with hooks, shoots off part of Megatron's face, and ''rips off'' [[The Fallen]]'s face before killing him. Considering [[Michael Bay|the director]] of those two movies, this is understandable. On the plus side, it has also given us some of the most violent and (arguably) best action sequences in Transformers history.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.tfu.info/2007/Autobot/ProtoformOptimusPrime/optimusprime.htm Optimus Prime at TFU.info]
* [http://www.seibertron.com/toys/index.php?f_series=40&f_name=optimus&f_type=exact&Submit=Search Galleries of various different Optimus Prime toys from the Movie]

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Seymour Simmons

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:''Agent Simmons is a [[human]] from the [[Movie (franchise)|2007 movie franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Simmonsthatwouldbecrazy.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Pause for effect...pause for effect...pause for effect...]]
Agent '''Seymour Simmons''' is the head officer of [[Sector Seven]]'s Field Agents. His family has been in Sector Seven since day one, when his great-grandfather helped dig [[Megatron (Movie)|the Ice Man]] out of the Arctic. He might come off as [[Sentinel Prime (Animated)|a jerk]], but he takes this work very personally. After all, it's in his blood.

He's just a smidge off his nut—eccentric, weird, crazy, whatever you want to call it. He's strange, and he wears Hawaiian underwear, Sector Seven undershirts, and clip-on ties.

He is the son of [[Felix Simmons|Felix]] <ref>''Revenge of the Fallen''</ref> and [[Tova Simmons]]<ref>''The Veiled Threat''</ref>.

{{bigquote|Yes, well...he's very strange.|[[John Keller]] on Simmons|''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]''}}

==Fiction==
===Sector Seven ARG===
Seymour Simmons is a fictional character in a fictional Transformers movie produced by the ''real'' Sector Seven, masterminded by [[Reggie Simmons]]. {{storylink|Sector Seven (game)}}

===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:MoviePrequel4_Simmons_familyhistory.jpg|thumb|left|350px| It's not so much a circle as it is a straight line]]

In 2003, Simmons led a team of Sector Seven agents in an attempt to capture [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], then known as NBE-2. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 3}} The attempt involved luring him into a trap using an artificial isotope derived from the sub-atomic matter of the [[All Spark|cube]], which put out an almost identical energy signature to that of the cube. After the team spent two days waiting in the New Mexico desert, Bumblebee appeared, followed by the Decepticons [[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]], [[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]], and [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Thanks to the Decepticons, who destroyed several Apache helicopters and tried to hack into Sector Seven's network, Simmons's plan to capture Bumblebee failed horribly. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4|Prime Directive (IDW) issue 4}}
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===''Transformers'' (2007 film)===
:''Actor:'' [[John Turturro]] (English) [[Yūichi Nagashima]] (Japanese-language dub voice), [[Stefan Fredrich]] (German)

[[Image:Movie2007_Simmons_badge.jpg|thumb|250px| Eat it]]

Agent Simmons went to the Witwicky residence when Sector Seven suspected that [[Sam Witwicky]] had made contact with an [[Non-Biological Extraterrestrial|N.B.E.]] they were tracking. Taking Sam and [[Mikaela Banes]] into custody, he got too into the bad cop role, threatening Sam with life imprisonment, threatening Mikaela's father's parole, and revealing Mikaela's own criminal record. This strategy nearly succeeded...until a seriously pissed off [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] decided to pay Sam and Mikaela's bail—by jumping right in front of their SUV, lifting it off the ground, and tearing the roof off. Although Simmons tried to call for calm, the [[Autobot|Autobots]] easily disarmed the agents. To Simmons's credit, he himself remained calm, while the guy to his left looked like he was going to wet himself.

[[Image:Movie2007_Bumblebee_lubricates_Simmons.JPG|left|250px|thumb|Dear America. Please Stop. Love, Germany.]]

Prime attempted to interrogate Simmons, who revealed that the only communication he was authorized to have with the N.B.E.s was to tell them he wasn't authorized to communicate with them. He also refused to answer any questions from Sam and Mikaela about Sector Seven or how they knew of the Autobots. Annoyed by his attitude, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] released [[lubricant]] on him, and then Mikaela had Simmons strip as punishment for threatening her father. Simmons had little to worry about when he was handcuffed to a pole, as a fellow agent had already alerted their confederates. Most of the Autobots managed to elude Sector Seven, but Bumblebee was captured when he saved Sam and Mikaela from a fall.

[[Image:Movie2007_Simmons_FWOOP.jpg|thumb|250px|Hooch is crazy...]]

After arriving at [[Hoover Dam]] (and presumably taking the ''longest'' shower of his life), Agent Simmons, in a new, clean, and higher-in-authority uniform, and trying the awkward role of good cop, told Sam and Mikaela that they may have gotten off on the wrong foot. Taking them to see the [[Megatron (Movie)|Mega Man]], Simmons was told of Megatron's plans by Sam. However, [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] had infiltrated the dam and sent a message to the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]], causing [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] to attack. Sam urged Simmons to release Bumblebee, saying he would help, but Simmons stubbornly refused. [[William Lennox|Captain Lennox]] decided to apply some armed persuasion, which Simmons still refused to heed, leading to a standoff between the rangers and Sector Seven agents. The rangers won. After Bumblebee reformatted the Cube, Simmons, [[John Keller|Secretary Keller]], [[Maggie Madsen]], and [[Glen Whitmann]] went to the dam's archives, where they managed to send out an S.O.S. via an old radio in there, while Keller and Simmons provided cover fire against an attacking Frenzy. {{storylink|Transformers (2007)|Transformers (2007)}}
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===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
Simmons, Banachek and John Keller were on their way to Mission City when [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] attacked Hoover Dam. {{storylink|The Reign of Starscream Issue Number Two}}

[[Image:Alliance1_Simmons_Lennox_Epps.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Don't f**k with The Jesus!]]

Arriving shortly after the battle in Mission City, Simmons asked [[William Lennox]] and [[Robert Epps]] to join Sector Seven; they agreed after Sam inadvertently called Epps while in conversation with Simmons, which sort of ruined Lennox's excuse. The next day, Simmons informed [[Professor Vine]] that he had one month to study the defeated Decepticons before they were dumped in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. He also suggested they wake up "[[Wreckage (Movie)|sleeping beauty]]" to see if he had anything to offer. When the scientist worried that Wreckage couldn't be re-activated, especially not since [[Salazar]] was lost, Simmons called Lennox, saying the soldier had friends that could "make him" wake up. {{storylink|Alliance issue 1}}

Before the Autobots arrived at the [[Nevada]] desert facility to escort the convoy carrying the Decepticon bodies away, Simmons agreed with Vine about having to dump the Decepticons into the sea, grousing that the aliens turned a city into a battleground and now they had to throw a treasure trove of information away. While they reminisced about how Salazar was able to learn from Wreckage and create the [[Landmine (Movie)|L.M.-1 units]], Simmons was dismissive and callous about the sentience of the Cybertronians, refusing to refer to Wreckage by his name, preferring to call him N.B.E.-3. At Optimus Prime's behest, Vine took the surviving All Spark shard for safekeeping, fearing it might reactivate the dead Megatron.
Simmons and [[Salani]] persuaded Vine to take the fragment underground to hide it from any Decepticons that might still be skulking about, but as soon as they entered the main holding chamber, the fragment flew out of Simmons's hands and revived Wreckage. Wreckage rampaged through the base, destroying the L.M.-1s and fighting Starscream in a struggle leading to numerous deaths. {{storylink|Alliance issue 2}} While secretly taking [[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]]'s head, which had fallen out of Starscream's cockpit, Simmons was left to wonder about the Transformers' sense of morality before being relieved of his duties by John Keller. {{storylink|Alliance issue 3}}

===''The Veiled Threat'' prequel novel===
{{Note|The events of ''The Veiled Threat'' take place during [[IDW Publishing]]'s ''[[Alliance (comic)|Alliance]]'' comic.}}

After Sector Seven was shut down, Simmons was not invited to join [[NEST]], despite his best efforts. Simmons was convinced that it was because he had been mean to that Witwicky kid and his car stealing girlfriend, even though the official reason was concern that he might be a little unstable (probably the actual reason). Convinced that the Autobots were equally attempting to invade Earth, Simmons managed to save (stealing is so pejorative) documents from Sector Seven, as well as Frenzy's head, in the hopes of learning everything he could to stop both factions and save the planet. Although his pension took care of his needs, he decided to work in his mother's deli, where every day he would take orders from people with stupid tastes in Italian meat. One night while working, Frenzy began to spazz out of control and nearly fried the building's electrical system, forcing Simmons to shut him down. After a mild complaint by his landlord, Simmons decided to relocate Frenzy and the documents to the basement of his mother's deli, the safest alternative he could think of.{{storylink|The Veiled Threat}}

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Actor:'' [[John Turturro]] (English), [[Yūichi Nagashima]] (Japanese-language dub voice)
[[Image:Rotf t2 simmonsclassified.jpg|thumb|My mother's sandwich recipe is classified. ''Real'' effing classified.]]
Simmons set up a website, ''[[GiantEffingRobots.com]]'', under the alias [[Robo-Warrior]], where he developed a rivalry with ''[[The Real Effing Deal]]''. One day, after his hometown of [[New York City]] had been attacked by [[Decepticon]] [[protoform]]s and [[The Fallen]] had broadcast a threat across the world, ''The Real Effing Deal'''s webmaster, [[Leo Spitz]], walked into his deli. Leo tried to be civil about their rivalry, as he recognized he needed Robo-warrior's aid, but Simmons initially feigned ignorance of his site and then began criticizing Leo's work. Then, when [[Sam Witwicky]] and [[Mikaela Banes]] walked through his door, visibly shocked at whom they were dealing with, Simmons vented further, admonishing Sam over how [[Megatron (Movie)|N.B.E. 01]] was ''still'' alive and blaming them for the loss of his job.

Once Simmons heard how Sam needed ''his'' help, he closed his shop early to show them something top secret. He opened a hidden stairway in the cold storage room that led to a room filled with classified files (as well as Frenzy's head), which he'd taken for himself before Sector Seven closed its doors. Simmons revealed the [[Cyberglyphics]] Sam was hallucinating about could be found all over the globe, a clear sign the [[Transformer]]s had visited the planet long before the [[All Spark]] and Megatron. Simmons explained he had been keen to investigate evidence of other Transformers lying inert on Earth, but Sector Seven had denied him permission, deeming it an ''obsession''. Mikaela brought [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] into the room, and he identified several of the machines in Simmons's photographs as [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seekers]], who had come to Earth ages ago searching for something.

Journeying to the nearest known Seeker at the Smithsonian, Simmons hatched a plan to get past security after hours that essentially involved him tasering the guards: Simmons was successful in taking down the guard to whom he'd assigned himself, but Leo wound up tasering himself too. Simmons had to drag him to where Sam, Mikaela and Wheelie had detected [[energon radiation]], and they found their Seeker was an SR-71 Blackbird. Sam's All Spark fragment reactivated the jet, who was actually the former Decepticon [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]. The grouchy Seeker used a [[space bridge]] to transport them to [[Egypt]], where he told them the story of the [[The Fallen]], the [[solar harvester]], and the [[Matrix of Leadership]] needed to power it, which was hidden in the [[Tomb of the Primes]]. The four humans plus Wheelie, [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]], [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] went searching for the Matrix to resurrect [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]].

Simmons used his intelligence skills to evade detection, as The Fallen's demand for Sam's capture made Sam a wanted man. He contacted [[NEST]], telling them to bring Optimus's body to Egypt. Then he got Sam across the [[Jordan]]ian border, mainly because the border guard liked New York and was amiable enough to let his "family" pass. Sam worked out the only clue to the tomb and uncovered the Matrix in [[Petra]]. As Bumblebee drove them back to Egypt, they were attacked by [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]. Sam ran off to revive Optimus, who was being protected by NEST in ruins near the [[pyramid]]s, while Simmons played decoy and drove in Skids to a quarry. Simmons relished his supporting role, proclaiming he was "One man, abandoned by the country he loves," despite Leo's presence.

Simmons and Leo were driven by Skids and Mudflap into a quarry near the pyramids, where they witnessed the [[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s combine into [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. Simmons avoided being sucked into the giant's mouth by running for his legs. As Devastator clambered up the [[Great Pyramid of Giza]], Simmons retrieved a radio from a Jordanian helicopter that Megatron had downed, which he used to contact the [[United States Navy]]. Simmons followed Devastator up the pyramid-despite Leo's protests-with the radio in hand, wheedling his way around a captain's tedious demand as to how he knew of their top secret [[Wikipedia:railgun|railgun]] that were based on studies of the US military. As he climbed the pyramid, Simmons probably became the only human to acknowledge Devastator had two wrecking balls resembling the male scrotum. After the Navy successfully fired on the behemoth, Simmons gained military backup for NEST, whose phone signals had been jammed by [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]]. After Optimus was raised from the dead and The Fallen's defeat, Simmons was congratulated by Lennox for his aid in bringing down the Decepticons. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
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==Toys==
===Transformers (2007)===
[[Image:Movie ScreenBattles Sector7figures.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Unposable weirdo.]]
*'''Capture of Bumblebee''' (Screen Battles, 2007)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''SB-04'''

:This ''Screen Battles'' pack comes with a redecoed Camaro Concept Deluxe class Bumblebee featuring a more accurate grey color scheme for his robot mode parts and a silver-painted face and toes. The pack also comes with non-posable figurines of [[Sector Seven]] agent Seymour Simmons and two Sector Seven soldiers, one carrying a cryo-freezing cannon and one carrying a grenade launcher.

:This set comes in a special window box featuring a diorama background of the scene where Bumblebee is captured by Sector Seven forces.

{{-}}

==Notes==
*According to the director's commentary on the ''Transformers'' DVD, Turturro based his performance as Simmons on [[Michael Bay]].

==References==
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Leo Spitz

2009-07-06T12:48:31Z

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:''Leo Spitz is a [[human]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''
[[Image:RotF Leo Spitz Mugshot.jpg|thumb|right|150px|No, YOU'RE awesome!]]

'''Leonardo Ponce de Léon "Leo" Spitz''' is a little nutty. From the relative safety of his dorm room in [[Hamilton Hall]], he runs a website, ''[[The Real Effing Deal]]'', from which he tells the world about the giant robots that the government doesn't want you to know about. He may be oblivious to a lot of things, including pretty girls in his room, but he's got to be ever vigilant if he wants to get the jump on his competition over at ''[[GiantEffingRobots.com]]'' and his eternal nemesis [[Robo-Warrior]].

{{quote|I think I'm having a nervous breakdown.}}
{{quote|Well that's cuz you're a pussy.|Leo and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Ramon Rodriguez]] (English), [[Shuuhei Sakaguchi]] (Japanese-language dub voice)
{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|7/24/2009}}
Sam met Leo when moving into his dorm room, and was quickly introduced to his roommate's... eccentricities. Leo hastily escorted Sam into a makeshift situation room, where his buddies [[Fassbinder]] and [[Sharsky]] were hard at work chronicling the breaking story in Shanghai. Leo was crestfallen when he failed to impress his new roomie with his media empire, nor even the kitten calendars, but he ultimately shrugged it off and showed Sam the woman he intended to one day marry, [[Alice]]. Later that night he dragged Sam to the first fraternity party of the year, where he believed he was certain to get his "Spitzy Spitz" on.

Days later he had concocted a subtle and nuanced plan to woo Alice by presenting her with a meat-laden pizza. Unfortunately she brushed him off, and was ultimately more interested in Leo's roommate's scribbles. She didn't even grant Leo's humble request to watch! ''Women''. Of course, shortly afterwards he discovered it was all an alien plot to silence his website's truth-finding mission. Realizing he had led his newfound friends into danger, he fled only to be captured by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] and taken to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

Curiously, the [[Decepticon]] leader seemed uninterested in Leo, apparently playing coy with the intrepid web journalist while he waxed loquacious about dissecting Sam. Thankfully the [[Autobot]]s arrived, and understanding the crucial asset Leo represented assigned [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to safely evacuate him.

Now a fugitive alongside his friends, Leo's savvy again proved the key to unraveling the mystery as he used his inside contacts to lead Sam to former government agent [[Seymour Simmons]]. Though he and Simmons had crossed swords more than once on the internet, Leo was magnanimous, extending the olive branch to his rival. Thus, Simmons allowed Leo to play a central role in their crafty plan to infiltrate the [[wikipedia:Smithsonian Institute|Smithsonian Institute]] [[wikipedia:National Air and Space Museum|National Air and Space Museum]]. Successfully beguiling the guards, Leo took out several of them before his ninja-like moves proved a little ''too'' smooth, and he applied his taser to himself... in the gonads.

Leo recovered quickly, and was whisked away with the others to [[Egypt]] when the ancient Decepticon turncoat [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] opened a space bridge. Though he employed the catlike grace he was known for, his pride and joy was ultimately dealt another blow when Sam's girlfriend unceremoniously landed on it. Beginning to crack under the pressure of his awesome destiny, Leo nonetheless soldiered on, requiring only minor tasering from Simmons in order to remind him of his duty to Mother Earth and the human race.

Leo showed his uncanny powers of reasoning and skepticism as the group approached the [[Tomb of the Primes]], his insightful observations leading Sam to discover the wonders hiding under his very nose. His steely resolve was likewise proven as he showed himself an able ally to Simmons in the decisive final battle. Resting only when the job was done, Leo stood as a true hero for our times. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}

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King Poseidon

2009-07-05T15:43:43Z

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:''King Poseidon is a [[Decepticon]] [[Combiner]] from the [[Super-God Masterforce (franchise)|Super-God Masterforce]] portion of the [[Generation 1 (franchise)|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:KingPoseidon1.jpg|right|350px|thumb|King of the Deep Blue Sea]]
'''King Poseidon''' is the combined form of the [[Seacon (Masterforce)|Seacons]], created when the Seacon leader [[Turtler]] merges with one of each of the numerous Seacon drones under his command. As Turtler is the only sentient member of the team, it is his consciousness alone which controls the giant combiner, becoming even more cold and cruel as he tears through the battlefield with his massively increased mobility and destructive power.

King Poseidon is composed of:

*Turtler (leader)
*[[Gulf]]
*[[Kraken]]
*[[Lobclaw]]
*[[Overbite (Masterforce)|Overbite]]
*[[Tentakil (Masterforce)|Tentakil]]

:''English/Malay dub name:'' '''Piranacon'''

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Masato Hirano]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Kingposeidon masterforce.jpg|left|220px|thumb|]]
After numerous failures on the part of the individual Seacons and the other Decepticons serving under them, Decepticon leaders [[Giga]] and [[Mega]] decided it was time for King Poseidon to enter the fray. {{storylink|Eliminate the Godmaster Ginrai}} The Seacon combiner introduced himself to the shocked Autobots during a battle on an island off the coast of America, and immediately attacked [[Ginrai]], who found himself unable to match King Poseidon's raw power. As King Poseidon ground his foot down on top of Ginrai, the trailer Ginrai had recently added to his [[Transtector]] suddenly burst into life, flying through the air and knocking King Poseidon aside. Ginrai and the trailer then fused together to create "Super Ginrai", who seized King Poseidon and body-slammed him so hard that the Seacons forming his limbs exploded. Only Turtler survived, and escaped into the ocean. {{storylink|Heroism!! The Birth of Super Ginrai}}

[[Image:Kingposeidon ginraiflip.jpg|right|180px|thumb|''"And lo did Ginrai toss King Poseidon out on his aft, as was before, as e'er shall be."'']]
King Poseidon next battled Super Ginrai in [[Canada]], where he was again quickly overcome by the Autobot's [[Chōkon Power]] and had his right arm blown off. Sent tumbling backwards, the combiner lost his grip on his sword, which wound up impaling his own leg and destroying it. With two limbs gone, the Seacons were forced to disengage and retreat. {{storylink|Lightfoot: A Dramatic Encounter}}

It was some time before King Poseidon reappeared, but he eventually showed up again when Autobot Godmaster [[Lightfoot]] clashed with the Seacons in the waters off [[Australia]] and was sent tumbling into a crevasse. When Ginrai arrived to save his team-mate, the Seacons merged into King Poseidon and collapsed the crevasse on both of them, intending to leave them both to be destroyed by a sub-sea volcano that was about to erupt. Ginrai's drone partner [[Godbomber]] soon came to dig them out, and King Poseidon engaged him in battle to prevent the Autobots from being rescued, but during their fight, the volcano erupted. King Poseidon was knocked aside by flying rocks, allowing Godbomber to extricate Ginrai and Lightfoot, but as they attempted to flee, King Poseidon recovered for one final attack. Ginrai and Godbomber merged into God Ginrai and grappled with the combiner on the rim of the volcano, at which point Lightfoot performed a "Chōkon Spin Drill", creating a water spout that threatened to suck King Poseidon in. With his attention divided, King Poseidon was overcome by Ginrai and hurled into the volcano, then hit with a blast from Ginrai's God Cannon, blowing him into his component parts. As ever, only Turtler survived, slinking back to the Decepticon base to report his failure. {{storylink|Escape!! The Underwater Volcano Erupts}}

[[Image:Kingposeidon clouderdangle.jpg|left|175px|thumb|I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky...]]
A little later, the Decepticons found themselves approached by the final Godmaster, [[Clouder]], and [[Hydra (Masterforce)|Hydra]] instructed King Poseidon to test the newcomer's ability in battle. Surprisingly the other uninformed Decepticons, King Poseidon burst from beneath the ground and mercilessly attacked Clouder, who countered by transforming to his falcon form, seizing the combiner's shoulders, and hoisting him into the air. As he was dragged over a nearby cliff and dangled over the ocean, King Poseidon attempted to free himself with his double cannons, but wound up having his limbs blasted off by Clouder's Chōkon Power. As he tumbled into the ocean, Clouder hit him with one more blast, blowing King Poseidon to pieces yet again and proving himself to the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Appearance!! The Final Godmaster}} Clouder was subsequently installed as a double agent within the Autobot ranks, and the information he fed the Decepticons enabled them to perform an all-out assault on the Autobot base. King Poseidon was summoned into action by Giga and separated into his component Seacon parts, which proceeded to invade the base and destroy it from within. {{storylink|Disaster! The Autobot Base Explodes}}

When the Decepticons captured Autobot [[Headmaster Junior]] [[Shūta Gō]], King Poseidon served as jailer for the young hero, holding him in an unbreakable grip as Ginrai arrived in the base to rescue him. Unable to act thanks to King Poseidon's hold on his team-mate, Ginrai was pummelled by [[Overlord (Masterforce)|Overlord]], but the tables turned most unexpectedly when the Decepticon Junior [[Cancer]] could finally no longer stomach the Decepticons' evil and opened fire on King Poseidon. King Poseidon's arm was blown off and he dropped Shūta, but Cancer pressed his attack, and King Poseidon turned his weapons on the youth, blasting his gun out of his hand. Luckily, before he could deliver the killing blow, King Poseidon was once again blasted to smithereens by Godbomber. {{storylink|God Ginrai: Showdown at the Decepticon Base}} Cancer subsequently sided with the Autobots and provided them with the information they needed to mount an attack on the Decepticons' headquarters, during which King Poseidon was formed once again, only to be promptly blown apart by [[Grand Maximus]]. {{storylink|The Ultimate Combination!! BlackZarak, the New Lifeform}}

[[Image:Kingposeidon metalhawkswordfight.jpg|right|220px|thumb|Mine's bigger than Yours!]]
When the Autobots' assault resulted in the destruction of the Decepticon base, the villains relocated to the [[Grand Canyon]] for an attack on North America, and the Autobots pursued, splitting up into teams to search. The team consisting of the Headmaster Juniors and [[Ranger]] were about to scale a rock face when it exploded into fragments, revealing King Poseidon hiding within it. When their weapons proved ineffective against the giant, Shūta and [[Cab]] grabbed his arms in hopes of breaking them off, but King Poseidon simply slammed his arms together, crushing the boys between them. Although Ginrai and Grand Maximus arrived to save them, the Decepticons pulled out rather than fight on, heading for the Alps for their final attack on Earth. {{storylink|Autobots! Desperate Attack!!}} Again, the Autobots gave chase, but as soon as they arrived in the Alps, [[Metalhawk]] and the Autobot Juniors were almost immediately attacked by the waiting King Poseidon. Metalhawk engaged the combiner in a swordfight, but as the strained their blades against one another, Ginrai appeared in the skies overhead and knocked King Poseidon into his component Seacons with a God Punch attack. Rather uncharacteristically, the Seacons actually managed to stay intact through his disassembly, and Turtler had them immediately recombine to attack Ginrai, but the Autobot hero easily blew King Poseidon to fragments with his God Cannon, for the final time. {{storylink|Malevolent and Inhuman! The True Form of Devil Z}} Turtler, of course, survived the explosion, but disappeared, and was not seen either during the final battle, or when the other Decepticons fled into space at the war's end. {{storylink|A Battle... and Then...}}
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====''Zone'' cartoon====
[[Image:KingPoseidonZone1.jpg|left|230px|thumb|...of course he needs a cape! He's a "King"!]]
Years later, when the supernatural entity known as [[Violen Jiger]] took command of the Decepticons, his first act was to recruit [[Nine Great Demon Generals]] from Decepticon history. King Poseidon was selected to be one of those Generals and was given the rank of Aquatic General as well as new power and weaponry to make him an even greater threat than before.

King Poseidon was sent to [[Earth]] along with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and [[Predaking]] to steal the [[Zodiac]] necessary for Violen Jiger's schemes. The mysterious energy source was located beneath the planet's surface by new Autobot commander [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]] and stolen by Devastator, but as Dai Atlas attempted to chase him down, King Poseidon struck, emerging from a nearby subterranean lake and ensnaring Dai Atlas with a chain. Devastator handed the Zodiac off to King Poseidon, who returned to the surface with it, where he was attacked by [[Sonic Bomber]] and forced to hurl the Zodiac out of his reach. Unfortunately for the villains, Dai Atlas was the one who caught it, prompting Trypticon to fire a beam of Energon Z at the heroes. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac, which empowered Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber with its energies, transforming them into powerful new "Zone Modes". The firepower of the two Autobots' new modes was directed upon King Poseidon and Trypticon, who were destroyed when they exploded dramatically. {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}
{{-}}

===Comic continuity===
====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
[[Image:Kingposeidon manga.jpg|right|250px|thumb|]]
King Poseidon's sole recorded foray onto the battlefield occurred when the Decepticons attempted to dupe the Autobots with holographic projections of legendary Decepticons from years past. Racing into action, the Autobots suddenly found themselves surrounded by a legion of Decepticons led by "[[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]", and while the holograms themselves posed no danger, the threat of King Poseidon was all too real. The Seacon combiner loomed over the battlefield, bearing down on the Autobots, at which point the new Autobot Godmasters Lightfoot, Ranger and [[Road King]] arrived with a new trailer unit for Ginrai's Transtector. At Lightfoot's instruction, Ginrai combined with the trailer, transforming into "Super Ginrai" and unleashing the full extent of his Chōkon Power against King Poseidon. Struck by a "Super Fire Guts" attack, King Poseidon was smashed to bits, and the battered Turtler limped away while the Autobots realized the had been facing illusions. {{storylink|Burn, Super Soul! The New Commander Super Ginrai!}}

Although there were no further documented instances of Turtler combining with the other Seacons, he did later combine with several other Decepticons into the mis-matched "[[Scramble 7]]", which, naturally, had Piranacon's head and torso. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The United Earth-Space Troops}}
{{-}}

====''Zone'' comic and story pages====
[[Image:Kingposeidon zonestorypage.jpg|left|210px|thumb|]]
Years after the conclusion of the Masterforce war, King Poseidon was one of nine Decepticons selected by the supernatural new emperor of the Decepticon, Violen Jiger, to become one of his [[Nine Great Demon Generals|Great Demon Generals]]. Appointed "Aquatic General" and equipped with new powers and weapons to make him stronger than before, King Poseidon was first unleashed against the Autobots on the ocean planet of [[Wall]]. Hiding beneath the waves alongside Trypticon, King Poseidon emerged to battle Autobot commander [[Star Saber (G1)|Star Saber]], but was beaten back by a concentrated attack from [[Erector]], [[Skywave]], [[Missile Bull]] and [[Overload (G1)|Overload]]. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 3}}

Later, King Poseidon, Trypticon, Predaking and Devastator were directed to attack Earth in search of the mysterious "Zodiac", in order to create the super-energy Violen Jiger needed for his schemes. They were pursued to the planet by the Autobot [[Powered Master]]s Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber but while, Dai Atlas was occupied in a subterranean battle with Devastator, King Poseidon located and absconded with the Zodiac. Dai Atlas pursued him back to Earth's surface, where both sides grappled for possession of the Zodiac until Trypticon fired a beam of [[Energon Z]] at the Autobots. The Energon Z interacted with the Zodiac and unleashed its energies, transforming Dai Atlas and Sonic Bomber into heavily-armed new "Zone Modes". The two heroes blasted the generals with their powerful new weapons, winning the day. {{storylink|Zone (manga)|Transformers: Zone}}

The Generals later schooled [[Metrotitan (G1)|Metrotitan]] and the [[Metrosquad]] in the ways of evil, making tem formidable oponents to the [[Powered Master]]s. {{storylink|Zone (story page)|Zone Part 7}}

==Toys==
===Super-God Masterforce===
[[Image:G1 Piranacon toy.jpg|right|180px|thumb|An example of neon not existing in Generation 1 toy colourations.]]
* '''King Poseidon''' (1988)
** ''Japanese ID number:'' '''D-318'''
: The six Seacons who form King Poseidon could be purchased separately, or together as a [[giftset]]. The toys were sold concurrently in [[Hasbro]] markets as the American [[Seacon (G1)|Seacon]] team, who formed [[Piranacon]], but unlike the Piranacon giftset, which omitted [[Nautilator]], the King Poseidon giftset includes all six members.

:King Poseidon was later redecoed into [[God Neptune]], then into the [[Transformers Collectors' Club]] exclusive Piranacon giftset.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1988/Decepticon/Piranacon/piranacon.htm King Poseidon/Piranacon at TFU.info]

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Hisao Egawa

2009-07-01T15:00:56Z

Skullgrin140:

'''Hisao Egawa''' (江川央生 ''Egawa Hisao'') is a Japanese voice actor, born [[September 13]], 1962 in [[Tokyo]]. Among his various roles is Geki Hyuuma from ''[[Brave|King of Braves GaoGaiGar]]''.

==Roles==
===''Galaxy Force''===
*[[Nemesis Breaker|Dark Ligerjack]]
*[[Overhaul (Cybertron)|Jackshot/Ligerjack]]

===''Revenge of the Fallen''===
*[[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]]

==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250752/ Hisao Egawa] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1499 Hisao Egawa] at Anime News Network

[[Category:Japanese voice actors|Egawa, Hisao]]

Jetfire (Movie)

2009-07-01T14:59:29Z

Skullgrin140: /* Revenge of the Fallen movie */

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:''Jetfire is a [[Decepticon]] and [[Autobot]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen franchise]] in the [[Live-action film series|live-action film]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:ROFT Jetfire Bay clip.jpg|thumb|350px|Rust in my aft you say!?]]

'''Jetfire'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s not what he used to be. His body went south years back. His bunny is dead on the wheel. He's got rust in places he didn't even know he had. Basically, Jetfire's old! An ancient Decepticon [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]], Jetfire was around long before the war broke out, and unlike many, came to see his "comrades" for what they were. This caused him to defect to the Autobots, something virtually unheard of. He's a fine asset, powerful and possessing the ability to teleport across great distances. This is slightly offset by the fact he's so old, his processor gave up the ghost millennia ago. These days he has a hard enough time remembering his name. It makes him a bit crotchety and also leaves him with the nagging feeling he's forgotten something important.

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==Fiction==
===IDW ''Transformers'' movie comics===
[[Image:Defiance4_Jetfire.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Hopefully I won't end up on some [[earth|godforsaken planet]] and be infested with [[Maximal|disgusting little critters.]]]]
In the distant past, the [[All Spark (Movie)|All Spark]] Cube created [[Thirteen original Transformers|a race]] of powerful, trans-dimensional beings as the first inhabitants of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. The Cube gave these beings mighty powers, as well as terraforming their world, but it was not limitless, and gradually became depleted. The first beings learned that the All Spark's power could be replenished by harvesting the energy of stars, but they were unable to locate new stars to suit their purposes, despite their amazing ability to travel between dimensions. Once again, the Cube came to the rescue, creating a race of workers, who had the ability to change their shape.

Jetfire was among the very first of these new beings, a "[[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]" with the ability to travel across the vastness of space in search of new suns. Once located, he would lead others and his masters back to it so a [[Solar harvester|harvester]] could be constructed to drain the energy of these stars, thus replenishing the All Spark. {{Storylink|Defiance issue 4}} It is assumed that at some point during the civil war on Cybertron, he sided with [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]], the new protege of Jetfire's only surviving ancient master, [[The Fallen]].
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===''Revenge of the Fallen'' movie===
:''Voice actor:'' [[Mark Ryan]] (English), [[Hisao Egawa]] (Japanese), [[Engelbert von Nordhausen]] (German)

{{spoiler|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|7/24/09}}

For many years, a dormant Jetfire had hidden in his alternate mode at the [[wikipedia:Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]] [[wikipedia:National Air and Space Museum|National Air and Space Museum]]'s [[wikipedia:Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center|Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center]] , until [[Seymour Simmons]], [[Sam Witwicky]], [[Mikaela Banes]], [[Leo Spitz]] and [[Wheelie (ROTF)|Wheelie]] broke in with a small fragment of the [[All Spark]]. The surge of energy awoke him, and the cantankerous old robot wandered outside, pausing only to bang his head on the door. Confused and disoriented, only the efforts of the [[human]]s and ex-Decepticon brought his senses back. Jetfire revealed that during the war he had joined the Autobots and upon hearing the name of the Fallen, he teleported the entire group (including [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] and [[Skids (ROTF)|the]] [[Mudflap (ROTF)|twins]]) to [[Egypt]], where he told them the story of the [[Dynasty of Primes]] and The Fallen, Cybertron's first contact with Earth and the [[Solar harvester|Solar Harvester]], a life-giving device that could destroy the [[Sun]]. He revealed that only a Prime could kill the Fallen, and was distraught to hear of [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime's]] death. After Sam hit upon the idea of using the [[Matrix of Leadership]] to revive Optimus, Jetfire gave him the only clue to find the [[Tomb of the Primes]].

During the final battle around the [[Pyramid|Great Pyramid of Giza]] (which contained the Solar Harvester), Jetfire arrived and attempted to "stick" the landing, which didn't go quite as he planned. He immediately decided to "show how they brought the pain in my day", slicing [[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster]] in half, and crushing his upper torso. He was critically wounded by a surprise attack from [[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]] and although he managed to kill the Decepticon, the injury was fatal. As he lay dying, Jetfire, who felt that during his entire life he'd never done a thing worth doing, he persuaded the resurrected Optimus Prime to take his parts and "discover a power like you've never known". Ripping out his own [[spark]] core, Jetfire died. With help from [[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] and [[Jolt (ROTF)|Jolt]], Jetfire's remains were fused with Optimus, who became more powerful than ever.

Now equipped with Jetfire's powerful weapons engines, Optimus broke through a blockade of debris The Fallen had telekinetically erected around the Pyramid and destroyed the Solar Harvester before it could be used against the Earth's Sun. After Optimus defeated Megatron and destroyed The Fallen, he quickly detached Jetfire's parts. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
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==Toys==
===Revenge of the Fallen===
====Legends Class toys====
[[Image:ROTF Jetfire 2009 Legends.JPG|right|300px|thumb|It's not the years, honey, it's the mileage.]]
*'''Jetfire''' (Legends, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''EZ-05'''

:Legends class ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (toyline)|Revenge of the Fallen]]'' Jetfire transforms from a into a tiny [[Wikipedia: SR-71 Blackbird|SR-71 Blackbird]] spy plane to a sort of hunchback robot. In a bit of character design accuracy, his left arm has a cane.

:The upper fuselage of the plane mode has a thin rectangular peg to slot into the back of Legends class Optimus Prime to recreate the powered up mode at the end of the movie.
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====Leader Class toys====
[[Image:Jetfire ROTF leader toy.jpg|thumb|right|300px|"You know, I've personally flown over 194 missions, and I was shot down in every one. Come to think of it, I've never landed a plane in my life."]]
*'''Jetfire''' (Leader, 2009)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''RA-13'''
**''Accessories:'' Front landing gear/walking stick, rotary cannon missile launcher, projectile

:Jetfire features electronic lights and sounds. And by sounds, we mean he talks like a Yorkshireman. Seriously.

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====Fast Action Battlers====
[[Image:Jetfire ROTF FAB toy.jpg|right|thumb|300px|NOBODY MOVE...I dropped me cane...]]
*'''Photon Missile Jetfire''' (Fast Action Battler, 2009)
**''Accessories:'' "Photon Missile" projectile

: [[Fast Action Battler]] Jetfire is a simplified, roughly Deluxe-sized toy of Jetfire. In vehicle mode, he transforms into a sort of cute, super-deformed SR-71 Blackbird jet. As with most ''Transformers'' toy jets, he has a fair bit of undercarriage junk from his robot mode, though not to the extent of the Leader class toy. In robot mode he has a reasonably accurate depiction of Jetfire's design, though his right arm ends in a spring-loaded projectile launcher shaped like a rotary cannon.
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====Robot Replicas====
*'''Jetfire''' (Robot Replica, 2009)
*''Accessories:'' Cane

: [[Robot Replicas]] Jetfire is a none transformable, accurate representation of his CGI model from the film. He is highly posable, and not much else.

==Notes==
* Jetfire's ancient Cybertronian vehicle mode as seen in [[IDW Publishing]]'s "[[Defiance issue 4]]" bears more than a passing similarity with the starship ''[[Axalon (BW)|Axalon]]'' from ''[[Beast Wars]]''.
* Jetfire is one of the few movie Transformers to mention having [[Relatives|a family]]; in fact, he claims his father was [[Scrounge|''the'' wheel]].
* In the film, Jetfire seemed to say that the reason he was extremely "elderly" was that he has gone for too long without an adequate supply of energon. Well, the fact that he was one of the first Transformers ever to live probably contributes a little; but at least the low energon explains why he is 'slowly falling apart and dying' as opposed to other 'old' bots like [[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]].
* According to him (and demonstrated as well), he can access a [[Space Bridge]] to transport himself and others across vast distances in mere moments. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)}}
*While the Leader Class toy is advertised as being able to combine with [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] they do not combine in the movie itself, per se. Jetfire merely kills himself so that Optimus Prime can ''wear'' the parts of his corpse as extra armor and weaponry. That's right, he's [[kibble]].
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Apache (BW)

2009-07-01T13:53:28Z

Skullgrin140: /* Beast Wars II cartoon */

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:''Apache is a [[Maximal]] from the [[Beast Wars II (franchise)|Beast Wars II]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:NewForces Apache.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Mandrill Sergeant]]
'''Apache''' is second-in-command to [[Lio Convoy]]. He is a grizzled, seasoned warrior who fights with every drop of emotion he can muster. Apache respects his commander like he was family, and will defend any decision he should make. He is also a very demanding officer and will accept nothing but the best from his soldiers. This no-nonsense attitude of his often brings him frustration with the fun-loving [[Jointron]] Brothers. Though an experienced, capable warrior and leader, Apache doubts his own usefulness at times. This self-doubt leads him to question his own instincts and decisions and makes him more comfortable as a second-in-command than as the leader he could otherwise be. Though he tends to get depressed, he is still a powerful soldier who has yet to realize his true courage and power. He readily uses his strength in his special third mode, a sort of artillery platform, but assuming this form also alters his personality, turning him into a berserker. This may account for some of his reticence and self-doubt.

==Fiction==
===Cartoon continuity===
====''Beast Wars II'' cartoon====
:''Voice actor:'' [[Sanryō Odaka]] (Japanese)

[[Image:Bwiie06 apache fuel.jpg|right|180px|thumb|He's dead Jim]]
As a trainee, Apache fell on the battlefield during a live-fire exercise. A fellow trainee, [[Lio Convoy|Convoy]], ignored their hot-blooded instructor's command to leave behind their fallen comrades, who had washed out of the program and should be left to die. Despite being almost out of fuel himself, Convoy shared what he had with Apache, and the two of them, greatly weakened, supported one another through the final leg of the exercise. Both warriors made it to the checkpoint and neither washed out. Since then, Apache has vowed to protect Convoy as his deputy. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}}

[[Image:ApacheAnime1.jpg|left|200px|thumb|What is your major malfunction!?!]]
Having received a mysterious SOS signal from within an asteroid field, Apache and Convoy went to investigate in small, one-man scout ships. Confident in his ability, Apache split off on his own, only to encounter a massive planetoid-ship on a collision course with his vessel. Convoy opened fire on the planetoid, causing a massive explosion that sent Apache's ship hurling through space while Convoy himself vanished.

Returning to the Maximal Space Station where he and his friends were stationed, Apache blamed himself for their commander's disappearance and drowned his sorrows in cheap [[oil]]. When the other Maximals voiced their concerns that Convoy probably wasn't coming back, Apache assured them that he would, then named himself commanding officer in Convoy's absence and passed out. [[Bighorn]] took command instead and took the team with him to investigate an abnormal energy reaction on the planet [[Gaea]]. They flew off in the ''[[Yukikaze (BWII)|Yukikaze]]'' before Apache had a chance to wake up, leaving him to freeze in space as he held onto the outside of the vessel.

[[Image:ApacheMexican1.jpg|right|150px|thumb|¡Vamanos, Muchachos!]]
When the Maximals arrived at Gaea via [[transwarp]], the ''Yukikaze'' was shot down by [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]], so Apache and his team had to flee to Gaea's surface in escape pods. The planet's atmosphere proved lethal to Transformers, however, so Apache [[Scanning|scanned]] a local mandrill to protect himself. After joining up with the rest of the team, Apache went to investigate a mysterious black fog that was killing the flora and fauna around them. They discovered [[Galvatron (BWII)|Galvatron]] and his troops, who had earlier blasted the ''Yukikaze'' out of the sky. Unfortunately, the Predacons rather easily paralyzed Apache and his friends, and were prepared to kill them when a white lion came to their rescue. {{storylink|The New Forces Arrive!|The New Forces Arrive!}}

The lion led them back to the crashed ''Yukikaze'' and revealed itself to be Convoy, now going by the name of "Lio Convoy". While the other Maximals were taken aback by the lion's true identity, Apache had already figured it out. Nevertheless, he was delighted to have his commander back, and he cried tears of happiness when Convoy took back control of the troops. {{storylink|White Lion, Run!|White Lion, Run!}}

When the Maximals went to investigate a strange energy reading, Apache rigged a "draw straws" competition so that he could go with Lio Convoy. To his embarrassment, his commander noticed him cheating, and Apache confessed of his private vow to protect Lio Convoy ever since they were trainees together. When [[BB]] carpet-bombed the jungle to flush out the Maximals, Apache took a near-hit and collapsed, forcing Lio Convoy to drag him into the nearby ruins for safety. Apache lamented he was nothing but a burden, but Lio Convoy disagreed— pointing to a tunnel leading deeper into the ruins which they otherwise would never have found. Exploring deeper they were separated when Apache triggered a trap and was attacked by the [[Insectron]] [[Mantis]], who strung him up as bait for his commander. Mantis attacked Lio Convoy and was about to kill him when Apache called upon [[Burning Justice|previously-undiscovered inner strength]] to transform into a powerful weapons platform which caused the ruins to collapse. Afterward Apache had no memory of what he had done, but was pleased that Lio Convoy credited his performance. {{storylink|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins|Mystery of the Ancient Ruins}}

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====''Beast Wars Neo'' cartoon====
===''Beast Wars II'' comic===
===IDW ''Beast Wars'' comics===
[[Image:Ascending3 apache bboom.jpg|right|180px|thumb|Apache (lower left) and the near-identical B'Boom (upper right)]]
Lio Convoy's deputy officer even back before the [[Pax Cybertronia]] was signed, Apache continued to serve him as a member of the covert special ops unit known as the [[Pack]]. When Lio received [[Razorbeast]]'s distress signal, he ordered Apache and the other Pack members to prepare to travel to Earth. {{storylink|The Ascending issue 2|The Ascending #2}}
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==Toys==
===Beast Wars===
[[Image:BW BBoom toy.jpg|right|300px|thumb|Tonto! Jump on it! Kemosabe! Jump on it!]]
*'''Apache''' (Mega, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''C-12'''
**''Accessories'': Spring-loaded missile launcher, 2 missiles

: This toy is identical to [[B'Boom]], transforming into a mandrill. His beast mode face has spring-activated features, with a revealed spring-loaded missile launcher in his mouth. This launcher becomes a hand-held weapon in robot mode. He has a third "artillery station" mode that a Basic-sized toy can pilot.

*'''Showdown of Artillery: Apache VS Megastorm''' (Vs pack, 1998)
**''Japanese ID number:'' '''VS-12'''

: Apache was also available in a two-pack with the Predacon [[Megastorm]]. Both toys in this set are identical to their individually-packaged versions.

*'''Apache''' (Mega, 1998)

: A special contest-prize version of Apache in a kind of camo-green was given away as a prize from ''Comic Bom Bom'' magazine, as part of a "design a Cybertron" contest, along with new-color versions of all five main Maximals from the series. How many of these Apaches were awarded is unknown.

==Notes==
* The notion that Apache is a drunkard as part of a Native American stereotype is [[Misconceptions and urban legends about Transformers|untrue]]. While ''Beast Wars II'' is not above having [[Starscream (BWII)|horrible]] [[Jointron|stereotypes]], this isn't one of them. Apache does get drunk in the first episode of the cartoon... but that's in grief because he believes his actions have caused the death of Lio Convoy. He never gets drunk again in the cartoon, and never ''at all'' in the manga.

* As B'Boom had already been well established in ''[[The Gathering]]'', when Apache was set to appear, [[Don Figueroa]] wisely adjusted Apache's hairstyle into a mohawk, and had the shoulder cannons retracted, to distinguish him from B'Boom. This is especially apparent in the scene where both have to help secure an [[Angolmois]]-infected Razorbeast. This was not the only time a [[Injector|design]] [[Rartorata|adjustment]] was necessary.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1997/Maximal/B%27Boom/b%27boom.htm Apache (well, B'Boom) at TFU.info]

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BanjÅ Ginga

2009-07-01T13:30:28Z

Skullgrin140:

'''Banjō Ginga''' (銀河万丈 ''Ginga Banjō'') is a Japanese voice actor. He was born on November 12, 1947 in Kofu, Yamanashi as Takashi Tanaka (田中崇). He is still affiliated with Aoni Production.

His deep voice has scored him numerous narration and villain roles. He is probably best known as ''Mobile Suit Gundam'''s main villain Gihren Zabi.

==Scramble City==
*[[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]

==Headmasters==
*[[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok/Mega Zarak]]

==Super-God Masterforce==
*[[Black Zarak]]

==Victory==
*Clamp's father ''(episode #23)''

==Revenge of the Fallen==
*[[The Fallen]]

==External links==
*[http://www.aoni.co.jp/talent/0903502.html Aoni Production profile] ''(Japanese)''
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0319980 Banjō Ginga] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1669 Anime News Network profile]
*[http://www.animenfo.com/animeseiyuu,364,iwdrxt,ginga_banjou.html Animenfo.com profile]

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