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:''Ramjet is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:TFU Ramjet.jpg|upright=2|thumb|Ramjet likes toast.]]
What can really be said about someone whose only idea of strategy is to smash into things with his head? In '''Ramjet'''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s defense, he's specifically built to survive such midair collisions and his prey most definitely is not. The strategy can be frighteningly effective, since no one expects a fighter jet to ram them. Ramjet has a tendency to regard the sky as belonging only to him, and will frequently ram even neutral or friendly targets. Though he is built to take such hits, frequent collisions and crashes can still take their toll on his internal mechanisms.

And yet, despite all of this, he's still convinced he's an evil genius. Some mechs never learn.

{{bigquote|They say, ''[[Tantrum (G1)|Tantrum]]'', [ramming into things] knocked some screws loose over the years. But I always say they was loose to start with, y'know.|Ramjet|"[[Transformers: Earth Wars]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Angel]] (English), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese)|[[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese), [[Ken Shiroyama]] (Japanese, "The Master Builders", "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2"), [[Kōki Kataoka]] (Japanese, "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1"), [[Kenyū Horiuchi]] (Japanese, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Osamu Saka]] (Japanese, ''The Movie''), [[Kōji Totani]] (Japanese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Zhan Che]] (Chinese), [[Lucas Cisneros]] (Spain-Spanish), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin-American Spanish), [[Ulrich Bernsdorff]] (German, "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" and "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[Gerhard Acktun]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Imo Heite]] (German, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5"), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, "Thief in the Night"), [[Thomas Albus]] (German, ''Generation 2''), [[Christoph Jablonka]] (German, ''Generation 2'', "Auto Berserk" and "Triple Takeover"), [[Georges Atlas]] (European French), [[François Leccia]] (European French, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court" & "Hoist goes Hollywood"), [[Henry Djanik]] (European French, "Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2"), [[Albert Augier]] (European French, "The Revenge of Bruticus"), [[Carlos Seidl]] (Portuguese), [[Francisco José]] (Portuguese, "Auto Berserk"), [[Olney Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court"), [[Marco Antônio Costa]] (Portuguese, "The Gambler"), [[Mário Monjardim]] (Portuguese, "Triple Takeover"), [[Ronaldo Magalhães]] (Portuguese, "The Search for Alpha Trion" to "Hoist Goes Hollywood"), [[Dario de Castro]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"), [[Márcio Simões]] (Portuguese, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5")}}

[[File:DinobotIsland2 Ramjet Thrust with cubes.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Shut up, they're not THAT heavy.]]
Ramjet was first seen on Earth when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and his ilk raided [[Dinobot Island (G1)|Dinobot Island]] for its energy resources. He and his fellow Decepticons went to work filling their energon cubes to maximum capacity. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 1}} They were eventually opposed by the Autobots, however, and engaged in a heavy metal war for control of the island. Eventually, the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] turned their fellow dinosaurs against the Decepticons. Ramjet and Thrust were run down by a stampeding herd of dinosaurs before Megatron finally called it quits. {{storylink|Dinobot Island, Part 2}}

[[File:AutoBerserk Megatron and Ramjet watching surveillance.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|"So much of my schemes have been thwarted by the Autobots, let me tell you Ramjet that sometimes I feel like growing a cone head!"
"Err, pardon?"]]
Later, Ramjet was sent into battle by Megatron to intercept the Autobots' sole aerial ace, [[Powerglide (G1)|Powerglide]], before he interfered with [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]] guarding the solar power tower that Megatron had rightfully stolen. Ramjet tried to ram Powerglide out of the sky, but flew too close to his massive comrade, and was swatted down by Devastator himself. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} When [[Soundwave (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Soundwave]] and his Cassettes failed to steal the [[Negavator]], [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream]] and Ramjet led the Seekers in an aerial raid. Once [[Rumble (G1)|Rumble]] triggered an avalanche to trap the Autobots in a box canyon, it should have been easy pickings. Unfortunately, [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]] unleashed his magnetic clouds and then electro-disrupted the jets' radar, leaving them completely blind-flying and Yoda-talking. Ramjet tried to make his crash count by landing on an Autobot, but comically managed to land right on top of Megatron, just after the Decepticon leader had secured the all-powerful Negavator machine for himself.'' "I've got morons on my team!",'' Megatron screamed, and it was hard to disagree. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}

[[File:MMP1 Ramjet rams Tracks.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|That's either a tiny jet or a big-ass car!]]
When a new solar energy facility opened up in [[Central City (Earth)|Central City]], Starscream led Dirge, Ramjet and Thrust to steal its power. The facility proved to be a trap, however, set by Shawn Berger to elevate himself in the public eye by taking down the Decepticons with his private militia. Berger's operatives failed, but the Autobots soon arrived to engage the Decepticons as well. [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] took to the air and zapped Dirge with his blackout beam. Luckily for Dirge, Ramjet managed to pull off a loopity-loop and ram the flying Autobot into the ground. Megatron then "requested" the pleasure of Shawn Berger's presence, not to punish him, but to play a subtler game. He attempted to convince the industrialist that the Decepticons were good, and the Autobots evil. Ramjet was one of the key players in Megatron's staged videos to tarnish the Autobots' reputation. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}} Later, after the Autobots were successfully vilified in the public eye and exiled to deep space, the Seekers turned on the people of Central City, opening fire in the middle of the streets. Ramjet in particular expressed his frustrations over having to act "good", even for a little while, by flying straight ''through'' a building, bringing the whole mess down. Although the Seekers fared well against an attack by the Air Force, the eventual return of the Autobots proved to be more than the Decepticons could handle. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}

After Megatron took over Earth's airwaves from the moon, Ramjet and [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]] did their bit to speed the chaos along, attacking the Autobots during their various rescue missions. Ramjet even got a chance to pay back Powerglide for an old injury, shooting down the Autobot flier over the airport. Very nearly got rid of two [[Carly|annoying]] [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|humans]], too. {{storylink|Blaster Blues}}

[[File:Ramjetinpast.gif|upright=1.1|thumb|Ramjet could have been a great soccer player.]]
Once, Ramjet was working with Starscream, Rumble and [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]] in the United Kingdom, when they got low on energon fighting the Autobots. Sensing energy inside the mysterious [[Dragon Mound]], the Decepticons accidentally activated a timewarp and were transported back to the days of Camelot. Running across a pair of errant knights, Ramjet found that lasers could not function in the Dark Ages, so he merely headbutted his opponent into submission. After a brief exchange, Starscream realized the situation and made a pact with the knight, Sir [[Wigend of Blackthorn]], to aid him against his enemies. At a pre-arranged tournament the next afternoon, Rumble and Ramjet acted as knight and steed in Sir Wigend's stead, against the [[Aetheling the Red|Red Knight]]. The Decepticons' coup was cut short, however, due to the arrival of the Red Knight's champions, [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] and [[Warpath (G1)|Warpath]]. With Warpath serving as the Red Knight's steed, Ramjet ended up ruining his nose in the joust. Although the Decepticons tried to build their own kingdom after that by inventing gunpowder and the electric dynamo before their time, they were eventually defeated, and all the Transformers returned to the 20th century through the Dragon Mound. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (episode)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}}

On one occasion, Ramjet and Thrust joined [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] in an air strike on an Autobot geological survey near the rocky coastline. Ramjet attempted to engage [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]] over the open seas, and was trading firepower pretty well until his instincts got the best of him and he tried to ram the Autobot hovercraft. Seaspray easily dodged the knuckleheaded Decepticon, who plummeted into the briny deep. During this exchange, though, Thrust discovered a pool of [[electrum]], and soon all the Decepticons were rendered completely invulnerable. Ramjet and the others relished in their invincibility for a time, but soon the Autobots discovered the pool as well, and the supply of electrum was quickly exhausted by both factions. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}} Ramjet was involved in the strike on the [[Morphobot]]s, but was driven off by the Autobots after the [[robotic insecticide]] was destroyed. {{storylink|Quest for Survival}}

[[File:Gambler Gyconi Ramjet and Dirge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|"Gambling is bad for you kids, you have to keep so much in mind that you'll end up with a cone head like these two fellas!" "I BEG YOUR PARDON!?"]]
Later on, Dirge, Ramjet and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] came to [[Monacus]] to look after Megatron's interests in [[Sheol]], and his less than reputable partner, Lord [[Gyconi]]. They were putting the squeeze on Gyconi when a program caught Dirge's optic, inviting one-and-all to see the Autobots in pit battle against Gyconi's [[animalien]]s. They decided to take in a show while on Monacus, but quickly realized what was going on when Smokescreen flooded the arena with smoke to stop the games and save his friends. Dirge and Ramjet set off after the Autobot in jet mode, and very nearly destroyed him before the bounty hunting Autobot named [[Devcon (G1)|Devcon]] stepped in to blast them out of the air. There's nothing a Decepticon fears more than a fair fight, and the two Seekers skedaddled as soon as they were able to get back in the sky. They retreated back to Astrotrain with their share of Gyconi's energon, and eventually fled the planet, with Devcon chasing their smoke trail. {{storylink|The Gambler}}

When the [[Triple Changer]]s temporarily disposed of Megatron and Starscream, Decepticon leadership became a free-for-all. Instead of choosing sides like the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s, Ramjet and the Seekers were mostly content just to watch the hilarity ensue, like Blitzwing's football antics and Astrotrain's army of idiot trains. {{storylink|Triple Takeover}}

[[File:SearchForAlphaTrion Ramjet and Shockwave cower.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1| [[Starscream (Movie)|Sometimes, cowards who block their faces, survive!]]]]
One day, [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] found himself under siege from a lost tribe of [[Female Autobots]] on Cybertron, and so Megatron sent Ramjet and a small group of Decepticons via the [[space bridge]] to assist him. He tried to take down the team leader [[Elita One (G1)|Elita One]] with a missile, only to have her grab it in mid-flight and hurl it back at him. Ramjet survived that, only to have a tower dropped on him later by [[Moonracer (G1)|Moonracer]]'s sharpshooting skills. {{storylink|The Search for Alpha Trion}}

Ramjet and his buddies tried to kidnap [[Astoria Carlton-Ritz]], CEO of [[Hybrid Technologies]] but failed, miserably and repeatedly. Although they eventually captured her, it's hard to call anyone who ended up with Astoria the "winner". {{storylink|The Girl Who Loved Powerglide}} They proved to be just as hapless when Megatron sent them on an ultra-secret mission to recover a [[Wheeljack's unnamed invention|mysterious cargo]] when even he didn't know what it was. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (episode)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}} In the latest in a long series of ineptitudes, Ramjet and his flying partners were outmaneuvered by the Autobots on the ground while trying to steal an experimental superfuel. Dirge and Thrust were taken out of action when Prime and the others tricked them into flying into the side of a mountain above the road. Ramjet was too quick for them but, when the Autobots pulled exactly the same maneuver moments later, he ran into the mountain just as hard as his buddies did. {{storylink|The Key to Vector Sigma, Part 1}}

[[File:AerialAssault Ramjet crashed.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|It's just the time to think...]]
Dirge and Ramjet were briefly seen using Megatron's [[Lightning Bug]] in defense of the Decepticons' undersea base. {{storylink|Cosmic Rust (episode)|Cosmic Rust}} The two were later captured by Starscream and the renegade [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]], and pilfered for their energy absorbers. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}} Still, Ramjet was repaired rather quickly, and was seen helping Megatron and the Insecticons in another joint scheme soon thereafter. He and Dirge were commissioned to find the Insecticons when [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] stole a vital part of the Space Bridge machinery. {{storylink|The Revenge of Bruticus}} During a Decepticon mission in the Middle East, Ramjet helped the Decepticons create an army of drone jets out of stolen parts, commanding them as his own personal flight wing against the [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbot]]s. Even with back-up, however, Ramjet was tossed out of the sky by [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]]. {{storylink|Aerial Assault}} He was briefly seen as part of Megatron's scheme to throw the moon out of orbit. {{storylink|B.O.T. (episode)|B.O.T.}}

[[File:G1toon starscream coronation.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1]]
Ramjet later participated in the [[Battle of Autobot City]], where he was shot by a high-jumping [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]]. Luckily he wasn't damaged enough by the blast to be tossed into space for being dead weight later on, and was present at [[Starscream (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Starscream's]] crowning as the new Decepticon leader. Ramjet, or a random Decepticon jet with his color scheme, later flew into [[Unicron|Unicron's]] mouth and exploded. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Ramjet’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]" and the storybook "[[Transformers the Movie (Ladybird adaptation)|Transformers the Movie]]."}}

[[File:FFOD1 Dirge and Ramjet shot down.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.1|Here are two great grey-faced trackers: Big Blue Fathead and Big White Fathead...]]
Ramjet and Dirge were later hiding in [[Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya|Carbombya]], but were found out by [[Outback (G1)|Outback]] and his "[[Decepticon detector]]", and the two Seekers were interrogated to reveal the location of [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}} Ramjet was able to rendezvous with the other Decepticons on Chaar, before the [[Quintesson]]s arrived to bribe them all with energon cubes and take them to attack a group of Autobots on the planet [[Goo 8739-B|Goo]]. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3}} The attack was halted when [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived an reclaimed his army. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Ramjet took part in the assault on Cybertron, and was totally blownuptified when [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] decided to deal with him by chucking the conehead into a wall. Dude. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Somehow still alive and well, Ramjet was among the group of Decepticons who Galvatron lead to Carbombya to find [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and [[Octane]], only to discover that the country's oil supply produced high quality energon. When [[Abdul Fakkadi (G1)|Abdul Fakkadi]] tried to send a warning to the Autobots, Ramjet lead him away and locked him up. Ramjet survived the inevitable battle, and was seen retreating with the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Thief in the Night}}

====Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity====
=====''The Battle of the Star Gate''=====
Ramjet was among the Decepticons Megatron brought to the ''[[Trigger]]'' to confront two Starscreams, one from the present, one from the future, who were in the middle of conspiring against the Decepticon leader. When Starscream combined himself with the ''Trigger'' to create a powerful new body for himself, Ramjet had to contend with the volley of asteroids thrown towards both Autobots and Decepticons from Starscream's star gate. He was then almost sucked into a portal to a black hole when Starscream neared defeat, but was instead sent plummeting down to Earth when Optimus and Megatron worked together to defeat Starscream. {{storylink|The Battle of the Star Gate}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
In [[2050]], Ramjet and the Decepticons lent their support to the Earth-born [[Selector]]s, robots eager to rebel against their human makers who enslaved them. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[File:Timelines G2Ramjet CardArt.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.1]]
{{Wingsnote}}
When most of the Decepticons left for the stars with Galvatron and Scorponok, Ramjet remained behind on Earth. Without any true purpose of his own, Ramjet hired himself out as a mercenary to human dictators and criminal organizations. He caught a lucky break when he attacked the Go-Bot named [[Motormouth]] and uncovered a supply of [[forestonite]]. With this substance, Ramjet augmented himself like many of the other Transformers still on Earth. {{storylink|Ramjet (G1)/toys#Timelines|''Timelines'' Ramjet bio card}}

At some point, Ramjet officially became a member of the [[Decepticon Syndicate]] led by [[Clench (G1)|Clench]]. He broke into [[Quantum Laboratories]] and stole a number of documents of interest to [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]] during one of the Syndicate's dealings with the [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]]. {{storylink|A Flash Forward, Part 2}}
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====Ask Vector Prime====
In an unstable amalgam universe, Ramjet was one of the many Decepticons who assaulted [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian City]] in the year 2005, critically wounding [[Spay-C]] and [[Good Knight]]. Not long afterwards, he was shot down by [[Leader-1 (GoBots)|Leader-1]] when the Guardian leader arrived. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
Ramjet was one of the many warriors who retreated from Autobot City after Optimus Prime turned the tide, and was shocked when Starscream revealed that Megatron hadn't made it out. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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Ramjet was one of Lord [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]]'s warriors operating out of [[Polyhex]]. Along with the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]] and the other [[conehead]]s, he pursued another sextet of Autobots who had just carried out some sort of raid on the [[smelting pool]], only to be forced to retreat by a torrent of liquid metal that had just been siphoned off of it. {{storylink|The Smelting Pool!}}

He continued to serve under Straxus on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] until the Decepticon overlord was assassinated. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}} ''He was [[Ten Deadliest Killers|one of the most feared and deadly killers]] on Cybertron, and would have been a key target in [[Operation: Volcano]] if he hadn't been abruptly ordered to Earth by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], along with [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]].'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

[[File:Thetorquerifle.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|I HATE it when I get my Schwartz twisted!]]
They were given Earth jet forms specified by Megatron and provided air support when the Decepticons attempted to exploit [[Hoover Dam]] for energy. The [[Aerialbot (G1)|Aerialbots]] arrived to deal with them, but Ramjet scored first blood for the Decepticons by ramming [[Slingshot (G1)|Slingshot]] right out of the sky. His early victory didn't help Ramjet in his fight with [[Air Raid (G1)|Air Raid]], however, as the Autobot's [[torque rifle]] twisted his beautiful nosecone all out of shape. As the Aerialbots successfully reorganized, Ramjet led the Decepticon jets in a swift tactical advance to the rear. {{storylink|Aerialbots over America!}}

''Optimus Prime would later review footage of Ramjet's arrival on Earth and his subsequent antics to determine that his Autobots were insufficiently prepared should he meet his demise.'' {{storylink|Prey!}}

[[File:Decepticons enemy action.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Even Ramjet was quick to deduce that Shockwave was the one who farted.]]
Ramjet was seen to be shot down in flames during battle against the combined forces of [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] and [[Cobra]]. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

Under [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], Ramjet participated in a raid on a fleshling [[oil tanker]] alongside [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]], [[Vortex (G1)|Vortex]] and the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]]. After [[Shrapnel (G1)|Shrapnel]] had electronically taken command of the ship's controls, Ramjet forced the passengers onto life-rafts and had them sail off to sea. But though the Decepticons successfully took control of the ship, they did so after it had already dispensed it cargo, leaving them with no fuel for their efforts. {{storylink|Buster Witwicky and the Car Wash of Doom}}

''Later, he was among the Decepticons present when [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] attacked their [[Club Con|new underwater headquarters]], ready to try and gun down their near-invincible opponent as he breached their defenses. However, upon doing so, Galvatron told the Decepticons that he had only wished to talk to them, and that Shockwave's choice to respond to his arrival with violence had taken that option off the table. Ramjet turned to Shockwave, none-too-impressed with how he had handled the matter as Galvatron took off.'' {{storylink|Enemy Action!}} ''Shockwave dispatched Ramjet to [[London]] along with Thrust, Dirge, [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]], and [[Overbite (G1)|Jawbreaker]] to recover the deactivated [[Straxus (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] from the [[Thames|River Thames]], inadvertently stealing [[Richard Branson]] (or [[Mister Johnson]])'s thunder.'' {{storylink|Salvage!}} Under [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s command, he participated in a daring attack against the Autobots on the Earth's [[Moon (moon)|moon]]. The Decepticon forces were ultimately driven back when [[Blaster (G1)|Blaster]] and [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]], then squabbling over leadership of the Autobots, managed to put aside their differences for long enough to rally the Autobots into a counterattack. {{storylink|Totaled!}} Afterwards, the Decepticons disguised their island base as a tropical vacationing resort. Ramjet was put to work transporting humans to and from the island. {{storylink|Club Con!}}

=====Marvel UK future timelines=====
[[File:Decepticon fliers space pirates.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
In [[2008]], Ramjet was seen among the Decepticon fliers being led into battle by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]] and his flagship, [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]; the Decepticons had been fed information that the Autobots had mostly left Cybertron, leaving their territories vulnerable. This turned out to be a Quintesson ruse, and the aliens ambushed the Decepticons in a bid to forcefully colonize the Transformer homeworld. The Decepticons wound up having to temporarily join forces with the Autobots to thwart them. {{storylink|Space Pirates!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Ramjetg2comics.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|Shouldn't he be teal now?]]
When [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] returned and overthrew [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s command, Ramjet was aggravated that Megatron brought a revived Starscream with him. Starscream was arrogant, loud, and would never shut up, so why didn't Megatron leave him dead? Seriously, what was Megatron's problem? {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness|Tales of Earth Part Three}} Optimus soon turned up, but instead of fighting Megatron, attempted to convince him to join forces against the greater threat of [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus's]] [[Cybertronian (faction)|Advanced-Decepticons]]. Ramjet looked on as Megatron responded by beating Optimus to near-death, and pilfering the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]]'s energies. Ramjet was blasted at when a group of Autobot reinforcements came to Prime's rescue, but the Decepticons simply retreated rather than risk losing their means to bring a [[Bludgeon's new army|new Decepticon army]] to life. {{storylink|The Gathering Darkness}}

Ramjet was among the Decepticons killed in the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]]'s final attack on [[Autobase]]. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}
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====Fleetway ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:Ramjet war without end.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Perfect, now I'm ready for G2-OW, he shot me in the boob!]]
Ramjet was sporting a new paintjob and an odd lack of cone when he joined Bludgeon's forces in attacking Earth. He was shot down in battle by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. {{storylink|War Without End (issue)|War Without End}}
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====''Classics''====
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Ramjet was deactivated by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] during his stint with the [[Underbase]]'s power. Thanks to Shockwave making personality back-ups of the Decepticons, he was successfully rebuilt, though a tad more unstable than he had been in his previous life. Ramjet didn't mind, especially since his death was among the many memories he had now lost. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 15|Ramjet's profile in Club magazine #15}}

[[File:Ramjet crossing over.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7]]
Ramjet was part of Megatron's forces on Earth years after his initial destruction. When Skywarp was reactivated as well, Ramjet was the one to inform him that Starscream was to blame for his previous deactivation. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 14|Skywarp's profile in Club magazine #14}} When the Decepticons detected [[rarified Energon|a powerful source of energy]], the Decepticons, including Ramjet, were gathered to find and exploit it. They met with a squadron of [[human]] jet fighters, but the Decepticon jets easily took care of them. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} When [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] attempted to assist the humans, Ramjet took his own name quite literally and physically knocked the Autobot aside. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} In the following battle between Autobots and Decepticons, Ramjet provided airborne fire. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}} When Megatron ordered Ramjet and Starscream to enter the power source's chamber, Ramjet left Starscream behind to deal with Jetfire. Once deep inside, Ramjet spotted [[Cliffjumper (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Cliffjumper]] and other Transformers and claimed the energon for Megatron just before a bomb planted by Cliffjumper blew him aside. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 6}}

[[File:GamesofDeception-Seekers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Despite the face-full of explosion, he recovered from the ordeal quickly and accompanied Starscream in his meeting with [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]], However, it turned out to be a ruse and Ramjet was [[cerebro-shell]]ed by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] as part of Bug Bite's plan to gain revenge on and wrest control from Megatron. Interference from the Autobots freed the Decepticons from Bug Bite's control and Ramjet rejoined his group in battle against the traitors and Autobots. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}

At some point, Ramjet participated in an attack on a human city with his old wingmen, Thrust and Dirge. {{storylink|At Fight's End}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
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Ramjet was part of [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]]'s crew for the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' but shortly before the vessel's launch, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]] went missing and Megatron ordered Ramjet, [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] to go and find him. [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] suggested that they might find him at the [[Project Dreadnought]] control hub and they arrived to find Shockwave standing over the wrecked bodies of [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] and the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dynobots]]. When they relayed Megatron's orders, Shockwave acquiesced and they returned to board the ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

Ramjet and his fellow [[Conehead]]s joined in the assault on the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] as it emerged from the [[Stellae Cimeterium]] but on Megatron's orders did not board the vessel with the rest of the Decepticons, instead remaining in flight mode in case any Autobots attempted to escape. When the Ark crashed into prehistoric [[Earth]] with everyone aboard, Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust returned to the ''Nemesis'' to confront Shockwave over his inaction regarding their comrades' fates but Shockwave incapacitated them with a derivative of the [[Scraplet]] virus before heading to Earth himself to tidy up some "loose ends". {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 2|Secrets & Lies #2}}

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Awakening a short time later, Ramjet, Dirge, and Thrust travelled down to the surface of the planet in pursuit of Shockwave, but on arriving at the Ark they were instead confronted by five drones, constructed in the images of [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]], [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], [[Skids (G1)|Skids]], [[Smokescreen (G1)|Smokescreen]], and [[Tracks (G1)|Tracks]] by the Ark's computer [[Aunty|AUNTIE]] to defend against the approaching threat of [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]]. Battle was swiftly joined, though the Coneheads found the drones tough to outmanoeuvre, unencumbered as they were by Autobot morality. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

They were then shocked to see Grimlock burst out of the Ark, locked in combat with Megatron, who was also being controlled by AUNTIE. Ramjet was the first to notice that there was something wrong with Megatron's eyes and warned Grimlock that the Decepticon leader was channelling pure [[Antimatter|anti-matter]] from a [[black hole]] before the three [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] retreated back to the ''Nemesis''. Subsequently, they reported back to [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] that they had located Megatron and the Ark, but that the ''Nemesis'' was too badly damaged to return to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Lord Straxus agreed to send a rescue ship for them and offered them places in his new hierarchy if they conveniently forgot all about the location of the Ark; given that the alternative was a slow and painful death, all three readily agreed to his terms. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 4|Secrets & Lies #4}}
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===The Special Teams===
Ramjet was summoned by Megatron to raid a power plant of its energy, after it had been evacuated of its human occupants due to the danger of landslides in the area. As the Decepticons prepared to attack the [[Pullen Power Plant]], Ramjet nervously asked Megatron on what they were to do if they found the Autobots and Aerialbots guarding the location. Megatron dismissed Ramjet's concerns, pointing out that the Decepticons had the Stunticons as their secret weapons. {{storylink|The Special Teams}}
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===Kid Stuff Talking Story Books===
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Catching the Dinobots flying on route from the Antarctic towards the Autobots’ headquarters, Ramjet and the rest of the Decepticon superjets attacked them in mid-air. Ramjet managed to catch Slag unawares, and damaged the Dinobot by ramming into his side. The Decepticons then broke off their attack. {{storylink|Jaws of Terror}}

Ramjet and the other Decepticon jets took part in a series of hit-and-run attacks on Autobot superjet forces around the Pacific Rim to draw attention away from their operations on the island of [[Buru]]. {{storylink|Slaves of the Insecticons}}
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===Sticker Adventures books===
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===Marvel coloring books===
When the Decepticons learned that the Autobots had long ago lost a large shipment of Energon cubes at the Ark's original crash site, Galvatron ordered them to head to Mt. St. Hillary to uncover it. There, Ramjet fought the Autobots over possession of it. The brawl ended when Starscream scarfed down all of the Energon, and proceeded to pick a fight with Galvatron. {{storylink|The Lost Treasure of Cybertron}}
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===''Find Your Fate Junior''===
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====Earthquake====
In one possible sequence of events, Ramjet was one of the many Decepticons sent out to make sure the destruction of Center City went without incident. Unfortunately for Ramjet, a hidden team of Autobots were waiting for the Decepticons' arrival, and Ramjet was shot out of the sky.

In another possible scenario, Ramjet came upon Beachcomber, Buster and Jessie snooping around the Decepticons’ newest secret headquarters. After firing a few shots at the Autobot, Ramjet swooped down and captured Jessie, bringing her within the fortress.

In one possible scenario, Ramjet encountered an Autobot raid team infiltrating the Decepticons’ base. Though he was backed up by Buzzsaw and Skywarp, the three of them were felled in one blow by Optimus Prime.{{storylink|Earthquake (book)|Earthquake}}
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====Desert Flight====
Ramjet was part of a Decepticon deployment stationed in a desert base. The Decepticons plotted to lure the Autobots in a trap through the use of an anti-gravity beam. Using the beam on a nearby human settlement, the Autobots would be duped into coming to the fleshliness’ rescue, only to be themselves trapped by the effects of the beam.

If the Autobots fell into the Decepticons’ trap, Ramjet, alongside Buzzsaw, Dirge, and Thrustt would swoop down upon their helpless prey for the kill. The Autobots destroyed, they would then turn off their gravity weapon, and force the townsfolk to drill oil to fuel the Decepticon army.

If the Autobots bypassed the anti-gravity field, Ramjet was part of the squad that intercepted the Autobot convoy headed for the Decepticon base, tasked with backing-up his squad leader, Dirge. He was taken out by Powerglide, and deprived of any backup, Dirge was forced to retreat.{{storylink|Desert Flight}}
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====Decepticon Poison====
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Ramjet was tasked with poisoning the Autobots’ latest batch of fuel with a poison which would prevent the Autobots from assuming their robot forms. He was spotted fleeing the area around the Autobot headquarters before all of Optimus's troops had the chance to ingest the tainted fuel however, and as a result only about half of the Autobots were poisoned.

In one possible sequence of events, Ramjet then returned to the Autobots’ base, this time accompanied by Megatron and a number of Decepticon warriors. The squad met with the recently cured Autobots, and a fierce battle began between both sides. Ramjet was downed when Brawn threw a boulder at him, crippling his wing.

In another possible scenario, Megatron and his Decepticon squad were tricked into thinking that the Autobots were already dead, and strode into the Autobots’ base. The Decepticons lay down their weapons in order to carry out the Autobots’ "corpses," but were ambushed once they had disarmed themselves. Ramjet and the others were then quickly defeated.

In another possible scenario, Ramjet led the led of a full-scale Decepticon assault. The Autobots, having miscalculated on how much antidote they had taken to cure themselves of the Decepticons’ poison, found themselves falling apart, leading to an easy victory for the Decepticons.

In yet another possible scenario, the Autobots weaponized the tainted fuel, lighting it aflame as the Decepticons approached the Autobot base. Ramjet was poisoned by the toxic fumes that emerged from the fire, and crashed in a nearby hillside.

In completely different possible series of events, Ramjet and Starscream had the bad habit of loudly gloating about the Decepticons’ plan to enslave the human race, unawares that there might be Autobot spies lurking in the shadows nearby.

If the Autobots snuck up on the two Decepticons, Starscream and Ramjet were quickly overpowered and forced to watch as the Autobots destroyed the lab. Optimus then gloated to the pair, telling them that the Autobots would soon be back in full fighting force, before driving off.

In one possible scenario that followed, Laserbeak, Ramjet and Skywarp were hauling tanks of poison out of the lab when the Autobots returned, after having stolen the antidote to the Decepticon's poison from right under their noses.

One possible scenario saw the Autobots using Windcharger's magnetic abilities to levitate the drums of poison above Ramjet and company, and then ignite the poison over the Decepticons’ heads. The Decepticons were forced to retreat as their lab was destroyed.

In a completely different possible sequence of events, Ramjet was one of the many Decepticons who attempted to poison a water supply facility in order to turn the nearby human population into mindless slaves. Whether or not the Decepticons succeeded depended on what choices the Autobots made. {{storylink|Decepticon Poison}}
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====Autobot Alert!====
In one possible scenario, Ramjet accompanied Galvatron on a campaign to retrieve an ancient sphere of cybertite that contained the secrets to an ancient Autobot power-booster. Learning that the sphere was located within a sunken ship off the California coast, Ramjet and the others headed for its location.

If they found the Autobots in the middle of retrieving it, the Decepticons destroyed both the ship and the sphere, and proceeded to rain superior Decepticon firepower upon their foes.

If the Decepticons found the coast deserted, they retrieved the ship themselves, using the might of Devastator.

If Ironhide, Brawn and Grapple attempted to snatch the ship away from the Decepticons, Ramjet and his comrades destroyed the ship and the sphere contained within to keep it out of Autobot hands. The Decepticons then proceeded to pin down the Autobots in their hiding spots, leaving the heroic robots at their mercy.

If Springer, Topspin and Seaspray executed their plan to retrieve the sphere from Decepticon clutches, they successfully distracted the evil robots for long enough to whisk the cybertite sphere back to Metroplex. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}
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====Project Brain Drain====
In one possible scenario, Ramjet was posted as a guard to keep safe the Decepticons’ lab. Disguised as an old building, the lab housed the Decepticons’ latest invention, a [[Brain Drain device]].

In the event that Sparkplug and Wreck-Gar attempted to infiltrate to lab and were caught by Soundwave, Ramjet was called over to block off the duo’d escape, alongside a whole detachment of Decepticons. If the pair surrendered, the Decepticons blew them up anyways. If Wreck-Gar and Sparkplug made a run for it, Ramjet was unable to halt them, and the Junkion motorcycle and his rider zoomed right past him. {{storylink|Project Brain Drain}}
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===The Official ''Transformers: Generation 2'' Annual===
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On Cybertron, Ramjet was rumored to be the Decepticon who had downed the most Autobot flyers, earning him a fearsome reputation. Upon awakening on Earth, Ramjet became quite pleased with his new form, and used it to lead more stealth-oriented attacks against the enemy. {{storylink|The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual|Ramjet's ''The Official Transformers: Generation 2 Annual'' profile}}

When [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] returned from a scouting mission with exciting news, Ramjet was among the Decepticons who gathered around to hear his report. Starscream's dramatic pausing throughout his story soon got on Ramjet's nerves, and he started walking away when Starscream blurted out that the Autobots had found the means to return to Cybertron. The Air Commander had eavesdropped on the Autobots, and learned that they had uncovered an ancient Cybertronian ship atop of [[Table Mountain]] in [[Africa]]. Naturally, the Decepticons attacked right away to take it for themselves. Ramjet, Skywarp, and Starscream buzzed the Autobots from above, distracting them from the approach of the Decepticons' ground forces as they scaled the mountain. The Decepticons thought they had won when the Autobots retreated, leaving the ship theirs for the taking. They realized they had been tricked when the vessel proved to be an Autobot trap that blasted them off into space uncontrollably. {{storylink|Day of the Decepticons}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:DWvol2 BrothersBurden Ramjet.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.]]
Soon after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had been selected as [[Prime (rank)|leader of the Autobots]], the Decepticons launched a massive attack on the Autobot stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Ramjet shot at a [[Guardian robot]] during this offensive, {{storylink|The War Within issue 4|The War Within #4}} and flew to the fore of the attack as the Decepticons managed to penetrate the last of the Autobots' defenses. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}}

''In the early days of the Decepticon offensive, Ramjet participated in the annihilation of the city-state known as [[Praxus]] and its inhabitants. At [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s behest, Ramjet shielded an unwitting Autobot named [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] from harm during the devastation, ensuring that one living survivor would live to tell the tale of the fall of Praxus... and the might of Megatron.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

Ramjet was under the command of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] in his assault on the Autobot stronghold in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] shortly after the death of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] and the rise of Optimus Prime. {{storylink|The War Within issue 3|The War Within #3}} After Megatron disappeared in a [[space bridge]] accident with Optimus Prime, Ramjet came to serve under Shockwave. {{storylink|Transformers: War Within: The Dark Ages|War Within: The Dark Ages}}

The [[Micromaster]]s were thereafter developed, and recruited to both side of the conflict. But when [[Barricade (G1)|Barricade]] joined the Decepticons, he soon learned that his larger compatriots didn't treat him with much respect; Thrust and Ramjet were among those who made it clear that they didn't see him as a ''true'' warrior. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}} When [[Skystalker (G1)|Skystalker]] took over the Decepticons and posed as Shockwave to retain command over the other full-sized Transformers in the ranks, Ramjet was among the troops duped by the diminutive 'bot into launching an all-out offensive, despite their resources being at an all-time low. {{storylink|Recipe for Hate}} During what was meant to be a suicide mission, the Decepticons nearly claimed victory against the Autobots... until both factions' Micromasters turned up to put an end to the conflict. After the miniature 'bots began brandishing about Shockwave's decapitated head, the Decepticon forces got spooked and fled the battlefield. {{storylink|Victims of the Revolution}}

After the [[Great Shutdown]], he continued working for Shockwave as one of his top agents, and joined his expedition to Earth to forcibly collect the crews of the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and ''Nemesis''. {{storylink|New World Order}} After Ultra Magnus arrived to take command of the team attempting to arrest the Optimus Prime's Autobots, Ramjet disobeyed orders and made a foolhardy dash for the Ark, only to be cut down in a hail of [[autogun]] fire. {{storylink|Brothers' Burden}} Ramjet was once more operational by the time several insurgents started to rise up against Shockwave's rule. He flew over Iacon as the Dinobots rampaged through it, causing many explosions in their wake. {{storylink|Passive Aggression}} Ultimately, the Autobots were successful in overthrowing Shockwave's regime. After the battle's end, Ramjet was cuffed and escorted away from the battlefield. {{storylink|Revelation (War and Peace)|Revelation}}

Soon after Shockwave was dethroned, Ramjet escaped capture by Autobot authorities and met with Shockwave's remaining troops in the [[Wastelands]]. They remained there until the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] overthrew Shockwave in the name of Megatron, and Ramjet and the [[Conehead]]s returned to his control. {{storylink|Lost and Found (issue)|Lost and Found}}
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===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
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Along with [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] and [[Cyclonus (G1)|Cyclonus]], Ramjet was one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s personal bodyguards. After a failed attempt to stop [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], [[Jazz (G1)|Jazz]] and [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] from stealing [[energon cube]]s from them, the Decepticons tried to take control of [[Teletran 3]], but were stopped by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 1|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #1}}

Eventually Magnus's force field around Teletran 3 went down, and Ramjet helped capture the Autobots and shoot [[Ratchet (G1)|Ratchet]] in the back. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #3}} He later attacked the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] in his Cybertronian jet mode, but how he fared in the battle is unknown. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers II #4}}

===''The Beast Within''===
Ramjet participated in a savage all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots. With the Decepticons maintaining the advantage throughout the battle, Ramjet was amongst those who approached a crippled Optimus Prime, ready to dispatch the Autobot leader. Before they could deliver the finishing blow, the Dinobots combined into [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], shifting the Decepticons’ priorities. Ramjet joined several other flying Decepticons in a direct assault against The Beast, to little avail. The Beast then killed him. {{storylink|The Beast Within}} His corpse would later be one of many that littered the battlefield as Autobot survivors tried to escape the Beast. {{storylink|The Beast Within Part 2, Consequences}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
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Ramjet and several other Decepticons ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Orion Pax]]'s team of Autobots near the borders of [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]], stopping them from apprehending [[Soundwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Soundwave]]. {{storylink|The Hunt for Soundwave}} He was then present at the [[Jump Joint]] during Orion's little chat with [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]], and was caught by surprise when the other Autobots came to rescue him. {{storylink|Cause and Effect}} Megatron then led him and several other Decepticons to [[Nyon]], where they prevented [[Zeta Prime (G1)|Zeta Prime]] from killing Orion Pax. {{storylink|Choices}} After Megatron and Orion joined forces to overthrow Zeta, the Seekers participated in the attack on his [[Citadel (building)|Citadel]]. {{storylink|Overthrown}}

With the death of Zeta Prime, Megatron took control of Cybertron and had his troops hunt down and arrest any Autobots who tried to resist. Ramjet helped capture [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]], and [[Hot Rod (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Hot Rod]] by cutting off the escape routes from their safe-house in [[Ultrix]]. {{storylink|Transformation (issue)|Transformation}} Ramjet battled against the Autobots when they made an assault on the Citadel but was intercepted by the newly recruited Aerialbots. {{storylink|Broadcast}}

Ramjet later fell under the command of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], {{storylink|Wreckage (issue)|Wreckage}} who led him and the other Seekers on an attack on the [[Toraxxis mega-refinery]]. {{storylink|Faces of Darkness}} He later served as [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]]'s escort during a retreat from [[Starsreach Spaceport]]. {{storylink|Unleashed}}

Ramjet was assigned as scout and guard to an energon convoy bringing supplies to Megatron. He was too busy complaining about Megatron's orders to stay on the ground to notice the approach of Optimus Prime and Ironhide. He noticed the butt of Prime's [[ion blaster]], though. Briefly. Painfully. Before blacking out. {{storylink|The Iron Age}}

[[File:Ramjet ManAndMachine.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Okay, who looked at the actual toy!?]]
Cybertron was rendered uninhabitable after [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]]'s rampage, {{storylink|Stormbringer issue 1|Stormbringer #1}} and some two hundred years ago Ramjet had joined up with [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]]'s [[Infiltration protocol|infiltration unit]] to successfully infiltrate and topple a backwater planet in the [[Huni System]]. No sooner had they finished laying waste to the planet when they encountered a swarm of [[Dire Wraith]]s led by [[Vekktral]]. The alien proposed an alliance of convenience: if the Decepticons helped them attack the [[Solstar Order]], their hated foes, the Decepticons would be free to steal the [[energon synthesizer]] that belonged to the orphaned Cybertronian [[Space Knight]] [[Stardrive]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}}

The Decepticon-Wraith force subsequently infiltrated and laid siege to the ''[[Orchid Crossing]]'' over [[Xetaxxis]], engaging the Space Knights [[Rom]], [[Livia]], [[Auxin]], and [[Stardrive]]. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 1|Shining Armor #1}} They were unprepared, however, for the arrival of [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]], [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], and [[Sky Blast (G1)|Sky Blast]]. In the chaos, one of the Wraiths attempted to merge with Sky Blast, but the resulting fusion only created an out-of-control monster that tore the station to bits. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 2|Shining Armor #2}} Ramjet and the other Decepticon fliers helped evacuate their Wraith partners to the icy planet below. Following the loss of the mutation, Ramjet joined the other Seekers as they flew to the wreckage of the ''Orchid Crossing'' and dogfought with the Space Knights. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 3|Shining Armor #3}}

The three Coneheads continued to grapple with their organic enemies, and held out long enough for the Space Knights to refocus on dealing with an emotional Stardrive; Starscream ignored Ramjet's suggestion to strike then and there in favor of watching their enemies finish one another off. Though it appeared that help had arrived when a Vekktral-possessed Ultra Magnus intervened, the shapeshifting organics betrayed their Decepticon allies and began possessing them. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 4|Shining Armor #4}} Thankfully, Bumblebee and the Space Knights lent a hand and helped the Decepticons drive the Wraiths off. Ramjet and the others ultimately retreated at Starscream's command after the energon synthesizer was destroyed. {{storylink|Shining Armor issue 5|Shining Armor #5}}

[[File:Spotlight-ramjet-big-plans.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|"...the Superstring Space Bridge will assure my eternal dominion over - what'd you call this? - oh yeah, eternal dominion over Dreamwave posing!"]]

In the modern day, Ramjet joined Megatron's unit on Earth as it was going into [[mirror response mode]] in [[Latveria]]. Due to his late arrival, Megatron didn't trust him yet, and thus refused to power him up using [[Spider-Man]]'s blood. Instead, Ramjet was assigned to guard the [[Psycho-Prism]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Two}} Disgruntled that Megatron didn't respect him, he seemingly ignored his duties and let [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]] pass by on his way to the prism... and into [[Doctor Doom]]'s trap. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Three}} However, Doom soon betrayed the Decepticons and led [[Wolverine (Marvel)|Wolverine]] and some more Autobots to the Psycho-Prism. This time, Ramjet abandoned his duties for real and left without a fight, telling the heroes that causing Megatron's plans to fail was great, since it'd bring ''him'' one step closer to becoming [[Decepticon leader]]. {{storylink|Man and Machine, Part Four}}

[[File:Spotlight-ramjet-jetmode.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|And a few weeks later, he's evolved into his ''Classics'' toy.]]
Ramjet had aspirations to rule the universe and began to carry out a very ambitious plan to achieve this, one clearly too ambitious for his actual resources and chances but which his ego told him was working ''great''. With the 'help' of duped humans, a [[Harrison (G1)|sub-par facsimile]], and disinterested, fart-joke loving [[Mini-Constructicon]] units, he planned to acquire an [[Energon]] substitute, kill Megatron, destroy the United States, track and enslave all Cybertronians, mind-control the entire human race, and use a [[superstring spacebridge]] to dominate the galaxy. Unfortunately, Megatron had a simpler plan: beat Ramjet to death, tear out his spark, scatter his dismembered corpse across the world, and keep his severed head as a trophy. Megatron's plan worked. {{storylink|Spotlight: Ramjet}}

Ramjet's remains eventually found their way into the possession of [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]] and the [[Earth Defense Command]], who used them—as well as the remains of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]]—to create an army of combining [[Seeker clone]]s. {{Storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}}
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===''Lil Formers''===
When he was called useless and ineffective, the only response Ramjet could muster up was a deep sigh. {{storylink|Lil Formers}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' pack-in manga===
Ramjet helped Starscream excavate [[Jetfire (G1)|Skyfire]] from the Arctic ice, asking the air commander how he knew the frozen Cybertronian as he worked. Starscream explained that they used to be old friends, and that their friendship would continue to prosper thanks to a mind-control helmet he planned on using on the scientist. Later, several Decepticon jets, including Ramjet, staged an attack on a human power plant, and met against the Autobots during their raid. Skyfire broke free of Starscream's control during the attack and joined the Autobots, forcing the remaining Decepticons to retreat. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 4|Henkei! Henkei! #4}}

Some time later, Ramjet, Skywarp, and Thundercracker had their alternate modes graffitied by a little kid. Flaming mad, they went after the kid, who was being sped to safety by [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]]. The jets were able to catch up to them when Prowl pulled Sunstreaker over for speeding, but once he understood the situation, the 'cop-bot helped his fellow Autobot send the Decepticons packing. {{storylink|Henkei! Henkei! volume 5}}

===''Henkei! Henkei!'' Bun Bun manga===
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===''Henkei! Henkei! Transformers -Visualize-''===
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===''United''===
[[File:FierceFightingOnPlanetNebulos-StraxusDecepticons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.1|Peekaboo.]]
A [[nano-virus]] that afflicted most Autobots save the [[Targetmaster (technology)|Targetmasters]] and the [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] required [[Ricochet (Headmasters)|Ricochet]] to lead a team to [[Nebulos]] for an anti-virus. However, the nano-virus was merely a ploy by the Decepticons to draw out the Targetmasters and Headmasters to abduct their [[Nebulan]] partners, so when the Autobots arrived on Nebulos, Ramjet and several other Decepticons were waiting for them! Ramjet and the others quickly fell into disarray, unfortunately, when their leader Straxus was singled out and defeated. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Transformers: All Spark''===
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===''Angry Birds'' comic===
Ramjet participated in a Decepticon attack on the Autobot shuttle carrying the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers issue 1|Angry Birds Transformers #1}}

===''Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe''===
Ramjet followed Megatron to Earth in his quest for the Allspark. There, he encountered Omega Supreme. The battle did not go in the Decepticons' favour, and Ramjet soon found himself on the ground, his nocecone crumpled up into slag. {{storylink|Transformers: The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe|The Ultimate Pop-Up Universe}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===

During the Great War, Ramjet was killed in an incident directly involving a [[Universal Cybertronic Tracker]]. That UCT was immortalized as an exhibit at the [[Museum of Decepticon Heritage]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

===''Star Trek vs. Transformers''===
One of the Decepticons under Megatron's immediate command, Ramjet followed his leader aboard [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] when [[World War III]] turned Earth into a wasteland. Trailing the Autobots aboard [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], the Decepticons struck above [[Cygnus Seven]] only for their boarding to send the Autobot [[Titan (group)|Titan]] crashing down into the planet below. In the 23rd century, the [[Federation]] moved in, with a survey team unwittingly reactivating Maximus's autonomous systems which proceeded to revive Megatron who reactivated his troops and led an attack on the surface. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Two}}

Though Decepticon firepower proved superior to the Federation's, the group retreated when the [[USS Enterprise|USS ''Enterprise'']] was called in. Falling back to Trypticon's resting point, they soon aligned themselves with the [[Klingon Empire]]. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part One}} When Starscream betrayed the Decepticons however, Megatron ordered the battle abandoned so he could pursue his traitorous first lieutenant. {{storylink|Prime's Directive, Part Four}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' continuity===
====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material====
With Cybertron's fate sealed and the Autobots gone, the Decepticons followed them closely through space aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' in pursuit of the [[AllSpark]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|''Earthrise'' webpage}}<ref>[https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/brands/earthrise ''Earthrise'' website]</ref> Ramjet was an [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Infantry Sergeant]] and a member of the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker Elite]] team. After crash landing on [[Earth]], the Seeker Elite battled the "Autobot Alliance", consisting of [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]] and [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]. {{storylink|War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Seeker Elite marketing material}}<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-TRA-EARTHRISE-Seeker-Pack/dp/B083VMBWCK/ Seeker Elite on Amazon]</ref>

====''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon====
Ramjet was a member of [[Doubledealer]]'s crew of [[Mercenary|Mercenaries]], hired by [[Quintesson Judge]] [[Deseeus]] to bring in the [[Autobot]]s aboard the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' to [[Chaar]]. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

Aboard the ''[[Fool's Fortune]]'', the crew flew to the adrift ''Ark'' and infiltrated the ship. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}} The Mercenaries reactivated the ship and successfully brought the Autobots to Chaar, though after Deeseeus refused to pay them and Doubledealer made a new deal with [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]], Ramjet and the others battled the [[Quintesson]]'s [[Deseeus Army Drone|forces]] and helped the Autobots escape. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 2}}

After Deseeus took control of Doubledealer's mind, Ramjet and his fellow [[Conehead]]s left the crew. [[Exhaust]] later stated he was going to do the same as them. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
[[File:LightStar Coneheads.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|right|]]
Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust were hired enforcers enlisted by [[Thunderwing (G1)|Thunderwing]] to increase security at the [[Hexagon]] outpost, security for Thunderwing's...''personal'' pursuits. Matters became tense when a rogue [[Titan (group)|Titan]] named [[Vigilem]] docked at [[Hexagon]], and [[Colonial Security]]'s [[Technobot (G1)|Technical Solutions Team]] insinuated themselves in the situation to apprehend him. [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]'s snooping around a secure area led the Seekers to open fire on the visitors. The Technical Solutions Team located [[Airachnid (G1)|Airachnid]]'s laboratory where she sought to artificially recreate the [[Enigma of Combination]]. They absorbed the power of her [[Combination Core]], becoming a new Combiner named [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] that Dirge, Ramjet, and Thrust tried to contain. Thunderwing ended up ejecting that section of Hexagon, and it's unclear whether the Seekers were able to navigate their way back inside as Computron was forcibly jettisoned out into space. {{storylink|Light/Star}}

===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no.15 - Ramjet death.JPG|thumb|upright=1.0|left|"Oh come on! First I got [[Spotlight: Ramjet|killed by Megatron]], then I only got to show up [[Light/Star|one time]], and now I die instantly. When am I gonna catch a break in the comics?!"]]
Ramjet was on a standard patrol on Cybertron when he was surprised from behind and stabbed by the Autobot Bluestreak. After he was killed, Bluestreak drained him of his energon in order to keep him and his comrades running. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 15|Transformers #15}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Ramjet swooped down towards Prime in his ''Generation 2'' colors, then engaged in a brutal fight with the Autobot leader. Despite managing to blast a hole in Optimus's chest, Ramjet lost the fight. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Generation 2 comic|Generation 2 comic commercial}}
*He then flew alongside [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] over a rocky desert, shooting his blasters at apparently nothing in particular. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Jets and cars|Generation 2 jets and cars commercial}}
*Ramjet grappled with Optimus once more during a promotional video re-visiting the "Generation 2" era of the Transformers franchise. {{storylink|BotCon 2010 - Generation 2: Redux}}

==Games==

===Transformers Generation 2 (Handheld game)===
Ramjet is the boss of Stage 3 of the game.

===''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''===
[[File:MysteryofConvoy jetron.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|All these jets look the same, but they ''say'' one of 'em is Ramjet, so whatevs.]]
Ramjet was among the [[Decepticon]] troops who sought to destroy [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his journey, confronting him in the [[Wasteland Zone]]... in theory. {{storylink|Transformers: Mystery of Convoy}}

{{note|Ramjet's supposed appearance in this game is from a [[Transformers: Mystery of Convoy (promo video)|''Mystery of Convoy'' promo video]], calling him one of the "[[Seeker (body-type)|Jetron]]" foes (while using the early Starscream-colored Ramjet concept artwork). These enemies being copies of Ramjet is... dubious, especially given the poor visual resemblance.}}

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===3D Battle-Card Game===
Ramjet serves under [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]] as one of his Decepticon soldiers, battling [[Optimus Primal (BW)|Optimus Primal]]'s many Autobot allies in what might possibly have been an inter-universe battle. {{storylink|3D Battle-Card Game#Energon Wars expansion|Energon Wars Expansion Set}}

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

===''Transformers Legends''===
When the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] marched on the Decepticon base, Ramjet joined [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] in bringing them to a halt. {{storylink|Day of the Dinobots - Part 2}} Ramjet was among a group of Decepticons who accidentally time travelled back to the sixth century and ended up having to battle some similarly displaced Autobots using medieval technology. They lost, and returned to the present as prisoners of the Autobots. {{storylink|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court (Legends)|A Decepticon Raider in King Arthur's Court}} After [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] crashed into a movie set, [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]], Ramjet, and [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]] were sent to retrieve him and the weapon he was transporting. Unfortunately they got into an altercation with the Autobots and failed to destroy the film evidence of the crash, which subsequently made it into a blockbuster film. {{storylink|Hoist Goes Hollywood (Legends)|Hoist Goes Hollywood}}

Ramjet took part in the battle of [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], attempting to take down the city's power grid with a bombing run. He and the other Decepticons fled following Megatron's defeat. {{storylink|The Battle for Autobot City}} In a series of battles led by Galvatron to overtake Autobot territory, Ramjet fought alongside Trypticon and the other Decepticons. The Decepticons emerged triumphant in the end, forcing the Autobots into a retreat. {{storylink|The Colossus War}}

===''Angry Birds Transformers''===
{{main|Minion Pig#As Ramjet}}
Ramjet appears as a character unlockable in Challenge Events. He is portrayed by a Minion Pig. {{storylink|Angry Birds Transformers (mobile game)|Angry Birds Transformers}}

===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:BattleTacticsRamjet.jpg|thumb|400px|Fly through and in outer space. Not to join him but to beat him.]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Ramjet-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px|For his adventure just be sure and stay tuned to this station.]]
Ramjet participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:
*''Ramjet''—This Uncommon character could be recruited by collecting 65 units of Cybermetal, and 30 units of Transmetal.
*''Generation 2 Ramjet''—This Super Rare character was available as a reward in the "Generation 2 Episode 1" event.
There's also a G2 Ramjet based on his Timelines toy which only appears in promotional images, including the "Transformers: Till All are One!" grand finale event.

{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:Ramjet_Earth_Wars.jpg|thumb|Gonna smash into this here base... and I'm gonna do a thing...]]
In 1987, Ramjet raided a forwards scientific base because of an energy fluctuation. After breaking in and smashing all the automated turrets, he soon broke his way into the forwards operating lab to steal <s> all the toast</s> the Prime core. When [[Bumblebee (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|an unknown bot]] came out to confront him, Ramjet beat him into submission, only to have [[Bumblebee (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|an annoying runt]] blast him with electricity. Noticing a [[Harmony Keen|squishy fleshling]] Ramjet picked her up and threatened to crush her. Bumblebee gave up the Prime Core, but as soon as Harmony was out of the picture, Bumblebee snagged it, and knocked out Ramjet. When Ramjet woke up, he was on earth, and being pulled into a spacebridge where he later met up with Megatron and the other Decepticons. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars}}

Later, Ramjet demonstrated to [[Headstrong (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Headstrong]] and [[Tantrum (G1)#Transformers: Earth Wars|Tantrum]] his method of relieving stress... which consisted of beating his head repeatedly against a wall. After some banter, the two Predacons asked if they could join in, before all of them indulged in smashing their heads against the walls, much to everyone's chagrin. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars| Ramjet Research}}

*'''Class''': Warrior
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 Stars
*'''Weapons''': Ramjet uses his custom modified Null-Rays to blast everything into submission. In jet mode, he literally rams into his targets with his specially-modified nosecone.He also punches and kicks things. A lot.
*'''Ability''': Blazing Charge! - Rush into combat setting buildings on fire and dealing damage to each of them over time. The effect will spread if the building is destroyed during this time.
*'''Cost''': 3 energy points. +3 for reuses.
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:Ramjet Ramjet on Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]

===''Transformers: Forged to Fight''===
[[File:ForgedToFight-Ramjet.jpg|thumb|300px|A Toast to wrecking things! And a Toast for my new Toaster!]]

One of Starscream's most unpredictable Seekers, Ramjet takes hardheadedness to new extremes by smashing into any foes, and sometimes friends, that cross his flight path.
As a Demolitions bot, Ramjet lives to his name, Burning opponents and then Ramming with Unstoppable force and Momentum to Stun them.
{{storylink|Transformers: Forged to Fight}}
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===''Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive''===
[[File:BBORamjet.jpg|thumb|100px]]
Ramjet was in command of the twelfth Decepticon base attacked and destroyed by the Autobots during a series of raids. He fought the invaders using his air advantage, but was eventually defeated. {{storylink|Transformers: Bumblebee Overdrive}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Ramjet was a Seeker with a number of unique adaptations to support his favored battlefield tactic—ramming airborne enemies out of the sky. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

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

==Notes==
*Ramjet's name makes sense for the character, as he's a jet that rams into things. However, real-world {{w|ramjet}}s are a specialized kind of jet engine with no moving parts. They have nothing to do with jets ramming into each other. And F-15s don't have 'em. (Although, the secondary engines on his non-F-15 wings ''could'' possibly be ramjets.) His French-Canadian name is a [[w:fr:Statoréacteur|reference to this kind of engine]] and totally misses the English pun.
*The original [[character model]]s of the coneheads all feature design elements simplified from [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]]'s robot mode stickers - which were themselves originally recolored from [[Thundercracker (G1)|Thundercracker]]'s robot mode stickers.
*Ramjet was supposed to appear in the [[Beast Wars: Transformers (cartoon)|''Beast Wars'' episode]] "[[Nemesis Part 2]]", alongside [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]], and have a kickass mid-air fight scene with the [[Maximal]]s, but this didn't happen due to budget constraints.
*IDW Ramjet was robbed of his conehead in ''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]''. However, this proved to just be a mistake of the artist, as ''[[Spotlight: Ramjet]]'' depicted him in a form closely resembling his ''Classics'' toy.
*''Transformers'' fan Robowang started a meme in his [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.toys.transformers/msg/1c7ef3ed5be91bf3?dmode=source alt.toys.transformers signature] which claimed that Ramjet likes toast. This sort of caught on, and [[Canonizing|was referenced]] subtly in [http://www.transformersclub.com/ramjet11.cfm ''Timelines'' Ramjet's online profile].
*Rather than being based directly off of his ''[[War for Cybertron: Earthrise|Earthrise]]'' toy, Ramjet's ''[[Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (cartoon)|War for Cybertron Trilogy]]'' character model only retains the toy's head, with the rest of his body being a carbon copy of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] model.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ramjet''' (ラムジェット ''Ramujetto'')
*''French:'' '''Statoréacto''' (Canada)
*''Italian:'' '''Nibbio''' (Kite bird)
*''Mandarin:'' '''Pēnqìjī''' (China, 喷气机, "Jet")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Motor''' (Portugal comics), '''Rajada''' (Brazil comics)
*''Russian:'' '''Revun''' (Ревун, "Roarer")

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.transformersclub.com/ramjet11.cfm ''Timelines'' Ramjet's online profile]

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Long Haul (G1)

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:''Long Haul is a [[Decepticon]] [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:LongHaulG1.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Knows the importance of not complaining about his job, but is known entirely for complaining about his job.]]
The problem, as '''Long Haul''' sees it, is that he gets all the work and very little of the excitement and the glory that goes with being a Decepticon. He knows his job is important; he'd just much rather be on the front lines fighting shoulder to shoulder with fellow warriors than moving supplies and building installations to make sure those warriors continue fighting. Long Haul keeps these secret desires to himself though, as he's smart enough to know [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] is not likely to be sympathetic and has no patience for grunts who question their orders.

He also serves as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]'s crotch. Tough break.

{{bigquote|REMOVE! REMOVE! ALWAYS REMOVE! I didn't join this outfit to be a dump truck!|Long Haul's unfortunate fate|"[[City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Gregg Berger]] (English), [[Masashi Ebara]] (Japanese), [[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese, "The Golden Lagoon"), [[Yū Shimaka]] (Japanese, "The Core"), [[Takurō Kitagawa]] (Japanese, "The Autobot Run"), [[Show Hayami]] (Japanese, ''2010'')|[[Chen Weiqun]] (Chinese), [[Gerd Wiedenhofen]] (German, ''The Autobot Run''), [[Reinhard Brock]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1''), [[Bernd Simon]] (German, ''Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4''), [[Willy Schäfer]] (German, Generation 2 Dub), [[Roberto Alexander]] (Latin American), [[Albert Augier]] (European French), [[Francis Lax]] (European French, "The Golden Lagoon"), [[Júlio Chaves]] (Portuguese), [[Older Cazarré]] (Portuguese, "The Master Builders")}}

Some time in the past, Long Haul and the other Constructicons were responsible for creating Megatron. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} Roughly nine million years ago, Long Haul and the Constructicons were friends of [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] in [[Crystal City]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]]. Their engineering skills were permanently turned to evil, however, once [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] and the [[Robosmasher|Robo-Smasher]] reprogrammed them into Decepticons. They were also given the combined form of [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], making them the physical equal of Omega Supreme in combat. After they destroyed Crystal City at Megatron's command, the Constructicons earned the everlasting ire of their former friend. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

[[File:CityofSteel DisassemblingPrime.jpg|left|thumb|The crankiest operating table in existence.]]
Long Haul was eventually summoned to Earth ([[Constructicon (G1)|built on Earth?]]) by Megatron and the Decepticons, and joined them in trying to destroy [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the Autobots. Their first scheme was to supercharge Megatron with the [[power chip rectifier]]s of his fellow 'Cons, so that he could defeat Prime in personal combat. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} Though they failed, the Constructicons would be involved in many of Megatron's schemes from then on, such as constructing of [[New Cybertron]] in [[New York City|Manhattan]], where Long Haul got to carry around debris and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|paralyzed Autobot leaders]]. {{storylink|City of Steel (episode)|City of Steel}}

Long Haul was the most long-suffering members of the Constructicons, possibly even more so than [[Scavenger (G1)|Scavenger]]. He was constantly complaining about wanting a greater role in the group, either as a warrior or an engineer, but was inevitably relegated to "go fetch" work for [[Hook (G1)|Hook]] or [[Scrapper (G1)|Scrapper]]. It didn't help his mood any. At one point the Constructicons later built the [[Transfixatron]] to paralyze the Autobots in their [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]]s, along with a metal-munching machine to devour them. Long Haul complained loudly about his job, but was cheered up when he got to feed [[Ironhide (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ironhide]] to the machine. He didn't even mind when the Autobots got loose, since it meant finally getting some action. {{storylink|The Autobot Run}}

Megatron later had the Constructicons build a giant drill, planning to collect energy from the [[Earth's core]]. When an accident was caused by Scavenger's faulty sensors, Long Haul was tasked with loading [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]]'s mixing drum full of chemicals so that the crazed chemist could do a quick repair job. He didn't enjoy it one bit. A group of Autobots soon discovered the Decepticons, only to be chased off by Devastator. However, they soon returned with a plan—using [[dominator disk]]s to take control of Devastator for their own needs. The Autobot [[Mirage (G1)|Mirage]] shot a pair of disks at Long Haul and Mixmaster when they weren't looking, and as soon as the Constructicons formed Devastator shortly afterwards, the Autobots took control of him. Megatron's attempts at regaining his troops eventually led to Devastator going crazy and wrecking the controls to the drill, so Long Haul had to help stop it from breaching the Earth's core and shattering the planet. {{storylink|The Core}}

[[File:GoldenLagoon LongHaul Dirge.jpg|thumb|Death comes to he who stands behind a dump truck emptying its load.]]
When the other Decepticons were suffering from [[Cybertonium]] depletion, Long Haul and the other Constructicons unloaded a shipment of Cybertonium sent by Shockwave. They failed to stop the Dinobots from using the space bridge to go to Cybertron. {{storylink|Desertion of the Dinobots, Part 1}} When the Constructicons deceived [[Grapple (G1)|Grapple]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]] into building a [[Solar Power Tower]] for them to take over, Long Haul thought he was finally going to get to build something. Hook sent him to carry solar panels around. {{storylink|The Master Builders (episode)|The Master Builders}} Long Haul's greatest claim to fame was abandoning his job of guarding the recently discovered pool of [[electrum]], forcing [[Dirge (G1)|Dirge]] to do it by himself. Dirge was then promptly beaten up by [[Seaspray (G1)|Seaspray]], and the Autobots gained control of the electrum. Oops. {{storylink|The Golden Lagoon (episode)|The Golden Lagoon}}

Long Haul later went into space with the other Constructicons in order to mine energy from an asteroid. When the Autobots found out, the Constructicons found themselves facing their old pal, Omega Supreme, who broke the entire asteroid in half in his attempts to exterminate Long Haul and the others. Ignoring the [[Asteroid bird alien|strange alien]] that "hatched" from the asteroid, the Constructicons merged into Devastator and kept fighting Omega Supreme on Earth, but were eventually defeated. Before Omega Supreme could finish them off, however, he had to leave and deal with the alien. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (episode)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

Long Haul pitched in to build an over-sized maze for Blitzwing, {{storylink|Triple Takeover}} and the Constructicons later helped Megatron construct one of the most devastating weapons of all time. Pleased with their work, Megatron dismissed the Constructicons for the day. Long Haul and his crew departed quickly, before Megatron realized they had built the ultimate weapon at the bottom of a deep canyon, making it virtually impossible to aim it at anything worthwhile. {{storylink|Masquerade}}

[[File:TFTM LongHaulwithKickback.jpg|left|thumb|"Remove, remove... always remove!"]]
In [[2005]], Long Haul and the Constructicons joined in the assault on [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]], and their power as Devastator was key to breaching the city's defenses. After the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] arrived, however, Devastator was effectively nullified as the two groups kept each other too busy and out of the rest of the fighting. They joined the other Decepticons in beating a hasty retreat after Megatron fell in battle, and Long Haul was seen carrying the damaged [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] with him. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie}}
{{note|Long Haul’s involvement in these events, or events mostly similar, were also chronicled in the comic mini-series "[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]."}}

Following the defeat of [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]], the Decepticons sought refuge on the planet of [[Chaar]], where the Constructicons began squabbling over who would take Astrotrain's latest shipment of energon. They combined, but were broken up by Menasor and slinked away. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1}}

The Constructicons were tasked with modifying an Earth city into the Decepticons' new battle station, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]], and Long Haul got [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|a new colour scheme]] just for the occasion, cackling about the rude awakening the humans were about to receive. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4}} He then shot at [[Sky Lynx (G1)|an Autobot shuttle]] when it arrived on Earth with [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]'s [[transformation cog]], and was petrified by a [[Large switch|device]] that froze all Transformers. Long Haul was freed when [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|a human]] destroyed the device. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 5}}

Long Haul participated in building a new engine for Galvatron, only for [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] and his squad of Autobots to crash the party. Despite merging into Devastator, the Constructicons were no match for the enormous [[Broadside (G1)|Broadside]]. After a crash on [[Eurythma]], Long Haul fought Perceptor and Hot Spot with his teammates. {{storylink|Carnage in C-Minor}} He accompanied Galvatron to [[Paradron]] and took part in the crossfire, {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}} and as part of Devastator, got his revenge on Broadside during a battle in Japan. Later on, Long Haul witnessed Galvatron and Cyclonus be defeated by a mutated Scourge. {{storylink|The Burden Hardest to Bear}}
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====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' story pages=====
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=====Scramble City=====
{{voiceactor|[[Toshiro Ishii]] (Japanese)}}

When the Decepticons learned of the Scramble City project being secretly assembled by the Autobots, Megatron sent his henchmen to interfere with their work. The Constructicons joined Starscream and his flying partners in an attack on the Autobots. Optimus Prime and a task force of Autobots held their position until Long Haul and the Constructicons inevitably joined forces into Devastator. The Aerialbots gave Devastator a good whippin', though, and the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Scramble City: Mobilization}}

=====''The Headmasters'' cartoon=====
{{voiceactor|[[Ryōichi Tanaka]] (Japanese)}}
[[File:Hm1 Constructicons Attack.jpg|thumb|200px]]
Long Haul and the Constructicons were stationed on Earth in 2011, under the command of [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]. They attempted to prevent Ultra Magnus from sending reinforcements to Cybertron to help the Autobots fend off Galvatron's siege on [[Vector Sigma]]. Long Haul and his squad were ganging up on the [[Trainbot]]s until [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] arrived and shooed them off with his superior firepower. Having failed to stop the Autobot reinforcements from departing, the Constructicons followed them to Cybertron. As Devastator, they tried to shoot [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] in the back, but Optimus Prime foiled their aim, making them hit [[Abominus (G1)|Abominus]] instead. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} Devastator was involved in a combiner shootout on Cybertron until the [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Battleship Maximus]] arrived and annihilated the Decepticon combiners. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Long Haul and the Constructicons were guarding the Decepticon [[space bridge]] on Earth, but failed miserably when [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] single-handedly fought them off and stole a ride on the bridge. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}}

=====''Unite Warriors''=====
Long Haul and the other Constructicons tricked Grapple into helping them rebuild the Crystal City on Earth, and were joined by Omega Supreme and [[Hauler]] as well, but was unhappy to have been reduced to the role of material carrier again. {{storylink|Crystal City Reconstruction Project!}}

=====''Zone'' OVA, manga and story pages=====
Seeking to create a [[Decepticon Zone]] to counter the [[Micro|Autobot Zone]], [[Emperor of Destruction|Decepticon Emperor]] [[Violengiguar]] gathered together the Nine Great Demon Generals, upgrading them with powerful new armor and weaponry, then sent them forth to conquer planets. Long Haul was among those summoned, but only in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (story page)|Zone Part 1}} {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers: Zone (manga)|Zone}} {{storylink|Enter the New Supreme Commander, Dai Atlas!}}

=====''Legends'' comic=====
When Megatron traveled into the [[Legends World]], the [[Waspinator (BW)|Waspinator]] of that universe recounted his life story to the local [[Megatron (BW)|Megatron]], starting with his creation at the hands of Long Haul and the Constructicons. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 13}}

====''TV Magazine'' comic continuity====
=====''Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers'' comic=====
On an island paradise, Long Haul and the Constructicons were performing excavation work for Megatron's new fortress, at the cost of the natural resources and precious animals. The Autobots arrived to stop the Decepticons. Despite their vast power, [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and the combined Devastator failed to defeat the Autobots due to their lack of teamwork, and the Constructicons were knocked back into their component parts. The Autobots forced Long Haul and his comrades to undo the damage they had done to the island. {{storylink|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers issue 6|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers #6}}

=====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''=====
In the year [[2010]], Long Haul participated in a Decepticon attack on the planet Feminia. He and his team merged into Devastator in order to battle alongside Bruticus and Menasor against their Autobot counterparts Superion, Defensor and Omega Supreme. The fight was fairly evenly matched until Galvatron called up his ace-in-the-hole, [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], whose power was unmatched by any of the Autobots... except for the [[Omnibot (G1)|Omnibots]], who essentially tied Predaking's shoelaces together until he fell over, straight into Devastator and his chums, sending them all toppling to the ground and knocking them to bits. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 5|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #5}}
{{note|Long Haul only appears as a component of Devastator}}

====''Wings Universe''====
{{Wingsnote}}
Nine million years ago, Long Haul was a member of the construction team that built [[Crystal City]]. It was during this project that he and his fellow Constructicons were introduced to [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]]. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|Hauler's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}} The Constructicons rose to prominence thanks to their immense architectural skills, and formed their own faction under the leadership of Hook. They were forced to align themselves with the Decepticons in order to maintain access to Kaon's smelting pools, which granted him access to the raw building material they needed to continue their work. Unhappy with this arrangement, seven renegade Constructicons went underground, building Megatron in an attempt to take power for themselves. Unfortunately for them, Megatron turned on them and formed his own group of Decepticons, eventually brainwashing Long Haul and the others into his service with the Robo-Smasher. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|Devastator's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}} Among their first acts as Decepticons, the Constructicons destroyed Crystal City. {{storylink|Hasbro Transformers Collectors' Club issue 42|Hauler's ''Wings of Honor'' profile}}

Long Haul was part of Hook's team when [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] ordered the creation of Devastator. {{storylink|Battle Lines, Part 5}} During the third Cybertronian war, the Constructicons were ambushed at [[Elevation Recostalus]] by a group of Autobots including ex-Constructicons [[Hauler]] and [[Erector (G1)|Erector]], who disabled them before they could form Devastator. The group remained offline until [[1984]], when Megatron rebuilt them on Earth. {{storylink|Transformers I.Q.#issue 45|Transformers I.Q. last issue review}}

During the [[Battle of Autobot City]], Devastator was blasted apart by [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]]'s team. Long Haul announced the Autobots' luck had run out, and he and the other Constructicons began pursuing them, gunning down [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]] in the process. {{storylink|A Flash Forward}}

====''Cloud''====
The Long Haul of "OG001 Spacetime" was ordered by [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] to combine with his fellow Constructicons into Devastator to face off against the [[Megatron (Cloud)|Megatron]] of [[Cloud World]]. The foreign Decepticon easily defeated the combiner, sending his components fleeing in terror. {{storylink|Rampage (Cloud)|Rampage}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
In a universe created by [[Gong (GoBots)|Gong]] and [[Sideways (AVP)|Sideways]], the Constructicons participated in the siege of [[Guardian (GoBots)|Guardian]] City by forming Devastator. {{storylink|Echoes and Fragments}}

====''Deviations''====
In a reality where Optimus killed Megatron in 2005, Long Haul was one of the many Decepticons who retreated aboard Astrotrain. He was shocked to learn that his leader hadn't made it out alive. {{storylink|Transformers: Deviations|Deviations}}

===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
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[[File:Constructiconsbornmarvel.jpg|left|upright=1.4|thumb|Long Haul is the green and purple one.]]
Long Haul was created on Earth by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], combining the engineering material of [[G.B. Blackrock]]'s hostilely-occupied aerospace plant with the power of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] that had been pilfered from [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]'s head. The Constructicons were not only given individual life, but also the power to merge into Devastator. Their first mission was to construct and operate an intergalactic transceiver which, combined with [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]'s broadcasting abilities, would enable the Decepticons to make contact with Cybertron for the first time in millions of years. {{storylink|The Next Best Thing to Being There!}} Despite some Autobot intervention, the transceiver was successful enough to open communications between [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] of [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]] and the Decepticons of Earth. {{storylink|The Bridge to Nowhere!}}

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''Long Haul and the Constructicons, after troubleshooting their union as [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]], were sent by Shockwave to abduct [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]]. After tracking the boy down to a demolition derby, and merging into Devastator to fend off the Autobots they found there, the Constructicons' attack was suddenly called off. While Devastator battled, Soundwave had discovered that Buster held the rest of the Creation Matrix in his head, and considered this too great a revelation to proceed as initially planned.'' {{storylink|Devastation Derby!}}

After [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] took back Decepticon command, Long Haul and his comrades were charged with building perimeter defences around [[Wyoming base|their headquarters]] located at the base of a coal strip mine in eastern [[Wyoming]]. Devastator's services were again required when the Autobots staged a surprise attack, but they retreated once they had what they needed; data on the Constructicons' combining capabilities. {{storylink|Command Performances!}}

''Long Haul and his fellow Decepticons followed a tracer signal to find the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]], who were sheltering [[Joy Meadows]], her camera crew, and their footage debunking the Decepticons' ''[[Donny Finkleberg|Robot-Master]]'' propaganda. A battle ensued, with [[Bonecrusher (G1)|Bonecrusher]] and Long Haul double-teaming [[Sludge (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Sludge]], and eventually bringing him down with sheer firepower. The Decepticons maintained control of the battlefield until the arrival of [[Centurion (Marvel)|Centurion]] turned the tide against them. Soundwave decided to bring the situation to a conclusion by incinerating the humans' footage, which dispirited the Dinobots and humans and the Decepticons left victorious.'' {{storylink|In the National Interest}}

''The Constructicons were sent into frigid [[Yukon]] territory to work on a secret project. They were discovered by [[Jazz (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Jazz]] and [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]], only for the two Autobots to accidentally betray their presence with an accidental weapons discharge. The Constructicons chased down the interlopers, blasting at them through a nearby forest. During the chase, they merged into Devastator in an attempt to overtake the pair. While in this form, they were duped into blasting a hydro-electric dam. Realizing what was coming, the Constructicons only had time enough to separate before the concrete structure collapsed, unleashing a torrent of water. The Constructicons were submerged in the flood, allowing the Autobots to escape.'' {{storylink|The Mission}}

''When [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]] arrived from the future and removed Megatron from command, the Constructicons began serving the future Decepticon without much question, and built a massive space cannon for him. For some reason, Megatron didn't consider this enough of a treachery to annihilate Long Haul and his partners as traitors after regaining control.'' {{storylink|Target: 2006}}

{{GIJoeTransformersfiction}}
Long Haul and the other Constructicons were called upon to defend the Decepticons' [[Club Con|base in the Florida Keys]] from a joint attack by [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]], [[Cobra]], and the Autobots. Forming Devastator once again, they brawled with [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] until a blast from Superion's rifle caused a malfunction in Devastator's coupling links and he broke up into his components. {{storylink|...All Fall Down!}}

[[File:Scrapper hook long haul toy soldiers.jpg|thumb|upright=1.7]]
Megatron would later be deposed entirely by Shockwave, who was then replaced in turn by [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]], but the Constructicons remained operational with the Decepticon army. During Ratbat's command, Long Haul and the other Constructicons (except Mixmaster) raided a building site in downtown [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]] for raw materials such as girders. They loaded up their loot onto Long Haul, who in turn was carried away by Blitzwing back to their base. {{storylink|Toy Soldiers!}} Later, Long Haul and the others were instrumental in one of Ratbat's schemes, where the Decepticons engaged the Autobots away from the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] long enough for the Constructicons to sneak on board and recover the deactivated remains of their comrades who had been captured by Omega Supreme. {{storylink|Totaled!}}

{{note|For unknown reasons, the Constructicons stopped making appearances after the [[Underbase Saga]]. It's possible they were deactivated behind the scenes in the [[Decepticon Civil War]] or [[Dark Star|battling]] the super-powerful [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]].}}

=====Movie future timeline=====
When Megatron launched an all-out offensive against [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in the year [[2005]], Long Haul was among the troops who besieged the outpost. He and the other Constructicons combined into Devastator at Megatron's command to breach Autobot City's outer defenses. When the Decepticons were eventually forced to retreat inside [[Astrotrain (G1)|Astrotrain]], the Constructicons were relatively unscathed from the battle. As such, they voted that all injured Transformers be jettisoned when Astrotrain complained he didn't have the energy necessary to carry them all back to Cybertron. {{storylink|The Planet-Eater!}}

=====Earthforce=====
{{earthforcefiction}}
[[File:Prowl long haul mixmaster starting over.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.95]]
When the Decepticon forces of Earth split, Long Haul and most of the Constructicons chose to work with Megatron instead of Shockwave. While patrolling the site of Megatron's [[Global warming satellite|ozone rocket]], Long Haul and [[Mixmaster (G1)|Mixmaster]] came across a pair of snooping Autobots. Despite being initially caught off guard, [[Prowl (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Prowl]] and [[Wheeljack (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Wheeljack]] quickly disposed of the two Constructicons. {{storylink|Starting Over!}} Later, at the [[Enclave]], Long Haul was seen talking to [[Kickback (G1)|Kickback]] before the "festivities" broke up the quiet little party; the Autobots faked an assassination attempt on Megatron, and the two Decepticon sub-factions began fighting one another with renewed fervor. {{storylink|The Bad Guy's Ball!}} When Soundwave led the Decepticons in an attack on Autobot Earthbase, Long Haul took some heat from [[Swoop (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Swoop]]'s bombing run. The whole offensive proved ultimately to be fruitless, and the Decepticons were forced into a retreat. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
Long Haul made a brief appearance at the climax of the battle with the [[Swarm (G2)|Swarm]], helping the united Autobots and Decepticons construct trenches filled with thermal mines. {{storylink|A Rage in Heaven!}}

====''Classics''====
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[[File:Dreadwindgod.jpg|thumb|"I told you I didn't drink your so-called-expensive drink!"]]
Long Haul was among Megatron's soldiers when the Decepticon leader resurfaced on Earth. Like most of Megatron's inner circle, Long Haul and the Constructicons were presumably destroyed by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] during the Underbase Saga, and restored by Megatron using the cache of back-up personality engrams collected by [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. This has not been expressly confirmed, however.

Long Haul was present on the Ark when Megatron questioned the mysterious traveller named [[Landquake (Timelines)|Landquake]]. The Decepticons then flew off to the Southern Hemisphere to explore an energy spike somehow related to Landquake. {{storylink|Crossing Over, Part 2}} When confronted by the Autobots, the five remaining Constructicons formed their modified Devastator configuration, until the ground collapsed beneath their feet. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 3}} Falling to pieces, Long Haul and the Constructicons tried to overpower [[Grimlock (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Grimlock]] with sheer numbers instead of strength. It didn't work, so they ran screaming from the battlefield. That ''also'' didn't work, as Grimlock caught up with them and continued to beat them senseless. {{storylink|Crossing Over: Part 5}}

Later on, Long Haul got caught in a struggle between Megatron's faction and a detachment from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]'s army led by [[Bug Bite (GoBots)|Bug Bite]]. He and the other Constructicons were assaulted by [[Dreadwind (G1)|Dreadwind]]. {{storylink|Games of Deception}}
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===Marvel Storybooks continuity===
Under the guise of the [[Global Corporation]], Long Haul and his fellow Constructicons created sophisticated buildings all around the world. Within each building, however, was hidden a mechanism that would trap underground all within the structure. When the scheme was put into motion and the Autobots responded with an attack, Long Haul and his fellow Constructicons merged to become The Devastator. Though in this form, the Constructicons were able to overpower the Autobots, that changed when the Dinobots arrived. After the rest of the Constructicons had been butchered by Swoop, Long Haul and Bonecrusher were fused into a helpless mess by Grapple's welder rifle. {{storylink|Battle for Earth}}

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As Devastator, Long Haul and the other Constructicons stumbled upon [[Sunstreaker (G1)|Sunstreaker]] admiring his reflection in the wilderness, and managed to capture the vain Autobot. The group revealed their individual components to their prisoner once he was safely locked up within Decepticon headquarters. They rejoined forces to combat an Autobot rescue party that attempted to storm Decepticon base, and captured [[Slag (G1)|Slag]], [[Sludge (G1)|Sludge]], and [[Sideswipe (G1)|Sideswipe]] as well, putting them in Sunstreaker's cell. The Constructicons were once more prompted to combine into Devastator to contemplate an Autobot peace offering; a life-sized statue of the gestalt! The peace offering turned out to be an Autobot ruse, and reinforcement burst forth from within the statue. The Autobots forced Devastator to break up into his component pieces by thoroughly dividing his attention, and so Long Haul joined the fight against the Autobots as an individual. The Decepticons ultimately lost the battle to the Autobots. {{storylink|The Autobots' Secret Weapon}}

===Marvel coloring books===
Shockwave led the Constructicons in an attack on a human village, intent on razing the town and building a fuel plant in its place. Long Haul served as Shockwave's mobile podium as he dispensed orders to the rest of the troops under his command, until he was tasked with clearing rubble out of the way so construction could begin on the installation. Little did the Decepticons know, they were being spied upon from orbit by the Autobot [[Cosmos (G1)|Cosmos]]. Cosmos relayed what was happening to his teammates, who rolled into action to put an end to the Decepticons' plot. Long Haul and his allies were beaten up, shoved down into a pit, and had quick-drying cement poured over them to hold them in place. {{storylink|The Autobot Spy in the Sky}}

===''Big Looker'' storybooks===
In order to steal an oil truck filled with precious fuel, Megatron arranged for [[Blitzwing (G1)|Blitzwing]] to short-circuit the truck's wiring, [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] to cerebro-shell the drivers into complying, and Long Haul to siphon out the fuel. Autobot intervention, however, allowed the truck and its drivers to escape with their cargo. {{storylink|Decepticon Hijack}}

===Autobot Alert!===
{{notemultipath}}
In one possible scenario, the Constructicons were responsible for building the Decepticons’ command centre in the evil robots’ latest plot of taking over the Earth. They also were responsible for stocking Astrotrain with explosives and weapons before the Decepticon shuttle launched into space to further sabotage Earth's satellites.

In a different possible scenario, the Constructicons joined Galvatron on his campaign to retrieve an ancient cybertite sphere containing the secret of an ancient Autobot power-booster. Discovering that the sphere was within a sunken ship off the California coast, the Constructicons merged into Devastator in order to retrieve it. {{storylink|Autobot Alert!}}

===Toy pack-in material===
Long Haul, Mixmaster, and Bonecrusher were driving through a desert when they crossed paths with Sideswipe and Jazz! Boasting that he would see to Earth's destruction, Long Haul tackled Sideswipe in a clash that would be heard "around the world!" {{storylink|Sweepstakes Offer!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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[[File:Enemytww.jpg|left|upright=0.85|thumb|"Well, who were you expecting? The Spanish Inquisition?"]]
Soon after [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] had become leader of the Autobots, Long Haul worked alongside his fellow Constructicons in readying Cybertron to function as an interstellar "warworld" for Megatron, propelled out of orbit and through space using massive planetary engines they had uncovered. {{storylink|The War Within issue 2|The War Within #2}} He was working on this project when the Decepticons spotted some Autobots spying on them. {{storylink|The War Within issue 5|The War Within #5}} Though the Decepticons had their opponents outnumbered, the Autobots managed to hold them back until reinforcements arrived in the form of [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] and Optimus Prime. The Constructicons' efforts were ultimately foiled, forcing them to retreat as the planetary engines were destroyed in a spectacular explosion. {{storylink|The War Within issue 6|The War Within #6}}

Sometime later, the Constructicons created the first set of gestalt programming directives, and tested the directives on themselves to create Devastator. The inevitable spread of [[combiner]] technology, however, proved to be more than Cybertron could handle, as the massive super-robots ran the risk of damaging the planet's very infrastructure if left to battle unchecked. As a result, by the time of the Dark Ages these "[[Special Teams]]" were banned from operating as a unit in any one faction by the universally agreed upon [[Crisis Intervention Accord]]. Long Haul and the Constructicons were the first to break these accords, and become active again as Devastator as part of the [[Ultracon]]s. {{storylink|Escalation}} Devastator was unleashed upon the [[Wreckers]] in the [[Tagan Heights]], but was defeated by the [[Protectobot (G1)|Protectobots]] who overloaded him with electricity. This not only shut Devastator down, but also forced him to split into his individual components. {{storylink|Devastation}}

In the modern era, the Constructicons somehow joined Megatron on Earth after the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' left Cybertron millions of years ago. Long Haul and the others were operating as Devastator in [[California]] battling the Autobots when they suffered serious damage and were believed destroyed. {{storylink|Prime Directive issue 6|Prime Directive #6}}

''The Constructicons were later revived by Starscream, and used as the groundwork for his new power base after Megatron vanished during a battle in [[Tokyo]] with the Autobots. Long Haul and the other Decepticons who chose to serve Starscream invaded the city of [[Las Vegas]], making deals with the populace to make them voluntarily annex themselves as part of a new Decepticon government. Although most problems from within were dealt with by bribery or the occasional murderous beating, the Decepticons still faced plenty of problems from without. Grimlock of the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] had made a secret deal with the President to acquire a "rogue" military force and retake [[Las Vegas]], alongside his fellow Autobots [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]. The Constructicons were the first to face these invaders as they entered the city, attacking them in waves. Long Haul was in the process of easily overpowering Bumblebee when his comrades were all taken down fighting Grimlock and Prowl. This made Long Haul the center of attention, and he definitely suffered for it. While attempting to blast the 'Bee with a heat-seeking missile, Long Haul was skewered through the shoulder by a makeshift spear Prowl had forged out of a giant neon cowboy. Only in Vegas. With three Autobots and several Apache helicopters on his rear axle, Long Haul beat a hasty retreat deeper into the city, looking for back-up.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Hardwired|Hardwired}}

''Megatron eventually returned to Earth, but Long Haul and the Constructicons owed Starscream for reconstructing them, and so remained loyal to him when the Decepticons split into two factions. Of course, this only meant they were among the first to be captured by the [[Keeper (species)|Keepers]] when those aliens took over Las Vegas and turned Starscream into their puppet. Trapped behind an impenetrable force dome, Long Haul and the Constructicons attempted to batter their way out as Devastator using sheer brute force, until [[Skywarp (G1)|Skywarp]] offered a better idea. Reconverting into their separate modes, the Constructicons dug a tunnel out beneath the force field, enabling Starscream's faction to join the final battle against the Keepers. Acting as Devastator, they were too far away from Optimus Prime and his [[Matrix of Leadership|Matrix]]-induced force shield when the American nuclear assault was dropped on the Keepers, and were blasted into pieces.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Annihilation|Annihilation}}

''The nuclear blast left Devastator fused into his singular [[robot mode]], leaving him unable to split back into Long Haul and his other components. Eventually, Devastator fell into the Void along with [[Omega Sentinel (G1)|Omega Sentinel]] in the final conflict with the Keepers, and was left in stasis lock, drifting in the vacuum of space, after the Sentinel destroyed the Keepers' power source and shattered the Void back into real space-time. The starship ''[[Bounty]]'', on a secret space mission from Earth, came across Devastator's remains and planned to tow him back to Earth.'' {{storylink|Transformers: Fusion|Fusion}}

The pieces of Long Haul and the Constructicons fell under the control of [[Earth Defense Command]], and were held in their [[Roswell]] facility for study. {{storylink|Generation 1 issue 0|Generation 1 #0}}

===''G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers''===
The ruthless terrorist organization known as [[Cobra]] dug dozens of Autobots and Decepticons out of their four-million-year resting place and began rebuilding them into a Cobra-controlled army. However, with [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]]'s help, the mind-controlled Transformers were awakened, and the very cheesed-off Constructicons, including Long Haul, descended upon their previous captor, [[Doctor Mindbender]]. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 3|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #3}}

Soundwave stopped them from killing the doctor, however, as he was needed for other purposes. Instead, the Constructicons were ordered to protect the [[SPS Satellite]] controls from the attacking Autobot and [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] troops. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 4|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #4}} To do so, Long Haul combined with the others to form Devastator, but the giant was soon defeated by the attackers. {{storylink|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers issue 5|G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers #5}}

===''The Beast Within''===
During an all-out Decepticon offensive against the Autobots, Long Haul and his fellow Constructicons Hook, Mixmaster and Bonecrusher ganged up on Sideswipe. He and his fellow Constructicons were blown away by an explosion. Then, Long Haul joined with the other Constructicons to form Devastator in order to combat [[Beast (G1)|The Beast]], the Dinobots’ combined form. {{storylink|The Beast Within}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[Megatron Origin issue 2|''Megatron Origin'' #2]]; [[All Hail Megatron issue 1|''Transformers: All Hail Megatron'' #1]] (modern era)

[[File:MegsOrigin2 Constructicons.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"After more than 20 years, I finally get to build something!"]]
Roughly nine million years ago, after losing their engineering jobs during the automation of manual labor on Cybertron, Long Haul and the Constructicons began associating with the [[Gladiatorial combat|deathsport tournaments]] in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]. Instead of directly participating, Long Haul and his partners put their construction skills to work by building a new arena from scratch before each match. This enabled the gladiators to remain one step ahead of [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s security services, as they never operated in the same spot twice. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}} The Constructicons also worked with repairing [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] and other injured pit fighters. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 3|Megatron Origin #3}}

As the war began in earnest between the Autobots and Decepticons, Long Haul and the Constructicons remained loyal followers of Megatron. They were working at the slagwerks of [[Galaxxon]] when [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] rose to leadership of the Autobots. {{storylink|Broadcast}} Four million years ago, Long Haul was part of a convoy along with [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]], [[Octane]] and his fellow Constructicons bringing energon to the war effort. They were intercepted and captured by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Optimus Prime]] and [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]]. {{storylink|The Iron Age}} At one point they were stationed on [[Varas Centralus]] alongside [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] and [[Sky-Byte (RID)|Sky-Byte]], where they committed some atrocity that was enough to cause Sky-Byte to abandon the Decepticon cause. {{storylink|A Better Tomorrow}}

[[File:AHM1 Longhaul.jpg|left|thumb|A dozen cogs in the Decepticon empire descend upon you. Our soldiers will blot out the sun!]]
In the modern era, Long Haul and the other Constructicons were given the ability to combine, and ended up as part of Megatron's forces on Earth. As Devastator, they easily took out the local Autobots, allowing for Decepticon conquest of the planet. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} During said conquest, Long Haul almost ran over pedestrians in [[New York City|New York]], prompting angry responses from the natives, until he and the other Constructicons transformed. The humans thought this was really cool, until the alien construction robot killing machines blew them up. Wishy-washy flesh creatures. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 1|All Hail Megatron #1}} Long Haul then merged with his fellows to form Devastator, who started destroying the tunnels leading out of the city. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 2|All Hail Megatron #2}}

For reasons only known to themselves, the Constructicons joined [[Starscream (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Starscream]] when he rebelled against Megatron, and attacked their former leader in the form of Devastator. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 10|All Hail Megatron #10}} However, Devastator soon found himself forced to battle human jets from [[Europe]] instead, which was then followed by the return of the Autobots to Earth. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 11|All Hail Megatron #11}} The Constructicons were taken out of the battle when Devastator was blasted straight through the midsection by [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]], but it's unknown how much damage this caused to Long Haul. {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 12|All Hail Megatron #12}}

Megatron would later use [[space bridge]] technology built into in his new body to summon Long Haul and the rest of the Decepticons to him on Cybertron. To battle the Autobots, Long Haul and the other Constructicons combined into Devastator, but ultimately lost because the combiner's right leg was paralyzed due to combining with a dead Scrapper. They were soon mind-controlled by [[D-Void]] (through [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]]) into combining with Galvatron's [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] army and forming a huge monster. {{storylink|Chaos Part Three: Kings}}

[[File:World&EverythingInIt LongHaul and Starscream.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|He's as stealthy as a bright green and purple dump truck.]]
Following the defeat of the "[[Deceptigod]]", the Decepticons were imprisoned by the Autobots, though [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]] soon took charge of the situation and hatched a plan to assassinate Autobot leader [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Bumblebee]]. He sent Long Haul to follow Starscream and make sure he didn't mess it up, but Long Haul wasn't sure whether or not to be loyal to Ratbat and opted not to tell him that Starscream paid visit Autobots. He approached Starscream at the time the assassination was supposed to take place, but nothing happened. Starscream advised the Constructicon to report to Ratbat that Bumblebee was dead anyway, which he did. {{storylink|The World & Everything in It}} After spending their time building things for the Autobots, the Constructicons came to the aid of [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]] when he was being chased down by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]]. They beat up Blurr and fought [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] before being confronted by [[Prowl (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Prowl]], who seemingly executed the whole team by detonating their [[Inhibitor/deterrence chip|I/D chips]]. {{storylink|Devisive}}

However, Prowl was in fact under the control of Bombshell, who had merely faked the Constructicons' deaths for the purpose of secretly improving Devastator, rebuilding him in a modular form featuring Prowl or Megatron as the combiner's head. Once Megatron returned to conquer Cybertron, he ordered the Constructicons to combine with Prowl and assault Iacon. {{storylink|Before the Dawn}} When Bombshell was removed from the equation, Long Haul and the other Constructicons felt Prowl's feelings and recognized his grudge against [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]], a human they too hated for his murder of Scrapper. Their unified hatred caused Devastator to develop a mind of his own and go on a rampage. {{storylink|Plan for Everything}} Once Devastator and Megatron were defeated, the Constructicons were banished from Iacon alongside most other Autobots and Decepticons. {{storylink|Heavy Is the Head}}

Outside the city, Long Haul and his mates left the other Decepticons to hang out with the Autobots, explaining that they wanted to be on Prowl's side after having shared minds with him and being very impressed by his terrible secrets. After a scuffle with the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] they were allowed to stay at the Autobot camp, where they had a rematch with Arcee before the Dinobots broke it up and treated the Decepticon team to a drink. {{storylink|Second Exodus}} The Constructicons fell victim to the [[Quintessa (IDW)|Necrotitan]]'s corrosive "death wave", but were healed from its effects upon its defeat at the hands of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]]. {{storylink|Finis Temporis: Dark Cybertron Chapter 9|Finis Temporis}} The team spent the ensuing period of celebrations following Prowl around and showering him with praises, to the Autobot's discomfort. When Prowl clashed with [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ultra Magnus]], Long Haul stood up to Magnus and threatened to form Devastator if he didn't back off. {{storylink|The Becoming: Dark Cybertron Chapter 10|The Becoming}} Cybertron was then invaded by an army of [[Ammonite]]s sent by [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], and during the battle the Constructicons convinced Prowl to form Devastator again for the sake of defeating [[Monstructor (G1)|Monstructor]]. {{storylink|Black Planet: Dark Cybertron Chapter 11|Black Planet}} In the wake of Shockwave's defeat, Long Haul witnessed Megatron's revelation that he'd joined the Autobots. {{storylink|...And the Damage Done: Dark Cybertron Finale|...And the Damage Done}}

[[File:DetonationBoulevard-Constructicons.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.67|I don't know what everyone's complaining about; I just ''do not'' see any downsides to this "steroid" thing!]]
Having realized how useful access to Devastator was, Prowl fashioned the Constructicons into his own private unit, loyal only to him, and brought them with him on a mission to Earth. On arrival they saved the ''[[Ark-7]]'' from a human missile assault and formed Devastator to fight Galvatron's Decepticons. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 2: Detonation Boulevard|Detonation Boulevard}} After sending the Decepticons packing, Long Haul and the others returned to the ''Ark-7'' to celebrate. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 3: The Mind Bomb|The Mind Bomb}} During the Autobot attack on an [[Earth Defense Command]] base, Prowl had the team coated in stealth paint with orders to join the battle midway, after which they formed Devastator with him and wrecked the base. {{storylink|Earthfall Part 5: I Dream of Wires|I Dream of Wires}} They later stood by Prowl as he spied on Optimus Prime's secret meeting with [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]]. {{storylink|The Crucible}}

When the Autobots began hunting for the [[Enigma of Combination]], Prowl and the Constructicons went in search of Spike Witwicky. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part One: Signals, Calls, and Marches|Signals, Calls, and Marches}} Their search took them to [[Tokyo]], where they secured their asset but ran afoul of Galvatron. {{storylink|Onyx Interface Part Two: Vs.|Vs.}} Feigning a truce with their mutual nemesis, the team stormed the [[Onyx]] facility by forming Devastator. Devastator ultimately went berserk due to his loathing of Spike and ruined the mission, allowing [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] to abscond with the Enigma. The team was forced to retreat back to the ''Ark-7''. {{storylink|The Onyx Interface Conclusion: The Obliterati|The Obliterati}}

After Prowl learned that Optimus Prime had helped Starscream form a permanent [[Council of Worlds|alliance]] with [[Caminus (planet)|Caminus]], the team hijacked the ship's new spacebridge to travel to Cybertron {{storylink|The Possible Light}}, where they formed Devastator. Superion and Defensor ultimately brought down Devastator, and the Constructicons were sent to a secret prison - Starscream wasn't done with them yet. {{storylink|Mistakes and Mayhem}} Seeking a new edge, Starscream drafted [[Scoop (G1)|Scoop]] into the team, knowing that Scoop's fanaticism would force Devastator to obey his orders. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}} Ultimately, however, Devastator wound up losing control. After [[Optimus Maximus (G1)|Optimus Maximus]] defeated Devastator, the Constructicons were locked up once again. {{storylink|All That Remains}}

Although the individual Constructicons were still considered criminals, Starscream made allowances for releasing his own loyal combiner when necessary. The Constructicons reformed Devastator at Starscream's command to thwart a group of Decepticons commandeering the space bridge, {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} and to siege the colony ship [[Vigilem|Carcer]] when [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-One]] refused to transform her Titan in defense of Cybertron from [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]]'s [[zombie]] fleet. {{storylink|Desperate Measures (Till All Are One)|Desperate Measures}}

Following the impeachment and arrest of Starscream, the Constructicons received pardons, and later watched from a nearby rooftop as [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Onyx Prime]] and [[Liege Maximo]] arrived on Cybertron and joined Optimus and his retinue for a meeting in the [[Spire]]. Though the other Constructicons initially laughed off off Scoop's renewed faith in his "Chosen One," who had seemingly foreseen this series of events, {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 2: Another Mine|Another Mine}} the team wound up forming Devastator to break an indignant Starscream out of prison. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 3: The Ground|The Ground}}

With Onyx Prime unmasked as none other than [[Shockwave (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Shockwave]], the Constructicons wound up battling against [[Victorion]] on Starscream's orders. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 4: The Hallowing|The Hallowing}} Though they were initially able to withstand her gravity powers, {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 5: Endless Forever|Endless Forever}} this was soon revealed to be the work of Liege Maximo, using supplies of [[Ore-4]] to buffer them against Victorion's attacks. When [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Arcee]] destroyed this ore, Victorion was able to unleash a devastating gravitational onslaught which fatally crushed Long Haul and the other Constructicons. {{storylink|The Falling, Chapter 6: Unforgivable|Unforgivable}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
Long Haul and the other Constructicons formed Devastator to attack the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] starship ''[[Defiant (G.I. Joe)|Defiant]]'', successfully destroying one of its two modules. Devastator was blown back into his components when [[Wild Bill]] rammed the other module straight into him. {{storylink|Targetmasters (issue)|Targetmasters}} Long Haul was later revealed to have been killed by the impact. {{storylink|Earth: R.I.P.}}

===''Transformers: All Spark''===
{{charstubfiction|{{storylink|Plans of the Emperor of Destruction}} {{storylink|Great Aspirations}}}}

===''Prime Wars Trilogy'' cartoons===
[[File:TR-Ep1-Aftermath-and-Rebirth-Long-Haul-cleaning-up.jpg|thumb|300px|Well look on the bright side. You look leaner than your toy for this trilogy.]]
{{voiceactor|[[Frank Todaro]] (English)}}
Long Haul, Scrapper and Scavenger all battled Megatron in the ruins of an old coliseum, but he easily overpowered them all. Upon overhearing Windblade say that Starscream possessed the [[Enigma of Combination]], Long Haul signaled a plan to the other Constructicons, and they later formed Devastator in an attempt to take the Enigma for themselves. {{storylink|Unforgotten}} In the aftermath of the [[Combiner Wars (event)|Combiner Wars]], Long Haul was among those assisting with the reconstruction efforts. He didn't appreciate [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] jokingly dropping a giant rock on top of him. {{storylink|Aftermath and Rebirth}} He presumably died when Devastator was killed by [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Cron]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus (episode)|Volcanicus}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
Half of the original Constructicon team survived the Great War, including Long Haul. [[Hot Rod (G1)|Hot Rod]] helped reform the team in the days after the [[Armistice]], creating a 2/3rds Autobot roster and convincing the Constructicon to undergo [[Micromaster]] downsizing, losing social hierarchy among the Builders but retaining their mobility in the energon-depleted era. {{storylink|Micro-Aggressions}} {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

During the [[Grand Uprising]], Long Haul and the Constructicons served the Builders against the [[Resistance]]. They ran a prisoner transport through [[Proximax]] to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] when they were attacked by Resistance fighters. The prisoner, [[Snapper]], escaped, but Long Haul's team found themselves in a prolonged battle with the Resistance which lasted over a day. They retreated to the [[Sights & Sounds]] casino for defense. Meanwhile, one of their members—[[Buckethead]]—had formed an alliance with Snapper and a motley crew of other bots to deal with the alien threat of the [[Monster GoBot|Antares Eight]]. Buckethead and [[Rampage (BW)|Rampage]] of the Resistance eventually reached both sides and got them to join forces against the Renegade invaders.

At the trans-hyperwave caster the Renegades seized, Long Haul and the Constructicons joined Buckethead's "[[Ex-Bot (BWU)|Ex-Bots]]" in attacking the invaders. The Constructicons formed Devastator, fighting the Monster Renegade combiner [[Monsterous]]. After the fight, all Cybertronians retired to Sights & Sounds for a summit. The Ex-Bots ultimately convinced Long Haul and the Constructicons to leave the Builders and act as part of an independent faction to protect the innocents of Proximax and defend the city from the horrors of war. {{storylink|Cultural Appropriation}}

The Constructicons and the Ex-Bots prevented [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] from using a [[Robosmasher|Robo-Smasher]] to brainwash all the people of Proximax. They also recovered the Autobot-turned-Maximal [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] from his control. As the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] began, the Ex-Bots chose to get involved with the other armies of the proto-races. Long Haul and the Constructicons salvaged a lobotomized [[Sweep (G1)|Sweep]] and retrofitted and detailed it as the team's new [[Ex-Jet]].

On the march to [[Nova Cronum]], the Constructicons formed Devastator to wade through the hordes of [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]]s. At the [[Grand Mal]] itself, Devastator joined forces with the Maximal combiner [[Magnaboss (BW)|Magnaboss]]. Their combined assault weakened the Grand Mal's force field enough for [[Lord Imperious Delirious]] to take note of them, and fire the massive optic ray at the combiners. Devastator pushed Magnaboss out of the way. Magnaboss lost an arm, a fifth of his gestalt mind, but Devastator suffered worse. Half his components were damaged beyond repair, and Long Haul was among the casualties. {{storylink|Derailment}}

===''Win If You Dare''===
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===''Mazinger Z versus Transformers''===
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Constructicons Rising, Part 1|''Galaxies'' #1]]}}

Long Haul was forged at or around the end of the War of the Threefold Spark. An era of rebuilding and renewal, Long Haul came together with five other newly forged 'bots to form the Constructicons and help shape the Cybertron to come. A pragmatist, Long Haul monitored supply inventory and transport, believing himself the unsung hero of the construction site next to the flashier engineers and architects. They were recruited by the visionary architect [[Termagax]] to help build in the ruins of [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]]. Eager to make a name for themselves, the team promptly clashed with Termagax's conservative second-in-command [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]]—for while Wheeljack sought to merely ''rebuild'' Iacon, Termagax saw the potential for something bigger and better to take its place. While excavating in [[Rivets Field]], the team inadvertently discovered the [[Enigma of Combination]]. Urged on by Termagax, Long Haul and his team agreed to expose themselves to the energies of the artifact, transforming themselves into a new combiner: raw power which Termagax hoped to harness and reshape into the ultimate building tool. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}}

Despite this new strength and power, Long Haul and his team struggled to master their combination, fighting against a seventh, destructive personality that surfaced whenever the team combined... and whose love of indiscriminate destruction jeopardized their reconstruction efforts. Finally, however, Termagax encouraged the team to work ''with'' this anger, rather than against it, and harness the powerful emotion to unite them in their shared purpose of rebuilding Iacon. Although the team would eventually complete their goal of turning the ravaged cityscape into a beautiful metropolis, they would not enjoy the fruits of their labor for long—Wheeljack brought his concerns to the attention of [[Nominus Prime]], and the Prime arranged matters so that the team would be reassigned to the distant colony of [[Mayalx]] to oversee the construction of a new [[energon]] refinery. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 3}} There, the Constructicons labored for many years, deliberately kept under-fueled and tired so they couldn't combine, while they grew increasingly resentful of the world that had abandoned them while reminiscing about their glory days. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 1}}

With their future on Cybertron uncertain, Scrapper eventually came to believe that the team's future lay elsewhere and began training his teammates in the ways of combat, holding regular sparring sessions in an improvised gladiatorial arena. Long Haul and Scavenger struggled to adjust to being warriors, mixing with Scrapper's patient advice and Bonecrusher's brutality in the ring. During one particular session, the team was interrupted by the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticon]] [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], who, after a brief misunderstanding, told them ''his'' story: like the Constructicons, Nominus Prime had ''also'' banished the Insecticons for fear of their unique matter-eating abilities. Knowing that the team could be of use to [[The Rise]], Bombshell manipulated the team into unknowingly aiding the cause, encouraging them to recapture their glory days. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 2}}

After some deliberation, the six builders agreed to help the Insecticons, and after filling up on Bombshell's provided [[energon cube]]s the team combined for the first time since their banishment—but instead of uniting based on their shared urge to create, the Constructicons combined to destroy Mayalx and everything it represented to them, a spiteful, destructive rampage that ended with every 'bot in the colony slaughtered and the statue of Nominus Prime toppled. Unaware that the Insecticons had deliberately goaded them into such wanton slaughter so that the energon they processed from the many remains could be secretly shipped back to Cybertron to fuel the rise, Scrapper told his team that, for the first time in their lives, they were finally free to do and build whatever they wanted. {{storylink|Constructicons Rising, Part 4}}

Eventually, Shockwave called the Constructicons back to Cybertron and the Rise. When they arrived, however, Shockwave's former superior [[Exarchon]] had laid claim to the Rise and their bases. The Threefold Spark was eager to take a new body as powerful as Devastator, and tried to usurp the combiner. Together, Long Haul and the Constructicons were strong enough to prevent Exarchon from possessing their collective spark or sparks, though the effort forced them apart and left them out of action. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}} With Exarchon soon destroyed, the Rise were fully absorbed into the Decepticons, and Shockwave provided the Constructicons to [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]'s cause. Long Haul and the others were happy to be home, and to be wanted as Devastator. They saw themselves as heroes destined to end the war, and were happy to oppose the legacy of Nominus Prime. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

===''Transformers Go! Go!''===

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===Energon Universe===
[[File:TF2023 no. 5 – Long Haul rams Optimus.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.25]]
Long Haul was among countless Decepticons lying dormant in the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' after it crash-landed on Earth. However, due to a shortage of energy and raw materials, as well as [[Teletraan I|Teletraan One]] being damaged, [[Starscream (G1)#Energon Universe|Starscream]] was unable to revive him and his fellow [[Constructicon (G1)#Energon Universe|Constructicons]] for some time.

Eventually though, he was able to do so, and when the Autobots attempted a counteroffensive to recapture the ''Ark'', Long Haul made his prescence known by ramming [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Energon Universe|Optimus Prime]] with his considerably larger vehicle mode. Starscream then ordered him and the other Constructicons to merge into [[Devastator (G1)#Energon Universe|Devastator]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 5|Transformers #5}}

Optimus Prime eventually threw Devastator off a cliff, separating him into his components, Long Haul crashed into the ground and carried Starscream away as the Decepticons retreated. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 6|Transformers #6}}

Retreating to a volcanic area, Long Haul witnessed [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] successfully challenge Starscream for leadership, bowing with his fellows to the new [[Decepticon leader]]. {{storylink|Transformers (2023) issue 7|Transformers #7}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Long Haul and his teammates were masquerading as construction vehicles, when they suddenly decided to horrify their human operators by revealing their true nature. As their human drivers bailed out and fled, the team combined into Devastator, who crashed his fists together, creating a surge of energy that crackled all the way through his gigantic body. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Constructicons|Constructicons commercial}}
*After being upgraded into their "Generation 2" bodies, the Constructicons went about causing "really big destruction" by driving through a construction site and then merging into [[Devastator (G1)|Devastator]]. Their fun came to an end when [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]] emerged from the ground and trounced the combiner. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Constructicons and Dinobots|Generation Constructicons and Dinobots commercial}}

==Games==

===Transformers Generation 2 (Handheld game)===
Long haul is the boss of Stage 1 of the game.

===The Transformers (PS2)===
{{Note|Long Haul is a non-playable character. He appears among the legion of Decepticon duplicates in the Autobot campaign.}}
{{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}
===''Transformers Legends''===
At some point [[Omega Supreme (G1)|Omega Supreme]] was friends with the Constructicons, but they had a falling out. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (Legends)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

While Megatron kept Optimus busy, Long Haul and the rest of the Constructicon team to attempt to infiltrate the Autobot base and strike directly at [[Teletraan I]]. They mowed through [[Ironhide (G1)|Ironhide]]'s initial attempt at defenses. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War - Part 1}} Long Haul was among the Decepticons who attacked Cybertron during an alliance with the Quintessons. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness: Part 3}}

The Decepticon team took over an asteroid orbiting Earth, however when Omega Supreme got wind of it, he launched a massive attack and Long Haul was among the casualties. {{storylink|The Secret of Omega Supreme (Legends)|The Secret of Omega Supreme}}

===''Transformers: Devastation''===
{{voiceactor|[[Gregg Berger]]}}
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===''Transformers: Battle Tactics''===
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Long-Haul.jpg|thumb|400px|This slagging job ain't glamorous, but who cares? ''No one''! '''That's who'''!]]
[[File:Battle-Tactics-Long-Haul-(G2).jpg|thumb|400px| You know why I got a G2 homage in this game? ''Because I'm a darn useful bot''. You know why I have better abilities than the rest? '''Because I'm a DARN USEFUL BOT !!!''']]
Long Haul participated in battles against a variety of opponents, both Autobots and Decepticons. Sometimes there were many of him! He appeared in two different bodies:
*''Long Haul''—This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
*''Long Haul (G2)''—This Epic character could be recruited by collecting 500 units of Cybermetal, 250 units of Transmetal, and 50 cores of this character.
{{storylink|Transformers: Battle Tactics}}

===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
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===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[file:LongHaulEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=2|Now with 80% more grenade launcher. I hate this.]]
It may not be the most glamorous role a Decepticon warrior could wish for, but every army needs its supply line, and Long Haul's lot is to keep the flow of raw materials coming. Then - along with his fellow Constructicons - build the massive energy-recovery installations necessary for conquest.
But Long Haul's unhappiness can blunt his effectiveness, and he's very sensitive to teasing about the mundane nature of his job. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Long Haul bio}}

Long Haul was joined by the other Constructicons through the Space Bridge and helped move a few things in the base. When Megatron found the [[Enigma of Combination|Enigma]], He eagerly used it to activate Devastator, which fared no better for Long Haul because, Once again, he has big wheels on his thighs, again. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars|Combiner Wars Campaign}}

Long Haul and his fellow [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicon]]s arrived at the Frozen Fortress by the orders of Megatron, and had them immediately start drilling, which meant poor Long Haul had to do more moving and tunneling. Brawl was shouting continually for astro-cycles much to his annoyance, but his audio-receptors were finely-tuned. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|What Lies Beneath}}

For once, he complained to Megatron that he and the other Constructicons are tired of being his work horse, and that they're the strongest Combiner yet do the most work. {{storylink|Transformers: Earth Wars/Events|Breaking Point}}

*'''Class:''' Gunner
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Weapons:''' He uses a standard grenade launcher that bombards defenses from long distances.
*'''Ability: Rocket Barrage''' - Shoots 4 rockets from long range dealing high damage over a medium area around the target.
**'''Cost:''' 6 ability points +2 for reuses.

[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:long-haul Long Haul at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Long Haul was a member of the Constructicons. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

==Toys==
{{main|Long Haul (G1)/toys}}

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

==Notes==
[[File:Battle-for-earth longhaul.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|And now I'm mistransformed, too? Forget my job-I hate my ''life''.]]
*In what can only be called "unfortunate hilarity", Long Haul's original [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]] [[character model]] was drawn using toy references that still had his toy's [[robot mode]] head still flipped up and the arms folded straight forward without the hands folded in.<ref>[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OSbNSWxwEihhwWRKWQVq-qD773U6fK3s/view 1985 Hasbro briefing binder scans]</ref> Thus, in any fictional appearance using this model, Long Haul is a dump truck with a robot head sitting next to the driver's cab and cylindrical shapes sitting at the front of his vehicle mode. This was especially awkward in the cartoon, when his "vehicle mode head" would disappear when he transformed, and his "robot mode head" would come from... somewhere else.
*Animation company [[AKOM]] seems to have gotten Long Haul's color layout mixed up with that of the similarly named "[[Sentinel Prime (G1)|U-Haul Robot]]" from "[[Five Faces of Darkness]]", as Long Haul appeared with that robot's orange-and-blue color scheme in both "[[Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4]]" and "[[Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee]]".
*In the cartoon, when Long Haul is carrying a load in his dump truck and transforms, the load disappears. It reappears when he transforms back into a dump truck. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}} Could it have been stored in [[subspace storage pocket|subspace]]?

[[File:Big_haul.jpg|thumb|right|upright=2]]

*Long Haul's vehicle mode, a Hitachi DH321, isn't especially large for a construction vehicle, being fairly close in size to those of his teammates. However, due to the obscurity of the real truck and the tendency for G1 combiner teams to feature [[Groove (G1)|oversized]] or [[Blast Off (G1)|undersized]] members, it was common for fans to associate him with trucks several times his original size, assuming the discrepancy to be an error of [[scale]]. Some official material has run with the idea, depicting Long Haul as a giant next to his teammates.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Long Haul''' (ロングハウル ''Rongu Hauru'')
*''French:'' '''Costo''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Hosszú Pofa'''
*''Italian:'' '''Macigno''' ("Boulder")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Tuōdǒu''' (拖斗, "Trailer")
*''Portuguese:'' '''Doloroso''' (Portugal comic), '''Puxador''' (Brazil comic)
*''Russian:'' '''Bol'shegruz''' (Большегруз, "Heavy Truck")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:IDW-AHM-Long Haul-Scrapper-Guidi.jpg|IDW ''All Hail Megatron'' concept art
File:EW-skin-Long Haul-G2.jpg|''Generation 2''-themed skin in ''Earth Wars''
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Classics Decepticons]]
[[Category:Cloud Decepticons]]
[[Category:Combiner Wars Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Energon Universe Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Constructicons]]
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[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
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[[Category:Micromaster combiners]]
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Ozu (Earth Wars)

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{{disambig3|Ozu}}
:''Ozu is a [[Decepticon]] [[Battle Master|C.O.M.B.A.T. Bot]] from the [[Transformers: Earth Wars|Earth Wars]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:EW.Ozu.jpg|upright=2.33|thumb|]]

Bull headed and brash, '''Ozu''' will often accomplish his goal, even if his self-belief is stubborn.
<ref>''Earth Wars'' mobile game bio for Ozu</ref>

==Games==
===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
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*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
Heal the allies around your target for 6.0% of your bot's heal value. Every 10 secs, you and your targets reflect 4.0% of damage for 8 secs.

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]

Deluge (G2)

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{{disambig3|Deluge}}
:''Deluge is a [[Decepticon]] [[Color Changer]] from the [[Transformers: Generation 2 (franchise)|Generation 2]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[File:G2 Deluge Decepticon cardart.jpg|241px|thumb|[[Joker|"You can't stop me this time, Batman!"]]]]
'''Deluge''' is a [[Brian Jones|fully qualified]] [[Doctor Arkeville|mad scientist]], equipped with all the intelligence, skills, and egotistic depravity that such a position requires. He may or may not have a mad cackling laugh or a Siamese cat, but his chinplate does perhaps resemble a goatee.

He is officially a scientific consultant, but prefers to shun the mundane workaday world and spend his days plotting Evil Schemes and designing Doomsday Weapons. His preferred instruments of destruction are not the tried and true missiles or energy weapons other [[Transformer]]s use, no no. An evil genius must maintain his image, you know. Deluge would rather tear apart his enemies with [[water-squirting gimmick|high-pressure fluid jets]]. How delightfully eccentric of him.

If he ever meets that [[Deluge (G1)|Autobot do-gooder]] who shares his name, Deluge will probably use his powers to see that he is torn apart, limb from limb, but not until he reveals his secret, secret plan! HAhaHaHAEha!

==Fiction==
===2005 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[All Hail Megatron issue 7|''All Hail Megatron'' #7]]}}
[[File:OP8-JetfireAndDeluge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.2]]
A member of the [[scientific class]], the perceived under-appreciation he and his colleagues were receiving enticed Deluge to join the nascent [[Decepticon]] movement. After joining, he found a kindred spirit in [[Jetfire (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Jetfire]] with the two developing a close friendship. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}} However, when Jetfire was found to be associating with the police, Deluge joined in assaulting him, only to cheese it when [[Bumblebee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|a pair of lights]] shined on them. {{storylink|The Next Day, and the Next}} The next day, Deluge got drunk when Jetfire tracked him down. Apologizing for his earlier behaviour, the two friends had a philosophical discussion about helping their species before deciding to get even more drunk. {{storylink|What It's Really Like}}

[[File:AHM7 Deluge.jpg|right|upright=0.7|thumb|Job satisfaction!]]
Circa 2007, Deluge was part of the project to weaponize Cybertron's natural [[Insecticon swarm]]. Though the project managed to create three sentient [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], starting with [[Bombshell (G1)|Bombshell]], it spawned three thousand feral clones as a side effect. By this point in his life, Deluge had developed a habit of giggling mid-sentence, the weirdo.

A year later, he escorted many Autobots to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] via a portal and with only [[Dirge (G1)|one other Decepticon]], so the instant the portal went down they were trapped on the planet with their very angry "prisoners". {{storylink|All Hail Megatron issue 7|All Hail Megatron #7}} Deluge and Dirge were soon abandoned by the Autobots and the scientist was killed by the Insecticon swarm. {{storylink|Stick Together}}

In 2018, when interviewed by [[Thundercracker (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Thundercracker]] on what the Decepticons had meant to him, Dirge had few kind words to say, citing having to watch Deluge be torn apart by his own creations as when he'd lost faith in the cause. {{storylink|Starscream: The Movie (comic)|Starscream: The Movie}}
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===''Wings Universe''===
[[File:ComingStorm1-Deluge.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Sure, I'm a mad scientist, but I also moonlight as a common thug.]]
When a [[Nexus Prime|strange Autobot visitor]] and his [[Aquarius (SG)|Quintesson companion]] wandered into the wrong part of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], Deluge joined [[Jetstorm (G2)|Jetstorm]] and the [[Battlecharger]]s in intimidating the pair. Unfortunately for Deluge and the other Decepticons, their foe was [[Thirteen|way, way more powerful]] than they suspected and they were left defeated in a pile. {{storylink|The Coming Storm: Part 1}}

Deluge and Jetstorm later returned to Earth and hooked up with [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] and his Decepticon Syndicate. They battled against [[Aquafend]] and [[Gobots]] at the [[Large Hadron Collider]] in Switzerland when the forestonite gas escaped and mutated their [[CNA]]. {{storylink|Generation 2: Redux}}
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===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
{{note|In the ''Beast Wars: Uprising'' continuity, [[Deluge (G1)|Deluge the Autobot]] and Deluge the Decepticon are one and the same.}}

Deluge was an Autobot scientist, working on defensive measures. At some point he defected, and fought alongside the likes of the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]]. He witnessed the many bots who sacrificed themselves against [[Unicron]], mostly to no avail, and began to research [[Point One Percenter]]s. Many subjects died due to his experimentation. He was close when peace was imposed by the [[Human Confederacy]] and had to abandon his research, for a time. But when [[Predacon (BW)|Predacons]] and [[Maximal]]s emerged, he resumed his research, lest they some day be needed. Once again he had many horrible failures, but this time succeeded in creating [[Rampage (BW)|Protoform X]] and [[Transmutate (BW)|Trans-Mutate]]. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

The [[Human Confederacy]] was aware of Deluge's reputation as a scientist. [[Chak]] figured that if anyone would be able to take Doctor [[Ōgaki]]'s work on superstring resonance fatlines and apply to them Cybertronian tech, it'd be him or [[Spanner (G1)|Spanner]]. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}

A year after the end of the [[Grand Uprising]], the elderly and decrepit Deluge continued his work, now experimenting on some [[Vehicon (BM)|Vehicon]] drones. Protoform X, now calling himself Rampage, tracked Deluge down to ask him why. Deluge explained himself, and pointed to the [[Vehicon Apocalypse]] as justification for his actions. Rampage was not impressed; he murdered his 'father' and destroyed his research. Deluge thanked him for the quick death he was granted. {{storylink|The Inexorable March}}

===''Legends'' comic===
Deluge was present with [[Galvatron II]] and his G-2 Decepticon faction when they attacked the planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grotusque)|Grotusque Chapter}}

===''Transformers '84''===
Deluge was one of the Decepticon scientists who was working on [[Project Dreadnought]] when [[Punch (G1)|Counterpunch]] entered the control hub for [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]]. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 1|Secrets & Lies #1}}

==Commercial appearances==
Deluge dueled with [[Drench (G2)|Drench]] on Cybertron. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 2#Color Changers|Color Changers commercial}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] and Deluge were dispatched to rein in the Constructicons when the team started getting friendly with the Autobots. {{storylink|The Master Builders (Legends)|The Master Builders}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Highest Star Rating:''' 5 star
*'''Ability: Scientific Superiority:''' A chosen ally is made invisible for 2.00 seconds. Every 2 seconds during this, enemies nearby the chosen bot will be hacked for 2 seconds

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G2-toy DelugeUK.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Deluge''' (Aquaspeeder, 1993)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Double water cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Andy Couzens]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}
{{note|''Beast Wars: Uprising'' repurposed this Deluge as also being the Decepticon one.}}

: Deluge transforms into a [[Popular Earth vehicle alternate modes#Le Mans racer|Mazda 787B Le Mans-style race car]]. As an [[Aquaspeeder]], he has a double-barreled [[water]]-[[Water-squirting gimmick|cannon]] that uses a plastic bellows to store water, which is usable in both vehicle and robot modes. His hood/chest [[color changing|changes]] from dark green to a milky-white with temperature changes, but faster in cold or warm water.

: Deluge was only available in various European markets during the two-year "transitional" period marking the changeover from [[The Transformers (toyline)|the original toyline]] to ''[[Transformers: Generation 2 (toyline)|Generation 2]]''; in the original line's final year (1993), the toys were given redesigned Autobot and Decepticon symbols, but it wasn't until 1994 that "Generation 2" appeared on the packaging.

: This mold was [[redeco]]ed to make the US [[Color Changer]] [[Drench (G2)#Toys|Drench]]. It was also used as the basis for the non-toy ''[[Transformers: Shattered Glass (franchise)|Shattered Glass]]'' [[Drench (SG)#Toys|Drench]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Autobot/Deluge/deluge.htm More information on Deluge at TFU.info]''

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===''Generation 2''===
[[File:Generation2DecepticonDeluge.gif|thumb|upright=1.66]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d2|'''Deluge''' (Color Change, 1993)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Spoiler-blower/water-cannon
{{toydesigner|[[Andy Couzens]] (Hasbro), [[Takio Ejima]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Masakatsu Saito]] (concept artist)}}

: A [[redeco]] of the European [[Autobot]] [[Aquaspeeder]] [[Speedstream]], Deluge transforms into a Formula 1-style race car, seemingly based on the {{w|File:Williams FW14B.jpg|Williams FW14}}. His front half is covered in [[color changing|temperature-sensitive paint]], going pale white if hit with warm water (or if he just gets warm by other methods). His weapon is a single-barreled [[Water-squirting gimmick|water pistol]] formed from his car-mode spoiler/engine. He also has stickers on each side of the driver's seat that read "M. Edminson".

: There is a tooling variation of this toy. Some have a water-cannon with the spoiler attached by a single bar, with a wider, shorter bellows attached to a raised base. Other versions use a two-peg connector for the spoiler with a thinner, taller bellows, and the attachment "base" is missing. It is unknown which version of the toy came first, and to complicate the issue, Speedstream's cannon uses a two-peg/thin-bellows setup, but has a (slightly different) raised attachment base.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1993/Decepticon/Deluge/deluge.htm More information on Deluge at TFU.info]''

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<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-a2|'''Deluge''' (Aquaspeeder, 1994)}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': Double water cannon

: This release is identical to the original European Autobot Le Mans toy above, only this time in packaging specifically branded ''Generation 2''.

==Notes==
*Like all the Color Changers, American ''Generation 2'' Deluge is a hodgepodge of various elements of two different European-market Aquaspeeders, as well as one of the European-market [[Stormtrooper (G1)|Stormtroopers]]: His toy is redecoed from European Aquaspeeder Speedstream, his name comes from European Aquaspeeder Deluge, and his [[bio]] and motto both come from European Stormtrooper [[Hydradread]].

* [[E. J. Su]] gave Deluge a deliberate redesign for his appearance in ''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]''.<ref>[http://tfarchive.com/community/showpost.php?p=643920&postcount=12 E.J. Su]: I did work on the redesign, but [Deluge] was specifically named in the script.</ref>

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Deluge''' (デリュージ ''Deryūji'')

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Autobots]]
[[Category:Beast Wars: Uprising Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 2 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Scientists]]
[[Category:Wings Universe Decepticons]]

Full-Tilt (G1)

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{{disambig2|Trypticon's barely-existent companion/necktie|the Bad Piggie based on said companion/necktie|Full-Tilt (AB)}}
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:''Full-Tilt is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:FullTilt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Poor bastard exists just too much to get into "[[:Category:Things that don't exist|Things that don't exist]]".]]
<div style="font-family:cursive;margin:0 2em 0 2em;color:#333;font-size:120%;line-height:1.5;">dear anyone who ever had a [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] toy as a kid,

    Do you remember the skidz sized car that clipped onto Trypticon's front when he was a dinasaur? I didn't think so you heartless bastards.<br/>    his name was '''Full-Tilt''' and he transformed into a small, purple all terrain car that could be launched from Trypticons little tower thing that comes out of the road in the middle of him.<br/>    He was great, i loved the little guy.

<span style="font-size:80%;">'''Entry tags:''' g1, trypticon, purple car, robot love<br/>
'''Current mood:''' buttery</span>
<br/></div>

:::::----[[User:Starscreams ghost|Starscreams ghost]] 08:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:FullTiltAlt.jpg|upright=.66|thumb|Space is cold, okay?]]
Full-Tilt was Trypticon's chestplate. He was also a door. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Legends'' comic=====
Full-Tilt served as Trypticon's black box, containing backup data that allowed the Decepticons to recreate the dinosaur should he be destroyed. After such a thing passed in Metroplex and Trypticon's first battle, Full-Tilt was recovered by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. In [[2010]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] converted a [[human]] city into a new Trypticon, which Full-Tilt interfaced with. Trypticon survived till [[2015]], where he was defeated by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. In the aftermath, Full-Tilt was rescued by the [[Battlecharger]]s.

[[File:Legends 44 Fulltilt.jpg|thumb|left]]
Years later, Full-Tilt was integrated into a smaller Trypticon commanded by [[Violengiguar]]. This Trypticon would be destroyed by [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]], leaving only Full-Tilt's [[personality component]], which fell into the hands of the [[Race Track Patrol]]. It was brought to the [[Metrosquad]], who modified the component into a small robot in the hopes that he could be used to recreate Trypticon again. When [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] desired to do so, he brought Full-Tilt to the [[Legends World]], where a [[transtector]] awaited the small robot. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

With data from [[Godbomber]], Weirdwolf's faction of Decepticons were able to construct a new Trypticon at the bottom of Tokyo Bay. To enable transformation, however, they needed a [[transformation cog]], and so attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for his. Despite resistance from [[Scamper]] and the employees of the [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon-Tera-Kura Company]], Full-Tilt was able to steal the cog and bring it to Trypticon. The giant then emerged from the bay as Full-Tilt yelled triumphantly. {{Storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} As Trypticon made his way towards Metroplex to destroy him, Full-Tilt was ordered to stay out of battle as his data was too important, and he instead controlled Trypticon's transformations. When they reached [[Akihabara]], Full-Tilt and his transtector both interfaced with the dinosaur, uploading the backup data and fully restoring him. However, Trypticon was ultimately defeated by Swerve and Metroplex and repurposed as a nerd paradise while Akihabara was being rebuilt, leaving Full-Tilt furious. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He was further distressed when Trypticon was purchased by [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}} Trypticon was later destroyed by [[Majin Zarak]], though Full-Tilt survived intact once again. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
By [[2050]], Full-Tilt was stationed at Trypticon on Earth as the [[Cybertron Alliance]] harvested [[Angolmois Energy]] for the good of all. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
[[File:Manga3 fulltilt daizyujin.jpg|thumb|left|Back in the bottle wit' ye, o' wicked woman!]]
In the year 2010, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] figured it would be really cool to show a bunch of [[human]] children around [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. The children were having a grand ole time until [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived with Trypticon in tow.

To meet the threat of Trypticon, Magnus transformed Autobot City into [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who was quickly injured by Trypticon's Dual Plasma Cannons. Magnus then ordered [[Scamper]] into the fray, but Scamper was immediately defeated once Galvatron launched Full-Tilt from Trypticon's chest. Full-Tilt, apparently very overconfident, threatened to make scrap out of everyone.

As Trypticon continued to pound the oil out of Metroplex, Ultra Magnus ordered another City Warrior into action, [[Six-Gun]]! Before Full-Tilt could administer the final blow with [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]], Six-Gun took him by surprise... ''punching him in the face''. (Six-Gun apparently prefers melee combat despite being made ''entirely out of guns''.) Six-Gun then took control of Brunt and blasted Trypticon in the chest, injuring him enough to force Galvatron to call a retreat.

The children rejoiced. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Full-Tilt was Trypticon's breastplate. [[Wipe-Out]] served as Trypticon's helper. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Full-Tilt was one of the two "battlefield drones" that Trypticon controlled, the other being [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]] the tank. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #7}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:MegOrig02 full-tilt woot.jpg|thumb|120px|Megatron, marry me!]]
Full-Tilt attended the underground [[gladiatorial combat]] matches in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]'s [[Forge]]. He saw [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] totally ''impale'' [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]] with his sword, then work him over with his mining vehicle mode. But what ''really'' brought the house down was when Megatron used a pick to deliver the coup de grâce, then take off his helmet to let his long, luxurious hair flow in the wind. Full-Tilt was absolutely ''nuts'' for that, he was all like—"''Yaaa!''" and pumping his fist in the air. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Intersectionality 4 of 5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Thank [[Jim Sorenson|you]] for not forgetting me!]]
Full-Tilt enjoyed a long friendship and partnership with his [[Titan (group)|Megamaster]] counterpart Trypticon during the war. As the war came to a conclusion following the [[Great Push]], Trypticon was badly injured. Full-Tilt volunteered for a variation on the [[Powermaster]] technology, incorporating himself physically into Trypticon's body to act as a replacement for the city-bot's [[transformation cog]].

After the war, Trypticon remained in starship mode and was rechristened the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''. Full-Tilt became captain of his old friend, the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]-in-command of a crew of [[Maximal]] officers and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] enlisted soldiers, under the supervision of [[Micromaster]] political officer, [[Synapse (BWU)|Synapse]]. The ''Dinosaur'' patrolled the [[Allowed Zone]], the area on the outskirts of Cybertronian space which the [[Human Confederacy]] maintained as strict border guards following the Great Push.

Full-Tilt came to respect his crew over time, but Trypticon did not. The Megamaster became bitter and hated the smaller Cybertronians for their mobility and transforming ability. When the [[Grand Uprising]] began on Cybertron, Synapse killed the communications specialist [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] in order to keep it a secret. When he moved on to killing the inquisitive intelligence specialist [[Killer Punch]], Full-Tilt objected, but Synapse convinced Trypticon to side with him and they cut the captain off from access to the ship.

Thinking the captain was responsible for their fallen crewmates, Chief Engineer [[Magmatron]] and Senior Security Specialist [[Guiledart]] fought their way into his quarters, only to find the immobilized Full-Tilt willing to offer whatever help he could. The ship had come under attack by the evil Destructons, and so Magmatron and his junior engineer [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]] worked to repair the ship while simultaneously disabling Trypticon's mind. Full-Tilt was reconnected to the ship in order to help stop Trypticon from attacking the crew.

Trypticon and Synapse were eventually dealt with, but the ship was too badly damaged and was falling out of orbit. Instead of escaping the planet's gravity, Full-Tilt and Magmatron fought for a controlled descent, and transformed Trypticon on impact to slow their progress. Full-Tilt reconfigured the lobotomized Trypticon into Dinosaur City, and many of the surviving crew and their allies on the planet remained to transform it into a new colony. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Gets only one line, but how many 'cons have the ball bearings to stand up to Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime and tell them to buzz off?]]

{{voiceactor|? (English)}}

====Decepticon story====
After [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the [[Zel Quartz]], an incredibly powerful energy source. His massive size (even though he was only about the size of combiners like [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Raiden]]) made him a liability in a search, so he sent Full-Tilt in his stead.

====Autobot story====
Full-Tilt was the last battle (along with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]) before facing [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Upon the Autobots entering, the following conversation took place:

{{quote|You finally made it, Autobots.|Soundblaster}}
{{quote|But you won't get in Megatron's way!|Soundwave}}
{{quote|DIE!|Full-Tilt}}

Full-Tilt fought in a similar manner to car-mode Autobots (i.e., his vehicle mode attacks were ramming and spinning). {{storylink|The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers}}
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=== Transformers Earth Wars===
*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Highest Star Rating''': 5 star
*'''Range''': Short
*'''Ability: Capacitor Burst''': Fire a EMP rocket that can bounce onto another target and disables them for 10 seconds, you gain 3 seconds of stun immunity after. If the enemy was already stunned by any EMP effect, it will overcharge and receive 478 damage.

==Toys==
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:FullTilt1986.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Peculiar Purple ... Something]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, [[1986]]/[[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-63'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Electro-disrupter|Electro-disruptor]]" pistol

: Released in the third year of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (second in the European and Japanese toylines), Full-Tilt transforms into a Cybertronian dome-topped car. In this mode, he can also attach to [[Trypticon (G1)#Toys|Trypticon]]'s underbelly as armor or such. In Trypticon's city mode, Full-Tilt was designed specifically to fit on the central ramp and be launched forward.

: His little teeny double-barreled gun is one of the most commonly lost accessories in Transformerdom.

: He was only available packed in with the monstrous Trypticon, along with [[Brunt (G1)#Toys|Brunt]].

:This mold was also used to make [[Gigascouter#Toys|Gigascouter]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Full-Tilt/full-tilt.htm More information on Full-Tilt at TFU.info]''

===''Platinum Edition''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Platinum Edition, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Electro-disruptor" pistol

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Trypticon is a straightforward reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

: Full-Tilt is mostly, if not completely identical to his original toy.

: This set was released in Japan through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] under the ''USA Edition'' banner as a lucky draw prize.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Full-Tilt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Hasbro|They]] remembered me!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Necro" Titan Master, twin-barrleed pistol
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

: A Deluxe-sized Full-Tilt figure was released in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toyline, a faithful and fully-articulated re-make that transforms into his original Cybertronian car form. However, his robot-mode head is now formed by the [[Titan Master#Toys|Titan Master]] [[Wipe-Out#Titans Return|Necro]], who can sit inside Full-Tilt's vehicle mode.

: And just like the original toy, he can also form ''Titans Return'' [[Trypticon (G1)#Titans Return|Trypticon's]] chest armor.

: Full-Till was only available packed in with the Titan Class Trypticon. The package bio describes Trypticon himself and Necro, but makes no mention of Full-Tilt. Poor guy just can't catch a break, can he?

:This mold serves as the model for [[Sureshot (G1)#Legends comic|Sureshot]] in the ''Legends'' comic.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG43-Full-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer (Trypticon)''' (Titan class, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''LG43'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 26]], 2017
:*''Accessories:'' [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], gun

: Released in the twentieth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline, Full-Tilt is a mostly unchanged rerelease of the above ''Titans Return'' Full-Tilt, using black screws instead of silver.

: Once again, he was only available packed in with [[Trypticon (G1)#Legends|Trypticon]].

: While the toys are identical to the Hasbro ''Titans Return'' figure above, Necro is established in ''Legends'' as Full-Tilt, making the headless Deluxe-sized toy his [[transtector]].
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Selects Full-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.70|Aaaaand I’m back to being all purple (or should I say pink?).]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2025]])}} </ul>
:*''Accessories'': Twin-barreled pistol
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==Merchandise==
{{note|As Full-Tilt is a fairly major part of the original Trypticon's visual design, naturally most any merch of Trypticon features Full-Tilt. However, we will only list Trypticon merchandise here that has Full-Tilt as an actual separate piece, not just a chunk of Trypticon's torso.}}

===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Tfgum trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' Large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt

:A snap-together model kit of Trypticon was available as part of the fifth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' [[candy toy]] series. A much-shrunken version of the original Trypticon toy, the kit transforms into something of a cross between city and battle station modes, and still comes with all the pieces to make Brunt, as well as a non-transforming car mode Full-Tilt. Molded from black, red, and grey plastic, Trypticon has stickers for detail rather than paint operations, and came with a stick of gum.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4Fill-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Full-Tilt, Base Recon''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T04'''
**''Stars: ''4
:Full-Tilt, Base Recon was made available as part of the promotional Trypticon Pack that is included in every sealed Booster Box of the Wave 4 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, War for Cybertron: Siege II.

:The card features artwork drawn by [[Casey Coller]] and colored by [[Alex Tarca]], and is based on the ''[[Titans Return (franchise)|Titans Return]]'' Full-Tilt toy.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Metroplex and Trypticon.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Metroflex & Dinosaurer Set''' ([[November 1]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''33 & 34'''

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (with [[Scamper]]) and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (with Full-Tilt and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#34|Translation of Trypticon's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Full-Tilt''' (フルチルト ''Furu Chiruto'', フル・ティルト ''Furu Tiruto'')

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Full-Tilt (G1)

2025-01-10T00:31:49Z

Soundtide: Full-Tilt appaering in the game and not and the wiki is weird so I added it.

{{disambig2|Trypticon's barely-existent companion/necktie|the Bad Piggie based on said companion/necktie|Full-Tilt (AB)}}
{{factions|decepticon}}
:''Full-Tilt is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''
[[File:FullTilt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|Poor bastard exists just too much to get into "[[:Category:Things that don't exist|Things that don't exist]]".]]
<div style="font-family:cursive;margin:0 2em 0 2em;color:#333;font-size:120%;line-height:1.5;">dear anyone who ever had a [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] toy as a kid,

    Do you remember the skidz sized car that clipped onto Trypticon's front when he was a dinasaur? I didn't think so you heartless bastards.<br/>    his name was '''Full-Tilt''' and he transformed into a small, purple all terrain car that could be launched from Trypticons little tower thing that comes out of the road in the middle of him.<br/>    He was great, i loved the little guy.

<span style="font-size:80%;">'''Entry tags:''' g1, trypticon, purple car, robot love<br/>
'''Current mood:''' buttery</span>
<br/></div>

:::::----[[User:Starscreams ghost|Starscreams ghost]] 08:45, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:FullTiltAlt.jpg|upright=.66|thumb|Space is cold, okay?]]
Full-Tilt was Trypticon's chestplate. He was also a door. {{storylink|Call of the Primitives}}

====Japanese cartoon continuity====
=====''Legends'' comic=====
Full-Tilt served as Trypticon's black box, containing backup data that allowed the Decepticons to recreate the dinosaur should he be destroyed. After such a thing passed in Metroplex and Trypticon's first battle, Full-Tilt was recovered by [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] and [[Ramjet (G1)|Ramjet]]. In [[2010]], the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] converted a [[human]] city into a new Trypticon, which Full-Tilt interfaced with. Trypticon survived till [[2015]], where he was defeated by [[Swerve (G1)|Swerve]], [[Tailgate (G1)|Tailgate]], and [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]]. In the aftermath, Full-Tilt was rescued by the [[Battlecharger]]s.

[[File:Legends 44 Fulltilt.jpg|thumb|left]]
Years later, Full-Tilt was integrated into a smaller Trypticon commanded by [[Violengiguar]]. This Trypticon would be destroyed by [[Dai Atlas (G1)|Dai Atlas]], leaving only Full-Tilt's [[personality component]], which fell into the hands of the [[Race Track Patrol]]. It was brought to the [[Metrosquad]], who modified the component into a small robot in the hopes that he could be used to recreate Trypticon again. When [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] desired to do so, he brought Full-Tilt to the [[Legends World]], where a [[transtector]] awaited the small robot. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}}

With data from [[Godbomber]], Weirdwolf's faction of Decepticons were able to construct a new Trypticon at the bottom of Tokyo Bay. To enable transformation, however, they needed a [[transformation cog]], and so attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for his. Despite resistance from [[Scamper]] and the employees of the [[Tera-Kura Co.|Decepticon-Tera-Kura Company]], Full-Tilt was able to steal the cog and bring it to Trypticon. The giant then emerged from the bay as Full-Tilt yelled triumphantly. {{Storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} As Trypticon made his way towards Metroplex to destroy him, Full-Tilt was ordered to stay out of battle as his data was too important, and he instead controlled Trypticon's transformations. When they reached [[Akihabara]], Full-Tilt and his transtector both interfaced with the dinosaur, uploading the backup data and fully restoring him. However, Trypticon was ultimately defeated by Swerve and Metroplex and repurposed as a nerd paradise while Akihabara was being rebuilt, leaving Full-Tilt furious. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}} He was further distressed when Trypticon was purchased by [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 52|Bonus Edition Vol. 52}} Trypticon was later destroyed by [[Majin Zarak]], though Full-Tilt survived intact once again. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}}

=====''Generations Selects Special Comic''=====
By [[2050]], Full-Tilt was stationed at Trypticon on Earth as the [[Cybertron Alliance]] harvested [[Angolmois Energy]] for the good of all. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}}

====''The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers''====
[[File:Manga3 fulltilt daizyujin.jpg|thumb|left|Back in the bottle wit' ye, o' wicked woman!]]
In the year 2010, [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] figured it would be really cool to show a bunch of [[human]] children around [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]]. The children were having a grand ole time until [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] arrived with Trypticon in tow.

To meet the threat of Trypticon, Magnus transformed Autobot City into [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]], who was quickly injured by Trypticon's Dual Plasma Cannons. Magnus then ordered [[Scamper]] into the fray, but Scamper was immediately defeated once Galvatron launched Full-Tilt from Trypticon's chest. Full-Tilt, apparently very overconfident, threatened to make scrap out of everyone.

As Trypticon continued to pound the oil out of Metroplex, Ultra Magnus ordered another City Warrior into action, [[Six-Gun]]! Before Full-Tilt could administer the final blow with [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]], Six-Gun took him by surprise... ''punching him in the face''. (Six-Gun apparently prefers melee combat despite being made ''entirely out of guns''.) Six-Gun then took control of Brunt and blasted Trypticon in the chest, injuring him enough to force Galvatron to call a retreat.

The children rejoiced. {{storylink|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers issue 3|The Story of Super Robot Lifeforms: The Transformers #3}}
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===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
Full-Tilt was Trypticon's breastplate. [[Wipe-Out]] served as Trypticon's helper. {{storylink|King of the Hill!}}

===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
Full-Tilt was one of the two "battlefield drones" that Trypticon controlled, the other being [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]] the tank. {{storylink|Transformers: More than Meets the Eye|More than Meets the Eye #7}}

===2005 IDW continuity===
[[File:MegOrig02 full-tilt woot.jpg|thumb|120px|Megatron, marry me!]]
Full-Tilt attended the underground [[gladiatorial combat]] matches in [[Kaon (polity)|Kaon]]'s [[Forge]]. He saw [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] totally ''impale'' [[Cy-Kill (G1)|Cy-Kill]] with his sword, then work him over with his mining vehicle mode. But what ''really'' brought the house down was when Megatron used a pick to deliver the coup de grâce, then take off his helmet to let his long, luxurious hair flow in the wind. Full-Tilt was absolutely ''nuts'' for that, he was all like—"''Yaaa!''" and pumping his fist in the air. {{storylink|Megatron Origin issue 2|Megatron Origin #2}}

===''Beast Wars: Uprising''===
[[File:Intersectionality 4 of 5.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.0|Thank [[Jim Sorenson|you]] for not forgetting me!]]
Full-Tilt enjoyed a long friendship and partnership with his [[Titan (group)|Megamaster]] counterpart Trypticon during the war. As the war came to a conclusion following the [[Great Push]], Trypticon was badly injured. Full-Tilt volunteered for a variation on the [[Powermaster]] technology, incorporating himself physically into Trypticon's body to act as a replacement for the city-bot's [[transformation cog]].

After the war, Trypticon remained in starship mode and was rechristened the ''[[Dinosaur (ship)|Dinosaur]]''. Full-Tilt became captain of his old friend, the [[Builder of Cybertron|Builder]]-in-command of a crew of [[Maximal]] officers and [[Predacon (BW)|Predacon]] enlisted soldiers, under the supervision of [[Micromaster]] political officer, [[Synapse (BWU)|Synapse]]. The ''Dinosaur'' patrolled the [[Allowed Zone]], the area on the outskirts of Cybertronian space which the [[Human Confederacy]] maintained as strict border guards following the Great Push.

Full-Tilt came to respect his crew over time, but Trypticon did not. The Megamaster became bitter and hated the smaller Cybertronians for their mobility and transforming ability. When the [[Grand Uprising]] began on Cybertron, Synapse killed the communications specialist [[Hydra (BW)|Hydra]] in order to keep it a secret. When he moved on to killing the inquisitive intelligence specialist [[Killer Punch]], Full-Tilt objected, but Synapse convinced Trypticon to side with him and they cut the captain off from access to the ship.

Thinking the captain was responsible for their fallen crewmates, Chief Engineer [[Magmatron]] and Senior Security Specialist [[Guiledart]] fought their way into his quarters, only to find the immobilized Full-Tilt willing to offer whatever help he could. The ship had come under attack by the evil Destructons, and so Magmatron and his junior engineer [[Dead End (BW)|Dead-End]] worked to repair the ship while simultaneously disabling Trypticon's mind. Full-Tilt was reconnected to the ship in order to help stop Trypticon from attacking the crew.

Trypticon and Synapse were eventually dealt with, but the ship was too badly damaged and was falling out of orbit. Instead of escaping the planet's gravity, Full-Tilt and Magmatron fought for a controlled descent, and transformed Trypticon on impact to slow their progress. Full-Tilt reconfigured the lobotomized Trypticon into Dinosaur City, and many of the surviving crew and their allies on the planet remained to transform it into a new colony. {{storylink|Intersectionality}}
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==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
[[File:Ps2tatakai full-tilt.jpg|upright=0.85|thumb|Gets only one line, but how many 'cons have the ball bearings to stand up to Optimus Prime and Rodimus Prime and tell them to buzz off?]]

{{voiceactor|? (English)}}

====Decepticon story====
After [[Springer (G1)|Springer]] was defeated for the second time, Trypticon arrived and offered to help, but quickly realized that he was of extremely limited usefulness in the search for the [[Zel Quartz]], an incredibly powerful energy source. His massive size (even though he was only about the size of combiners like [[Predaking (G1)|Predaking]], [[Computron (G1)|Computron]] and [[Raiden]]) made him a liability in a search, so he sent Full-Tilt in his stead.

====Autobot story====
Full-Tilt was the last battle (along with [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundblaster]]) before facing [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. Upon the Autobots entering, the following conversation took place:

{{quote|You finally made it, Autobots.|Soundblaster}}
{{quote|But you won't get in Megatron's way!|Soundwave}}
{{quote|DIE!|Full-Tilt}}

Full-Tilt fought in a similar manner to car-mode Autobots (i.e., his vehicle mode attacks were ramming and spinning). {{storylink|The Transformers (G1 PS2)|The Transformers}}
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===Earth Wars===
*'''Class''': Special
*'''Lowest Star Rating''': 2 star
*'''Highest Star Rating''': 5 star
*'''Range''': Short
*'''Ability: Capacitor Burst''': Fire a EMP rocket that can bounce onto another target and disables them for 10 seconds, you gain 3 seconds of stun immunity after. If the enemy was already stunned by any EMP effect, it will overcharge and receive 478 damage.

==Toys==
{{anchor|Generation 1}}
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:FullTilt1986.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67|Peculiar Purple ... Something]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Decepticon City, [[1986]]/[[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-63'''
:*''Accessories'': "[[Electro-disrupter|Electro-disruptor]]" pistol

: Released in the third year of the original ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (second in the European and Japanese toylines), Full-Tilt transforms into a Cybertronian dome-topped car. In this mode, he can also attach to [[Trypticon (G1)#Toys|Trypticon]]'s underbelly as armor or such. In Trypticon's city mode, Full-Tilt was designed specifically to fit on the central ramp and be launched forward.

: His little teeny double-barreled gun is one of the most commonly lost accessories in Transformerdom.

: He was only available packed in with the monstrous Trypticon, along with [[Brunt (G1)#Toys|Brunt]].

:This mold was also used to make [[Gigascouter#Toys|Gigascouter]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1986/Decepticon/Full-Tilt/full-tilt.htm More information on Full-Tilt at TFU.info]''

===''Platinum Edition''===
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Platinum Edition, [[2015]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Electro-disruptor" pistol

: ''[[Transformers: Platinum Edition|Platinum Edition]]'' Trypticon is a straightforward reissue of his original toy. Both Brunt and Full-Tilt are included along with all his electronics, including the motorized walking gimmick.

: Full-Tilt is mostly, if not completely identical to his original toy.

: This set was released in Japan through [[TakaraTomy Mall]] under the ''USA Edition'' banner as a lucky draw prize.
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TF-Titans-Return-Full-Tilt.jpg|upright=1.67|thumb|[[Hasbro|They]] remembered me!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Decepticon Necro & Decepticon Full-Tilt & Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2017]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "Necro" Titan Master, twin-barrleed pistol
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro), [[Shogo Hasui]] (TakaraTomy)|[[Mark Maher]] (deco artist)}}

: A Deluxe-sized Full-Tilt figure was released in the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' toyline, a faithful and fully-articulated re-make that transforms into his original Cybertronian car form. However, his robot-mode head is now formed by the [[Titan Master#Toys|Titan Master]] [[Wipe-Out#Titans Return|Necro]], who can sit inside Full-Tilt's vehicle mode.

: And just like the original toy, he can also form ''Titans Return'' [[Trypticon (G1)#Titans Return|Trypticon's]] chest armor.

: Full-Till was only available packed in with the Titan Class Trypticon. The package bio describes Trypticon himself and Necro, but makes no mention of Full-Tilt. Poor guy just can't catch a break, can he?

:This mold serves as the model for [[Sureshot (G1)#Legends comic|Sureshot]] in the ''Legends'' comic.
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG43-Full-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Dinosaurer (Trypticon)''' (Titan class, 2017)}}</ul>
:*''ID number:'' '''LG43'''
:*''Release date'': [[August 26]], 2017
:*''Accessories:'' [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]], gun

: Released in the twentieth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline, Full-Tilt is a mostly unchanged rerelease of the above ''Titans Return'' Full-Tilt, using black screws instead of silver.

: Once again, he was only available packed in with [[Trypticon (G1)#Legends|Trypticon]].

: While the toys are identical to the Hasbro ''Titans Return'' figure above, Necro is established in ''Legends'' as Full-Tilt, making the headless Deluxe-sized toy his [[transtector]].
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===''Generations Selects''===
[[File:Selects Full-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.70|Aaaaand I’m back to being all purple (or should I say pink?).]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Trypticon''' (Titan Class, [[2025]])}} </ul>
:*''Accessories'': Twin-barreled pistol
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==Merchandise==
{{note|As Full-Tilt is a fairly major part of the original Trypticon's visual design, naturally most any merch of Trypticon features Full-Tilt. However, we will only list Trypticon merchandise here that has Full-Tilt as an actual separate piece, not just a chunk of Trypticon's torso.}}

===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Tfgum trypticon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.67]]
*'''Dinosaurer''' (1986)
**''Accessories:'' Large tower, small tower, 2 tank treads, laser cannon, Full-Tilt

:A snap-together model kit of Trypticon was available as part of the fifth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' [[candy toy]] series. A much-shrunken version of the original Trypticon toy, the kit transforms into something of a cross between city and battle station modes, and still comes with all the pieces to make Brunt, as well as a non-transforming car mode Full-Tilt. Molded from black, red, and grey plastic, Trypticon has stickers for detail rather than paint operations, and came with a stick of gum.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W4Fill-Tilt.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Full-Tilt, Base Recon''' ([[2019]])
**'''Wave 4: War for Cybertron: Siege II'''
**''Rarity: '''''RT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T03/T04'''
**''Stars: ''4
:Full-Tilt, Base Recon was made available as part of the promotional Trypticon Pack that is included in every sealed Booster Box of the Wave 4 of the Transformers Trading Card Game, War for Cybertron: Siege II.

:The card features artwork drawn by [[Casey Coller]] and colored by [[Alex Tarca]], and is based on the ''[[Titans Return (franchise)|Titans Return]]'' Full-Tilt toy.
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===''Transformers Character Card''===
[[File:Transformers Character Card Metroplex and Trypticon.jpg|upright=1|thumb]]
*'''Metroflex & Dinosaurer Set''' ([[November 1]], [[2022]])
**''ID number:'' '''33 & 34'''

:Released as part of the fifth wave of the [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive ''[[Transformers Character Card]]'' series, this pair of holographic trading cards depict super-deformed art of [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] (with [[Scamper]]) and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] (with Full-Tilt and [[Brunt (G1)|Brunt]]) along with [[bio|character profiles]] and [[Tech Spec|tech specs]].
::*''[[Source:Transformers Character Card#34|Translation of Trypticon's Transformers Character Card]]''

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==Notes==
===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Full-Tilt''' (フルチルト ''Furu Chiruto'', フル・ティルト ''Furu Tiruto'')

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Mindwipe (G1)

2025-01-09T01:50:38Z

Soundtide: /* Transformers: Earth Wars */

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{{disambig3|Mindwipe}}
:''Mindwipe is a [[Decepticon]] [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmaster]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family|Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]. Blah!''
[[File:G1Mindwipe boxart.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|"You're feeling very sleepy..."]]
No one knows the dead quite as well as the Decepticon hypnotist, '''Mindwipe'''. A mysterious and mystical one, Mindwipe claims to have the powers to commune with [[Transformer]]s who have long since left this plane of existence. From Black Sabbaths to seances to super-conductive antennae, Mindwipe knows of many methods to reach those who now rest in peace.

Well... not really. He desperately ''wants'' to speak with the departed [[spark]]s of dead Decepticons, but all his labors to create antennae and receivers for the departed have had... "limited" success. In reality, all he's picking up are radio broadcasts of old [[Earth]] sitcoms, which he's actually become quite fond of. Still, some day, Mindwipe hopes to finally bridge the gap between the realm of the living and the [[Transformer afterlife|realm of the dead]].

Despite those shortcomings, Mindwipe is a formidable opponent, able to hypnotize and control both organic and mechanical lifeforms just by making eye contact, and boasting an eerie and precognitive "sixth sense". But sometimes he forgets this and, when the odds look stacked against him, Mindwipe's more than happy to turn tail and get while the getting's good. His loyalty lasts exactly as long as his bravery.

He is [[Binary bonding|binary bonded]] to the [[Nebulan]] [[Vorath]], a scientist. Yes, a scientist. They disagree on pretty much everything. Sometimes he works with the [[Partner Drone]] [[Servant]].

{{bigquote|The powers of darkness are a more powerful weapon than all the toys your science can muster.|Mindwipe, talking all spooky to [[Vorath]]|"[[The Rebirth, Part 2]]"}}

==Fiction==
===Marvel Comics continuity===
====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
{{noteukonly}}
[[File:LoveandSteel-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1|Bring me the lamp! The rest of the treasure is yours, but the lamp is mine.]]
Mindwipe was one of [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s soldiers on Cybertron. Upon storming the [[Autobot]]s' base, the Decepticons were dumbfounded in finding it already evacuated. Mindwipe was responsible for detecting a series of "unintelligible sounds" coming from a nearby console, which turned out to be a signal coming from the planet [[Nebulos]]. Once translated, the transmission revealed that the Decepticons' old enemies, the unit led by [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]], had settled on the planet, and Scorponok immediately took a strike team—of which Mindwipe was part—to Nebulos to exact revenge. {{storylink|Broken Glass!}}

Upon arrival, the Decepticons kidnapped the Nebulans who had summoned them, and Scorponok turned them over to Mindwipe for use in his experiments. Using his hypnotic powers, Mindwipe purged the fear from [[Monzo]]'s mind and encased him in a [[polymer alloy]] bubble which was then sent floating off into the sky by a shot from [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]]'s anti-gravity gun. The alloy malfunctioned and the bubble popped, prompting Mindwipe to catch Monzo so as to not waste a "good laboratory animal". Before he could carry out any further experiments, Lord [[Zarak (G1)|Zarak]], one of their Nebulan prisoners, suggested that the Decepticons [[binary bonding|binary bond]] with them to become [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]], so that they could match the power of the Autobots who had recently gone under this process themselves. When the Decepticons next met the Autobots in battle, Mindwipe was now bonded with Vorath, and the two sides were evenly matched. To tip the odds, Mindwipe hypnotized members of the [[Council of Peers]] and Zarak's daughter, [[Llyra]], into taking refuge in the Decepticon base, where he enclosed them in more polymer alloy bubbles. With the Autobots distracted by having to same the Nebulans, Mindwipe and the other Headmaster Decepticons shot them in the backs. {{storylink|Love and Steel!}}

[[File:WorldsApart-Mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|Surprise, Mindwipe hypnotizes a lot.]]
Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters struck next at the [[Mercury Gardens of Melanossus]], where they battled and defeated the [[Monsterbot (G1)|Monsterbot]]s. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}} ''A little later, during another battle with the Autobot counterparts, Mindwipe hypnotized [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], causing him to crash into [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. He, Weirdwolf, and Skullcruncher then surrounded the two Autobots, but a volley of firepower from [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] totalled Mindewipe's comrades, and he quickly retreated. The panicked withdrawal was merely a ruse, however; the Decepticons were attempting to lure the Autobots Headmasters into a trap so they could capture and study them, but the gambit ultimately failed.'' {{storylink|Worlds Apart!}} Eventually, the Autobots decided to depart Nebulos to protect it from the Transformers' conflict, and Mindwipe and the Decepticons pursued them. {{storylink|Brothers in Armor!!}}

[[File:TrialbyFire-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=.65|Well, that's randomly toyetic.]]
Following the Autobots to [[Earth]], Mindwipe detected the signal that had brought their enemies to the planet, and discovered that it originated from an [[Ark (G1)|abandoned Autobot headquarters]] inside a [[Mount St. Hilary|volcano]] cavern. But Fortress Maximus's Autobots weren't far, and the Decepticons fought them once again. Mindwipe and the others were stampeded out of the volcano when Fortress Maximus picked up a new Headmaster partner, the Earth human [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. {{storylink|Trial by Fire!}} The Decepticons proceeded to establish themselves on Earth, with Mindwipe's partner Vorath helping Scorponok to create [[Pretender]] technology, as Mindwipe watched silently in bat mode. {{storylink|Pretender to the Throne!}}

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''Scorponok put Mindwipe's hypnotic powers to use setting a trap for [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]], by having him mesmerize some humans who then led the Autobot Headmaster into a deep wood. The trap sprung, Highbrow attempted to flee, but Mindwipe pursued and used his powers to give him a severe case of amnesia. Scorponok tried to convince the brainwashed Highbrow that he was really a Decepticon, but Highbrow remained ill at ease, so the Decepticons tried to defuse the tense atmosphere by transforming their heads into Nebulan mode. Unfortunately, it was at this point that they discovered Mindwipe's fatal mistake: He had neglected to also blank the mind of Highbrow's partner, [[Gort]]. Gort knocked out Vorath, taking Mindwipe out of the fight, and then recombined with Highbrow, restoring his memory. He proceeded to rip Scorponok's head from his shoulders, the mental shock knocking the Decepticon leader offline.'' {{storylink|All in the Minds!}} ''Not long thereafter, amidst a time storm that threatened to end all reality, Mindwipe helped hunt down Highbrow in order to reclaim Scorponok's stolen head. Once Mindwipe retrieved the head and restored it to Scorponok's shoulders, the rest of his team was shunted to [[Limbo]] and replaced by a group of Decepticons from 2009 led by [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]]. After some misunderstandings were ironed out, Mindwipe and the two other Decepticons not limboed away formed a temporary alliance with the Autobots, the future Autobots, and the future Decepticons against the time-traveling [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]]. But the alliance was short-lived; when the future [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ultra Magnus]] accidentally shot Scorponok, Mindwipe joined his fellow present-day Decepticons in tearing Ultra Magnus apart. They retreated with Scorponok's wounded body just before Galvatron was thrown into the time storm, sating it and saving the universe.'' {{storylink|Time Wars}}

[[File:Beachcomberdarkstar.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.25|And then I conveniently disappear for that whole Underbase massacre.]]
Inevitably, Scorponok's band of Earthbound Decepticons met with [[Ratbat (G1)|Ratbat]]'s band of Earthbound Decepticons, and a group including Mindwipe was given a really boring tour by [[Starscream (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Starscream]] of Ratbat's [[Club Con|island headquarters]]. When the tour's star attraction, the kidnapped [[Buster Witwicky (G1)|Buster Witwicky]], unwittingly let slip that Ratbat was searching for a powerful artifact called the [[Underbase]], Scorponok was enraged. Scorponok took Mindwipe and the others to confront Ratbat for hording such information, and a civil war broke out between the two Decepticon camps. {{storylink|Cold War!}} In time, they discovered that this fight was in line with Starscream's plan to seize the Underbase's power for himself, and a cease-fire was agreed upon. But this reprieve was short, as the Autobots were drawn to the island base by Starscream's manipulations as well. Mindwipe was quick to maul the hapless [[Beachcomber (G1)|Beachcomber]] before another cease-fire was brokered, this time between the two opposing faction. Starscream went on a rampage, armed with the Underbase's cosmic energy, but partially-organic Transformers were immune to its power. The Decepticons suffered many casualties, but Mindwipe was not among them. {{storylink|Dark Star}}

In the wake of the [[Underbase Saga]], Scorponok took command of the remnants of the Decepticon army. ''Mindwipe and Weirdwolf accompanied their leader to a rendezvous with the mercenary [[Doubledealer|Dealer]] in order to purchase Autobot battle plans the merc had stolen, but before they could depart, they were attacked by [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]]. "Dealer" was actually Doubledealer, and had sold them out to their enemies!'' {{storylink|(Double) Deal of the Century!}} The Decepticons soon established a headquarters under a garbage dump in [[New Jersey (Earth)|New Jersey]], across the river from [[New York City]]. Mindwipe was charged with engineering an energy conversion machine to convert power into [[Energon]], and all he needed was for a cable to be laid across the river, connected to an [[electrostator]] placed at the top of the [[Empire State Building]]. Unfortunately, [[Iguanus (G1)|Iguanus]] failed at this and seemingly perished. {{storylink|King Con!}}

[[File:SkinDeep mindwipe sheeagh.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
The Decepticons scrambled once again when the [[Micromaster]] [[Air Strike Patrol]] summoned them to [[MacDill Air Force Base]] after the wayward new recruits, facing [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Optimus Prime]] and the entire Autobot army, were seemingly over their heads. Though both Optimus Prime and Scorponok privately suspected someone had arranged for this altercation, a fight broke out regardless. Mindwipe got punched in the batface by [[Blurr (G1)|Blurr]], while the Air Strike Patrol made their quiet retreat. {{storylink|The Resurrection Gambit!}} Mindwipe recuperated and joined Scorponok in advancing on the Autobots, just as Optimus Prime, strangely, called all his troops other than himself to return to the Ark. Scorponok was suspicious, and Mindwipe suggested that some powerful weapon was hidden inside the Autobots' [[All-Terrain Turbo-Transport|shuttlecraft]]. Mindwipe and the others rushed Optimus Prime as he tried to stop Scorponok from firing on the shuttlecraft, but Prime, who was quickly becoming frustrated with the day's events, was able to overpower all of them. As Optimus pleaded to Scorponok to stop fighting and determine the mastermind who was pulling their strings, they were interrupted by a huge hint: Starscream had arrived, reborn as a Pretender. {{storylink|All the Familiar Faces!}} Curiouser still, Mindwipe was shocked as Starscream claimed he had been sent by [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]], also believed to be dead! As Starscream's Pretender shell trounced Optimus Prime, Scorponok half-heartedly ordered Mindwipe and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] to help him. Mindwipe learned the hard way that his hypnotic power had no effect on the new Starscream, and was taken out of the fight with a signle blast. Shortly thereafter, Starscream suddenly reverted to his classic cowardly self and begged for mercy. {{storylink|Skin Deep}}

[[File:PrimalScream-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=0.85|And though you can't see the bottom, believe me it's a long way down.]]
Scorponok reluctantly allowed Starscream back into their ranks, a decision that didn't sit well with his troops. ''Mindwipe and most of the other Decepticons gave Starscream a wide berth, fearing the power he had displayed during his debut battle as a Pretender,'' {{storylink|Fallen Star!}} and soon began to turn their anger on Scorponok. Mindwipe was one of the most vocal members of this retaliation, and pointed to the hole Starscream had put in his chest. He reminded Scorponok that Starscream was a chronic traitor, but Scorponok rebuked him, noting that Starscream was a powerful warrior needed to bolster their ranks, and was better kept close so they could monitor his actions. {{storylink|The Primal Scream|Primal Scream}} But when Starscream went missing, Mindwipe and [[Triggerhappy (G1)|Triggerhappy]] decided they'd had enough and left Scorponok's command. Ironically enough, they ran into Starscream himself and were strong-armed into joining his small band of Decepticons against Scorponok. {{storylink|Eye of the Storm}} Mindwipe and Triggerhappy returned with Starscream, [[Shockwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Shockwave]], and [[Ravage (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Ravage]] to Shockwave's underwater headquarters, where they learned that their forces also included the [[Battlecharger]]s. With only seven on their team, Mindwipe was not impressed and expressed doubts, but when Starscream told him that they'd either fight for them or be executed, he quickly changed his mind.

[[File:OutofTime-hypnotism.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|How much more hypnotism can we cram into this page?]]
Immediately, the seven flew to Scorponok's base and fired into it from the air, collapsing it on an Autobot/Decepticon alliance that had been forming. {{storylink|Surrender!}} Once again, Mindwipe was the designated worrier. Though the collapsed base showed no signs of life, if Scorponok had survived, he said their best bet was to get while the getting was good. Triggerhappy agreed, and Starscream silently pitied their cowardice. Unfortunately for Starscream, Mindwipe was right, and Scorponok burst out of the ground to deal with them. Shockwave ordered Mindwipe and the others to rush Scorponok, an idea that was not popular with Mindwipe, and for good reason. Scorponok shrugged off their attacks. Mindwipe and Starscream subsequently concerned themselves with Scorponok's troops while Scorponok battled his equal, Shockwave. {{storylink|...All This and Civil War 2}}

Mindwipe put his magic powers to good use and hypnotized Field Commander Soundwave with the intention of controlling the troops through him. It was a good plan! And [[Kup (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Kup]] agreed! At gunpoint, Mindwipe told Soundwave to tell all the other Decepticons to lay down their arms in service of the Autobot/Decepticon alliance against [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]]—just in time for every Transformer on Earth to be warped to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] by their creator, [[Primus]]. {{storylink|Out of Time!}} Mindwipe watched with the other warped Transformers as Primus explained to them the history between himself and Unicron, and that the Transformers' destiny was to defeat him. {{storylink|The Void! (US)|The Void!}}

[[File:EdgeofExtinction-Mindwipedies.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|He doesn't look ''that'' bad, he's—oh, he's ''not'' in bat mode? Oh. <font size=1>Oh.</font>]]
Once the massive planet-sized Unicron arrived, Mindwipe and the other Transformers froze in terror. After watching [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] get eaten by the Chaos Bringer, Mindwipe regained enough of his faculties to be able to run away. The Transformers did eventually come around and face their destined adversary, but it did not end well for Mindwipe. As Unicron tore an avatar of the [[Matrix of Leadership|Creation Matrix]] to pieces, the resulting shockwave sent what was left of Mindwipe's body flying. {{storylink|On the Edge of Extinction!}}
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=====Earthforce=====
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After having been thrown out of the Decepticon army for trying to hypnotize Scorponok into making him leader, Mindwipe devised a master scheme of his own. He manufactured thousands of thought-sensitive [[Sleepfast]]™ night lights, selling them to humans on the novelty that they actually turned on or off just by thinking at them. Little did the humans know, however, that repetitive use of the night lights had a subliminal mind-control effect. Over time, Mindwipe would have gained an army of human slaves! Luckily for Humanity, the Autobots [[Wheeljack (G1)|Wheeljack]] and [[Snarl (G1)|Snarl]] came to investigate, and they confronted Mindwipe in his storage facility. He was beaten by his own night lights when the Autobots suddenly thought "Lights on!" in a darkened room, turning on thousands of Sleepfasts™ at once and temporarily overloading the Decepticon's neural circuitry with the sudden flash.

Mindwipe was, to coin a phrase, batshit nuts. {{storylink|The Living Nightlights!}}
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====Marvel ''Generation 2'' comic====
[[File:NewDawn-Mindwipe.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.66|Mindwipe: All magic, no pluck.]]
Mindwipe was still a part of the Decepticons after [[Megatron (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Megatron]] took back control of the army from [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]]. He was involved in the disastrous first encounter between Megatron's troops and [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronians]]. After Megatron was literally knocked out of orbit by Jhiaxus and plummeted to the planet below, Mindwipe joined [[Soundwave (G1)/Marvel Comics continuity|Soundwave]], [[Drag Strip (G1)|Drag Strip]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] in looking for their fallen leader. He was in the midst of voicing the selfish but sensible idea of abandoning Megatron to his fate and gettin' the slag outta there when Drag Strip found their commander. {{storylink|New Dawn}}
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====''Transformers '84''====
Some time after the [[Ark (G1)|Ark]] and ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'' had been lost, Mindwipe had fallen in with the troops under [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s command and took part in a bombing run against [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] and his forces. {{storylink|Secrets & Lies issue 3|Secrets & Lies #3}}

===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
{{voiceactor|[[Stephen Keener]] (English), [[Eiji Itō]] (Japanese)|[[Hans-Rainer Müller]] (German, ''The Rebirth, Part 2''), [[Michel Barbey]] (European French, ''The Rebirth, Part 1''), [[Francis Lax]] and [[Georges Atlas]] (European French, ''The Rebirth, Part 2'')}}
[[File:Mindwipe in altmode.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|I'd do anything this picture told me to.]]
After an all-too-brief period of peace following the resurrection of [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], Mindwipe was one of the many Decepticons who attacked [[Autobot City (G1)|Autobot City]] in [[2007]], creating a huge distraction to cover for [[Pounce]] and [[Wingspan]]'s theft of the key to the [[Plasma Energy Chamber]]. During the battle, Mindwipe used his hypnotic powers to seize control of [[Lightspeed (G1 Technobot)|Lightspeed]]'s mind, forcing him to back away, over the edge of a nearby cliff and into the lake below. The Autobots were able to steal back the key, but not before it was used to briefly open the Plasma Energy Chamber, releasing a bolt of energy that hurled a group of Autobots, and the key, across the galaxy to the planet Nebulos. Mindwipe was among the Decepticons sent to Nebulos in pursuit of the key, and he participated in the first battle on the planet. When the Decepticons were forced to retreat, [[Scourge (G1)|Scourge]] instructed them to gather the fallen Autobots so they could torture them for information on the key's location, but Mindwipe went one better, seizing the not-fallen-at-all [[Crosshairs (G1)|Crosshairs]] and dragging him off. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 1}}

[[File:Rebirth2 mindwipe hive machines.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.2|And we wonder why he hates science.]]
In order to rescue their allies, the Autobots became [[binary bonding|binary bonded]] to a group of Nebulan rebels as powerful "Headmasters". Defeated in battle by this new breed of Autobot, Mindwipe and the Decepticons were sent fleeing into the Nebulan wilderness, where they were then accosted by the mentally-controlled machines of Nebulos's evil ruling council, the [[Hive (G1)|Hive]]. The Decepticons were brought to the Hive's underground city, where their ruler, Lord Zarak, proposed that they join to become Headmasters as well. Naturally, the Decepticons were not responsive, until Zarak forced them to agree by attacking them with more of their machine servants. Mindwipe's head was subsequently removed and re-engineered to become an exo-suit for the Hive scientist Vorath, but the partnership had immediate teething troubles when Vorath bemoaned that fact that someone of his rank had been paired with a "mangy night-scavenger". Warning him that his mystic powers could trump anything science had to offer, Mindwipe mesmerized Vorath and forced him to combine with him.

[[File:Rebirth2 mindwipe and vorath.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Sure, make fun of Vorath's tiny guns, but, unlike magic, at least they're real.]]
The newly empowered Decepticons proceeded to attack the Autobots, and in the midst of the fighting, Mindwipe used his extra-sensory powers to deduce that the Autobot Brainstorm was carrying the Plasma Energy Chamber key. Mindwipe tried asking forcefully, but when that did work, he just let Vorath shoot the Autobot so they could steal the key from his fallen body. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 2}}

With the key recovered, the Decepticons and their new Hive allies all returned to Cybertron to help [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]] overcome the Autobots on the planet. Mindwipe personally took down [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] in the fight, with a little help from [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Apeface]]. Galvatron then used the key to open the chamber with the intention of destroy Cybertron and Earth; although his plan was foiled, as Mindwipe and the Decepticons were escaping aboard [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]], a stray tendril of plasma energy sent them hurtling off into the depths of space. {{storylink|The Rebirth, Part 3}}
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===Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
{{note|In Japan, Mindwipe is a small robot who transforms into a head and controls a larger, lifeless [[transtector]] body. The ''Headmasters'' toyline referred to the small robot as "Vorath", with "Wipe" (the character's Japanese name) being the name of the combined small robot/transtector form, though this distinction of nomenclature is very rarely made in fiction.}}

====''The Headmasters'' cartoon====
{{voiceactor|[[Naoki Tatsuta]] (Japanese)|[[John Culkin]] (English, Omni Productions dub)}}
[[File:MindwipeHeadmastersAnime1.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|"Blah! Try my new chocolatey cereal! Blah!"]]
Four million years ago, Mindwipe was among a group of [[Cyberdroid|diminutive Cybertronians]] who departed Cybertron under the leadership of [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress]], seeking to escape the eternal war that had consumed the planet. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}} Alas, engine trouble caused their craft to crash land on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]], an inhospitable world whose murderous environments and wildly changeable atmospheric conditions threatened the lives of the Cybertronians. Fighting against the odds, the Cybertronians made several technological quantum leaps to survive on Master, including the creation of larger, lifeless Transformer bodies called [[transtector]]s. Mindwipe and many of his comrades underwent rigorous physical and mental training to master the art of [[transformation]], learning to transform into heads that connected to the transtectors and placed them under their control. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} Mindwipe was one of ten warriors who became one of these "Headmasters", but he and several other warriors soon began to chafe under Fortress's leadership, and ultimately rebelled against him, siding with a traitor named [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]. Via the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]], Scorponok soon forged an alliance with the Decepticon leader, [[Galvatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Galvatron]]. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

[[File:Hmep1 mindwipe magic spell.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Kōmori amamori oritatande WIPE!"]]
In the year [[2011]], Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] joined Galvatron's Decepticons in a massive attack on Cybertron, seeking to seize control of the destabilized [[Vector Sigma]] and establish a Decepticon hold over the planet through the computer. Mindwipe's hypnotic powers proved instrumental in the battle, as he put [[Grimlock (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Grimlock]] to sleep, but Galvatron was less than impressed, since he also accidentally knocked out Skullcruncher with the technique. Undeterred, Mindwipe put his powers into play again a short time later, taking out Grimlock (again!), [[Slag (G1)|Slag]] and the [[Throttlebot]]s, and leaving the entrance to the computer base wide open. Before the villains could enter, however, Fortress's Autobot Headmasters arrived on Cybertron to stop them. {{storylink|Four Warriors Come out of the Sky}} In ensuing battle, Mindwipe tried using his powers on [[Chromedome (G1)|Chromedome]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], but the Decepticons were soon forced to retreat when faced with the power of Fortress's Battleship Maximus. {{storylink|The Mystery of Planet Master}}

Soon after, Mindwipe accompanied Galvatron to Earth to help interfere in the Autobots' search for the missing [[Matrix of Leadership]], which could restore balance to Vector Sigma. The villains caught up to [[Hot Rod (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Hot Rod]] just as he located the Matrix, and Mindwipe tried using his hypnotism to stop him, only to be beaten down by [[Hardhead (G1)|Hardhead]]. Hot Rod and the Autobot Headmasters quickly pulled out, heading for Cybertron with the Matrix, and Mindwipe and the Decepticons gave chase, leading to a showdown in Vector Sigma's chamber. When Hot Rod used the Matrix to become Rodimus Prime again, he and [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] proceeded to double-team Galvatron, and Mindwipe and his fellow Decepticons fled rather than face the combined might of the two Primes. {{storylink|Birth of the Fantastic Double Prime}}

[[File:Hmep4 mindwipe vs throttlebots.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Bring him...[[Furmanism|''DOWN TO EARTH!'']]]]
Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the Decepticons' newest weapon, the [[Madmachine]], when it was unleashed upon Cybertron, and used his hypnosis to make [[Wideload (G1)|Wideload]] and [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] fight each other. [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Goldbug]] helped his team-mates over come the effect, and he and Rollbar tried to haul Mindwipe out of the sky. The Decepticon Headmasters retreated when the Madmachine was destroyed by the Autobot Headmasters. {{storylink|The Great Cassette Operation}} After helping the Decepticons enslave planet [[Beast (planet)|Beast]], {{storylink|Rebellion on Planet Beast}} Mindwipe again clashed with the Throttlebots, this time on Earth, as the Decepticons kept the Autobots busy there while their newest evil creation, [[Metamorphose]], headed towards Athenia. {{storylink|Approach of the Demon Meteorite}}

[[File:Hmep7 mindwipe cross head on.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|Why talk funny I do now?]]
Under the orders of Scorponok, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters attacked an Autobot energy outpost on Earth and killed all those stationed there. Before slaying [[Autobot operator|the last one]], Mindwipe hypnotised him into sending a message to Rodimus Prime, summoning him and [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] there with news of a new energy discovery. The two Autobots discovered the deception immediately upon arrival, but it was too late: Mindwipe and his partners in crime had already departed to the planet [[Praum]], where they watched as Scorponok sprang a trap on the Autobot Headmasters. The Autobots overcame the trap by switching heads to boost their power, so the Decepticons tried doing the same (with Mindwipe taking over Weirdwolf's transtector), but they still got thrashed. {{storylink|The Four-Million-Year-Old Veil of Mystery}} After this defeat, Mindwipe and his chums decided to sit out the next mission, and played cards instead. {{storylink|Terror! The Six Shadows}}

[[File:Hmep10 mindwipe and bomb.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|I did it! I programmed a VCR!]]
When Vector Sigma developed a powerful new alloy named [[cybertonuron]], Mindwipe was among the Decepticons who invaded the planet seeking to take possession of it for Galvatron. Scorponok, however, disliked the idea of seeing the alloy in Galvatron's hands, and so resolved instead to destroy Cybertron, and the cybertonuron with it. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 1}} Mindwipe was given the unenviable task of transporting a clutch of bombs into Cybertron's depths, but even with the Autobot Headmaster nipping at his heels, he succeeded in his task, setting up the explosives in Vector Sigma's chamber and activating their timers. He taunted Chromedome with the fact that the bombs could not be deactivated, then transformed to bat mode and made himself scarce with all due speed. The Transformers all abandoned Cybertron with minutes to spare, save for Galvatron, who attempted to remove the bombs, and was caught at ground-zero of the planet-shattering explosion. {{storylink|Cybertron Is in Grave Danger, Part 2}}

[[File:Hmep12 mindwipe and pipiro.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|For the last time, you little brat, stop peeing on my roses!]]
With Galvatron apparently destroyed, Scorponok seized command of the Decepticons, and as his first order of business, had Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher steal the [[Sol 1]] satellite. {{storylink|The Shadow Emperor, Scorponok}} As part of Scorponok's plan to keep the Autobots' attentions focused on Earth, Mindwipe and his fellow Headmasters accompanied the [[Predacon (G1)|Predacons]] in menacing [[Pan|a small Peruvian village]]. To defeat the Autobots, Mindwipe threatened the life of a local boy named [[Pipiro]], but was thwarted by the heroic actions of his sister [[Alyssa]]'s pet donkey [[Dodo]]. Embarrassing. {{storylink|The Dormant Volcano Mysteriously Erupts}} A little later, still distracting the Autobots from Scorponok's bigger scheme with attacks on Earth, Mindwipe joined in a Decepticon attack on [[San Francisco]] with [[buridanka|a giant carnivorous plant]]. {{storylink|Head On!! Fortress Maximus}}

Scorponok's plans came to a head when he plotted to destroy [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], and sent the Decepticon Headmasters to the planet to place a series of [[plasma energy]] bombs beneath its crust. After doing so, the villainous trio engaged the Autobot Headmasters on Mars's surface, and fooled the heroes with an elaborate trick: during the fight, Hardhead managed to get Mindwipe to "accidentally" hypnotize Skullcruncher, so that he would reveal the location of the bombs. Following Skullcruncher's co-ordinates, the Autobots were actually caught in a pre-prepared trap, and when Fortress arrived to save them, Mindwipe and his fellows got particularly crafty, blasting him with a plasma energy bomb in mid-transformation! {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! Maximus Is in Danger}} Mindwipe and the Decepticons then withdrew to the planet [[Zarak (planet)|Zarak]], where Scorponok unveiled his secret project: a giant transtector of his own! The Headmasters boarded Scorponok's giant new body and returned with him to Mars, putting the finishing touches to the bombing set-up while he battled Fortress. Mindwipe and his pals completed their task quickly, and withdrew with Scorponok as Mars was destroyed. {{storylink|Explosion on Mars!! MegaZarak Appears}}

[[File:Hmep17 mindwipe nards.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4|Ooooh, right in the belfry!]]
Mindwipe subsequently attended the coronation of Scorponok on Earth's [[moon (moon)|moon]], but during the event, Galvatron abruptly returned, alive and well, and retook leadership. {{storylink|Return of the Immortal Emperor}} Soon after, when Galvatron had him try to interfere with an Autobot energy run to the planet [[Sandra (planet)|Sandra]], Mindwipe got kicked around by the Autobots pretty badly. Literally. {{storylink|SOS from Planet Sandra}}

[[File:Hmep18 mindwipe pull my tail.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|This picture requires no caption....]]
The appearance of two unknown robots in the vicinity of Chaar set off alarm bells for Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters, and they immediately attacked the newcomers. Mindwipe tried hypnotizing the one with a dragon alternate mode, but was promptly swatted out of the sky by its tail, at which point Galvatron arrived to inform them that these were actually their old allies from Master, [[Apeface]] and [[Snapdragon (G1)|Snapdragon]]. Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher subsequently went to Earth with the two new arrivals to serve as bodyguards for Galvatron while he negotiated a potential peace with [[Spike Witwicky (G1)|Spike Witwicky]]. When the negotiation was discovered to be a Decepticon ruse to cover their preparations for an interplanetary energy raid, a fight broke out, and Mindwipe got smacked around by [[Kaen]]. The Decepticons were able to escape and join up with their fellows to carry out the planned raid, destroying the [[space bridge]] to delay the Autobots' pursuit. {{storylink|Daniel Faces His Biggest Crisis Ever!!}}

The Decepticons' started their energy gathering by attacking the planets [[Hive (planet)|Hive]] {{storylink|Fight to the Death on Planet Hive!!}} and [[Twin Star]] for energy, but Mindwipe didn't really have much to get up to, and entertained himself on the journey between planets by watching asteroids fly by. {{storylink|Battle for Defense of the False Planet}} When the Decepticons set down on the planet [[Daros]], however, Mindwipe and the Headmasters were given a special task by Scorponok: hunt down the [[Beastformer (species)|Beastformer]] [[Tekna]], who had helped build his transtector and who was currently imprisoned in a penal colony on the planet, and kill him. Mindwipe and his foul fellows took pleasure in massacring every inmate in the prison, but Tekna managed to escape their wrath long enough to give the Autobots information on the secret weak spot of Scorponok's transtector. {{storylink|Find MegaZarak's Weak Spot!!}}

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On the Decepticons' next target planet, [[Paradise]], Mindwipe was able to get the drop on Highbrow and tried to subdue him with his hypnotic powers. Highbrow fought off the effect long enough to take to the air, so Mindwipe simply shot him down and allowed Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher to beat him into submission. When Highbrow's fellow Autobots came to rescue him, Skullcruncher seized Brainstorm so Mindwipe could punch him, but of course, Brainstorm ducked, and Mindwipe wound up clocking Skullcruncher instead. {{storylink|Head Formation of Friendship}} Mindwipe then participated in the battle on [[Pirate Planet]]. {{storylink|Mystery of the Space Pirate Ship}}

[[File:Hmep24 mindwipe small robot.jpg|left|thumb|WhY mY knEEs hUrt?]]
Upon returning to Earth, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters were assigned a secret mission by Scorponok, sneaking into an Autobot outpost in their small [[robot mode]] and planting explosives that wiped out the base personnel. With the base now in their clutches, the trio planet one of a series of explosives beneath it. {{storylink|Ultra Magnus Dies!!}} They then helped Scorponok plant another explosive in Alaska, though their activities were briefly interrupted by a wide-ranging battle between Galvatron and the Autobot Headmasters that concluded with the Decepticon leader's destruction. {{storylink|The Emperor of Destruction Vanishes on an Iceberg}} This allowed Scorponok to take control of the Decepticons once again, and he dispatched Mindwipe and the Headmasters to plant the final explosive on the [[Kamchatka Peninsula]]. When detonated, this string of explosives would trigger every volcano on the [[Pacific Ring of Fire]] and tear the Earth apart. Luckily, before the bombs could be triggered, Chromedome deduced the location of Scorponok's weak spot, and Fortress Maximus exploited it to critically damage the Decepticon leader. Scorponok withdrew, and Mindwipe and all the other Decepticons fled Earth with him. {{storylink|I Risk My Life for Earth}}

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Mindwipe and the Decepticons withdrew with Scorponok to their old home of planet Master, where they terrorized the locals until the Autobots arrived to stop them. Mindwipe tried hitting Highbrow with his hypnotic waves again, but Brainstorm stepped in to take him down. The Decepticons sought revenge by capturing Chromedome's friend [[Jack (G1)|Jack]], planting a bomb in him, and having Mindwipe hypnotize him into walking into the heart of the Autobot camp. Chromedome was able to break Mindwipe's control over his friend, but alas, it did not save Jack's life. {{storylink|Miraculous Warriors, Targetmasters (Part 2)}}

Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher observed as Scorponok processed [[G-Metal]] from ore found beneath Master's surface, which he would use to forge a weapon to counter Fortress's [[Master Sword]]. The three Headmasters then captured [[Wheelie (G1)|Wheelie]] and ransomed for information on the Master Sword, allowing Scorponok to counter its powers. {{storylink|The Master Sword Is in Danger!!}}

[[File:Hmep31 mindwipe goofs.jpg|left|thumb|upright=1.4|"Upff...hot dog burp."]]
With this data in their hands, the Decepticons briefly withdrew from Master to throw the Autobots off their tail, hiding in a field of space debris where Mindwipe and Weirdwolf teased Skullcruncher for confusing the space rocks with aliens. Their trail suitably cold, they then returned to Master and headed underground so Scorponok could build his "[[Zarak Shield]]". {{storylink|The Zarak Shield Turns the Tide}} A mighty battle against the Decepticons followed, with the Autobots backed up by the young warriors of Master, during which Mindwipe took a shot at hypnotizing Chromedome, only to once again accidentally put Skullcruncher to sleep. Luckily, Mindwipe's mistake did not adversely affect the fight, and with the battle won, the Decepticons quickly departed Master, heading back to Earth. {{storylink|Operation: Destroy the Decepticons}} On the way, they were separated from [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] {{storylink|My Friend Sixshot!}} and when they set down on the asteroid [[Pallas]] for repairs, Mindwipe opined that they wouldn't be seeing the ninja again. No sooner had he voiced this opinion, of course, than Sixshot returned. {{storylink|Duel on the Asteroid}}

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Once back on Earth, Scorponok immediately had the Decepticons begin setting up "Death Towers" at strategic points around the globe, forged from the [[crysmagnetal]] of the lost continent of [[Lemuria (myth)|Lemuria]]. Attempting to defend the tower set up in Egypt, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf and Skullcruncher unveiled their newest technique: the "Trio Formation", an odd move that involved them stacking on top of each other like a totem pole. The mode was not exactly a success, as Apeface and Snapdragon thought to get in on the action and wound up toppling it over. The Headmasters' tomfoolery notwithstanding, the Egyptian Death Tower was successfully raised, creating an energy-channelling circuit of towers around the Earth that threatened to rip the planet apart. To stop the Decepticons' plan, the Autobots faced their whole army down in a massive final battle at the North Pole, during which Mindwipe turned his hypnotic powers on Chromedome and Hardhead, but was stopped by [[Blaster (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Twincast]] and his [[Autobot Mini-Cassette|cassettes]]. The conflict came to a close when the Autobots all channeled their energy into Fortress Maximus, enabling him to destroy Scorponok's transtector and the circuit, saving the planet and forcing Mindwipe and all the other Decepticons to flee Earth for good. {{storylink|The Final Showdown on Earth (Part 2)}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' cartoon====
Archive footage of a battle in space involving Mindwipe was used to educate the future [[Headmaster Junior]]s about the [[Master Wars]]. {{storylink|Birth! Headmaster Jrs}}

====''Legends'' comic====
[[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]] explained to the [[Legends World]]'s [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] that he and other diminutive Transformers, including Vorath before he became Mindwipe, left [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to escape the war and settled on Master. Vorath was among those seen suffering in the deadly environment before they were able to tame the planet. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 9|Bonus Edition Vol. 9}}

In [[2021]], Mindwipe and the rest of Scorponok's troops battled Fortress Maximus's Autobots near a [[black hole]] when Scorponok detonated it with no concern for his own soldiers, causing [[Black ball|miniature black holes]] to appear within them. Their bodies doomed by the phenomenon, the Headmasters disconnected from their transtectors and traveled to the Legends World to have new ones built for them. {{storylink|Headmaster Chapter Prologue}} They allied with the local [[Tera-Kura Co.]], with Mindwipe joining [[Tarantulas (BW)|Tarantulas]] in the partnership's science department. At some point, he also hypnotized Skullcruncher so badly he developed chronic narcolepsy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 22|Bonus Edition Vol. 22}} Mindwipe was present when the chairman of the company, [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]], was manipulated by Tarantulas and Weirdwolf into turning into Galvatron. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 23|Bonus Edition Vol. 23}} After their Galvatron transtector failed to properly control Megatron, the two schemers had Mindwipe hypnotize Megatron into "willingly" merging with it. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 25|Bonus Edition Vol. 25}}

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Mindwipe was present at Tera-Kura when a mob mass-produced [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]]-type Headmasters showed up and demanded their own transtectors. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 28|Bonus Edition Vol. 28}} Following a failed bid by Weirdwolf to take over Fortress Maximus, Mindwipe and Skullcruncher carried their knocked out comrade to safety. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 31|Bonus Edition Vol. 31}} With Tarantulas in jail, Mindwipe decided to make a deal with the devil for a new transtector by using dark magic to resurrect [[Devil Z]]. The entity granted him a new body and a [[Servant]] partner drone that boosted his hypnotic powers to the point where he was able to take over not just the Decepticon company, but the world! Unfortunately, he found it unsatisfying to be a leader when his subjects were just brainwashed and didn't actually have any love for him. When Devil Z asked for repayment in the form of the life force of his hypnotized victims, Mindwipe refused on the grounds that some of them were his friends, but Devil Z wouldn't take no for an answer and took Mindwipe's body for himself. Aided by Megatron, who was immune to his hypnotism by now, Mindwipe was able to neutralize Devil Z with a spell before any harm was done. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 34|Bonus Edition Vol. 34}}

However, Devil Z soon returned, took control of Decepticon Co., and ordered the three Headmasters to destroy a trailer that had appeared in the city. The vehicle turned out to be a [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmaster]] transtector belonging to [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]], who swiftly defeated Mindwipe and his pals with [[Chōkon Power]], forcing Devil Z to power them up with his own [[Devil Power]]. The trio appeared to defeat Ginrai with their Trio Formation Devil Attack, only for the Autobot to transform into a base mode and send them fleeing with a barrage of blasts. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 35|Bonus Edition Vol. 35}} When Devil Z was enraged, he began emitting lighting blasts that Mindwipe and the others had to dodge. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 36|Bonus Edition Vol. 36}} His living transtector was later lured away by the former Decepticon [[Headmaster Junior]]s and briefly used by [[Cancer (G1)|Cancer]] before it was retrieved. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 37|Bonus Edition Vol. 37}} He and Weirdwolf were shocked when [[Apeface]] developed superpowers and an unhealthy dose of ambition. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 38|Bonus Edition Vol. 38}}

Mindwipe was later seen loading [[energon cube]]s at work. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 40|Bonus Edition Vol. 40}} Tired of Megatron's command, he and the other Headmasters began plotting to revive [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] and use him to overthrow Megatron. {{storylink|LG-43 Trypticon Project Chapter}} For this purpose, they worked with [[Nightbeat (G1)|Nightbeat]] to steal [[Godbomber]] from the Autobots, though they were defeated before they could really use its power. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 42|Bonus Edition Vol. 42}} They then had to sit tight for a while when the [[Dimensional Patrol]] sealed away everyone's transtectors. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Scourge 2)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} Mindwipe and his two buds tried to take revenge on Ginrai when he turned into a normal robot, but fled when he transformed into the giant Super Magna Convoy. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Magna Convoy)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}} As they neared completion on Trypticon, the Scorponok loyalists rebelled against Tera-Kura and attacked [[Metroplex (G1)|Metroplex]] for his [[transformation cog]]. During the battle with Megatron's troops, Mindwipe confused [[Ultra Magnus (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Ultra Magnus]] with hypnotism. {{storylink|LG43 Trypticon Mobilization Chapter: Decepticon Civil War|Decepticon Civil War}} He was stationed inside Trypticon during his rampage across Tokyo, though the beast was ultimately defeated. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 43|Bonus Edition Vol. 43}}

The Decepticon Headmasters gave up on their scheming and instead established the [[Wolf Circus]], where Mindwipe was seen when Megatron visited to borrow [[Noble (BM)|Noble]]. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. 63|Bonus Edition Vol. 63}} When Devil Z resurfaced and took control of Scorponok in the form of BlackZarak, Mindwipe attempted to banish him again but was sent flying by a strike from BlackZarak's spear. {{storylink|Legends Comic: Bonus Edition Vol. EX (Grand Maximus)|Bonus Edition Vol. EX}}

Mindwipe was at the Wolf Circus when [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]] returned and announced his plans to destroy the [[Legends World]] and claim its energy. He joined Scorponok on the bridge of his bestial new creation, Majin Zarak, as it prepared to lay waste to New Akihibara City. Mindwipe helped gather the six Targetmaster partners, whom Scorponok had modified into immensely powerful plasma energy bombs. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part One}} He prepared the Targetmaster bombs to detonate at the site of the proton energy reservoir. Even after Scorponok and Majin Zarak were defeated, Mindwipe continued prepping the bombs. It was revealed that Devil Z was inhabiting and directing Mindwipe's transtector. Slugslinger and the Targetmasters arrived, blowing the transtector apart and separating Mindwipe from Devil Z's influence. {{storylink|Targetmaster Chapter Finale: Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two|Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two}}
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===''TV Magazine'' comic continuity===
====''The Great Transformer War''====
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In the closing days of 2010, while significant Transformer battles were being waged on Earth and across space, Mindwipe and the other Decepticon Headmasters were running from their Autobot counterparts on the planet [[Master (planet)|Master]]. The Decepticons appeared to flee by leaping into a chasm, but moments later, they burst up through the ground to catch their pursuers unaware. Unfortunately for the villains, the Autobots were able to sneak away under cover of the dust cloud their emergence created, leaving [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] to mistakenly beat up Mindwipe. The Decepticons soon realized their error, but the Autobots then crashed into them in [[alternate mode|vehicle mode]], ending the fight. At that point, the Decepticon ninja [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] arrived and instructed them to follow him back to [[Chaar]]. The Decepticons fled into space, but the Autobot Headmasters quickly gave chase aboard the battleship Maximus, heading for Cybertron rejoin the larger Transformer war. {{storylink|The Great Transformer War issue 3|The Great Transformer War #3}}

====''The Headmasters'' comic====
[[File:Hmmanga chromedome snatches bomb.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|left|That's some real nice work, there, Mindwipe.]]
Shortly after their failure to seize control of Vector Sigma, Galvatron led Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters in a rather direct plan to destroy Battleship Maximus: They would lure it into space, and then Mindwipe would, uh, just throw a bomb inside. Unsurprisingly, this plan met with failure when the speedy Chromedome was able to snatch the bomb right out of Mindwipe's hands before he even had the chance to hurl it. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 1|The Headmasters #1}}

Mindwipe and the Decepticons later made a return to planet Beast, where they were able to capture Highbrow and Brainstorm. Mindwipe and his partners wanted to take the two Autobots' transtectors for themselves, but their evil scheme was foiled by the Beastformers' human ally [[Kane]], who threw rocks at them and got them to chase him, thereby giving the Autobots time to escape. During his flight, Kane tripped, and Mindwipe swooped into finish him off, but the Decepticon was abruptly blasted out of the sky by Hardhead. {{storylink|The Decisive Battle of Planet Beast!}}

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After attacking an Alaskan power plant, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf, and Skullcruncher were prepared for the arrival of the Autobot Headmasters. Catching their heroic foes unawares, the three villains were able to stop them from combining with their transtectors, leaving them seemingly helpless before the vicious animal modes of the trio's own bestial transtectors. Mindwipe and his allies proceeded to hunt the Headmasters through the Alaskan wilderness, until they were tricked into making a pounce that allowed the Autobots to leap over them and rejoin with their transtectors. Mindwipe and company could only watch and hug each other for support as the four Autobots blasted the everlovin' bejeezus out of the Decepticons' unmanned transtectors. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 2|The Headmasters #2}}

In addition to all their other faults, Mindwipe and the Decepticon Headmasters proved themselves to be a bunch of Scrooges when they attacked a Christmas party the Autobots were attending at a Japanese children's hospital. Mindwipe viciously blasted Highbrow as the Autobot was attempting to protect a crippled boy named [[Masato]], and while he did injure Highbrow, his evil deed did have a good side-effect: Masato was so consumed with emotion at the sight of Highbrow's wounding, he found the strength of will to walk again! This didn't mean anything to Mindwipe, who came zeroing back in to finish the fleshie off, but Chromedome quickly leapt into action and shot Mindwipe down. The three Decepticons were then sent packing, hurled off into the snow-flecked night by the united power of the Autobot Headmasters' "Hell's Great Wheel" technique. {{storylink|The Headmasters issue 6|The Headmasters #6}}

====''Super-God Masterforce'' comic====
Several years after the Decepticons' departure from Earth, Mindwipe appeared on Athenia with the other Decepticon Headmasters, working with the new Decepticon [[Godmaster (lifeform)|Godmasters]] to disrupt the coronation of [[Ginrai (human)|Ginrai]] as [[Supreme Commander]] at the behest of their new secret ruler, [[Devil Z]]. {{storylink|The Battle Begins! The Earth-Space Alliance Army}}

===Toy pack-in material===
When Optimus became stranded on Cybertron's hemisphere of darkness with his memory damaged, Mindwipe joined a small strike force of Decepticons called S.T.O.P. ([[Seek and Terminate Optimus Prime]]) to either destroy or recruit the amnesic Autobot leader. {{Storylink|Optimus Prime Is Back}}
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===Desert of Danger===
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Mindwipe helped his Nebulan partner Vorath, and his fellow Decepticons Skullcruncher and Weirdwolf, in a plot to smuggle onto Nebulos an army of [[Attack Squad robot]]s. Whether or not this plot succeeded depended on the decisions that [[you]] made! {{storylink|Desert of Danger}}
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===Dreamwave ''Generation One'' continuity===
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During the [[Dark Ages]], when [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] were believed to have been killed in a [[space bridge]] test, Mindwipe was part of the [[Chaos Trinity]] that attempted to use [[dark science]] to manipulate events in their favor. When the mysterious, frighteningly-powerful being known as [[The Fallen]] arrived and offered them dark powers in exchange for their services, they agreed. {{storylink|Fragmentation (G1)|Fragmentation}} The three managed to initiate a serious surge in factional engagements, in an attempt to isolate the [[Angles of Dissolution]] that the Fallen needed. {{storylink|Escalation}} During their attempt to secure [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]], Mindwipe managed to put the [[Autobot]] scientist into a trance, while [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]] and [[Bugly (G1)|Bugly]] put [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] out of commission. When [[Grimlock (G1)|Grimlock]], another target, surprised them, Mindwipe was confident he could do the same to Grimlock.

He got thrown into a wall for his troubles. The Fallen had to pull their [[Anatomic euphemism#Exhaust port|exhaust port]]s out of the fire. {{storylink|Revelation (The Dark Ages)|Revelation}}

When they went to secure [[Hot Spot (G1)|Hot Spot]], the third Angle, Mindwipe turned several of the Protectobots against their teammates with his hypnotic powers. {{storylink|Confrontation (issue)|Confrontation}} However, Shockwave tracked the Chaos Trinity down, bringing [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]], [[Ravage (G1)|Ravage]], the [[Insecticon (G1)|Insecticons]], the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]], and [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]] as well. Mindwipe believed that it was time to retreat, but found that Bludgeon had already fled. Mindwipe was then [[Slag (slang)|slagged]] by Shockwave. {{storylink|Conflagration}}
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===2005 IDW continuity===
:*''First Appearance:'' [[The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|''Transformers: Robots in Disguise'' #1]]
[[File:NewWorldsOrder mindwipe and blackrock.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|He might've got mad about Ratbat's death, but it didn't stop him from borrowing his color scheme for this scene.]]
Mindwipe was an "[[Outlier (group)|outlier]]", a Transformer possessing a unique "super-power" unrelated to his alternate mode; in his case, telepathy. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}} He was among the Decepticons imprisoned on Cybertron after the war with [[D-Void]]. {{storylink|The Autonomy Lesson (issue)|The Autonomy Lesson}} Though they were soon freed, their newly appointed leader Ratbat [[Arcee (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|mysteriously]] perished, and Mindwipe was part of the angry mob who demanded answers from the Autobots. {{storylink|Stick Together}} Later, when [[Megatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Megatron]] appeared in [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]], Mindwipe and many other Decepticons banded together to prevent the Autobots from killing him. {{storylink|City on Fire}}

Unwilling to foresake his Decepticon allegiance, Mindwipe was one of the 'Cons who eventually decamped from [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] to establish their own ghetto on the city's outskirts. When Optimus Prime and [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] passed through, Mindwipe and several others ganged up to attack them, but the scuffle was broken up by [[Ironhide (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Ironhide]] and [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] and they were sent on their way. {{storylink|First Contact (IDW)|First Contact}} Soon after, [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] arrived to whip Mindwipe and the others back up into a frenzy, leading them in an attack on the [[space bridge]] chamber as part of a distraction to allow [[Rattrap (BW)|Rattrap]] to steal the [[Enigma of Combination]]. {{storylink|You, Me, and the Universe}}

Mindwipe was one of the Decepticons who rallied under [[Galvatron (G1)/2005 IDW continuity|Galvatron]] and space bridged to Earth to join his attack on [[Shanghai]], only to be confronted by the Autobots. During the battle, he was summoned to Galvatron's side, where he was instructed to use his telepathic powers to decrypt the "[[Onyx]]" source code created by the human [[G.B. Blackrock|Garrison Blackrock]], used to run the anti-Transformer "[[mindbomb]]" that was in the process of being primed for use against them. Using the source code, Mindwipe was able to tap into the mindbomb and shield as many Decepticon as time would allow from its effects. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 1: Once Upon a Time on Earth|Once Upon a Time on Earth}}

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The surviving Decepticons quickly withdrew to the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', berthed on the ocean floor, where Mindwipe examined the captive Blackrock and confirmed Galvatron's suspicion that he ''wasn't'' human, but actually an incredibly advanced Cybertronian masquerading as a human. {{storylink|New Worlds Order}}

While defending the ''Nemesis'' from attack from the Autobots and Soundwave's Decepticons, Mindwipe and several other Decepticons were merged into the [[combiner]] [[Galvatronus (CW)|Galvatronus]] by Galvatron's control of the [[Enigma of Combination]] source code. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 4: It's Beginning To And Back Again|It's Beginning To And Back Again}} [[Superion (G1)|Superion]] was able to take control of the code and force Galvatronus to separate, leaving Mindwipe and the others unconscious. {{storylink|All Hail Optimus Part 5: As Above...So Below|As Above...So Below}} With Galvatron's defeat, they were then rounded up by the Autobots {{storylink|White Light}} and put into custody. {{storylink|White Heat}}
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===''United''===
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Mindwipe was part of a squad of Decepticons that waited in ambush for the Autobots on the planet Nebulos. Hidden away in inner-space, the Decepticons took the small Autobot unit by surprise, but dispersed when their leader [[Straxus (G1)|Straxus]] was taken out. {{storylink|The Fierce Fighting on Planet Nebulos}}
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===''Kre-O'' online manga===
Mindwipe was one of the Decepticons who attacked alongside the [[Alligaticon]], and was subsequently defeated by [[Optimus Prime (Kre-O)|Mega-Optimus]]. {{storylink|Negligence Is the Greatest Enemy! Optimus Became a Monster!?}}

===''Transformers vs. G.I. Joe''===
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[[Scarlett]] had a vision of Mindwipe following her [[Brainwave Scanner]]-induced brainwashing, suggesting the hypnotic Decepticon had something to do with the machine. {{storylink|Headmasters (issue)|Headmasters}} He later attacked the [[G.I. Joe (team)|G.I. Joe]] team led by [[Hawk (G.I. Joe)|Hawk]] and [[General Flagg]] shortly after their arrival on Cybertron. {{storylink|Pax Megatronus}} After the war was over, Mindwipe became an object of worship for certain cults residing on [[Pluto]]. {{storylink|The War Never Ends}}
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===''Titans Return'' marketing material===
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Mindwipe was part of a group of Decepticons dispatched to [[Jungle Planet (colony)|Eukaris]] in the hopes of intercepting [[Alpha Trion (G1)|Alpha Trion]] and [[Grimlock (G1)|Clobber]]. Their ambush was spoiled when [[Apeface]] blew their cover, allowing the two Autobots the opportunity to counter-attack. {{storylink|Titans Return: The Power of the Titan Masters|The Power of the Titan Masters}}
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===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Cracks Beneath Your Feet Part Five|''Transformers'' #11]] (mentioned); [[Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|#20]] (full)}}
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Mindwipe was part of [[the Rise]]; as a "prodigy" with the ability to transmit hypnotic data packets from his optics, his dangerous ability made him a known quantity to the members of [[Security Operations]]. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}} As a member of The Rise, Mindwipe was officially under Shockwave's command, but had ambitions of his own; while Shockwave and his fellow Risers laid low after the fall of the [[Tether]], Mindwipe cut a deal with [[Swindle (G1)|Swindle]] to procure some extra [[energon]] for his experiments. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} He, [[Storm Cloud (G1)|Storm Cloud]], and [[Whisper (G1)|Visper]] travelled to [[Swindle's|Swindle's casino]] to get the energon, but learned on arriving that Swindle's procurement specialist [[Singe]] had been caught and arrested. Mindwipe promptly chewed Swindle out for stupidly inviting him here anyway, and the arrival of [[Prowl (G1)|Prowl]]'s unit proved him right. Mindwipe was able to get away by hypnotizing [[Bumper (G1)|Bumper]] and ordering him to kill Prowl, then transformed and flew away in the chaos, warning Shockwave that Storm Cloud's arrest would surely lead Prowl to the Rise's current base. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: Swindle's|Swindle's}}

[[File:WarsEndPartFour-MindwipeVsExarchon.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Twinkle, twinkle, little bat, how I wonder what you're at.]]
[[Bitstream (G1)|Bitstream]] and [[Sparkstalker]], Mindwipe's technical partners in the Rise, had constructed a [[data-bomb]] that severely disrupted the [[Titan Net]] which coordinated the orbiting, slumbering [[Titan (group)|Titan]]-class Cybertronians. Although it was necessary at the time for the Rise's sedition, things changed once Megatron and his forces staged a coup and seized control of the government. Megatron wanted the Titans back online and in service of the Decepticons, so he had the existing Hub staff cleared out and replaced with Mindwipe's trio. Mindwipe's hypnosis gave the staff an extra "push" to leave. Quickly. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Even with direct access to the Titan Net, however, their initial attack proved too effective. The data-bomb had caused damage that seemed irrevocable. The orbit of the slumbering Titans was already beginning to decay. Thinking in terms of triage, Megatron was concerned some other data specialist not loyal to the cause may gain access to the Titans from a subsidiary Hub as they did. If the Titans would not serve the Decepticons, Megatron ordered Mindwipe's team to eliminate them entirely. They accelerated the damage, causing all the Titans in orbit to crash down to Cybertron. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

After the fall of the [[Forge Pyramid]], the Decepticons managed to recover a single [[Titan (group)|Titanspark]]. Delegating custody of it to Mindwipe, Megatron ordered him to rebuild the Pyramid and bring about the Titan, a task Mindwipe eagerly went to work on. {{storylink|Darkness, Once Gazed Upon: Part Two}} Unfortunately, priorities changed with the return of [[Exarchon]]. Against Mindwipe's desires, Bitstream and Sparkstalker came up with a plan to use the caged Titanspark as bait to trap the Threefold Spark in the spark cage, though this would come at the cost of the Titanspark. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} Agreeing to the plan, Megatron sent his technicians to the [[Sonic Canyons]] to carry it out. He ordered the reluctant Mindwipe to use his hypnosis to compel Exarchon into usurping the Titanspark. Mindwipe got his chance in the Sonic Canyons, and Cyclonus moved the spark cage close enough for Exarchon's compulsion to take effect. Trapped in the spark cage, Exarchon was lost when [[Pyra Magna]] destroyed it. Once the battle was won, Mindwipe retreated under [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]]'s command. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:TheMagicOfCybertron-SkullcruncherMindwipe.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.6]]
After [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] had opened a [[space bridge]] back to [[Equestria]], Mindwipe and [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] were sent to the [[Everfree Forest]] to find magical artifacts for the Decepticons. {{storylink|The Magic of Cybertron}}
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==Commercial appearances==
*Mindwipe was among several Transformers who left the war on Cybertron behind, to blast their way to the distant planet [[Nebulos|Nebulon]]! After arriving on the alien world and surrendering to the native Nebulons, he removed his head and allowed one to fuse with it. The battle between Autobots and Decepticons then resumed on this new world. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmaster comic book|Headmaster comic book commercial}}
*Mindwipe rushed into battle alongside [[Skullcruncher (G1)|Skullcruncher]] and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] while their [[Headmaster (technology)|Headmasters]] partners rode atop of their beast modes. They came to blows against their Autobot Headmaster counterparts in the middle of a Nebulan city. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Headmasters|Headmasters commercial}}
*Mindwipe trained under the watchful eye of [[Vorath]]. His training mostly involved smashing stone sculptures of their Autobot enemies. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Decepticon Headmasters|Decepticon Headmasters commercial}}
*Mindwipe and [[Weirdwolf (G1)|Weirdwolf]] battled [[Highbrow (G1)|Highbrow]] and [[Brainstorm (G1)|Brainstorm]], emerging victorious from the confrontation. This turn of events eventually led to the creations of [[Pretender]] warriors for both factions. {{storylink|Commercial/Generation 1#Pretenders|Pretenders commercial}}

==Games==
===''The Transformers'' (PS2)===
{{voiceactor|[[Jack Merluzzi]] (English)}}
[[File:TFPS2 mindwipe.jpg|right|thumb|upright=1.75]]
Mindwipe was one of the Decepticons involved in the battle of the [[Zel Quartz]] on the planet [[Zel Samine]]. {{storylink|The Transformers (PS2)|The Transformers}}

====Autobot story====
Mindwipe ambushed [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] and his crew at the [[Mount Jaad]] wind power plant. He appeared in his [[alternate mode]] and taunted them about going through so much trouble to reach their destination. He then transformed to robot mode, expressed annoyance at the Autobots' constant meddling in the Decepticons' activities, and threatened them with imminent death now that he was there to deal with them. Optimus Prime brushed off this attempt at intimidation, telling Mindwipe to get out of his way. This resulted in a battle between Mindwipe and Optimus Prime's entire team, which resulted in a sound thrashing for Mindwipe. Thoroughly beaten, Mindwipe reverted to bat form and fled. Much later, Mindwipe was among the Decepticons who legions to battled the Autobots in the Atalstan gem mine. Despite fighting with the home field advantage (a dark cave), Mindwipe still lost.

{{note|Mindwipe is a boss fight on Mount Jaad, while in the gem mines, he is just one of numerous Decepticon duplicates the Autobots fight.}}

====Decepticon story====
On their second trip to the [[Ranpas Geothermal Power Plant]], the Decepticons met up with Mindwipe. Megatron welcomed the hypnotist into his forces, commenting that he had known he would see him again; for his part, Mindwipe wasn't interested in talking, preferring to get straight to the fighting.

{{Note|Mindwipe was unlocked as a playable character in the Decepticon campaign following the second playthrough of the game's fourth stage.}}
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===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:TFLegends mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5]]
{{Note|Mindwipe was not included in a storyline for the ''Transformers Legends'' game, instead appearing as part of the first "[[Signature Series featuring Guido Guidi|Signature Series]]" event, spotlighting the favorite characters of artist [[Guido Guidi]], who drew all the cards for that installment.}}
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===''Transformers: Frontiers''===
{{charstubgame|{{storylink|Transformers: Frontiers}}}}

===''Transformers: Earth Wars''===
[[File:MindwipeEarthWars.jpg|thumb|upright=1.75|I vant to suck your energon!..and alloy too]]
*'''Class''': Air
*'''Lowest Star Rating:''' 2 star
*'''Highest Star Rating:''' 5 star
*'''Range:''' Short
*'''Ability: Sonic Disruptor:''' Enter an air attack mode! For 20 seconds your attacks deal 10.3 damage and confuse the targets (reducing their damage to 40% and making them attack your foes).
[http://wiki.transformersearthwars.com/character:mindwipe Mindwipe at Transformers: Earth Wars Wiki]
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
While researching the history of the [[Enigma of Combination]], [[Vorath]] attempted to probe Mindwipe's memories for more information, but lamented that his so-called mystical abilities had given him the ability to withhold information from his would-be partner. While considering the potential of the Enigma, he contemplated that Mindwipe might do well as part of a [[Galvatronus (CW)|mighty Decepticon warrior]]. {{storylink|The Enigma of Combination}}

Mindwipe attended a round table discussion at the [[New Polyhex Training Academy]] regarding the history and efficacy of [[beast mode]] Transformers. Mindwipe favored [[BioGenetic Beast]] forms, arguing that their ability to sleep and dream gave them the ability to access higher realms of consciousness. {{storylink|Technorganic Secrets}}

==Toys==
===''The Transformers''===
[[File:G1-toy Mindwipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Went to the same hypnotism class as [[Blood]] and [[Hellbat (G1)|Hellbat]].]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mindwipe''' (Headmaster, [[1987]])}}</ul>
:*''Takara name'': '''Wipe'''
:*''Takara ID number'': '''D-87'''
:*''Accessories'': "Vorath" Headmaster trainer, "[[viper pistol]]"

: Released in the fourth year of Hasbro's US ''[[The Transformers (toyline)|The Transformers]]'' toyline (third year in Europe and in Takara's ''[[Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers (toyline)|Fight! Super Robot Lifeform Transformers]]'' line), Headmaster Mindwipe transforms into a robotic bat. In this mode, his pack-in Headmaster partner [[Vorath#Toys|Vorath]] fits into his chest compartment. Unfortunately, the bat-tail gets in the way, preventing the bat from standing in an upright position... unless one swings the tail to the front, which, while hilarious-looking, isn't the correct orientation. One solution is to unscrew the toy and flip the tail over so it angles upwards. Doing this doubly benefits the [[beast mode]] in that the tail now acts as a sort of third leg for stability. Speaking of swinging to the front, his shoulders are articulated to swing his robot arms chestward in beast mode, putting the chromed "speaker"-looking bits forward, as depicted in most media and on the toy box photos... but ''not'' in the toy's instructions. Oops.

: In [[robot mode]], his chest panel flips down to reveal a three-stat spring-loaded [[Tech Spec]] meter activated when a Headmaster is plugged into his neck. This [[gimmick]] works with any other Headmaster "pilot" figure, and will display different levels dependent on which Headmaster figure is plugged in.

: The European release in [[multilingual packaging|bilingual]] French/Dutch packaging is accidently missing his name from the [[bio]]/[[Tech Spec]]s section.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/1987/Decepticon/Mindwipe/mindwipe.htm More information on Mindwipe at TFU.info]
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===''Kre-O''===
[[File:KreO-Toy Mindswipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.6|I will finally achieve my dream of communicating to the deceased of [[Block Town]]... I hope.]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mindswipe''' (Kreon Micro-Changer, [[2014]])}}</ul>
:*''Bag number'': '''40551 49'''
:*''Accessories'': Stand brick

: Part of the fifth assortment of ''[[Kre-O]]'' [[blindpacking|blind-bagged]] [[Kreon]] [[Micro-Changer]]s (aka "''[[Transformers: Age of Extinction (franchise)|Age of Extinction]]'' Collection 1"), "Mindswipe" (oh [[trademark]] you cruel mistress) can be rebuilt from robot mode into a bat (though the instructions call it a "dino"). His reconfiguration to bat mode is as complicated as taking his helmet off then putting it back on differently, and lightly repositioning his wings. He sports the generic animal-head helmet.

: This series of Micro-Changers ended up being functionally a [[Toys"R"Us]] exclusive (as most of the entire ''Kre-O'' series was at that point) in the US, until it began to filter into "closeout"/budget stores like Five Below.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2014/Decepticon/Kre-OMindswipe/mindswipe.htm More information on Mindswipe at TFU.info]''
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===''Titans Return''===
[[File:TitansReturntoy-MindwipeDeluxe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|I do not say "BLAH BLAH BLAH".]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Vorath & Mindwipe''' (Deluxe Class, [[2016]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': "[[Vorath#Generations|Vorath]]" Titan Master, small gun, large gun
{{toydesigner|[[John Warden]] (Hasbro)}}

: Part of the second wave of ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class toys, Mindwipe transforms from a robot to robotic bat and back. Mindwipe's head can transform into the Titan Master [[Vorath#Titans Return|Vorath]], who can either pilot Mindwipe in alternate mode or pilot Mindwipe's larger weapon. His bat mode's head, the tip of the wings, and the [[Kibble#"Faux-parts"|fake wings in robot mode]] use softer plastic.

: A materials error on the wings of the figure has caused many copies to crack and shatter along its wing hinges after some years, possibly due to the interaction of soft and hard plastic. It is unclear whether retools and redecoes, such as the ''Legends'' or ''Retro Headmasters'' releases, suffer from the same fault. Like fellow ''Titans Return'' Decepticon [[Weirdwolf (G1)#Titans Return|Wolfwire]], Mindwipe should therefore be considered a time bomb.<ref>https://twitter.com/tfwiki/status/1320782815240347649</ref>

: The [[Sticker#Beyond_the_Beasts|Hasbro Asia exclusive giveaway sticker sheet]] can be used to enhance the figure's details.<ref>https://news.tfw2005.com/2016/09/23/hasbro-asia-titans-return-stickers-wave-2-325179</ref>

: For unknown reasons, a near-final [[prototype|sample]] used for the official "final product" [[stock photography|stock photo]]s features a more magenta-ish plastic color with a considerably stronger red hue for his upper chest, his shoulders, several joints, and Vorath's arms. This color only appears in one particular set of stock photos, including an in-package shot of the non-European packaging. By contrast, the early CG renders, an extensive photoshoot and even the official [[multilingual packaging|European packaging]] stock photo feature two very similar shades of purple plastic, just like the figure actually released at retail does.

: Mindwipe's main body was recolored to make ''Legends'' [[Convobat#Legends|Convobat]], while his large gun was redecoed as the pommel of [[Magna Convoy#Legends|Magna Convoy]]'s [[Matrix Sword#Toys|Matrix Sword]]. Mindwipe was also retooled into ''[[Transformers Collaborative|Collaborative]]'' [[Dracula#Collaborative|Draculus]] and ''[[Transformers: Legacy|Legacy: United]]'' [[Squeezeplay]].

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2016/Decepticon/TRMindwipe/mindwipe.htm More information on ''Titans Return'' Mindwipe at TFU.info]''
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===''Legends''===
[[File:TF-Legends-LG34-Mindwipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Wipe (Mindwipe)'''<ref>The packaging says "ワイプ" (Wipe) in Japanese, but the accompanying English subtitle is "Mindwipe".</ref> (Deluxe, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[November 26]], 2016
:*''ID Number'': '''LG34'''
:*''Accessories'': Headmaster unit, small gun, large gun, "Servant" Partner Drone

: Released in the fifteenth wave of TakaraTomy's ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' toyline, Wipe is a redeco and [[retool]] of the ''Titans Return'' mold, with a paintjob and Headmaster-unit headsculpt more faithful to how the character looked in the [[Transformers: The Headmasters (cartoon)|''Headmasters'' anime]].

: He also comes with the [[Partner Drone]] [[Servant#Toys|Servant]], a redeco of the accessory that came with Titan Master [[Squeezeplay (G1)#Titans Return|Crashbash]].

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[[File:TF-Legends-LGEX-Convobat.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-multi|'''Convobat''' (Deluxe, 2016)}}</ul>
:*''Release date'': [[December 19]], 2016
:*''ID number'': '''LG-EX'''
:*''Accessories'': two swords, Convobat Headmaster, Megalligator Headmaster, "Ape X Arms" partner drone
{{note|[[Convobat]]'s [[Transtector]] was [[Repurposing|repurposed]] as Mindwipe's, which had been temporarily used as a costume/set-piece for [[Legends World]] [[Nightscream (BM)#Legends World|Nightscream]]'s [[Transformers: Convobat Amazon Showdown|film]] in the ''[[Transformers Legends (comic)|Legends]]'' comic.}}

: Released as an [[e-HOBBY]] exclusive, ''[[Transformers Legends (franchise)|Legends]]'' Convobat is a redeco of the ''[[Titans Return (toyline)|Titans Return]]'' Deluxe Class Mindwipe body, using a Headmaster redecoed from [[Infinitus#Toys|Infinitus]]. Convobat's modules are also compatible with any Deluxe-or-larger ''Titans Return''-style toy.

: Convobat also comes with a pair of swords originally from ''[[Transformers: Prime (toyline)|Prime]]'' Deluxe Class [[Wheeljack (Prime)#Deluxe|Wheeljack]], a [[Megalligator#Toys|Megalligator]] Headmaster redecoed from [[Nucleon (TR)#Toys|Nucleon]], and [[Ape X Arms]], redecoed from Titan Master [[Apeface#Generations|Apeface]]'s accessory, in [[Optimus Primal (BW)/toys#OptimalOptimus|Optimal Optimus]]'s colors. It does not come with either of the accessories included with Mindwipe, though his shield would eventually see release with [[Magna Convoy#Toys|Magna Convoy]].
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===''Retro Headmasters''===
[[File:TF-Generations-Retro-Headmasters-Mindwipe.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|And now, for no extra charge, you can have the colours even '''more''' mismatched!]]
<ul class="iconlist">{{Bp-d1|'''Mindwipe''' (Deluxe Class, [[2020]])}}</ul>
:*''Accessories'': [[Vorath#Retro Headmasters|Vorath]] Headmaster, small gun, large gun
{{toydesigner|[[AJ Piejko-Brown]] (packaging)}}

: Released as part of the ''[[Transformers: Generations (toyline)#Retro Headmasters|Retro Headmasters]]'' line, Mindwipe is a redeco of the ''Titans Return'' Deluxe Class toy in even more original-toy-accurate colors. This time around, Vorath has the ''Headmasters'' anime face mold from the ''Legends'' release.

:Along with the rest of the ''Retro Headmasters'' toys, Mindwipe is a [[Walmart]] exclusive in Canada and the US, and was also sold exclusively at The Warehouse and Toyworld in New Zealand.
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==Merchandise==
===''Transformers Caramel''===
[[File:Caramel mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.4]]
*'''Wipe''' ([[1987]])
:A soft-rubber figurine of a wingless Mindwipe was available as part of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Milk Caramel]]'' line of "[[candy toy]]s" in yellow, red or blue. Like all the figures from the ''Headmasters'' assortment, the figure was permanently attached to a flat base that had a rubber stamp of Mindwipe's face and name on its underside.
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===''Transformers Gum''===
[[File:Kabaya mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|What is a Decepticon?! A miserable little pile of secrets!]]
*'''Wipe''' (1987)
**''Accessories'': Headmaster unit, viper pistol
:Released in the sixth wave of [[Kabaya]]'s ''[[Transformers Gum]]'' line of [[candy toy]]s, this simplified incarnation of Mindwipe is a snap-together model kit constructed of black, red, and cream plastic. Standing at about four inches tall, Mindwipe features no paint applications, but has some stickers for decoration. He retains most of the features of his larger toy, including his transforming Headmaster unit, opening cockpit, and Tech Spec meter. As a ''Transformers Gum'' kit, he came with a plank of rock-hard sugar-wood.

::*''[http://www.transformertoys.co.uk/content.php?/transformers-toys/toy-gallery/1621/Kabaya/Vorath.html More information on Transformers Gum Wipe at Transformers @ The Moon]''
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W5Mindwipe.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66]]
*'''Mindwipe, Hypnotist''' ([[2020]])
**'''Wave 5: Titan Masters Attack'''
**''Rarity: '''''UT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T28/T46'''
**''Stars: ''9
:Chromedome, Computer Programmer is one of forty-six double sided character cards released as part of Wave 5 of the ''[[Transformers Trading Card Game]]'', Titan Masters Attack. As a character with a body mode, Mindwipe begins the game with a Titan Master attached in head mode. Once Mindwipe is KO'd, said Titan Master is deployed.

:The card's artwork is based on the ''Titans Return'' Mindwipe toy, with the body mode artwork being reused from the toy's packaging art (minus the Vorath Titan Master), and original alt mode artwork with lines by [[Dan Khanna]].

:This card's set was originally set for an April 2020 release, however due to the global COVID-19 pandemic the release was pushed back to May 29, 2020.
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==Notes==
[[File:G1MindwipeOriginalHead.jpg|thumb|I loved it. It was much better than ''Cats''. I'm going to see it again and again.]]
*In the television [[commercial]] for [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[The Transformers: Headmasters|Headmasters]]'' limited series, the Autobot and Decepticon Headmasters are shown having different head designs than the ones their Nebulan partners would later turn into. These designs were seemingly never used in any other piece of ''Transformers'' media. The [[Character model|models]] for most of them, however, turned up in the excellent ''[[Transformers Generations (guidebook)|Transformers Generations]]'' guidebook... ''except'' for Mindwipe's. Damn it.
*Throughout Mindwipe's [[Bob Budiansky]]-penned appearances, he was [[Scorponok (G1)|Scorponok]]'s indispensable and loyal right-hand man. Once [[Simon Furman]] took the reins, Mindwipe became a rambling coward who'd run if the wind blew the wrong way.
*The most distinguishing elements of Mindwipe's silhouette are the bat mode wings arcing out from his back, but on Mindwipe's original toy, they actually wind up upside-down in robot mode, and folded back. As upside-down wings would look fairly rubbish when spread out, his [[package art]] and American [[character model]] fudge the details on them just enough to make them seem as if they fan out in both directions from the middle of his back. His Japanese character model, however, just renders the wings right-side up, as in bat mode, fanning out over his shoulders. To accomplish this little real-world toy impossibility, his in-show transformation has his wings detach from his body, then reconnect, staying right-side up all the way through.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Wipe''' (ワイプ ''Waipu''), '''Vorath''' (ボラス ''Borasu'', see above), '''Mindwipe''' (The Rebirth, マインドワイプ ''Maindowaipu'')
*''French:'' '''Amnésiak''' (Canada)
*''Hungarian:'' '''Agymosó'''
*''Italian:'' '''Pipistrello''' ("Bat")
*''Mandarin:'' '''Biānfúmó''' (蝙蝠魔, "Bat Demon")
*''Russian:'' '''Durman''' (Дурман, "Drug")
*''Ukrainian:'' '''Obduriy''' (ICTV, Обдурій, "Deceiver")

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:TR-Mindwipe-packaging art.jpg|Hasbro ''Titans Return'' packaging art
File:EW-skin-Mindwipe-Convobat.jpg|Convobat-themed skin in ''Earth Wars''
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Generation 1 cartoon Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 combiners‎]]
[[Category:Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Generation 1 toy Decepticons]]
[[Category:Headmasters]]
[[Category:IDW (2005) Decepticons]]
[[Category:IDW (2019) Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kre-O Decepticons]]
[[Category:Kreons]]
[[Category:Magic users]]
[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 Decepticons]]
[[Category:Legends Decepticons]]
[[Category:Repurposed toys]]
[[Category:Super-God Masterforce Decepticons]]
[[Category:The Headmasters Decepticons]]
[[Category:Titans Return Decepticons]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]
[[Category:United Decepticons]]

Blazewake

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{{faction|decepticon}}
:''Blazewake is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] from the [[Transformers Roleplaying Game]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:Blazewake.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.1|Too hot to handle, but only at first level.]]

The young and brash bully '''Blazewake''' enjoys hurting his foes, be they [[Autobot]] or [[alien]] alike. The only thing he loves more than hearing the cries of his foes is hearing praise from his commanders.

==Games==
===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===

Blazewake is spotted patrolling a remote region in New Mexico, scouting out an ideal location for [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] and [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]] to orchestrate their plan. He is then ambushed and promptly defeated by the player group and flees the scene. {{storylink|The Time is Now}}

===Bumblebee Movie===
Blazewake gets hit in the head by a head. knocking him out.

==Notes==
* Blazewake is identified as turning into a jet bomber.

[[Category:Generation 1 Seekers]]
[[Category:Transformers Roleplaying Game Decepticons]]

Bitstream (G1)

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon|the Aligned Decepticon|Bitstream (WFC)}}
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:''Bitstream is a [[Decepticon]] from the [[The Transformers (cartoon)|cartoon portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''
[[File:Sunstorm Cartoon.jpg|thumb|upright=2.2|(He's the blue guy on the right.)]]
'''Bitstream''' is, you might say, one of the Decepticon L33T. He's a genius in his role as Information Engineer and brings to the table a skill set that can hack any target, nuke any system, and break any encryption you need broken. His greatest skill is also his biggest weakness, as he can lose himself in computer systems and virtual worlds to the point where he can't keep track of what is simulated computer space and what is reality. It doesn't make much difference to him, he's just as at home fragging [[Autobot]] jets or Autobot hard drives.

He likes to take off one of his arm guns and hold it rifle style. Just how he rolls.

==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
Bitstream was one of the Decepticon jets on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] four million years ago. He was part of a Decepticon patrol that accosted [[Autobot]]s [[Wheeljack (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Wheeljack]] and [[Bumblebee (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Bumblebee]] when they came near. The two were able to escape the Decepticons' attacks and plow through the patrol. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 1}}

====''Wings Universe''====
[[File:BitstreamrescuesBackstreet-ACommonFoe.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.4|I carry both the injured ''and'' DTS sound through battlefields!]]
{{Wingsnote}}
Bitstream was part of the joint [[Autobot]]/[[Decepticon]] resistance on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] against [[Jhiaxus (G2)|Jhiaxus]]'s [[Cybertronian (faction)|Cybertronian]] clone army. He was stationed at [[Uraya]] under the command of [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]]. However, the city fell under attack and Backstreet was forced to command Bitstream to tell the troops to evacuate the city. {{storylink|Termination}}

Bitstream was subsequently part of [[Obsidian (BM)|Obsidian]] and [[Strika (BM)|Strika]]'s combined Autobot-Decepticon army which secretly regrouped and directly confronted Jhiaxus's forces. He got an injured [[Backstreet (G1)|Backstreet]] to safety by placing him in the back of [[Hoist (G1)|Hoist]]'s pick-up truck mode. {{storylink|A Common Foe}}

===''TransTech''===
Bitstream was one of many offworlders in [[Axiom Nexus]]'s Under City. On the morning of the [[Waruder]] invasion, Bitstream was part of a crowd in [[Seeker-Shinai]] that [[Megatron (Movie)#TransTech|C-81]] attempted to disperse through intimidation. Unfortunately, all the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]] present were too stunned to see a "Megatron" in Axiom Nexus to budge. {{storylink|Cybertron's Most Wanted}}

===Bumblebee Movie===
Bitstream got push to the side by Bumblebee in car mode.

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[The Change In Your Nature Part Four|''Transformers'' #16]] (mentioned); [[War World: Hunt|#28]] (full)}}

A member of [[The Rise]], Bitstream was one of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]]'s trio of technical experts. He and [[Sparkstalker]] created a [[data-bomb]] that [[Slipstream (G1)|Slipstream]]'s [[Team Stream|strike team]] used to disable the [[Titan Net]]. {{storylink|The Change In Your Nature Part Four}}

[[File:Titans TechyTrinity.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.7|]]
Although it was necessary at the time for The Rise's sedition, things changed once Megatron and his forces staged a coup and seized control of the government. Megatron wanted the Titans back online and in service of the Decepticons, so he had the existing Hub staff cleared out and replaced with [[Mindwipe (G1)|Mindwipe]], Bitstream, and Sparkstalker. {{storylink|War World: Hunt|Hunt}} Even with direct access to the [[Titan Net]], however, their initial attack proved too effective. The data-bomb had caused damage that seemed irrevocable; the orbit of the slumbering Titans was already beginning to decay. Thinking in terms of triage, Megatron was concerned some other data specialist not loyal to the cause could gain access to the Titans from a subsidiary Hub as they did. If the Titans would not serve the Decepticons, Megatron ordered Bitstream's team to eliminate them entirely. They accelerated the damage, causing all the Titans in orbit to crash down to Cybertron. {{storylink|War World: Titans|Titans}}

The Trinity were given access to the last Titanspark by Megatron, in hopes they could bring it online. However, when [[Exarchon]] returned, Bitstream and Sparkstalker saw another use for the spark cage technology holding the Titanspark. Against Mindwipe's whining, they explained to Megatron that the cage could be modified to trap and contain the Threefold Spark indefinitely. {{storylink|War's End Part Two}} Megatron saw the necessity, and sent the Trinity out to the [[Sonic Canyons]], where [[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] was engaged with Exarchon's forces. They explained the plan, and Exarchon was successfully contained and them eliminated, forevermore. {{storylink|War's End Part Four}}

Numerous Seekers were later seen fighting [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] in the final conflict at [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]], possibly including Bitstream. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

==Games==
===''Transformers Legends''===
[[File:Bitstream Legends.jpg|upright=1.1|thumb]]
Bitstream was part of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]]'s team which unsuccessfully attempted to intercept [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] and [[Cliffjumper (G1)|Cliffjumper]] as the pair returned to [[Iacon (polity)|Iacon]] after an [[energon]] scavenging mission. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye (Legends)|More than Meets the Eye}}
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===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Bitstream joined the Decepticons because they offered him the freedom to pursue his passion for programming. On [[Earth]], Bitstream and a number of other low-ranking Decepticons were recruited by [[Soundwave (G1)|Soundwave]] to keep an eye on [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]'s latest scheme and undermine his operation from within. After infiltrating his team, the group helped recover some [[Polarity gauntlet]]s from an ancient Cybertronian shipwreck, and came into conflict with [[Rollbar (G1)|Rollbar]] after foiling Starscream's attempted doublecross. {{storylink|Catch a Falling Starscream}}

==Toys==
===''Timelines''===
[[File:TL Bitstream-toy.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|They speak of him in whispers, but they never use his name.]]
*'''Rainmakers''' {{sic}} (Convention 3-pack, [[2013]])
**''Accessories'': Left & right missile launchers, 2 missiles

:A [[redeco]] of the ''[[Transformers: Classics|Classics]]'' Deluxe Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#Classics|Starscream]] mold, ''[[Transformers Timelines (toyline)|Timelines]]'' Bitstream transforms into a F-15 Eagle, but has the nose of an F-14 Tomcat fighter jet. His missile launchers can mount under his wings, on his shoulders, or in his fists, and fire spring-loaded projectiles. The large size of his launchers (necessary [[for safety reasons]]) restricts his arm movement somewhat in robot mode, as they bump into his wings. All three Rainmakers have slight tolerance issues with the white parts, making key joints juuuuuust a bit too tight.

:He was only available in a [[BotCon 2013]] [[exclusive]] souvenir set with [[Hotlink (G1)#Timelines|Hotlink]] and [[Sunstorm (G1)#Timelines|Sunstorm]], limited to 2500 pieces. All three toys use exactly the same [[paint operation]]s and plastic layouts, with the only difference between the three being their primary plastic color.

::*''[http://www.tfu.info/2013/Decepticon/BCBitstream/bitstream.htm More information on Bitstream at TFU.info]''

{{ClassicsSeekerMold}}
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==Merchandise==
===Jada Toys===
*'''Transformers Series 3 18-pack''' (4cm Die Cast Figure Multipack, 2023)
:Released by [[Jada Toys]], ''Nano Metalfigs'' Series 3 Bitstream is a redeco of Series 1 [[Skywarp (G1)/toys#Jada Toys|Skywarp]], an incredibly small die-cast figurine molded doing an action pose. He has a little base attached to his feet for balancing reasons.

:He comes in an impressive multipack with [[Jada Toys#Nano Metalfigs|seventeen other figurines]]. This mold was also used to make Series 2 [[Red Wing (G1)#Jada Toys|Redwing]].
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==Notes==
*Bitstream was a nameless walk-on in his first appearance in the original 1984 cartoon. He was given his name with his first toy in 2013, taken from [[Bitstream (WFC)|a more recent Aligned Seeker]].
*Confusion arose during [[BotCon 2013]], when figures of [[Sunstorm (G1)|Sunstorm]] and his newly named companions from "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]", Bitstream and [[Hotlink (G1)|Hotlink]], were released in an exclusive three pack titled "Rainmakers". However, [[Fun Publications]] employees subsequently confirmed that the pack's title was an error, and that there was no intention to link the "welcoming committee" to the trio from "[[Divide and Conquer]]".
*Of his BotCon trio, Bitstream was the only one not to have his name shuffled around in the [[Sunstorm (G1)#Timelines|Sunstorm]] mix-up which spawned [[Red Wing (G1)|Red Wing]].<ref>{{citesocial|quote=The BotCon toys were renamed Bitstream (teal), Nacelle (purple), and Hotlink (Orange). In homage to the trio of Seeker jets mentioned in the Aligned novels by Alex Irvine. EHobby then approached Takara with their proposal for Sunstorm...|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1096941019759869952|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=02|day=17|(defunct=)}}<br>
{{citesocial|quote=As it became evident that no WFC Sunstorm was to be made, and that Takara could very well have been referring to the BotCon figure itself, Fun Publications change the convention print materials to make the Rainmakers into Bitstream (teal), Hotlink (purple) & then, yes, Sunstorm.|link=https://twitter.com/JesseWittenrich/status/1096941022507139078|name=Jesse Wittenrich|site=Twitter|year=2019|month=02|day=17|(defunct=)}}</ref>
*In the [[2019 IDW continuity|2019-2022 IDW comics]], Bitstream is drawn as a "virtual redeco" of the ''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Starscream]] toy, consistent with other Seekers in that continuity.

==References==
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Ion Storm

2025-01-09T01:31:07Z

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:''Ion Storm is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] from the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:G1 cartoon Ion Storm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Whats an Ion. I don't know?]]

One of the formidable [[Rainmaker]]s, '''Ion Storm''' is an electrokinetic, able to personally generate [[Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]]s.<ref>[[Ask Vector Prime]] Facebook post, 13 July 2015</ref>

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==Fiction==
===Generation 1 cartoon continuity===
====''The Transformers'' cartoon====
[[File:DivideandConquer RainmakersJetModes.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.3|Say hello to mr camouflage]]
When a group of [[Autobot]]s (and [[Chip Chase]]) journeyed to [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] to fetch a [[cosmitron]] for a wounded [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]], [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]] sent the [[Rainmaker]] trio to make things difficult for our heroes with some [[acid rain]].

Guess what? They failed. {{storylink|Divide and Conquer}}

====Ask Vector Prime====
The Rainmakers were among the deadliest subordinates of [[Shockwave (G1)|Shockwave]] on Cybertron and Earth in many [[universal stream]]s. [[Vector Prime]] considered himself fortunate to have never encountered an iteration of Ion Storm. Vector Prime noted, though, that in the case of [[Primax 509.28 Epsilon]], if Ion Storm tried to disable all electronics in an area, then Ion Storm's EMP would affect himself as well. {{storylink|Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime, 2015/07/13}}

====''Generations Selects Special Comic''====
In [[2050]], Ion Storm was one of the Decepticons supporting the [[Selector]] revolt at [[Neo Scramble City]]. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 1}} When the Dinobots arrived, Ion Storm and the other Rainmakers fought [[Swoop (G1)|Swoop]], who blew their Acid Rain back into their own faces. This forced their systems to falter and made them fall to the ground. {{storylink|Volcanicus comic 2}}

===Bumblebee Movie===
Ion storm was going to punch Optimus, but Optimus grabs him and slam him into the ground.

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' marketing material===
During the war for Cybertron, Ion Storm was an [[Cybertronian military insignia|Air Force Infantry Raider]]. {{storylink|#Generations|''Siege'' toy packaging}}

===2019 IDW continuity===
{{first|[[Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|''Transformers'' #19]]}}
[[File:WarWorldPrime IonStormSentinelPrime.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.6]]
During the [[War of the Threefold Spark]], the Rainmakers were a military unit that included Ion Storm. When the [[Ascenticon Guard]] chose to swell their ranks in the modern era, he reconnected with existing guardsman Acid Storm, a reunion that would be seen as foreboding to some. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: All Fall Down|All Fall Down}} When the Ascenticons, now rebranded as the Decepticons, took over the [[Senate]] building, the Rainmakers attacked from above. Having supercharged his abilities, Ion Storm created a massive electromagnetic blast that prevented the Senators from escaping. The attack left him drained of energy, his comrades tending to him. Megatron imagined that he would make a recovery. {{storylink|Rise of the Decepticons: We Have Deceived You|We Have Deceived You}}

After seizing full control of the governing body, Megatron introduced the Rainmakers to his fellow Senators before [[Clench (G1)|Clench]] reported that [[Sentinel Prime (G1)|Sentinel Prime]] had escaped, the Rainmakers being deployed to down and recapture him. Catching up to the Prime, Ion Storm managed to down Sentinel, giving his comrades an opening to finish off the Prime. Touching down afterwards, the trio regarded the Prime's dying cries for aid before retreating when [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] opened fire on them. {{storylink|War World: Prime|Prime}} Though the Rainmakers' murder prompted a mixed reception in the Decepticon ranks, Ion Storm was present at the gladiatorial arena when [[Termagax]] returned to denounce the Decepticons, bearing witness to Megatron contemptuously opening fire on his mentor. {{storylink|War World: Awakenings|Awakenings}}

Ion Storm and the Rainmakers were present when Megatron learned Optimus Prime and the Autobots had abandoned Iacon entirely. {{storylink|War World: We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness|We Are Not Meant To Be Darkness}}

[[Sixshot (G1)|Sixshot]] brought forth the Rainmakers when the Decepticons journeyed out to the [[Rust Sea|Sea of Rust]]. They had been alerted that Termagax was there, in possession of the [[Enigma of Combination]]. The Decepticons had begun to rely on the Rainmakers too much, though, as [[Pyra Magna]] had snipers on the roof of Termagax's house, prepared for their approach. [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] and [[Sureshot (G1)|Sureshot]] shot down Ion Storm and Acid Storm, while [[Windcharger (G1)|Windcharger]] used his magnetic powers to snare Nova Storm. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Sea of Rust II|Sea of Rust II}} Ion Storm struggled to recover and later fled with the rest of the Decepticons after the Enigma was lost. {{storylink|Lord of Misrule: Enigmatic|Enigmatic}}

The Rainmakers later accompanied Megatron to his meeting with [[Exarchon]]. {{storylink|War's End Part Three}} The Rainmakers flew with Megatron to intercept Optimus Prime and the Autobots before they reached [[Darkmount (Cybertron)|Darkmount]]. {{storylink|End of Time}} Ion Storm and many other Seekers later fought [[Sky Lynx (G1)|Sky Lynx]] during the battle of Darkmount. {{storylink|Transformers: Fate of Cybertron|Fate of Cybertron}}

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===Precursor World===
A [[Primus Vanguard|Warrior of the Seven Lights]] resembling Ion Storm was a member of the [[Blue Order]] of the [[Primus Vanguard]]. When the traitorous [[Straxus (G1)#Precursor World|Straxus twins]] unleashed a rage virus to destroy the corps from within, he was slain in the ensuing brawl. Vanguard supreme leader [[Primus#The old universe|Primus]] later loaded the Warrior's lingering [[spark]] into his [[Golden Noah]] in an attempt to ferry his soul to the [[G1 World|next world]]. {{storylink|God Neptune comic 1}} Unfortunately, this did not work. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

===''War for Cybertron Trilogy'' cartoon===
[[File:SiegeEpisode6-Rainmakers.jpg|right|thumb|300px|No, the earlier blue guys weren't me!]]
Ion Storm was among the Seekers who showed up for Starscream's assault on the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' {{storylink|Siege episode 6}} and brought captured Autobots to Megatron. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 1}}

Ion Storm remained on Cybertron under Shockwave's command after Megatron and most of his forces left aboard the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]''. He was part of a team that used Shockwave's cloaking technology to capture Autobots. While on their way to deliver the captives to Shockwave, an injured-yet-functional [[Chromia (G1)|Chromia]] attacked them, killing Ion Storm. His body was later destroyed when [[Elita One (G1)|Elita-1]]'s bombs soon went off, taking out the entire area. {{storylink|Earthrise episode 6}}
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===''My Little Pony/Transformers''===
[[File:TheFlyinFoxTrot-Decepticons.jpg|thumb|left|250px]]

Ion Storm was among the many Decepticons transported to [[Equestria]]. Intent on proving their supriority over the Autobots and ponies, the Rainmakers and [[Misfire (G1)|Misfire]] attacked [[Windblade (G1)|Windblade]] and [[Rainbow Dash]] during a race. However, Rainbow Dash was able to bait them into a trap before both she and Windblade used their "Flyin' Fox Trot" maneuver to turn the Rainmaker's own heat-seeking missiles against them and blow them out of the sky. The Decepticons wound up piled in a defeated heap while the two heroes shared their victory at the finish line. {{storylink|The Flyin' Fox Trot}}
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==Games==
===''Transformers: Heavy Metal''===
Ion Storm was among the Decepticons under Starscream's command who invaded Earth in search of Energon. {{storylink|Transformers: Heavy Metal}}

===''Transformers Roleplaying Game''===
Ion Storm had the unique power to seed clouds with intra-ferrous particles, generating devastating electromagnetic lightning strikes. He had little control over these powers, and preferred leaving a trail of indiscriminate destruction. {{storylink|Decepticon Directive}}

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==Toys==
===''War for Cybertron: Siege''===
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[[File:Siege-toy IonStorm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|(''Hasbro final version pictured'')]]
[[File:Siege-Takara-SG-EX-Ion-Storm.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|(''TakaraTomy prototype pictured'')]]
*'''Seeker Acid Storm''' / '''Seeker Ion Storm''' / '''Seeker Nova Storm''' (Multi-pack, [[2019]])
**''Hasbro ID number'': '''WFC-S53'''
**''TakaraTomy ID number'': '''SG-EX'''
**''TakaraTomy release date'': [[March 27]], [[2021]]
**''Accessories:'' 2 "RM Storm Range [[Null-ray|Null-Ray]] Laser Launchers"

:''[[War for Cybertron: Siege|Siege]]'' "Seeker Ion Storm" is a redeco of Voyager Class [[Starscream (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Starscream]] from the same line, transforming from a heavily Generation 1-inspired robot to a Cybertronian "tetrajet" based on the [[Seeker (body-type)|Seekers]]' appearance in "[[More than Meets the Eye, Part 1]]" and back. Noticeably, said jet mode has the robot legs sticking out from the undercarriage.

: Fitting with the rest of ''Siege'', Ion Storm has [[5 mm post]]s on his biceps, forearms, shins, under his feet (thrusters), and wings. The 3 mm pegs on his shins, forearms, left bicep, and the tips of his Null-Rays can accommodate [[Fire Blast effect|effects parts]] sold separately. Like the rest of ''Siege'', his robot mode focuses on articulation, with double-jointed elbows, knees that bend at nearly 180 degrees, ankle rockers, and waist articulation, being notable articulation points for a Seeker toy. Being a rather heavy shellformer, he can be separated into both a wingless robot mode and a nearly complete tetrajet easily, via a friction hinge.

:Ion Storm comes in a three-pack with "[[Acid Storm (G1)#War for Cybertron: Siege|Seeker Acid Storm]]" and "[[Nova Storm (G1)#Toys|Seeker Nova Storm]]", based on their cartoon appearance in "[[Divide and Conquer]]". All three feature painted battle damage (the ''exact same'' layouts across all three) and the smirkless head sculpt used by Starscream. [[:File:TF-Generations-WFC-S-Rainmaker-3-pack-Ion-Storm.jpg|Stock photos provided by]] Hasbro erroneously recycle [[:File:WFC-Siege-WFC-S39-Voyager-Thundercracker.jpg|the alt-mode shot]] of [[Thundercracker (G1)/toys#War for Cybertron: Siege|Thundercracker]]. In fact, the Hasbro release of Ion Storm has a [http://www.16bit.com/fotd/190827-tra-siege-ion-acid-nova-storm.shtml slightly different hue of blue], lacks red wingtips, and has grey vehicular parts where Thundercracker has black. Unfortunately, the proliferation of Hasbro's alt-mode stock photo has enabled multiple instances of [[Circular reporting|citogenesis]].

:This set was made available at general retail in U.S. [[Target]] stores without a prior announcement from Hasbro, then much later [[Entertainment Earth]] got a run of them in 2021.

: Interestingly, not only was this set was not released in other Hasbro markets, but TakaraTomy would eventually schedule it for release in Japan nearly two full years later. Further, the toys stock photography used versions of the toys with slightly different paint applications: for Ion Storm, he has red wing edges and blue nosecones based on a [[:File:Rainmakers.jpg|screenshot]] from the original cartoon. However, the final product was the same as the Hasbro release.
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==Merchandise==
===''The Loyal Subjects''===
[[File:TLSRainmakers.jpg|upright=1.66|thumb|Make it Rain. (Ion Storm is on the right)]]
* '''Rainmakers''' (2013)
**''Accessories:'' Pegged wings, blasters

:''[[The Loyal Subjects]]'' Ion Storm (though he had not received his name yet) is a 3-inch non-transforming vinyl figure designed by Les Schetkoe. He comes in the "Rainmakers" set alongside [[Acid Storm (G1)|Acid Storm]] and [[Nova Storm (G1)|Nova Storm]]. The set comes in a retro box and was released in a limited run of 500 pieces.
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===''Transformers Trading Card Game''===
[[File:W3RaiderIonStorm.jpg|thumb|upright=1.66|Hey, hey HEY! That's his pose from Angry Birds Transformers.]]
*'''Raider Ion Storm, Infantry-Rainmaker''' (2019)
**'''Wave 3: War for Cybertron: Siege I'''
**''Rarity: '''''CT'''
**''Card Number: '''''T30/T48'''
**''Stars: ''12

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

:Raider Ion Storm, Infantry-Rainmaker features original artwork, with line-art by [[Dan Khanna]] and colors by [[Volta]].
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==Notes==
[[File:Ion_Storm_AskVectorPrime.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
*Despite the many different designations thought up by fans, the blue Rainmaker went officially unnamed for over 30 years until [[Betsy Blackie]] gave the name "Ion Storm" in a [[2015]] entry of the Facebook edition of "[[Ask Vector Prime#Facebook|Ask Vector Prime]]" (accompanying art at right). In prior fanworks, Blackie had used the name '''Stormfront''' for the character, but it was requested that this be changed due to "conflicting issues" for the official release, prompting [[Brandy Dixon]] and her to settle on "Ion Storm" as a replacement.<ref>{{citesocial|quote=Now with Ion Storm, he was originally called Storm Front and was named by my friend Betsy Blackie (Cascadia) but due to some conflicting issues it was changed to the suggested name given to us of Ion Storm. Yes it kind of changed things a bit but for the most part it is as we made him.|link=https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/rainmakers-get-their-official-names.1046645/page-6#post-12751907|name=Brandy Dixon|site=TFW2005|title=Rainmakers get their official names|year=2015|month=07|day=15}}</ref><ref>{{citesocial|quote=Ion Storm was mine. When the possibility of naming the two un-named individuals, we thought about what creates acid rain on Earth. There are two types of acid that can create acid rain. One of them being sulfuric acid which comes from volcanoes and the other type is nitric acid which is from lightning bolts. Nova Storm has the sulfuric acid/volcanic abilities whereas Ion Storm has nitric acid/lightning abilities. When the trio are together, they can create some nasty acid rain<br>Electro Storm would have been an interesting name and we tried for Lightning Storm, but it was kind long so Ion Storm was the finalized name.|link=https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/rainmakers-get-their-official-names.1046645/page-8#post-13196892|name=Betsy Blackie|site=TFW2005|title=Rainmakers get their official names|year=2015|month=12|day=17}}</ref> If we had to hazard a guess, the "conflict" in question was probably with a prominent neo-Nazi website by the same name. So, uh, good call!
*The term "rainmakers" was originally used by [[Bluestreak (G1)|Bluestreak]] as a colloquial description of their actions. However, repeated [[Fandom|fan usage]] turned this into a widely accepted name for the group, which was eventually [[Canonizing|made official]] as such by Hasbro's bio for [[Acid Storm (G1)#Universe (2008)|Acid Storm]]'s ''Universe'' toy.

===Foreign names===
*''Japanese:'' '''Ion Storm''' (イオンストーム ''Ion Sutōmu'')

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.deviantart.com/bdixonarts/art/Ion-Storm-colors-402658602 DeviantArt commentary by Brandy Dixon]

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Blast (G1)

2025-01-09T01:07:58Z

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{{disambig2|the Generation 1 Decepticon|the ''GoBots'' Renegade drone|Blast (GoBots)}}
:''Blast is a [[Decepticon]] [[Seeker (body-type)|Seeker]] from the [[Japanese Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Japanese portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

[[File:StarscreamsBrigade Black Thrust.jpg|thumb|300px|The worst case of [[Blastification]] you've ever seen]]

'''Blast''' (ブラスト ''Burasuto'') shows up sometimes!

==Fiction==
===''The Transformers'' cartoon===
Blast was a participant in the [[Great War (G1)|Fourth Great War]] on [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] that made some [[Autobot]]s flee to found their own civilization on [[Paradron]]. {{storylink|Fight or Flee (episode)|Fight or Flee}}

In [[1985]], Blast was part of the Decepticon forces on [[Earth]] and was with [[Megatron (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Megatron]]'s group when they attacked the ''[[Ark (G1)|Ark]]'' based on the mistaken assumption that the [[Autobot]]s stole the [[Combaticon (G1)|Combaticons]]' [[personality component]]s. {{storylink|Starscream's Brigade}}

===''Legends'' comic===
In the late 1980s, Blast was part of the assault on the ''Ark'' for the [[Transform Super Cog]]. He watched on as [[Slugslinger (G1)|Slugslinger]] and his comrades fled after his failed rebellion. {{storylink|Slugslinger's Ambition}}

===''Generations Selects Special Comic''===
In [[2011]], Blast was part of the joint Autobot-Decepticon attempt to seal [[Unicron/Generation 1|Unicron]] into the [[Triple Z Point]]. He got blasted by Unicron or his troops. {{storylink|Super Megatron comic 1}} The Seeker continued to struggle with the others against the newly rebuilt Unicron till he witnessed [[Optimus Prime (G1)/Generation 1 cartoon continuity|Optimus Prime]] return with the [[Primus|Oracle]] and use the Angolmois being's gun mode to finally seal Unicron away. {{storylink|Generations Selects Special Comic Finale|Finale}}

===Cyberverse===
(the Grey and Red Seeker)
Blast can be seen fighting a Autobot trooper in Sea of Tranquility. Blast in Bad Moon rising enters stand next to Megatron while he enters a room. Later when we are in Starscream POV he just standing there. he stand at the door as Starscream walks out.
He later watch Starscream get beaten by Megatron.
In Dark Birth he turns around when Megatron begins to talk.

==Notes==
*Blast began life as a miscoloring of [[Thrust (G1)|Thrust]] ([[Animation error|coloring errors]] were very frequent in the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]]). Recognizing this as an opportunity, [[Hayato Sakamoto]] decided to establish this miscoloring as a new character in his works, naming him "Blast"—a portmanteau of "Black Thrust" (ブラックスラスト ''Burakku Surasuto'').<ref>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/hayatoron/status/1436917194458210304|name=Hayato Sakamoto|site=Twitter|quote=思いついたのはブラストblastです！|day=11|month=08|year=2021}}<br/>{{citesocial|link=https://twitter.com/hayatoron/status/1436998569085468675|name=Hayato Sakamoto|site=Twitter|quote=いいえ！BLASTつまり爆風ですが、翼に付いたローターで物凄い風を起こし敵を攻撃する能力を想定して付けました！。…嘘です。ブラックスラストです…。|day=12|month=08|year=2021}}</ref>

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